Thursday, October 14, 1976
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Day 738-5024 or after 5 p.m., 738-2219
^ The Life and Times of
Henry Berry Lowry
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Gang learned that John Saun-
ders was an undercover agent
3^ whose aim was to win the
Indians' trust, finally betray-
^ ing and capturing the entire
Lowry Gang. It is difficult to
ascertain exactly how long the
^ Lumbee River Indian outlaws
^ knew of Saunders’ ruse. One
3^ source states that HenryBerry
saw two sets of foot prints in a
clearing that Saunders was
3^ witnessed leaving, thus signi-
fying that he had met with an
^ outsider. Saunders was una-
^ ware, however, that his plot
^ had been discovered and that
his life was in great peril.
3^ When the wagon which was
to haul the Lowry Gang, their
^ families and belongings to
^ Mexico and safety failed to
3^ depart. Saunders risked call-
^ ing a secret meeting of local
^ whites who were involved in
3^ the plot. The meeting was to
^ be held at a secret camp near
^ W.C. McNeill’s.
When one of W.C. McNeill’s
^ sons arrived at the meeting.
^ the other young white men
3^ who had arrived earlier rushed
^ up to him and whispered for
^ him to be careful of any
3^ sudden movement for they
%4 were surrounded. Never-the-
^ less, McNeill reached for his
3^ pistol. Before he could draw
the pistol, however, four men
■ rose from behind the bushes
with drawn guns: Henry Berry
Lowry, Stephen Lowry, Geor-
^ ge Applewhite and Boss
^ Strong. Henry Berry took
3^ McNeill’s pistol and told him
^ to make himself at home for he
^ would be here a while.
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^ The meeting had been called
^ for the afternoon; by nightfall
3^ Saunders had still not arrived.
Guards were placed along the
^ road to warn Henry Berry
when the undercover agent
and ex-Boston police officer
^ arrived. Thomas Lowry knew
where there was a nearby
3^ brandy still. He, along with a
^ few more members of the
^ Lowry Gang, went and raided
3^ the still and returned to the
camp site with the brandy.
Stephen Lowry produced some
3^ cards be had bought from the
Scotch Fair. The men sat
around the camp fire, drink
er ing brandy and playing cards,
awaiting the arrival of Saun-
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Henry Berry was not sure of
the three McNeill brothers’
roles in the plot whereby the
Lowry Gang and their families
were to be betrayed and
captured before reaching the
safety of Mexico. There was
bad blood between the Lowry
Gang and the McNeill family:
Oakley, Sandy, and M^^olm
McNeill were John Taylor’s
brothers-in-law. Taylor had
long been an enemy of the
Lowrys long beforejipartici-
pated in the mur«^e^8|jien-
ry Berry’s father and br^l^j
in 1865. It was the general
assum^jti^of the Indians and
Blacks of rae county that he
was head of tlw-Ku Klux Klan
that so terrorized the hapless
ex-slaves and Indians of the
county.
One of the gang member’s
hound dog bayed in the
distance. H^nry Berry look
Oakley with him to investi
gate the disturbance. When
the mixed duo arrived they
found that the dog had treed a
possum. Henry Berry, always
heavily armed, propped his
rifle against the tree and
climbed the tree in an attempt
to shake the possum out. The
young white man moved the
rifle slightly but made no
attempt to use the weapon
against Henry Berry. Henry
Berry came down out of the
tree and the two men returned
to the campfire. More likely
than not, Oakley was unde
cided whether or not the rifle
was loaded; fearing that Henry
Berry was trying to trick him.
Later Henry Berry led Sandy
McNeill into the swamps. The
Indian leader exploded: ‘‘God
damn your soul, I want you to
tell me where Saunders is. He
is expected here. If you don’t
teil me where he is and why he
don’t come I will kill you dead.
I intend to kill you anyway
when I get Saunders. You had
better own right up!” (“To
Die Game” by W. McKee
Evans.) Sandy McNeill ad
mitted nothing. He was led
back to the campfire unharm
ed.
Around dawn the next morn
ing, Saunders’ voice shattered
the early morning silence: ‘‘I
surrenderl” Henry Berry now
had the culprit he had come
tor. He released the other
young white men. Before
releasing Sandy McNeill, how
ever. he warned the young
white bounty hunter that he
had been caught in three lies
already and that he had better
behave himself in the future.
Next week: Saunders’ execu
tion.
Plate sale planned at
Westend Baptist Church
Westend Baptist Church
will sponsor a plate sale Oct.
