Thursday, February 10, 1977
PEMBROKE
NEWS by Mrs. Bazie Hardin I
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[{The Life and Times of
Henry Berry Lowry
Prayer service and Bible
udy is held each Tuesday
ight of each month at 7:30
m. at the Rock of Bethlehem
-aptist Church. Rev. Jimmy
yial is in charge of the Bible
udy. The pastor is the Rev.
•ircell Swett. The public is
-dended a special invitation to
tend both of the services.
] Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Car-
r of Greensboro were over
'•ght guests Friday in the
j^me of Mrs. Carter’s brother
id sister-in-law. Mr. and
^rs. Harold Lowry.
Weekend guests in the
i-me of Mrs. Myrte Locklear
jjre Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus
illard of Rennert, Mr. John
■Hard of Lumberton, Mr.
i^een Locklear and daughter,
iss Myrtle Locklear of
eensboro, Mrs. Lloyd
j,immonds, Sr. and children,
endell and Lloyd, Jr. of St.
l.uls, Mrs. Tommie Jane
jj-^l, and daughter, Michelle,
rs. Addie Mae Brewington
fiLumberton, Mr. Claude Bell
Lumberton, Mrs. Martha
cklear and children, Patricia
I d Willie Eugene Tharp,
.illie Eugene is spending this
ek with his grand mother,
6’'s. Myrtle Locklear while he
recuperating from an ear
'^ection.
- vlr. Ernest Demery was
■^ nored Sunday for his 59th
i'.thday with a surprise dinner
ven by his children and held
^ihe home of a son, Mr. and
nis. Earl Demery. The hono-
:’s guests were his children
'•'i children-in-law and grand
'Idren: Mrs. Joyce Newman
1 children; Mrs. Tom Ivey
ci children; and Mr, and
OI'S.' Henry Ray Hunt and
[lily, all of Lumberton; and
and Mrs. E. J. Previtte
2rJ family of Hope Mills; and
. Harold Demery. Three of
children were unable to
ICend. Also present was his
e, Mrs. Eunice Demery.
^ler guests included Mr.
jines Walter Sampson, Ho-
. rd Chavis, Mrs. Aggie
^^mery, and grandchildren,
jl^. Chester Lowry, Miss
.nda Brayboy and her father
Wilford Brayboy.
i winter revival will begin
Ciday, Feb. 13th, and con
jure on thru the 2()th. Service
begin Sunday night at 6
1. and at 7:30 p.m. through
j| the week. The guest
aker will be thp Rev. James
I'^sley Hammonds of the
I dletree area. The public is
lially invited to attend all of
li’se services. The pastor of
g- Pembroke Church of God
be Rev. Jack Hunt.
1
|(4rs. Bobby R. Maynor was
' [impanied on Friday by her
her, Mrs. Alton Locklear,
jpjn they carried Mrs. May
’s young son, Charles
ibilie, to the North Carolina
.^morial Hospital of Chapel
for his medical check up.
pll doctors said Charles Wil-
doing just fine now.
gift of money was donated
j. le Mount Olive Pentecostal
■^'^ness Church in home of
f ir birthdays by Norma Jean
'ly, her I3th. She is the
-ghter of Mr. and Mrs.
pidyn Lowry. And Lawrence
his 17th, and his
:her Joseph Malcolm, his
jt They are the sons of Mr.
II Mrs. John Malcolm. Bob-
Maynor, Jr., his 15th
hday. He is the son of Mr.
Mrs. Bobby Maynor. Judy
clear, her 14th. She is the
[f(er daughter of Mrs. Dainty
ss. And Felecia Oxendine,
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her 3rd birthday. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Oxendine.
Since Friday of the past
week Mrs. Mary Sue Lowry
has been a patient at Duke
Hospital in Durham. Her
visitors on Sunday included
h^ husband, Mr. James Lynn
Lowry and her brother. Mr.
Jerry Locklear.
