The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-14

wise ascapias is to issue by the solicit
tor and he be assigned to the Jail to
7 be worried on. the roads for term of
two years" Several years ago Snipes,
I who .fs- wealthy was tried and con
:! riCted In federal court, with two sons,
7 for, maltrea ting. Federal revenue Of
.feefs were seafchiEE htS premises E1"a i
/ kerfetsvi1le, finding barrels of whis-
! key, armed watchers jugs, autonlS 3i.e
/ truck loaded with full jugs, etc, ready
for travel. He was given a seatence
! to Atlanta then He Is able now. 10
FAY Old actdal bodily punishment in his
hpne court
/ Rutherford county-''Horace Koont,
/ young white man captured with IS
/ gallons of liquor. He was pouring IL
up to a man from south Carolina when
| detected. Rural Policeman Conner
captured two stills in Chimney Rock.
one in T'iney Creek and one in Youngs
i. Creek, several gallons Of whiskey were
destroyed, but no arrests were made"
/ Henderson county--'Sheriff Case
and deputies LYDIA. Hill and Owens
set out on a still hunt a few days ago,
hunting in the stiffness of the night.
They located big still on Green River
across from Saluda, captured two
hlockaders In the act and the outfit,
a big sheet iron still. so gallon ca
pacity with 1000 gallons of beer.
/ enough to make 200 gallons of real
| mountain dew"
The brave officers went afoot, and
/ crossed the cold deep swift river at
the point they had TO cross to To-
cate the still, and not flush the moon
! sinners"
BLOCKADE PLANTS
i FRANKLIN county" Revenue Iifsev
Deputy Marshals Gully. Brown and
Ramsey unearthed two blockade plants
near Gallaghers Mill. Franklin coun-
ty. yesterday. destroyed them and, u
400 gallons of beer. and caught Jim
I Cobb and Merritt negro operators.
Harneti countyr-"A daring raid was
made by Deputy Sheriff Mathews, and
Federal Prohibition Agent Watson ON
a squad of blockade bullies in Western
Harnett this week. They captured two
stills, two men. ana. observation-disclosures
others at stills and. will get them vet.
One still was of tremendous capacity,
4 the big government cap used on it be-
/ ing as large as an ordinary still and
as bright as a new penny. The best
people Of Harpett are getting awake
10 the lawbreaking miasma that has
prevailed, and are tipping their hats
to those quiet unassuming officers ant!
/ hope they will free Harnett from the
4 menace of Illicit disti,lers. On this
raid more than five thousand gallons
Of beer and 100 gallons of liquor were
confiscated"
Wake couaty---'sTwelve defendants,
all from Wake county, on the first day
of the second weeks term of fedora.
court faced Judge Conner. making va
rions pleas on charges of hlockading,
rem owing or bootlegging whiskey In
clnded in the list was John Homes. IL
negro 80 years of age, he was only
taxed with the costs. Prohibition
I Agent Bud SteIl asked Judge Common
!; to be henient on the Is year old negro
girl. who struck him on the head with
/ q plank. while he and the other officers
| were raiding her fathers house where
| liquor was stored. The officers were
2 ssaulted Mt lin Raifords house three
miles from Raleigh. the girl using a
+, thick plank, her brother grabbing u
shotgun from corner Of the room.
4 but was prevented from using 1t by
!, other officers Annie Branch negro
woman. caught with large uuantitv
7 of bottled blockade whiskey secreted
4 in the walls of her home in Raleigh
Evidence showed the woman and n
! negro man We're peddling liquor, the
man Transporting the whiskey from
] northern points,
I Wilkes countv--Twentv-t three Illicit
distsl'eries two GAYS this week and not
single day without at least one. sew
cral OUTFITS of 200 gallon canacitv and
several large ccnper ones. 20 gallons
whiTl-ev and $50 900 gallons OF beer
4 contiscated
l.. yaskin cnuntv-Oficers cut up 1
stills near Caiu old nil and captlresi
n motorcycle and man with rallon of
wNis':ev' nra~ yaftinvi''h a few DAVIS
ago The man. G. Earleson OF Wit
= stnn Salem was placed under a s4oo
bond
Wake cnunty-Sixtv-two prisoners
I are in Wake iail, eNo first time II was
j ever chnrk r,l' aw9itirc trial in fed
& oral esaurt IT st OF them for VIOLATING
tlicror laws Many have not been tailed
= having rivnn bond They renrcsnnt
almost every eastern Cq~clina county.
/ Puncorahe countv-Wf'h n COLLEGE
professor in his PARTY. cho~iT ..rard
f. Case of Henderson COUNT todav
rsifna three i,iicit whislrev stills can
tnred two operators ro1 handed and
started what rnycple officers sav Is n
{ rive which VIII extend all over West
ern Carolina
!; g,lrry county Patoie-s 6isratch-
= Tho cour: or Lost resort Governor
Beckett wss a~ain appea'ei 70 ves-
tcrfay t. save Joe Tsin; Gardner Cain
and Joe Rewles from tho electris
4 e1ah Tor tle fNHrier " deputy
sheriff Of curv A-ountv when he at
tempted to- raid disri'lery onarated
nv the defendants "sNo disclaimer
ut responsibility for ki''inw the af,ieer
: was made ~ the Two irothors and
fccuSin. bnt merry was asl "a because
there WAS no preneiita tim ard the
ren we're hrought ~ in Wild and
isw'tss section "
W 8sstf s4ass"eisssFs ss4 sf ii&ss..-N.fz yssa
kwny' Hwvssnef~ @Fl @artN 'rat win try
i. II o. anithfeg- 10 step men selling
7 monkey runs ~ Ipo0Nshine wiiskey.
please sera then> to Fountain, ~ G.
+ | think more is sold there rhan any,
Z where on earth II something isn't
4 done thUre, no use having my law In
I Pitt County Get there on Sunday or
anytime They wo down there ard
K them that buy the SHIT won't tell On
4 them. If some one would try to they
could stop them, For heavens sake
some one try
I Commenting on this the editor says:
Tho letter u not strong dramatically.
# presents the picture of a humble
!. mother and wife desperately strug-