- ΓΗΙ oiilr PULITZER PRIZE WtNNINO \T More Than 10,000 People Read The Tribune Every Week 7< EEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNI TED STATES Tttäaee People Shop Fi The Pages Of Their Hometown new »paper VOLUME Xll, NVMBB Si "Tmbr City — The Τ mum With A City Future" TABOm CTTT. NOKIH ΓΛΑ«»»4 MA*CH 5, 1958 ONE HELPS THE OTHER — Horace Shaw, center, head of the Columbus Bureau of Identification, discusses a case with Sheriff's deputies Charles Legrande, left, and Wilson Griffin. The Bureau of Identification chief ^vorks closely with other law enforcement agencies in the county and state, w (Photo by Al Harrison) Horace Shaw Is Unsung Hero Of County Law Enforcement Horace Shaw is tne man most people refer to as the unsungj hero of law enforcement in Co-1 lumbus County. The mild, soft sooken head ofj the· Columbus County Bureau of| Idnetification has the kind ol determination that automatically ι gives law violator·; thu short endi of the odds. ^c never g*.'ts excised and nev er gives up on a case. His pati ence has been one of the main; factors in chalking up one of the most impressive records to b· found any place in the country. For the records, i'-.crc lias been only one unsloved murder in Co'.umbus County in the past lrt years. Λ three-year survey, from 1954; th:ough 1957, is indicative of his 2.O>'cai' record as ι law enforce ment officer. Of th.i 362 cases he prepared for Superior Court dur ing this three yea.· period, there wrrc guilty pleas entered in 35« ot them. Seven cases found themselves presented to a jury but not a ;in3le defendant was acquitted. Shaw is a modest man. He pre fers that publicity be given to oUurs. He makes little fanfarr iBRut the fact th*\t he has lost only a few eases since entering law enforcement work as a Whitevllle police officer in 1935 There is a reason for such an1 outstanding rccor.l of convictions, j This veteran off'cer, who can·, detect a lying witness at a glance,^ never loses sight of the fact that j each case deals with human per- ( sonalities. It is this human ele- j nf^t that causes him to work | long hours investigating crimes , before he seeks indictments. His theory seems to be that innocent persons can be greatly damaged bv haphazard invest· gat ions that le«d to quick indictments. Thus, he takes things »n his stride, misses few details and is usually justified by the court decisions in the cases he presents for pros ct^oin. *e Columaus Dureau of Iden tification is a one-man depart ment. Shaw has been the only officer since «he department was established by the County in 1940. He works very closely with the Sheriff's Oept and local Po lice Department in the county. While detectivc work captures the fancy of those engaged in, other professions, it isn't a fea-l. bed. Shaw ,*m orages work-h ng 75 hours each week and is ubject to call at >«11 hours ol he night and day. It takes this ;ind of devotion to get the job lone the way the people of Co umbus County want it done. He ias not had a vacation since aking the job in 1940. An average of 300 complaints oil into the t3urcnu of Identifi ation each year. These consti ute missing persons, homicides, land larceny and other felon :s. Law enforcement work has ittle to offer in the way of mon tary compensation. Although fficers are dedicated there are ot many who wonld recorftmend uch a life's work for today's oungsters. Shaw's feeling is that he pay scale for law enforce lent .work is not h«j[h enough to rovide much inducement for oung men looking for a career. When asked if he could rccall ny humorous incidents during is career, his ansver expressed is feeling for his fellow man— "There isn't anything humorous jabout law enforcement. It's just the opposite of humorous" Dedication to duty paid off in 'monetary terms for Shaw about ! a year age when his intensive investigation and aoility to piece I together bits of information and make them pay off le^ to the ar rest of a bank robber. The arrest of Roy Russ of Bladenboro for the bank robbery in Jacksonville resulted in bank officials paying $?.067.60 reward money to Shaw. Officials cited Shaw for his out standing work in breaking the case. Shaw keeps his finger on the crime pulse of the county. He noted that the number of viola tions had been about the same for the past three years. The economic trend In this section of the Carolinas plays an importan* role in crime activities. Those crimes that fall within the realm of the