Cost of Alcoholic Christmas Cheer High This Year, Says Ben Sharpe, Dec. 22, 1925

Director Says Liquor Is High and Scarce. . . Corn Whiskey Now Selling in Carolina for from $12 to $20 Per Gallon

Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 22 (AP)—Corn liquor is being sold by “bootleggers” for from $12 to $20 a gallon in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, said a statement issued today by Ben Sharpe, federal prohibition director for the 8th division.

Liquor not only is high, but it is hard to find, the director said. Coast guard activities, heavy rains, and vigilance of federal officers have proved a hindrance to the traffic, he said.

In Atlanta, the director said, “a gasoline can filled with north Georgia corn” can be procured for about $5.

North Carolina, which he said previously had been known as the capital of “bootleggers,” Mr. Sharpe declares, now was the driest of the three states.

One of the principal allies of the authorities, he asserted, has been the heavy rains which have made roads in many sections impassable.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 22, 1925

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