Moonshine from Carolina Swamps in Bottles of Popular Scotch and Irish Whiskeys, Feb. 6, 1926

Moonshiners Send Goods to Bermudas. . . There It is Doctored and Sent Back to America as “Real Stuff”

Raleigh, Feb. 16 (AP)—Moonshiners in eastern North Carolina are doing a big export business to the Bermudas and Bahamas, according to information Hamilton Jones, U.S. commissioner, states he has received from reliable sources.

Corn whiskey manufactured in huge stills hidden in Carolina swamps is slipped to British-owned islands where it is “doctored” to resemble popular brands of Scotch and Irish whiskeys, says Mr. Jones. It is then poured into bottles bearing old familiar labels and shipped back to the United States as the “real stuff.”

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1926

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