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The murder trial of Frank Dunn, which has been delayed for more than three years, while he underwent mental testing and treatment, will finally come be fore the court during this term. Dunn is charged with the shooting of James Massey with a 16 gauge automatic shotgun on January 2, 1962, at Massey’s garage and store in Garysburg. Dunn is re ported to be showing “some re sidual schizophrenic effects’’ but is remanded to the court to stand trial. Seven appeals of convictions for “driving while under the in fluence’’ will be heard, as will three convictions on charges of Klan Rally Sheriff’s By JOE M. PARKER JACKSON - The Ku Klux Klan Wednesday Men, Gov. Night Moore Nets $152; Attacked 'taking game fish’’illegally. Two collected $152.06 and an estimat- other appeals involve “posses- 10 membership card signers Sion” charges and one on “op- during a rally climaxed by a erating left of the center line.’’ cross burning on the property of Five manslaughter charges in- the Northampton Saddle Club volving auto deaths willbeheard. three miles north of here Wed- One carnal knowledge and three nesday night, rape charges are docketed with speakers including Robert Shel- from the Salisbury ladies aux- roll music and textbooks used fices durine the meetfne' ton, imperial wizard from Tus- lliary; and an unidentified master In north Carolina public schools. Followlnl the revival like caloosa. Ala ; Rev. George Dor- of ceremonies. visitors to the rally were appea S? new memSrs made sell, Greensboro chaplain of the Targels for Klan allacks In- ereeled by uniformed Klan se- by Hev- Dorset about 25 oS- North Carolina Klan; and J. R. eluded the Northampton County curity police who directed park- pie went to the rear of the plat- Jones of Granite Quarry. North Sheriff’s Department, all other ing. Carolina grand dragon. local oftlolals who do not conduct A portable platform equipped members Mosf S IhSTnvol" Other speakers Included aman their offices In accordance with with a spotlight and a roped off ed weS inder 20 ye“s of age, airoc .tcaad fey eer, .1, . e».I y _ InClUdlUg 3 HUmbC T Of COl ifi gfi St U- Burgwyn Declines Debate Challenge two of the rape charges involving minors. The balance of the criminal docket involves two larceny charges, two escapes from cus tody and two assaults. A new schedule for drawing grand jurors will go into effect this term. Previously, grand jurors were drawn for the fall term of court. This grand jury, drawn for the August term wiu serve a full year until the first of July 1966. The next panel drawn will serve until January 1, 1967 and all grand juries after that will serve a full year from Jan uary 1 till January 1 of the fol lowing year. Around 300-400 people heard introduced as Grady B. Myers, Klan views. Gov. Dan K. Moore, area was used for conducting the who claimed to be recently a Protestant churches .md most meeting. Behind the platform Warren County resident; a lady ministers, beatniks, rock and were two trailers used for of- JACKSON - Bartlett M. Bur- ments. gwyn, chairman of the Citizen’s “We charge that your'wet’ ar- Commlttee for ABC, has declin- guments are either totally false ed to accept a challenge in let- or misleading, and that they can ter form from Jesse Seaver of not stand up to a face-to-face pub- Margarettsville, president of the lie debate with ‘dry’ leaders’’ Northampton and Carolina Chris- Seaver’s letter continued. ’ tian Unions, which was sent to Seaver then went on in the let- him last week. ter to challenge Burgwyn and said Seaver has asked for a public “we will let the audience be the debate with Burgwyn or with any judge as to who wins; and let the of the members of the citizen’s voters make their decision on committee. August 14.’’ Seaver asked for a Burgwyn reported Saturday he reply to the letter on or before had not made a reply to the let- July 31. ter and said “I don’t plan one. I in answer to Seaver’s charg- feel the people know the facts and es In his letter of July 22 that I don’t plan to argue with some Burgwyn was the only known Individual over this,’’ he said, member oftheCitizen’sCommit- “There is going to be node- tee, Burgwyn stated “There are bate. I will not meet with Mr. more than 400 members and ov- Seaver or anyone else for the pur- er 2,000 of the registered voters pose of a debate. The referen- in the county signed the referen dum speaks clearly for itself,’’ dum petitions. This would seem Burgwyn continued. to represent a large segment of , i au a “I feel,’’ he said, “the good the citizens who favor legal con- the county commis- citizens of Northampton are in- trol.’’ sloners association, telligent enough to decide this for Klan Rally Lacks Professional Touch themselves. Over 2000 citizens have requested this action (vote) by signing a petition in the first place,’’ he said. Burgwyn continued and said “Northampton is now illegally wet and all we (the wet faction) want to do is make it legal. Two of our neighbors,’ ’ Burgwyn said, “have voted in the sale of alco- lyUjk.-i'^verages; since our petl- . as f:‘r»'st d:»awn by ■i\XT citi zens.*’ On the subject of the referen dum, Burgwyn said “we are go ing to try and push this thing through. We (the citizens com mittee) feel that legal control of alcohol Is the answer to many problems; and at the same time It brings In needed revenue,’’ he said. “It has been 20 years since Northampton County voted out the legal sale of beer. We voted It out,’’ Burgwyn said, “andGaston town came right behind us in 1951 and voted it in. So it hasn’t done much good for us to be sup posedly dry,’’ In the letter written to Bur gwyn asking the debate, Seaver charged “you have not, and Ifeel you will not, answer the various facts presented in our advertise- Ed. Board Approves New Plan JACKSCN'Tht; Ciuuty ioai'd of Education, mectlnE In monthly „„ present loca- sesslon here on Monday approv- tion. The WelfareDopartment en- ed a revised PIM for deseere- pects to be In their new building gating the schools of the county, September 1 The revised plan, suggested by officials of the office of A sum of $1,000 was added to Health, Education and Welfare, budget of Sheriff Frank Out- will now be submitted by the *0 allow him to stock weap- By JAMES WALLACE At the beginning of the meet- JACKSON - If you have never ing, I tried to count the crowd been to a Klan rally, and appar- and came to the conclusion that ently most of the citizens of there were between three and Northampton County never have four hundred at the most. After or intend to, you should go for It the Imperial Wizard had spoken would change all of your precon- for thirty minutes the crowd be- ceived Ideas about their effec- gan to dwindle as those who came tiveness and strength. for a lark or out of curiosity left I went, with a certain amount for more entertainingpursuits. of apprehension only because I By the time the call came for do- felt a woman from the countypa- nations the crowd was not more per should not be required to go. than one hundred persons and This was not valid for the small only about half of those wentfor- crowd was orderly and even ward to give a donation, somewhat lifeless. When the donations didn’t go As we drew up to the North- well they sent women auxiliary „ , AK * tv, V, V, ,1 11 County Saddle Club ( a members through the crowd with sessions that they have had all dirt race track) we saw a small plastic palls to see that everyone cross burning at the entrance, had a chance to donate. They even Uniformed security guards di- went down toward the road to rected us to a parking lot. Being canvass some who never even uninformed, I assumed that this came near to the improvised was the cross burning ceremony sneakers stand. The collection and tried to unobtrusively photo- totaled $152, according to the graph It from near my car. Joe speaker. Parker, my fellow reporter, had Nearly half the spectators gone to the speakers’ stand to seemed to be college students or take notes on the speakers. at least in that age bracket. Many Some one in the crowd told a wore college jerseys and one wag -..»v ...V.,, ..wu.N. CA1JC..VCU vu guard that I had a camera and had on a sweat shirt that read move to a room on the third I*® °^"^®tpthecarandaskedabout “Moscow University,’’Itseemed floor of the county courthouse ^ admitted that I had one and as if the local students needed when it is vacated by the Wei- wanted to know what kind it some form of recreation on a fare Department. If they do not questioning, lex- summer night. They responded accept this offer, the comitils- Plained, that it did not take flash to speakers with applause at . sipnerSj indica^jed that they'^would couR^ t-,ke Uj^htplc- tilpes but Jt setlned less ii-Jm en-; be unwilling to continue the rent ures and^hat it uldn’t hirve“any thusjastic. Two W this groiQ> ap- ri «. 