The Monroe journal., 1921-08-23
CHARLOTTE NOLAN HELPS
II DESTROYING STILLS
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BY Themselves
TRAFFIC THREATENS SCHOOLS

E.i-t..le. ky.. Aug. 4I.-p-!Vva &
desperation because they say ihey
taEleJ hold church services or an ey-
en!es entertainment q, their school.
without interruption. the little band
Of teachers at Smith County Life
Sehoo. AZ smith. Harlem county. sel-
Ell miles beyond tn railroad te-mi-
mails nave gone forth III person TO des-
troy the LlOonshlne stills that they
say bring trouble 10 their school
house and church door.
Miss Helen II. Di-nau. u New
York IS head OF the little Presbyter-
ian settlement school now grown 10
five buildings and nearly a hundred
students, but her assistants Ia TIE
scaOol and the s00d women OF the
nelShoorhcOd gladly follow her over
mountain trails. wade mountain
streams with her To lind ana deS-
troy the moonshine sjil.: and they
have brought back two OF them. hack
eg theN 70 pieces and have them IL
snow - tie fruits 0. t.tir ftg,lious
determination.
Charlotte Womaa HELPS
Miss Bglah NJ. Feui5en. OF Char
lotte. y. c., who teaches in near
by county school. OF waica Miss
D.ngr.dp is supervisor. willingly
takes her place in the raidius party.
as do other teachers from New York.
New Jersey aud Indiana. who have
cast their respective lots with the ma
tives OF the little isolate farming
community of only a few hundred
acres, tucked miles away from the
nearest railroad.
Warnings have come to all these
women and TO men folk of the ma
tive women who have joined in the
hunts for stills. but they do not fear
death. One mother who is in a hos
pital here now for injuries received
on one OF the trips. sent back word
that she would rather see her son
die fighting the moonshiners than
that he should live to drink their
poisoned liquor. Another community
school teacher, Miss Marion Crawford
of Montclair, \. j who has begged to
be allowed to take the lead in all
raids they have made. was drowned
last week trying TO rescue an eight
year-old pupil from drowning. She
saved the girl. but became exhausted
and could not reach shore herself.
Great Determination
II Is with this great determine
ton that they have gone forth on
their raids at night, alone al times.
the hills and hollows from
darkness TO daylight. often without
even a light to guide them, less il
llso betray them. Once they followed
/ trail up hill. A fallen tree crossed
/. They walked up the tree trunk
where from its butt they could see
)roken bushes below, and Jumped
Town. A short distance further they
ound a copper still and camp pro-
'isions They destroyed 100 gallons
If beer and four gallons of whiskey
md one of the women in the party
'roucht the still back and the other
'roucht in the copper worm.
Again they followed a trail that
ed TO creek bed. They had a bunch
md they waded up the mountain
tream for a half a mile until they 5
anne to a six foot falls. They had to
"a back to get help to continue their
rail, but they found the still and !
exported i, to Sheriff Hamp Howard,
f Harlem county. and have his cour-
eous note of reply.
They have made half a dozen raids
his summer. some successful as far
5 destroying still is concerned; some
unsuccessful. But they have still 9TH
q sinners rendezvous located and
romise to continue on their present
curse until the authorities Join with
lem to suppress the moonshine de-
relations. which they say threaten
, destroy their school, their homes :
nd entire community life.