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Federal Agents Bust Stills in Martin County, June 18, 1925

Federal Agents Make Several Raids in County. . . Three Stills Captured, One Case Goes to Federal Courts

Federal agents T.W. Snell, C.W. Baker and A.S. Harris were in the county yesterday and raided a number of places in Griffins and Bear Grass townships. They caught two stills near Smithwicks creek. One of them was a gas steam tank contraption with about 150 gallons of beer; the other was a copper cap and work but the boiler was missing and could not be found. There were about 200 gallons of beer at this stand. Both the stills were located near no residences and no one was seen near either of them.

Another still was found near the homes of Mr. Crisp and Mr. Ayers, two miles from Corey’s store. This was a big plant and was made of copper. Five hundred gallons of liquor were destroyed. The still had bene in operation only a few hours before the officers found it and was still warm.

The agents also found liquor in the garage of Mr. Claudius Hardison. Mr. Hardison appeared before W.C. Manning, U.S. Commissioner, and gave bond for his appearance in the Federal court in October.

Mr. Hardison claims that he was unaware that there was liquor in the garage, that a number of other people had full access to the garage and it was easy for them to carry such things in his place of business.

From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, N.C., Friday, June 19, 1925

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