It turns out that at least one town in each of the "dry" counties voted itself "wet." Lauderdale, where I used to live, has two. Jackson County has four!
I guess you can say that those counties are "moist."
In fact, there were always bootleggers. Before Florence went "wet," there were tales of how newcomers were introduced to trusted bootleggers.
Any, anyway, there was always the stores on the other side of the state line. Especially the enormous walk-in beer cooler in St. Joseph, TN.
It's amazing how some places hold on to the past.
ReplyDeleteI think that, with the law allowing municipalities to go wet, there was considerably less incentive for a county-wide vote. And, due to town- rural differences in attitudes, voting by municipality was a surer bet.
ReplyDeleteSo Prohibition still lives on in some places, eh? I suppose legalizing marijuana in those counties would be out of the question. But maybe the municipalities?
ReplyDeleteSo the dry counties are really not dry?
ReplyDeleteSo is it really hard to get alcohol in dry counties?
ReplyDeleteFlorence was very wet. And they had a great Mexican restaurant.
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