Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-25
WEST MAY HEAD
PROHIBITION GROUP
Prominent Garrard Republican
Now Temporarily At Silver
Creek, To Go Up

lis one Of the new warehouse
lagents or guards at the War
wick distillcry at Silver Creek,
will probably be appointed to
head the enforcement Of prohi-
lbition in western district of the
state.
! Mr.. West is an uncle Of Mil
lard West, a former Lancaster
boy, who is deputy commissioner
OF internal revenue at Washing
ton. Mr. West formerly was
postmaster at Lancaster and is
one of the best known republi-
cans in this part of the state. He
was named as a guard at Silver
Creek, it is understood, for tenn
pOrary work, until the better
place is arranged for him. John
Mercer, of Pulaski county, for
merly a storekcePer guager, and
we'll known here, was also ap-
pointed a guard. L he distillery
at Silver Creek is said to have
had the best record Of any in the
state in the way OF suffering from
banditry.
The Lexington Leader said
Sunday of the new arrangements
| for prohibition enforcement in
the state:
With an adequate force OF
agents in the field. Prohibition
Director Sam Collins hopes to
handle the problem OF law en-
! forcement in Kentucky, so far as
| the federal prohibition depart
ment is concerned. after August
|. by which time it is expected
the reorganization of the dry
forces in the state will be COM
plete.
j Under the new regulations. 80
prohibition agents will do the
work that formerly was done by
agents and inspectors. the agents
looking after raiding and the ar
rest of persons violating the man
ufacturing, selling and trans
! porting provisions of the law and
inspectors keeping on the trail of
permit holders who violated the
regulations or terms Of their per-
mits. Director Collins said that
there will be three districts i'll
the state with & group OF agents
ASST gned to eath one under the
immediate direction of a group
head or chief agent.
The three districts will proba-
bly, be designated as the Eastern.
Central and Western districts.
I Headquarters for each district
will be maintained at some geo
graphical strategic point. I hese
headquarters have not been an
nounced officially. but it was
learned from unofficial sources
that the Eastern district head
quarters probably ill be d, Lon
don or Pineviile. ard that Owens
horo and Bowling Green are be-
ing considered for Western ds-
trict headquarters. while it is
generally understood that Louis
vile will be headquarters for the
entral .listr CT.
| An Associated Press dispatch
from Louisville Saturday night
stated that it was runored in
federal circles there that Robert
Blackburn. of Lexington, would
be appointed as group head OF
the Central district. Rumors
fn of nCt
that D. w. Lyttle. of Manches-
ter, will be named group head of
the Eastern district and that w.
| T. West. of Lancaster, probably
will be the appointee as group
head of the Western district.
i Director Collins would not deny
or confirm these rumOrs, saying
this his recommendations for
agents has not been completed,
and that no recommendations
have been confirmed by Commits
sioner Haynes.
}! Louisville, Ky, July 25-Li-
,'quor thieves may not be afraid of
whisky guards Gust walking
!, around" but they are afraid to
walk into the lace of loaded
gun. according to Robert Lucas,
who today pointed to the fact
that there has not been robbery
:, from a distillery since he issued
his orders "shoot to kill" une 2S
i"Up to that time it seemed that a
: robbery was executed every
| night or two, and guards had
reached the point where they
conveniently went to sleep" the
! collector said, adding that a for
mer guard at the Rugby distillery
t here chad hurt his chin one day
and that night his chin hurt him
:. co ca.1or-o11r thu he ,xretat To S1eeD