Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-12-31
AN EDITORIAL ..
some NEVER LEARN
Obviously, some people never learn.

Obviously some people never learn
When the Ku Klux Khan was riding high in Columbus
and Horny counties few short months ago. laWaolog
citizens ros to the occasion to speak their piece and
vote their convictions from the jury ana gfano jury
boxes Those iuries put many night Fighters on the
prison gangs of North Carolina and even the Imperial
Wizard himself is now aborng for the State with Tour
years of such effort staring him in the lace.
You would think that other adventurous souls VINO see
phony glamor in wearing bedsheet ana "aIcnihs
cross burn would learn something from their predeces
sors who paying the price Tor laWlessfess HOW "
apparently such is not the case.
Goretown in Horny county, last night was the scene
of another of the Kans public speakngs This was the
first such meeting in Horny since the Infamous collapse
of the night riders in Columbus county,
This meeting was called by the hooded mobs leaders
on the eve of change in the law enforcement sta1t III
Horny county Present law enforcement IN Horry mas
failed to convict Kansmen of any consequential CRIME
atbonoh major crimes have been committed by hooded
night riders for two years-even murder AS a new
sheriff and new corps of deputies take office on Jan
ary s. it is going be interesting to see just now the
Khan will OPERATE and if it will resume it's lawless prose
cution of those persons to whom it seeks to reform
John Henry the new sheriff, has task facing nm.
If the night riders do back into action henry Will oe
under oath to do everything in his power to bring them
IN nstce We have faith in the new sherffs force even
though many have said that the Khan would be worse
than
Long ago we were convinced that no sincere effort
was being made to convict Klansmen in Horny county,
Many arrests were made but the evidence IN most cases
was lacking. That's job for the law and IT local and
State agencies cannot that evidence even after
repeated crimes are committed, then Federal assist
ance should be sought and quick.
If night riders resume their practice of beating up
Horny citizens we believe that John Henry will: First,
try to solve those crimes and bring the criminals to JUS
tce and Second if he cannot solve them, that ne Will
take the necessary steps to bring in outside assistance
that can and will eradicate this menace to freedom IN
great South Carolina county.
There are many situations in Horny that need lot OF
investigating. We have long believed that many powers
thatbe fear such by outside authorities But as
we see it, if local agencies not root out these evils
then every honest Christian citizen is compelled to let
his voice be heard and bring to bear Tor assist
ance that will drive fear from the door of Americans
John Henry knows that he expect no support from
us he fails to make sincere effort to enforce the law
regardless of how big how little the persons involved
may be- He knows and we know that he received lot
of votes from members and exmembers of the Ku Klux
Khan but election support should have no bearing on
law enforcement Every honorable citizen expects
criminals to be brought to justice and failure to do so
undermnes the very of democratic government