Poge 2, The Corolino Indian Voice
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AND OPINION
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letters TO
THE EDITOR
POST ELECTION NOTES...
Well, the primary is over.
We’re now waiting for the
run-offs in September and
then the general election in
November.
My column last week provok
ed cusses from all three camps
in the county. You might say
that I was cussed out in three
races--lndian, Black and
White. In essence, I accused
all three races of bad faith and
misleading one another, I also
took a journalistic stab at the
White Kingmakers and Indian
and Black heroes in our midst.
They, succinctly, misled us,
used us, and will, from now
until November, spend a great
deal of time attempting to
justify and explain their
actions to us.
A LOOK AT THE POLITICAL
TYPES IN THE COUNTY...
There are interesting poli
tical types operating in the
county. There are the pure
bred conservatives, red necks,
reactionaries, died in the wood
White supremists. They be
lieve that the Indian and
Blacks are making a concerted
effort to take over the county
and they contend that the
dark-skinned ones are not
capable of leadership in any
capacity. They are dangerous
folk. 1 steer clear of them.
Reason is not a weapon that
can be used against them.
They like passion, brim stone,
fire, fundamental .skill, Indi
ans and Blacks can write them
off in any and all elections—
now and in the future. The
only Indians and Blacks they
like are pliable ones...usable
ones. They are condescending
and, consequently, evil folk,
They are to be avoided at all
costs. Their strategy is divide
and conquer. They like to pit
Indians and Blacks against one
another. They are the domi
nant political force in the
county.
And there are the qoasi-
progresslve White Democrats
among us. They want to
involve Indians and Blacks in
the political process as long as
the Indians and Blacks do what
they want them to do. They are
not as evil as the pure bred
conservative but they are not
far behind. Their mode of
delivery is condescension.
They like Indians and Blacks
who are provincial in nature
and self serving.
And the minority in the
White camp is the honest and
true believer who is usually
ostracized for advocating a
true democracy in Robeson
County. They are the hope of
the future. They will, when all
the racial games have been
played, be the real catalysts
and bridge builders between
the three races. They are a
true minority but they do exist.
Time and right is on their side.
And they are the real builders
of dreams, the hopeful ones,
the ones Carl Sandburg made
mention of when he said.,.
“Hope is an echo. Hope ties
itself yonder, yonder.” They
keep the flame of hope burn
ing...sometimes at great peril
to themselves.
Indians and Blacks, generally
speaking, are from the same
mold. Their aspirations are
similar. They have darkly-
hued skin in common. They
hold the political power in
their hands but their bow
remains unstrung. Their ar
rows have no points. They
have never used their power.
Their potential power has been
dissipated by the old game of
divide and conquer. Blacks
are, generally speaking, jea
lous of Indians, painfully
aware of their developing
political muscle. They do not
trust Indians for good reason.
Except for our acceptance of
the county wide mind set in
the house of representatives,
we (Indians) have let them
(Blacks) down terribly. Psy
chologically, the county popu
lace—Indian. Black and White
— accept an Indian, Black and
White in the N.C. House of
Representatives. That is our
psychological succor. The
house of representatives is our
dumping ground for out col
lective guilt. The makeup in
the house satisfies everyone
but satisfies no one. The
psychological mind set in the
house of representatives keeps
the cussing down, keeps our
guilt in controllable bound
aries, BUT THE FALLACY IS
THAT THE SENATOR IS
WHITE. No measure can be
legislated into law without the
consent of the senate so the
Indian and Black has no
effective power in the N.C.
General Assembly.
The Indian, deep down in his
heart, believes himself super
ior to the Black. They like to
rationalize the inequities in the
county by assuming that they
are number two on the societal
ladder. Their solace (and it is a
fallacy) is that number two is
better than number three in
the societal pecking order.
Number two, relatively speak
ing, in psychological terms, is
worse than number three,
especially when all men--
Indian, Black and White-are
supposed to be equal under
the law. The Indian must come
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-jod, gnuit me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change^
cenrage to change (he things i can; and ihe wisdom to know thei
difference.
to grips with his own racism.
