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i As I See It
J by Bruce Barton
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HIGHWAY PATROLMEN
CONVERGE ABOUND
CUM MINGS HOME...
I received a call Sunday
afternoon..."Your tlory mutt
be having tome effect ...there
are four highway patrolmen
stopping traffic right beside
McDuffie Cummings' home.."
I rode out to the home of
McDuffie Cummings to sec for
myself if there was any truth to
the call.
Sure enough there were five
highway patrolmen in the
general vicinity of Cummings'
home...
As I understand it there are
only some 21 troopers station
ed in Robeson County; if this
figure is correct, five of them
or approiimately 25 percent of
them were in the general
vicinity of McDuffie Cum
mings' home on the Union
Chapel Road which is not
exactly I 4S or even Highway
74 as far as traffic is concern
ed.
They left horridly when I
arrived. Or maybe they were
responding to another call...I
don't know...but I know what I
saw.
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It was just a cointidsnce or
somt. m'shap caused to many
of them to be in the general
vicinity of Cum mingt' home or
it was just a subtle attempt to
intimidate the man. If so, they
ought not to do that....
PEMBROKE SEEMINGLY
SLIGHTED BY PATROLMEN
Pembroke was the last
municipality of any siat to get
a district court la Robeson
County; many of us coutead
that we were late gettiag the
court because of a lack of
political might. The folks ia
sad around Pembroke have
only recently begun to flex
their political muscle sad ask
why sad when aad bow
come...
What the politicians did was
to ?pW the otd Maxtoa District
aad give Pembroke half of
it...the Pembroke aad Sauthi
area.
Since the rhubarbs concer
ning confrontations between
the highway patrolmen and
the Indian community eviden
ce has been compiled showing
that the highway patrol has. in
m some cases systematically, re
fused to cite BMiorists they
had ticketed in the Pembroke
District to the Pembroke
court.
That's as wrong as wrong
can be. Two chief district court
judges have issued admini
strative orders demanding that
troopers cite people to the
right district court. To date,
evidence lends to show that
both Judge Sam Drift (the
former Chief District Court
Judge) and Judge John Gard
ner (the present one) have
been ignored.
I wander whet they are
going to do about it?
SIX ROVING ISGMT1ADS
"UtTOO"
Ms. Elisabeth Morton, the
^ 11 ^ r ffii te ni electlom irsrd
supervisor said, "h sauaded
Nfce we fired somebody..that's
net the way it was at ?>..."
She was referring in a story ia
Tuesday's lobesoaian which
stated that "Sit Roving Regt
?Mart Ware Dismissed by
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Thai seems reasonable to
me. Kay Kevela. the former
chairman of the board and the
only Republican on the elec
tions board said some, as we
see it. "foolish things" about
roving registrars.
Ray Revels, who has oppos
ed roving registrars since *he
beginning, said reportedly'
"At the last minute, you will
find that some politician will
get hold of them (roving
registrars) and pay them to
register people..."
Now that's a pretty broad
statement for Mr. Revels to
make. Until the Methodist
Church with a grant to the
Robeson County Church and
Community Center, put voting
registrars into the hinterlands
of Robeson County, people
(most Indians and Blacks and
poor whites) were systematic
ally discriminated against.
Roving Registrars broke the
back of the power brokers in
Robeson County, opening the
political process to all the
people of Robeson County.
Things are better since roving
registrars "hit the bushes" in
Robeson County.
No. I do not agree with Mr.
Revels: anyone who knows
anything about politics in
Robeson County and has lived
through some of our racial
history knows that what he
said ain't necessarily so.
I say, as long u they are
re filtering voter*, leave rov
ing registrar* alone. Let them
register new voters; if they are
not registering new voters
dismiss them after a reason
able time if they do not put any
new voters on the books.
That's reasonable enough.
NEW POLL WORKERS
Three registrar* and one
judge were appointed Monday
night to temporarily replace
precinct poll worker* who have
been disqualified because they
are related to candidates in the
in the May primary election.
Appointed were Earl Shep
pard to be registrar for Union
Township, Mrs. lima Amette,
registrar, and Mrs. Marie F.
oliver, judge, for Whkehousc
and Ed Chavis, reigistrar, for
Pembroke.
Chavis replace* Ms. Mablc
Oiendine who is the sister of
county school board candidate
Simeon Oxendine. Mrs. Ar
nette replaces A.W. Harring
ton, Jr. who is the father of
Fairmont school board candi
date Abner Harrington. Shep
perd replaces Adrian Ransom
who Is the brother of County
Ransom.
State election law prohibits
pollworkers from serving in
election where candidates are
immediate relation to them.
