Fayetteville, Nov. 6—One hundred and thirty gallons of whiskey were found buried under a plowed field in the rear of C.S. Charles’ filling station near Shaw’s siding when Cumberland county deputies dug into the ground after finding only 13 gallons of liquor as a result of the capture of an immense steam-boiled still 600 yards from Charles’ place. The officers had reason to believe that 800 gallons had been turned out from the big still during the past week, and continued the search to be rewarded with a find just 10 times as large as the quantity taken at the still. The whiskey was buried two feet under ground, and the soil above it had not only been plowed but disc-harrowed and presented every appearance of a field ready for fall planting.
Charles was placed under arrest and will be given a hearing at a date not yet fixed. He is now under a suspended road sentence imposed by Judge C.W. Broadfoot a year ago when a large number of liquor jugs were found in a secret compartment at the rear of his store. He was tried in the recorder’s court and given a fine and a six-month sentence suspended during good behavior. LA whiskey case is also pending against him in the Federal court. Charles came here from Winston-Salem and at his trial last fall was defended by a well known lawyer from that city.
The still taken near Charles’ place was so large that five men were required to lift the “doubling keg” into a truck. There were fourteen 300-gallon vats filled with beer.
From page 3 of the Wilson Times, Nov. 11, 1924
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