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Put it before them briefly so they
will read it, clearly so they will
appreciate it, picturesquely so they
will remember it, and, above all
accurately so they will be guided by
its lights.
•Joseph Pulitzer
MUSING
■iy.Xj] Reasonable Locklear
WE SHOULD REJECT
PEACE AT ANY PRICE
The Robeson County Indian
is a kind and magnaminious
crealure...except toward one
another. Their White brethern
seem to bring out their mag
nanimous spirit and cause
them to bloom in the sun
shine of brotherhood and
peace and love and the spirit of
getting along "even if they rob
us blind and Sister Nellie runs
uff to Syracuse with one of
ilieni."
One of (,ur readers recently
renewed his subscription and
added a postscript at the
bottom of the subscription
form. He wrote: "Bruce, plea
se try not to be so critical of
people, regardless of their
race. Let by gones be by gones
and let's all work together for
ihc sake of humanity...”
I respect the Indian indivi
dual who wrote the above
postscript immensely, but I
have certain reservations that I
would like to share with my
readership in the hope that it
will lead to a better under
standing among all of us.
First of all, I am unalterably
opposed to those who insist
that we be magnanimous for
the wrong reasons. We should
not (It is even criminal. I think)
ignore injustices like double
voting and inequitable courts
and condescending relation
ships to simply appease the
"peace loving at any cost”
adherents in our midst. They
will destroy us and our child
ren will grow up not thinking
wCl) of themselves. / contend
that many of the Whites in the
county respect me for attempt
ing to build communicative
bridges between the races.
They (as all of us do) respect
those who respect themselves
and insist that relationships be
based on mutual respect and
equitable treatment of all
pcoplc--Indian. Black and
White. I personally am appal
led at the tremendous number
of Black vice presidents and
Indian vice chairmen in the
county. 1 believe strongly that
Robeson County is for all the
people. 1 believe that all races
should share the responsi
bility of building our county up
to her fullest potential.
So, we will continue to rant
and rave against injustices,
especially those that are im
posed on Indian people. 1
.sincerely believe that a critical
examination of the political
subdivisions
our sacred respot
Too. one will never know
where he is going until he
realizes where hr has been.
Our people have been kept in
the dark literallv. Many of
them only knew what they
have read in the Robesonlan.
A case in point is the recent
story appearing in the Robe-
sonian concerning the advisa
bility ■ of releasing SAT
(Scholastic Achievement
Tests) scores to the board
members and possibly to the
news media. The story as
reported in the Robesonlan
was. as I see it. in error and
did not capture the tenor or
intent of the action of the.
board. Board members Har-
bert Moore, Aileen Holmes
and Bob Mangum objected
strenously. You would never
have known it by reading the
reportage of the meeting by
the Robesonian's Virginia Sim
kins. As I see it, her story was
fraught with error and mis
leading,,.to say the least. Our
story on the meeting is con
trary to hers. One of us
reported the story with less
than veracity and truth. I
believe the people have a right
to make up their own minds,
Until The Carolina Indian
Voice appeared on the scene
some four year.s ago, the
readers had no alternative
view. They only knew what
they read in the Robesonlan.
Who is right? The Robeson-
ian? The Carolina Indian
Voice? That is a choice for the
reader to make. In making the
choice, they are increasing
their .sen.sitivity toward issues
in Robeson County that affect
ail of us. Increased sensitivity
toward (he issues of the day
that affect our daily lives can
only be good and progressive.
As I See It,
Take the case of double
voting; The Carolina Indian
Voice is still the only news
paper in the county that has
said out loud that double
voting was evil and wrong and
harmful to the self images of
our children. The major daily
newspaper, in their last edi
torial on the matter, suggested
that maybe seven school dis
tricts would be the answer to
the problem of the denial of
the Indian’s voting rights.
Hog wash! They still talk
foolishly of "taxation without
representation.” They are
wrong! How else can I say that
without kow towing to those
who would keep us in political
bondage and tamper with the
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LETTERSTO
THE EDITOR
A Scouting'
Thanks
To all the People of Pembroke;
We. the Scouts of Troop
^*319, truly appreciate your
many donations which have
enabled our troop to purchase
needed tires and a battery for
our bus. Especially. Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Locklear, Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Cummings,
and Mr. and Mr.s. James F.
