The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-02-13
|N11NSHINERS ARE
AID TO THE VETS
-,,,,p GOODS in BIG DEMAND
,.urRE NOTHING ELSE AVAIL
,p,FAND STILLS ARE RUN
MING 6. FULL rOk(E.

ApIF md STILLS ARE RUN
MING g FULL FoKCE'
D..hibi = in some of the Southern
States m lol '"'.e w ~
- It has increased the de-
"a fl, product. In Georgia,
meta, the anti-liquor law has
,;uon NJ Il legalized saloons, so
H. tbirs pulls depend more upon
=. make, mountain dew" than
r.r befo In the old days the
.,oorshine. n4d a hard row to roe.
4, lived hand-to-mouth existence,
Nth the prison door constantly gap
!, before him. TIE door still gapes,
i course, but the recompense for
4 tbe risk is far greater than when the
state was "wet."
Tvpical of his kind is Plutarch Toll
IA AIF'~
SIrer CPlute, he is called), who lives
\ the Blue Ridge mountains, in
Georgia, near the headwaters of the
rbattaboochee. All his life Pluto had
sEmped along with his 40-acre corn
fsrm and his nocturnal distillery.
Tben Georgia went dry and Pluto be-
ban to grow prosperous.
Help "Pap" With the Business.
The two boy Tollivers aid pap"
bis business" performing such func-
lions as pounding the grain into meal,
Apickling" it, and then helping make
8be run" They are unashamed of
the occupation. From moral view
spoint it means no more to them than
cotton gin or a flour mill would
nean to any other family in the cum
nunity. 1t is "pap's" sole source of
livelihood and it is the duty to keep
the still running full force.
To the Tolliver family and their
lind the moonshine craft is more
han a business; it is a creed. The
FocatiOn has been handed down from
ather to son for generations. The
nly crime attached to it, in their
piniOn, would be the making of bad
ticker" So long is they make good
ticker" these mountaineers believe
bat no one has just cause to COM
lain,
MoOnshiner Goes to Church.
On Saturday night Pluto gets rid
his weeks output Of "dew"-gal-
ms and gallons of bottled spirits
dt on Sunday morning, all soaped
I'D secured, shoes washed and hair
sntangled, he leads his family to a
bvorite corner in the community
hurch. He prays with fervor and
&ngS with a will. He believes in
eaven and hell and is convinced that
he makes bad flicker" he will go
the latter place. But he declares
lhere is no word against his business
p the ten commandments, and Pluto
|tands for the ten commandments.
The "cawn Ticker" that Tolliver
nd his fellow moonshiners produce
assemblies water in hue. This is very
sortunate for those who deal in it
Rnd drink it, for when drunk in a
public place the stuff can be made
b masquerade as water. A glass
I 1t sitting on a cafe table does not
terminate the consumer as do most
II other alcoholic drinks. A man
nay carry gallon bottle of it on
rs shoulder and declare it is kero-
ene, hthia or plain water, and no
sOdy is the wiser unless there is an
Xamination.
Banqueters Drink Gavin Licker."
80 1t is ready understood that when
eorg!a went "bone dry" last May,
thirst turned to Plute's distillery
ne hills. At first, polite society"
&',nKers took up mountain dew" as
LAD; then it grew upon them. Here
d nome brew from their own red
uS which IS stronger and more dis
IMAM merry Scotch. Added to
. silS Is the pride of serving strangers
IN distinctly native beverage.
No there is the fascination of serv-
\ ana drinking government contra
pna. together with the charm of ro-
kantlc tales of the moonshine indus
70 be told around the dining table
winch mountain dew" was serv-
y Now no "wet" banquet in Geor-
q Is complete without "cawn lick
/ Speak-easies and other "joints"
sun doing business, and "moun-
'a n Jew is one of the chief articles
their trade.
AS a result of all this, Pluto is
nhlng of clearing an extra ten
satS OF woodland for the purpose of
0H'Ihg more corn. He has acquir-
hired man, he wears better
6 JTSneS' and once in a while he act
~ ions collar. He is fast piling
vnls worlds goods on his moon
ILL., profits and his only care is to
''pe the revenue officers.
HtGR0 WHO WENT NORTH