1— secret Infra-red devices’’ (his peared to be Filipinos and we words) on It. wondered how they came to be He told me, in a very polite there as they were obviously not way that they had to be careful “white gentiles.*" for the communists regularly l looked for the traditional took pictures and distorted them, “redneck farmer’’ type that is I assured him that I wouldn’t supposed to attend these meet- take any photos while I was on ings but was unable to see any Commissioners' Short Meeting JACKSON - The boardof coun ty commissioners metonMonday for one of the shorter business sessioi year. They passedaresolut thanking Alex McMahon for his services to the count sloners association. Half fee bills were approved for Recorder’s Court as were the monthly bills. They agreed to inform the Federal Crop Insurance office that they would be expected to county board for approval by and ammunition needed by their rented property. He seemed that I thought qualified Almost T.'agIq>,lA 1 o 1,fv,/N—^Ha,.- his department. h Federal authorities. Nine new teachers and a driv er training instructor were ap proved by the board. They are Gladys B. Wilson, Sara R. Warmack and Willia P. Futrell, Woodland-Olney School; Constance M. White, W. S.Creecy satisfied. (See RALLY, Page 4) School; Martha P. Chamblee and Commissioners Wed- Bernice E. Carter, Willis Hare nesday night approved andadopt- School; Cynthia P. Bryant and ®'^ e budget of $1,531,662.56 for Helen W. Bullock, Northampton ^*’® coming year at a special High; and Edward P. Harding, meeting called for that purpose. Okay Budget Sheriff Given $1,000 In Emergency Funds JACKSON-Northampton Coun- FIERY CROSS—symbol of the Klans, burns in a field north of Jackson in Northampton County at the close of a rally spon sored by the United K'ans of America, Inc., and featuring Im perial Wizard Robert M. Shelton of Alabama as its speaker. Approximately 300 to 400 persons attended the Wednesday night rally at The Northampton County Saddle Club. dents. About 10 were estimated to have signed membership cards. The crowd of onlookers at the meeting was also made up by over half of college age boys. Others presentIncludedanumber of women and children. The only robed speakers were Rev. Dorsett and the woman’s auxiliary member. Other robes observed at the affair were worn by two addi tional women who passed among the crowd collecting money aft er the first appeal for funds from those who would bring them to the speaker’s stand. Several male members also wore robes. One passed out literature during the speech - making, another lit the fire which consumed a 40- foot cross burned at the close of the affair. Apparently the program of the Klan in North Carolina Is to se cure a 500,000 bloc vote which It can control. This aim was an nounced by grand dragon Jones. Only other program which could be discerned after taking notes for two and a half hours and then studying them after wards for about half that long is that Klan members come to the aid of other Klan members when necessary. However, all three of the main speakers made a point of repeat edly reminding the crowd that they were opposed to violence. Main theme of all the speech es was that the United States Is threatened today by a Communist conspiracy which IsusingtheNe- gro and the Negro quest for equal rights as a tool to overthrow the government. Factual Inaccuracleo, histori cal irtaccurai^ies and " able Inconsistency In the speech es made It difficult to interpret I what the meeting was aJJ about — I except as a profesWo the world today. Typical of the Inaccuracies was Shelton’s explanation of the his tory of the development of Com munism. He said Karl Marx wrote the “Communist Manifesto’’ in 1784. Marx was born In 1818. At least one libelous state ment was made. Imperial wizard Shelton said the Communist rev olution In Russia, the Spanish (See KKK, Page 4) driver training. JACKSON — The Northampton County Board of Commissioners approved a request of Sheriff E. The budget, up from tastyears Frank Outland for an additional Christian Unions Sponsor 'Dry Mass Meeting' Aug. 12 amount, will Include a 10 per cent pay adjustment for all county employees with 13 months or more time in service. A tentative budget had been ac cepted at the regular July 