Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-09-10

The still had been set UP t,
operate around the clock, -
.lourS y day and the year around
officers said It could have DO.
tcntially turned out $500 gallons
II liquor i day and would have
earned its operators millior
dollars IN profits III three months
had it run smoothly and haG
ample markets for the liquo.
been provided. The loss in tan
revenue to the States of Soutl,
Carolina and North Carolina, a.
long with the Federal govern
mcnt, would have been more
than 100000 every month the
still was in operation.
TAX LIABILITIES
While suffering all the other
losses. the bootlCggcrs had still
another blow. All the potential
liquor in the 40 600 gallons OF
mash Is also taxable. This alone
IS believed to amount to some
thing like $4,000 in tax liza
oIliticS against the bootleggers.
All losses combined is ex-
pected To cost the i'll fated
whiSkey makers in excess of
100000. II was all out-go and
no income. They never sold
the first penny'S worth.
Much OF the directing of the
investigation that led To the dis
covcry OF the still, the arrests
and seizures was in the hands
Of II. p. Clary. Supervisor in
charge of ATTD of =. C.. Will
liam {. Queen. of Greensboro.
Federal investigator; and Henry
{. Lilies. chairman OF the Green's
5"ro Abe Board. Lies said the
investigation began in Piedmont
North Carolina and that the
stills output was scheduled for
tildL StNtOu.
Lilies said y. c. tax revenue
losses would have been Sl45. 900
a month If all the stills liquor
rad been allowed to pour into
the State
Clary said. IL have been
in the law enforcement bust
ness a long time but 1 have
never seen any still like this
before" II was the biggest in
the memory of all present
agents.
Clary said the still was so en-
sineered that the operators could
control the proof" content OF
the liquor to make either heavy
Or light proof liquor as they
saw fit.
Agents were seriously con-
,cmplating the seizure of the
farm itself upon which the still
was being operated. This is done
IN cases where there is reason
.o believe that the property
)wncr is fully aware { h a t
The premises are being used Tor
he operation of an illicit liquor
still Reports that were uncon-
.Irmed. said the farm itself be-
Ongcd 10 a Conway attorney.
BONDS ARE SET
The five bootlcggcrS caught at
he still were arraigncd before
y. ;. Commissioner William Ty-
son. Jr.. in Florence. He set bond
Tor Davis and Cope at $500
$1,000 for DOwcll and Mintcr
md $500 for Ellis. The Two men
arrested with the truck were
ucld in Wilmington Jail in lieu
Jf $500 bond each. Davis and
'Upc.s bond was signed by Mrs.
.unicc Burroughs, of Myrtle
BC1ch.
Davis. while a Myrtle Beach
.gsidcnt now is formerly from
greensboro. y. C.. the general
urea that the other bootlcggers
.s.u3 as their homes.
ClIry said that the still con
truction began about a month
I-D and that agents began wat
hing it soon after that time. He
aud the liquor syndicate wa.
part Of an active organization in
south Carolina, North Carolina
nd Virginia. There was some
pcculatiun that other arrests
nay be Forthcoming.
The United Press quoted Shcr-
q. John +. Henry as saying his
Hll.ce was unaware Of the stills
nCraiIon.
The abandoned farm house
and barn were some four miles
off the main highway. Beaut-
iiul Spanish moss hung low
around the place and giant
pine trees dotted the farm
yard. The two-story barn
had not been big enough to
hold all the distillery and a
20 foot shed had been con-
structcd around three sides
with new timber and tin.
One Of the van trucks parked
in the still yard was letterec
"Blue Ridge Builders Supply