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generally were in the form Of
suspensions. ranging from q few
days to d year.
Like most men who act firmly
in time of crisis. Mr.. Blossom has
been criticized by extremists at
both ends. Ny impression Of him
was that Of a wise and able educa-
tor who steers an effective and
responsible course in seemingly
impossible situation.
A FundomentoIist's View
A Bible lecturer, DR.. Crossley
Morgan. was appearing at Mr..
Oeden's church while ! was in
Little Rock. and he. too. contrib
uted to my picture of the place.
He looked like an Old Testament
patriarch, but in a clerical collar
and well-trimmed beard. I had
wondered how a Southern funda-
mentalist Christian-which he
was-might approach integration.
DR.. Morgan gave me part Of the
answer.
Someone asked him about the
verses in the Book of Acts that
say: God hath made of one
blood all nations of men for TO
dwell on all the face of the earth,
and hath determined the bounds
Of their habitation."
Doesn't this mean" asked the
questioner. that God is against
the mingling Of the races?"
DR.. Morgan's answer was posi-
tive. God created the nations.
meaning the races, he said. and
did appoint TO each the bounds OF
their habitation. He intended
them to live apart. But man
sinned and went against His will.
His interlocutor was smiling
with pleasure at this apparent
biblical segregation. But DR.. Nor
can looked at him sharply.
do you know when the man
sinned?" he doomed. Mantle
white rnan-sinned when he
broke the bounds of the Negroes
habitation by going into Africa
and wrenching men and women
from their homes and bringing
them 10 this country as slaves.
That's when he sinned. And sin
must be repented and the wrong
conciliated with both God and
mainland there Is no going
back"
The exchange ended when an
other member Of the group asked
the original questioner: DO YOU
remember those other verses:
The sins Of the fathers shall be
visited unto the children TO the
third and fourth generations.
A Sense Of Responsibility
Then there were the ordinary
citizens of Little Rock. They are
friendly and kind--and worried.
/ can still see the patient, seri-
Gus face of one businessman with
whom talked. Like so many
thoughtful men In Little Rock,
he knows that II Is up 10 the
responsible citizens TO find the
way out Of the impasse created by
violence on the one hand and the
force used to control II on the
other.
He has seen the industrial re-
development Of the State he loves
seriously impeded, and race rela-
tions that were the healthiest, he
felt, Of any city in the South.
showed back further than anyone
could have imagined.
He does not favor integration,
but the sight Of the organized
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~ WILLIAM I. RYAN

Just a year ago this week, Brit
ain and France. on the heels Of an
Israeli attack. invaded Egypt IN
crucial gamble TO destroy the
image Of Canal Abdcl Nasser as
the hero OF the Arab world.
The gamble failed and today
the Western world Is paying the
heavy price for attempting II. II
was q war that nobody won
except Moscow. II "A clear that
suez enabled Nlkita KhrIIshchev
% make great progress IN his drive
10 make Russia the Big Brother
over the people whose oil keeps
Europe alive.
Potten Of Losses
Everyone else lost.
Although the United States
nained some temporary prestige
By stopping the armed conflict. II
has steadily lost the confidence Of
Arab nations In the FIRE Of dis
illusionment and extremisfn. To-
day, the United states has scarcely
. vocal friend left In the Arabian
world.
Israel lost. Her temporary tri-
umph served only 70 lessen her
chances Of living in peace with her
Arab neighbors.
Britain and France quickly felt
the sting OF oil shortage. Britain
was diseraced In an area where
once she held undisputed sway.
Egypt lost. Apart from her ma
terial losses, her foreign exchange
was tied up abroad and even now
the pinch Is felt IN aggrayating
shortages. Her economy Was be-
coming deeply involved with the
Red bloc. Though President Mas
ser seemed more than ever . hero.
the 1iterate Arab leadership knew
that many pcrils still threatened
his position.
Syria lost. In her terror Of
Israel, her new dictatorship was
able 10 tie her more and more
closely TO military dependence on
Moscow. The Syrian business
community was powerless against
a dictatorial combination OF the
army and q party with Q vague.
dreamy program called Arab
Socialist.
Iraq lost. The now Of her
oil TO the Mediterranean. inter-
rupted when Syrians blew up
pipeline pumping stations. still
has not been fully restored. There
Is resentment Of her Western
aligned government.
Jordan lost. running into crisis
after crisis until only . rigid royal
dictatorship saved King Hussetn's
throne.
Saudi Arabia lost oil revenues
and peace Of mind.
A Deodly Choin
How did Il all happen7 What
set up this deadly chain Of events7
Israel. in q lightning attack
into Sinai's sandy gullies. sliced
through Egyptian lines like q hot
knife through butter and turned
the Egyptian retreat into panicky
rout.
Britain and France. eager to
topple Col. Nasser finally and
occupy the canal zone. intertered.
Ironically their invasion saved
Nasser.
For the Arabs. this changed the
whole picture from an Israeli at
tack to an ''imperalist" one.
When Britain and France. under
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THE HOPE OF THE SOUTH
Heorteninq Visit to Little Rock

