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Gene Locklear addresses
Pembroke Kiwanis Club
WYRU,1510
Radio
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Mr. Gene Locklear, manager
and owner of Universiiy
Sportswear Company of the Red
Banks area, was the guest
speaker at the Tuesday evening
meeting of Pembroke Kiwanis
Club. He was introduced by
Ira Pate Lowry. program
chairman for the evening.
Mr. Locklear spoke concerning
the si^e and scope of his
company's operation. In 1976
the company’s payroll was in
excess of one and a half million
dollars and averaged 402
employees Among the contracts
fulHllcd was one of 30().(XK) units
for the' government and a
S2.SO,000 contract for the J.C.
Penny Company. Quality first
and production .second is
constantly stre.ssed.. The
company is interc.sted in working
with the high schools in helping
.students find employment and is
willing to train them a.s operators.
One of the biggest problems
companies face today i.s that of
finding people who want to
work, who waul increase thoir
skills, who want to move
upward « within the company
structure. The current welfare
system in t' is country today is
destroying the desire to work in
many people. The.se people are
content to stay on welfare and
unless concerned citizens
become involved in lobbying for
welfare reform the work force in
America will continue to dwindle
as taxes go up to underwrite the
enormous cost of the increasing
welfare program.
FolI»)wing Mr. Locklear’s
remarks. Fuldie Mac Locklear
announced that Kiwanis will
sponsor a candidate in the Mis.s
l.umbcc pageant. ThetHlorc
Maynor thanked the club for
funds provided to take 22 special
education children to Winston-
Salem,
Presiding at the- meeting was
President Bernard Lt)\vrv. Tl'n.-
invtK'ation .'Us delivered by
Theodore Mas nor and singing
was led bv Ira Pale Lown."
1. Dancing Queen- Abba
2. Go Your Own Way- Fleet,
wood lyi^c
3. Carry on Wayward Son-
Kansas
4. Hard Luck Woman- Kiss
5. Rich Girl- Hall and Oates
6. Living Next Door To Alice-
Smokie
7. Boogie Child- Bee Gees
8. Kong- Dickie Ciwdman
9. Save it for a Rainy Day-
Slcpiien Bishop
10. The Things we do for Love-
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Red Springs
Page 5, The Carolina Indian Voice
The Life and Times of j
Henry Derry Lowry ;
DT GARRY LEWIS^ARTON ' I
The agreement made in April,
1871 by eleven local whites to
remain in the swamps until the
Lowry Gang was captured, killed
or forced to disband had raised
the hopes of many whites,
However, in June of the same
year, the young white men
reported that they were exhausted
and were leaving the inhospitable
swamps to return to their homes.
Many whites had depended on
the eleven whites to do what state
and federal forces had failed at:
ridding the county of the
notorious Lowry Gang. After the
agreement was broken, the
whites were sadly disappointed.
There was one among the eleven,
however, who refused to give up
the hunt. His name was Francis
Marion Wishart.
Wishart was bom April 13,
1837. When the Civil War
erupted, he was among the first to
enlist his services in the
Confederate Army. After the war
ended, he returned home having
achieved the rank of colonel. In
1866 the young white adventurer
married Lydia Pitman. In 1870
they opened a merchantile store
at Shoeheel, now the city of
Maxton,
It was decided by the white
county leaders that a body of men
needed to be organized which
would employ military methods
and tactics when tracking down
Henry Berry Lowry and his
Gang. They persuaded Wishart
to take command of this venture.
Wishart was assured that he
would have sufficient
manpower. The county
commissioners drafted local
whites to work with Wishart.
Shortly thereafter the governor of
the state gave him the rank of
captain and put Wishart in charge
of all county-wide attempts to
capture the Lowry Gang. A year
later-he was raised to the rank of
colonel.
From the beginning, Col.
Wishart encountered difficulties.
His men were drafted from local
white families. Therefore, the
vast majority were hunting the
Lowry Gang against their
wishes. Also, many feared
becoming marked men by the
Gang. Being forced to track
down the Lowry Gang, quite
naturally morale and discipline
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was a problem. To add to the'
problem, the whites were
unaccustomed to the inhospitable,*
swamps. Another fact which',
affected Wishart’s manpower,
was that most whites refused to;
show up when drafted by the
county commissioners. After the'
9 young whites were outlawedv
for murdering the Black, Ben ’
Bethea, many simply refused to:
become involved.
The following excerpts are
taken from a diary Wishart kept;
“June 5, 1871: Left Lumberton ;
at 9 o’clock. Met at Moss Neck.
Headed for Tom Lowery’s. Got ;
lost; no pilot. Passed Ed Locklear *
who was chipping boxes. I laid ;
down my arms and went to talk
with him. Later he left his work ■
and began to follow me. I
captured him and made him pilot
us to Tom Lowery’s. Tom was at
home, but ran out. I called to him
to surrender, but he took his gun
down and came to a ready. I fired
at him and he ran; then the firing
was heavy but he got away,
supposed to be wounded. There
were with me F.J. Floyd, Dan
Currie, George McKay, Arch
McFadyen and Henry Biggs."
The density of the swamps
should be emphasized. It was
reported in the "Lowrie
History” that the growth in the
swamps was so dense that a lying
out desperado could hide behind
a clump of bushes undetected by
his pursuers who passed within 3
feet of him. Being unaccustomed
to the swamps, Wishart and his
men would get lost many times
during his campaign to capture
the Lowry Gang. Also it should
be noted that he mentioned Ed
Locklear leaving his work and
following the Wishart company.
Locklear, and many Indian
friends and sympathizers like
him who kept Henry Berry
informed of the whereabouts of
hunting parties, was one of the
primary reasons the Lowry Gang
could not be captured.
Wishart’s Diary continues;
"June 6, 1871. The hunt
continues. Got information as to
where Hag. W. stayed last night
but she was nowhere to be found.
Tried to learn if she stayed where
she was supposed to have
been-Ned C ’s. On arriving
at his field, sent three men to go
around and comeup in rear of his
house. The men came upon him
with a woman who was dressing
his wounds (referring to Tom
Lowry), They had a quilt, '
blanket, sheet, and a chair in
which he was propped up, but he
rose and started off. Three shots
were fired at him, but he
escaped-for the second time. We
picked up two pistols, his
ammunition, and a bunch of all •
kinds of keys. We are all worn
out-no rations, so we give up the
chase for the time and leave.
While making our way out of
the woods some others of the
Lowery gang were following
trying to ambush us, but we
escaped."
Continued next week.