Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jewelers and Optometrists [ftRMERS1 GUIDE FBE[ Written by Dr. J. W. Buchanan, late of the I'. S. Department of Ag riculture and Professor of Veterin ary S? it-uce at. Clemson College. Rc niiirkaMe hook on treatment of di.s k!? rs, accidents ami diseases ??f rY'<t -os, mules. cattle and bogs. There l,i-. a lusge demand fnr the valuable information contained in this book. <i\.r .'!0,tH)0 copies have been dis tributed Among fawners. For a ]im 1 ? 1 time, its long as our supply lasl*. we will supply every farmer or live >tock man with n free copy of this I k Write today for your copy. < \ KOI. IN A REMEDIES TO. Home of 1 Renirdirs Dcpl. I niuii, S. T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian I Hilrton St., Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST ( ro< ker Building Camden, 8. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK sash, doors, blinds AND LUMBER I'l AIN * HUGER STS. PWo* 71 COLUMBIA, S- C. SOUTHLAND STORIES Larry Gantt Gives Some .Inter esting Recollections. (Written for Tin* fhronlcle by T. Larry (Juntt.) !>nrlng Pnxrldenit Cleveland'* first administration I was appointed as deputy col|e<)tor in the Atfroim divi sjon. At that time It was tho duty of the collector's* office to watch over government .property, to visit and in spoct registered distilleries and col led fcdcnal taxes. The raiding of 1! licit stills was the duty of the deputy i?>ii Id fact, the mission of the collector's office was to got an much royonue lis possible for Undo Saot ,iUfd flic mnrs'haVs to ferret out and liMliii to justice violators of tho law. )hit the two s??is of officers nt'tcd and worked together, , Mv main idea for accepting this |?r? slilon was to study the moonshine and illicit liquor business from the in side so as fo Know the life of these law-violators and all about' their traf fi?* So 1 often went oh raids with the deputy marshals, evyn In other than my own division, and umonc tho moun lain fastnesses of Hie Blue It Id-go, where moonshiners mostly 'flourished. When, an especially dangerous ter ritory was to he visited, parties of half a dozen or more officers went together, each man armed with the most improved gun and pistol. They travelled 011 horseback, as the -.tills were located in the Wildest 3tnd mos-t Impenetrable mountain coves and no vehicle could traverse the 'narrow paths leading to the .plants wThe greatest secrecy had to U? maintain ed in mnkiftg raids for the distillers had spies out to watch for "rev-en iters" and the entire eon n try was in sym pathy with them. The raids wore gen ep-jlly made at night, .for moonshiners select tin* darkest and worst nights to operate their plants The program Was for the officers to ride as near the still as possible, without beinc discovered, and then tie their horses out in some secluded spot and pro ceed on foot The* had to exercise ? the greatest caution, for their prey was ever on the alert and at the first intimation of the approach of an enemy would make their esea<jw\ and if time was given carry off their still and tho spirits made. So often when the officers reached the scene they oidy found a smouldering fire and vacant furiroce. Hut when sur rounded and unable to escape, the moonshiners generally surrendered, but sometimes would take to tho bushes and exchange shots with the raiders- But they wore generally arm ed with squirrel rifles or shotguns, and could not withstand the im proved weapons turned against them. They would then mttke a break through a jungle or up some mountain and knowing every foot of their country, the officers were Always at a disadvantage. Besides, they did not know when they would run into an nmtmsh. " I had < ?i i < ? informer to report ;i Mill owned by Iiis father and brother. Tho government paid a reward of $10 to ovry man wbo rej>orted nn illicit still, and to these mountaineers $1" was a nail fortune. But for :m in former to ho found out was sure death ii t the hand!* of his neighbors'" 1 once 7>alil an informer $10 for four stills that he had lend the officers to. and ?when I handed t ho fellow his money, warned hi'" to ho cautious, or he won id get himself into trouble The I K io r fool w.?* so elated over having so much cash at one time, that he began bragging and showing the money around. He had as well pub | 1 !??]