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^mA nd opinion|
"We cannot know where
we are going if we do not
know where we have been."
I by Bruce Barton i I
...THE LAST VESTIGE
OF CHUSTMAS
Christmas brings out the
best in folks, especially in the
Deep Branch Community
where 1 live. On December 11
the Deep Branch Volunteer
Fire Department and Ladies
Auxilliary gave a community
wide Christmas party for the
kids. Of course it was a
rousing success. Kids came
out to see Santa en masse.
No one is absolutely sure
but evidence indicates that
Lee Edward Sampson played
the role of Santa Claus. Even
his son. Eddie, is not sure.
Eddie's look of wonderment
seems to say, "Hey, 1 believe
you're my father but... I'm
not sure. Just in case, here's
what I want for Christmas..."
Eddie is the son of Lee
Edward and Sarah Sampson,
also of the Deep Branch
Community.
ED JOHNSON HAS A GOOD
POINT, AS I SEE IT
Ed Johnson, Chairman of
Robeson County's out man
ned Republican Party, charg
ed last Thursday that the
county's County Commission
election law enacted in 1919
discriminates against minori
ties, especially Republican
minorities, in an appearance
before the County Board of
Elections. Ed Johnson has a
good point, as 1 see it.
Johnson says that the law is
discriminatory because the
at-large election of county
commissioners in the general
election dilutes the minority
vote because candidates run
solely within their districts in
the primary elections. Said
Johnson. "If districts were
established in the primaries to
guard against the dilution of
minority voting strength, then
why doesn't the same prin
cipte apply in the genet al
election?" Good point.
But then Mr. Johnson
shows his conservative lean
ings:
"Finally, much has been
said and written of late by
various special interest
groups within Robeson. Coun
ty regarding the applications
of the Voting Rights Act. The
cases in particular are, of
course, the Lumberton School
Board case (now pending at
the Justice Department), the
recent County Commissioners
decision to split the Lumber
ton District into two districts,
and now the legislative re
districting controversy.
"It will be interesting to see
if these special interest
groups are as concerned
about fairness and justice
when it comes to the appli
cation of the Voting Rights
I Act to minority Republicans
as minority Democrats.
"I'm just wondering out
loud, Mr. (Harbert) Moore
(Chairman of the Board of
Elections), do you think the
Republican Party could get
the Lumbee Legal Services
Corp., the Black Caucas, and
the Indian Caucas, and the
NAACP to join with us to
make sure all Robesonians are
treated with equal and fair
treatment?"
A little fecitious, huh? Still,
as I said earlier, the man has a
point. And, as noted earlier,
what's fair for the goose is fair
for the gander.
The federal courts and the
*1965 Voting Rights Act
SutLjIut to *
(would suggest that Mr. Jottt
son press his point in these
two sacred arenas.
Despite the fact that
toothpaste has been around
for over 100 years, it is
still one of the fastest
growing of all products in
the health and beauty aids
Held. Among toothpastes,
gels have shown the greatest
growth, now comprising over i
30 percent of the category.
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The largest selling tooth
paste in the world is Colgate
Toothpaste, a leader in
oral care since it was intro
duced in 1877. Until now,
however, that company
hadn't entered the gel mark
et. Now it is offering Winter
fresh Gel, as well as Regular
Flavor Colgate.
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P.S.H.S.
'Warriors
of the
Week"
?
Four athlet^ I received
"Warrior of the Week" ho
nors for the week of January
4-8 involving games with
Scotland County and South
Robeson.
SCOTLAND COUNTY
The boys' selection for
this game wee Junior gaud
Devy Bell who scored ten
points and grabbed three ra
bounds. "Devy's leadership
and bendy play kept our team
playing together," Coaeh
James H. Loddear was quot
ed a* saving.
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The girls' selection was
Daphne Rnaa. Daphne had
the same figures as Bel as
well as three steals. Coach
Carmlchael said that Raw Is
the most Improved player so
far this season and that she
has contributed a great deal
defensively.
