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Mm ? Str-ltRab." ^ W ^ W Robeson Registrar Files Suit Against Two LUMBERTON - The chairman of the Robeson County Board of Elec tions and the county Democratic Party chairman have been named in a $1 million lawsuit. Charging the Rev. Charles McDowell, the elections chief, and the Rev. E. B. Turner, the party leader, with damaging her reputa tion Is Mary Imogen* Morton, a Republican registrar for Lumber Bridge. I 11m civil suit filed with the Robe sen County Clerk of Court Wednes day requests SSM.000 In damages from both Turner and McDowell. Tumorals also a Lumberton city The suit claims damages in iho farm of "great mental anguish, pain, suffering and humiliation" for Mrs. Norton 11m damages resulted, the lawsuit aiilms, trem Turner's attempt in d ? I t. J The defendants hive 30 days to respond to the suit. Turner, in the suit, Ls charged with making statements about Mrs. Mor ton that "impugn her character as a public official and falsely and mali ciously impugn her ability and fit ness to serve the people of said community in a position of trust." As stated in the suit, "these state ments were not. made in good faith by the defendant Turner and were either in reckless disregard for the truth or, in the alternative, were spoken negligently." It also charges Turner with mak ing statements "with malice toward the plaintiff so that she would bo gwageaa^d NMhMh k*n iek 00 iwinvTw 11won nrr |no. The suit states that McDowell's statements "Implying the ptantlfTa bad character wort false and with out foundation in fact, and that the y |^|| ||^||^ ^ n y ||^0 the truth if falsity of the altegaliona. and as sorb was aaifhpnl la fatting to tauootigala the matter, before removing her, ar, la ttw alternative, acted hi mahleae disregard a4 dm truth" ? The mit stems from activities last August following Mrs. Morton's reap pointment by the county elections board as registrar for the northern Robeson County precinct of Lumber i Bridge. The reappointment of Mrs. Ilorton, I who as a Republican had served five i years In the post, was protested by Turner, who asked that a Democrat be appointed instead. Turner told the board of elections, which Is made up of two Democrats and one Repahilcaa, that three 1 groups of people had come to him J from Lumber Brtdgr expressing con cern with "the character" of Mrs. ilortm The statements by Turner con cerning ouesttons of Mrs. Morton s character came after be was told by County Attorney Joe P. Ward that Individuals already swan In aa aloe amnMiMsl ?m wnmii cwm Mf w "If something was piweed Improper about their character" Vhr nueettoaed Idee, ^^wnec pp dead to name dto tadhrldnola whom belaid hod cede to him ham lam hsvMdpe Mtowtng Tdtwfi recusal, toe t wo Democrats on the elections Hoard, McDowell and Carmel Lock car, signed a letter to Mrs. Hortoo requesting her resignation aa regis trar. Ray Revels, the Republican elec tions board member, later stated be did not know the other two boord members had soufdtl Mrs. Hortoa's resignation. Alex Brock, state election board chairman, told the Robcoon County board that stale law forbids local boards from removing an appolntoa once that person has boon sworn In. The county elections board mem bers, after getting Brock's opinion, withdrew their request for Mrs. Mor ton's resignation. 521-2626 BECAUSE OF COLOR I wanted to know you And never got the chance We were kept apart by a thing thev called odor Such a nhamc There waa much we could have altered There waa much we could have learned from each other And now ... All diet la loat In a thing called time How cruel dial we ahouid loae each ether la auch a way 1.0. Milt Oat LocQUSJNCO0o?ef5,^P The North Carolina Ballet. Southeastern Chapter. will present the "Nutcracker" oa Friday. December9th at 8 p.m at the Cumberland Memorial Auditorium in Fayetieville, NC. This Christmas ballet, in two acts, will feature guest artist from the Soviet Union, Alexander Agadohanov and Fredrick Bcgale, and local*dancing teacher Charlotte Blume of Fayetieville. Alexander Agadohanov has been in the United States Ilk years and is the leading dancer with the Maryland Stale Ballet and has danced a season with the Pittsburg Ballet also Robin Sanderson of Pembroke will be one of the youngest performers in the Ballet. She will dance in the "Trepak" and m?oe > ? ? The "Nutcracker" ita ballot for and about Chhln k visualised the dreams of on* Unto of all ages everywhere. The music by Tchaikovsky to part of everyone'! knowledge and the surprise of Chnstimns art al reflected In the timeless ballet. Advanced tickets for the "Nutcracker" may be