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B. H. GRACE
t AND REAL ESTATE
Special Attention Given to'
Collections.
UVALDA, GEORGIA.
Telephone Connections.
v DR. CHAS. D. WILLIAMS
Practicing Physician
Vidalia, Ga
Office in Post-office Building.
Phones: Res. 84-3; Office 84-2
DR. L. H. DARBY
DENTIST
•.equipped with x-ray outfit
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Postoffice Building
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
DR. ELTON S. OSBORNE
SPECIALTY:
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
* 19 Jonei Street, East
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
DR. M. L CURRIE
Oftce rear of postoffie building.
Furnishes his own medicine and fills
most of his prescriptions.
* Phone*.- Residence 164; ofiber 151.
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J. E. MERCER, M. D.
Vidalia, Georgia
Office Over Union Pharmacy.
Office Hours: 9 to 1C a. m., 4to6p. m.
’ Office Phone 136; Residence 189.
B. P. JACKSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
V 't "i Xt .
Practice Civil ana Criminal Law m
All Courts.
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Office in First National Bank Bldg.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
D. C. PATTILLp
| ATTORNEY AT LAW
Collections, Estates, Bankruptcy
P and Loans.
0 First National Bank Building.
Phone 145.,
" 1111
M. J. RATTRAY,
VETERINARY SURGEON
PHONE NO. 229
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
W. M. LEWIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
VIDALIA, GA
Office over Bank of Vidalia.
0 W. J. DcLOACH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office over Citizens Bank.
PHONE NO. 18.
VIDALIA, _ GEORGIA
L DR. F. L. HUIE
' DENTIST
X-RAY EQUIPMENT.
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Offices in Bank cf Vidalia Bldg.
G. K. MURCHISON
k
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND
EMBALMER
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
Day Phone 92; Night Phone 36
0, PIERCE E. HOLMES
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
405-10 American Bank & Trust Bldg.
SAVANNAH, GA.
General practice in all Courts, both
State and Federal.
No Worms In a Healthy CWM
All children troubled with Worms have an ao
heaMhy color, which indicate* poor blood, and a*a
rale, there l* more or 1 ess stomach disturbance.
Snvrs TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given rega-
StTtotwoor threTweeks will enrich the blood.
the digestion, and act as a general Strength
3Z?fcoic to the whole system. Nature .T^ 1 * **
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I STORIES OF THE SOUTHLAND !
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I By T. LARRY GANTT |
Personal K Exepriences Among Moon
shiners—Raids by Rerenne
Officers
During President Cleveland’s first
administration 1 was appointed as
deputy collector in the Athens divi
sion. At that time it was the duty
of the collector’s office to watch over
government property, to visit and in
spect registered distilleries and col
lect federal taxes. The raiding of
’ illicit stills was the duty of the deputy
marshals. In fact, the mission of
,the collector’s office was to get as
much revenue as possible for Uncle
Sam and the marshal’s to ferret out
and bring to justice violators of the
, law. But the two sets of officers
acted and worked together.
My main idea for accepting this po
sition was to study the moonshine and
illicit liquor business frem the in
side so as to know the life of these
law-violators and all about their traf
fic. So I often went on raids with
the deputy marshals, even in other
than my own division, and among
the mountain fastnesses of the Blue
Ridge, where moonshiners mostly
flourished.
When an especially dangerous ter
ritory was to be visited, parties of
half a dozen or more officers went
together, each man armed with the ■
, most improved gun and pistol. They
travelled on horseback, as the stills .
were located in the wildest and most
impenetrable mountain coves and
no vehicle could traverse the nar
row paths leading to the plants. The
greatest secrecy had to be maintain
ed in making raids for the distillers J
had spies out tq,watch for “revenuers’
and the entire country was in sym
pathy with them. The raids were gen
erally made at night, for moonshiners
select the darkest and worst nights to
operate their plants. The program
was for the officers to ride as near
the still as possible, without being
discovered, and then tie their horses
out in some secluded spot and pro- |
oeed on foot. They 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 escape,
and if time was given carry of their
Business Cards
John T. Ragan I. D. Stewart
Vidalia Vault & Tile Cn.
Manufacturer of
THE NATIONAL Steel Reinforced
Waterproof Cement Burial Vault.
Tile, Brick, Coping, Flower Boxes.
Phone 131.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
O. K TAXI CAB COMPANY
Next to New York Case
CARS FOR RENT DAY OR NIGHT
WITH OR WITHOUT DRIVERS.
GAS, OILS, GREASES.
