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1 ; .. ^ , :? , .- . . - -,^ ? -, The Henry Berry Lowry Gang: An Inside Look, Part VIII "The contraband sale of whiskey and tobacco is wagons is carried on Sens vely in that section of the sum of the opportunities the line affords to traffickers to elude arrest by revenue officers. And the Scuffletown settlement was then a favorite rendezvous for those "block aders" who would sometimes camp for a week at a time in some one of its numerous hiding places, and diffuse I their slock to the At night groups of I men and women would congregate at the campfire of the illicit trades, and between 5 pints of the white corn whiskey, would engage in song and dance On one ofthese occasions, the lone outlaw, after scouting the thick ets a considerable distance around the ;uiip. ventured tothe wagon to obtain a'' portation'' of this moonshine prod uct. It'ssoothingeffectinducedalack < of his accustomed caution, and he < joined the light-hearted gathering : around the glowing embers. , ...... . . ' l For a time be silently watched the i supple dancers, as keeping time to a lively chant, they memly waltzed on the greenwood sword. The sound of human voices, song and merriment seemed to entrance him, and he con tinued to tarry until the fire grew low. Mote fuel was added and as the blaze grew, casting king, weary shadows out into the darkness of the wilder ness, and shaking the leafy canopy above sparkled and flashed like a jet dome studded with jewels, the revel continued. At last a banjo was handed him, and "was persuaded" to play for them as he was wont to do in days gone by. When once he took the instrument in his hands he never relinquished it All dread and fsar seemed to have fled his mind. Until then he had held his gun on his shoulder ready for instant use, but now, placing it between his thighs, he seated himself on the stump of a felled pine, and began to touch its lensioned chords with old time skill and dexterity Reel after reel was danced until tired nature bade the rompers cease, but still the banjo rang with rude melody, and the listeners squatting around the entranced musi cian, silently watched his nimble fin gers as he continued to play, until the day star lifted its head above the east ern horizon and the twmklers in the sky had lost their "sparkle". Sud denly. out from the gloom oftbe forest there came a flash of vivid light in stantly followed by a loud report, and the outlaw minstrel, with a sudden lurch, fell at the feet of his enchanted "listeners" a shot riddled corpse. Thus did end the last of the gang, and with him ended the era of violence and bloodshed that had so long cursed that section. In this account only the sanguine ous part of the matter has been told, and the primal reasons there for vi ven Other causes added to its violence, ding 3so much Wood There are some people who claim that the out laws had right on their side, but the great majority utterly condemned them as human butchers without justifica tion or palliation The old mother of the Lowry's is still living on the homestead, and she al\sav> claimed tlutt her boy. the leaders was a dutiful and obedient son with exemplary habits until the lion in his nature was aroused by the treatment his father received. Others affirm that the gang were kindly disposed, and generous and considerate with all ex cept those who sought their arrest or gave information to pursuers. To those they showed no mercy. The lusty women of the locality, all were their staunchest friends, and it was through them, they so often and cun ningly evaded capture. Their loves and liaisons were many and replete with dramatic, and sometimes tragic incidents. One of these days, when the atroci ties committed have been forgotten and the wire-edge of prejudice and passion has been ground away by time, some future romances, with deft pen and subtle brain, will disrobe these characters of their vile habitments, and make heroes of them in stones more thrilling and romantic than any that Scott or Cooper had ever written." My Boys and Michael Jordan Gordon "Mum, I ain't gonna die?" 13 year-old Gordon gave me a disgusted look^as if to say: "When areyoo dent TWOYEAAS BA^ffiR^^e that really^worried me, was fhaH didn't think yon were ready to go on!" When be got back home from vtbe hospital in 1978, Gordon learned about the rumor that had circulated <? among his classmates. "Theythought I was dead" he had laughed By now it was June. 1980. Alter two years of being uptight over Gordon's condition, T was finally be ginning to relax a little. One Sunday afternoon the two of us rode home from youth fellowship at our church with a young ouple who, like me. were helping with the group each week. Rosemary was driving As she turned off main street onto our little private road, she asked, "What's the name of this street?" Before 1 could open my mouth to say anything, Gordon spoke up with' Oxendine Drive"! Surprised. I said, "1 didn't think it had a name". "It didn't!" he shot back "I just named it"! Well, I thought, his mind must be okay by now. I was really relieved, knowing I could once again look forward to watching my young est use his sharp, fully functioning brain. It was Just a few weeks later when | Gordon, his big brother, Donny, their daddy, and a friend named Junior | Locklear left to sell form produce. | They never quite made it home. On