Maynor. Thank each and every
one of you.
Sincerely,
Scout Master R. S. Coulon
and Scouts of Troop #319
psyche and mentality of our
children! The major daily
newspaper in the county still
has' not agreed with the
mandate of the federal courts
of America. The courts have
declared that Double Voting is
illegal and has outlawed the
nefarious practice. Thank God
for an aiterntive view, the
sacred right to disagree.
We also encourage people to
write letters to the editor in the
belief that a letter to the editor
is better than the negative
feedback of a shotgun blast.
Let's talk to one another and
quit killing ourselves simply
because we do not respect
ourselves and each other.
1 want desperately to look
ahead and work together with
all people in Robeson County.
But I w\U not follow the lead of
Neville Chamberlain, the then
Prime Minister of England,
and affect “a peace at any
price” stance as he did with
the despot, Adolph Hitler in
1939. Neville Chamberlain
caused World War II as much
as any man, including the evil
Adolph Hitler. Relationships
have to be based on mutual
respect or we will be forced (as
the Free World was) to pay a
terrible price for a temporary
respite from terror and war
and the debilitating effect of a
forced and suppressed exis
tence.
Double Voting is behind us.
Even so, Parkton is clamoring
to get out of the county
system. Barker Ten Mile and
other areas still refuse to send
their children to a school
(Magnolia) that is traditionally
Indian in nature and history.
Why? Should we remain quiet
about these things to main
tain so-called peace and good
will? If we do, we will lose the
spoils of our recent victories.
At this very moment, there is a
movement underway to force
merger and/or consolidation
upon the Indian people of
Robeson County,,even though
White proponents adamantly
refused merger in 1972. Why
the sudden change of heart? Is
it because Double voting is
now outlawed and six Indians
and a Black will now sit on the
county board of education?
Who will alert the people if
The Carolina Indian Voice
does not critically look at whai
if affecting Indian people in
Robeson County? Who will
look after our interests? I
contend that silence is consent
and I resoundingly renounce
the racism of our past and the
vestiges that remain today.
So. I will let by gones be by
gones when they are truly by
gones. I will not remain silent
in the face of political and
social and economic injustices.
A writer has said that "con
structive criticism is the re
sponsibility of the educated
man.” I am not as educated as
I should be but 1 recognize an
injustice when 1 see one and I
will continue to tell my readers
about them at every oppor
tunity,
So. let's look forward and
work together. Let's take con
descension and ill will out of
our respective vocabularies.
Let's teach our children to
think well of themselves so
that they can declare in a quiet
but firm voice "I AM SOME
BODY, I AM NO MOKE
THAN ANYONE ELSE BUT I
AM NO LESS.” Then, and
Aiilv then, wc will happily "let
bv i'oiics be hy ir'oic.s.”
Travel
Plans
Ms. Ruth Hunt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Clark of
Maxton, will be leaving Nov.
20. via air for Oxford. Miss.
She will be accompanying Mr.
James Woodward on a visit to
his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Woodward are residents of
Oxford. Mississippi.
The Woodwards’ daughter.
Mrs. John Jarrett of Raleigh
will also accompany Ms. Hunt
to Mississippi.
A heavenly l.LT I»-« 10
mister PETER BROOKS...
Pear Brother Pete;
1 miss you a lot and I wish you
could have been with me at the
hoard of elections Tuesday
Night as they coiinied votes to
'^cc who would serve on the
couniy board of education.
You would have smiled oneof
your biggest smiles when they
announced that 6 Indians. I
Black and 2 Whites would
serve. The top five vote getters
were Indians, They will have
four year terms; the next four
high vote getters will serve
two year terms.
Don't (hat sound sort of fair.
Brother Pete? There are 60%
Indian .students. 20% Black
students and 20% White stu
dents now in the county
system. Don’t that sound fair.
Brother Pete?