The two Sunday School
classes at the Mount Olive
Pentecostal Holiness Church
that were honored with parties
for contributing the most
money to the fund for the
Falcon Children’s Home of
Falcon, NC were the Young
Adults Married Oass and the
Junior Girls' Qass. Mrs. Leo
nard Chavis is the chairperson
of this drive. Rev. Timothy
Creel is the teacher of the
Young Adults Married Oass
and Mrs. P. R. Bullard is the
teacher of the Junior Girls
Class. The parties were held at
different times in the fellow
ship hall of the church.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Chavis.
- Mrs. Mary Dial and her son,
Mr. Willie Dial of Red Banks
were visited Saturday evening
by Mrs. Novella Small and
daughter of Laurinburg.
Richard A. Reimer B. M. I-
of Norfolk, Virginia spent the
past weekend at home with his
family, Mrs. Bernice Reimer
and children of Whispering
Pines.
Mrs. Robert Carrol Thames
and children of the Laurinburg
area spent a long weekend
visiting in the home of Mrs.
Thames’ mother. Ms. Ardella
Locklear.
Mr. and Mrs. Rozier Scott
and family of Alma had as
their dinner guests Sunday
Mrs. Ardella Locklear and
daughter. Miss Meritta Lock
lear.
Mrs. Ivene Chavis of God
win Street, and Mrs. Ada
Locklear and daughter, Miss
Robin Locklear, were met
Tuesday of the past week at
the Douglas Municipal Airport
of Charlotte by another daugh
ter of Mrs. Locklear, Mrs.
Jean Locklear and her daugh
ter. They were accompanied to
their hemes. They were re
turning home from Detroit,
Michigan where they had
spent several days. Mrs. Cha
vis was a guest in the home of
her cousin, Mr. Ernest Wil
kins. She also spent some time
visiting in the homes of her
nephews, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Chavis of Garden City, Mich,
and Mr, and Mrs. Tonnie
Chavis of Michigan, and her
aunt Mrs. Delphia Lowry who
is now making her home with a
son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lowry
and several other relatives.
Mrs. Ada Locklear and
Robin were guests in the home
of Mrs. Locklear’s brother,
Mr. and Mrs. John Woodell.
The ladies went especially at
this time and attended the
dedication service in which the
new home of Mr. and Mrs.
Woodell was dedicated on
Saturday night. Then oh Sun
day the service was held for
the dedication of the Mission
Holiness Church. The Rev.
Lee Locklear is the pastor of
the church. Rev. Locklear is a
native of Robeson County and
hails from the Union Chapel
area.
Later, when the group star
ted for home by car, they ran
into a snow blizzard in Bowling
Green, Ohio and were delayed
for 19 hours. They returned to
Michigan where they left by
plane for Charlotte. Mrs.
Chavis reports that the people
in Bowling Green, Ohio and
Detroit, Mich, were so very
kind and helpful to them
during the time they were
there due to the blizzard.
A fund drive is in progress
at the Pembroke Church of
God with a different adult
Sunday School member re
sponsible for one Sunday each.
The proceeds will be used in
the building fund. Mrs. De-
loris Ivey was in charge of the
drive the past Sunday and
presented Mrs. Theodore Lock
lear with a set of bowls for
having the largest number of
new persons present at church
which was five. And Mr. Tony
Oxendine won the cake for
donating the most money in
the morning offering at chur
ch.
Pyt. Ray Allen Demery and
[ 6gt. Green of Camp Lejuene
were dinner guests Friday in
the home of Pvt. Demery’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Demery and family.
The Glory Road Quartet of
the Pembroke Church of God
attended and participated in a
song service held Sunday
evening at the Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church. The singers
were accompanied on guitars
by their pastor. Rev. Jack
Hunt, Mr. Neill Frazier, Mr.
Wilson Locklear and Mr. Ernie
Wayne Jacobs on the bass
guitar. The pianoist was Mr.
Haroldton Hunt. Also making
the trip were Mr. and Mrs.