>? proclaimed his treachery, for the men whose stills he had given away knew the only source from wiifcih the party could get so much cash. A few days after the infoTiner's body was discovered su-tpended from the rafters in an old log out house lint ex]>ori?TK*ed revenue officers can trail a ti i'li< it still like m hound would a rabbit When n moonshine ^?fill is set up the owner generally keeps a hog or so to eat the slop- In ' their travels officers in?]x-ct <very branch or stream they cross and when they discover muddy* waters coming d<?wii. follow that. str?*i"> up and are pretty apt to discover a still Another; sure guide is bran floating on the sur face of the water In raiding among the mountains officers ascend Ihe heights and vi?-w the landscape over. When they ve a smoke ascending in the woods ..r on mountain <id?\ it gtMicratly locates ;i still P.ut the nmoikshiners a r>* vcrv wisp nnd cunning. While I was in service :i merchant operated an illicit still in ti y'nd ? n ?m'-i *i?-> Mitucii idi j years on a thickly settled street of Athens. <ia., and It was not discover ed until he die*! arid his home sold Water from a weU in a porch un<1 forced up by a pmnp was used, and the smoke carried up the kitchen '?ihmnry The slops were carried through a pipe into a hog pen some distance from the residence, and in order to allay suspicion he would haul a barrel of slop occasionally from a rejpilar irorernment <MftiHcry ope rated by Ms brother, a few* mile* out iu the eouutry, Another moonshiner hid a cave etvuvated in a bank near liis spring brttm.ii, and sot up hispi&nf iu The smoke came u;> under bin wife's washpo* and who always bad w lisping to do the tluy her lmsbaod mad<V a run. This still was reported ami it took some time In-fore it was looated, and tho officers would have given up ihe soaivh, hut tor the smell t>f sour Uiusli that filled tho atmos phere. At last one of them tore away j some pluo brush where a eloart,BJf started when thy mouth of the cftvo was discovered and the moonshiner at work Another prominent farmer op j orated h s<t ill iu a cellar under J?is ! barn. Hut for repotts from splojf these secret distilleries uouhl never have been discovered* A moonshiner runs many risks of detection* Rivals often .sec ret el y report, so as to destroy competition, There is in every moun tain section feud", uud one enemy I will report another to get oven. Then y there are good and law abiding i>eoplo in every neighborhood who do not re llsh tho idea of liquor being made. Many women report these stills when they find them making drunkardV of rhoir husbands or sous. So it is hard for a moonshiner to operate long with out being found out and reported. There -are in nearly every comrauni t.\ some experts at making stills aiul it is rtti easy matter to buy sheet copper ami have it fashioned into u still The making of the worm is the most dlffl ? ult part, but this is douc by riveting the pieces logether and then bending the pieces around some sttrtnp when n per feel worm is Jdrmed. But most ' of i be blockade whiskey is manufactured in a shallow box made of wood and I i ii<>cl with sheet iron or oven tin. <?ft on worms are made of gas of. water pi.l>es, bent itixo 'shape around a stump, but of <-ourse the whiskey manufac ture! by such erudo ructhods is a vile decoction, but some ipeaple drink it. When a blovkfider has a fine copper still, he will risk anything to save it. When ho Ainlshes up bis "run" or h<*?r$ of "revenue*" being in his sot tU'&W'iit, ho lifts ? it his worm, takes tbo still from thn furnace ami con ceals ttiem iu the wood* Hut t lie of ficers readily trace these bidden stills, uiul It Is an easy matter to an expert Iu Urugglu? a still through the hushes spQts of soot arc loft on the loaves or ground. anil 1 have know it a golM trailer to follow such .signs for n mile or Wore and seldom fall to f I ml the still. Where a capture i^ nutde at so Intonv'enlent a place, uo us 10 pro. vont iavtylng the "oofyper" away, the still and worm are ?