1 remembers yearsago when
me and you and some of the
boys went to the Robeson
County Board of Education and
asked them White people (all
’em. at that time was White
'cept Harry West Locklear) to
appoint Dr. Herbert G. Ox-
endine to be the principal at
Pembroke High School. They
never done it: they treated us
like a bunch of house niggers
on a plantation. They treated
us like children and sent us
back to Pembroke with our
Geology Topic os
Kiwnoions Meet
Jerry Borland, left, and Ber
nard Lowry, pres. Pembroke
Professor Jerry Borland,
Chairman of the Geology and
Geography Department at PSU'
was the guest speaker at the
Tuesday evening meeting of
the Pembroke Kiwanis Club.
The subject of his discussion
was the Carolina Bays. These
Bays are oval- shaped, swam-
py-depressions which slant
toward the ocean. Aerial pho
tographs reveal that these
Bays are about 4 miles square
and require ditching and tiling
for drainage. As you near the
Piedmont, the Bays disappear
but there are hundreds of
them in Bladen and Robeson
Counties. Their oval shapes
generally run from NW to SE.
The long axis of each Bay is
parallel v/ith the long axis of
other Bays. They vary in size
from 100 feet up to the Lake
Waccamaw Bay which is about
7 miles tong. The Bay near
Rennert is very large. Corn
and beans are grown there and
about nine years ago it was
stocked with deer, The low
part of the Bay has light sandy
rims. These sandy rims are
called "desert” because they
are deserted by the people and
many of them abound with
wild huckleberries. Due to
plowing many of the rims have
practically disappeared. Most
houses and tobacco barns are
built along the rims of all the
Bays. The oval black rich soil
is excellent for crop -raising.
At the 4-mile straight-away on
the right side of the road is a
real Carolina Bay. also about a
quarter of a mile from Maxton
^another Rav is rlcarlv defined.
From 15 to 18 feet thick on
the bottom of some of the Bays
can be found peat beds. These
are the start of bituminous coa!
about 35.000 years ago. There
are at least ten different
theories as to the cause of
these Carolina Bays. One
theory is that underlying shell
beds washed in from the ocean
and some 8 to 10 feet thick
gradually dissolved through
rainfall and possibly caused
the Bay. Another states that
artesian wells carved out the
Bays. A third theory holds that
this entire area was once
under ocean water and that its
eddies and swirl as the waters
receed formed the Bays. Some
hold that a meteor shower,
coming from the west and
giving elongated shape, caus
ed the formation of the Bays.
Another theory is that a
comet headmay have broken
up and caused the formation of
the Bays, since the break-up of
the comet is a cone of
compressed air could have •
blown out all the sandy
material, like a sonic boom,
leaving the rich, fertile soil in
the Bays. The date of these
comet booms is about 35.000
years ago-about the same time
as the ice-age. However, the
ice during this period did not
come down below Long Island,
New York.
President Bernard Lowry
introduced the speaker and
Marshall Locklear gave the
invocation.
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Thursday, November 4, 1976
Hills between (uir legs. And I
'member somethin' you said
that stayed with me forever:
You slixtd up and looked at
'em and said. "One day
Indians will be sittin’ around
this table and we’ll do what we
ihink is best for our children.
Just you wait and see...”
Brother Pete. I never forgot
l-hat and I thought about you
last night when they announc
ed that 6 Indians would be on
the upcoming board of edu
cation. 1 wish so much you
could have been there but I
believe you were a lookin’
down from heaven a smilin'
and rememberin’ what you
told them (hat long ago day
when some of us didn’t believe
we would ever see it.
01’ Reasonable will see you
when I get there unless I get
off the track somewhere in
between.
Editor’s Notes Mr, Peter
Brooks fought double voting
diligently and did not live to
see the reality of his dream
come true. He was a fighter for
Indian justice. His spirit con
tinues to guide us and en
courage, the Warriors to con
tinue their struggle again.st
evil and those who do evil. Mr.
Pete died March 1. 1973. He
was a friend of Reasonable
Locklear and all right thinking
men and women.
New
Prospect
Youth tour
New Prospect Young Adults
chartered a bus to Myrtle
Beach, SC Saturday. After
touring the beach in the cold
rainy weather, the group went
to Calabash, NC to eat. The
group suggested and ate at
Captain John’s Restaurant.
