Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-01-23

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by you months ago that my
mind is warped" Mr.. Hamil.
ton, to just deny this statement
is not evidence enough, when you
consider the source from which
the charge came. But perhap:
you will accept my challenge to
appear with me before any quail
fled psychiatrist and let him
thoroughly examine us both. It
might be interesting to see just
whose mind is warped. Matter of
fact, believe it would be a reve-
lation.
You insinuate in your first
paragraph that my advertisers in
The Tribune, as we'll as subscrib.
ers, are affiliated with your or
ganization. Of course, we car
neither say you are right or that
you are wrong. But we will make
this statement, if there are any
xxx members advertising with
us who would like to cease doing
so, we will be happy to cancel it
forthwith. If there are any sub
scribers, who would like to have
their subscription money refund
ed, we will refund in cash the re-
mainder of their paid up sub
scription time. We ask for no as
sistance from the Kp Klux Khan.
There are enough .,tker people
for us to make a living.
In your second paragraph you
"are led to challenge" me tc
prove that your KKK's have had
anything to do with the recent
Columbus county floggings. Mr..
Hamilton, please take note that
the column to which you have
taken such violent objection stat
ed "this fear is an outgrowth OF
the xxx and an evil thereof
whether they are the guilty
parties in the numerous Column.
bus county floggings or not"
The coming of your Khan marked
the beginning of these floggings
and even if your group isn't do
ing the job themselves, others
are using the organization for a
haven. But believe me, if I could
prove that the KKK's are respon-
sible for just one of them,
would be most happy to tell a
Jury of IL men all about it. The
group carrying out these flog'
gings give the defendant no
chance to testify for himself
They are being beaten on the
theory that they are guilty with
out any right to plead innocent.
Your boys will seek legal council
and a chance to plead their case
when the time necessitates such
action. And that's as it should be
innocent until proven guilty.
Then Mr.. Hamilton, there is no
difficulty in proving your state.
ment wrong when you said i
challenge anyone to prove where
the organization has in any way
tried to administer justice to any
one" By your own admission:
YOU and your robed friends drag
ged Charlie Fitzgerald from his
place of business in Myrtle Beach
and made some violent attempts
at your form of administering
Justice. Did you or didn't you?
And then the constitutional
principles to which you refer
Have YOU ever really read that
document? A man who so round,
" criticizes the law, the Negro
the Jews, the Catholics in public
speeches everywhere and who
Still processes to believe in the
PRINCIPLES of our democratic gov
eminent is stretching an inter.
probation much further than !
can imagine.
You have asked what was
wrong with the law officers OF
Columbus county,. AS to tnell
ability to track down these GRIM,
sauit after another, I do not
mails, who have made one as
know. AS to their efforts IN TINS
direction, I'm confident they
have done their best. Pitted
against such an undercover socie'
tv perhaps makes it too big a JOB
for them. But at any rate tney
are lending their assistance to a
bic brother, the FBI along with
the sBI, from whom they have
every right to request help ana
il is our belief that they are max
ing progress, and that there IS
no reason to believe there is any
,,,ronc with our law en-.