Where Do They Get the Liquor, Wonders Chief Hobgood, Dec. 25, 1923

Where Did They Get the Liquor? There Is More Drunkenness Here Than at Any Time Since the Beginning of the World War

Chief Hobgood and members of the Oxford police force are fearful that an “epidemic of booze” will break out here within the next 48 hours. A half dozen men, both white and colored, and a couple of colored women have been acting rather funny for two or three days, but none of them have become hilarious as yet.

If this unfortunate class of offenders fall into the drag net they need expect no sympathy from Mayor Stem or the policemen. Those who peddle the liquor are as bad, or worse than those who drink it, said Chief Hobgood.

From the front page of the Oxford Public Ledger, Dec. 25, 1923