The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-21
MARSHAL STARTS
TO RICHARDSON'S
IS STUCK IN MUD
Farmers With Pet Mud Holes
Find Prolific Source Of En-
pIOyment in Pulling Liquor
Cars Out.

In the face OF the overwhelming evil
denes Of their success 1t would be as
p~resunptious to attempt to advise the
blockade runners how TO get their wares
into Memphis as 1t would be to tell
Uncle Henry how to build a serv-
lceable car at a popular price, but be-
Ing overstocked on advice, a commodity
for which there il no demand to speak
OF, a little of 1t, scattered here and
there, even II 1t Is not made use Of,
Will not materially lessen the available
stock on hand, Fortified with this as
surance, blockade runners, bootleggers
ana others engaged In Interstate and
Memphis and points In Missouri, Ken
lucky and Illinois are given this ad-
wee: II you wish to avoid the irritat-
Ing experience Of being greeted at the
wharf by q reception committee OF Of
Ulcers Of the law dock your boats at
Richardson's Landing.
Richardson's Landing is 40 miles from
Memphis as the Cadillac flies. 1t is the
most Inaccessible place in North AmeT-
Lea, alnost impossible to reach except
BY boat ~ airplane. This statement i7
made by. and with the authority OF
marshal. Tyree Taylor deputy mar
shall; W. e. McElveen, representing
the department of justice, and some
other gentlemen who were deputiZed
especially Sunday afternoon for their
supposedly expert knowledge OF how to
get an automobile out Of four feet OF
mud.
Forgets To Be Sorry.
Mr.. Treseyant was advised Sunday
ulyinp tina MissiRsinnf river bAtWeen
wet towns and SUPPOSEDLY dry ones,
was at Richardson's Landing. and he
put off to niece it, but he didn't get
there In fact he was so glad to get
didn't, and, besides, y learned some
interesting facts that ned a world Of
light upon the prosperity OF the Upton
county citizenship In that narrow strip
Of territory between Richardson's Land
Inc. and civilization.
He found that for several miles from
the landing along the so-called road
there was every little way a substan-
tlal farm house, a good team Of mules
n a mud hole that made the road i'm
passable and impossible for automo-
biles without the assistance Of the
farnnsr ana his team that stand ever
| whatever the man is called who hauls
his liquor over that strip Of highway, at
% much per help, but would permit no
earthly power to fill up his mudhele
| and thereby impair his means of earn
Ing a livelihood.
Keep the Change.
Acting upon the assumption that the
United States marshal was "one Of the
boys" as they have been affectionately
designated, and that the absence of a
cargo on his return trip was due to
the law" which was currently re-
anchored al the landing to beat It back
to cover. the countryside folk were
communicative as with. one of the pro.
There were times. they said, when
they worked all night with their teams
helping to pull the liquor-laden auto
could blame them7 The men to whom
they were benefactors appreciated the
assistance and measured their graft.
tude with bills. Of large denomination
and asked no, change in return.
I Not until the marshal wal within p
mile OF the place was his car stuck
hard and fast, or perhaps soft and fast.
It seemed for a time that the we'll
trained pair. Of mules that backed up
able to get the car out. Finally with
some lifting and others rendering vail
ant service as coaches on the side lines,
the car went through. Meanwhile q
pedestrian returning from the landing
reported that q squad Of deputies in a
government boat had taken the whisky
runner In charge. and as night and
marshal and his deputies made Il back
to Memphis with a livelier appreciation
Of the market price Of liquor as II ID
tetailed in Memphis.