The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-01-17
Bv KIDD BREWER

SENATOR ONLY I've al
ways been active and l want to
get back in the harness, said
/ Lindsay Warren of Washington, N.
c., last week in announcing he
would be a candidate for the State
Senate this year.
More than one Raleigh political
soothsayer, always on the hunt,
said: Lindsay Warren may be
your next Governor.
Poosh and pash. Not that the
people would not elect Lindsay
Warren-even though he will be
10 when the Governors race comes
around again-but he demonstra-
ted over a period of 40 years that
he did not care too much about
being Governor.
We would say he has been men,
toned for the place more than any
other living man in Eastern North
Carolina. One more mention is
high compliment to his vigor and
to the love everybody has for him.
FIFTY-SIX The man who
seems to be getting around the
most as candidate for Speaker of
the House in next years General
Assembly is Addison Hewlett of
New Hanover County.
On Tuesday of last week we
heard he had "a of the 100 votes
in the House lined up for him.
Then, down the street Saturday, an
old friend of Adds told us it had
moved to Sc.
That sounds good, real good, but
sometimes these Legislators won't
stay hitched. They have a way of
rubbing off the bride. One or two
have been known in the not-too-
distant past to promise their votes
rather carelessly. Our advice to
Addison Hewlett, to Speaker Can
didate Carl Venters of Onslow
County, and to Speaker Candidate
Tom White of Lenoir:
See those who are sure to be
back-see them once, twice, or
three times. Guess good on new
man, see him before Primary, and
at least twice thereafter-if he
makes it.
PUBLICIST o. Mac White
former Raleigh Times reporter,
has been employed by the N. C..
Automobile Dealers Association.
Head of this organization is
Mrs. L. Y. Ballentine, whose hus-
band is now and then mentioned
as candidate for Governor in
1860.
ANOTHER SEARCH AS of
Saturday afternoon, January IL,
the search began in Charlotte in
virons for a candidate who would
offer himself against COP Con-
gressional Incumbent C. R. Jonas.
First requirement: he must be
Democrat. He must be a man in
good health. He should be promi-
nent in party circles-with the
fanatic zeal of Stephen, a John
the Baptist, a Joan of Arc.
Tenth District Democrats had
been hoping Jonas would get one
of those new travelling Federal
Judgeships-but that hasn't work
ed out.
CLARK, :. Most likely pros
pect to oppose C. R. Jonas is David
Clark, 36-year-old veteran legisla-
tor flour terms) who also lives
in Lincolnton. Odds are he will
whip Jonas in their home county
but Mecklenburg is mean. On
the other hand, Clark's good friend
t Luther Hodges may persuade. him
to return to Raleigh. The Governor
will need his help in 1859.
Jonas had no serious difficulty
with the men who opposed him in
1852, 1854 and 1956-and all three,
Ham Jones, j. C. Sedberry, and
Ben Douglas-were from Mecklen-
burg.
SLOW :. In the first seven
days of automobile license sales
this year total of 54,537 were
sold, according to the N. C. Dept.
of Motor Vehicles.
In the first seven days of 1857,
total sales were: 93,2O9.
Why the difference?
NUMBERS GAME You
probably read about the two men
in Winston Salem whose eagerness
to get the first license plate sold
there led to such a rucus. Similar
incidents have occurred in Raleigh
several times.