I^EDITORIAL,
Kl ND OPINIod
"We cannot know where
we are going if we do not
know where we have been."
^ by Bruce Barton J
THANKS EXPRESSED
FROM CARD ELL
SPAULDING IN CENTRAL
PRISON
Edftor's Note: 1 am an ex
convict. Make no doubt about
it. Everything I have done is
part of that experience. 1 am
sympathetic to those in pri
son. h is part of my make up.
my psychological upbringing.
A man is a product of his
upbringing. My upbringing
was in Central Prison in the
mid 60s when 1 served a 7-10
year sentence for breaking
and entering with intent to
commit a felony.
I do not say that in a
bragging fashion but 1 learned
about myself while I was
incarcerated there. I know my
limits, my capacity for grow
th. 1 grew up spiritually in
that dark and ugly place.
This week my special co
lumnist is Cardell "Bill"
Spaulding. He wrote me a few
years ago and we began
corresponding. Later, I visited
him and attended his trial in
Raleigh where he was being
tried for his life for killing a
fellow inmate in Central Pri
son.
When I first heard from
him, 1 contacted some prison
officials and other state offici
als. I was told that he was
"the meanest man in North
Carolina," by one of them.
But I have learned one
thing in life. Never accept
another's estimation of a
human being. Find out for,
yourself, if you can. That is
the best way.
Here's a recent letter from
Cardell. I am reprinting it
because It is news worthy and
speaks eloquently of loneli
ness, deprivation, rebirth in
Christ and the fact that every
man is redeemable through
Jesus Christ.
See for yourself. Here's
Cardell Spaulding, my guest
columnist for this week.
Mr. Barton,
I didn't know where to
begin with this letter but I ask
ed the Good Lord to help me
word it, and 1 didn't have any
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problems at all. Here's what 1
want to say from my heart. I
want to express my apprecia
tion and thanks to you. and
my other true Christian fri
ends like Charles A. Maynor,
P.D. Locklear, John A. Lock
lear, Joyce B. Jacobs, Trudy
Lee Oxendine, Remer Lock
lear, Josephine Woodcll, Mr.
and Mrs. Clem Pierce. J.B.
Spaulding, and all the other
nice people in and around the
Pembroke and Union Chapel
communities, like Rev. Bob
Mangum and his wife, Neila "
Mangum and Dexter Brooks.
Also, it gives me a good
feeling down deep inside to
know you nice, good hearted
people took time to reach
down and help a needy
brother who was down almost
fo the bottom of the pits. In
fact. 1 hardly touched bottom
until a true Christian brother
in Christ, Mr. Bruce Barton,
came along and saw I was
barely hanging onto nothing
else hardly to hang on to. I
know God sent Mr. Barton to
me and the first visit from this
wonderful man I could feel
and sense the love of God in
our visit and it gave me a true
desire to go on and keep
pushing toward heaven. And I
don't intend to stop pushing
until I get to heaven. And I
pray and trust that everyone
who reads this article will also
follow me to Heaven.
I want to say this about Mr.
Bruce Barton. There is no
better person any where than
' him. This man's not selfish.
He's concerned about others.
He'll reach out and offer
anybody a helping hand. He
doeso't look at a person and
form his opinion of them by .
the color of their skin. He
looks and forms his opinion of
all human beings as God's
given people. Bruce, you'll
always have my true friend
ship and respect. I pray every
day that others like you will
see fit to reach down and lift
up a brother who is down like
I was.
I want to say this about
Charles A. Maynor, P.D.
Locklear, John A. Locklear,
Trudy Lee, Joyce B. Jacobs
and Rev. Bob Mangum: I
can't thank all of you wonder
ful people enough for reach
ing out and lending a hand to
help me up out of old Satan's
pit where I can now see the
light. If others like the ones I
have mentioned in this letter
would get interested and
offer a helping hand,
there wouldn't be as many
people going to prison and
being tried for their lives.
Very truly,
CardeD Spauldlng
835 W. Morgan St.
Raleigh, NC 27603
WHAT'S IN IT
FOR YCHJ?
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Service* ranging from
medical and dental care to
summer camp experiences;
providing fuel, food, cloth
ing and shelter to the
destitute; and individual and
emergency services are just
some of the good works
that a group of men and
women who have dedicated
their lives, their skills and
service completely to God
are bringing to the people in
their communities. The
group is The Salvation
Army and its credo is to
give aid wherever and
whenever the need is appa
rent without distinction as
to race or creed, and
without demand for adher
ence, simulated or real, to
the group's religious princi
ples.
If you have a desire to
work for others or if you
are ever in need of physical
necessities or spiritual guid
ance, a Salvation Army
center can be of help. For
free leaflets, write to: The
Salvation Army National
Headquarters, 799 Bloom
field Avenue, Verona, NJ
07044.