Every month the group dines
at some restaurant and social
izes. Traveling home the
group made plans to visit the
mountains on their next trip.
Those attending were; Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Gene Clark
(Prospect A; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Bullard (Pembroke A)
and sons Chad and Gregory;
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bryant
and son Kelvin (Prospect A);
Mr, and Mrs. Jerry Locklear
(Maxton area); Mrs. Madie
Rae Locklear and daughters
Selena and Sophia (Prospect
A); Mrs. Pandora Strickland
and daughters, Mitchelle and
Stephanie (Prospect A); Mr.
and Mrs. Rabon Maynor and
son Anthony and daughter
Andria (Pembroke A)i Mrs.
Patricia Locklear and daugh
ters Donna and Patti and son
Kelvin (Maxton A); Rev. and
Mrs. Willie Scott, Jr. and son
Chris (Prospect A): Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Tyler (Pembroke
A); Mr. and Mrs. James Earl
Locklear (Prospect A); Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Barton and
daughter Evonia and son
Herman, Jr. (Pembroke A);
Mr. Fred Strickland (Pem
broke A); Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Brayboy (Union Elem. Area);
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Strick
land (Pembroke A); Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Woods (Pembroke
A); Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Bryant and son Charles &
daughter Phyllis (Prospect A):
and Mr. and Mrs. Donna
Chavis (Pembroke A).
Warriors
Fall
The Pembroke Warriors fell
to East Bladen 33-0 for their
fourth c:>nsecutive defeat of the
year. T^lfback Mike McKoy of
East Bladen rushed for 106
yards and scored twice to pace
the visitors.
Quarterback David Williams
added two scoring tosses to
complement an impressive
ground attack. Lee Autry and
Robert Mazur were on the
receiving end of the aerials
whidi covered 33 and 27 yards
into pay dirt.
For the Warriors it was not
only the fourth consecutive
defeat, it was also the fourth
consecutive conference defeat
and placed the Warriors deep
into the Three Rivers basement.
East Bladen improved their
record to 2-1 and have a shot at
the conference crown.
According ro Scripture
Firsi 1 want tn say, "Praise
(he Lord.” I praise liim for his
goodness, his loving and his
ever pre.sence in my soul.
Sunday morning was such a
blessing to me. When I awoke
and heard the Singing Rambos
singing‘‘Tear Drops Will Never Some have asked: Do you
Stain the Streets of That believe when you die that you
lat he cuulil glory i
his infirmities. And when h©.,
was weak, yet he was strong. ,
Paul later wrote how to be,
absent from the body would be',
present with Christ. ‘J
Mozella Oxendine Locklear
Mozella Oxendine Locklear,
formerly of the Prospect Com
munity, recently completed
requirements for her Master's
Degree in Reading Education
at UNC-Greensboro. She is the
daughter of the late Willie C.
and Jennie Oxendine of the
Prospect Community.
She is presently working on
her Master’s in Educational
Administration and is teaching
third grade in Burlington, NC.
Brooks
Addresses
Progrom
The Maxton Indian Parent-
Student Enrichment Program
was honored to have Dr,
Dalton Brooks as speaker for
the evening on Oct. 26, 1976 at
7 p.m. Dr. Brooks, who earned
his Doctorate from the Univer
sity of Miami, was employed
for the past year in Raleigh in
the Title IV -programi and
presently is director of in
structional research at PSU.
He spoke to the parents on the
Role of the Parent and his
RESPONSIBILITY to the
educational system. Dr. Bro
oks talked about various ways
in which parents could aid the
child in the educational pro
cess. Some of the ways are
listed here;
Be interested in what the child
is doing; plan TV viewing;
have your child talk; quiet time
for reading; allow your child to
make speeches and make up
songs; be patient with your
child; look at pictures with
your child; study with your
child.
As a reminder Dr. Brooks
pointed out that parents are
the best teachers and that
parents are primary and tea
chers are secondary in the
educational process. Thus, as
a summary. Dr. Brooks point
ed out in a broad way how we,
as parents, allow many oppor
tunities to pass us by without
praising the child enough and
helping the child feel secure
about life and the educational
process.
