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THE OIIECON SUNDAY JOUilNAi, OR"LAfD, SUlttMY '&0tlING, OCTOBER M, iC3 .. a mmmummjomm mm a a-, rii .-aw w - -en -agw pp - 1 . . - nstfM w smmr,Mm H-&syg -mrjsKkr re - ; bnrt rlfl rporU ebod throurh th tDonaUln. A bullt b4 wh4 by Mrhl ar. Tb of. OelbU rtuml th flr, and thr wm ft Hv&y futlU ' Ud or vrl leoond. In th mtdtt of whloh Dpty Mrhl Dr Ml to th rround. blood lloirlnf from wound. 1 . ,, ., ThU : atoppod tho battlo ttmporftrllr. ' WhlJo . hit emrftdof woro romorinc th woundod offloor tho . "moonfthinora" oopod.' Tho covornmont ofllolaU waro looking- for tham at laat aooounia. , But thla la not tho only woman "mooaahiaar who baa bravad tha offloara. In Polk oounty, North Caro lina,' lri of tl ran a atUL. It waa ,wmy up In a taolatad mountain taction, far, It waa thought, bayond tha raaoh of g-orarnmant atoutha. ' From tha mountain oamo a ateadr atraam of corn brow. Jlavanuo offloara acratohad thalr haada Clua after elua'waa run out, but atiU Batay Blmma dla -tlUad nnmolaatad. It la tho euatom of offloara,' whan all othar cluea fall, o follow mountain atraama A till muat bo whiri thara la planty of running watar. They wandad 'their way up tho mountain, tart ad. about, examining hollowa, aeemlngly In vain. But ono day they a aw amoko curling beyond tho tree. , Tboro." aald ono. They looked-and at that moment, a girl appeared, ."Give chaae." ahouted tha deputy. ' Thoy ' ran. Tha girt turned and with tho agility, of a flying Daphne led tho way through tha foreat A cry rang out. It waa har algnal for help. , A moment, and nvo men, armed to the teeth, ap- , paarad. , , , "Don't ye lay a hand on that gal," ono aald. "It'a all right Tou've got . tha goods; but we'll give you tit. and ahe'll turn up at Columbua to 'pear at tha next court term' chool Children AGENTS OF ILLICIT STILLS IN KENTUCKY HIGHLANDS TT1ROM a cloudless sky poured the xgold Mi en morning sunshine. It penetrated " the widest glens of the Cumberland mountains and danced over the rugged moun tain roads. , Coming down the road, on this particular ttornmg, were two typical Kentucky moun :i0$M wfwn spf - y I MakiJitiiliaii vo In their lnatlntfta and thirsty enough to violate tain girls who might have been anywhere the law, ready to buy the liquor when there la a from JO to 14 years old. Evidently they nock t the door, and a child stands there, school no sooner stopped In ona section than other stills, tn. trhnr,! Rlunv nvsr their shoul- b or,T the ahouldor-nalbelt school bag that saga 'den were coarse burlap bags, such as the -pJciou.iy with w.ight , ij .l rnm; This, tho naweat and most startling development school children of the section use for carrying of th- mopn8hlM trafflo ,n mounta!n fa8tnesses. their books and lunch. follows what the government officials thought was a V The tWO were poorly dreSSed and bare- virtual euppreealon of mo0nshlnlng." Last fall they . . ,1.x, ,.tU ftanounced that they had stamped out the Illegal busl- foot, for even in the mountains the warmth nMJfc But hav. fouad tbat mega, dtotuila, ls of summer still lingered into jai. i neir caiico gowns were patched and not overly clean. Swinging along up the 'mountain road, meeting them, came a tall, broad-shouldered man,, also roughly dressed. As he near ed the girls' the elder stepped in front of him and audacious little creature boldly winked. JThen she tapped the bag on her shoulder significantly. "Ehf he said, surprised. "S-s-h. Want some?" she tapped the "bag again. "Yes," he replied, "but whatf" Raising herself on tiptoe, she whispered in his ear. In a moment the deal wasr completed; she had taken the money he gave and he had been given a quart of "moonshine" whisky. ''But wait there not so fast, my little miss didn't know I'm a government inspec tor, did yout lust come along with me and show me where this stuff came from." mushroom-Uke, spring up almost over night In an other. During recent years a number of women have been arrested on charges of "raoonshlnlng." Some of them had evaded tha search of revenue agents for many moons. High up in the fastness of the mountains, hidden by trees and often behind a fortress of rocks, ona who knows may find the still. In a little shed there Is all the apparatus for making whisky. There are the great still of sheet copper, tha tubes, or "worm," and barrala standing In rows. There, with a lira go- ing, a visitor might aee a woman, gun In hand. Per haps daughters are about her; probably there are men helpers. Not long ago a woman named Fouts hefd a posse of government officials at bay. X woman of 27. good to look upon and of undoubted pluck, she defied all the authorities of the law. 4he ran her still In the heart of the Beaver Creek district on tho Knott-Floyd-Letcher line. When a child she spent most of her. time In the small shanty along the creek where her father distilled whisky. With other children she went to