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CHRISTMAS IN
CENTRAL PRISON
I remember the saddest
Christmas I ever experienced
Christmas 1965! I had just
arrived in Central -Prison at
the beginning of a 7-10 year
prison sentence for drunkenly
breaking into a residence. I
arrived in Central Prison, as 1
recall it, on December 21,
1965 and I stayed there until
August 1968.1 had previously
spent 7 months in solitary
confinement in Hillsborough
County Jail awaiting trial.
Those were dark days, sad
days. And I'll never forget
that first Christmas in Central
Prison. Christmas carols were
being piped out to our sad
collection. Hardly anyone ??"
stalled. And tads Gnus did
ttot Inake an appearance in
that dark and dank hole. It
was incongruous, ironic, to
hear the cheerful sounds of
Christmas in such a sad place,
h make Christmas even sad
der. Carols seemed, somehow
out of place there.
So, I remember all the
prisoners on the advent of this
Christmas season. If you
know someone in prison...go
see them! That's die best
Christmas present they could
ever receive. Home cooking is
especially appreciated. But
your visit will mean more than
anything else.
I hope to be going tg
Central Prison in a few days,
if the prison officials approve.
1 have a friend there that I
care a great deal about. There
are many men there that I
think are redeemable, salvag
able worth visiting and shar
mgs with "Ins (lirisimas.
A visit would make Christ
mas meaningful to the pri
soners there. I know! My
mother, grandmother and sis
ters came to see me Christ
mas 1965. I still walk about
rejoicing and appreciating
that visit that Christmas. 1
don't remember what they
brought me but.I remember
the visit, the kind words of
encouragement, the smiles
the gentle touch. GO SEE
SOMEONE IN PRISON THIS
CHRISTMAS! THEY WILL
NEVER FORGET THE
CHRISTMAS MOMENT. You
just might encourage one of
them to take heart in Christ in
Christmas. You just never
know what a kind word.a good
and upright gesture will ac
complish. Merry Christmas to
?11 of you in sad places this
joyful season.
ten year anniversary
taking shape '
Our ten year anniversary
is taking place. Tickets are
being printed. Committees
being formed. Ads being sold.
Stories being written. It's
going to be a red letter day for
us and we hope you will share
the happy moment with us.
Our banquet is scheduled
for January 22, 1983 at
Pembroke Senior High School
beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets
?re S8 for a single. $15 for a
couple. We, most likely, will
mtve'lBtereSting speakers,
recollections, rememberingr,
fen years of fulfillment and
happiness.
Serving as tri- chairmen are
Carnell Lockiear. Sam Kerns
and Jimmy Goins. Three good
men. More details will be
announced in the coming
days. We'll share them with
you as they unfold.
And, of course, our anni
versary issue will be publish
ed Jan. 20, 1982, commemo
rating ten years of continuous
service or, as I see it, a decade
of service. The job don't pay
much but it is quite fulfilling.
The Carolina Indian Voice
attempts to fill a needs, that's
the barometer of success and
satisfaction. Find a need and
try to fill it. Happiness must
follow in its wake. It's a law of
the universe.
And I'm busy finishing up
?he book. Bruce Barton's Best
of...As I See It. See ad
elsewhere in this issue. I hope
you will want to buy a book.
We need the money. Honest.
AL..I'M COMING TO
ANSWER YOU. HONEST.
My buddy Al Kahn.
WAGR's great pontificator,
has had another week's repri
eve. I was the subject of one
of his spirited editorials a few
days ago and I meant to
answer him last week.
Alas. I've been terribly
busy and haven't gotten there
yet but. AI. ol' buddy, don't
dispair. I'm coming. Honest.
I believe your question was,
as well as I recall it, what does
double voting have to do with
the county school system's
iMtest district plan? Well...
Red Springs
Teacher Killed
1 v- * ? ?
