THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - SHINE ON

SHINE ON - Charlie Williams enjoyed a good shoe shine business in Dublin.  Lots of men lined up to get their shoes looking like they were new.  Trouble was that Charlie’s real shine was not the shoe shine, but moonshine, which he kept in a five-gallon bucket next to his stand.  Those customers who knew what was up ordered a “double shine” until law enforcement officers busted the money making operation.  Augusta Chronicle, October 24, 1954.

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