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1 EDITORIAL :AND OPINION jfPAGE ..rhe voice of rhe drum is on, offering ro rhe Spinr of rhe! World Irs sound arouses rhe mind and makes men feel rhe nysrery and power of rhings -DLACK ELK I rwwirirwwwwwwwwwwwwi i: AS I SEE IT i ? i? !! Bruce Dorron i > i ? i ? i > i ? I AM OPPOSED TO ROBESON SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHING A BRANCH OFFICE IN PEMBROKE The above is what is called a straight forward header in the newspaper business. I am. for better or worse, a blunt man. I speak for no other person This column is mv personal opinion although I am alwavs happv when I find out that the mapritv of mv readers agree with me on anv given issue. But our readers do not alwavs agree with me That is as it should be. This is America, the land, supposedly, of the free Robeson Savings and Loan Association has noticed something interesting happening in the greater Pembroke community?an economic boom of sorts. A recent studv by the Lumber River Council of Government showed that Pembroke is growing faster than any other part of the countv. excepting Lumberton. Also, as manv others have noted, in spite of the diatribes against low rent housing in Pembroke, there is an acute housing shortage Robeson Savings and Loan Association has noticed the economic phenomenon in Pembroke. They have decided to dcsomething about it.They have petitioned the Savings and Loan Division of the North Carolina Department of Commerce to allow them to establish a branch office in Pembroke Whv have they done this? As I tee k, they see o?r-nioncv circulating about apd Jjftcv"* ant it. It is as simple as that. They (Robeson Savings and Loan officials) talk glibly about providing a service but their primarv interest, as I see it. is getting as much of our money as possible. In their application, thev noted ? that they had interviewed an official at Pates Supply Company, a local attorney, and the owner of a heating and air conditioning business. Thev , made no mention of putting their ; stocv before the public, for ? instance, in an announcement in , the Carolina Indian Voice, the ; onlv ? newspaper in Pembroke. ' Thev put their required legal notice in the Robesoman ; Evidently it was tucked away ? somewhere in the middle of a morass of legal notices. I did not see it. I heard of their intentions at Town and Country Restaurant, one of Pembroke's favorite watering holes. Robeson Savings and Loan Association, to my knowledge, has not contacted town officials, the chamber of commerce, or taken an in depth survey of the business community. They simply see our monev circulating about and thev want it. as I see it Indians have not in the past paid enough attention to economic matters. For instance. Pates Supply Companv leases the building to. the district court house and the post office Why? Where are the Indian businessmen. the Indian entrepeneurs. the Indian monev counters? Where are they? THE SOURCE OF MY DISCONTENT To the point, the source of mv discontent with Robeson Savings and Loan Association coming to town is the lack of Indian participation There are no Indian (or Blacks) on the board of directors of the firm Few Indians or Blacks own anv stock in Robeson Savings and l.oan asmhijiuki. Thev arc coining to lown to take our monies. As I see it. they arc not bringing anv money with them. A town's monies, whenever possible. should remain in circulation within the town so that the cituenrv and the business community can benefit from the flow. Robeson Savings and Loan Association has its main office in Lumberton. a mere eleven miles awav. Thev have a branch office in Red Springs, only ten miles awav. If I want to borrow monev from them to build a house, for instance. I would simply get in my car and be in their offices within minutes. And I believe a savings and loan association, when the need arises, is within the capabilities of the Indian business community. When we need a savings and loan association, we will put our heads and our pocket books together and establish our own. To my knowledge, no minority works for Robeson Savings and Loan Association. If thev came to Pembroke though.' I presume, for p.r.'i sake, that thev would hire a minority to run their Pembroke office. But I am not blind to the historv of Robeson Savings and Loan Association. One cannot know where he is going if he does not know where he has been. I smell condescension in the air. For these reasons, and others, I am opposed to Robeson Savings and Loan Association estaMinhing d branch pffice in Pembroke The message should be this: "If vou are coming to Pembroke, we (the Pembroke and Indian communitv) want