Bureau of Indentifieatior seem to be more plentiful wher (Continued On Page 10) Martha Goldfinch Drowns Near Home actio last Friday shortly after noon .when Martha Grace Gold finch', young daughter of Mr. snd Mrs. A. E. Goldfinch drowned in a drainage ditch near her home. The Goldfinch* live on highway 111 between Lorls and Tabor City. The mother and the child had just returned from grocery shopping and Martha was play ing a few minutes in the yard prior to the noon day meal. Mrs. Goldfinch heard the fam ily dog barking a moment late* along the canal in the back yard that was btim full after the heavy rains. She rushed out and called Martha but there was no answ er and suspecting that she might have fallen into the wat 1 er, Mrs. Goldfinrn jumped into ι the waist deep ditch searching 1 for the child. Unable to locate ί her, the father and neighbors were called. A few minutes lat ei the body was recovered sev eral hundred feet from where she had apparently fallen in the water. The hotly was lushed to the I .oris Community Hospital but • to no avail. All efforts to re vive her were in vain. Martha was boin in the Con·. way Hospital May 26. 1954. Shr attended the St. Pul Methodist Church Ln Tabo.· City where she waa a member of the jun ior choir. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:00 at th* i St. Paul Methodist Church with ] Rev. Martin Chambers, pastor: i Dr. J. E. Carlington, district superintendent; and Rev. Pauli Carruth. of the K. C. Methodist Conference and former pastor ' officiating. Burial was originally sched uled for the Hillnest Cemetery'1 in Conway Immediately follow Ing the funeral service. How- , ever. Mrs. Grace Langstoj Goldfinch, mother of Mr. Gold- I finch, died suddenly on Sun day morning of a heart attack Burial of the child was post-! ponrd until Tuesday afternoor ' at 3:00 at which time both bSd-'( ies were buried in a double 1 service. 1 Pallbearers it the child'» funeral were Han Sanders > Lewis Edward Gore. Roeer ΕΙ-Λ liott and Charles Sasser. > Surviving, in addition to hei :■ parents, are iwo brothers, Gene ' and John, and α sister Melba < all of the home and maternal s grandmother, Mrs. John Stev- 1 ens. of Great Fails, S. C. Willard C Wright Seeks House Seat ; Wiil.ird C. Wright, local furni ti:re and .»as merchant ant Mit-.inent member rf the Tabot City town board for the pas' seven years, has announced hi< andidacy for the North Caro lina House of Representative subject to t!ie Coiumbus Countj Democratic Primarv. Wright, a native of Columbus County, comes from a tradition ally Democratic family and while he has held no county or State public offices, he has been activt with the Young Democratic Clufc and the party organization ir this area. He was a· tive in rais ing funds for the national Dem ocratic ticket in ID36 and helped solicit memberships in the YDC the same year. He has also serv ed on the Younj; Democrat's executive committee in the co unty. During the four terms thai Wright has served on the Taboi City Town Board he has h«ld the street and light commissionei post and during this period tin municipal improvements in his [department have been except ionally outstanding. Paving, drainage and the addition o| streets to the citν system ha< shown great progress He is a member of the Tabor City Baptist Church and is cur rently serving on .he Board of Deacons. He also teaches a Sun day School class, is Training Union director an.l is chairman of the Worship Committee in the Baptist Brotherhood. Wright is a past president «»I the Tabor City Civitan Club and is presently serving as a direct or. He was institutional repre sentative of the Civitans in tlie county for two years. And dur ing the two year·« period that the Boy Scout troop was spon sored by the Civitan. he was ac tive in their behalf, twice serv ing as funds chairman. He was vo-chuirman of the Red Cross Drive in Tabor City one year and for two years was ] overall chairman of the Caro- , linas Yam festival. He has sorv- , ed two years as α Hirector of t he ι« Tabor City Merchants Associa-j; tion, and one year a« a member j of the volunteer fire department.! In 1955 he was Tabor Cityj; Man of The Year. |i In announcing has candidacy.'1 Wright said. 