Two complete outfits for distilling whiskey were brought in yesterday by officers, but no arrests were made. Mr. J.H. Stancil of Wilders township, deputy sheriff, brought in a 30-gallon capacity copper outfit which he, together with others, captured early yesterday morning about 12:30 o’clock near Pineville on Buffalo Creek. The still had not been in operation for a day or two and no one was at the still. Several barrels of beer and other unfinished liquor were destroyed.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Stancil and Mrs. C.Q. Stephenson went to Boon Hill township and captured a still in full blast about two miles from Brogden school. They happened on the still about 1:30 o’clock and saw at least two men working at the still. The men saw the officers and ran, jumped into the creek and got away. The still taken was a 40-gallon copper outfit. A half-gallon of beer was poured out, and a four-gallon jug of “something” was burst.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Friday, Dec. 12, 1924
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