tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668704298126163478.post9110286126862989324..comments2010-08-11T14:06:12.518-05:00msbrewnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668704298126163478.post-65656362998105132842010-08-11T14:06:12.518-05:002010-08-11T14:06:12.518-05:00I grew up in Mississippi, and I remember the liquor stores that existed openly in some places in the state--despite the law. What the people did was to elect a &quot;dry&quot; sheriff or a &quot;wwt&quot; sheriff. A dry sheriff actually enforced the law; a wet sheriff did not. To compund it, the state collected what was called a &quot;black market tax&quot; on the illegal booze.virginian1968http://www.blogger.com/profile/04711530494951715972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668704298126163478.post-76155438908395440532009-08-06T20:42:24.902-05:002009-08-06T20:42:24.902-05:00during prohibition the Sheriff of Rankin County,MS made as much money if not more than the President of the United States.<br />Life Magazine published an article showing he current sheriff--probably about 1950.Jeanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768829181451093276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668704298126163478.post-64220744177360454222009-08-06T20:38:03.726-05:002009-08-06T20:38:03.726-05:00During prohibition, The Sheriff of Rankin County MS made almost ,if not more than the President of the United States. See Life Magazine--I&#39;ve forgotten the yearJeanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768829181451093276noreply@blogger.com