6 meet ing. However, the budget, ac- $1,000 to be used for the purchase of arms and ammunition in view of increasing race tension brought about by activity of Klan groups In the county. Board Chairman Guy Revelle instructed the sheriff to “Pro- Draft Call May Double JACKSON - The draft quota MARGARETTSVILLE - Jesse Seaver, president of the Chris tian Unions, has announced what he labels a “Mammoth ‘Tem perance’ Mass Meoting” to be held in the court room of the Northampton Courthouse, Jack- son, 7:30-9 p.m,, August 12, Invitations have been mailed to such religious, educational and political leaders in the state as. Governor Dan K. Moore, Bishop Paul Neff Garber, Dr. Perry Crouch, Dr. D. P. McFarland, Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker and Dr. J. W. Page. However, these invitations 20 days and later passed, have not as yet been acknowl- While the commission was in edged. session Wednesday night, several The Invitations bear the names: other “small” items were at- Jesse Seaver, Rev, Lonnie Sas- tended to, according to county ser, Raymond J. Jeffreys, Mrs, manager Melvin Holmes. cording to law, had to advertised tect yourself and the people but use all caution possible,” Rev- Luther Johnson, Rev. Vance Lewis and Rev. Ben T. Musser, Seaver says it will be “agreat meeting, educational, interest ing, entertaining, and perhaps, a good show.” All this is geared toward the Northampton ABC election scheduled for August 14. The board approved and ac cepted a bid of $13,800 from the elle also said, “the next few months may require the best judgment of us all,” It has been pointed out that the growth of the United Klans of America, Inc., has reportedly mushroomed in the county dur- A. D. Haverstock Company of ing the past several weeks, that Roanoke Rapids to renovate the county Agriculture building. crosses have been burned and that handbills have been passed Holmes also reported that out advertising a rally for “the some discussion was held on the new County Home proposal, but no action was taken, he indicated. white public only,” at the North ampton Saddle Club three miles east of Jackson Wednesday night. Although rumors were circu lating widely throughout the coun ty this week the TIMES-NEWS was unable to confirm any cross burnings. Sheriff Outland stated that no complaints had been filed and he did not personally knowof for Northampton County may be any incidents. Persons rumored raised and possibly doubled In to be Involved In cross burnings the coming months, were unavailable for comment The President’s order of up- or “out of the county on vaca- ping the present draft quota to tion,” 35,000 men per month from 17,- Sherlft Outland downgradedthe 000, “does not particularly mean threat of violence after the meet- that our quota will be doubled, ing and claimed that the equip- We are taxed for inductions ac- ment had been needed for some cording to what we have avail time and budget time was a logi- able at any given time,” accord- cal time to see that the need was ing to William H. McCachren, taken care of. North Carolina Selective Service The commissioners did not director, take any action on a request of McCachren addedthat 643N. C. Dallas S. Coltrain, chairman of men were inducted In June; 483, the North Carolina Good Neigh- in July; and some 328 on call for bor Committee, to appoint a August. county advisory committee of 24 “If the President’s cail for members Wi-.h an equal number doubling the draft affects all the Bill Sykes Target For Klan Abusing from both races. COMPLETES COURSE — Members of the Woodland Fire Department have recently completed 120 hours of instruction in fire service training. The course included instruction in forcible entry, rope practices, extinguishers, ladders, hose practices, salvage and overhaul, protective breathing apparatus, fire streams, hre apparatus, ventilation, rescue, and fire fighting procedures. (^Certificates were presented to the firemen for completion of the course, which required 16 months training, at a dinner meeting of the fire department on Tuesday night at the Quaker House. Guest speaker was George Huffstetler, Jr., area supervisor of Fire Service Training of Wilson County Technical Institute. Special guests at the dinner meeting were Calvin T. Draper of Jackson, a certified instructor of the North Carolina's Fireman's Training Program, who taught the