a piece of the action." We want our monev to circulate ... not fly awav. If vou wish to express vour opinion on this verv important economic matter, write and express vourself to: The N.C. Department of Commerce Savings and Loan Division. Post Office Box M-T7945, Raleigh. North Carolina T76II. Time is of the essence. The hearing date for Robeson Savings and Loan Association's application is tentatively set for December >5. A number of people have told me that I should lav low and not sav anvthing about this matter I have turned from their advice I want to be like the mights oak and roll with the billowing winds about me hut I do not want to be uprooted I want to stand for something. I want to cling to that spark of integrity nestled within mv breast I would rather stand for somethine and starve than sit q uietl\ and earner all the riches of the world about me The other side of the coin is that some businessmen in our midst sav the competition would be good for our business community. Thev sav that there would be little harm to Lumhce Bank (predominately Indian owned) and RJNH I disagree The banks have elected to take a noncommital stance That is their right to do v> hut I believe that Lumhce Bank would suffer most of all l.umhcc Bank is a testament to what the Indian communitv can do Whv topple our creation ' The above is mv opinion Ansone mav disagree The paces of the Carolina Indian Voice arc' open to those with opposine views, including Robeson Savings and Loan Association No cussin" please1 THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE 521-2626 ?^R5RAiioL555n55uui57foicEew?e wSSKUuSSSSer. mTIw tm. h rnmtm, M. mn Tehplww No. (919) 3212126 fesSSEis-" I * ? r wffffwwwwwwwwirirvTl MUSING Reasonable Ixtcklear BOYS. LET S CONTROL OUR OWN MONEY Bovs, Ol' Reasonable grew up on a farm and I neverwent hut to the second grade. But Ol' Reasonable learned earlv how- to count and how monev works. I used to grow fine, vellow and firm tobacco, some of the best ever growed bv the wav. But I noticed, after I was on up in vears. that the tobacco growers ain't the ones who make the monev. It is the tobacco sellers who make a killing. But Ol' Reasonable kept on a growing the stuff, barelv gifting bv. And the tobacco sellers lived in fine houses up in town and drove big. shiny automobiles. Well. Ol' Reasonable is too old to cry about spilt milk but if en J had it to go over with I would sell the stuff and let somebodv else grow it. That's the wav I feel about Robeson Savings and Loan Association a coming to Pembroke. I am agin it for the same reason I am against us a growing tobacco and them a selling it. It ain't fair. Let Indians put their monies together and take care of their own business. Bovs. let's control our little dab of monev and keep it a moving around at home. Holiday Gas Prices Up WASHINGTON - Holiday driving will be cheaper over the Thanksgiv ing weekend than it was on Labor Day but more expen sive by as much as 2.7 cents a gallon than a year ago, a national surrey of gasoline prices shows. The American Automobile Association checked prices at 3,900 service stations nation ally and found the average price of regular was 63.1 cents or 0.6 cents below the price on Labor Day. Premi um is selling at 68.3 cents, down half a penny from the last long weekend. Unleaded prices dropped the least, 0.4 cents, to 66.3 cents. Diesel fuel, once the econo my leader. Is inching upward to an average of 57.1 cents, nearly a penny higher than on Labor Day and up 4.1 cents on average from last year. The same survey again proves pumping your own saves money ? as much as a nickel a gallon in some areas. Drivers in the West will pay the highest prices, an aver age of 70 cents a gallon for premium, while motorists in the Southwest will get by for 65.5 cents for the same grade. Workers' Buying Power Climbs WASHINGTON - The government hid good holiday news for Americans Tuesday, reporting a moderate rise in Inflation in October and the biggest monthly gain in work ers' buying power since June. It said consumer prices in creased a moderate 0.3 per cent, the same as in August and September. Grocery prices rose only slightly (or the fourth consecutive month. Workers benefited from an increase of I.I percent in the purchasing power of their paychecks in October, raising the level of their real earn ings ? take heme pay adjus ted for taies and inflation ? to a level 4.1 percent above that of a year aga. Prices have increased at a 11 percent annual rate over the pest three months in sharp contrast with the id percent rale el the beginning of Use year Ihe roeitng of inflation since midyear la eursted to | MUSf a. In lini?'i imfUnwi IW the etunamy end make n easier for the Cener edrntmo IfftMMi ill Hi tun!