Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-01-16
<0ARTER'S
NOLUMN
Bv ". HORACE CARTER

n recent weeks we have had
considerable oral criticism for
ro- having said more about the
4 lfa,ed ku KluN Khan that is in
i ,aa headlines almost daily these
days. ,
Our explanation is pure AMI
s s;mple. Our attitude toward this
q sro,,a has never waivered for a
3 Moment. We still consider them
n 81 unnecessary evil and one that
will be stamped out completely
3 :, ne not too distant future.
Ne have not had them in the
q ~sws and editorial columns much
4 " recent weeks because we felt
Ira, we had already called them
inst about everything that we
{cou,d think of. If some one knows
&some new approach. some new
Ss-a.ement in this regard tina; is
~ keeping with our policy, we
w1 he glad to add that to the
#recoyd.
Our entire policy in a nut
shell : that this hooded group IS
rnfi, and unworthy to adn.nist-
o. Justice on ANYONE, and we viii
revev approve the actions OF such
an organization. lis very being.
in our way of thinking, is asainsl
me Constitutional principles laid
down by our forefathers.
Fair Bluff has been in a con-
siderable turmoil recently be-
cause OF the Klan activities.
Threats made to a minister there.
and allegedly coming from the
XXX. has stirred up the citizenry
against these night riders to an
extent that the little. town IS
practically an armed camp. 1t is
reliably reported that guns and
Other weapons are available in
IFS, about every residence. and
3tsa, me slightest incident might
So off fireworks that could end
|onIv in death and tragedy. All
his needless fear is an out
teruwth of XXX and an eI-i. there
/. OF regardless of whether they are
the guilty parties in the numer-
Gus Columbus county flogglngs
or not.
There are other reliable reports
that the FBI is nearing the day
when wholesale arrests are going
$to be made and some xxx mem
&bers are going to be exposed IN
&open court. This is our greatest
hope. If arrest are not made and
BIZ the organization is not exposed
to me public. it can only end ore
wav-that is mass tragedy with
several persons meeting ;nelr
death. II has been our tel;st
5fronl the start that just such a
naSsacre would be the climax
land start the fall of this new
#fangled Klan. Now there is some
>#hope that Federal officers can
bring some of these threat pass
ers" and prejudiced individuals
ito justice and perhaps avoid the
gunplav that could nave only
one end-all bad.
U.s. From the start of this organi'
cation in our area. we have made
lit known that We believed they
Swere largely a bunch o. dis
81 gruntled persons and low type
#ind.riduals with, of course, some
$good people in their midst. We
NOV know some of the members
with no degree of doubt left and
{cur opinion is unchanged.
But in regard to the type per-
Sons in the organization, reminds
us of story told some time ago
that may or may not be rue.
But as the story goes, a Christian
gentleman had been led to be-
licre the Khan was a noteworthy
organization and attended .
meeting of the group. When ne
went into the first meeting. he
looked around him at the other
people who were present, then
reached for his hat and said as
ne made for the door, Il don't
even associate with such people
on the outside"