'I heartily solicit the support and vote of all Dem-jj ocrats in the county. My only!J desire is to be a servant of the! people of Columbus County inj; an upright jnd honorable man-'f ner. I believe in representative a government as srt up by ou: | founding fathers i>nd will en j deavor to uphold those princi- y pais to the best of my ability. "I realize the needs of the ( farmer, the business man. and c the need for moro industry, and t (Continued On Page 10) r Sommersell Announces For County Sheriff Penn Summerset', of White ille. has announced his candi lacy for sheriff of Columbus 'ounty subje.t to the Democrat· c Primary in May. Mr. Summerset*, former own r of the Penn's Grills in Whitc ille and Chadboum, has been rt the restaurant business for 18 ears and this marks his first η try into polities. He is 55 years Id. a native of Columbus, and crved in the U. S. Navy in 920. He is married and has two tarried daughters, Mrs. Eugene ngram and Mrs. C L. Duncan, ι Η hiteville. He is a member f the Meth-idist Church and is ι vtng as clukirm in of the fin i;ce committee. "I desire the vo· > ,,( the peo ■o in the primär;· and promise .;■( with God's ι eip and man's elp. I will run . ι loan sheriff's ffice it the pe ople will elect u· m the May iiinary." Sum uisett said. Robinson Seeks Seai In Senale Sankey U\ Robin;,on. present udge of Columbus County R«· order's Court, has announced lis candidacy for State Senator iubject to (he Democratic prim rv. HobiiiM.il is a native of Co Limbus county. having been born η a farm in ;ho Oak Dale sec ion of Tatum township. He is he son of ihe late Jimsey L. tobinson and Mary Dritt Robin on. He is a lawyer anil has been iracticing since 1051. He graduated from Evergreen iigh school and .eceived his B. I and L. I.. Β degrees fron Vake Forest College. An active Young Democrat lobinson has served as presc ient of the Columbus Countv init. as district chairman of the Seventh Congressional District nd is a past vice-president of he State organization. He is a Baptist, past deacon nc' Sunday school teacher, a '-.ember of the Lions Club in Vliiteville and a Mason. Finishes School Grady Patterson, Route 1, Box 57, Tabor City. North Carolina i»s completed a course in Radio nd Television Servring and has ccn awarded a Diploma by the lational Radio Institute ot l'ashintgon, D. C. He finished th ■ prescribed •ourse of technical -Indies with reditable grades and is to b.· ongratulated upon his achieve lent. Λ CENTS ΓΒΚ COPY—<a.— » mi Athletic Program At School Needs $985 Next Year Williamson Is In House Race ED WILLIAM SOX A young A'iiite.dic attorney has announced tli;.t he will file the Democ as represent at i\ Assembly for CoKir.ibus County. Edward L. Williamson, a resi dent of Evergreen, ι id he would seek the nomination in the up corr.ink May !J< ni .· ..tie primary A native of (Yin· Gordo, tie is the son of Mr. a.» i Mrs. C. E. Williamson. Sr Hi· has been netive in the ^ Young Dem'Cι at «roup in the yj county and ite. Ih is a past ^ President of t'· · county YD club, tl a pnst district «-hat man and is' >· surviving on two slate YDC committees. _ A veteran of the U. S. Navy, l· he saw act i>n in 'Λ orlil War J; and tin Korean War. He served S in the Pacifi·.·. Ch n<se and Km- Jt e;u: theaters. He i: nov. a !iei:- _ tenant nimm inde·* it. the Naval ■] Keserve. " In addition to nis military ser vice, he spent two yars in Kor- fa οί as a civilian wo· king out food n< distribution problems. He was C< cited with a certificate ol merit m for his work. Active in civic .itfairs. he is.as president of the Chsdbourn Rot- b< aiv Club, vice-president of the tl Columbus Tuberculosis Associa- a tinr. and a state director in the ol State TB Association. ar W Williamson Annonnces For Senate Arthur W. Williamson prom Unint Cerro Gordo farmer, has announced his intention to run 'for the North Carolina Senate in tl·.· May Democratic Primary. The 46-year-old businessman farmer served as t'ie Columbus County Senator du.ing the 1955 session after havirp defeated Paul Williamson o. Whiteville in jthe primary election. He served tor nine years prior to that on the Columbus Cr.untv Board of Commissioners and for four year:· on the covnty Welfare Board. Williamson is a Baptist. H« attended Cerro Gordo high school and Waif» Pnrest ΓηΙΙ«»» 1 Βι Η al h; tv •Through the efforts of th« »osters Club ant! with receipts <m the football and basketball mes wc have been able to op ate this year's athletic program the Tabor City school without y deficit," RaiMall Burleson, incipal, said today. "The chicken m.odle supper nfits enabled us to buy enough > pads and shoulder pads for xt year's football team but we not have available funds for ying pants, jeticys, a few eded helm-'ts a;id for recon ioning the old uniforms for ictice equipment. We have ten in about all the money it is coming dünn» this school ar," Burleson said. "We have carcfully checked » costs of the otne: equipment it we need for iootball next ar along with tht need for tie baseball materials for this ring. We can b·.