The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11
H00CH FREE IN
KENTUCKY HILLS
Correspondents Find Quiet Sort
Of Men Make "Mountain Dew
..G With Kick" ~.
SUSPICIOUS OF STRANGERS
Continually on the Alert for Deputy
sheriffs, Revenue Agents and Pro-
Il hibition officers-- Read s5s...,.s,
J. World Magazines.

= Catlettsburg, Ky-Typical noun
tain moonshiners of Kentucky are not
always of the gun-toting and trouble
making kind, it is proven to news cor
respondents by visits into the noun
tain region in this area Of the state.
The mountaineer type Of moonshiner,
however, is continually on the alert
for deputy sheriffs, prohibition officers
and revenue agents.
After a trip of thirty or forty miles
into the mountains the correspondent
was escorted to a moonshiner's log
shack, made from the rough timber of
the hillside and carefully arranged on
a foundation of stone.
: "Bill' greeted his visitors with q
keen eye, bit of suspicion, but with
a friendly note in his shout of "wel-
come stranger" Proper inquiries
whether any squirrels Inhabited an
adjacent mountain side, where a new
brought the answer that squirrels
were scarce and none were found in
the woods.
Mountain Dew Kicks. ~
When a friendly spirit developed
some mountain dew" or, in the Ian
guage of the cities, "white mule" was
produced from a small handmade
cupboard within the single room of
the cabin, over which hung a religious
picture and other articles of a reli-
gious nature. On the opposite side of
the room over the bed Of the noun
taineer was rife of heavy caliber, an
automatic pistol and a small-caliber
revolver. The contrast Was unique.
A small drink Of the "mountain
dew" almost brought Sunderland Ia
Dempsey. Inquiries as to the age of
the liquor brought the answer, "Thet's
today's stuff" - rs- ... -.
Hospitality of typical southern quail
ity will~be found among the mountain
eer residents if you are friend" =;
If an enemy-beware, or, as "Bill' ex-
planned it, Snakes in the mountain are
killed" "Bill" makes his farm pay.
able proposition for his wife and chill
dren,. who were attending church at
the time of the correspondents visit,
by occasionally cutting some timber.
Reads Magazines Of World.
His interest in world affairs is not
limited and weekly trips to the near
est postofice furnishes him with news.
papers from the "outside." These are
read by one member Of the family, by
lamp and candle light, to the others
and often last throughout the week.
The moonshiner's home from the
outside has an uninviting appear
ance, but once within the home, while
some Inconvenience are found, the
impression of cleanliness is produced
The low ceiling forces man of ordi.
nary height to stoop. The board floor
may creak. but it is solid and high and
dry. In winter cold winds are shut
out by the mud-plaster between the
cracks of logs and by the board and
paper lining of the inner walls. Heat
is furnished by an oil burner and cook.
ing is done on coal range. y
Oxen teams haul coal to the home
during the fall months. A yoke of
oxen pulling a load Of timber along
the narrow mountain road explains
the manner which enabled the noun
.taineer to obtain all the stable logs
used in constructing his home.