Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C VIRGIL By Len Kleit SUNNYSIDE by Clork s. Haas RIMIN' TIME R\im Trott, world traveler, ^ MAKES A TRIP And takes along one A BATTERED GRIP- fly POSEN Takes six bass for a week- ^ END STAY 11)1 n.i BESSIE MUTT AND JEFF By Bud Fisher By Arthur Pointer WYIDE AND WOOLY By Bert Thomas "Either we gotta have a new pitcher or a new score- keeper. He gets aU confused when the score gets so bigt" During his many yoars in ring, Siapsie Maxie Rosenbloom never developed the killer instinct Rosenbloom liked to box his oppc nents silly. Boxing was his forte, but the idea of engaging in a rough and tumble brawl was repugnant to him. One night, when he was champ, he was pitted against a burly pug. who insisted on using roughhouse tactics. Unfamiliar with the finer points of the game, he kept rushing Rosenbloom, hoping to land a lucky punch. Rosenbloom danced around his opponent, ahd calmly proceeded to cut him to ribbons. He crossed, he jabbed, he blocked in a superb dem onstration of boxing. This was the way he liked to fight, no hard blows; just science and skill. By the fourth round, the con tender was dizzy, but he still kept rushing the champ. Rosenbloom set his left for another jab, when— crack!—the other ran into it with his chin and fell flat to the canvas, out cold. Rosenbloqm, frustrated by this sudden ending, could not conceal his disgust “Why, you double crosser,” he growled, as he returned to his cor ner. Creation of about 19,000 farms and a substantial boost in agri cultural production is a predicted result of the program of water and land development in the Mis souri river basin. Most farm people in North Dakota use the research and oth er technical information of the agricultural experiment station and the U.S. department o* agri culture. Commodity Credit Corporation guarantees of storage use to en courage construction of commer cial grain storage facilities in areas where needed will be avail able through June 30, 1951. Round-A-Bout He met her at Friendship, Mis souri, followed her to Love, Vir ginia, and asked her to name the day at Ring, Arkansas. They were married at Church, Iowa, and set tled down at Home, Oregon, but the twins were born at Boise, Idaho. He Skunked ’Em Ezra Parsons, a Maine merchant, Whose disposition was ruined per manently by thine income tax and the New Deal, closed down his plant for good and reinvested/' his funds in a skunk farm. “Now," he reported with some satisfaction, “that daaged government may keep its nose out of my business.’’ WIPE IT OFF! “But, my dear,” bleated the poor little hen-pecked husband, “you’ve been talking for half an hour, and I haven’t said a word.” “No,” snapped his wife, “you haven’t said anything, but you’ve been listening in a most aggravat ing manner, and I’m not going to stand for it.” Second-Story Man “Mamma, what’s a second-story man?” “Your father is one, dear. If don’t believe his first story he al ways has another one ready.” BETTY CROCKER’S PEPPERMINT-STICK CAKE Made Extra-luscious with Snowdrift! Betty Crocker’s Double-Quick Recipe calls for Family Mystery Neighbor: “Son, your father comes home every evening and bathes and shaves and eats supper and then leaves home, what does he do?” < Little Boy: “That’s what mama wants to know.” INCONVENIENCED The camp counselor was explain ing the rules of a new game. “If the enemy calls your num ber from his side of the battlefield,” she said, “you must be a ‘dead man’ immediately. Drop just where you are and lie still.” Ten minutes later, came an agon ized whisper from the ' youngest camper: "Please may I move now? Tm a dead man, but I’m on an ant-hill!” THERE’S A LAW First Slapsticker—“By der vay, didt you knowed dot Id iss now der fashion to dress ae- corting to der color of der hair?” Second Slapsticker — *T am amazement! ” First Slapsticker—“Sure iss id! A man vich has brown hairs shonldt ought to year a brown suit. Synonymous, a man vich has gray hairs shonldt ought a gray suit to year.” Second Slapsticker—“Say, tell me, how shonldt id a baldt- headted man dress?” Share the Wealth Lucy: “Nobody will ever care for me.” Sergeant: “Don’t say that, Lucy. After all, in this world there’s a man for every woman. It’s a won derful arrangement.” Lucy: “Believe me, I don’t want to tchange it I just want to get is on it” For success—do these first: 1. Have ingredients at room temperature (70 to 75°). In hot weather use milk and eggs di rectly from refrigerator. 2. Preheat oven to 350* (moderate). SNOMfflfT I. Rub 2 round layer pans, 8 x 1% in., gener ously with snowdrift and dust with flour. 4. Measure level for accuracy with standard measuring cups and spoons. 5. Sift gold medal “Kitchen-tested” Enriched Flour, then spoon lightly into cup and level off. Do not pack. Sift together into bowl: 1% cup* (1% cup* plus 2 tablespoon*) sifted Gold Modal Fleur cups sugar •IVt teaspoons soda *1 teaspoon salt Vi cup cocoa Add: Vi cup SNOWDRIFT 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon psppermint extract (not oil of peppermint) Beat vigorously with spoon for 2 minutes by clock (about 150 strokes per minute). You may rest a moment when beating by hand; just count actual beating time or strokes. Or mix with electric mixer on medium speed (middle of dial) for 2 minutes. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl constantly. Add: Vi to Vi cup unbeaten eggs (2 medium) Continue beating 2 minutes more, scraping bowl constantly. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake SO to 35 minutes in moderate oven (350°), or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cool, frost with— CANDY MOUNTAIN KING* . Stir until well blended in a small saucepan % cup sugar, 2 tbsp. water .and % cup white corn syrup. Boil rapidly to 242° (mixture spina a 6- to 8-in. thread or a few drops form a firm ball when dropped into cold water). When - mixture begins to boil, start beating % cup egg whites (2). Beat until stiff enough to hold a peak. Pour hot syrup slowly in a thin steady stream into beaten egg whites, beating constantly with electric or rotary beater until mixture stands in very stiff peaks. Blend in % cup crushed pep permint-stick candy or % tsp. peppermint ex tract *If you use gold medal Self-Rising Flour, omit salt, reduce soda to Vi tsp.; and add Vi tsp. red food coloring. It Too 11t» at an altitnda orar 2.000 ft., write tha Weaaon 00 4 Snowdrift People. 210 Baronne St.. Naw OrleansJLa. "Snowdrift" la a registered trademark of tha Weaaon Oil A Snow drift Co.. Ina. “Betty Crocker.” "Gold Medal.” and "Kitcbaa- tastad” are registered trademarks of Goners) MUU. Ina. SIND TODAY I Only 25# in coin for Snowdrift’s Golden Anniversary Edition Cookbook. 100 pages. Send name, address to The Wesson Oil and Snowdrift People, New Orleans 12, La. Snowdrift is emulsorized. And only an emulsorized shortening will blend all your ingredients thoroughly and quickly —in the same bOwL Without creaming! Without egg-beating! And—easy as it is—your Peppermint- Stick Cake, made with white creamy Snowdrift, will be lighter, richer, moister than it could possibly be with ordinary shortening. What’s more—Snowdrift is pure, all- vegetable shortening. So that grand peppermint flavor shines right through. SNOWDRIFT is made of costlier vegetable oil—yet you pay no more! Snowdrift’s finer quality jUSt naturally m<»nn^ foods that taste better. Independent experts recently taste-tested foods fried in Snowdrift and in three other leading shortenings. They voted Snowdrift-fried foods superior in flavor.