mob at its worst sickened and
frightened him. He feels rather
hopeless right now. But. hope
less, he can still say that hands
like his must take up the good
and carry it further. even though
the path ahead remains dark.
And finally there were the nine
Negro youngsters whose lives have
been so drasticaliy affected. One
morning before the Army station
wagon came to pick them up, we
talked with five Of them-the
others had the flu. Mr.. Ogden
asked them if they were having
any trouble. No, they weren't
having any trouble. except with
studies. He asked if they would
mind telling me some Of the bad
experiences they had earlier.
You had a little trouble at
the lockers, didn't your" he asked
one boy. The boy shrugged 1t
of as unimportant. That kind
of rough stuff could just as well
happen at Horace Mann (the all
Negro school. he said.
He only really minded one
thing. he continued. It happened
in the showers. after gym. As
he entered the room. he couldn't
see anything because some boys
had turned on the hot water on
full. and steam hid everything.
As he began his shower, wadded
up wet towels began hitting him.
They didn't hurt much. but it was
nightmarish to have them coming
at him out Of the mist. And he
didn't know what was coming
next.
But it didn't last long. When
1t was over. he counted the towels
around him. He felt that 1t could
have been much worse. The gym
class had IS boys In 1t. and he
figured from the number of towels
that probably only few had
attacked him. marvelled at the
sparkle such harsh experiences
could not extinguish.
Strange Sources Of Hope
A school official told me he
saw reasons for hope in what
seemed TO me unlikely places. He
saw it. for example. In what many
youngsters from violently seq
regationist homes were going
through.
He explained: All their expert
ence and training told them that
integration was wrong and the
violence around Central High
seemed to confirm 1t. Yet they
knew that neither violence nor
force was the way out.
1t struck me that for these
youngsters. the future Of the South
seems like mountains hair-pin
turns all made UP Of question
marks, but the significant thing
is that they are travelling up the
road rather than down. ! wonder
II they. too. will help produce the
constructive solutions to the di-
lemma Of the South that men
in high ONCE have not been able
to discover.
/ came away feeling that our
picture Of the people Of Little
Rock is untrue to the extent that
it is filled with hate-filled faces.
They were there. certainly, around
Central High on some shameful
days. But the true picture Of the
people Of Little Rock contains a
hopeful good will and q haunting
bravery.
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and Mr.. Khrushchey was intent on
filling 1t.
As elements Of Jordan's govern
nent began to eye Red advances
with interest, II was apparent that
the time had come for decisive
Western action.
with soviet policy on the 6ffen-
sive, the United States In March
ofiicially adopted the Eisenhower
doctrine. In effect 1t offered aid
to any country that wanted 1t and
was facing aggression or the
threat Of aggression from Commu-
mist countries. Pro-Western Arab
leaders accepted the doctrine, but
IL served only TO embitter the
average Arab. 1t offered no pro-
lection from Israel. and Arabs
complained that once again they
we're pawns In the politics Of the
great powers.
In April, when Jordan exploded
into crisis. only the loyalty of the
Bedouin Arab Legion kept young
King Hussein on the throne.
As the arm Of United States
foreign policy. the 9Th Fleet
patrolled the Mediterranean in
constant warning. This was the
signal from the propaganda mill
Of the Egyptian Syrian axis for a
renewal Of accusations of Amer
lean imperialism
Bitterness Wos Useful
The rising Arab bitterness
against the West entrenched the
most extreme anti Western lead
ers In Syria. giving them an excuse
for extraordinary emergency
measures TO smother all oppose
ton.
Syria,s background strongman.
1t. Col. Abdul Haniid Serial. shar-
ING his sl1a7owy dictatorship with
the Arab Socialist resurrection
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A YEAR AFTER sUEZ

