Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1922, Page 33

| cial Dispatch to The Star, The news from Washington that spe- cial “platoons of federal prohibition tucky and the Carofinas in a war on moonshine whisky means unquestion- ably that blood is to flow freely in the mountain districts of these south- ern states. The prohibition commissioner . will need to send sturdy men to cope with the illicit distillers and mountaineer bootleggers. There will be no comic opera lazy Einstein and Moe Smith stunts ‘in the wooded depibs of the Appalachians. The statement of. the ‘national prohibition commissioner i that this is to be a rifle and shof campaign shows some col of the task in hand. | Already the feud between the moon- shiners and the officers of the law has reached such a stage of bitter- ness that “shoot on sight” s almost the unwritten law of the hilis. | Within three months two sheriffs and | three deputy sheriffs have met death in courageous efforis to stop the flow of whisky into nooga alone. The /moonshiners or bootlcggers, following many, of the battles, have spirited away their dead and wounded, but the edge' of the struggle is believed to rest with the officers. Have Us Demonstrate This New 1922 Mecdel Range This beautifully finished 1922 GARLAND GAS Range delights every woman who sees it! demon- strated. In the old days when the dale of liquor was legal the moonshiner in this eection of the Appalachians, un- like his relative farther north, was a law-abiding citizen, except that he made white whisky because he | sidered it his God-given right. {talities were rare even in the bid { revenue raids, the owners of the stil. {more often syrrendering when unable to mike a getaway. With the com- ing of absolute prohibition the -old- {timer has either quit the business.or has Leen transformed into a murder- ous individual with gun ever cockdd. his forces have been augmented transporting fraternity who been” luied into the hasardous incss by its tremendous profits, nd' when brought to bay usually give 0 _quarter and ask none. Sentiment has been somewhat di- vided and feeling has run high on both sides of the conflict in the three - | states converging near here. Some { officers of the law have been held for = jury because they used ting irons too freely. The ourts have held that if the | sheriff fires first, | have the right to return the fusil- ‘lade. Moonshiners. neyertheless, have been convicted of murder in !zuch circumstances. What the com- i plications will be when the federal . s < < . | officern begin their promised cam- asnmgion } paign no one can foretell. - Q. |"The Miclt ligdor irade has many notches in its gun, but the sheriffs have been able to hold their own be- :ause they know the mountains and ithe mountain ways. In this the {problem of enforcement differs from lthe city clean-ups the prohibition officers have been able to make in the nerth. Daily Battles Oceur. Beginning with the killing ‘of Sheriff Catron of Walker county, Ga.. last fall. there have been almost daily {battles in the moonshine country. Catron was trying to arrest a party of men who were comm.} to Chatta- ‘noaga With a”big load of liquor. He was shet hw an unkngwn' assailant and died "almost jnstantly. A - man named James Douglas w; Tested soon afterward afid convicted,“but the ’ _ But its glistening enamel finish is the least of its splendid features. 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A. the city of .Chatta-! the moonshiners agents are to invade Tennessee, Ken:,lowed iw prehension j i ghoot any m i | DRY AGENTS.FACE BLOODY WAR IN SOUTH’S WOODS ' Sturdy Men Needed to Cope With Illicit Dis- tillers and Moonshiners—Long List Of Dead to Date. case was reversed by «the supreme CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., May 24.—|court because the jury prayed for Divine uildance over the grave the sher s ‘Several battles without fatality fol- of the .sheriff's the wake death, ‘but the officers the score.with t some time In Jani uary, when in Ja son county, Ala, just west of Georgia line. two deputy sheriffs and two state enforcement officers raiding & still. found four men sta The four started to run tioned there. and the kil ribly crippled for the officers opened fire. One ‘Ilnoon hi ners, Harry Gerby, life. Friends of moonshiners attempted prosecution of the officers and proved that not one of the men at the still was, armed. in Alabama, howeve t lawful for an offic an detected in the Tom- There is a la: which mak mission of a felon: “It is our only chance,” said L. Phillips, state enforcement officer Alabam; enforcement of prohibition