[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 135 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2341-E2342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   A TRIBUTE TO MR. W. HORACE CARTER

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                           HON. MIKE McINTYRE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 23, 2009

  Mr. McINTYRE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a truly 
outstanding North Carolinian, W. Horace Carter, of Tabor City. As we 
grieve his loss, we also celebrate his life and commitment to bettering 
this world as a distinguished man of words, a warrior against 
injustice, and man of rare and outstanding character.
  As the editor and publisher of a small-town North Carolina newspaper, 
The Tabor City Tribune, Mr. Carter's staunch opposition against the 
local activities of the Ku Klux Klan helped quell the expansion of the 
Klan in the Carolinas. Over three years, his paper ran more than 100 
Klan-related stories and editorials that he wrote. They reported and 
commented on rallies, shootings, beatings and a series of floggings 
that eventually brought the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the 
region and ended with federal and state prosecutions of more than 100 
Klansmen. Mr. Carter successfully used written language as a powerful 
tool of social change, and for this he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 
for Meritorious Public Service in 1953. In 2007, Mr. Carter was 
bestowed with North Carolina's highest civilian honor when he was 
inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
  He was the first in his family to graduate from high school, and he 
attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he was 
editor of the student newspaper, The Tar Heel. He would go on to serve 
in the Navy, in both the North Atlantic and the Pacific, during

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World War II. Without a doubt, Mr. Carter's life was defined by his 
strong desire to give back to his community and country. Sadly, his 
life closed on September 16, 2009, but what a joyous life he lived.
  Mr. Carter is survived by his son, Russell Carter, who lives in 
Wilmington and now owns The Tribune, his third wife, Linda Duncan 
Carter, whom he married in 1995; a brother, Mitchell, of Albemarle, NC; 
two daughters, Linda Carter Metzger of Lumberton, NC, and Velda Carter 
Hughes of Greenville, SC, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, during his 88 remarkable years, Mr. Carter worked for 
equality and understanding, and his immeasurable contributions to the 
world in these capacities shall never fade. We will not forget the 
goodness, humility, and passionate giving that defined the life of W. 
Horace Carter. As we mourn his loss, may God continue to bless all of 
his loved ones, the work he did, and the greatness that he inspired 
within all who knew him.

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