Paragould soliphone., 1922-04-17
TWO MEN DRAW
 BIG FINES ON
 MULE COUNTS
Zack Haley and Charles Oliver of Main Shore Caught By Officers With
 Good Supply of Whiskey.
(From Fridays DafI.-,

Peculiar and amusing indeed arc the antics that Dame Nature n1avs upon her fond children and if she maintains her present pace she will soon convert the many inhabitants of this, our beloved terra rlrma, into race of fishermen and in the change will provide them with some thing more than the proverbial fisherman's luck" The above sentiments having been unloosed, we will now begin the amazing and surprising narrative of the manner in which a citizen and resident of the Main Shore vicinity stumbled upon" two fiycgallon kegs, a demi- john and medicine bottle of the well known fire water"
 According to the testimony of Zack Haley who lives ill the afore- mentioned neighbOrhood and spends his time or at least part of it in the enjoyable pursuit of fishing and killing frogs, he, while playing with the inhabitants of the realms Ol aqua a day or so ago, suddenly found within his sight and the reach of his hands tho stores of liquor mentioned above. Having the supply thus thrust" on his hands he at once began to debate within his mind in an endeavor to evolve therefrom a solution of the question What shall l do with it % Finally he determined to bring the lot to the city of Paragould and there dispose of it to the best speak easies" that approached him. Now enters another resident of the same section of the county and finds the principal in the discussion pre- pairing to begin an expedition to Paragould on his regular day as sworn by the newcomer, MT. Charles Oliver. Being desirous of obtain ing supply of groceries and some dye, MT. Oliver asks MT. Haley to permit him to accompany him on the proposed trip. So they started
 Meanwhile the officers had form ed a trap to catch any and all per sons suspected of transporting the cOntraband stuff With every ave- nue of approach to the city guarded the officers of the law assumed charge of their posts and began policy of 'watchful waiting" They were not forced to wait for any con siderable period of time as a wagon was soon observed approaching with two figures clearly discernable. However the figures" also observ- ed the officers and began a detour. They were stopped by the officers as they entered the city by way of the Marmaduke road near Browns store. One of the authorities forth with lifted or raised the cover that was spread over the rear of the wagon and pulled forth a bottle of whiskey. The two men who were the same mentioned above were hauled to the office of Esq Charlie Grooms and their pos sessions removed to the confines of the county jail
 At the preliminary hearing given the two men this afternoon before Esq. Grooms both men were fined two hundred and fifty dollars. Tes- timony introduced by the two men was to the effect that Oliver was in ignorance of the cargo carried by the wagon with the exception of the frog legs which Mir. Haley was in the habit of bringing to town Neither man made any remark about liquor being in the wagon and the plea of "innocence' was thus introduced for MT. Oliver. MT. Haley admit d