The Indian who hates a Black
is being dsed terribly. The
Indian psyche has been pro
grammed for defeat and, even
if it is true, a meaningless
number two in the societal
pecking order.
And we must look out for the
Indian and Black heroes. They
care about no one but them
selves. They sell us out every
election. We must come tO'
grips with them. You noticed
them in the primary last
Tuesday. They cared more
about electing Jim Hunt (or Ed
O’Herron) or (George Wood)
or (Tom Strickland) than they
did electing Henry Ward Ox-
endine as district judge. Their
concern was not a tri-racial
school board. No, their con
cern was their own little,
provincial kingdom. You pro
bably saw them at the polls
passing out political hand
cards for the democratic can
didates for governor and sid
ling up to us in a conspiratorial
fashion “putting in a good
word for this candidate and
that one.” The Indian and
Black heroes spent the last
election building up their little
political kingdoms, usually in
their own back yard. They can
not see the forest for the trees.
They advocate accommodation
even if they lose their souls in
the process. They like to
console themselves with the
silly notion that “we can’t go
too fast” and “don’t activate
the opposition.” That is one
saying I despise. If you do not
activate your opposition then
you do not activate your
supporters.
The Indian and Black elec-
torate-the grass roots people-
are the real powers in the
county. They hold the political
string. They are the political
muscle.They maypull it when
ever they wish to. Indians and
Blacks will assume their right
ful places in Robeson County
as soon as the little fellow, the
average voter, you and me,
realize that we can elect
whomever we want to. The
Indian and Black heroes have
been lying to us and mislead
ing us since time immemorial.
The Indian and Black elec
torate has been neutralized by
the Indian and Black heroes
who “do not want to activate
the opposition.” It is time that
the Indian and Black know the
truth about the politics of
Robeson County.
Power is not six seats or
seven on the Robeson County
Board of Education. That is
what we (Indians and Blacks)
should have had all along. It
was and is our rightful due.
Indians and Blacks are 80% of
the voting populace in the
county school district. Now
that Indians and Blacks (un
less something drastically hap
pens between now and No
vember) have their proportion
ate share of seats on the
county school board, many of
the political operatives in the
county are going around say
ing that “the Indians and
Blacks are trying to take over
the county.” That’s pure folly
and stupidity of the highest
order. Don’t you believe it.
That is pure malarkey.
What do the Indians and
Blacks want? I have heard that
question many times since the
last election. I will tell you—
two thirds of everything! Ev
erything! Seats on commis
sions, boards of education,
Indian and Black school super
intendents, county managers,
everything!
In other words, Indians and
Blacks do not want to take over
the county; they want their
rightful share which is two
thirds of everything. Indians
and Blacks make up two thirds
of the population so their
rightful share is two thirds of
everything. Period. Exclama
tion pointi
...OUR POLITICAL
UMBRELLAS
Most Indians and Blacks
belong to the Democratic
Party. Many of them are blind
and unthinking Democrats.
They remember “Hoover
Days” and hard times.
I am a Democrat too! I am a
Democrat because that is
where the people are. 90% or
there abouts of all registered
voters in Robeson County are
Democrats. The political pow
er resides within the Democra
tic Party in Robeson County.
But the Democratic Party in
Robeson County is the party of
double voting, of three sepa
rate bath room facilities, six
school systems, evil structures
erected to keep Indians and
Blacks out and in their place.
The Democratic Party in
Robeson County has denied
Indians and Blacks the right to
participate in party politics.
Two thirds of the party-Indi-
ans and Blacks-have been
discriminated against, abused
politically and scarred psy
chologically. Robeson County
is subject to the voting rights
act, the civil rights act, be
cause of proven voter dis
crimination against Indians
and Blacks.
There are no affirmative
action plans in county govern
ment. or in any political sub
division in the county.