Junior McGirt, Mrs. Billy
Hunt, Miss Rita Hunt, Mrs.
Jennie Locklear and Mr. Ted
dy Jacobs.
The Rev. Bobby Strickland
of the Fairmont area was the
guest speaker Sunday at the
morning and night services at
the Pembroke Church of God.
The pastor is the Rev. Jack
Hunt.
BABY SHOWER
Mrs. Helen Faye Locklear
Mrs. Barbara Bullard, Mrs.
Mildred Locklear and Mrs.
Eldis Jacobs were hostesses
Saturday night at a baby
shower for Crystal Gail Lock-
kar. the three- week -old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Locklear. The shower
was given by the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Mount Olive
Pentecostal Holiness Church
and was held in the fellowship
hall of the church. After a
period of appropriated games
were played led by Mrs.
Barbara Bullard, refreshments
were served to the guests by
the hostesses. Attending were
Mrs. Wilbert Carter of Greens
boro, Mrs. Ira Lee Lowry,
Mrs. Brenda Lowry, Mrs.
Leola Harrell, Mrs. Ronnie
Elk, Mrs. Geraldine Oxendine,
Mrs.- Marilyn Scott, Mrs.
Rose Hunt, Mrs. Jean Lock
lear, Mrs. Lillian Creel, Mrs.
Dianne Locklear, Mrs. Annie
Lizzie Locklear, Mrs. Melbert
Lowry, Mrs. Shirley M. Lock
lear, Miss Maxine Chavis, and
Mrs. Linda Locklear. Also
Mrs. Mattie Locklear, Mrs.
luela Chavis, Mrs. Edith Lock
lear, Mrs. Marshall Lcoklear,
Mrs. Cinder Graham, Mrs.
Annie Mae Locklear, Mrs.
Carol Scott, Mrs. Nora Bell
Graham, Mrs. Sarah Scott,
and Mrs. Mary M. Oxendine.
The honoree received many
lovely gifts. Several of the gifts
were sent by friends who were
unable to attend. Crystal Gail
was accompanied by her. mo
ther, Mrs. Mary Lee Locklear.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mur
phy of Baltimore, Maryland
spent several days visiting in
the home of Mrs. Murphy’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
J. Thompson.
Mr. Wilbert McCormich of
Lumberton has returned to his
home from the Southeastern
General Hospital. While Mr.
McCormich was hospitalized
he was visited by Mr. Wilson
Locklear.
Tina Maynor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby R.
Maynor and a 5th grade
student in the class room of
Ms. Ruby Hammonds at Pem
broke Hementary School, was
in the first part of the week
due to illness.
The Rev. 0. J. Burns will be
the guest speaker Sunday,
Feb. 13th, at the Rock of
Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Everyone is welcome to
attend. A singing will be held
Sunday, Feb. 20th at the same
church. All singing groups are
invited to attend and partici
pate in the song service.
Please remember the sad
and lonely and those in need
with a helping hand and gifts
in your prayers. Thank you.
BIBLE THOUHT..
for the week
Galatians 2tl6 “Knowing that
a man is not justified by the
works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we
have believed in Jesus that we
might be justified by the faith
of Christ, and not by the works
of the law, for by the works of
the law shall no flesh be
justified-’’
new Birth
Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Locklear
of Pembroke are proud to
announce the birth of a new
baby girl, Kristy Lynn Lock
lear bom at 6:32 p.m. Feb. 7 at
Southeastern General Hospi
tal. She weighed 8 pounds.
Kristy is the grand daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Barnie
Locklear of Pembroke, and
Mrs. Mary Etta Brewer of
Pembroke and Mr. Sanford
Brewer of Alexandria, Va. She
has one brother, Roderick, age
13.
The raids presented in the
last few columns (the last one
ending with the robbers on
their way to Argyle Plan
tation) were allegedly respon
sible for prompting the whites
of the county to gather into a
huge posse whose purpose it
was to put a stop to the
widespread robbing of the
local wealthy white plantation
owners.