A Red Springs* school
teacher. Mrs. Mary Lottery
Dark was UBad Thursday
mm stag in ao antomooue
accident aaar here A pass,
?agar la bar car was critically
According to,the state
Highway Patrol, Mia. Davis'
being basked oat of a drive
way two adee northeast of
fkhsbroke on Rarai Road
ft pftftftftQ?ftf
*
ia the Davk oar, waa taken to
Soathaaaten Oaaaral Hoapi
ta! ia luaabarton whew ha
araala the iataoahre care aak
Thursday, Dec. 10.
: *1 ^ ,V ' ' ' v Sr ? , .f
Alae la the car wan Mia.
Dark' year oM daughter
and bar flee year old son.
They wan ia tike back seat
itirk car
attack waa drieaa by loeafla
Haaey Breaks of Koala 2.
P*00?* M?l>?
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Jubm F. Scott of Pembroke
caught these Black fish at the
Riverside County Club Lake
recently. One of them weigh
ed la it 10 panda, one
weighed 10 ponds and a
smaller ooe weighed hi at six
pounds. [Bruce Barton photo]
UHtrsTo
lb* Editor
An Open Letter
Guilty or Innocent?
An Open Letter. i
With the oncoming of
Christmas shopping, U with
the daily pressure of life
itself, ate at times forget
aboqt, others, who ere locked
sway behind the walls of
prison. True many are there
for all the right reasons.
Because they broke the law,
and should pay for the crime.
However, some are there
because of misjustice of the
law.
Case and Point: The story
which was carried by The
Carolina Indian Voice, dated
Dec. 2nd of this year. Title
"He Is Not Guilty."
This story of John D.
Locklear is a sad one indeed,
h is not for this writer to say if
this man is innocent or guilty
of the crime in question. But I
can say, this could very easily
have happened to any one of
us.
However. 1 do feel that
John D. Locklear could easily
be innocent of the charges
brought against him. Perhaps
he is guilty of past associati
on, of being friends to
the wrong people. One should
not have to serve time, or pay
the price because he or she
was friends of wrong people.
It seems in this country,
money can buy anything.
Look again at the case of John
D. Locklear. "Lack of money,
poor defense."
It is so easy for us all to
rally around or support with
our money, political people,
beauty contests, etc., and
including supporting our
churches each Sunday. Al
though I am far the church
and for the donations we place
into the offering plate lk.cause
the "Great Spirit" smiles on
this. But 1 feel within that the
"Great Spirit" also cries as
well because his churches feel
that or don't have time to set
aside a little of the money
received to set up a general
defense fund to help
people such as John D.
Locklear.
I pray that one day soon
that our churches will come
together and set up a defense
fund to be used in helping our
people within our community.
It is all so easy for our
churches to send money to
Latin America or Africa for
missionary work, but for some
reason its so hard to use our
money to help our own at
home.
Let us start now and help
this man having his day in
court.
Someone please form u
committee. Let's get this
together. I too am not a rich
person, but if we all pull
together, we can help people
like John D. Locklear get a
fair trial. Since money is the
only way it can be done to
prove a man or woman's
innocence in this country.
Set up the committee. My
money will be among the first.
Help John D. Locklear have
his day in court-the right way.
Ted Slverhand Garrias
An Editorial Expression of
The Carolina Indian Voice
IF SCHMALLEGER SAYS
AN'' 1 WIJ4, REPLY
"GNU'S MILK*^
This writer thought that AJ Kahn,
WAGR'i delightful editorialist, was the
last of the great Pontificators. We had
net reckoned with Frank Schmafleger,
Ph.D., Crimineiogist, Lumberton. Yep.
That's how he signed his letter to the
Robesenian Monday. I was sarprised. He
actually is Chairman of the Sociology
Department at Pembroke State Uni
versity.
And what was SchmaDeger's letter
about? Yon guessed It. Indian business.
It seems that there is a study floating
about pertaining to the Justice (sic) that j
Indians receive [or don't retetve] hi the
Robeson County courts. The study Is
be big looked at by the N.C. Commission
of Indian Affairs. In fact, the hidUn
Commission Intends to conduct public
hearings soon in Robeson County in light
of Mine of the findings unearthed by the
study. They might come with subpoenas
power.
