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BIG MOONSHINE STILL RAIDEDThousand Dollar Outfit Reported Found in George CountyAssociated Press.Jackson, Miss., April 13—A moonshine distillery, said to be valued at more than a thousand dollars, and also the largest ever round in this state, was captured in George county, about 18 miles southeast of Lucedale, near the Alabama line, according1 to a report received by Ellis Chapman, chief prohibition enforcement officer, from Agents Owen and Buchanan.The distillery had been in operation an hour or so berore the raid. It was located near the home of Frank Docett, and a road had been made from his home to the still, this being the chief evidence on which the affidavit against him is based, it was* said.The two officers confiscated 1,-700 gallons of mash, two 100-gallon cooling barrels, two 50-gallon cooling barrels, two iron furnices, a copper worm pipe 80 feet in length, and 36 gallon fermenters.
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Laurel Daily Leader
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Thu, Apr 13, 1922
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