"A wtM man mm m modi at ha ought, not m much at
ha can." Montaigne
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THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
Published Each Thursday by
The Lumbee Publishing Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1075, Pembroke, N.C. Ph. 521-2826
Publication #978380
?Second class postage paid at Pembroke. N.C.
"YOU'RE A GOOD MAN
CHARLIE BROWN"
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Brown" wM be b?U Man* 21,
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Caalar at I p.m.
On Friday, March 21. the
Pembroke Players will present
the last show of "You're a
Good Man, Charlie Brown" at
8 p.m. at the Performing Arts
Center. The last show was
scheduled for March I, but
was cancelled because of
snow.
The play is a re-enactment
of a day in the life of Charlie
Brown brought to us by
Charles Schultz. The whole
gang will be here: Charlie
Brown (played by Keith Hight)
and al! hia friends. There's
Lucy (played by Lori Bartlett)
who is still longing for Schroe
der's (played bv Mike Thorn
ton) affections, but Schroe
der's affections are for hia
piano. Linus (played by Dave
Guy) the intellect with the
blanket will be on hand along
with Patty (played by Charles
Karen Sellers), the tomboy
who's always happy and care
free. And of course, Snoopy
(played by Charles Monroe),
Charlie Brown's dog, will be
around day-dreaming about
becoming Joe Cool or someday
defeating the Red Baron.
So, if you miaaed it the ftrat
time-keep March 21 at 8 p.m.
in mind. The price is $3.00 at
the door. For this show we will
offer a special price of $1.00
for children under twelve
accompanied by a parent.
Group rates are also available.
For more information call
521-4214, extension 361.
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from Pembroke Sealer and
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Revival.
Plans
Announced
SANDY PLAINS
Revival service* will be
held at the Sandy Plain*
United Methodist Church be
ginning Sunday. March 16. at
7:00 p.m. Service* will be held
during the week Monday
through Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be
J he Evangelist, Rev. Bobby P.
Tyson. In 1977, Rev. Tyson
was appointed to the N.C.
Conference approved Evange
list. He held revival services
throughout the state of N.C.
and Virginia. Presently he is
serving as pastor of the St.
Pauls United Methodist Chur
ch in Maxton. He is married to
Mrs. Getta Tyson and they
have three children.
Bruce Jacobs, director of the
music program of the Sandy
Plains Church will be in charge
of the music each evening.
There will be special music
each evening.
The congregation and paator
extend a cordial invitation
to the public to come and
worship with them during
these special services.
PHILADELPHUS
Revival service* will be
held at the Phiiadelphus Uni
ted Methodist Church begin
ning Sunday, March 16-21 at 7
p.m. Services will be held each
evening, Monday- Friday at
7:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be
the Rev. Ted Brooks, associate
pastor of the Phiiadelphus
Church. Rev. Brooks has been
serving as pastor of the church
since January, 1960. He was
formerly the pastor of the
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
near Lumberton. He is marri
ed to Mrs. Rose Brooks and
they have three children.
Mrs. Annie Neal Locklear is
in charge of lite musk pen
gram 'df rhe^Thltedetphue
Church. She will feature spe
cial music each evening.
The congregation extends a
coridal invitation to the public
i come and worship with
_jem.
ASHPOLE CENTER
Revival services will be
held at the Ashpole Center
United Methodist Church be
ginning Sunday, March 16-20
at 7:00 p.m. Services will
be held each evening at 7:30
p.m.
The guest speaker will be
the Rev. Ray Sparrow, pastor
of the First-Calvary United
Methodist Churches in Pem
broke. Before coming to Pem
broke, Rev. Sparrow served as
pastor of the Aberdeen United
Methodist Church in Aber
deen, NC. He is married to
Mrs. Dorothy Sparrow. They
have four children.
Mrs. Louise Mitchell, direc
torof the music program at the
Ashpole Center Church, will
be in charge of the music,
pecial music will be featured
ach evening.
The congregation and the
astor extends a cordial invi
ition to the public to come
nd worship with them.
St. John's Church, where
in 1776 Patrick Henry gave
His stirring "Give me
liberty..." speech, still stands
in Richmond, Virginia.
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A COMMENTARY BY
DAWLEY MAYNOR
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teBs us in Chapter 4 Vane 14
that maa is a vapor, rvca as a
vapor. Job 14:1 "Man is a few
days and full of trouble Let us
take a look at man. and see
what God has said about him.
It may be of great service to
us. before sleep to remember
this mournful (set. There is
nothing very pleasant in the
recollection that we are not
above the shafts of adversity,
but it may humble us and
prevent our boasting. Like the
Psalmist said in Psalms 30:6
"My mountain standeth firm.
I shall never be moved." It
may stay us from taking too
deep root in this soil from
which we are so soon to be
planted into the heavenly
garden. Let us recollect the
tenue upon which we hold our
temporal mercies. If we would
remember that all the trees of
earth are marked for the
woodman's axe. we should not
be so ready to build our nests
in them.
