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The Life and Times of
Henry Berry Lowry
Lumbee Professional
Resource Directory
Planned
PEMBROKE-The Indian
Educalion Project of Lumbee
Regional Development
Association are beginning their
second edition of the Lumbee
Professional Resource
Directory,
The purpose of such a directory
is to assist schools, community
organizations, and professional
agencies with a comprehensive
listing of the names, addresses,
telephone numbers, employment
information and academic
background of all professional
Lumbee Indians,
It
will
be
organized
alphabetically and by areas of
expertise of the professional
Lumbees,
Criteria for inclusion into the
Directoryare: (1) Entries
submitted by Lumbee Indians;
(2) Lumbees who hold a
degree(s) from an accredited
institution of higher learning
ahd/or pursuing degrees in higher
educational fields and feel
assured that they will receive
their degrees; (3) Lumbees of
United States citizenship.
If you were included in the first
edition (1974) you will need to
notify us of any changes that
should be made in the updated
edition.
If you wish to be included in the
Directory, please contact Cathy
R, Locklear, LIE- Program
Developer for an application, at
Lumbee Regional Development
Association Annex, LIE Project,
P,0. Box 68, Pembroke, N.C,
28372. Phone 919 - 521-2401.
The motto of some peo
ple is not to let principle
interfere with principal.
A broken toe is nature’s
way of emphasizing the
importance of the foot.
No community will grow
and develop when its peo
ple are envious of each
other. .
Last week's column of "The
Life and Times of Henry Berry
Lowry" did not appear because
the writer was away on vacation.
In past weeks Andrew Strong’s
testimony was presented. Henry
Berry Lowry's brother-in-law
(Strong) had succeeded in having
John Taylor, a prominent white
businessman who resided in the
Moss Neck area, implicated in
the murder of "Make"
Sanderson who was married to
the sister of Henderson
Oxendine. A preliminary hearing
was held at the October term of
Superior Court in Robeson
County in 1870 charging Taylor
with accessory before the fact Co
the murder of Malcolm
Sanderson.
Sufficient evidence was found
to bring him to trial. Taylor was
held, without bond, in the
Lumberton jail to await the next
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.svssuni )l Superior Court ui
Robeson County. The Rev.
James Sinclair, presiding judge
over the preliminary hearing,
stated in his ruling that Taylor's
trial was only one of many cases
on the roster of similar nature. He
hoped his ruling would serve as
an example and as a deterrent.
Sheriff Roderick McMillan and
other county leaders were
indignant at the idea of a man of
Taylor’s wealth and prominence
being held in jail for .such an
insignificant (to them) matter
aflerall, they mused, Sanderson
was just a "mulatto.”
The county leaders had thought
the prosecution to be too flimsy
to find Taylor guilty; the
prosecution relied heavily upon
the testimony of Ben Strickland,
their star witness. The court
issued a warrant ordering
Strickland to appear in court as a
witness for the prosecution.
Much to the defense’s relief
however, and no doubt as a result
of their underhanded tactics,
Strickland could not be found for
McMillan to serve the warrant.
Because of Judge Sinclair’s
ruling, Taylor’s friends found
themselves with a perplexing
problem. After much bickering
and consultation among tfiem,
the county leaders arrived at a
solution to their problem.
Sheriff McMillan, unknown to
Judge Sinclair, unlocked the jail
and took his friend to
Rockingham where court was
already in session. Presiding
judge was the Honorable Daniel
T. Russell, so said to be a friend
to the Blacks and Indians.
Russell released Taylor on
payment of a $500 bond.
There was an explanation for
Judge Russell’s ruling out erf' the
ordinary. His brother, Thomas
Russell participated in the
cold-blooded and senseless
murder of Sanderson, Taybr’s
friends threatened to leak word
out that Judge Russell’s brother
participated in the murder
thereby insuring that Russell too
would be eventually tried with
accessory before the fact to the
murder of Sanderson. By
blackmailing Judge Russell in
this manner, the county leaders
convinced him to cooperate with
them. Consequently, John
Taylor returned to Scuffletown a
free man pending the next termof
Superior Court in Robeson
County.
Soon after returning to
Scuffletown, however, Taylor
found that his problems were far
from over. Henry Berry Lowry
spread word that John Taylor
would pay for his crimes with his
life. Henry Berry’s warnings
were legendary: no one axik
them lightly. Also, Taylor was
one of many local whites
implicated in the murdeis of
Allen I-owry and his son William
March 3, 1865. He had long been
expecting to be singled out by the
infamous Henry Berry l^wry.
Quite naturally, the prominent
white businessman was
frightened half out of his wits.
Continued next week.
Some wives are like
fishermen. They think the
best got away.
* * *; *
People who accept in
vitations should some
times send them out.
