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\Dubois County DAILY HERALD, Jasper./Tuesday. August19741•Af.p::By WILLIAM COTTERELLATLANTA (UPI) — Soaring sugar prices are squeezing moonshiners out of business,Jasper — Susan C. Beaven, 910 W. 13th St.; Gary L. Beckman, 1190 Hopf Ave.; Larry J. Beckman, R.S, Hopf Avenue; Debra K. Belter, 415 Giesler Road; John C. Beiter, 1512 Vine St.; Gregory A. Berger, 1314 Dorbett St.; Janet II: Braun;Elisabeth A. Burger, R. S; Maureen B. Burger, 1440 Leopold St.; Thomas P. Fischer, 412 W. Ninth; Martha S. Freyberger, R. 3; Jane M. Gootee, 1328 Dorbett St.; Anthony C. Hochgesang, R. 4;Gerald R. Hochgesang, R. 4;Cynthia J. Hoffman, 612 W. Eighth St.; Eugene S. Huebner, 1618 Newton St.; Anne E. Knies, 400 Wagner St.; Mary L. Krapf, R. S;ONold-timer is sure there will be stills as long as there are Southerners who prefer a Jolt of white lightning to a genteel sip of a gentlemen'sblend.“It’ll always be here, like gold digging,*' said Hubert, 76, who ended a two-; moonshining career inAbo Jean M. Krempp, 1033 Carroll; JaneL. Kuper, 415 W. 15th St.; Marilyn J. Lythgoe, 1420Newton; AUen J. MerUey, 323 W. Ninth St.; Nancy E. Otte, 1006 Carroll St.; Baibara J. Rasche, R. 4; Bob G. Rumbach, 975 MacAr-thur; Steven J. Schneider, 040 MacArthur; John W. Seng, 1525 Newton St.; and James W. VanHuysse, 337 W. 14th St. Schnellvllle — Victor O. Bets.1973 American Motors SportaboutAuto. Trans., Power Steering, Low Mileage 258 Cyl., 1 Owner, Like New1969 Malibu 2 dr. H’top' ~ ', Auto., Power Steering, Air Cond.V-8, Auto., Power Steering Brakes, Factory Air197? Slcvbrk 1r1041 to join the Army. /'Once a gold-digger, always a gold-digger, ana once a moonshiner, always a moonshiner.The price of a 100-pound bag of sugar a year ago was $12. This week, it is expected to top$40.That has pushed the price of moonshine Into the realm of the lower-priced legal whiskies, but Howell said the still operators in the north Georgia mountainswill Just switch to syrup if the price of sugar gets noncompetitive.Besides, he Mid, there te a large clientele of folks who simply prefer moonshine to the legal brands.“It’s not fit to drink, and you know that as well as I do,” he said. Even Four Roses whiskey doesn't taste as good as good moonshine whisky, if it’s made good.Whiskey is made to sell, not to drink,’’ Howell, who abstains from alcohol himself said. “A man's a damned fool to drink it, I don't care what kind it is.” Howell said that when he was selling moonshine to bootleggers, sugar was $3.75 per 100-pound sack, and a gallon sold for $1.10. With sugar prices topping $40 per hundred pounds now, the price is in the $12-$15 per gallon range.Federal Treasury Agent Charles Talbert said the price squeeze is eliminating many of the smalltime moonshiners, and that many poor persons who are moonshine customers are buying the legal booze rather then take the big health risk for such a small price difference.The Georgia Revenue Department’s alcohol tax director, Harry Russell, said that most of the stills his men raid lately have been inoperative.I suppose it’s a sign of the times,” he said. “Uusually, if we find a still and it’s live, we lay on it and try to catch people. But now, more and more, most of those stills are just laying there.”
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Tue, Aug 27, 1974
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