Alighting from a closed car which had been driven up in front of the church, five men wearing the regalia of the Ku Klux Klan the other night walked into the vestibule of the Christian Church at New Bern, N.C., and inquired of an usher whether the collection had been taken, and when informed n the affirmative, solemnly filed down one of the aisles to the nostrum, where the leader handed to Reverend Preston Bell Hall five $100 bills. Following this the hooded figures silently faced about and retraced their steps, re-entered their car and drove hurriedly away. The congregation was awe struck, but at the same time jubilant over the fact that their building fund had been materially increased.
From the front page of The Davie Record, Mocksville, N.C., Nov. 29, 1922
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