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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.
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The best is plus tax
always the better buy!
BOTTLED UNDE* AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
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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.”
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AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Pouring out a steady stream of machine gun fire, Corp. Leroy Dia
mond, U. S. M. C., and just two buddies stemmed a Jap advance on a
Pacific Isle recently. One of the men, Pvt John Rivers, was killed.
Diamond and the other man were saved.
These men are willing to give their lives. The least w’e can do is
lend our money. Buy Second War Loan Bonds.
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.”
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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
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