A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Texas > Henderson http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2413 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=38386 Submitted by: Fourls1223 Article Title: Athens Weekly Review Article Date: July 24 1924 Article Description: Large Still Destroyed in Henderson County Article Text: Athens Weekly Review July 24, 1924 Large Still Destroyed in Henderson County Deputy Hugh Pickle Saturday destroyed a 55 gallon capacity still and five barrels of mash, on Cedar Creek in the western end of the county. Mr. Pickle located the still about a week ago, and upon his first investigation discovered that the grounds surrounding it had been covered with small sticks and twigs in such a manner as to show should anyone walk over them. He was very careful not to disturb the arrangement and visited the place both night and day for seven days in the hope of catching the operators. He found upon examining the mash Thursday that it was "ripe" and was of the opinion that it would be boiled and a "run" made Thursday night or Friday morning in order to provide the "lightnin" drinkers some of the fluid for their Fourth of July celebration, but after watching through the night and until noon Saturday decided his presence had been detected and proceeded to destroy the outfit. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ TX-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com