Whether this be the reason or
not, it is a verified fact that a
posse of over 100 whites ,
gathered and arrested all
Lowrys in sight and their
friends and coherents. They
were successful because they
broke up into several com
panies and struck simultan
eously thusly diluting the
highly successful word - of-
mouth grapevine that existed
among the close-knit clan of
Indians. The Lowry Gang was
the most well known band of
desperadoes lying out in the
dense swamps in order to
evade being arrested by the
Home Guard, taken below
Wilmington and forced to work
beside Black slaves who were
engaged in building an ela
borate system of forts around
the mouth of the Lower Cape
Fear River. Because they were
the most well known band of
lying out desperadoes, the
Lowry Gang was charged with
the majority of the raids
occuring throughout the coun
ty.
There have been many ver
sions presented about the
mass show of strength by the
whites w^ikh culminated in the
deaths 75-year-old Allen
Lowry and his 36-year-old son
William. The most popular
version has the old man being
executed while praying, then
failing into the grave he was
forced to dig himself. This is
the most dramatic version,
but, needless to say it is as
erroneous as the others.
There has come to my
attention, however, a trans
cript of a warrant issued
ordering a number of pro
minent whites to appear at the
Fall term of Superior Court in
Robeson County, 1867 to face
charges of murdering old man
Allen and his son.
The said transcript reads:
“After examining this case it
is adjudged by the court that
the within defendants named
on this warrant find security in
the sum of five hundred
dollars each for their personal
appearance at the next Fall
term of the Superior Court to
be held for the County of
Robeson on the 4th Monday in
Sept, next to answer the within
charges.” The warrant is
dated August 22, 1867.
The reason this warrant
intrigues me is because there
have been so many accounts of
how Allen and William Lowry
met their death. It should be
remembered that William Low
ry was already wounded when
Allen Lowry was shot.
The following warrant is
witnessed by: Zack Locklear,
Hector McLean, Sinclair Low
ry (Allen’s son who was locked
in Robert McKenzie’s smoke
house when the roundup of
Indian suspects was conduct
ed), George Dial (an Indian
who was also locked in the
smokehouse), Henry Johnson,
Thomas Carter, Calvin Lowry
(Alien’s son who was also
locked in the smokehouse),
Puss Lowry (believed by this
writer to also be a son of Allen
Lowry), Sally Lowry (Allen’s
daughter, also locked in the
smokehouse), Mary Lowry (al
so Allen’s daughter, also
locked in the smokehouse),
Zack McLauchiin (a member of
the Lowry Gang), Robert Mc
Lean, Archibald McLean, Wil-
loby Locklear, and John Samp
son. The validity of this
version of the fate of Allen
Lowry cannot be so easily
questioned. If sufficient evi
dence was not presented to the
court, a warrant would not
have been issued ordering the
defendants to post bond
guaranteeing their appearance
at the next term of Superior
Court.
The warrant reads, broken
down into laymen’s terms:
The jurors for the State, upon
their oath, present that Rho-
deric McMillan, Robert Mc
Kenzie, Rev. John H. Coble,
Rev. Luther McKinnon, Rory
McNair. Angus Baker, John P.