would impossible.” Followed Eight to Grave. As chief of police of Anniston, A before being promoted to the st position, Phillips followed . to tors of the liquor laws. The next scene in the liquor war ain was laid in Walker county when Deputy Sheriff J. Parris! companied by his nephew, Will P rish, and John Neighbors. attemp to stop WIIl Partain, Tom Part; and Otto Boss, suspected of hav. liquor with them. The challenge was hardly given when guns fiash, stood their ground until both P; rishes were deal and Neighbors, o numbered, beat a retreat. Tom P; tain also was killed. Will Partain and Boss were_arrested, but owing to dificulty of proving who fired first,| the prosecution has been extrem difficult. Madison county, Ala., next act in the death pl cers flushed a large pa bullets flew Tast for many. minutes. last the moonshiners fled. The offic escaped without injury, made grave Johnson sho furnished d that their aim id not even liquoy men until was ed; his mate, Oscar Hill, was ter- wounded, and John Allen was “We have to have the right ta shoot to get the drop on them or their graves _cight of his policemen who were kflledin efforts to arrest viola- te offi- at a still and but a ne ear the home of Da D. C, THURSDAY been true. After a few' more Jdays the body of Fayette Jones, with four pistols strapped té a beit and a rifle by his side, was found, For several weeks the aonors in the bloody war lay with the officers,. but jthen came the killing of Sherl L Smith of Mad G 10,0000 RUSSIANS they are bathing their clothes are sterilized. Repairing sewerage sistems. im- proving housing conditions, installing | chlorinators to purify the water sup- ply in the towns are other means by which the A. R. A. hopes to make Russia safe from the sanitary stand- | Commissioners ASSEMBLY HALL IS SAFE. - Tell :Federation They'll Back Central High Work. The Commissioners county, Tenn. Buot Usoquently Lut and Jasper Borin { were convicted of the murder, not- withstanding the charge of the court that If the sheriff Ared first the de- fendants' acts were justifiable. The court’s position was tiat officers have no_right to fire on. moonshinera” in Tennessee unless the latter ow fight, as making liquor is only a mis- {demeanor in this state. i More Killings. deon March 1;. J W, hu:rllnn, d:(:: uty sheriff, was shot to deas at Durham, Ga; four miles south of |BY the Jssocigted Press, of { here, by George and Ralph Baker, LONDO! May 8.—A sanitary | home of the Jewish race. was report moonshiners. . John :Hle B:e:!enufl spring offensive Hing for the in- '?dl'.‘vorl:x‘;;n:)ey the Pliouxz foreign af. nt, d killed Steve xter as - fairs co e yes| agent Bhot and Killed Bt cana from | culation of 10,008,000 people against provided by the American Red Cross, | whioh contributed $3,090,000 in cash | TOBENOCULATE 3 Meas‘ures Taken. £4,090,000 worth of supplies from su; plus Army stocks contributed b: come. —_— APPROVES PALESTINE PLAN. | The Fish resolution expressing the satisfaction of Congress at the re- creation of Palestine as u national I a still in Cocke county, Tenn. In this|flve communicable diseases has been case foeling ran so high against the|undertaken by the medical depart- e e tor heavy bond_ {ment of the American Relief Admin- The position of a law enforcement istration in Ru says a cable officer has bficome nob ":Blfi“‘;';' elgr‘n reaching the London office. this ion that none but the v - ‘s e opir forche foba. Just before|, TYPhold, para-typhold (A and B). he was killed Sheriff Smith had dis-|smallpox and cholera, which latter charged three depusies on the charge | has now Degun to appear in several that when they found a still in opera- | regions, are the epidemics which the tion they were afraid to arrest its{ American'Rellef Administration hopes operatives, but waited gntil the men | to eradicite jn this way. were gone, then destroyed the still Vaceinés Now Arriving. and claimed the reward. x A This is the situation as federal offi- M;:‘lar‘:fi:ov‘;l a;m“% in a cers are about to begin their war. the distr e assistance of the rgment . and k- the This Guarantees in as The Road to (Copyright, 1922,) ! centrar, the local \ i health authovities has been enlisted | GIRL TRIPLETS ARRIVE. in order'fo secure the co-operation of the people themselves. Th Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Chappe- lear Proud Parents. e American Relief Administra- | tion is also trying to revive such na- | tive sources as that of the laboratory Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Chappelear of 107 Ridge road, this city, and Benedict Md.. are being congratulated