The Spring winds are blowing no good to the liquor distilleries in the mountain section of Cleveland county near the Kings Mountain battle ground. Two big stills in operation were captured in that section last week by county officers.
Get Much Beer
On Thursday Officer Bob Kendrick and Greel Ware ran upon a plant in full blast on the mountain near the Yorkville road. They got about 10 gallons of liquor and 200 to 300 gallons of beer and the 100 gallon outfit. The operators made their getaway.
On Saturday Officer Kendrick and Deputies Greel Ware and Charlie Sheperd found another 60 gallon plant in operation in the same section. Around seven gallons of liquor and about 800 gallons of beer were destroyed at this plant.
According to the officers the identity of the operators is known and the wide net of the law is being spread out to nab them, once they begin to circulate where their apprehension is likely.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Monday, April 19, 1926
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