ML kyan. On Associated Pres foreign
news anolyst, hes Just returned from
tnp 10 the Middle Fast. This ofiicle
L bosed On hls observations there.
American pressure, Soviet threats
and the whiplash OF political up
roar at home. stopped far short Of
their goals. Col. Nasser was saved.
A torrent Of emotion pushed him
to an even higher pinnacle rs
Arab hero and liberator.
Why Britain and France took
their desperate gamble remains q
mystery even q year later.
Anthony Eden. tired and irreso-
lutte. presided over . conservative
government In London which
could see the last remaining lines
Of empire slipping away. The oil
Of the Middle East which fed the
Golfers OF London and the indus
try Of Europe seemed In grave
danger.
The French, trying TO put down
the rebellion In Arab Algeria. saw
Col. Nasser as the biggest threat
10 their grip IN North Africa. They
were ready TO gamble 10 get rid
Of him.
Now, in the wake Of the debacle.
Egypt and Syria continue their
pressure on the pro-American,
trade-wise government Of Leba-
non and the Bedouin-supported
kingdom Of Jordan's King Hus-
seir.
Moscow Moves Ahsad
Bit BY bit. the hand Of Moscow
extended itself into the Middle
East. Although the Arabs pas
sionately denounced the idea that
Britain had left q power vacuum
In the Middle East, It stili existed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

The Rev. John Boxer. minister
OF the Montgomery County Uni
tartan Church. recently visited
Little Rock to discuss NTH local
leaders his proposal for a schol-
arshtp fund to help children
affected by the Little Rock incl
dent. The JolloUfng Is report
on some OF the impressions he
brought back from that trip.
By THE REV. JOHN BAKER
When / went to Little Rock. I
felt that the hope Of the South
lay In the South-in its decent
men and women, in its children.
white and Negro. Now ! know
that to be true. And my con-
tact with the people of Little
Rock. brief and limited though
It was, convinces me that the hope
is not a forlorn one.
There was, for example, the
Rev. Dunbar Ogden, president Of
the Greater Little Rock Ministerial
Association. His roots are all
in the South. Born in Mis-
sissippi of long and dis
tinguished line Of public officials
and ministers. he personifles the
South's irreplaceable contributions
to our national life. His efforts
to find the way out Of Little Rocks
dilemma have forced him to live
at a pace beyond anything q man
should ask Of himself. Yet he
seems never to be too tired to be
thoughtful or too busy to show
kindness and warmth.
Leadership takes many forms.
The leader who Is so badly needed
in situation Of conflict Is the one
who can firmly hold to his posi-
ton and still keep the respect
and even affection Of those who
oppose MIN. Mr.. Ogden was one
OF the ministers who walked with
the Negro children on the first
frightening days Of school. Yet
he also can discuss what has hap
pened and should happen with
reporters from the Democrat, the
city's conservation newspaper, and
keep their respect.
"A Powerful Man
And then there was Virgil T.
Blossom. Little Rocks superin-
tendent OF schools. Mr.. Blossom is
q large man and q powerful one,
powerful in many ways. He Is
proud Of the excellent record
students Of Central High have
consistently made In national
scholarship competitions and Of
the schools high rating nation
ally.
He told Mr. Ogden and me that
there was no more trouble now
at Central High than normally
occurs In any school with 1000
students. We felt that his COM
bination Of forcefulness and tact
undoubtedly accounted TO q large
extent for this fact.
Since the crisis began. Mr..
Blossom had disciplined "a stu
dents--but not for interfering with
indignation. In each case, he has
talked with the offender and his
parents. He told them that he was
not concerned with their feelings
about integration. that their views
were their own affair. What he
was concerned with was educa-
ton. he said. and the enforcement
Of long standing rules Of conduct
in the schools so that education
could continue. The punishments
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Integrotion:
A Law Falls

The outer walls OF Virginia's
massive resistance" TO public
school indignation we're preached
last week by the Supreme Courts
refusal TO review a lower courts
decision that the States 1856
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

Mr kyan. On Associated Press foreign
news enoIysi. hes Just returned from
tip 10 the Middle Eosi. This article
i bossd on hls observations there.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
Babe Ruth
Loop Opens
On Monday

Under sponsorship OF the
Lions Club, the Loris entry in
the B1be Ruth baseball league.
began play Monday afternoon
against Aynor at Aynor. Other
teams scheduled Monday were
Eastern Sales VS.. Coca Cola at
Conway and Myrtle Beach VS..
Splvcy'S AT Myrtle Beach.
Boys participating in the Babe
Ruth league are between The
ages OF - and Is. All games wall
be played at 4:3O in the after
noon.
The schedule for the season is
as follows:
May Eastern Sales Myrtle
Beach, Conway
May 9-SplvcyS-Cocoa Cola.
Conway
\ ynor-EaStCrn Sales.
Aynor
May l0-Loris-Myrtle Beach,
LoriS
Coca Cola-Aynor Con-
Way
May l3-Eas:Srn Sales Myrtle
Beach, Conway
Lorls-Coca Cola, Loris
May li-SplVcyS-My Beach
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08