school; Mayor John Outland, and Commissioners Robert Litlrell and E. R. Powell. Fire De partment members are shown, left to right, first row: Meredith Lee. Eddie Morris, Clifton Joyner, Hulan Lane, James Brittle, guest speaker Huffstetler, (^alvin T. Draper, instructor; and Charles Whitley, chief; second row Dick Shackleford. John Vaughan. James Lee, Sam Las.siter, Johnny Blanton, Cleve Bowen. Joseph Blythe and Pat Barnes; back row: Millard Lane, Tyrone Hardi son, Roy Parrish, Charles Liverman. Walter Miles. Leslie While, Joseph Motzno and Perry Collier. states the same,” he said, “that means North Carolina will have to boost its quota to close to 800 men.” What will this mean to North ampton County? Judging from records for July, 1964 toJuly, 1965,Northampton’s quota would be raised to about 100. The records show 59 men were called and 29 inducted dur ing this period. Northampton is part of the tri-county - Halifax, Warren, Northampton - district which has called 387 men for August. No matter what the President’s call means, It can not affect this quo ta, McCachren said. By law It Is too late to notify additional men to go for examinations, he add ed. However, the call could affect the September quota. If the quota must be enlarged, McCachren said, the call will be geared toward younger men than are now being called. Presently, 20-year-olds are being called. “We may have to direct our call to the I9-year-olds.” Weather Wuz So! smiling from ear to e JACKSON - Northampton dep uty sheriff Bill Sykes of Jackson was target of ridicule by Rev. George Dorsett at a KKK rally Wednesday night as result of ar rest of two white men Monday for carrying concealed weapons In an automobile. Carlton Britton of near Mar- garettsvllle and Ralph D. Cut- hrell, Jr., of Enfield were ar rested Monday by Sykes and dep uty Donnie Barnes. The pair was tried Tuesday before Recorder’s Court Judge Ballard Gay and found guilty. The men were fined $50 and costs each. Pistols taken from the car were confiscated. The incident apparently both ered Rev. Dorsett considerably. Much of his more than 30 min ute talk Wednesday night had to do with the NorthamptonSherlfPs department In general and deputy Sykes in particular. Sykes was present at the rally site at the Northampton Saddle Club three miles north of Jack- son. He was dressed in civilian clothes. Dorsett claimed dur ing his speech Sykes was car rying a concealed weapon. At no time during the talk did Dorsett mention Deputy Sykes by name. Other law enforcement officers to receive criticism from Dor sett Included the SBI, FBI and highway patrol. Representatives of these agencies were present. The fiery Rev. Dorsett also did not think much of Judge Gay for having found the two men guilty. Dorsett did not say that they were Klan members but he (See’SYKES, Page 4) Klan Guard Took Patrolman At His Word-Whammied AHOSKIE - “It must have help ed because we didn’t have any ac- ought to announce that we’ve got four whammies and four radar cidents,” highway patrol ser- cars down there.’' geant M. S. Parvln, said when questioned about a loudspeaker Parvln said Corey’s remark, meant to be in jest, was appar- report at the end of KKK rally ently good psychology nonethe- Wednesday night near Jackson less. that the patrol had four wham mies waiting for Klan members. The vice chairman of the Klan meeting was “a false statement.’ Parvin said what actually hap pened was that he and Patrol- S. Corey of Woodland The sergeant was amused by security police overheard Cor- the incident but said the warning ey’s remark. Parvln said these- given those attending the Klan curity Klansman vaulted a fence • • and went on a run toward the speaker’s stand. In a moment came the announcement that there really were five whammies down were standing In the parking road but that the first one area near the rally site when a ^ dummy, warning was broadcast as the meeting was coming to a close that a highway patrol whammy was set up seven miles down the road. Parvin said Corey turned to him, amused at the warning be ing given, and jokingly said “they It must have helped us,” was Parvln’s attitude following the incident. “I stayed over there until after midnight (the rally ended about 10:30) and we didn’t have any accidents. In fact the crowd was very orderly through out I thought.”
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