Prohibition officers Shelton and Flinchum on Friday destroyed one of the largest distillery outfits that has yet been taken in Stokes. It was found on Belews Creek near the Stokes-Rockingham line. Charlie Newman, a young white man, was captured with the outfit and is in Stokes jail in default of a $500 bond. When the officers came upon the distillery it was running with several men in attendance, but all made their escape except Newman. With the outfit the officers took 700 pounds of sugar, which was brought to Danbury and sold at auction. A number of large barrels of beer and the large still were captured as well as 20 gallons of whiskey.
During the past few days, the officers have captured a number of other smaller distillery outfits.
From the front page of the Danbury Reporter, Wednesday, April 15, 1925
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