Up From Dust
And Darkness
#y L*w 5ofloA - C*niufy Artv
**!• INDIANS, AIX-’OHOLISM AND SUICIDE
The alcoholism and suicide rales among American Indians, according to
Thursday, August 18
197)
Aloiholic, arc all Ihc .same, rcfardlcss of race, he said ft,
M.inconc who has lost conlrdl of his dnaklne habi.s, ha,i„g ™
dependence apon it for normal day-to-day hving. It is,sickne’X;
may be arrcsicd by complete absrmcnce bat it is neve,
Alcoholism, which is still considered to be "sin" or "just a piaj..,.
streak of the Devil" in many, if not most religious circles, is ncvenhei
•. disease which damages the brain, heart and liver. Either of iW
me alcoholism ancl suiciue rates among rtiuentan muians. avsv,■«...£,->. a Uiseasc hk/fuiiseofst)meivrvr.nt.1.r. j Utl
statistics, am .be bl.^s, in ,be natitm. Bn. ate e^lana.mm P-
and there are reasons. And Burton Mcndell, a pure Caucasion who also
happens to be a medical student at Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore, explained some of them some time ago in an interview. He was
interviewed by me as part of my duties when I was working as interviewer
and historical consultant for the University of Florida's American Indian
Oral History Project.
The grandeur that was once the original American’s, has evaporated into
thin, airy nothingness. His eminence, his loftiness of position, his
snlendor and magnificence have faded into the dim, dusty pa,st and he is
left wilb only bluet memories of whal once was and wha, eonid and The little bookie. eontam.i.B me p^.n w„ notes,
should have been. His nobility, hts dignity and even hts fierce pride have back to me after her ea wason ^ ^"bit^lerkKisly kiik,
been stripped away, to leave him In shambles. Along wllhtbe 16,000,000 by another woman that 1 began lo undersmnd the trme story of Wi|,,
square miles comprising North, South and Central America which he German girl who came to this cor,r,ii^ ilh toe hrghesl of
solely occupied, and In a very teal sence possessed al the coming of She'd escaped the Nazis but she d,d not escape hopelessness. ,1*,,
more likely- And an alcoholic’s
survives til old age.
The popular prejudices against the alcoholic are numerouf, ^
enormous. Only he seems to know he is on a roller-coaster whose lo»„
descent is Hell. I once wrote a poem about the alcoholic called "p”
Of A Loser. ’ ’ 1 gave a copy of the poem to a lady alcoholic whom'l k?
.She cried over that poem, splotched it with her tears, and was laierkilui
in like manner as the personna of the poem. ”
The little booklet containing the poem, with many notes, was
Columbus in 1492.
Likewise, most of his other worldly possessions have flitted away, like a
kite wafted away on a March wind and lost forever. He is left destitute and
he is left without hope. And so he thinks and drinks and contemplates
suicide. He is edgy from centuries of exploitation and abuse, of lack of
understanding and abuse. And so anyone confronting him with ridicule
andasneer, is inviting disaster and courtingatragedy. Atragedy in which
the person who pokes fun. is likely to wind up badly injured or dead.
Is it any wonder, he is over-sensitive, really?
Burton Mendell, who has conducted a special study, thinks not. He
points out that the American Indian had not developed alcohol at the
approach of Europeans who were to become Americans. "If there was
some reason for this (the Indian’s failure to develop alcohol),! don’t know
it. But maybe there was a reason.”
Burton mentioned a special study encountered by him which indicates
that there is something about the makeup of the Indian’s liver which
makes it very difficult for him to metabolize alcohol.
That there is a difference between the drinking patterns of Indians and
non-Indians, no one can deny. Some writers have even suggested that the
White Man’s alcohol, more than the White Man’s bullets, destroyed the
Indians during the Indian wars. In some tribes, alcohol was strictly
forbidden-and still is, today.
The Indians dubbed the White Man’s joy juice, "firewater.” 1 pointed
out to Burton Mendell that perhaps the fact that Indians were not
conditioned to alcoholic spirits over a long period of time, as were the
European-Americans, had and has something lo do with the Indian’s
reaction to it. He admitted that this could be true.
He stuck to his original medical opinion, however. He pointed ««that it
is a feeling of hopelessness, helplessness and frustration which causes
most people to drink heavily, unless he is a true alcoholic.
The interview reminded me somehow of the late D.F. Lowry’s record.
He has often told me that he nevertouched a drop of anything alcoholic in
his life nor smoked a cigarette or pipe or tobacco. Rev. Lowry, first
recipient of the Henry Berry Lxiwry Memorial Award (I was the second),
lived well into his nineties. He was very active until his last few months.
Burton Mendell pointed out that when anybody, be he Indian or not, has
more problems and/or sorrows than he can cope with, he resorts lo
alcohol, drugs, and even insanity, as an escape. Such reactions, he points
out. are purely defensive mechanisms, adopted by the sub-conscious
mind for the protection of the individual who confronts something that is
intolerable. That kind of reaction may be normal, but long sustained can
lead to alcoholism. In that respect, said Mendell, Indians are no different
from anyone else.
Too. he made it clear, the Europeans had developed certain mores that
revolve around alcohol. The Indian, never having been exposed to alcohol
prior to the arrival of Columbus, naturally had no such restraints, "And
although Caucasians sometimes get roaring drunk, just like anyone else,
they don’t as a rule make it an every-day practice, not unless they are
alcoholics.”
and dealh-
The poem is as follows:
PORTRAIT OF A LOSER
He mounts the stairs with iron will
To raise a leaden hand.
