AIKEN COUNTY, SC - Newspaper Articles - Big Still Captured 
in Aiken County October 10 1919

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Augusta Chronicle, October 10 1919, page 6A

Big Still Captured in Aiken County
Special to the Chronicle

Aiken, SC, Oct 9-Sheriff Howard, Deputies Coleman, Ussery, and Chief Smyrl, of 
the state force, have captured three illicit whisky stills and the chief 
moonshiner of the outfit, Henry Bryant, along with his horse and wagon.  For 
some time reports have been coming in from the Old Town Creek locality that 
moonshine liquor was being made on the wholesale, and the local officers have 
been on the lookout to seize the stills and the whisky makers.

The party of officers walked up on old man Henry Bryant, and caught him 
redhanded.  The largest still take was of sixty gallon capacity; the other two 
were smaller.  A quantity of mash, beer and low wine was also destroyed by the 
raiding officers.  Henry Bryant is in jail.