City.” It took all I could do to
keep from shouting. I wanted
to shout, but I knew God
wanted me to pray, to pray for
the last for those who would
not see that city, in hope .some
would be saved before it is too
late.
I have heard Christians say
that Paul should have said this
or could have meant that,
rather than this. Let me say
that Paul, Mark, John, Luke,
or any man of God who is a
writer of the Gospel, could not
say any other than what he
said or had written because
the word said* in 2 Peter 1:21
"The prophecy came not at
any time by the will of man,
but Holy Men of God spoke as
they were moved by the Holy
Spirit.” So we know that these
men of God wrote the word,
not at their will, butat thewill
God was to be, not man.
When Paul was a prisoner of
Nero’s he wrote to the Phitipi-
ans and told (hem "For me to
live is Christ, and to die is
gain.” These people couldn’t
understand Paul. There he
was a prisoner, locked up,
beaten, and yet he said in
the 1st Chapter verse 4.
"Always every prayer of mine
for you all making request with
joy in the Lord.” Chapter 4,
verse 1 Paul said to rejoice in
the Lord always, for my God
shall supply all your needs. I
believe God did the same for
Paul as he did for Stephan who
was killed for the name of
Christ. Paul said to die is gain
for I believe Paul also got a
glimpse of God’s throne, In 2
Cor. 12:1 Paul said it is not
expedient for me, doubtless to
glory. I will come to vision and
revelations of the Lord. Here
beginning with the 1st verse
through the 6th verse, Paul
said these things I glory in are
by revelation.
Things which were hidden
in God that were unknown and
now through Paul are made
known to man. Paul said in the
2nd verse, I knew a man in
Christ about fourteen years
ago (whether in the body, I
cannot tell, or whether out of
the body, I cannot tell. God
knoweth.) Such a one caught
up to the third heaven and I
knew such a man (whether in
the body 1 cannot tell; God
knoweth). Verse 4 tells how he
was caught up into paradise
and heard unspeakable words.
o heaven, or to a heaven? 1-
certainiy do. Any place God,
rules is heaven. Your life coultf
be heaven if Christ was the*
ruler of your life every day, not*
just Sunday, but every day. In'^’
2 Tim. 4:6 For 1 am now ready j
to be offered, at the time is at?^
hand, Paul here is telling the
church that I have fought a
good fight. I have finished my
course. I have kept the faith.
Paul was now ready to be
offered to our Lord.
When you offer something
to someone, it means he will,
receive it. Here Paul is offer
ing himself to God Almighty,
When you and 1 have fought a
good fight and we have been
faithful to God and have lived
his word, then we can be as
Paul, ready. 1 believe there is a
place where God’s people will
wiat if they depart from this ’
earth before his coming. The
Bible, in Luke 16:22 said that •
"when the beggar died he was
carried to the bosom of
Abraham by the Angels of
God.” There is also another
place in the Bible whish shows
that a Christian who is born
again lives a righteous life,
clean and holy is not found by,
any grave, if you have the holy
spirit which our Lord had and
has given to them who believe
them. Read Matt. 17;3 and
behold there appears unto
them Moses and Elijah talking .
with them, these men of God
had been dead hundreds of
years before Christ. But, here
they are talking to Christ. We
know the dead can’t talk. So
Moses and Elijah are alive and;-
able to go and meet Christ on
the mountain.
The Bible teaches me in
Romans 8:11 that the same i
spirit that dwells in you and I,
having loosed the pain of
death, because it was not
possible that he should be held
by it-Acts 2:24. Neither will 1,
you oc I for Jesus was first to.^
conquer death, hell and the • "
grave. And when 1 shed this -;
moral flesh, I shall be in a
paradise. You can sleep if you
iike, but as for me, 1 am going &
to a hew awakening which has @
been reserved for me. David
said, "The ungodly shall not
stand in the judgement, nor
sinner in the congregation of ■-
the righteous.”
Yours in Christ. f
Evangelist Ted Brooks , ’
Box 339
Pembroke, NC 28372
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