I am a Democrat too, but not
an unthinkingt one. 1 will and
have voted for Republicans,
including Governor Jim Hols-
houser. I even switched my
party affiliation to the Repub
lican Party for a season. I
switched back to the Demo
cratic Party because I do not
have a hundred years to wait
for a two party system in
Robeson County. I am not a
very loyal Democrat. I know,
in the deepest recesses of my
heart, that Gov. Holshouser
did more for Indians politically
than all the previous Demo
cratic administrations com
bined. Democratic governors
used to appoint the mayor and
town council to the town of
Pembroke and they always
appointed Whites. Gov. Hols
houser appointed Indians to
responsible positions in state
government.
So, I am not a Democrat
“right or wrong.” I would vote
for a White Russian, an
Afghanistan prince if 1 thought
he would treat me fairly and
without demeaning condes-
In the general election, many
will say that we should vote for
the nine democrats on the
board of education period.
Their reasoning is that that is
the best way to assure the
election of at least six Indians
and 1 Black. There is an Indian
running for the board of
education on the Republican
ticket. His name is Carnell
Locklear. You can be sure that
I will consider him seriously
when I cast my vote for the
nine members of the Robeson
County Board of Education.
It is good to belong to a
political party but it is not good
or reasonable to be blind in
allegiance to a party which has
trampled on our collective
rights. Vote however you want
to but vote yonr choice not
someone else’s choice.
Robeson County can be a
good place to live. But Robe
son County must be shared by
all the people-Indian, Black
and White. And we must pay
more attention to the civil
rights of people than to their
party affiliation.
A Black, Rev. E.B. Turner, is
chairman of the Robeson Coun
ty Democratic Party. That is
good and proper. And he is a
good one...and effective too. I
respect him immensely but I
have not and will not follow his
leadership blindly and un
thinkingly. I reserve the right
to vote my own convictions and
do my own thinking.
Praises for Strike at the
Wind Production
Dear Editor:
The climax of our summer
was our visit to Pembroke and
on August 12 to see Strike at
the Wind. We had been told
that tickets could be obtained
at the gate. Upon our arrival in
Pembroke, we were both de
lighted and dismayed that no
tickets were available dis
mayed that we might not be
able to get in and delighted
that the production was such a
success.
We did get in, however, and
were rewarded for our efforts.
We enjoyed seeing events
from The Only Land I Know
and To Die Game dramatized
in such a beautiful setting. The
dialogue spoke eloquently of
Henry Berry Lowrie’s place in
Lumbee identity. Most histor
ical dramas are just that-
historical dramas, but Strike at
the Wind spoke of the present
and future, as well as the past,
and reminded us all that
freedom cannont ever be a
private matter.
Living in the Lost Colony
community, we are acquainted
with the sophistication that
long years of production can
give a drama, but we were
impressed with what Strike at
the Wind had accomplished
with beautiful simplicity and
minimum expense. The ming
ling of the actors with the
audience at the conclusion was
something we have not seen at
other outdoor dramas. This
farewell added to the warm
feeling we had during the
entire drama.
On a personal level, we
enjoyed seeing the perfor
mance of former students,
Vicki Ransom and Derek Low
ery; and former colleagues,
Welton Lowry and Julian
Ransom.
We wish for Pembroke and
Strike at the Wind the very
best of many future perfor
mances.
Sincerely,
Rev. & Mrs. Henry A. Blzzell
Mt. Olive United Meth. Che.
Manteo, NC
Know Your Bible
By Rev. D.F. Lowry
The heaven that now exists
in its contents is inhabited by
God the Creator and Jesus
Christ, God’s son and % of the
created angels. Lucifer, the
beautiful angel, became proud
and Vj of the angels took sides
with Lucifer and God cast
them down to the earth.
Because of this horrible act
God is going to destroy Lucifer
and the Vj angels he cast out
of heaven and make a new
heaven ana a new earth
wherein dwelleth righteous
ness. Revelations 21:1.
Because of sn in heaven
and on earth Gol will create a
new earth and a new heaven-
where sin will never enter.
Thank God. This new heaven i
will be here and have all space
to move about. The new
heaven will be a cube- 1500
miles each way. See Rev. 21.
