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Monday, February 28, 2022

Still, Beer, Whiskey and Bootleggers Found in Duncan Neighborhood, Feb. 28, 1922

Whiskey Still Captured From Clayton Township

Between midnight and day during a rain on Thursday night of last week Messrs. C.H. Johnson, Johnnie Barbour, J.D. Stephenson and Bertsell Smith captured a whiskey still with worm and cap complete in the Duncan neighborhood about three miles south of Clayton. They found two barrels of beer and 1 ½ gallons of whiskey. Two negroes and a white man were arrested at the still.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Feb. 28, 1922

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