hursdoy, Moy 12, 1977* HORMEL'S FULL CUT Wl*B^n°SPWHGS ^ BUYS^ r PINK LEMONADE LEMONADE or LIMEADE ^4es,*1“> SOUTHERN BISCUIT SELF RISING FLOUR =l,s 68« PERFECTION LONG GRAIN RICE 3 lcs 49« BUNKER HILL GRASTY AND BEEF CHUNKS s oz 79« DELICIOUS SUNSHAKE GRAPE 2 40-OZ. CANS 89« DELICIOUS SUNSHAKE ORANGE 2 «-OZ. CANS 89«i WELCH'S ; GRAPE JELLY .... 20-OZ. 59«i JOHNSON S JOHNSON plastic bM strips BONELESS ROAST BEEF RUMP ROAST • ROUND ROAST 89* SIRLOIN TIP ROAST ' ^^^W^^^^^^WWPWBBPWWBOvvvvRi STRAWBERRY, BLUEBERRY A REGULAR EGGO WAFFLES n oz 59« GORTON PERCH FILLETS ... *1.49 MINUTE MAID ORANGE JUICE ..oz 49* NABISCO COCONUT CHOCOLATE COOKIES ..oz 83* PHILLIPS PORK & BEANS3 300-CANS 79* FOODLAND SWEET MILK .... GAL. •1.58 I I2.0Z. HOftMEt'S BAKED BEANS 3 .3°3 *1.00j 20 OFF LABEL - DOVE DISHWAS FOODLAND ICE CREAM «cM 89*i 32 02. RETURN BOTTLES PEPSI-COLA 6 PK *1.001 PILLSBURY 8-02. BUTHRMILK BISCUITS .. ... 59*^ SSK! *169 I ALL meat I BLACK LABEL..,3. IWRANCLEII MAST Ibolosha 99*jBAC(iH *1^|fiiaiiks ♦1°S| FRESH PORK LOIN •VIRGINIA DELICIOUS GOLDEN APPLES 31. ..AO 69^ FRESH CUCUMBERS ..19* Page 5, The Carolina Indian Voice The Life and Times of Henry Derry Lowry of GARRY LEWIS^ARTON Even tJie ill-tempered Steve Lowry, Henry Berry’s brotJier. seemed to tire of tJie life Jie was forced to Jive; always on the run, ever on the alert. Colonel Francis Marion Wishait’s diary continues from last week. “June M, 1871: It is reported that Steve Lowery was at church and heavily armed. He talked freely, complaining that he was tired of the life he was leading. No one interfered with him. It is supposed that he was looking for a certain fellow (me) to kill him. “June 12, 1871 - The company met, to start from Shoe Heel (now the present-day town of Maxton). Day break came upon us before we could get started. All of us took to the woods but three and we were discovered before night. Of the thirteen men we started out with, two of them were drunk by dark; one lost his boots; another, his pistol. Took a woods path but got lost again as our pilot was drunk too. We lay down for the night and tried to sleep but it was hot as hell. We struck a creek and began wading near D. McCormac’s place, but a negro on the hill saw us. Went to a spring to guard it. and another negro came along to find us. The red bugs and yellow flies are terrible—would kill an elephant. Came upon Melvin Lowery in the woods. He swore his name was Locklear, but questioned close he owned up that he was a son of Zion Lowery-but he had a l-owery catechism by heart so perfectly that we could learn nothing from him. Thinking to have some fun, the men put him on the road with orders to run, and some high running he did. looking back at every jump, expecting no doubt to be shot.” The above excerpt from Wishart’s diary gives us a fairly clear picture of the terrible conditions existing in the swamps-interspersed throughout Scuffletown. The swamps proved to be an advantage to the Lowry Gang. The Indians were reared in the swamps; as children they played in them. As men they were forced to hide out in the swamps that they had become familiar with over the years. Conversely, the whites were totally unfamiliar with the many footpaths and byways winding throughout the dense, jungle-like swamps. There were few excursions into the swamps by white companies that did not result in the whites getting lost. It should be noted that the negroes referred to in the above excerpt were Indians. Despite the outcome of the war, local whites continued to consider Robeson County Indians and Blacks one and the same. The reason Wishart seemed to be concerned about being spotted by the “negroes” was because he knew that the Indians would go and inform Henry Berry of the Wishart company’s whereabouts. In this manner it was relatively simple for Henry Berry and his notorious gang of outlawed desperadoes to evade them. Many times while Wishart and his men would be combing a certain area, he would learn the next day that Henry Berry and the Lowry Gang had been eating supper with a white farmer right under the' noses of the white hunters. This proved to be very frustrating to Col. Wishart. Continued n t week. Mayor Stickland addresses Pembroke Kiwanis Club

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