Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Two Stills Captured in Franklin County, Sept. 26, 1924

Captures Stills

The following captures of stills in Franklin county the past week have been reported by the Sheriff’s office.

On Thursday of last week Sheriff H.A. Kearney, Deputy Sheriff D.E. Cone and Chief of Police B.H. Meadows captured a 50 gallon still near the old Hazelwood place in Franklinton township and destroyed about 200 gallons of beer. They also report the capture of Jones Williams, colored.

On Monday afternoon Deputies D.E. Cone, J.S. Rowland and C.E. Pace captured a 60 gallon still near the old Bolton place and destroyed about 100 gallons of beer.

From the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Sept. 26, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84020791/1924-09-26/ed-1/seq-1/

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