· fully equipped ■ next year if we ran raise ift. In that we nave no other •an:-· of raising r.n> funds, ex it perhaps a few dollars thro ti baseball receipts, we are Hing on the public spirited izens of ihe < «immunity to Ip us in this financial matter," * principal said. •We would like to enter next ar's school tcrir without any ficit from this year and with major equipment expenses al idy taken care ·>ί. We know ϊ will not have a deficit from s school ...Mr bi.t funds will ve to come from somewhere provide dflisii.aK· athletic uipment 'm the 1958 teams, lis equipment must be ordered the near futur·» if we are to ve it 'vailable fci the fall (C< ntinu-'d ϋ:ι Page 10) turns Announces or County ommksioner Λ Ο. Burns. 40 vom· old Acme rmer and merchant, has an· unccd Iiis canii' {tcv (or the ilumbus County Board of Com issioncrs. Burns has .-erved for six years it member of the county draft ar<l, is a member and elder in ι» Acme Presbyter'an Church, charter member and director the Acme-Delco Lions Club d a Navy veteran of World ar II. Burns is the sen of Nora B. jrns and the late R. G. Bums. : is married to the former Eliz eth Williams, of Acme They ive three children, one girl and ο boys. PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC If there arc any parent* vho have not reported their -hildren for the prc-school •linir to be held in March 17, he> are requested to do ho is soon as possible." Principal tandall Burleson said today. •We want the parents of chil Iren expected to enter school his fall to give us a call or Irop by the office so that we •an have data on the child be· 'ore the clinic is held. Then he child with its parents is ■xpected to attend the .March 17 clinic." "If a child Is six years old in or before October 16. it is ■ligihlc to enter school this Plenty Has Happened During First Year Of Federal Investigation In Horry Editor'· Note: Tbl« Is Um |iorce had been transferred fromiurithm·« w. · - designed to acquaint the peo ple of Just what has cone on durlag the first year of the la· 9>ttratlon Into alleged ah condact and Irregularities on the part of "some members of the Horry County Sheriffs Department snd others." The first year of the rrusade ended on February 2·. The first of the series appeared laat year. The final Installment of the series will appear next week while eight deputies and the sheriff are being tried In Fed· 9)1 Court In Florence on four rases of alleged violations of rlvll rights of prisoners. By—W. liorare Carter On March 20. last year {hi newspaper made th<? announce ment that the Federal Oram Jury hearing on alleged whinke; conspiracy charges against somi members of the Horry Sheriff'i • Aiken, S. C., to Florence and set for April. That article sain this, "Prim arily interested in the white whiskey traffic from the manu facturer to the retail outlet, the federal agents will »oek indict ments charging various members of the sheriff's department and others with conspiracy to violate the alcoholic tax laws. Subsequ ent eases may aljo seek indict ments against one or more de puties for alleged violations of civil rights." That was the .«ecnnd inst ance in which the newspaper had indicated that civil rights of prisoners waa being Investi gated and that cum might re salt. The newspaper had pre· ι viously charged that there were alleffed eases of brutality I and crueltjr In prisoners. ' An editorial in «hat March 20, fjissue had this to say, *,We want ι,to see public officials honest sw the courts interested in truth ard justice, no shuin and shame. We want a line of nemarkation between right and wrong, legal and illegal. We want to see law enforcement on a Ivgh plane for all the people, not protection for some, persecution for others." I But even though the an nouncement had been made of the transfer of the Grand Jury Hearing from Aiken to Florence!