The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28
M ONSFlIFI ERS HAVE
HARD TIME IN GEOR GA.
Nearly a Thousand Stills De-
stroyed hyF FEDERAL Revenue
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Raiders.
SAVANNAH. GA, Mar. 27.-Reyenue
officers last year DESTROYED 1r3520 Ii
Gcit distilleriea in Georgia and Ala
! banda, and 10 pei. cent OF them We're
ir GanrEia MOTE than so sinners
are imprisoned III the feie alipeniten-
sss ~ LII atlanta "A dozen are in the
Button county tower and several doz-
en- more. all for short terms, are i'm
nrtspned IN other count ~ jails through
out Georgia.
AT every term Of the fedora court
"A Georgia moonshiners. charged with
a making their corn into Whiskey i'm
stead Of into meal. are called upon
10 stand trial They are always caught.
i but the business of.makins moonsiine5
Hihiskey goes on This will probably
II continue to be the case as ioas as
corn and nothing else will grow on
4 re steep mountain slopes in a coun-1
try .ttw11ar thar ain no Ten Eonman'-
neuts an a man kin raise q thirst"
One MnonshiEer's Defense.
Why did do it," said JIM Tree-
lin. a 1ruStF. Because / got a wife
IL and eight children. Amt that reason
$ enough for anything: Now. listen to.
those figures. Up in our country you
can't raise anything to speak of but
corn You can sell a bnshel Of corn
3s for q dollar, maybe q little more. But
suppose YOU make il into whiskeE?
You can get two gallons Of liquor
rom one bushel of corn, a nd YOU can
sell every gallon yojl make for s. or
That's the reason make moon
VI shine We needed HE money and Z
didn't see amy other way to get it,.
M You can't hire out d farm there, and
there amt any factories, except saw
Il mills end there ain't enough work at
sstli lern for a living for a man. We've
B had hard times up our way just as
YOU have down here.I didn't have u ny.
sSnl'rg stnck to seel land there didn't
seem to be any wav to get the money
EXCEPT by rnoonshine.
Don't Blame the Governments
We don't blame the government
ana the revenue officers or course,
when you've raised the corn, and it's
YOURS, it looks like YOU might do what
You want to with il. But when the
government found me said it was
rs all right. They didn't need to hrins
any guns along. Il was their bus
tness to find stills, and I told them
whenever they found me making
-rhiskeT they needn't look for trouble
DutA Just to walk right up. s
f,nen we came on down here, ard
Judge Newman Or Judge Speer, he
does the best he can for us But II we
haven't any money to pay our fines.
& we come over here to spend WINE
and during all that time there's moth
ing but a little corn and potatoes at
home. ] Judge Newman is the best
judge that ever had feet under him.
But Bud, we don't make liquor for.
Snn. or to get g bank account We
Il Just naturally do it to get bread and
meat 1T costs about $50 for q still
and we have it shipped III to u.s.
Famous moonshiners have had their
4 brife day in Georgia through the span
OF sucl fame grows, shorter as the
GLANCE OF revenue men increases.
But there are two Of these, always to
be Tsmembered-pne for his neutral
ltF, the other for his droHery
Famous hBe1l Tree Smith.
The man who seemed to have for
gottens the meaning of Kindness was
\ Bell Tree Smith, who was known
IN rouzhnHt the country near Cadar-
town. His large still, hidden in the
hills, worked as methodically as
tzhoueh It we're licensed and regulated
II BY the government But no officer
ever happened by it The reason was
Simple enough 40 man in all the
q 3 country had the temerity to inform
ii on Bell Tree,
The fellows name came from the
fact tia he hung a huge bell in 5.
tree and directed all who wanted whis-
key to ring the bell and leave their.
ulsneV henfath it. Not daring to inok
behind. they walked away and in half
sB an hour returned to find the gwhiskcy
sss heTe the money had been.
An al day singing had taen held at
u title church near Borden W'7e a1er
NJ ~ rrturninr a Quarrel broke out
antonE fhe 4WnrshipDars. The mild fell
f$7il ovs8 was chosen as the most convan-
nf yiolence IA e wa q kicked
sTrf7 ra,ssAr af,n,it. In Wild West ia el,-
50 ell Tree began to shoot Il t the
elbows feet IN M i.e him dance
led bv Farm Hand.
Their the fellow " ent mad with ter
V ;eori He stooped. and as he rose he
in his hand a huge rock He
1sr1e1 his missile about his head
atrai Fhtaned out his right arm like
ls q fs,'her and the rock vent true.
Ee iTE AS Tree never spoke again
Fhe ether mnnntaineers. whanl
EInsnT loved as much as. they hated
" sn,i Wias Joshua Flana gan. ETe had
n n wit That vent with nis tongue and
sEvas krc-tr far ana VII, for lis re- q
tee. = was On TRIAL before Judge
sr,rsnr.r Sheer. who was recently az
ed = +er a CONGREGATIONAL investi-
4 gait fc'lnuirr cAerees
;'..F', CIR name is Joshua r. questioned
he lnriSt
yfTas: - replied the prisoner.
sss on are the man who made the
ss sun stand still. are yor:s' 8. sked the
iuFre 5@ ]
SIR returned TIC prisoner.
sss tiels as al FL ash '.T'rr TIC man who
! Jce the sn,onn shine