The new city will be 12000
furlongs each way. Eight
furlongs makes a mile and 8
into 1200 equals 1500 miles.
That’s a city with gplden
streets 1500 miles long. Get
ready to inhabit the new earth
and the New Jerusalem .■
The Bible is emphatic about
being destroyed if we fail to
live for the Christ who gave his
life for us. Hear Moses in Acts
3;22-23. Moses said every
SOUL that would not hear
Christ would be DESTROYED.
PsalmS 104:35 says “Let the
sinners be consumed out of the
earth and let the wicked be no
more.”
The Bible says “Our God is
a consuming fire.” Heb. 12:29
God, the Creator, is going to
bum into ashes the Devil and
all his followers at Judgment.
Plato 470 years before Christ
taught the people that every
. soul ‘was immortal and would
live forever in heaven or in
hell. Plato was an infidel. The
scriptures teach that the soul
that sinneth shall die. Only
one now possesses immortal
ity. I Tim. 6:13-16. God is
immortal.
According ro Scriprure
53rd Isaiah, Verse / Who hath
believed our report?
Inverse 6 it says, “All we
like sheep ha/e gone astray;
we have turn;d every one to
his own way and the Lord
hath laid on hin the iniquity of
us all.” It seens we don’t lean
on Jesus and trust him as we
should. Some people don't
believe Christheals anymore.
Are we like he sheep that
have gone astiay? Just becau
se everyone is not saved does
not mean that Christ is not a
healer. Just because someone
else confesses that the Lord
healed him ard someone you
know was net, don’t mean
Christ isn’t thesame. He is the
same Lord and he changeth
not.
The question was asked:
Who shall believe our report?
Do you believe, if not then you
cannot receive because you
believe not and you have gone
astray and trusted your own
way. It was and still is for you
that the Lord said in Verse 10
It pleased the Lord to bruise
him. You should stand up and
lay claim on what has already
been paid for you. In Matt.
8:17 He (Christ) took our
■ Inflnnltles, and bore our sick
ness. We havepeople who say
they are ministers, who say
and preach more on I can’t or
we can’t. When we should
sing the song of Zion.
David said in Psalm 103:2
“Bless the Lord, 0 my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
Hear what the word said
benefits. When you applied for
a job the first thing you want to
know is how much insurance
do you have. How much pay. It
goes right on naming out its
benefits. What is wrong
Of course I spend more than you
• read the will of God and found
fiUt- he too has benefits.
The fellow on the crowded bus could
stand it no longer, "Madam,” he
began politely, "you are standing on
my foot."
"Put your stupid foot where it be
longs," snapped the woman,
"Don't tempt me," murmured the
man, "don’t tempt mel”
In Third John 1:2 John said:
“Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest pros
per and be in good health,
even as thy soul prospereth.”
This is just one of his benefits
that you be in good health. I
like to quote what David said
in Psalms 40:2 “He brought
me up also out of a horrible
pit, out of the miry clay and set
my feet upon the rock and
established mygoing.”You can
go around with doubt and
sickness. I can’t. But as for
me, I am going to believe the
report. When Jesus hung upon
that old cross on Golgotha Hill
I heard him say It is finished
and he gave up the ghost. And
the benefits he offers are that
he bore our griefs and carried
our sorrow. He said he was
wounded for our transgres
sions, the chastisement for our
peace, and the stripes that
were laid on his back were for
our healing. If you have not
received, then you have not
believed the report. You have
not, because you ask not.
Jesus himself said in Matt.
7:7 “Ask and it shall be given
you, seek and ye shall find,
knock and it shall be opened
unto you.” James, the Lord’s
brother, ask the question in
James 5:14 “Is any sick among
you: Let him call for the elders
of the church and let them
pray over him, annointing him
with oil in the name of the
Lord.” Verse 15 “And the
prayer of faith shall save the
sick. Amen.”
Those of you who read this
word: When you pray remem
ber me that I shall always
stand for the word. And if you
love to write, my address is
below.
