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PAGE POUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 IRA C. BOLTER By Franklin Acker Ira C. Bolter picked up the last sardine in a can, held it up by the tail and regarded it philosophically. “This sardine,” h e said “may be the last one of its sort I’ll get to eat un til after the war is over. I bought the last can of sardines in the last store I could find that had any and this is the final fish. Grocers tell me they won’t be able to get any more packed in oil and in flat cans.” A globule of cottonseed oil slowly formed on the tip-end of the fish hesitated a moment, quivered and fell on the nose of Butch, Ira C Bol ter’s red-bone hound who crouched at Ira’s feet. Butch lapped in the oil with his tongue and smacked his lips in anticipation of more. Ira tossed the empty, greasy can to the floor. Butch was delighted. Ira ate the fish with great delib eration, following it up with some saltine crackers and p. couple of spring onions. “Food fit for a king,” he murmured. “Us ordinary people are now in a mighty sad fix. First pork and beans disappeared. Then salmon went so high nobody could buy it. Now cheese i» rationed and sardines ar e gone. There won’t be any percentage in hanging around a 1 country store anymore.” With a gesture of finality, Ira i arose from his seat in the grab and ! growl joint, paid for a couple of j beers and walked outside. The wea- ' ther was sunny and bright, but | slightly chilly. Sort of wish I had a garden,” Ira said. “I’d plant some | potatoes and peas and beets and corn and okra and beans and radishes and i peppers. Okra in my way of think ing is especially important. The stuff makes prime eating, fried or stewed. Thats one thing I’ve got against Yankees—they don’t like okra.” Ira paused. A bedraggled woman came by dragging three children, one of whom coughed and wheezed in a violent manner. Obviously the youngster was on the verge of pneu monia. Ira appeared slightly dis turbed. “You know,” he said, “that kid needs treatment. His mother doesn’t appear to have bat brains. She’ll probably meddle around until the brat has two feet and one arm in the grave before she does anything.” *■ We agreed 100 iper cent with Ira. “And just what,” w e inquired, “do you think the treatment should con sist of—sulfannilamide?” Ira shook his head. “None of that stuff,” he said. “It might be okeh, but I know a sure remedy. My old grandma once cured me of pneumonia back in 1862 and I know of a number of other folks she cured, too. First thing she done was to rub me from top-knot to toe nail with goose grease. Then she 80t a plum branch and flogged me with it until I was red and burning. Immediately thereafter she rushed me into the smokehouse and slammed the door. The smoke house was going full blast, as it was full of a lot of hog meat being cured. It wasn’t ten minutes before I flopped on the floor limp as a dishrag, wet with perspir ation and melted greas e and full of hickory smoke. “Grandma let me stay in there a whole hour,” Ira continued, When they dragged me out, they wrapped me in a blanket and put me to bed. Next morning I couldn't stand up, but my pneumonia was cured. Goose grease and hickory smoke t'id the work. Later that month grandma cured a sick mule the same way. Ira walked back into the cafe, se cured a bottle of ginger ale and a glass and mixed himself up a gin highball. “Nothing like gin for toning the blood,” he explained. MEAT! To Fight ... to work... to win—we must have meat! Our men in uniform need meat. Our allies need meat. * And our workers at home need meat. We will do all in our power to keep meat on your table. Slaughtering Is Our Business If we refuse to slaughter cattle, hogs, or sheep, it is because the owner is not complying with either the federal, state, or city law. We will assist anyone to obtain proper permit for slaughtering. The Newberry Abattoir .You cm spot U r% Vi-. mmB. T HE lovely enter- tainer goes to Panama to cheer our troops. Soldiers want to f enjoy a Coca-Cola with her and talk. A pretty girl and a Coke ... just like home. In Iceland, the news told how troops had a good-natured fight to get the first Cokes available. Such are the stories from our fighting men everywhere. To mean so much, a drink must have some thing—in taste, in goodness and in true refreshing qualities. Just to sip ice-cold Coca-Cola is to find all those things. Yes, all the difference between something really refreshing and just something to drink. Maybe it’s a make-shift dressing room, but Uncle Sam’s soldiers have given it a homelike touch ... fresh flowers and a frosty bottle of Coke. Who could ask for more? Even with war and so many Coca-Cola bottling plants In enemy-occupied countries, our fighting men are delighted to find Coca-Cola being bottled in so many places all over the globe. z<- The best is plus tax