Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-16
GAZETTE STARTS SOMETHING
Newspaper Forces Prohibition Off
ciaIs to Activity in CASTOR.

With the Federal prohibition officers
| concentrating their efforts here and
thus Ginning in with the city's anti
liquor campaign, the road of the Gas
ton county booze vender is becoming
real rocky one, says the Gastonia
Gazette of Wednesday.
Within the past few days a number
Of arrests has been made by Federal
Prohibition Officer Evon L. Houser,
who has the assistance and close CO.
operation of Deputy Marshal NJ. c.
Cohen, of Charlotte. These cases will
come up for trial at the October term
of Federal court in Charlotte.
One of the biggest hauls made here
abouts in quite a while was the arrest
Of Stacy A. MullinaX, a farmer living
in the Flume section near Crowders
Mountain, yesterday afternoon. The
arrest was made by Mr.. Houser and
Special Officer Adam Hord. They OBJ
tanned 10 gallons Of liquor. This was
brought to Gastonia along with the
prisoner. He was taken before United
States Commissioner S. S. Morris, who
released him on a $500 cash bond
pending his preliminary hearing which
is to be held before Commissioner
Morris on Thursday, June 22nd The
entire 10 gallons Of whisky was poured
out in a sink at the commissioners
70 In hn n
when the officers reached the city with
MullinaX and the booze, and large
crowd gathered at Squire. Morris Of
flee to witness the ceremony Of send
ing the liquor down the sewer. AS
this was being done Mullinax remark
ed that it was a real pity that one
particular jug full had to go that way
as it was genuinely distilled in the old
time way and was sure enough good"
liquor.
Archie Robinson, a one-armcd white
man who has worked around Gastonid
off and on for several years, was ar
rested Monday night on a charge of
violating the Federal prohibition laws.
He had eleven gallons of whisky in his
automobile. Robinson proved himself
good sprinter and got away from
Officer Houser twice before he was
finally retained in custody. He was
taken before Commissioner Morris who
held him under a $500 bond to appear
on Ju..e 20th for his preliminary hear
ing. J. d. b. Mclean, of Gastonia,
went on his bond.
Three young white men, Link Wall,
Everett Howell and John Heath, were
given preliminary hearings yesterday
before Commissioner Morris on
charges of violating the Federal pro-
hibition laws. They waived examina-
tion and were bound over to the Octo-
Der term of Federal court, their bonds
being fixed at 5000 in each case. Wallis
bond was given by r. Kelley, Everett
Howell's bond was given by G. w.
Howell and Heath's bond was given
by Miles Hanna. Immediately follow
ing his release under bond young
Heath was arrested by local police Of
ficers on advices from Charlotte that
he was wanted there on a charge of
being implicated in theft of an auto
mobile. He was taken to Charlotte
yesterday afternoon.
This morning Charles Mckinney,
! negro who lives near Kings Mountain,
was brought before Commissioner
Morris on a charge Of violating the
the Federal prohibition laws. He was
caught with two gallons of liquor in
his possession. He was given n pre-
limnary hearing and was held under
a $500 bond for trial at the October
term of court. w. A. Morris, of Cleve-
land county, went on his bond.