Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-26

SEPTEMBER was in Yorkville Satur-
day. He said that he had decided to
accept the place under the conditions
although 1t will work considerable
hardship upon him due to the fact that
he has a crop in the field to gather. He
thinks. however, that he can make ar
angements for its gathering.
3 AFTERIJHE BLocKADERs.
Four Illicit distilleries were captured
by officers operating IN various sec
tions Of York county during the past
week and one alleged operator, Giles
Wright, a oolored man, was also
captured In the act of making booze
in a wash pot. He Is now in the coun-
ty jail in default of bond. After q
comparative lull In business extending
over q period of several weeks, word
began to come to officers about ten
days ago that new plants were being
set up with q view to going into busi-
ness quite extensively, and IN conse-
quence thereof, township, county and
state officers have been combing the
Mills and hollows in quest of booze
and booze factories. Although they
destroyed four distilleries last week
md succeeded in catching one alleged
Oh. rator, officers who erected the
seizures have expressed disappoint-
ment over the fact that they were un-
able to take considerable quantities OF
booze and the operators along with the
plants. At least, in one instance the
officers delayed destroying distillery
In the hope that the operators who
we're not present when the discovery
vas first made would later come upon
the scene and be caught red handed.
But not so. Information from various
trustworthy sources is that there Is q
wonderfully efficient wireless telegraph
service or some other means OF COM
munication equally as good among the
makers Of blockade liqupr and their
ri .nds and those who have an inter-
,st in tEeir business or rather per-
sonal interest In the product OF their
nanufaSto
Oler in the Broad River country this
alarm is by series Of gun shots. Let
a Iaiding party start out from Hickory
Grove or some other place into the
hills and hollows Of Broad River
township where more or less rot gut
continues to be manufactured despite
the vigilance of go Get En- smith,
as they call Magistrate r. L. A. Smith.
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two miles of the place where liquor Is
being made. A shot rings out over the
country side. There Is another shot
and another, until finally the alarm
reaches the operators, who, after
stopping long enough to take the
worm" away, beat it 70 safety, But
despite the system and the orzaniza-
ton of those who will persist in max
ing the stuff in spite Of Uncle SANS
DEGREES and those of the state, the Of
fcers of the law have dealt them q
body blow in York county the past
week.
The first seizure of the week occurr-
ed Thursday afternoon when state
Constable s.. H. White Of Rock Hill,
Sheriff Fred E. Quinn and Constable
II. /. johnson found still in pas
ture on the farm of Mr.. Hose Norman
m the Sharon section. The plant was
not in operation and the officers had
20 content themselves with rendering
1t useless for further manufacture Oh
joy juice. o.o
hle Fioyd Stephenson and Mr.. Ed
Cbilders constituted party who
broke up two big distilleries on the
Calvin Wylie place about mile and q
half north of Hickory Grove, at an
early. hour Saturday morning, : The
two plants were located near each
other, the owners and operators evi-
Gently being impressed with the say
ing tiat in union there Is strength
Neither of the plants were In opera
ton when the officers made their ap-
proach, but there was all kinds OF evil
frucc TO lead to the belief that they
were in full blast as late as last We'd
nesday night and that considerable
liouor was made then and since turned
over to various and sundry liquor
h ads for consumption. There was
about 200 gallons OF beer on nana,
It was not quite right but wouid
have been in another day or SO.
Not a sign of the owners or opera
tors Of the plants was to be seen but
"Suuire" Smith .has since secured
evidence which makes him almost
positive in the belief that the distiller-
les are the property Of several negroes
of more or less prominence IN Broad
River township who have lone. been
suspected of manufacturing and sell
ing moonshine on a. large scale, II Is
not unlikely that warrants for the ar
rest of several of these parties VIII DC
issued in the near future.
Common saying has it that they make
liauor in any old kind of a vessel In,
Guiding wash pots these days, ana
proof positive of the truth of the say
ing came, to light Saturday afternoon
when State Constables White ana
Johnson came upon Amzie Wrlght,
colored. making liquor In a washpot
near Oakland Dairy In Ebenezer
township. The pot, one OF the common
cast iron variety of about ten gallons
eanacitv. was boiling merrily when
the constables made their appearance
There was about half a gallon OF
liuuor already manufactured and
about sixty gallons Of mash ready to
be converted into "bug juice" just as
rcon as the pot of limited capacity
could accommodate 1t. Amzie was
sitting near by, quietly watching the
stew and doubtless entertaining VS.
ions Of the dollars he would pour into
his 'excheuuer as the proceeds or the
sale of his stuff to folks in Rock Hill
Saturday night and Sunday
When Constables White and john
son told him to surrender because the
ra,re was all up, he decided to make
= r~eak for it, and there was lively
little chase for a few minutes. FL.
nou-- he decided there was no use and
He was brought to jail
here along with the iron pot, while the
mr"h was poured upon the ground.
ilthou~h somewhat disappointed be-
"a, sn they did not succeed In getting
move orerators, the various officers
who made the four seizures are fairly
content with the weeks work. They
have more or less positive information
ahcut other distilleries in the county,
however. and they do not propose to
let up in the great drive that has re-
Gently had such an auspiciouS bagin-
nin".