Every small Texas town has its ‘shame’ to bear

Small Texas towns are great. There’s almost enough of everything to go around — except money, food and morals.

 

Morals!? One town in which I published a paper had an undertaker that also freelanced as a bootlegger. Another had a prostitute that was widely known and recognized and to my knowledge, never arrested.

 

The term bootlegger may need some explanation. It’s not a term as frequently heard in the Lone Star State as it once was. A bootlegger is someone who sells alcoholic beverages without any of the federal or state stamps, tax and otherwise, and/or someone who peddles the illicit booze in areas where it is forbidden by local statute.