Smith, John Walker, Edward
Wilkerson, Henry Alford, Ar
chibald McRimmon, Murdoc
McRae, John C. Southerland,
Robert M. Fields, Daniel
McQueen, Duncan Monroe,
Brown McCallum, McKay Sel
lers, Angus Leitch, John Pat
terson, Malcom McRae, John
H. McLean, John Taylor,
David J. Gilbert, Archibald
Watson, John McLauchiin,
Murdoc McLean and Robert
McNair, late of the County of
Robeson, not having the fear
of God before their eyes, but
being moved and seduced by
the instigations of the Devil,
on the third day of March, in
the year of our Lord one
thousand, eight hundred and
sixty five, with force and arms
at and in the county afore
said, in and upon one Allen
Lowry in the peace of God and
the state then and there
feloneously, wilfully and of
their malice aforethought did
make an assault, and that the
said Rhoderic McMillan, with
a musket valued at one dollar,
then and there loaded the
musket with one dozen leaden
bullets. The said Rhoderic
McMillan took the gun in both
his hands, and then and there
held it against and upon the
said Allen Lowry. Then and
there McMillan feloneously,
wilfully and of is malice
aforethought, did shoot and
discharge the musket. The
leaden bullets aforesaid, left
the aforesaid gun then and
there by force of the gun
powder. The bullets entered
the said Allen Lowry near the
left half of him. Tlie leaden
bullets did strike and pene
trate and wound, going unto
the said Allen Lowry then and
there upon the left breast of
him. The bullets produced one
mortal wound of the breadth of
four inches and of the depth of
six inches of which said mortal
wound the said Allen Lowry
then and there instantly died.
And that the said Robert
McKenzie, Rev. John H. Co
ble, Rev. Luther McRimmon,
Rory McNair, Angus Baker,
John P. Smith, John Walker,
Edward Wilkerson, Henry Al
ford, Archibald McRimmon,
Murdoc McRae, John C. Sou
therland, Robert M. Fields,
Daniel McQueen, Duncan
Monroe, Brown McCallum,
McKay Sellerrs, Angus Leitch,
John Patterson, Malcom Mc
Rae, John H.. McLean, John
Taylor, David J. Gilbert, Ar
chibald Watson, John Mc
Lauchiin, Murdoc McLean,
and Robert McNair feloneous
ly, wilfully, and of their malice
aforethought then and there
were present aiding and abet
ting, confederating and main
taining the said Rhoderic
McMillan to do and commit
the felony and murder afore
said in manner and form
aforesaid. And so the jurors
aforesaid, upon their oath
aforesaid, do say that the said
Rhoderic McMillan and Robert
McKenzie, Rev. John H. Cob
le, Rev. Luther McKinnon,
Rory McNair, Angus Baker,
John P. Smith, John Wal
ker, Edward Wilkerson, Henry
Alford, Archibald McRimmon,
Murdoc McRae, John C. Sou
therland, Robert M. Fields,
Daniel McQueen, Duncan
Monroe, Brown McCallum, .
McKay Sellers, Angus Lietch,/
John Patterson, Malcom Mc-^
Rae, John H. McLean, John
Taylor, Daniel J. Gilbert,
Archibald Watson, John Mc
Lauchiin, Murdoc McLean and
Robert McNair then and their
in manner and form afore
said did feloneously, wilfully
and of their malice afore
thought did kill and murder
Allen Lowry against the peace
and dignity of the state. The
warrant was signed by William
Kay, the solicitor.
Although when the Fall term
of Superior Court met, the
prominent whites were not
found guilty, the records of the
court precedings does present
to us a fairly accurate picture
as to how the 75-year-old Allen
Lowry met his death, instead
of holding a military execution
by 12 selected whites, Allen
Lowry was shot down in cold
blood, with the gun held
against his left breast so that
the shot would be sure to
penetrate the heart. And none
other than Rhoderic McMil
lan pulled the trigger that
snuffed out the old warrior’s
life. Sad to say, Rhoderic
McMillan later became sheriff
of Robeson County. One can
easily see, in view of this
discovery, why the time was
right for Henry Berry Lowry to
rise up against the many
wrongs and unjustices of his
people. And rise he did.
Although many question his
drastic methods, none can
deny that he wsa suc
cessful in bringing: the plight
of the hapless LCmbee (River)
Indians to light.
Continued next week.
Third
Century
Artist
Refunded
Third Century Artist, Lew
Barton, with the Robeson
County Public Library and
Maxton City Schools, has been
refunded through September,
1977 as the North Carolina
Arts Council announces the
receipt of a grant allowing this
unique artist-in-residence
program to continue. Since
Nov. 15, 1976 Barton has been
lecturing, doing research on
local history, and cataloging
local leaders for his forth-'
coming "Who’s Who and
What’s What in Robeson”
among other things.
