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Sizes 36 to 46. \! / / \A \ \ | DACRON*-COTTON POPLIN \\ \ \ » BELTED NORFOLK JACKET \ OCTOBER 1, 1970 > dear MR PUBLISHER, * I by PARSON JONES I Dear Mr. Publisher: There's a lotta division and fighting in our country right now. Government officials ait pleading with us to come to gether and unite. I reckon that's the same thing as harmony The Good Book says, "A house divided against itself cannot stand" - so, I reckon we better get straightened out b e fore we fall. The only trouble is how does the government expect us to come together and get rid of divisions, when the government is divided. The Congress fights the President, the President fights and Congress and the Supreme Court disagrees with both. Not only that, even these groups are fighting among theirselves. We are told to follow government policies, but it's hard to know what its policy is. Mr. Publisher, I been thinking about this a hole lot and I think I've come up with a simple solution. Every time a politician talks in Washington, make him. take a lie-detec tor test. We do this with criminals to see whether they're lying or not, and I think it's a hole lot more important whe ther our leaders are lying or not. The answer is so simple I can't see how come nobody ever thought of it before. This test would be given to all 3 branches of government and the results would be given to the people. This would not only expose lies, but it would tend to discourage liars from running for office. The only problem is we'd have a hard time getting Con gress to pass it into law, and if they did the president would veto it, and if he didn't the supreme court would declare it unconstitutional. So - we're right back where we started. My wife allowed as how it might be a good idea to start with the preachers. I told her she had got outa politics and gone to meddling. Anyhow, Mr. Publisher, I throw the idea out for what it% worth. If you've got any political influence I'd appreciate it if you'd follow-up on the idea. In the meantime if you'd like to reach me, I'll be hiding in my basement. Yours truly, Parson Jones Read The Want Ads Ghost Tale By Governor Gov. Bob Scott is being haunted. But the spooking isn't com ing from the this time. In an article written for the November issue of " North Carolina Folklore," edited at N.C.State University, Gov. Scott reports eerie sounds at the mansion. The Governor, who stresses that neither he nor Mrs. Scott believes in ghosts, has deter mined that the nightly sounds do NOT come from water pipes nor the five Scott children nor taxpayers at the front door. His Excellency impliesthat the racket doesn't even come from his adversaries in the Republican Party. Scott associates the sounds with Gov. Daniel G. Fowle,the first Tar Heel governor to in the Victorian mansion on Blount Street and the only gov ernor to die there. Fowle, a Democrat who was elected in 1888, died at the mansion on April 7, 1891. In the article written for " Guy Owen and Richard 'Wblset} N.C. State Univeisity English professors and editors of "North Carolina Folklore," Scott rotes "There's a knock at the mao sion and it isn't at the front door. It's not the water pipes, either. While I don't believe in ghosts, someone speculated that it just might be Governor Fowle on the prowl... " After sleeping uncomfortab ly for a year in a bed specially built for Gov. Fowle, Gov. Scott reported he and Mrs. Scott or dered a new and longer bed The Fowle bed was stored in the attic at the mansion. Then the noises began. "One evening, Mrs. Scott and I were in the bedroom read ing, " Gov. Scott writes," and we heard this strange knockirg. It seemed to be coming from the wall near where the head board of Gov. Fowle's bed had stood... The knocking had a rather unusual cadence, like bouncing tennis balls from a high distance. "After the first knock, there was a pause of several second, Then there was a second knock and a pause, then the third knock. Finally the pauses at the end were almost negligiUe. Scott reiterates, "We, of course, do not believe in jjiosts, However, the knocking does occur, and it is usually about the same time every night. " Until some scientific ex planation is offered, theScotts have dubbed the noises the "Governor Fowle Ghost." "We assume it is the ghost of Governor Fowle requesting that the bed in which he died be replaced in the room. " Owen, author of "The Bal lad of the Flim Flam Man" and "Journey for Joedel, " said he heard the Governor tell the story recently and persuaded him to write it for the maga zine published by the N. C . Folklore Society.
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