Yours in Christ.
Evangelist Ted Brooks
Rt. 2 Box 339
Pembroke, NC 28372
‘We the
People’
I'o the Editor:
Keeping in mind that we,
each of us. are our only tax
base, we can slowly adjust our
tax structure to respect the
personal sovereignty of each of
us, provide for our common
defense and general welfare,
and, encourage those of us
with the most integrity and
ability to lead spaceship earth
to more light.
Though we stood mute while
his policy of tax, tax. spend,
spend, elect and elect was
implemented by our Congress,
even Harry Hopkins never
dreamed that we would allow
our national debt to be used to
support those who consider
themselves above our Consti
tution and the laws of our
Republic.
Fortunately, “WE THE
PEOPLE” always grunt before
it is too late. After we use our
secret ballot to elect Jimmy
Carter/Fritz Mondale, and, to
elect candidates with equal
integrity and ability to our
Congress, the imaginary
throne king Henry occupies
will be just another whisper on
the wind.
Respectfully,
Hugh D. Dudley
Conference
on
Handicapped
Held
A regional session of the
North Carolina Conference of
the White House Conference
on Handicapped Individuals
was held in Fayetteville on
Saturday, August 21st, at Reid
Ross High School. All handi
capped children, both with
problems and recommenda
tions, and their friends were
invited to attend. Transpor
tation was provided for those
persons with special travel
problems.
The mission of this regional
session was to (1) assess
problems and potentials of
individuals with handicaps; (2)
to generate awareness of these
needs; and (3) to make written
recommendations to the White
House Conference on Handi
capped Individuals to be held
in May, 1977 which, if imple
mented, will enable the handi
capped to live their lives with
independence, dignity, and
with full participation in com
munity life to the greatest
possible degree.
The conference consisted of
small groups following a brief
opening session which began
at 10:00 a.m. Participants
attended opening session
which began at 10:00 a.m.
Participants attended the
group (s) best able to address
their needs/solutions. In -
eluded among the topics of the
group sessions were the fol
lowing: (1) Health Concerns,
(2) Social Concerns (attitudes,
psychological adjustment, re
creation), (3) Barriers (archi
tecture, transportation, com
munications), (4) Economic
Concerns, (5) Educational Con
cems (pre-school, school, post
school), (6) Special Concerns
(multiple handicapped, hous
ing, service delivery). (7) Civil
Rights of the Handicapped,
and (8) Unique Problems
(minorities, veterans, aging).
A barbecue, chicken lunch
was served on the premises
without cost to all registered
participants.
The agenda also included a
multi-media presentation en
titled “Increasing Employ
ment for Handicapped
Through Attitude Change”,
which was presented to the
group immediately following
lunch.
The conference ended, with a
summary of the day’s events,
at 4:(X) p.m.
Ms. Drenna J. Oxendine,
Program Developer for the
Lumbee Indian Education pro
ject, and Robert Locklear,
Project Director of the Com
munity Food and Nutrition
Program of LRDA, accompan
ied Mr. Teddie Jacobs of
Pembroke to the conference.
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Educational Views
By Dr. Do Iron Brooks
SUCCESS
Educators depend upon
the science of psychology to
help them develop prescrip
tions for students. One of the
constructs that psychologist
are talking about today is the
self-image. The psychologist
use the word self- image much
like the physicist use the word
electron. The self- image
provides educators with a
leverage to explain the behav
ior of children. Understanding
the psychology of self can
mean the difference between
success and failure.
Actually the plastic sur
geons have done more with the
concept of the self- image.
They have found in their
attempt to build a new face,
remove a scar, transplant hair,
etc. that something quite
dramatic happens to the per
sonality, health, and basic
abilities and talents. Chronic
failures have become suc
cessful. “F” students have
changed into “straight A”
pupils within a matter of days.
Shy, retiring, inhibited per
sonalities have become happy
and outgoing.
