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"Whiskey Never Served At
r
Mansion," Governor States
By EUIA N. GREENWOOD
MANSION AND W HUSKY
. . . Said Gov. Tarry Sanford
last week: "Whisky has never
been served at the Mansion and
never win be "
The Governor added that
"pnybody who has aver attend
ed ? party or any function at
the Mansion knows that ta he
tjrue."
Is that so?
Let's look at a little research
We have done on the matter
since reeding Governor San
fprd'i statement. Firat, let me
a?y that 1 have navar seen
whisky served at any party at
the Mansion. But many and
tyany people through the years
hpve armed themselves with
substantial drinks just before
Siting the Mansion.
Whisky and politics have
teen bosom buddies in North
Carolina and elsewhere for sev
eral years. That is why the Gov
efnor's statement caused raised
eyebrows in haavy-drinklng R*
lfigh. But he told the tryib.
TEE-TOTALER . . . Gover
nor Terry Sanford is personal
Jas dry as the Sahara. So is
rs. Sanford.
Governor Luther Hodges,
While living in Raleigh at least,
Was almost a tee-totaler . , .
taut not quite. A close friend of
h(s recalls the slight embarraas
n|ent a visiting British dignitary
Jeated. It was summertime and
e Hodges and their visitor
were sitting casually chatting
op the porch. The British one
let it be known that he was
jyst dying, don't you know, for
a Scotch -and-aoda.
Mrs. Hodges, in a courteous
bfit firm manner let this gentle
nan know that liquor was not
served at the Mansion. Now
(governor Hodges, being a
Scotch-and-soda man himself on
rfre occasions, might have
s fared something up to keep
tie British visitor alive. But, if
st. the drinking was done on
tfce much-more-private second
floor of the Mansion.
' FIRST FLOOR . . . QoVe?
nfrs' families through itha
y?ars have regarded the first
flpor of the Mansion as hardly
bflonging to them as a home at
This is the pi ace the public ii
invited to wkem it visita the
Mansion. Tm for the garden
club members are held h tut.
Visiting firemen and the like
rftmf imuI return Iunm
telling friends about how they
visited with end shook hands
with Terry".
DRY GOVERNORS ... In
the pest 40 years? that carries
us back to 1923- we have had
only one- Governor who cared
much (or whiskey. He w?s one
of our better Governors .
sod we still can't understand
how most 'people seem to take
a fiendish delight in referring
to his liquor-drinking. I sup
pose it gives them the feeling
of knowing something really
personal about ? great men.
Be that as it may, we would
say that if our Governors of the
past 40 yeers had anything in
common besides being Demo
crats it was their aversion to
whisky. They have cared very
little for it
William B. Umatead was a
dray-as-a-bone Governor. And,
in fact, was partly, or mostly,
respoosibdle for the departure
of a heavy-drinking State offici
al.
While Commissioner of Agri
culture, Kerr Scott used to
keep a little home-made black
berry vine in the bottom draw
er of his big desk. Like a
schoolboy slipping behind the
barn for a cigarette, Commis
sioner Scott would have a sip
or two after quitting-time. On
very, very rare occasions he
would drink a beer . . . and one
time remarked to a friend it
would have suited him all
right if they had "left it in the
horse."
Nevertheless, there were two
items Kerr Scott disliked heart
ily .. . whisky and cigarettes
Cigars, chewing tobacco, a pipe
on occasions, but no cigarettes
ever.
Sunday School Teachers
Clyde Hoey and J. M. Brough
ton were dry. It may be that
Governor Broughton would sip
Vtrlteer . K jusrtd be "Mie'of
the bays'' . but cared noth
ing for it. It is ironical that
legalized liquor came into North
Caroline and got its firm toe
hold during these dry Govcr
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We hejrtJ 10 years ago that
0. Max Gardaer liked U uae
kraut juice as a chaser for his
occasional drink. Since he was
the closest thing we have had
to a full-blooded, swashbuck
ling, vigorous sport, Gardner
knew how to handle his alcohol
if and when he indulged.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, ill most
of his term as Governor, was
tolerant toward whiskey but
generally eschewed it
CANDIDATES. TOO ... By
and large, the heavy drinking
in the political world is done
by the supoorters rather than
by the candidates.
Now lot's consider the three
men most mentioned at the
Jefferson-Jackson Dinner as
gubernatorial candidates next
year. Thpy wore Dr. I. Beverly
Lake, Dr. Henry Jordan, and
Bert Bennett. They are drink
holders; not drink-drinkers. In
other words, they get a drink
at a party and walk around
holding it for the whole even
ing. This goes, also, for Repub
lican Charles Jonas. They are
sometimes referred to as "gin
ger ale addicts."
A candidate for office told
us one time it would be "fool
ish" for itlm to drink. In the
first place, he in'rtr1 out, the
drinks would cause him to aay
things he might regret later.
And, in the second place, he
could not hold out through the
round of parties which are
thrust upon every candidate for
important office.
BOOTLEGGERS ... We have
prisoners, male and female,
who work at the Mansion as
maids, cooks, and butlers, etc.
Bootleggers have left whiskey
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News Items
Mr. and Mri. Eugene Wilson
and Mni M UuisgvdMr of
p?ln Befdj, Fit., uttenjUd the
funeral Saturday of Mn Uunt
gardnar's iiajer, Mrs Ella Utve.
Who dte<J AprU 4 at Cannon
Hosoital. Banner Elk
Mrs Beaaia Jab mm of Mpua
taia City, Tank., ia viaiting the
R?v. and Mrs. B. C. Eggers Em
eat Egers and Lesley M#rtjn of
KiMSDort visited last week
T 1 ' '? r 'Wr 'PTT
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Wilson
of Boom and Mr. and Mrs W
B- HoUnan of Mountain City via
ited Sunday with Mrs. E. N.
Norris.
Blain Thomas, who had surg
ery March 31, at the Stonewall
Jackson Hospital in Lexington,
Va., Is recuperating at the home
of Mrs. Odel Perry. Mr and
Mrs. Thomas were returning to
Maryland after visiting their
parents when he was taken sick.
Those viaiting Mrs. Alien Cor
nett Sunday were Mrs. Jennie
Miller and Joy, Mrs Hubb
Brown and Rom of Boone, Mrs.
Jimmy Hail and Bicky of Hick
ory, Mrs Blaine Thomas of
Maryland, and Mrs. Jaek Taylor
of Shouns, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Potter of
Charlotte spent the week end
recently with Mr. and Mrs. Ver
noa Castle.
Clay Beeee is ill at his home
here.
Will Miller is still a patient
at the Cannon Hospital in Ban
ner Elk. Mrs. Miller viaita him
every day. Hia condition ia im
proving.
Clyde Wallace of Trade,
Tenn., spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman Thomas.
Mr. aad Mrs. Bay Wlnebarger
of Michigan visited Monday with
Grady Norris.
under Mansion yard shrubbery
for this domestic help. This has
resulted in at least one little
party deep in the heart of the
Mansion baaement. Out of it
came an illegitimate child and
the Governor's statement.
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