always the better buy! BOTTLED UNDE* AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY tffl- J.e»mna Leonora straightened the objects on her desk with great care. She had put her desk at the end of her room facing the door so that when her mother came in she would have to cross the whole room under Leo nora’s stern executive eye to get to her. From movies and pictures in the newspapers Leonora had gotten a good idea of how the desk of a busy woman of affairs should look. With an important scowl, Leonora picked up a sheet of paper. Now she was two people—herself, the busy woman, and her own stenographer. “Miss Simpkins, take a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, will you?’’ she murmured under her breath. a “Yes, immediate- ,:=& ly,” she mur- L/fiCSl mured back at herself. Leonora cleared her throat and looked at the ceil ing for inspira tion. Miss Simp kins bent over the sheet of paper hanging on the words about to fall. “Dear Mr. Morgenthau,” — Got that?” — “Yes, madam.” "I am — ahem — thirteen years old and anxious to be of all possible service to the country at this time, ahem! "I earn a weekly income of from $1.37 to $2.12 by helping with the housework and by shovelling snow. I am at present in possession of one War Savings Bond and am buying stamps weekly. I want to become a member of the 10 percent Club. I feel it to be — ahem — not only my duty, but my privilege’ (“How do you spell privilege?” asked Miss Simpkins. “Don’t bother me with these details,” said Leonora)—my privilege as an American to invest at least ten percent of my income in War Bonds. Yours truly,” “Get that off at once. Miss Simp kins,” said Leonora. “Yes, Ma’am! You certainly are an important woman, ma’am,” said Miss Simp kins. (Letter from an actual communi cation in the files of the Treasury Department.) V. S. Treasury Department “Contains lily root, juniper berries, alcohol and huch. Everybody should drink a little gin in the spring whether they like the stuff or not. Children go for it mixed up with sugar, lime juice and charged water.’ We started to remark to Ira that he apparently found gin just as good tonic in the fall as in the spring but held our tongue. After ad, it is not up to a youngster to chide an 89-year-old man—especially one who has qualified as an expert when it comes to using brass knucks. “Another good spring tonic,” re sumed Ira, “is Williamston spring water. Back in the days before I messed up th e hanging of Shadrack Webster, and was living at home, my father had Williamston spring water served every Sunday night for sup per. Being a man of moderation, he didn’t serve it straight, but toned down each gallon with a quart of bourbon whiskey. A mighty fine drink for discriminating people.” Acid Indigestion Relieved in 5 minutes or double your money back When excess stomach acid causes painful, suffocat ing gas, sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known for symptomatic relief—medicines like those in Bell-ans Tablets. No laxative. Bell-ans brings comfort in a Jiffy or double your money back on return of bottle to us. 25c at all druggists. 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THESE WOMEN Maybe Emily Post thinks it’s wrong to congratulate a Bride, but she doesn’t know how hard you worked to land Clarence.” ,:x FOOD SITUATION IS BETTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, April 16.—R. E. Robb, state food distribution administrator, attributed “definitely better distribu tion” of South Carolina food products today to th e food rationing program. Robb said Robb said the state food committee’s weekly analysis showed that rationing was having the desired effect—more equitable distri bution of food products t roughout the state. Anderson and Greenwood reported adequate meat supplies while Spar? tanburg was the only area of nine reporting that described the meat situation as critical, Robb added. With the exception of Spartanburg, ib e continued, a check-up indicated meat supplies were sufficient to sup ply all consumers’ meat rationing coupons. Definite increases were shown, he said, in supplies of butter and oleo margarine, eggs and cheese, lard and shortening, sugar, rice, grits, flour and cereals. Charleston reported a surplus of dry edible beans and other ereas had adequate supplies, Robb said. A shortage of fresh vegetables in some sections of the state, attributed to greater vegetable consumption since meat rationing began, was ex pected to be reflected by the 1943 truck season. Supplies of canned vegetables and canned fruits were held adequate. Tax Notice 1942 State, County and School Taxes can be paid this month with 2 per cent penalty. After April 30th. all unpaid taxes go into execution with a 7 per cent penalty added and are turned over to the Tax Collector who will add an additional 3 per cent penalty. J. Ray Dawkins County Treasurer -