We should love, but we
should love with the love
which expects and which reck
ons upon separations. Our
dear relations here are but
loaned to us and the hour
when we must return them to
the lender's hand may be even
K tlw door. The like ie true of
our worldly foods. Do sot
riches take to themselves
wings and fly awayf Our
health is equally trusted so
another and this is God. Frail
flowers of the fteld of God. we
must reckon upon blooming
forever. There is a time
appointed for weakness and
sickness. We will have to
glorify God by suffering and
not by earnest activity. There
is no single point in which we
can hope to escape from
sorrow. Man's life is as a cup
of bitter wine. He who looks
for joy in it had better seek for
honey in an ocean of brine.
Beloved reader, set not your
affections upon things on
earth. But seek those things
which are above for the moth
devoureth the things on earth
and the thief breaketh through
to steal. But the things of
God are eternal. The path of
trouble is the way home. May
our prayer be. Lord, make this
thought a pillow for many a
weary head. Isaiah 4?; 10-11
"Behold, I have refined thee,
but not with silver; I have
choaen thee in the furnace of
affliction. For mine own sake.'
My prayer for you. Dear
Reader, is that God may give
you sustaining grace in your
time of sickness and burdens.
HEALTH LINE....
BY Jim Irion, Physician's
Assistant at Pembroke
Medica[& Dental Clinic
WAIcK aUUUUAllUN
Flouridttion is the safest,
most economical and most
effective way to reduce dental
decay. Children raised in
fluoridated communities have
about 60 percent fewer decay*
ed teeth than children raised
in non fluoridated communi
ties. It costs more than three
times as much to provide
routine dental care to children
reared from birth to 14 years of
age in a non fluoridated
community as it does in a
fluoridated community. Seve
ral studies have indicated that
? fhaashlattiiii alao mal
alignment of teeth by 1S-20
percent. This is apparently
because fewer teeth decay and
are lost prematurely in a
fluoridated area. One of the
most visible benefits in a fluo
ridated area is the great
number of beautiful decay
free smiles that are seen
among children.
The beneficial effects of
fluoridation last a lifetime.
Adults who have lived in
fluoridated areas all of their
lives have 1.7 times fewer
decayed teeth and 4.0 times
fewer missing permanent tee
the than adults from non
fluoridated communities.
There is also evidence that life
long consumption of fluoridat
ed water helps prevent hip
fractures and middle ear deaf
ness in older adults.
In rural areas not served by
public water supplies, the
fluoridation of school water
supplies have proved to be
effective. School fluoridation
will reduce the occurrence of
dental decay by 40 percent.
The level of reduction is less
than that found in community
fluoridation because children
do not drink the fluoridated
school water until fivt or sis
years of age. Some of the
permanent teeth have already
formed by this age. Fluorida
tion is the most effective when
the fluoridated water is con
sumed from birth- when the
teeth are developing in the
jawbones.
The beneficial effect of
fluoridation is primarily a
result of fluoride being taken
up by the developing tooth.
(some fluoride is absorbed
directly from the drinking
water into the enamel after the
tooth erupts into the mouth.
The fluoride helps the tooth to
form enamel (the hard outside
covering of the tooth) that is
more resistant to the acids
formed by bacteria in the
dental plaque. This means that
the _plaque acids do not
dissolve the tooth minerals as
easily as in non fluoridated
areas.
As a closing comment on
fluoridation, it is important to
realise that fluoride is natural
ly toma hi ?tt SiUSlMg Vttcn.
The problem is that the
concentration is usually not
sufficient to provide good
dental benefits. The optimal
concentration of flouride was
determined by examining thou
sands of people living in
different areas of the U.S. that
had differing natural levels of
fluoride present in the drink
ing water (in fact, several
communities in Kentucky have
optimum levels of fluoride
naturally present in their
water supply). Where the level
of fluoride is deficient, fluoride
is obtained from natural mine
rals to adjust the concentration
to the proper level. There is no
difference between the fluo
ride found nsturally in water
and that added in controlled
flouridation. Fluoridation is
essentislly "nature's way" to
help prevent dental decay.
There are other methods of
providing fluorides to children
to help prevent dental decay.
These are fluoride tablets,
application of topical fluoride
solutions and the use of a
toothpaste containing fluori
de. However, none of these
methods are as safe, effective
or economical as the fluorida
tion of community and school
water supplies.
SPECIAL NOTE
FOB PARENTS
If a child accidently has a
permanent tooth knocked out,
the tooth can often by saved.
You should place the tooth in a
cup or glass of water, do not
scrub the tooth. Take the child
to your dentist Immediately.
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