Elder, of Statesville and the
Moderator-elect is DIR. Marshau
Scott Woodson, president of
Flora Macdonald College, Red
Springs. The Synod's Council is
expected to present for adoption
a record-breaking budget. The
Council will meet June 81 in
Raleigh.
One of the principal matters
before the Synod will be an
Overture from Albcmarlc Pres.
.bytery requesting the Synod 20
establish a committee TO rc-cxa-
mine the location of the ConsoI.
idatcd Presbyterian College. and
that II be ordered 10 bring in
recommendation 20
the next regular or called meet
ing of Synod as To whether this
location OF another will best
serve the Synod program fer
higher Christian education ="
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
Even Horry's White Whiskev
Can't Equal N. {. Leadership

lauction) was Sl96,239.
Agents destroyed S559,537 OF
property that could not be used
for anything but making whis-
key.
National Standing.
How does North Carolina fig
.urc in on the national figures?
The fiscal year of 1856 nettej
the government l4,499 stills ard
.2i7,277 gallons of spirits. They
took 8,643.208 of mash during
raids and put IL $3.50 people urd-
.cr arrest for violations.
They seized $2,387,l75 worth
'of property, which included ! $50
cars and 592 trucks.
Will Keep Lead.
From reports on operations OF
federal agents in North Caroline
during the first three months OF
THIS year, it leaves little doub
that this state will keep the LEAD
in 1857.
During January of 1857, I0l
stills were seized in the StatC
with 1904 gallons of illicit spin its
and 252,l9l gallons of mash ais
being seized. In February, 27l
stills were hit and 2,463 gallon.
of whiskey and 128,915 gallon.
of mash taken. March netted 2Ss
stills, 1859 gallons of whiske,
and 1883 gallons of mash.
or the stills seized in the first
month of this year, the average
cubic capacity in gallons wa.
,237.
Just how much whiskey would
these stills turn out each day?
An astounding 1901 gallo 4:
could be produced each day had
the stills not been seized.
Big Business
Bootleggers say that a case u
whiskey brings about $40 whc,e-
sale. On the basis of four gallon:
per case, it means these boot.
leggers could produce S7,55C
worth of booze daily.
If all stills seized in the State
in the fiscal year of 1856 lac
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08

been allowed TO continue opera
ton every day throughout the
year, a total of l29.3O7 gallurs
o! whlskey per day would have
been produced This would have
resulted in "a daily wholesale OF
about S64,654.
Also during the first thee
months of this year. 557 pcrsCns
have been arrested. In January
there were lGi, February l5s
and in March, 2lO.
The federal government rea-
Lies that North Carolina is the
scat" of tho business and had
consequently stationed more az
entS in this State than in an,
other.
II is estimated that about one
eight of all ATU agents in tn,
country are stationed in Nortf
/ Carolina.
Even with the job being don,
by the liquor enforcement BOYS
one main question is left unar.
severed.
To what extent would the al.
nual white whiSkcy figure 20 i
all the booze that is not captured
could be added to the total q
that which is seized.
The battle against the ilIcya
traffic Is a never ending one.
North Carolina has in the pas
held the lead in white whiske,
making, and based on fedora
figures is expected to reign kiot
of the business in the future
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
USDA Releases
1857 Leaf Crop
Loan Program

NThc U. S. Department OF Agri-
culture today announced a 1857
crop price support loan program
and the minimum centS-per-
pound average loan levels at
which specified kinds of tobac-
co will be supported.
Loans will be available on
1857 crop Burnley. flue-curod,
Maryland, and cigar filler and
cigar binder tobacco at 90 per-
rSat OF parity. Price support al
the" levels is mandatory under
existing law.
The minimum centS-pcr-pound
average loan levels at which GER
tain types of tobacco will be
supported are listed below
These average loan levels are
based on parity prices as OF
March Is, 1857. The actual sup
port level will be the minimum
shown or the level computed as
- the beginning or the market
ing year (July l, 1857, In the
case OF flue-curcd; October l.
1857, for all other types), which
ever is higher.
Minimum support levels are
not being announced at this time
for fire-Cured, dark air-cured
and Virginia Sun-cured tobacco
because of pending legislation
The percent of parity and The
C.YntS-t 6r-pound average loan
level of support for Puerto Rican
tobacco will be announced prior
10 the planting season which
commences after October |,
1857.
Price support will be made
available to growers of eligible
tobacco through grower associa-
tons on the basis of officia'
standard grades at specified
rate for each grade. However
Ice support will not be mace
available on tobacco produced
on any farm where more than
one kind of tobacco is produced
unless the acreage harvested OF
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
Conway