The report was written by Dariene
Jacobs who undertook toe project as part
of her master's project at the University
of Oklahoma. Ms. Jacobs Is a Lumbee
Indian from Robeson County.
The report concludes with nine major
findings.
?In Superior Court, Indians had a 54
percent higher conviction rate compared
to their per capita population.
?Indians were indicted at a 25 percent
higher rate in Superior Court compared
to their representative population.
?Indians were indicted in District
Court at an eight percent rate higher
than their representative population.
In District Court, Indians had a 53
percent conviction rate higher than their
representative population.
?Indians received more active sen
tences in District Court at a rate of 21
percent, while whites had a four percent
rate higher than their representative
population. *
?In Superior Court, the active prison
terms tor Indians ran about $2 percent
higher than their representative popu
lation, compared to a 13 percent rate for
whites.
?Case dismissals in District Court for
Indians were only seven percent com
pared to about 34 percent to whites. Caan
dismissals in Superior Court for Indians
were about 11 percent, compared to 30
* * b , -
percem tot wnnes.
?Indians were arrested by the Robeson
County Sheriff's Department at an 11
percent rate higher than their popula
tion.
?Indians were arrested at a younger
age compared to whites.
L^jw!?<Llal yjmlluldtotoh
Me. ?ZLTm!? IUTI
f '
recognize a sociological nuance if one fait
him on the log. PoooMy that is why he
bills hlmseff In public print at a
criminologist. Lot's look at what tbe
dictionary defines a sociologist as. A
sociologist is one who stndies sociology.
Sociology is "...tbe study of the history,
development, organisation, and prob
lems of people living together as social
groups##*"
Yet SchmaOeger has never, seeming
ly, given credence to our sociological
crimination, deaial of justice in our local
courts, Ave school systems, or any of
therefore he speaks no evO of those hf
power. He likes, as I see It, the status
que. The District Attorney. Order. Power
brokers and the like. He likes to look at
the surface of matters of concern. It
seems to me, although I am net a learned
scholar, that an academician like
SchmaOeger would ad "Why?" ever
once in a while. A root canoe seems to
him to be an evf, life-threatening force.
fat his letter to the Bobesoulan be is
quick to my, "I have been privleged to
see the study." And "The study shows
that, on a per capita basis In this county
met* Indians than WUtes mo arrested."
on a*per^pltaJiatis/,''T w#ukT^unTwin
summarily K bo were sitting fa my
seclelqgy class far such simplistic
He sues nodring to got alarmed about.
Oh, he Juat gees en and eu huOdfag eno
Then ho adds fae Ucfcen "They [data,
fact*", etc.] should ho SMmhmdbefnre
oo* SchmaHoger has alroody mads
up his mfad. And he la apoet at the rest
of us who leak far met mates, and
|ilifattii|j waH "WHY?".
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MfanOmfaalea]'mLcfatas Haatfwhh
K?fh n tj^Jhr't'Lihl
Pembroke
Woman
Dies in
McColl
Wreck
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McColl-A 34-year-old Pem
broke school teacher died last
Friday from severe head
injuries in a one-car accident
less than two miles from
McColl.
Garise Johnson Bo wen, an r
elementary school teacher
died at McLeod Regional
Hospital in Florence. SC
Friday night.
South Carolina Highway
Patrol reports show Mrs.
Bow en was driving a 1962
"royota south on secondary
foad 34 when the accident
occurred.
Reports show the accident
probably resulted after head
lights in the car were acci
dently turned off.
Mrs. Bow en lost control of
the vehicle, which ran off the
right shoulder of the road into
a ditch, hitting a culvert, over
turning, and sliding across
the road.
'Mrs. Bowen was thrown
from the car.
Three passengers in the
vehicle . the victim's hus
band. David Mitchell Bowen.
her 10-year-old son. Adam
Reese Johnson, and her bro
ther-in-law. Jimmy Bowen, all
of Pembroke, were treated
and released at Marlboro
General Hosptial for injuries.