purchaaad at Eddie's Music Center and the Shop for Pappagallo at Cross Creek Mail or at the door of the ' Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium the night of die performance. Adult tickets are $2.30 and children are SI.00. Henry Bccry Lowry O.L. ini It appears that in addition to my two previous loyal fans - my mother and my pet dog Fido - I have two more fans among the readership of The Cm iiII? Indian Voice At their request, "The Life and Times of Henry Berry Lowry" is resumed. Frank Wishart was bom April 13, 1837, the third son of Eli and Mary Ann Strong Wishan He was among the first to enlist his services in the Confederate Army when the Civil War erupted between the North and the South. During the war he earned many promotions (reaching the rank of captain) and commendations for bravery After the Confederacy isuv defeated , Wishart returned to his native Robeson County to try and resume his life in a completely changed environment. In January. 1866 he married Miss Lydia Pitman. Coincidentally, Henry Berry Lowry married Rhoda Strong, the most beautiful Indian maiden in Scuffletown, also in the month of January of 1866. This is the only thing the two leaders had in common, however. In 1870 Frances (Frank) Wishart opened a store in Shoe heel, later named Max ton (because there were so many white families in the area with names beginning with Mac). In an introduction of sorts in the "Wishart Diary" it is reported that "the writer had never heard any reasonable explanation of the motives or reasoning that led (Wishart) to leave his business, undergo the hardships, and risk his life in the war against the Lowry Gang." It could be that the SI2,000 reward on Henry Berry's head-dead or alive-and the S6.000 reward on the. remaining members' heads (except for Andrew Strong who was worth only S5.000) had a great deal to do with him deciding to "risk his life in the war against the Lowry Gang." * It was decided by the county leaders that a force larger (and more military) than the local Home Guard was needed to quell the Henry Berry Lowry Uprising. Because of his experience in the war Frank Wishan was persuaded by the county leaden to undertake command of the larger organization He was raised in rank by the governor from a captain to a colonel. The ranks of the larger, military-like organization were filled by men drafted by the county commissioners to serve fixed periods of time under his. command. Quite naturally men drafted by the county commissioners wer i afraid of becominf marked men and drawing the wrath of the Lowry Gang down on them. Becauee of this fear, and became. the White recruits were able to last only a few days in the inhospitable swamps while searching far the Lowry gang. Col. Wishart, seldom, if ever, achieved his quota of promised recruits The fewwtjp reported returned home at the least provocation. During this time also, federal and state soldiers were sent into Robeson County to~Issist local authorities in quelling the Lowry disturbance. Being outsiders, however, and ex-Union soldiers to boot, these soldiers many times sympathized with the Lowry Gang and therefore "partook of their hospitality." It was no uncommon sight to see a federal soldier chatting alongside the road with Henry Berry Lowry or any other member of the gang. Eventually, the governor placed Col. Wishart in charge of all military commands in the county. The following excerpt is from Francis (Frank) Marion Wishart's diary: "June S. 1871. Left Lumbenon at 9 o'clock Met at Moss Neck. Headed for Tom Lowery's. Day broke when near William Powell's (maybe Purcell's). Got lost: no pilot. Passed Ed Lockkar 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 Tired 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. Dm Currie. George McKay. Arch McFadyen and Henry Biggs." Small wonder Tom Lowry (Henry Berry's brother) chose to shoot it out with 6 armed and hostile whites instead of surrendering. If one recalls, the last Lowry Gang member (Henderson Oxendine) to surrender to the whites was arrested by whites, tried on trumped-up charges by a_ jury of whites, found guilty by a white judge, and hanged by a white drifter, the only hangman who could be persuaded (by money) to perform the grist! v chore. The period of time from Oxendine's arrest until the time he was hanged was an incredible I9days. Yes. indeed! Justice was swift for Indians in Robeson County during that turbulent period of Reconstruction. Mote next week. CRAFTS: # S % Jewdry ^ I ?M f I1TLE \n A t open house 1 \ <> I ' mt \ \ N I " \ \ \First American WarehouaeX \1 Lumberton, NC i D? 16, 1977 / J j ? y 12:00 noon- J