Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-08-24
CAREERS
OGNI/ZW
BY-w. Horace Garter


began serving his four year
prison term for Ku Klux Khan
activities In October Of 1859,
there has been little organized
movement by the infamous or
ganizatiOn In the Carolinas. But
now the few splinter groups
that have existed are making
an effort 10 fall into place and
form an organization.
A laxative little man from
Atlanta who took up the cudgel
and spoke a few times after
Hamilton's imprisonment. is
this time trying to be the big
dog. He Is now self-styled or
otherwise the Imperial Wiz
zard and efforts are geing made
to set up a working organiza-
ton In South Carolina.
A Marion, S. c. carpenter has
gotten into the act as a local
Kleagle and he says that al
ready 81 South Carolina coun-
ties have organizations of the
Klan In operation. Based ON
everything else the Khan spok-
esmen have said in the past.
that may or may not be true.
The FBI has been aware that
splinter groups have been i'm
operation In South Carolina all
along. They will not say today
whether they are well-versed
on the organizational move
ment being made or not, but il
is a better than even bet that
they know all about the move
ment.
The Marion carpenter says.
so Realistically. that this Khan
organization does not believe
in violence and that no night
riding and night flogsing will
be done. But we can remember
so wildly when the high rid
ing Hamilton made the same
statement right here in the Of
flee: only to plead guilty Of
conspiracy TO assault few
weeks later.
Hamilton told us face 10 face
that his organization never
beat up anyone and that If he
ever heard of any of his KlanS-
men beating anyone up, that
he would turn them out of the
Khan. But they obviously beat
up and Inundated many per-
sons and some are still paying
the price for those activities.
This Khan will be no differ
ent. Any time that an organiza-
ton is formed that keeps its
membership a secret, then to
us il Immediately becomes I'M
American. Americans have no
reason TO hide their activities
If what they do is good and
wholesome. It's only when the
activities are shady that the
need for secret membership a.
rises. Only the Khan and the
communists keep their identi-
ties unknown.
If this Khan or any other
organizations will make its
membership known and show a
true interest in society, then
we can have no complaint. But
as long as they insist OH play
ing a cloak and dagger game
and hide behind a shield. we
wish for them only the worst
kind of existence.
MariOn's Carpenter KleagIe
says that there are card carry
ing Klansmen among the min
listers of South Carolina. This
is exceptionally hard to swal-
low. Show us minister who
approves of activities of any
Klan since reconstruction days,
and we will show you a min
lister without religion.
As we said several years ago,
there is no place in America
for organizations like the Ku
KluX Khan. As people become
unhappy with governments and
rulings, some fanatics will seek
to sidctrack government and
make their own rules. But such
course of action has never
been successful i'm this country,
and when il is successful, there
will be no more United States
of America.
Khan activities, like COM
munist activities. are revoIu-
tionary and the success of eth
CT would bring an end 10 de-
mocratic government.
North Carolina's excellent
anti-mask law will make II
most difficult for any rcbirth
Of the organization. South Car
DINA has no such law, and thus
the fight even against organic
cd disregard for government is
a most difficult task.
We can only hope that the
people see the evil in Khan
organizations and will not
flock together as robed hood
lums. You can place your bets
now. II they do succeed I'm
organizing the splinter groups,
IL will be only a matter of a
fcu rponibS until tho NIGHT rid