Record #:

36407

Author(s):

Wendi Craven

Abstract:

The author talks of Advance, Davie County, NC was a leading center for distilling whiskey. In 1905, the NC General Assembly passed a law prohibiting distilling in towns with a population of less than one thousand and the distilleries in Advance closed on Dec. 31, 1905.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Winter 1982, p13, 27, il

Subject(s):

Davie County--History; Whiskey