That light switch — it should be here still!
He cannot understand....
And now his shoulder strikes the door.
It opens up with ease.
His weight is spilled upon the floor.
He barks his trembling knees.
He drags his weary body up —
The effort is supreme.
He cannot bend to pet the pup
That blurs, as in a dream.
He fumbles, finds the high wall switch —
And now, let there be light!
Way down his back, he starts to itch.
He squirms with all his might.
On hands and knees, he finds his bed,
And rolls his body in.
He sleeps like someone three years dead,
Then, there’s the clock again!
Just then - “Wake up,you lazy lout!”
His wife is in a stew.
“Say, look alive! Come on, roll out!
Is sleep all you can do?”
He shaves his face without a blade;
He buttons on his tie.
Somehow, his hat has been mislaid,
So, now, he starts to cry.
He combs his teeth and scrubs his hair;
He Listerines his shoes.
The radio now starts to blare
With news and views and blues.
He finds a pocket, reaches in....
“I must have had a time!’’....
He’d hoped to find that last sweet “fin”;
Instead, he finds a dime.
He jams his coat upon his head.
He wonders if he’s late.
He now recalls his boss has said,
“Be here or else by eight!”
He eats and tries to reach the street
On feet that weigh a ton.
But he and Diesel truck now meet —
And Old King Corn has won!
NOTES,COMMENT Mt. Airy News by Violet Locklear
A journey begun on
time is half complete.
Not every plan for mak
ing money makes money.
Facts are often stubborn
things and well conceal-
There’s always the dan
ger of remembering too
much.
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(Joing to college is not
the same thing as being
educated.
Patience is the art of
solving jxobleras by let
ting them alone.
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special music Sunday morning at
Mt. Airy Church.
The special guests for the singing
on Sunday night were the Jones'
Sisters accompanied at the piano
by Mr. Alton Wilkins. The Jones
consists of five sisters, daughters
of the Rev. and Mrs. Willard
Jones.
Mrs. Becky Locklear departed
recently for Germany where her
husband is stationed- She is the
daughter of the late Mr.
McLaurin and Mrs. Gladys
Jacobs. We wish her God’s
speed.
Mrs. Rockie Jane Locklear
spent most of last week with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Linda
Dinkins and family of Manor
Maynor in Pembroke.
This was something quite
unusual for Mrs. Locklear to do.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tyner and
daughter spent last week on
vacation in Detroit. Michigan
visiting relatives and friends.
They enjoyed seeing the Detroit
Tigers and Milwaukee playing a
double header. They also visited
the largest zoo and many other
different places of interest. Mr.
Tyner also visited the plant he
worked at in the 60’s while living
there. He met a lot of his old
friends. They reportedly had a
wonderful trip. They spent their
nights with Mrs. E.K. Ruth, a
cousin of Mr. Tyner,
Mrs. Sarah Clark celebrated her
63rd birthday August 10, She
also went to see “Strike at the
Wind!" which' she reportedly
"really enjoyed.”
Mr. and Mrs. Truman Carter
and son left Friday for Fort Sill.
Oklahoma where Mr. Carter will
be employed for a while.
Sgt. and Mrs. Craig Sampson.
Jr. and family of Fayetteville
attended the birthday dinner on
Sunday of Mr. Craig Sampon.
along with many more, Sgt.
Sampson will be leaving soon for
Germany where he will be
stationed for approximately three
years.
Mr. Robert Locklear returned
home Monday from Southeastern
General Hospital. Mr, Locklear
is recuperating from his third
heart attack since the first of July,
We sincerely hope his condition
will remain improving for he is
greatly missed by everyone at our
church.
Mrs. Lucy Jones Harris visited
Violet Locklear Tuesday. They
also visited Mrs. Rockie Jane
Locklear and Mr. and Mrs. M.H.
Locklear. Mrs. Harris spent her
vacation recently visiting her
sister. Mr. and Mrs. Moland
Strickland and family of Norfolk,
Va. She said she really enjoyed
herself.
Mrs. Annie Pearl Lowery. Mrs-.
Darlene Carter and Mrs. Cieo
Barton were shoppers in
Fayetteville Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Acquilla
Cummings and son Johnney have
returned from their two weeks
vacation. They first went to
Greensboro, N.C. and spent a
night with Mrs. Cummings’
sister. Mr. and Mrs. Mami
Jones and family. They iIm
departed for Chicago, III. aul
spent a few days with her broiber,
Mr. and Mrs. Marson Maytior
and family. Then they wenionio
Milwaukee. Wisconsinand5[«a
a few days with her brother, Mr.
and Mrs. James Earvin Mayia
and family. Reportedly worfs
could never tell the places ibej
went and the different things liny,
saw. And everybody was sorHi
lo them. They hope to take lie
trip again the future if noiliiiif!
happens.
Mr. B^ngton Blanks siil
remains a patient in Soulheasiem
General Hospital. His condiiit*
reponedly is improving.
Mrs. Stella Locklear is still i
the hospital at Pinehursi. N.C]
She is also improving.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
To love and to be loved is lie
greatest happiness of dxisieficf-
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