On Friday night, July 17th, about 8:45, nine members of the Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan entered the church, about six miles north of Zebulon, and presented Rev. Mr. Mitchner with a letter containing a donation to him and his assistants, stating in the letter how much the Klan appreciated the excellent work and service the pastor and Rev. Mr. Britt had rendered that community.
At the close of the reading Mr. Mitchner announced that the letter was from the Zebulon Klan, in which all Klansmen, who were standing near the pulpit, politely saluted the preacher and departed for parts unknown.
Big Parade and Barbecue at Henderson by Klansmen
It has been reported here at Zebulon that at Henderson, N.C., last Wednesday evening one of the biggest Klan demonstrations in the history of Klansdom was pulled off in that town. Thousands of hooded men were in the parade. Prominent Klansmen from all over the State were present, it was stated.
At the Fair grounds in that town, a great feast of barbecue and Brunswick stew was had.
At 7:30 p.m., a lecture was delivered by a prominent official of the order.
At 8 p.m., the parade took place and every principal street of Henderson was paraded through.
After the parade, the crowd reassembled again the Fair grounds where another lecture or address was delivered by another prominent official of the Klan.
Those that witnesses the parade on the streets of Henderson say that it was one of the biggest affairs ever launched in that section.
From the front page of The Zebulon Record, Friday, July 24, 1925
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