<hoppSd all to pU*?vs with an a\e. always found around (lie place of distillery, Hut moonshiners mn take ?a still that has boon hacked all to piece* and patch i'. up so as to do more work, They arc ex-perts at (Ills. As the p??y of flic marshal" depends on arrests, or did jtt the ttmo 1 was in service, it was | .ehaiged that they sometimes did not do the still very much damage, so that they could have an opportunity to make more arrests* It was simply a trrnp to eat eh other game. Hut a raiding deputy or marshal must he a man of courage and a clear head to nuiUo a success and hold his .Job. When on a raid ho carries his life in hjs own hands for he does hot know when he will be fired on from ambush and killed or wounded. .Moonshiners are ail desperate men and look irpoii revenue officers as bitter , enemies and their natural game. They have no m<?re scruple about shooting down a revenue officer than they would to kill a fabiti dog. and their women are even more violent than the men. ami some of them will shoot and fight, too. The only thing that safe guards the lives of officers on a raid is a knowledge that illicit distillers that the government will use its en tire power to run down men who at tack its officers, nnd that they must be tried, not in tbeir loi'til eourts. but | before a federal judge. HOLIDAY GOODS .lust to ivuiiiul you that Christ mus Is only uiui mouth uft'j SVo atv koIuk to b?'lj> you all wc can with your t 'liristmus1 shofniiiR l?> , marking all our Holiday g0O(j|f at the very lowest cash |n ?? ?? (Hat \Y? ran soil thum at. Wo will have a ji?hk1 1 i ut* of Toys as usual ami want all tlio eblUlreti as well as rhe crown t'olks to n?s* them W\t week we' will show the (ilhsoh line of t '<hrl*tmas Cards. Cohlers, Seals. iu?\*>s. ItUihous ftiul Calendar*. We will al>o have MUvtrU* (looiN . mihI C?>oklluj de^lco*, l-'anrv HH*k?*t*V Wwtu Frttttiex nial Frames for your Kodak l'hTnres. Whitman's Candles \N'a tor man's Poll*. 1*1|kv? and fine Clears in all nly.e: paekatfey, ami |l)o uieesj line of Holiday Stationery wo haw < -\er shown * ?ur subscript lOU pr U.'Os fov Magazines iiaUr ihom iNH\peu*i\?* Mvso.uls whieh tflve a wh^o years pleu*u,re W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Telephone 2W WeM SltU? tlroad St. IUii ill defense of these moonshhnoi's they are honest in their belief that they an- doing a patriotic duty In ye sK'tiiiR any attempt to hivak up their uianufaoturc of whiskey. They artfue that the} cannot yet tiuir cvrn to market through Inaccessible mountain paths and over heights, and thai they have a right t?? manufacture li into liquor, wJvoh it, can he transport ed to market. Itut even before I resigned from vers iff itioonvhininjc had jjreatly Irs sen?'(l in i he mountains and tlic busi ness was being moved to the lower and more .set lied counties. The tea s??u for this is tlmt revenue officers know every possible spot w here a still j could he operated siimI (lie bu^noss wiii RH?t f 1 nu (?"??? r?Nk.v. Hut a git'tu d?*ul of sympathy has heen wasted on., nfioonshinors. While some iu?ko wills key for Mile, many use viji tlu? litt:h? ?? corn ? j'0|.?s fi"nde on small (latches for hivad I ?y their wiVos and ehUdivu and. hoi. It up tn'to liquor to .drink', (hum s.-hi ^ \\ heiv one Dillon is sold I Mm v.i tijjf'.r.Ml i tint five uulloiw aiv t'uMfumrd hy the nrnmi<tituer>? and th?Ir friends I'nnV't".* Knw atunuiloM . .1 'J. ideal do. seen don i ?>f 0uecn l.iliiH>Kiiliiiii, of llu\wui, i" now In Ihe Polled States. \yliei f vln' will complete her education ? in " ?me of. the ( 'Hiifornin nidversitjes EAGLE "MIKADO" Pencil No. 174 For Sale at your Dealer Made In five (radee ASK FOR THE YELLOW TENCH, WITH THE RED BAND EAGLE MIKADO EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK Talking Turkey WHETHER it ^ a bird for Tliank sgi\ ing dinner or a tankfnl of gjisolim* for your motor you will get real satis faction only through careful selection. \ olatility is important to good gasoline. ft largels go\crns the starting sftml of \oiir motor ;.sid the richiie?*?. of 1 1 1 ? ' mixture wni ha\c to use. For ?>!<?;<< I \ jumtr that enables you to creep along in traffic or \shirl up steep grades without a lot of gear shifting your motor fuel must have high flame speed and a high rate of pressure development. For vennom ical aprrdtion gasoline must give you big mileage per gallon and burn up -o completely that it leaves a minimum of carbon behind. It needed year* of refining experi ence and eountle-- te?t?* to de \elop a Imlrmred gasoline to inert all these specifieatiou.s. Rut it lias heeii done. ''Standard" Motor (Gasoline is 1 ? o nest not iii one or ttV'o ri'fiprrts oiil\ . ( nder lit/* most rijrid tests c(i\ f - ri lit; tut i\ feature of motor 'u r! :'i?i :rci'. "Standard" Motor (/;:-oli :ic slaltd? first. ^ oil rail easily pro\e llii-. Draw up where you ?ee the familiar **S. O. " -iirn. 1 a tankful. Notiee l!i" **{>? n* ami jmwrr your ear ha?. Sr?* how ea-ily it elimhs hard 1 1 i 1 1 - . Keep tahs on the mileage yen irrt. 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