Leader claims acts of vandalism
Black Muslims leave Alabama farm
PELL CITY, Ala. (UPI) — The Black Muslims said Tuesday they were abandoning one of their Alabama farms because of harassment by whites, but the Ku Klux Klan warned they'll "be boxed in" no matter where in the state they relocate.
Muslims accused whites in the area of organized vandalistic acts against the 1,000-acre farm they own near Pell City, and said 63 cows have been poisoned or shot in the past two and a half months.
Elijah Muhammad, leader of
the religious sect, said the alleged vandalism "only proves what the white people are."
"They don't want a black man to have any freedom for himself," he said. "As for their deeds, Allah will take care of that. We will move out of Pell City. If they buy the land, we will sell out and leave them. We will not stay where we are not wanted."
The Muslims' present farm is located about 20 miles from the Georgia border. They plan to move across state to Greene
County, about 30 miles from the Mississippi border.
Blacks are in the majority in Greene County, and the Muslims anticipate less trouble there.
Robert Shelton, imperial wizard of the United Klans of America, said his organization was keeping close watch on the move.
"We've got enough land leased down there in Greene County and we know what's going on," Shelton said. "You might say they'll be boxed in anywhere they're going."
The Muslims' announcement
Concert profit possibly slim
If they are lucky, the Student Union Activities (SUA) will make a clear profit of no more than $500 from the Judy Collins concert tonight.
Figures released by the SUA office show that Miss Collins has an $8,500 fee to appear here, and the cost of using the Hoch Auditorium facilities is approximately $1,500.
On the other hand, Hoch has
a seating capacity of 3,500, and the tickets for the concert average $3 a piece.
Consequently, the SUA is spending $10,000 and collecting $10,500 for the concert.
they were selling out in St. Clair County came one day after a state toxicologist's report showed that 24 of the cows which died on the farm last week had been poisoned with arsenic.
John H. Davis, manager of the farm, said he had started building a corral and loading chute and hoped to have the remaining 225 head of cattle ready for the 140 mile trip cross state within the next two days.
Signs have been painted around campus calling for a free Judy Collins concert. According to the Student Code of Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, any student attempting to enter the concert without a ticket may face suspension from the University. Non-students may face criminal prosecution by local authorities.
the prices of the tickets we were too high. He said the object of the concert was to break even, not to make a substantial profit.
"We don't want any trouble with anyone," Davis said. "We just want to run a farm and live in peace. But somebody would not leave us alone."
Much of the opposition to the Muslims came from members of the Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church, situated on a plot of land that adjoins the Muslim property.
The church filed a $250,000 sum against the Muslims last December, accusing them purposely driving cattle into the vicinity of the church to disrupt services, and of threatening church members.
SUA officers explained that the $500 profit will occur only if Hoch is filled to capacity. They also said any profit from the concert will be put in the SUA general fund for future SUA projects.
"We will send a thousand Black Muslims in there if the local residents attempt any violence," the suit quoted Walter Turner, a Muslim official, as saying.
Kent Longenecker, Mission senior and president of SUA, explained the financial problems with the concert in response to charges by some students that
Whites in the area had expressed fear the Muslims would set up an "armed camp" on the land.
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Wallace Wyatt, a deacon of the church, said, "We at the church don't want it to appear that we drove them off," but added:
"It will be better for everyone if they do go someplace else. They won't have the resentment they found here."
Wyatt's brother, Ray, a white auto dealer and former state senator, sold a portion of the St. Clair County tract to the Muslims, and helped them purchase another part.
He came under heavy criticism from local whites, and his auto agency was burned out.
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