Gastonia, June 1—Federal prohibition agent Evon L. Houser, assisted by Steve Stroup and J.R. Putnam, made a raid in the South Mountain section of Burke county, 12 miles south of Morganton, Sunday and captured a 65-gallon still, 1,000 gallons of beer and a small quantity of liquor.
The operators of the still were absent. Just as the officers were leaving they noticed a car nearby. On searching it, they found three gallons of liquor and arrested J.L. Wilson, J.F. Cline and B.O. Teague Jr., said to be from Granite Falls.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., June 2, 1926
Editor’s Note: The beer found with a still producing liquor was not the kind of beer we drink today. It was produced in the distilling process and was meant to be turned into liquor, not sold as beer.
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