The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-07

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ii, G:!rad Baptist Church.
,,4 oc~cr been on 4 Worm hunt
and il was nil new and in
.rc % ne. Charlie Calminc
mo O.. the street that morning
,,d I've been tiOned of on
,~ a NcwlaHd ana if you want
y, a,ang may be able TO show
oos in operation. And so I
,rsc INTO his coupe and away we
!. m the Warm hunt. For you
ha.r guessed the kind OF
-, IT, we're hunting, by this time.
rroTd o! Newland high school
~ q rabbit drive on Saturday
,-roon before Thanksgiving, ran
The still quite by accident and
,s -helr reports Of the thing that
Sheriff Carmine the tip. The
might not have discovered the
a. ALL but on their rabbit hunt
ran across Grandy Freeman. a
.rd,y sort of Colored man who
nearby the still, and asked
,r6v if there were rabbits i'll
Toods back of his place. And
s,Iy said ne didn't think there
= snv rabbits i'll the woods back
his house. but there were bear
rs hidden in the underbruSh
4 there and he cautioned the
S 10 keep out of that piece OF
nj, il they didn't want 10 get
NH. in a steel trap.
EoyS win Be Boys
Te. vou couldn't have kept the
s OUT of that piece of woods after
T. the whole gang OF them
need into the woods full OF curl
r. and excitement and wondering
bit would feel to step unneNpect-
h into a bear trap. And that's
= they cane to run upon the still.
ygr il isn't considered neighbor-
O.: GOOD hammered to say any
ng about a still. if you find one
rOur ncighborhood; the owners
his still evidently thought the
IS would do the proper thing
4 keep their mouths shut. And
:aer didn't remove the still, but
pc right en- making liquor just
same. And Sheriff Carmine and
rq.. would have walked right IN
the mOonshmerS themselves II
+ had been a few minutes earlier.
81: somebody had told the Sheriff.
Z. the still was back Of Grandy
H3man'S house. whereas IL was
I& Ct Tony Freeman's house, a
l-rer of a mile further up the
b. While We we're securing the
3ds back of Grandy'S place. some
3 tipped the operators off at the
and they departed hastily. lcav-
a roaring fire. seven barrels OF
f and >cYcgal carboys Of newly
5e ayotch
y2w ]. 7 had been hunting Tor a
2Msa.ae still all by myself /
Fer you'd have looked for still
.8rc> rom public highway
- L., than 100 yards from a
Fe-G- house. But that's where We
md 'n.s still. And 1t was a rath-
c,evor,r made thing and rigged
for 5egmauent business. II con-
tsd o. a steam boiler improvised
.1 O >lCc, gasoline drum. and this
E0..cd but Substantial and
0,0,v practical boiler was bricked
Ike a regular boiler. In line with
BOILER we're three oak barrels,
L IL, bayTcl-thC barrel near
The 1oUey-contaiuCd the beer
nash. e >tcam pipe running into
o.r-a' caused the mash to boil
Z overflow into a second barrel
" q .yl.ed again and passed as
20. a.-g HE copper coil or worm
Z. caG thru a third barrel filled
Ta.e~- The vaDOr. condensed
21 rugpCc worm. trickied out in
pail. and this was the run OF
N,.. Here WAS the stuff tip
e. and parry throwcrs in town
%N5) a pint or $500 a gallon for,
Cost gaouy 80 cents a gallon TO
The OdOr of Hog Pen
So' I never would have found
~ Sill. Dr myself. because would
e ,0@. farther back in the
Aas. AND I would have shifted
al ,D~ 'hc odor of corn liquor
10 A"alo. think l am fairly fami-
AID I know now that you
No -'.'r .Ocalc a still by smelling
AqIor tor the smell of a moon
VIC s.a. J., not the Swectish and
unpleasant door OF hootch. but
%a', ., q hog pen. That's en-
E ""., i. smells likG-an often
no- pen And it's just about
sloppy and nasty.
'e"."' cost much to set up q
&c. I.r "FDrCr coil Is easily OBJ
'>~:G .. cost Vi SlOO d foot anc
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