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Show "T7T "I 'TV" 7" Jli.-Jij, w r"o t OH s, j i i Scries of Ilislinrs Falls tD . Ccsccrn . in VMch Nunbcr Fijurcs. EVANSVILLE, Ind.. May 9. Unlucky' Un-lucky' 13 and unpropitlous Friday have figured prominently In a distillery recently re-cently established here and which paased Into the handi of a receiver a few days ago. When the distillery wa established here the Government gave it No. 13. The plant beganoperationa February IStn last. When the Government Gov-ernment Inspectors went to measure the still used In the plant they found it had a capacity of 13 bushels. This day was also on Friday. The local telephone arranged to put a 'phone in the plant on Friday, and the number given the factory was 1SU. Friday afternoon a cat that had madu her home In the distillery gave birth to IS kittens. Late that afternoon Capt. A. J. Goodson, BpeclaJ revenue collector,- accompanied by John Chewring, the local collector, went to the plant on business and the mother of Jhe kitten kit-ten attacked Capt. Goodson in a rags and severely bit him in the leg. From the day the plant started the stockholders stock-holders had nothing but bad luck. The plant went Into bankruptcy a few days ago. - |