The Third Century Artist
Program is being funded
through the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act
(CETA), Title VI, and admin
istered by the North Carolina
Arts Council, a division of the
Department of Cultural Re
sources. The use of CETA
funds to hire artists has
become the largest govern
ment-sponsored effort to put
artists to work since the
Federal One Project of the
Works Progress Administra
tion of 1935. Throughout the
country, as in North Carolina,
response to CETA artists has
been enthusiastic in those
communities which they serve.
In October, 1975, North
Carolina became the first state
in the country to administer a
CETA program in the arts on a
state-wide level. The purpose
of the original grant was to
hire unemployed or under
employed North Carolina ar
tists to benefit the people
throughout the state. The term
"Third Century” refers to the
third century ^ our nation, a
time when these North Caro
lina artists, and others like
them, will be striving to
integrate the arts into our
everyday lives. Through this
program. Third Century Ar
tists are campaigning locally to
develop an understanding and
appreciation of the arts and
artists as they bring the
creative process into the public
eye. Due to the ambitious
efforts of the artists and their
local sponsors, the benefits of
the program have been over
whelmingly apparent. Third
Century Artists are necessarily
involved in community arts
organization. Many have been
consultants for, or organized
such things as community and
children’s theatre, reader’s
theatre, various music pro
grams, art guilds and coop--
eratives. and multi-art festivals.
Poge 0, The Carolina Indian Voice
PSU's Walter Oxendine One of 5
Outstanding Young men of N.C.
Pfetored dwve H. Dake Fen
tress, [left] Sr. Vice
President of American Defen
der life lasoraace Company,
presents Walter G. Oxendine
and wife Connie of Pembroke,
NC an award recogniring him
Serving as valuable resource
people, they also give lectures,
demonstrations, and answer
questions for civic clubs, social
service groups, business and
churches, as well as assist
existing arts groups. In the
community they may be found
not only providing art shows or
performances, but painting
murals and doing sculpture for
public places, conducting work
shops in theatres, photo
graphing local points of inte
rest to document community
history, sketching in factories
and cafeterias, and providing
numerous other services for
the community. Hopefully, in
assuming such tasks in the
spirit of public service, the
liiird Century Artist will in
turn develop his or her pro
fessional skills.
Barton is one of 127 Third
Century Artists now serving
communities in North Caro
lina. For more information
•about your local Third Century
Artist, contact the Robeson
County Public Library or the
Maxton City Schools. For more
information about the Third
Century Artist Program and
how to apply as an artist or
sponsoring organization, write
to: Third Century Artist Pro
gram, North Carolina Arts
Council, Department of Cul
tural Resources, Raleigh, NC
27611.
as one of the Ffve Ontstaadlng
Young Men of North Carolina
for 1976.
The North Carolina Jaycees
and American Defender Life
Insurance Company annually
present the Five Outstanding
Young Men of Nmfa CaroRna
awards.
Other winners wweFrederic
L. Smyre of Gastonia, William
L. Hyland of Lewisville, Gas
Tnlloss of Rocky Mount and
G. Smedes York of Raleigh.
Mrs. Dovie Locklear
Honored on Birthday
Mrs. Dovie Lo^ear, shown
far left, celebrated her 82nd
birthday Saturday night at
Lee’s Seafood House with her
children. Present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Willard StrtcUand,
Mrs. Evelyn Chavis, Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Locklear, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill R. Locklear, Mr.
William E. Loddear, Lizzie
Jane Locklear, Mr. and Mm.
Anbrey BollardMr. and Mm.
Baker Locklear, Cheryl, Nell
and Jeff Strickland, Timothy
and Michelle Locklear,
Dwayne and Anlsaa Lynn
Bullard.
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