Record #:

16984

Author(s):

Anderson, D.L.

Abstract:

In 1958, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST introduced the nation to Percy Flowers, for years, North Carolina's number one bootlegger of Wilders Townships, Johnston County. At the time of the POST profile, it was estimated the Flowers was earning $1 million a year in untaxed revenue from the sale of white liquor.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 28, July 2012, p23, f

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit