Show EYE DESTROYING BOOZE BODlE mm APPEARS Expect Million Gallons of Moonshine for holiday Trade r Py nr ROBERT McKEE t lorre ft r f l me lie Standard CopyrIght 1926 1326 Consolidated Press Association I 1 Va Dec 25 One 2 malion ot or mountain die dis- distilled dis distilled tilled corn whisky that tremendous tremendous ous total Is what the and ano bootleggers ot of the tho Appalachian uplands except to contribute by bT byway byway way of cheer cheor for tor or the tho th holiday sea sea- season season tea son son hasting through New Years Year's day Thousands ot of gallons callons of o the grand total already have been I transpOrted to eastern an and 1 north north- northern northera northern ern era centers center and time the th armada or whisky laden cars car still Is I making nightly dashes from hills to low low- lowlands lauds lands MUST SLIt SLIP Operators calculate that 85 IS per cent ceet percent ot of tho the liquor will bo be delivered delivered ered safely at points of ot distribution tion ion Something will happen to the theother theother other 15 per cent The Tho blockaders reckon sOb with the tho th army army of federal alerts deputy deput sheriffs an aim state officers who lurk at every ever crossroad and In every hamlet Inn ina In ft n concerted effort to stem stern tb white gurgling tide Many carswill carswill cars will be seized ani aol many rum run run- runners run runner ners ner will spend the holidays In jail unless unless they manage manaro to make makl 1 bond Do not bother with towns and cities within III miles of or the coast This Is the th Klon that been given those thoo charged with the task of ot distribution Exper- Exper Experience lenc lenco of ot the past two years ears has Imparted to the vast syndicate s of the necessity of ot cater cater- Inc cater lag Ing to the Inland The Th rum rune fleet wIllie while operating In a ft greatly cur cur- curtailed curtailed curtailed tailed latitude this year was ex cx- cx ex to bo be In lit Ina a position to sup sup- supply supply sup supply ply the tho coast olde coast aided aided l by liquor manufacturers The Tho job oI 01 tho is to administer to the Interior Two T years ago the tho were ero for tor falling down on the job Their powers po of Imagination atlon were not sufficient to encompass encompass pass the be dimensions of or the tho ho un under er taking So the th supply of whisky was 50 SO per short of the de- de demand de demand mand Last year they perked up made a ft survey of ot prospects produced what was roughly estimated maled ertl-maled mated at halt half a million minion gallons Again Iho tho ho supply became ex- ex exhaust ex exhausted hausted haust d WILL WILL- DESTROY EYES This year yar the operators were tired by a new determination They began early and worked late hate Bat Dat- Batteries teries of ot stills spittle booze where before there had been but one ono TIme The result was waa wa liquor in tn an amazing quantity and of ot embalming quality It ity Most of or It has turned a n light lightbrown lightbrown lightbrown brown It tastes testes ot of tobacco lye hye an black still-black It has been It Is a 3 foul toul for tor the tho th most moet part baked concoction born or of haste and unrivaled opportunity tor or profit It will destroy es eyes stoma stoma- stomachs stomachs achs and anti l but kIdneys kidneys but it has the thc kick t I I The main object has lisa been ob- ob obtained ob obtained tamed It Is unlikely the tho demand will exceed the tho output this year ear and the time front from Sippi lo to Maryland wear the smile of vait vast content of a Job well handled They Timey are arc well satisfied w th their demonstration del of ot abil ability ity to co cope I succo fully nith Amer Amer- America's teas ica's thirst The boys bos of tl road the buck buek- buckaroos buck buck-aroos aroos who deliver tho the Roods goods are nrc authority for the tr assertion as that time the further urthel south the time b better tho the booze rhe b best st they thoy claim comes from Georgia Alabama antI and South Caro Caro- Carolina II lima lina a Kentucky are arc letting slip a n reputation that was once the be pride of Dixie Dixe They're getting too rich the th transporters declare 00 00 |