Charles Dudley

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.

A feud between the moonshiners ends with the arrival of revenue agents. They search for the secret hideaway where the mountain people prepare illegal alcohol but end up in deep trouble that only a little movie magic can save them ...