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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
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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
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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"
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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
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"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
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Mtowtng Tdtwfi recusal, toe
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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
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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.
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