* J LETTERS J ; THE EDITOR \ ^ visits daughter in High Point Dear Bruce: I have been receiving the Qfkdina Indian Voice tor about six weeks now and I have enjovedeverv week of it I think it is wonderful for our people to brine themselves out into the world so other people can learn and read about us. Mv father, Mr. Wilev Jones, has been visiting with us for about I "2 weeks and I was wanting vou to put it in the paper for us. Thank vou verv much for vour concern. Lavonia J. Wood High Point. N.C. Note of Correction To the Editor I would like to inform cvcrvonc that I ain not the James Bell mentioned in the November 17th issue of the Carolina Indian Voice I am James E. Bell. I have been a lifetime resident of the Town of Pembroke. N.C. and also a taxpaver. Yours Trulv James E. Bell P.O. Box I.O Pembroke. N.C. ^KTp m questions raised concerning Robeson Savings and Loan Association Editor: Being a former resident of the Pembroke area, I read with much concern the November 10th issue of The Carolina Indian Voice, particularly the article dealing with the possible opening of a branch of Robeson Savings and Loan in the Town of Pembroke. That there is a market for such a business cannot be denied. But...I have many doubts and concerns about this possibility. Mv concerns are these: should the major investors, most from outside the Pembroke area, be allowed to "siphon off the profits of such a business? To "siphon off the earnings of the community? Should thev he allowed to "take the money and run ? Would such a business be responsible to the real needs of the Pembroke community? Who would manage such a business? What is the likelihood of success ot such a business with its known outside investors? How manv minorities presently hold management positions with Robeson Savings and Loan? If given the franchise to open a new branch, what assurance is there that the monev deposited, if anv, would be loaned to the people of the Pembroke community and not loaned elsewhere in the counts to those who have close ties with the present maior investors and management of Robeson Savings and Loan? I suggest that the answers to these questions will have a significant impact upon the growth of the Pembroke area, highlv likelv that the impact will be a negative one. too. I am told that in order to establish a branch of a savings and loan institution, that those who propose such a business must show the need and the likelihood of success if given the opportunity to open. The need mav be shown but the likelihood of success of a branch of Robeson Savings and Loan in the Pembroke community cannot be shown, knowing the strained relationships that exist now as in the past as evidenced bv numerous prior events that have taken place within Robeson Countv. I believe it would he fair to sav that should a branch of Robeson Savings and Loan be established in Pembroke, this event would effectively foreclose the possibility of ever there being a predominately minority owned and operated savings and loan in Pembroke Although thrr.- irr two banks there Is just not sufficient support for two savings and loan establishments. The government agency that approves such franchise is not like) v to allow two " such institutions in such a small communitv. Should the business people and investors of Pembroke be precluded from ever entering this market merelv because of the wishes of the major investors of Robeson Savings and Loan' the answer must be a resounding no! Saving no and writing to The Carolina Indian Voice alone will not prevent the savings and loan division of the Department of Commerce from granting Robeson Savings and Loan the privilege of opening this branch in Pembroke. Those concerned should actively express their desires, whatever they may be to the above mentioned North Carolina State Agencv, for vou can rest assured that the powers that be within the management of Robeson Savings and Loan have been and will continue to patronize this commission and will continue to lobby for the grant to establish their branch of a savings and loan in Pembroke as opposed to giving or granting the franchise to anv other group of interested persons. in particularly. investors from the Pembroke communitv. The issue before the people of Pembroke is not one cast in a racial context, but is a matter of communitv pride, communitv growth. and communitv development The Pembroke Communitv. long stagnate in terms of growth, now has appeal to those who wish to gain at the expense of the good "people of Pembroke I suggest that if Pembroke needs a savings and loan business, that there are sufficient investors in and around Pembroke to assure the success of a local Is owned and operated savings and loan. If vou feel likewise, please voice vour opinion in whatever -wvav possible, preferablv with a letter to those persons who will decide whether Robeson Savings and Loan gets to open a branch in Pembroke or not The address is: N.C. Department of Commerce. Savings and Loan Division. Raleigh. NC. Please remember that the decision will soon he made. December 7th. so it is important to act soon! MICHAEL REVELS Salisbury Street Grecnshoni. NC |! Rubber n Stomps ?