A Silent Cry
For Women in
Robeson County
by Lara Kay
There are an eitemdy large
County who are battered and
abused la untold numbers of
incidents at domestic violen
ce. In Bobeaoa County these
women suffer unusually harsh
conditions and get little or no
help from society. They need
a place to recover from the
hurt, anger, frustrations and
humiliation they suffer from
their experience.
there are many women in
Robeson County who depend
upon men for their support.
They believe that they can't
sufficiently support themsel
ves without the help of their
men. Many of them suffer
abuse, live in poverty and
poor housing, and have poor
health. Women in the bounty
typically have small children
who at the same time suffer
tramuas and pain along with
their mothers during and after
each incident of battery and
abuse.
In addition to the harsh
social conditions of the coun
ty, the women suffering from
incidents of abuse and battery
get little help when they need
it most. Law enforcement
I
personnel doesn't provide any
help at all. ia moat instance,
for dome*tic violence sSta
tions I dare say that for every
reported of domestic
violence there are 10 that go
unreported.
In Robeson County domes
tic violence, wherein the
woman is a victim, is a actions
problem that should b^ dealt
with more effectively. Law
enforcement personnel should
be more prompt in answering
desperate domestic calls and
more effetive in reporting and
dealing with the problem. The
local Social Service Agencies
and churches should be more
aware of the problem and
better prepared to deal with
it.
Citizens of Robeson County
need to take a serious look at
the problem of battered and
abused women. They need to
direct the county officials to
make a concerted effort to
help these tormented indivi
duals. There should be a
secure shelter where battered
and abused women and their
children can stay while tlyey
recover and make their future
plans.
Crying Inside
1
THE RUNNER
STUMBLES
-A Review
I
by Steve Tyner
The trial of a priest charged
with murdering a nun served
as the back drop for a drama
of intense human emotion in
PSU's production of Dec. 2-4.
Once again Enoch Morris has
provided us with excellent
entertainment in his produc
tion of Milan Stitts' "The
Runner Stumbles." Outstan
ding performances by Chock
Kinlaw, Delores Grainger and
Francy Adler provided the
audience with a moving in
sight into the struggles of a
priest whose faith comes into
conflict with his emotions.
Grainers, in her first thea
trical performance, was rem
markable in her portrayal of
Sister Rita, a nun whose
compassion for people oppos
es the rigidity of the church's
laws creating an intense con
flict with Kinlaw, whose por
trayal of Father Rivard was
superb. His characterization
of the doubt and indecision
with its ensuing struggle was
convincingly done. The story
clearly captures the difficul
ties of men and women who
have dedicated their lives
toGod and yet must live with
the emotions experienced by
all humans.
The play is presented as an
intermingly of past and pre
ent. The trial is carried out
among numerous flash backs
by the main characters as they
relate the events leading up to
the death of Sister Rita. These
flashbacks were smoothly
done through an impressive
use lighting and area staging.
Bob Levy's expressionistic
design provided the ideal
setting for the transitions
I
from one time frame to.
another. The one drawback
seemed to be a lack of
synchronization between cast
and lighting crew which found
actors at times in distracting
positions of shadows and near
darkness.*
Adler's portrayal of the
priest's elderly housekeeper
was exceptionally done,
growing stronger ^is the play
progressed. Her surprisihg
admission of guilt In the final
moment proved to be one of
the best moments of the
night. Only the climatic scene
of emotion between Rivard
and Sister Rita when he
admits his love for her while
denying his God was more
intensely done.
A surprising jewel of a
performance was provided by
Cindy Locklear in her por
trayal of the love struck
Louise, a student in the school
operated. by Rivard. The
yearning of the adolescent for
what she feels is the untouch
able priest was well portray
ed.
The supporting cast provi
ded quite adequate perfor
mances. Most notable were
Randy Pait as Monsignor
Nicholson and Debbie Morris
as Erna, a friend of Fatlier
Rivard.
Director Morris indicated in
the program that he felt the
cast and crew had surpassed
the challenge presented by
the production. This writer
would like to add that the
performance of Friday, Dec.
3. surpassed all expectations
for a good night of entertain
ment and provided us with
one of the better theatre
experiences we have enjoyed.
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