the mountain school, and she grew up to be 'a tall, brave, determined woman. ' Several years ago her father died. The young woman took charge of" the home. She knew how to distill whisky, and she began a career as '"moon shiner." It was not long beforo her whisky, like a certain city's beer, became famous. It was the best whisky made in tho mountains, all declared. Business boomed She took pride In her whisky and made money. It Is aald that the production from a still of eighty gallons a week averages the distiller about ISO. Week by week the woman counted her $70 profit And then th government . learned of her. She was warned to quit "moonshlnlng," but sent back a defiant refusal. . , So one morning last summer. Just as the sun over the mountain peaks was reaching out his arms of flame, a determined body of men marched up the mountain. Along the rugged road . United States Marshal Blair led the way. In time they reached the neighborhood of the still. Everything was quiet Cautiously they orept forward. Then bangl bang! They were li earnest besides they were armed The deputies took their word. True to the agree ment Betsy did turn up. Th investigations revealed such an extent o4.tra.fflo on her part that tha Judge sentenced her to Jail for four months. Abont this time last year Mrs, Adallne Rose, one of the most notorious "moonshiners" in southeastern Kentucky, was pardoned from prison by President Roosevelt Women of the mountains In the "moonshinlng" belt have long been noted for their braveiw. Often they have atood by their men, and they handle a gun as well aa their lovers, husbands or sons. Handsome and lithe-limbed when young many are, but hard work soon effaces tho beauty bestowed by 'the beneficent mountain air and sunshine and they soon show the slgna of age. ' "Moonshiners' are taking more pains than aver to conceal their stills," declared-ft revenue officer in tho Kentucky mountalna recently. "These cost from 110 to $300; the men will undergo arrest without fuss, but they mind the loss of tha still. The 'moonshiner' believes that ho has a right to make whisky, and that his children should sell it He cannot under stand a law which would prohibit htm. Many chil dren, on tne waty to school, will offer bottled amne- tor sale, ti are doing wrong. 'Moonshine.' " 'Moonshinlng must he suppressed by impressing the children as they grow up that the business is wrong and illegal. The parents are unconsciously un scrupulous. They do not realise the harm they are doing to their children and the children become as daring and defiant as the boldest distiller." Phey seem to have no sense that they They coma up to one and whisper. THERE'S our great and good friend, th kaiser. Many of us believe him a genius; many others believe him a near-genius. But nature seems to us her hallmark on both brands, whether the specimens be the late George Francis Train, with his bitter, antipathy for all hats, or the British par liamentarian, who would hesitate between his head gear and the Magna Charta, if he were forced to choose between them. - Have you ever seen a photograph, or any other likeness, for that matter, of Kaiser Wllhelm which failed to hid to aome extent his left arm? Can you recall any othar man of prominence who stfll clings to th antiquated Spanish cloak, or uses a muff In seems, is not ex- daring extremes npSj HIS Instance, amazing aa it s I art-prated, and shows to what ' I the Kentucky "moonshiners" have gone to dis pose of the whisky they make la the moun tain fastnessea "Moonshiners," according to reports of United States government agents, have actually put their children to selling their illegal stuff. Uttle girls on their way to school in the Kentucky mountains traf fic "th hair-raising liquor. Sometimes they make a mistake in approaching strangers, just as related abov. Thea a "moonehlar" stUl ls apt to be raided. United States Marshal W. M. Mays, who caught aeveraj young offenders a short time ago on the Breathita-KJiott line, declares that the people are be coming mors lawless than ever. Children, with the belief Instilled into them that thla frame ls honorable and that government agents are persecutors, solicit trad In the mountain reitie ments and along the mountain roads. On their war to school they carry the drink, dispensing it to whomsoever will buy, suaft after school, according to reports, they art ant Out to deliver It to.viUag cus tomers. , Whether th "mooaehiaers" bellv that by mak ing their child re a th purveyors of the whisky taer may ex-ap detection. r whether they result that if- tittle ones win mora custom. Inspectors ay that r or chldra are sent oat aad c day laere ef the uleiral liquor Is sold. Althousa government sleuths fcav drive the wily "moi-BitiMrf- t sack straita, the sympatky of their -.ithbor la th taeaaialas ete net decreased. By m -or,iDr." and ' enaay meaatala villager alike, "mnorshtntea" ts reaareed as a legitimate bailees. 