> Mik> All T)p*t ? ? ??< IIIM W I ? THC CAAOUNA | I INDIAN VOICt I ro ?H tin in,nn I I?VOTE MACHINE ?I ACTION DEFERRED ? inr Robeson County Board of Commissioners Monday niuhi deferred action on securing voting machines for the county. The Rev. Charles McDowell, chairman of the Robeson County Board of Election, made a detailed presentation in which fin ures for purchase of one of three types of voting ma chined were discussed. McDowell stated that the board of election recom mended voting machines couniywide, but did not specify which type of ma chine they preferred. "This is a progressive county. A county on the move. Our election system is a most important part of our progress because it deals with the citizens' constitutional rights," McDowell said. "We con sider it a top priority, not how fast we are but how straight we are. This is a time not to think of economics but to think of righteousness." Commissioner H. T. Tay lor moved to recommend y purchase of some type of ^ machine, but did not speci fy which type. That motion, however, was killed by a substitute motion to take the matter under advisement. Taylor said the matter had been brought before the board several times in the past three years he has been on me board "We ought to be men enough to say we ere going t<> Luy the machines or not going to buy them," laylor said. The most costly of the machine types presented had a price lag of $21a,M0. It h a lever-type machine. The lowest machine would be a "ballot coun ter," which is estimated to cost $I3X.WS. The other machine, an automatic ballot punching machine, would cost about $116,535, the board was told. Commissioner Herman Dial of Pembroke, who made the motion to take the matier under advise ment. questioned whether it would be feasible to spend the amount in qu< s tion "for a row people who are serving as poll work ers to be loss tied up." Commissioner Sam No ble, the board chairman, moved to put the recom mendation^ on the board's ?tanuary meeting. McDowell, reiuiaiiiig his disappointment, said: "We studied hard and -checked all references for our recommendations I consider your motion un fair to our commitment to the ritirens of this countv." Thanksgiving as Seen Through the Eves of 5th Graders at Pembroke THANKSGIVING THANKSGIVING It's the time of vear when leaves are lulling upon the ground, with manv colors flving around. But most of all. it's a time of vear in which we give thanks unto the Lord. -Teresa Carter THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving is near. And when it sets here. We shall eat turkev and stuffing. Thanksgiving is a tiine to give thanks, to God and praise Him. So remember, give thanks to God on Thanksgiving Dav. -Michelle Lowrv HAPPY THANKSGIVING The people cheer. When it gets here. The fourth Thursdav in November. And when it gets here. The turkev will be killed. So have a happv Thanksmvine. -Danielle Brooks LKT US OIVH I'M WKS Thank ?tu God for Thanksgivin". Thank vou God thai we are living. Bless ihe Pilgrims who cuiik across the sea. Thank out God lor them and me. Thank vou God lor Thanksgiving Da*. So we can thank and give von praise. Thanksgiving Da* is lull of tovs. while people sine and re mice. -Ton* a Elk thanksgiving Thanksgiving Da* is time to prav. For the lood we receive each da*. But don't forget instead of praving. there is also time lor placing. Let us give thanks to those proud Pilgrims who came to this free land But most of all let us give thanks to (Jod. The One who gave them a hand. -Cochise Clark THANKSGIVING DAY Thanksgiving Da*. As we sac. Is the time ol rest. \nd the time that's best It is a lime for eating. And a time for meeting. But most of all. last us give thanks to thee above. -Victor Dwavnc IK-csc THANKSGIVING We give thanks to lite t.ord. For ihe food that we eat. Ami the shoes oil our leel When the Pilgrims were living. For the lirsi flunk scorn- Ihe* did tviucc. With love in ilK ir voice So he tliuukslul that *>m are living. 