The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-06-08

AAtAtGs 41VC i f--g 90 u ~.
A Baptist conservative, q
Wake Forest College alunlnas,
a former FBI man (12 years.,
and man who never ran for
political office until six years
ago when he was elected to Con-
gress, -,
WAITING. The most active
candidate for Governor SO, far
is Joseph M. Hunt, Jr., a. Sc.
year-old insurance man of
Greensboro. In fact, he is the
only one "around making
speeches, as they put it. ~
He has served five terms in
the House here--one of them as
Speaker. Unless something un-
expected happens, he will serve
a term in the State Senate next
year. He went to Duke Univer-
sity. His wife is the former
Grace Boren.
Hunt wants to be Governor
in the worst way. He is said to
have already garnered suffi-
-cient funds to make good race.
Others interested are Con-
selvative Woodrow Jones of
Rutherford County, Liberal DR..
Henry Jordan of Alamance
Couty. Jones is a former Con
gresham who voluntarily gave
up the rat race in Washington
in 1866 to be home with his wife
and two fine boys, Woody and
Mike, both now grown. DR..
Jordan is a brother Of U. S. Sen.
Everett Jordan, former dem.
list, and highway commfssioner
Hartman under Gov. w. Kerr
Scott. DR.. Jordan filled, more
loles as highway builder than
IS dentist. He really pulled gus
ut of the mud. wS ~
But these three--Hunt, Jones,
)r. Jordan-are, like. Dr.; Lake,
itting this one out aaWaiting
evelopments in the Eighth
district.
TINE WILL TELL. Mean
ime, the handsome, debonair
'aul Kitchin, who resembles, no
title a fading matinee idol of
he SOS, is wondering: -
"Will you, love me in Novem4
'er as you did in May? Will you
owe me in that same old fash
oned way?" .s-
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WHICH WAY?.,. Reference
o Former Dentist Jordan and
pulling reminds me of the man
n the dentists office, He ask !
ID how much it would cost 10
get a tooth pulled. The dentist
,eplied five dollars. =. -
"What! Five dollars for Just
,ne minutes work." ragged the
patient. ~ 4.s:r
swell, SIR, quietly replied the
would YOU like me-to .
pull it more slowly?"
INSANITY. !. We have, been
reading up on this BillisS Sol
(called "soul'' in Texas) Estes
thing which could become, the
Teapot Dome of the Democratic
Party. go i.s|.e
Be that as it may, since you
get tangled up mentally just
reading about it, it may be that
Billie Soul could plead insanity
as defense. It seems to us the
following would be excellent
evidence for the plea:t .s$-,it
In 1856 Billie Soul, then just
coming into his own as, wheeler
and dealer, tried to. persuade. the
president of one of the home
town banks to help finance a
plan to help Adlai Stevenson to
win the election. ~, ~
The scheme: large. schools Of
parakeets trained to say in 3un-
ison, 81 Like Adlai's would wing
over U. S. cities The banker
argued that parakets. couhgnot
be trained to say II Like. Adolf
in singles much less In: csyeysI.
Billie Soul became purpfe-angry
accused the banker of being pro-
Ike, and stomped cut.
EVER ONWARD. : Speaking
of insanity and evidence there
of, brings us TO this item we
picked up last week. s.
In 1889 a married mar who
had two children and a gross
income of $25,OO0 paid the Ted
eral Government about $ti70(
in income and social security
taxes, Today, this same .Inar
would have to gross over VS.,
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