MISSISSIPPI: Home Is a Home

Having been elected Governor of Mississippi two years ago on a novel platform —to keep the late Huey Long from annexing that State to his domain—millionaire Lumberman Hugh White has since ably maintained his reputation for originality. When a reporter once asked him about his favorite hobby, the 250-lb. Governor shyly replied: "A lot of fellows think I'm kidding when I say it ... but what I would rather do than anything else is to sit on the fence and listen to a little pig three months old crack corn. That's fun."...

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