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Percy's Run

Moonshiner Joshua Percy Flowers is second only to Ava Gardner in notoriety in Johnston County

Joshua Percy Flowers is second only to Ava Gardner in notoriety anywhere
near Johnston County, North Carolina. The Saturday Evening Post declared
Flowers "King of the Moonshiners" in 1958, when it is estimated he was
earning $1 million  annually in untaxed revenue from the sale of
white liquor. This film from The Center of Documentary Studies attempts to cover the ground between the two pursuits
and reveal a picture of the man apart from the legends.