4 isnnnttl lnp-rtor tr regarded, wbea It Is t d v as marks for gQBa i here -ar many persona la rack aUaa, yrlml- 1 AifTtTTVFI? PITT ' r'Taiinr DRESS OF -Mm : livr1-; s-"-: ''..' j iJ ,V '"Jit r .J. )r n, .... , ,;:) ; tit- i OCtD I yfr ;c J; y$ i li 5 II "fe M I r-'v XVY: - iA Ml- ys? li llfcS sr.; ' W)7 -;-7- IS' I J., .l'jlc.r. . ', , ; it'll! r )il t . ' . - J m a i - ' i ' 1 h ' v'i . i i . i - ''lo :- -- - ' J, .1 I -iri-i U . : v f.. -rpr li I -) i :X ; I ? V I l - zjtk f j - ... It iJb A , i C r F SOifE effort or work of ycrart should, all f ft iDddfn, xLMut good, ft iijron a Don Juan rok him tip to cd kimself famous if tha) world, tomorrow rnornimr. ahAnLl diiuvrvar fcat yon us- s known all your life, that yxm ftr ft real, til-wool, yard-wide genius, do jtn tluiik you ewuJd resist tie fell texepution to ftdom your neyk with a towii poet ti. as yron did; or to dftftli into fc-reen clotbes, as Ehaw does; or to dire into some one or more of th innumerable) eccentricities which genius manifests in its attire t ) I Tra could refrain, the rold medal is await ing" you. as one of the noble exceptions to ft frailty such fts humanity lore, to dm u her hsilmArk lot lianu which to thrust bis baad?Thst defectiv arm Is th kaiser's sensitive point, and has ba all his Ufa: th passioa for its oncelinnt. with whatever subtarfur ef drs his tngsnalty caa command, baa become n f th raltag paselons ef the kaiser's cxlsteae. Aar on who baa th aourag t brave th baa f cholera, which Russia's Insensate croeity t her peo ple haa pat upon that anguished land, eaa et1y at c.ese ran re th eceotriclty of RarsU'a most Amen ablert. Coant Le Tolstoy; th oobl whoa rore ar mmipi tor u sag axxram ucus yet whose consistent genius Impels him to wear habitually the smock of the poorest peasant There are very few geniuses,' rich or poor, who ar willing to put their philosophies to the test of miser able garb. Least of all. that human riddle, Bernard Shaw, whose socialism in words is to be measuaed by the acre. "When he was poor and h was very poor Shaw was notorious aa having the most dlsreputabl hat in England. Mow that he is rich, he wears th finest he can And, a specialty that would link him to th base level of mediocrity were Jt not for the cir cumstance that he insists on wearing green clothes of a peculiar rough text,ur and, not too well mad. If we wander among the poets, even with Walt Whitman dead and his open-neck shirt gone the way of all eocontricitles, he left a successor in the plo a turesqu person of Joaquin Miller, th Poet of th ' Sierras, who persists in adharlng to the slouch hat of the frontiersman and the poet, and to the loos shirt and th boots that typify the vagrant, untram meled fancy of his muse. For years Mark Twain, that Incarnation of th humor of common sense, oould not b reproached with any peculiarity of dress. But. as hs evoluted into the Grand Old Man of American Letters, he went the original Grand Old Man. Gladstone, on better in choosing a hallmark for his genius in characteristlo fashion Gladstone. Twain concedes, did all th wood hop- ?ing th forestry servlc could approv of. Twain hanks hi lucky stars be has hung on into this later generation, when ther isn't any wood to chop, and th overworked, physical-cultured world needs a shining example of ease and comfort. So ha wears, all summer Jong, only the Whitest of white linen or flannel suits and he doesn't care who likes it and who doesn't. Invite him to dinner som evening, and see whether he doesn't turn up among the black clawhammer In virginal white, from bead to foot He says it's symbolical of hla Innocence or ons-ht to he. King Edward, until the last horn blew for hla eoronatlon. waa the world'a foremost exponent ef English tweeds. Reason: be resolved, years ago. to - make that particular British industry a success; and th hold that tweeds still have upon th fashion I .ample proof of hla power and of the practical utility of hla fad. SULTAN WEARS MAIL COAT The sultan of Turkey owns a fur-trimmed over coat, which la th most familiar, and, th moat dls reputabl overcoat In his dominions, for It never changes and he wears It when Mark Twain would be ready to shed even hie linena H likes It beeaus It Is lined with chain snail, through which th bullet r th dagger of th ablquiteu assassin cannot pae trate. Th king of Italy, wboee bead scarcely reache bis queen's shoalder. does bis beet to look rerL H is distinguishable la any aeeembly. If ra look closely, by bis very hifh-heel'd shoea It Is th earn fad that characterised Louis XIV. th little grand saoaarao of . Prawe eentarle ago. rirall was eetertowa aa a very fop. a I Charles Plekena. f all hi asreanejed eve for th Water, was hlmeelf a marked maa wherever h went by th Craborat rttres of h neekrlUia A for ladv eatrs. th see'e t fsVw baa been their saving vlrtve. Th exretrtloasf B-M SW bar vitro Ua pens when yon get them real asad A