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THE CAROLINA
INDIAN VOICE
U.S.PS. #978380
(Published each Thursday
Established 1973
il? CaraBnaladfaMi Vafca, lac
P.O. Box 1075
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 521-2826
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PAID AT PEMBROKE, NC
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Subscription Rates:
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FOR'
Robeson County Sheriff
THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE *
?Crime continues to increase
in Robeson County. Let's
work Inwards seising this
ynllim by VOTING FOB A
(CHANGE b lbs SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT. JJ
VOTE MeDUFFIE X
CUMMINGS FOR SHERIFF!
?A vole for Cuminings is a
vote for integrity and Christ
ian principle as well as
capable leadership.
-Rev. James D. DM ||
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*An Editorial
Expression
WIC IS WORTH SAVING
Thm'i ? pnftM la
hbnw County that we feel
Is worth savhig. It li caM
W1C, short for W*BMB, la
ueaaSt^ through 1971
coaflnalac that ia thla rich
it?
?even starvation thought to
exist only la the moat depriv
ed porta of the worid. About
20 percent of America's chl
dren were found to be stunted
htronar of insufficient food.
The aatloa responded by
expanding the food stamp
the food available to poor
pregnant women, Infanta gad
children [W1C program]. /
The Special Supplemental
Food Program for Women,
Infanta and Children is mm of
the moot successful federal
programs ever devised. The
program, which Is operated
through health clinics, pro
vides prescription food pack
ages and nutrition connecting
to pregnant and nursktg wo
men, infanta and yoang chil
dren. To be eligible for
the program, these hidlvids
als must also be determined
by a medical professional to
be a nutritional riak.
The Reagan Admlnlatration
Is proposing to terminate the
WIC program. Instead, the
Maternal and Child Health
[MCH] block groat would bo
expanded to allow states to
provide the nutrition services
now available through WIC.
However, the funds added in
the MCH grant to compensate
for terminating WIC would be
about 27 percent below the
current WIC operating levels.
The Administration's pro
posal to end WIC and fold it
Into the block grant woo Id
result in hundreds of thous
cMldren being denied nutri
tion supplements and havhig
to be dropped from the
' no assurance that the funds
added to the block grant In
place of WIC would be used
for nutrition services.
Ritontiy the edUor of this
'ciU Wic On. I
fMd out that there me 2M9
?mIm hi the program la
Rihf Coanty. The pn
gn? wm leaded by Me. Lena
rvt ?i i niwHaatnt i mmI Ha|J|v
i/lllf ClW1liBilW| HBO MWWJ
Rogers, the dhecOm|k the
Robeeon Ceoaty Heaiti De
the pngrtB locally. Said
Rogers, "It to eae of the beat
ptograaM 1 have ever aeeB.
We are predacts ef ear
health; aatritlea dictates
everything that happen* to
M."
Bat make ae mistake abeat
It. The program to to troaUe
nationally aa wefl as here la
Robeeoa Coaaty. Only a con
cerned pabUc can insist that
the program escape President
Ronald Reagan's economic
scape!.
Yon are invited to a public
meeting on the WICpregram.
Come tefl them how yoa fed
aboet WIC on Friday, May 28,
1982 from aoon until 3 p.m.
in the Hearing Room G170
[Greand Floor] of the
Arehdale Baliding, 512 North
Salisbury Street [corner of
Sallsbaty aad Peace], Ra
leigh, North Carolina.
If yon are enable to attend
and wish to teB them year
feelings, please write them
down aad send them to:
Nutrition aad Dietary Services
Branch, Division of Health
Services, Post Office Box
2091, Raleigh, North Carolina
27602.
Standards for participation
in the WIC Program are the
same for everyone regardless
of race, color, creed, national
origin, political beliefs, sex or
handicap.
It might be oar last chance
to save a program that to, as
we see It, worth the effort of
saving.
Yon might also write yonr
congressman and two sena
tors and ask them to speak oat
in behalf of this worthwhile
program.
The {
Amazing
Story of |
the Oxendines j
(sic?) ?
The book.The Amazing Sto- '
ry of The Oxendines In |
America, by Sharon Taylor, i
isn't so amazing after all. I
Sharon Taylor is writing |
letters to Oxendines all over .
America trying to lure them I
into buying her book. If you |
have received one of her .
letters, please be informed f
that she hasn't found the link 1
to the mysterious Oxendine
name at all. f
The book does give tips on i
how to do genealogical re- '
search. It gives the Oxendine I
Coat of Arms. And it does list i
1.287 Oxendine households f
all over America. If you are f
thinking about buying the .
book, I suggest that you |
spend the $27.00 that it costs I
for other useful purposes.
Carol OxeodbM j
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STATE ORATORICAL
J CONTEST WINNER
Dawn Oxendine, a student
In the Eastern North Carolina
School for the Deaf and the
daughter of Mrs. Vivian Mul
Hn of Pembroke, recently won
a State Oratorical Contest
She won a $700 scholarship..