CARS WASHED AND STORED.
TIRES CHANGED.
PHONE NO. 268.
P. H. HASKINS, Manager
VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
INSURANCE
FIRE, LIFE, THEFT, TORNADO,
BONDS, AUTOMOBILE AND
LIVE STOCK LIFE.
LEADING COMPANIES.
V. B. HERRING
Office over Citizens Bank; Phone 183
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
R. A. MAYER
LOCAL AGENT
DELCO LIGHTING SYSTEM.
PARTS IN STOCK.
VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
BUILDERS SUPPLIES.
Lurf Brick, Lime, Sand, Cement,
Sash and Doors Beaver Board,
Roofing, Shingles, Hardware,
and Nails.
Mill Work oi All Kinds.
Sherwin-Williams Paints.
JOHN T. RAGAN & COMPANY,
Phone 131
VIDALIA, GEORGIA
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THE VIDALIA ADVANCE, VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
' still apd the spirits made. So often
when the officers reached the scene
J they only found a smouldering fire,
and vacant furnace. But when sur
rounded and unable to escape, the
moonshiners generally surrendered,
! but sometimes would take to the
bushes and exchange shots with the
raiders. But they were generally arm
ed with squirrel rifles or shotguns,
and could not withstand the im
proved weapons turned against them,
i They would then make a break
through a jungle or up some moun
tain and knowing every foot of their
I country, the officers were always at
a disadvantage. Besides, they did not
know when they would run into an
ambush.
I had one informer t® report a still
owned by his father and brother. The
government paid a reward of $lO to
| every mao who reported an illicit
: still, and to these mountainers $lO
was a small fourtune. Bnt for an in
former to be found out was sure death
at the hands of his neighbors. I once
paid an informer S4O for four stills
that he had led the officers to, and
l when I handed the fellow his money,
warned him to be cautious, or he
would get himself into trouble. The
! poor fool was so elated over having
so much cash at one time, that he
began bragging anq showing the
money around. He had as well pub
licly proclaimed bis treachery, for
the men whose still he had given
away knew the only source from |
which the party could get so much
cash. A few days after the inform
«er’s body was discovered suspended
i from the rafters in an old log out
house.
But experienced revenue officers
can trail an illicit still like a hound j
would a rabbit. When a moonshine 1
still is set up the owner generally
keeps a hog or so to eat the slops.
In their travels officers inspect every
1 branch or stream they cross and
when they discover muddy waters
i coming down, follow that stream up
and are pretty apt to discover a still.
| Another sere guide is bran floating
on the surface of the water. In raid
ing among the mountains, officers as
i cend the heights and view the land-
I 1 scape over. When they see a smoke
ascending in the woods or on moun
tain side, it generally locates a still.
But the moonshiners are very wise
and cunning. While I was in service
>a merchant operated an illicit still in
a small cellar under his kitchen for
years on a thickly settled street of
Athens, Ga., and it was not discover
ed until he died and his home sold.
Water from a well in a porch and
forced up by a pump was used, and
the smoke carried up the kitchen
(chimney. 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 slop occasionally from
a regular government distillery ope
rated by his brother, a few miles out
in the country. Another moonshiner
Jaad a cave excavated in a bank near
his spring branen, and set up his
plant in it. The smoke came up
under his wife’s washpot, and who
always had washing to do the day
er huband made a run. This still
was reported and it took some time
before it was located, and the offi
cers would have given up the search,
but for the smell of sour mash that
filled the atmosphere. At last one I
of them tore away some pine brush
where a clearing was strated when
the mouth of the cave was discover
ed and the moonshiner at work. An
other prominent farmer operated a
still in a cellar under his bran. But
for reports from spies, these secret
distilleries would never have been
discovered.A moonshiner runs many
risks of detection. Rivals often
secretly report, so as to destroy com
petition. There is in every mountain
section feuds, and one enemy will
report another to get even. Then
there are good and law-abiding peo
ple in every neighborhood, who do
not relish the idea of liquor being
made. Many women report these
stills when they find them, making
drunkards of their husbands or sons.
So it is hard for a moonshiner to
operate long without being found
out and reported.
