Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-03-26
Guest Editorial From The
Horny Herald, Conway, S. G..
100000 Witch Hunt

acqual Henry eight % his deputies
charges of civil rights violations in Federal
newspaper yarns subsequent nves-
Daons by the FBI of the Horny County Shers Department
over period of a year
This witch hunt started Nspap,r editor north
the South Carolina Border Loris newspap.g
the taxpayers OF Horny County c. and the United
than 100000, according to reliable estimates.
The investigations" of Sheriff Henry's department
deputies has followed OF the profoundly
twists and qurks in the annals of the business of investigating
TO nenton some of them:
The above mentioned editor-who won Pulitzer prize
writing about the Khan, tod-has continually
octed the outcome of certain phases the cations
the projections nave had an uncany OF turning right
This editor, appears had been working very cloSey-a
least he has taken credit for having donewth the
gators nc hao puDShea IN MS spaper all along the norma
ton which normally would be kept within the
investigator who had the moral character ..o2y
investigator for branch Of the
would be held in srictest confidence only trial.
saced in the rncord tbnrnof od ~ t ,h .iI J Iu
already been published be privileged under
The Observation-Disclosures editor predicted before the Sheriff
and his deputies indicted that they would
The North-ofThe Border editor te.neriy at one
time last summer TO tell Horny Circuit
to appeal before its grand iv because he the or M the
time not right for him disclose
ed to have which he nmaed would Officers behind
Wholesale quantities appear grand jury
howeve" judge Who disagreed
with The editor TO the Thickness of his inomaton
euned out to be worthless to the grand jury.
The North-oThe Border editor may for having
smeared of Horny every yellow journal
country and the air
who alert for dirt and smoot many
Evidence during the week long trial Florence week
indicated there might be deal of thorough
cleansing Investigation of the
the Sheriff Henry long might bring light
of the tactics which trying build
q against Henry according the
at Least deal offered him he would against
Henry he was unable to make the deal because
the stand, he had nothing to testify against Henry
Apparently operating the office
holder fair time for the pens
good many other newspapers this vicinity
carried volume copy bouquets
Horny County and its law department.
them published anything indicating they had
the
North of The Border editor and these
fDperc
And not of Them this newspaper suggestion
that the shouted accusations might
the evide:ce be weighed, sfted, proven.
AS trial Florence il was
contc: between local. law
enforcement encroachment became
rights Versus federal steamroller.
Every sheriff department
IN this c'se every police department.
The families and friends of those
I'll Jona henry, who have been
the wat for that trial. have been relieved
They arc glad We are happy for them.
There will be many Horny County Citizens also to
with the feeling
Grad domination of local law enforcement has been
sedS though desperate shrewd
vict officers the presence
government had to
a. Editors Note This item, wi save for
future reference Patience is virtue that
OF Problems 1t Is interesting to note however that
worst thing that could be brought about
that lived little North
distance North is less than mile And after
cult tn live everywhere at the But m
mas lived in Horny County probably
for Horny than the writer of
Germs itself largely with patting its back. W.
Series salesIthe state for the same perioc
~ the month Of February nlwere
hory County oacd Sl508 by STOP
reports T. L. Benson County or 49, according Bunel