Conway
Coca Cola-Aynor, Ay-
mr.
May l6-Spivcys-LoriS, Conway
Myrtle Beach Aynor
Myrtle Beach
May I-EaStern Sales-Spivey 5
Conway
Myrtle Beach Coca
Cola. Myrtle Beach
May 2O-LorlS-Aynor, Loris
Coca Cola-EaStcrn
Sales, Conway
May 27-SpiveyS-Coca Cola,
Conway
May 25-SplVeyS-LoriS, Conway
Aynor-Myrtlc Beach.
Aynor
May 2i-LoriS-Myrtle Beach,
LoriS
MAY 2'-Coca Cola-LoriS, Cen
way
Myrtle Beach Eastern
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
Presbyteriians
Set Session

The l44th annual sessions Of
the Synod of North Carolina.
Presbyterian Church in the u.
s., Will be held at Montreal,
North Carolina, June 1926, with
the opening session at p. m. on
the first day. The retiring Mod
orator is r. d. Grier, RULING
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
Sales, Myrtle Beach
Handbook Accepts
ICannery Position

BurriS Handbook has accepted
the position as Canning Plant
Superintendent for Corbett Cam
ming Company and assumed dut-
les this week.
MIR. Handbook came from
Homestead, Fla. where he was
employed for a long period.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handbook and
children are at home al the resi-
|dcncc of Mrs. X. r. Bruton on
Lewis Street.
WANTED: FURNIIiSED HOME
TO ACCOMMODATE PAR
ENTS AND FOUR chill
rem, ages Is, II. 7 and 3,
Contact Corbett Canning Con-
D-ny. pine 45il
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-05-08
By-W. Horace Carter

Investigation of the white
whiSkcy traffic and conspiracy
in Horny county has focused at
tention on the manufacturer of
this booze and its big business
angle but South Carolina is not
the center of the stump hole
trade.
Actually, the sister State of
North Carolina has the dubious
and shameful distinction of lead
ing the nation in this multimil-
lion dollar illegal booze bust
mess.
Recent government figures in
dictate that the Tar Heel State
accounts for about onc-fourth of
all property and illegal whiskcy
seized in the United States. The
value of property seized and re-
ported to the Alcohol and To-
bacco Tax Unit of the U. S.
Treasury Department in 1856
amounted to S795.776 in North
Carolina. And this is not the full
lstory either.
This figure does not include
booze that is not reported and
that which finds its way into
the hands of the public, probably
the vast majority of the produc-
ton.
UnwillingneSs on the part OF
some law enforcement officers
to report seizures of white whis-
key and lack of cooperation by
many others indicates that the
booze business in the Tar Hec,
State easily exceeds one million
dollars a year.
Some local enforcement aeeu.
cieS just let it slip their minds, =
while others purposely fail e
submit such reports, officers say
Regardless of these reports
comparative figures of all state.
and territories of the country
show that North Carolina is tho
I"leaguc leader" in white whiske,
traffic, with Georgia being it:
only real contender for the frs
place spot.
North Carolina is in the At
lanta Region of federal juris.
Idiction which is comprised o.
nine southeastern states and &C
counts for about 90 per cent o.
the nations illegal booze head.
ache. Other states in the regior
are Kentucky, Virginia, Tennes-
see, South Carolina Georgia
4 Alabama, MiSsippi and Florida
The only other principal illici
still seizure area in the nation
centers around New York City
! A general national trend from
1885 To 1856 shows doWnwa,C
slope TO law i'll I943 and LAci
ia steady climb since that time.
]. Just how big is the bootlcggirf
business in North Carolina
], Based uu TIgures obtained from
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tas
Unit, which were compiled from
reported violations only-it j!
,lhuge!
In 1856, 3,507 stills were seizcc
in North Carolina along will
43,485 gallons of whiSkey. Geo.
Irgia alone led the State in tht
amount of whiskey seized. They
j, seized 44,089 gallons in 1856.
However, the Tar Heel Stat,
!, came to lead again with seizur,
OF 2,O59,023 gallons of mash il
1856, Georgia seized 1924 ,O36.
There were 1873 persons ar.
, rested in the State on charges o.
Violating liquor laws. Som,
were for operating a still whllC
Others were arrested with tn.
booze in their possession or FOL
selling it.
Four hundred and fifty cd=.
and trucks were doomed for The
auction block after they weIt
seized by agents.
The value of property seizec
but not destroyed (also sold a