What is the self-image? It is
your own conception of the
“sort of person you are.” It
has been built up from our own
beliefs about ourselves. But
most of these beliefs have
unconsciously been formed
from our oast experiences, our
successes and failures, our
humiliations, our triumphs,
and the way other people have
reacted to you. From all of this
you and I mentally construct a
self.
How do you find success out
of so many scars of failure?
From research there are two
truths that are operational
here: I. All of your actions,
feelings, behavior, abilities
are always consistent with the
self- image. Therefore, you act
like the sort of person you
conceive yourself to be. If you
see yourself as industriousi
aggressive, smart, then you
really are. 2. The self- image
can be changed. Case histories
show that you are never too
your or too old to change your
self- image. You can change
your image from failure to
A case in point that happen
ed to me when growing up in,
the Bear Swamp Area- I met
Mr. Colonel Locklear who has
a tremendous talent to talk and
make conversation. Mr. Lock
lear was relating to us children
that he had gone to transact
business wiht Mr. Harvey
Evans. “Well you know, boys,
that Mr. Evans is a millionaire
and owns all the Oxendine
place. I walked into his office
and Mr. Evans says, ‘Come in,
Mr, Locklear, and sit here.’
Mr. Evans had on his overalls
and he called me Mister. I felt
like I was a millionaire too.”
ACROSS THE MAYOR’S DESK
With
RE(K}L£
STRICKLAND
heard lately I would like to tel!
the good citizens of the Town
of Pembroke, and I am quoting
to you from the minutes dated
June 28, 1976, “Commissioner
Sam Dial made motion to
adopt the proposed water rate
structure-$3.50 water, $3.50
sewer, and S2.00 sanitation fee
at 1,000 gallons minimum,
including the Industrial and
Institutional rates, seconded
by Commissioner Milton
Hunt. Voting for-Commission-
er Sam Dial, Commissioner
Monroe Lowry, and Commis
sioner Milton Hunt.-Voting
against was Commissioner Lee
Neville.” I would like to say as
Mayor that I supported this
move.
On behalf of the Town
Officials and the citizens and
myself, we would like to
welcome the Pembroke State
University students back to the
Town of Pembroke and those
of you that this is your first
time attending Pembroke
State University we especially
welcome you and we hope all
the students at Pembroke
State University have a very
successful and happy year.
I would also like to remind
the motorists that on Monday
our county and city schools will
be back in operation and we
ask you to watch for our small
children walking to and from
school.
Because of some talk I have HAVE A GOOD YEAR!!!
Robeson County Season
Gets Underway
The Robeson County season gets underway this coming
Friday and the action should be furious. Lumberton will
be the lone 4-A club in the county and their strength is un
determined at this stage of the year, Pembroke is the only
3-A school that has a home in this county and they have
been hurt by graduation. In the 2-A ranks Red Springs,
Fairmont, Orruih and St. Pauls will be battling fw the
West Waccamaw crown along with Bladenboro. The 1-A
ranks are filled with competition among Rowland, Max-
ton, Prospect, Fairgrove, Parkton, Littlefield, and
Magnolia.
In Friday’s actiw, Fairmont will entertain Rowland,
and Pembroke wU! entertain Fairgrove in the curtain
raisers. There are other games and fans should contact
the schools to determine if their team is playing. The fans
are expecting the 1-A ranks to be a wide open fight since
the 1-A state champions',Tost some quality personel by
graduation.
Follow these rules
and avoid heat stroke
QUESTION: What is
heat stroke and how can it
be avoided?
ANSWER; Heatstroke,or
sunstroke, occurs when
the body can no longer rid
itself of excess heat. It is
caused as a result of exces
sive sweating and a conse
quent loss of body fluids
and potassium with a re
sulting salt and chloride
imbalance in the blood.
practice and steer clear of
continuous potassium-de
pleting perspiration. Eat
fresh fruits for potassium,
take salt tablets only with
a doctor’s okay, drink 6-8
glasses of liquids daily
and refuse “quick energy’
sugary snacks which may
lower blood sugar.
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To avoid heatstroke
work gradually into heavy
exercise such as football