SOUTH BOBESON
Senior forward Ryan
Tack took the honor* against
the Mo*tang* aa he scored 14
point* and grabbed eight re
bound* to lead the Wanton in
a victory against Sooth Robe
Sheila Regan
Two girls were selected for
the South Robeson game and
both were taking honors for
the second time. Daphne
Russ and Sheila Regan led the
Lady Warriors to a close win
over the Mustangs. Coach
Carmichael had this to say,
"Sheila and Daphne both
played an excellent ballgame.
Both girls scored their season
high (Regan 31; Russ 16) and
continued a great deal on
defense.
Daphne made 3 clutch bas
kets in the 4th quarter and
Sheila was able to hit her free
throws to keep us in the
lead."
TEJE1 NOW
THEN: Back in the year
1806, 23-year-Qld William
Colgate opened a soap and
candle *hop. In 1877, his
company introduced the
first toothpaste, sold in a
jar.
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NOW: Today, his com
pany's toothpaste is the
world's best selling den
trifice, marketed in the U.S.
and some 135 other coun
tries. In fact, one out of
?very four tubes sold in the
world is Colgate. Now, that
company has entered the gel
toothpaste market with Col
gate Winterfresh Gel. Gels,
Which represent one-third of
fhe dentrifice category, are
the fastest-growing segment
of the toothpaste market.
Retail toothpaste sales,
which totaled $250 million
in 1960, and $370 million
ten years ago, surpassed the
billion-mark in 1981?a ten
year increase of 170 percent.
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THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
A Weekly Newspaper Established 1973
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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
caiuiot change, courage to change the things I can,
J mid the wisdom to know the different. J
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FILINGS CONTINUE IN
UPCOMING ELECTION
Candidates have Until Feb. 1 to enter
the Democratic or Republican Primaries,
each of which is a preliminary to the
November election.
Incumbents Sammy Cox, Lumberton;
and Bill Herndon, St. Pauls filed for re-e
election to the Robeson County Board of
Commissioners.
Larry T. Brooks, a Pembroke City
Councilman, has filed as a candidate for
* the Pembroke-Maxton commissioner
seat.
Dixie Barrington, recenty appointed to
the clerk of court to fill the unexpired
' term of thelate Ben Floyd, also filed as a
candidate for a full term Monday.
Filing for the Robeson County Board of
Education is Ronald Hammonds, an
incumbent. Also filing are newcomers
Doris Wilkins and Dr. Dal ton P. Brooks.
Six seats are up for grabs.
Channing P. Cunningham filed for one
of four seats on the Fairmont Board of
Education.
Elsewhere in the county, Chalmers
Biggs, the long time coroner, filed for
another term. He is being challenged by
Edward Vester Maultsby. .
Lillian Faye Locklear and Rufus
Graham, both incumbent county board of
-education members have also announced
their intention to seek another term.
. A WHALE Of A LIRE
^ A surprising fact to many
Americans is that the Amer
ican buffalo might still be
roaming the Western Plains
. . .in massive numbers. . .if
it had been given the same
protection we now give
whales.
Thanks to the efforts of
the International Whaling
Commission, no whale spe
cies will ever be hunted to
extinction by commercial
whalers. The Whaling Com
mission prohibits the com
mercial whaling of all stocks
and species in danger of
depletion.
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Now, commercial whal
ing is limited only to stocks
and species at healthy popu
lation levels. These catch
quotas are kept lower than
the yearly reproduction re
placement levels.
There are about three
million whales in the world.
During the past year, the
Whaling Commission permit
ted a catch of only fourteen
thousand whales. Of those,
eighty percent were the now
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(Mgflnarit; fast-reproducing
minke whale species. Scien
tists now believe that minke
whales should be culled back
to permit faster recovery of
depleted fin and blue whales.
The largest animal in
the world, the whale, can
eat up to one and a half tons
of smaller fish in a single
day.
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Odom and W. 3rd. Ptmbroke, NC <t
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