There are in nearly every com
munity some experts at making stills
and it is aa easy matter to buy
sheet copper and have it fashioned in
to a still. The making of the worm
is the most difficult part, but this is
done by rivetting the pieces to
gether and then bending the pieces
around some stump, when a perfect
worm is formed. But most of the
blockade whiskey is manufactured in
a shallow box made of wood and
lined with sheet iron or even tin,
Often worms are made of gas or wa
ter pipes , bent into shape around
a stump, but of course the whiskey
manufactured by such crude methods
j is a vile decoction, but some people
j drink it. When a blockade has a
■ j fine copper still, he will risk any
thing to save it. When he finishes
up his “run” or hears of “revenues” I
being in his settlement, he lifts off
his worm, takes the still from the
i furnace and conceals them in the
woods. But the officers readily trace
these hidden stills, and it is an easy
matter to an expert. In dragging a
still through the bushes, spots of soot
are left on the leaves or groupd,
and I have known a good trailer to
follow such signs for a mile er more
and seldom fail to find the still.
Where a capture is made at so in
convenient a place, so as to prevent
carrying the “copper” away, the still
anil worm are chopped all to pieces
with an axe, always found around the
place of distillery. But moonshiners
can take a still that has been hack
ed all to pieces and patch it up so
as to do more work. They are ex
perts at this. As the pay of the
marshal depends on arrests, or did
at the time I was in service, it was
charged that they sometimes did not
do the still very much damage, so
that they could have an opportunity
to make more arrests. It was sim
i ply setting a trap to catch ether
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game.
But a raiding deputy or marshal
must be a man of courage and a clear
head to make a success and hold his
job. When on a raid be carries his
l life iu his own hands for he does
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ncft know when he will be fired on
from ambush and killed or wounded
Moonshiners are all desperate men
and look upon revenue officers aa
bitter enemies and their natural
game. They have no more scruple
about shooting down a revenue offi
cer than they would to kill a rabid
dog, and their women are even more
violent than the man, and some of
them will shoot and fight, too. The
only thing that safeguards the lives
!of officers on a raid’is a knowledge
i that illicit distillers that the govern
ment will use its entire power to
run down men who attack its offi
cers, and that they must be tried
not in their local courts, but before
a federal judge.
But in defense of these moonshin
ers, they are honest in their belief
that they are doing a patriotic duty
in resisting any attempt to break
up their manufacture of whiskey,
i They argue that they cannot get
/their corn to market through inac
cessible mountain paths and over
heights, and that they have a right
to manufacture in into liquor, when
it can be transperted to market.
But even before I resigned from
service moonshining had greatly les
ened in the mountains and the busi
ness was being moved to the lower
and more settled counties. The rea
son for this is that revenue officers
know every possible spot where a
still could be operated and the busi
ness was getting too riskey. But a
great deal of sympathy has been
I wasted on moonshiners. While some
make whiskey for sale, many use up
the little corn crops made on small
patches for bread by their wives
and children and boil it up into li
quor to drink themselves. Where one
gallon is sold I am satisfied that five
gallons are consumed by the moon
shiners and their friends.
* You Do More Work,
You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have a very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness, laziness,
nervousness and sickness.
GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
■ restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Blood. When you feel
its strengthening, invigorating effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine, it is simply
IRON and QUININE suspended in Syrup.
ISo pleasant even children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purify it and IRON
to Enrich it. These reliable tonic prop
erties never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood.
The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE’S
TASTELESS Chill TONlC'has made it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-five years ago, folks
would ride a long distance to get GROVE’S
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member of their family had Malaria or
needed a body-building, strength-giving
tonic. >The formula is just the same to
day. and you can get it from any drug
store. 60c per bottle.
Nothing: equals \
SAPOLIO \
scouring
Makes all
metalware
look like now
—Don’t neglect the battery of your
car. A little repair work may con
siderably lengthen its life. South
ern Storage Battery Co.
NEW FALL MILLINERY
My fa l l line of Sylish Millinery is being received.
Modish Felts, Beavers, Patter Hats, Sport Hats Trimmed and
Untrimmed. ,
A nice line of Childrens HMs in Beaver and Felt, up-to
date colors and materials.
Will be glad to have you inspect my line.
Mrs. F. E. Dennis
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA
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Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Vidalia, Ga.
ARRIVES « LEAVES
10:55am , Macon, Dublin 8:00am
7:2opm Macon, Dublin 7:4opm
For information as to throiifeh schedules fares, etc.,
apply to Ticket Agent or
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Woodrow Wilson
As I Know Him
By Joseph P. Tumulty . j
Secretary to the President 1913-1921
To appear daily and Sunday in
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Beginning October 30
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Why Did Wilson adopt the policy of
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What were his own views of the Lusi
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What were ths facts about his treat
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What caused him to keep General Leon
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Why did he bar Elihn Roct from the
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