Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina swears that another legendary Barnett tale is true. The event took place when Hollings was governor of South Carolina and a member of a delegation of Southern leaders on a trade mission to Brazil. The governors alternated the job of responding to their hosts' welcome at each stop on the trip, and Barnett's turn came one night at a regional airport where hundreds of Brazilians had gathered to greet the yanqui visitors. Barnett had no clue of the location and fumbled through his oration by asserting “the great affinity the people of Mississippi have with . . . your fine country.” He was waiting for a cue from his fellow governors, Hollings recalled, but no one bailed him out. Finally, the Mississippi governor spied a sign on the airport hangar and felt he had the information to conclude his remarks: “Oh, yes, the people of Mississippi wanted me to deliver special greetings to the great people of Cinzano!”