ι on March 20, a l ist minute deci- < sion of the District Attorney still rtsulted in 23 wi'.;iesses pppear ing at Aiken, S. C., on March ι 25. The witnesses were not heard but were subpooan ·<! to Aiken anil there given n*w subpoeans to appear before the Grand Jury in Florence on April 22. Thai Marrh 27. iftsae had this to aay, "The fact that a hont of witnesses were avail· abl« by federal subpoena at ι Aiken a ho mahn »hose donbt- ι Ing Thomases «Im have η· ] κ· > uiswnri iiai any guv- ^ rrnmrnUI investigation was in procen sit up and take notice < Generally it hia rradlratrri t any donbt that federal agent* s have been thoroughly combing j the county for several weeks." c The articic also pointed ouljv hat the witnesses appearance in ι \ikcn was the fiist legal step;ι owand the oventual answer to j Sheriff Henry's published de- \ r.and for the editor to "put up t >r shut up." It was ;.lso the first ι egal step toward answering So- , icifor Reuben Long'« only state- I nent to the press in 18 years in ι vhich he expressed explicit 1 'nith in all law enforcement of-) icers in the county. It was the following week vhen Loris Mayof Henry Nel-] ion announced the resignation of 'ol icemen Bob Crawford and lohnny Mew. He denied at the, ime that th<Te wa<: any rela ionship between tl.o policemen ι oping their Job« and the investi-| at ion. An editorial on April 10. ask d the Horry County Legisla· ive Delegation to disband the heriff's department i.nd author '.·> a rural police force. The arti le pointed out that such a move tould save the taxpayers of the ounty $30,000 a year and point d out, "A rural police force, ilanned along practical lines, fould bring greatc harmony to ho cosmopolitan count> than vor before and perhaps bring ibout the srentosi honesty in aw enforcement and the least mlitics in officers in Horry'f ι.story." That editorial ended up b> sarin*. "From every angle, thin system of law enforce ment In Horry is desirable. It would be better for the town* better for the country. And whether any investigation had ever been made or not, we be. Ileve the Horry delegation can serve the people well by con I MidrrinR such artion at this ρ MMlnn'of Ihr General Anwm- si bly." ci I The· delegation tltd consider si such a bill and h id one ready to' drop in the hopper but the tack ill of unanimous approval by thelfl delegation kept tin? bill from be-! Ε ing a reality. a On April 17. tl.c newspaper i pointed out 'hat there w"re some a indications that the scheduled h Grand Jury hearing in Florence η might be further postponed. The ii hearing was then scheduled for t April 22. And before the end of s' th;.t week, new umwoenas were1?» served 011 imny witnesses can- d crlling the Floren« · heat ing and ii setting the date for^Jctobci 14. b in Charleston, S. C. ο Another editorial on May l,ik regarding the pu^ibllity of i> c rural police force «aid, "A rural police force «vould c'ip the wings of the sheriff's department, leav ing persaps only th* sheriff and oiii deputy as compared vi h the -escnt 13 deputies. The Horry leriffs department now ex •eds in number a!l others in the ■rrounding area." r With the investigation quiet, g le May 8, issue said, "Evc> \ orry's White Whiskey Can't c oual N. C. Leadership." The! ι rticle pointed out. "Investiga- ( on nf the while whiskey traffic t nd conspiracy in 'Jerry county1 us focused attention on the \ lanufacturc of this booze and » s big business angle but South \ arolina in not th·· '.»nter of the t limp hole trade. Actually,! orth Carolina has the shameful1 istinction of leading the nation | ι this multimillion dollar illegal ooze business. About one-fourth'ι [ all property and illegal whis- I ry seized in th.· I'm ted States 1 mies from the Tar Heel State." Only May 16. In onr weekly I column wax thin statement." don't be too creatly surprised < If before this Investigation Η ι over a magistrate or two finds t himself in a rather embarrass· In* position.'* An editorial in tlie same issue L-ad, "The «»tiiItv '.r.ow they are uilty and the delay is as nerve /tacking on them as on anyone Ifc. And the public, although v.paticnt, is mure aware then \ er before that irregularities xist in a variety ol high places, 'mi have our assurance, for .hntever it's worth, that in the nd. right will win. And what ft' have said is light, plus a lot hat wc haven't said." /Continued Next Week) »01 CAFE ni RNS Fire of an undetermined orlgio utted the »01 Drive-In Cmte ere during the early hoar« 'hursday. A court order padlocked the >rlve-ln about a month Me. f/ocal firemen answered the all about 3 a. m. Thursday nora In it bat were anable te wn lie building.

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