16 from 8 a.m. until...Bar-be-
que, chicken and fish will be
served along with a rummage
sale at Hunt’s Grill on the
Airport Road going South (old
30J). Money raised will be
used tobuiid a new sanctuary
Westend Baptist Church _
will also have an engathering
with dinner on the grounds on
October 17. Sunday School
begins at 10 a.m. with Wor
ship Services at 11 a.m. Our
pastor is the Rev. Weldon
Lowry. Special music will be
presented by the Youth Choir
and the Special Trio.
The Brotherhood rendered
special music on Sunday mor
ning at Mt. Airy Chur^.
The monthly singing was
held Sunday night. Other than
the home church choirs, parti
cipating were "The Oak Grove
Gospellers, along wth their
pastor. Rev. Grover Oxendine,
The Union Chapel Adults, The
Evergreen Ladies, and Mr.
Lutbrd' Godwin.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
A Baptist Young Wo
men’s Conference was held
October 8th and 9th at Ridge
crest Baptist Assembly. Those
from Mt. Airy Church attend
ing were Mrs. Brenda San
derson, Mrs. Gail Locklear,
Mrs. Ann Hagans, Mrs. Ad-
rene Locklear, Misses Sue
Ellen Chavis, Winnie Lee
Qark, Donna and Rose Ann
Cummings. Also attending
was Dianne Oxendine of Har
per’s Ferry Baptist Church.
'^“'Mrs. Verline Tyner and
others went to Durham Friday
for a medical checkup. The trip
was sponsored by the Lumbee
Regional Development Asso
ciation. I think they (LRDA)
are doing a wonderffil job.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buck
Locklear and Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Locklear, Jr. spent
Tuesday at ,the beach on a
fishing tour.
Mrs. Violet Locklear was a
patient in McCian Hospital
last week.
Among those attending the
stock car race over the week
end in Charlotte, NC were Mr.
add Mrs. Roscoe Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Jones, and Mr.
Willifr F. Jones.
Revival begins the 4th Sun
day at Mt. Airy Church. Every
dne is cordially invited to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Junior Lee
Oxendine and son of Jackson
ville, Florida visited relatives
and friends over the weekend.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Florie Locklear was
honored with a surprise dinner
for her 7()th birthday given by
her children on Saturday,
October 2, at the Recreation
Building. Helping her to cele
brate was son-in-law, Mr.
Johnson Locklear of Detroit,
Michigan, whose birthday was
on that day. Also in attendance
were six of her children; Mrs.
Mameice Cummings, Mr.
William Kay and Rendl P.
Locklear, Mrs. Adelaide Lock
lear, Mrs. Clella Locklear and
Mrs. Nellie Paulk.
A buffet dinner of ham, ‘
turkey and all the trimmings
was served to several grand
children and great grand
children and several relatives
and friends. The honoree
received many gifts.
Mrs. Stella Locklear under
went surgery again on her leg
at Cape Fear Valley Hospital
in Fayetteville. Her condition
is better.
We have sick ones in our
community. Please remember
all them in your prayers.
Anyone who would like a
baby sitter, please call Darlene
Carter at 521-2113.
FDLA Club ro orrend
Store Convenrion
Pembroke- ‘‘Supporting Our
Heritage of Free Enterprise by
Building American Skills” is
the theme selected for this
year’s program of the Pem
broke Senior High Chapter of
Future Business Leaders of
America.
The FBLA has already held
several meetings and on Sept.
30, thirty members attended
the Fall Leadership Conferen
ce held at Robbins Senior High
School, Robbins, NC. Ramona
Maynor, elected last year as
state historian, spoke on ‘‘Ef
fective Communication.” Mrs
Mary B. Locklear, one of the
club advisors, chaired a group
sesson on chapter events.
Plans are now being made
for representatives from the
Pembroke Senior FLBA to
attend the state convention
this month.
Yvette Thompson is presi
dent of the chapter, assisted
by Jeffery Lucas, vice presi
dent; Mona Jacobs, secretary;
Tina Jones, treasurer; Wanda
Bullock, reporter; Karen De-
Carlo, historian; and Valerie
Roberts, parliamentarian. Mrs
Mary B. Locklear and Mrs.
Mabel Zeigler, business tea
chers, are advisors to the
chapter.
As part of community ser
vice, four of the chapter
members assisted the Blood-
mobile held last month at the
Jaycee Hut.
Only the
Newspaper
Mn. Florie Loddeu
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