the way back, there was a collision 10 , miles from Pembroke. Though in- < jured, the driver of the 18-wneeler survived. Nooe of the four van riders did. Many times since then I've 1 thought about how Gordon 'ssplit sec- 1 ond response assured me, as he gave 1 "OXENDINEDRJVE"aname And J then those other words ofhis: "Mama, I ain't gonna DIE"! - I'm sure that they, too, were meant ' to be reassuring. DON NY AND MICHAEL^ J me thai my aoo, Donoy. and Michael ' Jordan had boA Mended oollege at UNC-Chapel HiM. Suice rhea I've been taking a special interest my Michael In spite of his alleged gam bling problem. Michael seems to baa | rare kind of hero for today's young ! Blacks, and all the others In May of j 1980, when Domy came home from Chapel Hill, he was at loose ends Graduating third in bis class oT210. he had chosen to attend Chapel Hill be- J cause he was thinking of becoming an ? orthodontist, and the NC dental school was located there. Although Donny " had been on the high school track team, he did not have an athletic ? scholarship Wanda Kay and I still " have Donny's Intramural Troph y for i the 200-yard dash After two years of almost no per- ? sonaJ contact with professors, he was !' tired of school. Arid he wasn't sure ' what he wanted to do.(Eariier he had considered engineering). About the " same time Donny dropped out of col lege, planning to work for awhile, ? Michael Jordan must have started school at Chapel Hill. I assume that y their paths never crossed. 1 was working on the story about " Gordon when I heard the shocking newsthat Michael Jordan 's father had n been murdered (JUVENILE CRIME) * If what I've read is true(that commo- e' nist leaders like Kruschev and Castro ?' set out to destroy our country with ' deception and drugs) they must be 11 happy now! In our east const area, F crime (usually connected with drugs) e has become so rampant that we never n know what's going to happen next. e Because of the cocaine transported s north on Interstate 1-95, it's some- * times called "The Highway to Heaven. In spite of all the strong statements j] made by law enforcement officers, I fj doubt that those two boys were al- b ready hardened professional crimi- h rials before this happened. Or else a bow could they be so naive as to keep n an using James Jordan's cellular n >hone, for instance" g people ofiU ifB,wnc (hnsofMichael 0 know and or woik with iiniTv iduais I ind tarn ilies from ail ibe basic racial I roups in this world. I've found ail I inds of people in each group. And I ny current friends are from all of I bese VARIED racial groups. I There are at least five reasons for I v> SPECIAUnterest in young peogle. ? eeling that our age group was left out I fother people's plans(2) For most of I He years since I went to Browning I ve had a special connection with ? sen-agers in the churches I was work- I ig with (or attending) (3) I've had ? vee teen agersofmy own, with their ? wn special needs and concents. (4) 1 ve established friendships with other oung people to help fill the void left rhen I lost my two boys. (5) Most of 1 ty substitute teaching has been with ?en-agers Now the Jordan family, ly daughter, Wanda, and 1 all have ? xnethwg in common Thetwotrag-. ] lies that claimed the lives of our oved ones took place on Highway 74. m thankful there was no foul play I ivolved in our families accident, iaying for the Jordan family comes asy. To me life is NOT cheap. I do ot believe in taking away anyone Ise's life, no matter what the circunv tan ccs But I'd like to suggest that we J so pray for the two boys (Larry and )aniel) who have, apparently IJLLED ANOTHER HUMAN BE IMG, as well as for each of their umlies Now that the damage ha* een done, they have to live with what as happened And. like my two boys 1 ltd all the rest of us. Daniel and Lan> I eed to be ready to meet their make* lo matter what kind of sentence they let for such a crime. I I ? 1. Astronomy: Who discovered the planet, Pluto? 2. Vocabulary: What is a pluviometer? i 3. History: How long was Marco Polo a guest of the court of Kubia Khan in China? 4. Rock and Rod: Who won second prize in 1943 at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, singing "Old Shepr 3. Artists: Who is considered the greatest of the Dutch master painters? 6. Mythology: What is the Riddle of the Sphinx? 7. Business and Industry: Who was the first billionaire in the United States? Q UssaU. Wlw* swmwsM tk*> Infiuarv IQriO nnmhrr nnp 1. Clyde Tombaugh; 2. a device to measure rainfall; 3. 24 years; 4. Elvis Presley; S. Rembrandt; 6. What walks on four legs, then on two legs, then on three? ? Man: as a baby, then an adult, then in old age (with a cane); 7. John 8 Jtfndiy Preston b?i ic r,.? -A 4 ?1993 hy King Rannw Svnd INTER-TRIBAL 0C ElJ>g>RNfcR Elders and Traditionalists from other tribes and groups are encouraged to submit news releases about happenings, gatherings, powwows, what is happening with elders and children. Keep them noncontroversial and nonpolitical. Submit articles to: Carolina Indian Voice, PO Box 1075. Pembroke, NC 28372. The Carolina Indian Voice is interested in the happenings among the other tribes, nations, and organizations. Eastern Indian Bible Institute P.O. Box 248 (Albert Currie Rd) Shannon, NC 28386 /. i.<i..... a. i. (919) 843-5304 . 3 J* 1 vf>?r hwi - ?? FalFSemester 1^3**?" 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