4 In the ?la? called I liailksgomi Kim AM adik'* HlXNKSniVtMl NoiC'iilci lwent* tilth is a iii oik Inl da* It is wIk ii |Vopit -?tic lh.mt? and fa* When V |Nl 'tints t ink' otk'l and lived ill a hard a tint I m4 hi sn. Ilk > look link hi ?lvf Ihankv on Ihanvs a m- |la> I i nkh i lln.n 11 Thanksaivina comes the fourth Thursdav in November. And it's a time to alwavs remember. God ?:ives us this special dav. And it should be hrieht and aav. -Son*a Deese 3 All the above are the students of Ms. Rose Marie Lowrv. ONE HINUIE SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who won the Western Open golf tournament? 2. When will the 48th All-Star game be played? 3. Ron Carew plays pro base ball for what team? 4. Who won the LPGA Hoosier Classic? 5. Who was named Texas Ranger's manager? Answers To Sports Quiz 1. Tom Watson. 2. July 19. 1977. 3. Minnesota. 4. Debbie Austin. 5. Billy Hunter. /ZrrL I I ale _if I According to Scripture ( ? EvwnJBw Tad Rmiks | HELP IS ON THY LIPS John 6:18-19 "And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. So they rowed about twenty or thirty furlong, they see Jesus." To those of you who have trouble and it seems there is no help and like the desciple here the water had rose and by reason they knew not. But one thing they were sure of was that they were in danger and needed help. Some of vou now are pressed on all sides and vou feel like surrendering and giving up. Death is more certain than yesterday. The doctor has given vou the report and the wind has picked up its speed. But I want you to read again with me in the 18th verse of the Bible. It said thev rowed. What vou need to remember is that God said I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5. Who are vou going to believe? "When thou passest through the waters. I will he with thee." Isa. 44:?. In other words, Jesus said we would pass through. No where did he sav in the middle of the waters. But Jesus said we will go through on to the other side, praise the Lord, for I am thv Lord, thv God. Isa. 44:4. This reminds me of the time < Jesus was met by a ruler and the ruler said. "Mv daughter is even < now dead. But vou come. Jesus, a nd put the v hands on her and she shall live." So on the wav there 1 was others who were sick and 1 Jesus needed to help them also. But when he did get there he found them singing and making a noise And Jesus spoke and said. "Give peace for the maid is not dead but sleepeth." And thev laughed him to acorn. Matthew 9:18-34. Don't depend on people. When they get the doctor's report they start crying and making funeral plans. But you need to trust God. People will scorn and tell you to be strong, but let it come to them, and they are the loudest on the corner. But you need to row on like the descipies. They didn't know what had the wind up,. but they knew they had to get to safetv. And the Bible said thfcv saw Jesus walking on the waters. What ever is happening to you or to your loved one, look for Jesus in it. No matter how bad it is, Jesus is walking in vour way and He will speak to vou as he did to the descipies. "It is I, be not afraid. If I be for you. what can be against vou?" Now, in your heart sav Jesus I am going to trust vou. I know only mv help shall come from thee. No more will I be afraid, willingly Lord I know evervthing will work to the good of them who love vou'. I put all mv trust in vou for you said in vour words I will in no wise cast thee out. John 6:37. Now, if vou have sick ones in vour family, go to them and let his be in vou which was in Christ lesus. Lav thv hand on the sick jnd sav in the name of Jesus and >ee the waters become calm and see the sun come in and watch darkness flee. Jesus is our high tower and our shield. Whom shall we fear. Amen. Yours in Christ. P S. Mav the Lord bless vou on this coming holidav. tN 7HE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE ABOUT t,800 ^ NEWSPAPERS Ki THAT ARE PUBLISHED DAILY, > AND SOME 8,000 WEEKLIES. \ CIRCULATION OF NEWSPAPERS! ALL OVER THE WORLD IS M AROUND 350 MILLION COPIES] A DAY. ADVERTISING FILLS I 50Z70 70Z OF THE SPACE \ OF A NEWSPAPER. SOME LARGE DAILIES EMPLOY AS I MANY AS 2,000PERSONS. 1 JOHN PHILIP SOUSA \ WHO WROTE SUCK STIRRING I MARCHES AS "7MF STARS ' AND STRIPES FOREVER * CONDUCTED A THEATER ORCHESTRA AT 17. HE ? ROSE TO BECOME THE * MARINE BANDMASTER I IN 1892. HE LATERGOT I. MIS RELEASE AND THEN I FORMED HIS OWN BAND ? WHICH TOURED AMERICA I AND AROUND THE WIDE I WORLD. KNOWN AS W "WE MARCH KING", HE ? ALSO WROTE 10 COMIC I OPERAS AND OTHER TYPES r OF MUSIC, PLUS 3 NOVELS. ?: ? - ^xi tifli -AT PEMBROKE HARDWARE ?i^nnsimas Decorations ?Garlands ?Trees ?Bulbs ?Evervthing You Need For A Festive Christmas Tree! For CHRISTMAS ?CORRELLE DlSHES^j , > Cornine Ware J. fell 10% Off ? 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