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She qualified for the state
competition by winning first
place la the Girls' Division of
the "Help Then Hear" Ora
tor! al Coolest sponsored by
the Evening Optimist Club of
Wilson. [Brace Barton photo]
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The first cooking school in the US was the New York
Cooking School, which was opened in 1976 by Juliet
Corson in her home.
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Ringing Brothers started their first circus at Baraboo,
Wisconsin in 1884.
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PSC Sjii* lulsim*!""
Penbrske-Forace Oxen dine,
the PSU first baseman who
batted .500 for the 1982 ,
season, has been awarded
another honor.
The Pembroke native has
been named "Player of the
Year" for the NA1A Area 7
and named a member of the
all- Area 7 team and moves
him on step closer to being
NAIA AD- American in base
ball for the 1982 baseball
season.
Area 7 includes a four- state
region of West Virginia, Ken
tucky, and North and South
Carolina.
"Forace had a heck of a
year and did the things we
asked him to do," stated a
pleased PSU Coach Harold
Ellen in learning of the honor.
"He is the first .500 hitter 1
have ever coached and could
have even hit more with a
little practice. I am confident
that Forace can hit in any
league if he makes his mind
up to it, and that includes the
major leagues."
Oxendine was earlier voted
NAIA All District 26 and AU
Carolinas Conference and also
named "Baseball Player of
the Year" in those two
associations.
"His being named player of
the year for Area 7 means
that he is a number one
candidate for All- American,"
continued Coach Ellen. "The
all-area team is selected by
the coaches attending the
NAIA Area 7 Baseball Tour
nament."
The Area 7 Tournament
was won by Coastal Carolina
(SC) College who defeated
NAIA District 26 Champion
High Point. Coastal will ad
vance to die NAIA World
Series.
The NAIA All- American
team will be decided at the
NAIA World Series, June 1-5
in Lubbock, Texas. j
"THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW!"
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
? EXPERIENCED IN GOVERNMENT !
?EXTENSIVE BUSINESS j
EXPERIENCE |
?CERTIFIED IN EDUCATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION
?CONCERNED PARENT: THE ONLY ?
CANDIDATE WITH CHILDREN (4) I
IN THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS j
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LARRY T. BHOOKS
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS? j
? WHY IS THE ROBESON UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THE HIGHEST IN THE TEN-COUNTY CAPE j
FEAR REGION?
?WHY IS SCOTLAND COUNTY ABLE TO ATTRACK BETTER-QUALITY INDUSTRY, WITH
HIGHER-PAYING JOBS, THAN ROBESON COUNTY? )
? WHY HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS GRANTED SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS SO AS TO QUALIFY j
LOW-PAYING LOCAL INDUSTRY FOR TAX-PAYER ASSISTED FINANCING?
? ALTHOUGH NORTH CAROLINA WILL EXPERIENCE A DRAMATIC POPULATION INCREASE
THROUGH THE NEXT CENTURY, MOST OF THAT INCREASE WILL BE DUE TO AN INFLUX |
OF NEWCOMERS. WHY WILL IT BE NECESSARY TO IMPORT SO MANY SKILLED j
WORKERS? HOW WILL OUR LOCAL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THESE
NEWCOMERS FOR JOBS?
?WHY IS THE BULK OF OUR TAX MONEY SPENT IN THE LUMBERTON AREA? WHY DOES 9
MOST OF THE NEW INDUSTRY LOCATE AROUND LUMBERTON WHILE WESTERN j
ROBESON GENERALLY GOES LACKING?
? WHY WAS THE ROBESON TAX RATE A HIGH M WHILE THE SCOTLAND RATE WAS ONLY
.79 [1980 FISCAL YEAR]? I
?WHY DOES ROBESON ALLOCATE A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF ITS LOCAL REVENUE TO I
EDUCATION THAN ANY OF ITS NEIGHBORS?
? WHY HAS THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL MONIES ALLOCATED TO EDUCATION
DECREASED OVER THE PAST IS YEARS? 9
?WHY IS ROBESON STILL SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC POVERTY AND AN EVER j
INCREASING CRIME RATE?
LARRY T. BROOKS BELIEVES: I
?A COUNTY WITH GOOD SCHOOLS HAS A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE. V ,
QUALITY INDUSTRY LOCATES NEAR GOOD SCHOOLS. PRODUCTIVE WORKERS ARE |
MODEL CITIZENS AND HAVE MORE STABLE FAMILIES. j
? WE CANNOT AFFORD ANYTHING LESS THAN A FIRST-RATE SCHOOL SYSTEM. FIVE
SEPARATE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE UNNECESSARY AND WASTEFUL.
?THE COMMISSIONERS ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR |
V, COUNTY. THE LOCAL ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK WILL NOT IMPROVE |
WITHOUT A DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT FROM THAT BODY.
?OUR CHILDREN CANNOT AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL STARVATION.
OUR WORKERS CANNOT AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLS. 9
WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL FOUR MOB YEARS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. THE |
FUTURE BEGINS NOW. *
PoWforByThtOommlttooToEloolLirryT. Brooks County CommtotlonBr J
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