at Roux, which was known as “the by tneir friends upon the birth of second Pasteur Institute.”” This hus been practically closed owing to lack triplets—all girls—to Mrs. Chappe- lear, Sunday morning. of, materials and food for the staff. According to the physician in at- Now, however, the American Reli | Administration officer in Samara ha: tendance, both the mother and three little daughters are very well. Each induced the government to guarantee water, fuel and forage for animals| of the babies weighed approximately four pounds. : needed for experimental purposes. HANGING IS DEFERRED. The American Relief Administration is giving laboratory supplies and food lExecution November 11 of Rufus Gordon for’ Murder. packages for the personnel. An educational campaign Instituted Justice Siddons, in Criminal Division | has postponed until _ November {by the government showing the dan- . 1922, the hanging of Rufus Gor-! Every type of stock blank book is to 6( found on our shelves, and an ample supply of each to permit quick, satisfactory choice. However, no manufacturer can pos- sibly hope to meet the demands of every business house as to ledgers and blank books—and sometimes stock biank books will not do. of ve i " ate ! a ar- ted ain ing print the pages according to your gers pictorially of the louse, the mos- quito and the fly and the necessity for removing all rubbish and filth has prepared the why. As many of the| people to be inoculated are receiving | American rations, this prophylactic ! offensive is expected to be successful. Learn to Like Baths. | Already the A. R. A. physician in| Samara, Dr. Foucar, has enlisted the ! aid of the refugee adults now being fed by the A. R. A. in removing trash and keeping public places clean. All] children coming to the kitchens are required to take baths in the public bathing house. At first they were reluctant to indulge in even s weekly wash, but now they like it and come two and three times a week. While done here in our own workrooms. All ar- ut- ar- i . the “¥1dcn, colored. convicted of the murder of Simon Miiler, a grocer, at his store, 1001 Lamont street, September 11, 1919, The execution had been sched. At{uled for Friday, but because of an ers'appeal by Attorney C. H. Gibson for Gordon had to be deferred. The peal cannot be heazd in the appel urt until next fall the - What's a fair price for _ Good clothes? - - “The public today- will not buy..if they believe the article offered is “high priced.” Unfortunately, many stores bave taken this to mean that people want -only cheap merchandise. That is not our belief. Our customers want fair prices, the low- est prices possible for quality merchandise. But they know we cannot sell good clothing at the same price as cheap clothing. There is nothing the public buys in which quality is so important as in clothing. Nor is there anything in which cheap workman- ship can be so easily concealed from the casual observer. Good clothing is made up of three things—good fabrics, good de- sign and good tailoring. Skimping any one of them will cheapen clothing in price, but it will cheapen it far more in quality. You can buy cheap clothing which may look .well when you first put it on, it may be made of good fabric, but the real test will come after you wear it—that’s when quality will begin to show up. The difference between the cost of good clothing and poor cloth-’ ing is small. But the difference in value—in satisfaction to-the wearer—is great. y .We sell good. clothing. - The price represents the quality that’s in it. The kind of clothing that makes satisfied customers—and that’s ihe kind we want. Our SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES are the kind that deserve special consideration from any man who thinks well of his ap- pearance. Good style—good tailoring—and good fabrics. %35 to %75 The price depends on the fabric and trimming— the' workmanship is the same. and $600.000 in stocks. An zdditional | hefng built the | that they Total area of main, British e BETTER BLANK them and letter the binding. Ever; point. Funds for this campaign were | the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions declare that the assembly hall of the new Eastern High School is in accordance with all requirements of the bullding code and ] ed to accept the United States goverpment s yet to|responsibility for the construction ef the bulldirg. The city heads turn down the re- | quest re prepa: for WHEN STOCK BLANK BOOKS WON'T DO, WE MAKE THEM FOR YOU! Our printing and ruling equip- ment cannot be excelled in Washington. 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