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In Taylor County, W. Va., authorities seized zinc moonshine stills, prompting Magistrate Charles R. Lilly to warn that local moonshine, often mixed with rat poison, shaving products, and lye, is deadly, with less than 1% being drinkable.
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(By International News Service.)
Grafton, W. Va., Nov. 9.-The seizure of several zinc moonshine stills in Taylor County has prompted Charles R. Lilly, magistrate and former Federal prohibition field officer of West Virginia, to issue a warning against moonshine liquor that is peddled about in this section.
"A drink of liquor from one of these moonshining stills," he said, "would kill the strongest man in the county." Less than one per cent of drinkable liquor is being sold in the county, he declared.
Analysis of liquor recently confiscated showed that "rough on rats," shaving concoctions and lye were mixed in it.
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Taylor County, W. Va.
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Nov. 9
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a drink of liquor from one of these moonshining stills would kill the strongest man in the county. less than one per cent of drinkable liquor is being sold in the county.
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The seizure of several zinc moonshine stills in Taylor County has prompted Charles R. Lilly, magistrate and former Federal prohibition field officer of West Virginia, to issue a warning against moonshine liquor that is peddled about in this section. Analysis of liquor recently confiscated showed that 'rough on rats,' shaving concoctions and lye were mixed in it.