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EDITORIAL AND
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If We Don't Know Where We've Been...
So fittingly we honor our Pioneer Fathers
As I See It
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I've talked my brother and
abler into it; we're going to
endorse political candidates
this time around. Some My we
ought to but moat folk* My we
ought not. We've listened
carefully and we have decided
to take a poke at it. It's a little
unorthodox but a number of
the larger dailies like the
Charlotte Observer do it. It
seems that most newspapers
shy away from it for econo
mical considerations, -if one
endorses a candidate publicly
he. at the selfsame time, does
not endorse another. That
makes folk mad...but it is a
risk I believe we ought to take.
1 like, if possible, to let people
know where I stand,
Too, this political season i
have seen a lot of political
muscle applied against folk
like myself. I don't like it.
People should have the un
fettered right to vote for
whomever they wish. It's their
perogative. not the political
power brokers in our midst.
So, I am going to endorse via
the Cmifci bias Video (if
my brother and sister, my
co-owners, do not override me)
1(Jdiape candidates whom .1 be
... .ttrve to be the beat noes for all
of pa. You, as the reader, can
agree with me or not agree
.... with as Either way 1 believe
it is wonderful because more
viewpoints will have been ex
pressed and you will have
something more to consider
when making up your own
mind. God, it's wonderful to
be a Native American.
Former Governor Bob Scott
is making a concerted effort in
Robeson County, as is Gover
nor Jim Hunt. Scott is making
rapid strides ia closing the gap
between he and Hunt. A
number at Indians and blacks,
once thought to be solidly
behind Hunt, have begun to
express an interest in Scott's
ctnptigii. For Instance, his
campaign staff in Robeson
County is tri-rsdal. His cam
paign co-chairmen are General
?oberth Hughes, Pirttn*. a
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white; Dr. E. B. Turner.
Lumberton, a black; and Ted
Brewington, Pembroke, an
Indian.
By contrast. Governor Jim
Hunt's campaign manager in
Robeson County is Ben G.
Floyd. Jr.. the very political
clerk of court of Superior Court
in Robeson County. This
columnist has called on Floyd
to resign from office because
of the impropriety involved or,
at least, take a leave of
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absence from his elected of
fice. So far, Floyd has conti
nued to heed Hunt's campaign
effort in Kobeson County.
Some are saying that Dr. Jim
Chavis. the Indian vice-chan
cellor of PSU and George
Ziegler, a black political leader
from Maxton are actively
engaged in his campaign too.
Maybe so, but Hunt's cam
paign headquarters list Floyd
solely as his campaign mana
ger in Robeson County.
TOWN COUNCIL BRIEFS
NEW LEASE FOB
DISTRICT COURT HOUSE
The town of Pembroke at
its meeting Tuesday night
renewed its lease with Pates
Supply Company of $400 to
continue occupying the Dis
trict Courthouse building on
Railroad Street.
UPDATE ON CAMPUS
POLICE
The council also heard
from Terry Hutchins, Che legal
counsel for Pembroke State
University. Hutchins gave the
, council an update on the status
.,of caqspus policemen in-seta- -
tion to the town of Pembroke.
Hutchins noted that State
?Statute 74A under which the
campus police are accountable
is restrictive and would pre
clude the campus police from
responding to calls off campus
except in the area of a hot
pursuit or on property under
contract to the university.
The council asked he and
Dexter Brooks, town attorney,
to come up with proposals for
them to consider. The areas to
be considered include the
possibility of a contract spell
ing out guidelines for them to
follow and another proposal
whereby campus police would
be designated auxiliary police
man for the town of Pembroke.
Town attorney Brooks no
ted. "I have trouble with this
state statute (74A)...the statu
te doesn't allow for much
cooperation between town and
campus."
Both Hutchins and the town
officials hope the matter can
be resolved because he two
police forces have worked well
together in the past in areas of
traffic control (especially
parades) and emergency calls.
COUNCIL SPLITS ON VOTE
TO ALLOW CABLE TV
BUILDING
The town also split on
whether or not So allow Jones
Intercable TV the authority to
build a small building on town
property to store their equip
ment.
-- After rwwch debate Council
man Sam Dial and Milton
Hunt voted "no" and Council
man Larry T. Brooks and
Rod Locklear voted "yes."
Mayor "Pete" Jacobs broke
the tie in favor of letting them
buld the small building "sub
ject to our (the town's) appro
val of specifications and build
ing plans."
Councilman Milton Hunt
said emphatically. "I can't go
along with this: we are not in
the cable TV business."
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The council also discussed
a drainage problem on the
PSU campus and the town's
responsibility in the matter.
The matter was tabled "for
further study."
The council, also, in princi
ple, approved a Balanced
Growth Resolution.
THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
A Weekly Newspaper Established 1973
and Published Each Thursday.
Bruce Barton , Editor
Connee Brayboy Associate Editor
Garry L. Barton Associate Editor
Ricky M. Barton..... .Circulation & Advertising
Published Each Week by
Lrnnbee Publishing Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 1075 - Pembroke, N.C. 28372
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God grant ma the serenity to accept the things I
cannot change, courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to bow the different.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
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I TOO WAS ONCE IN PRISON
I
I love you people in jails and
prisons because God loves
you. I love you because I, too.
was once in prison and that for
a long, long time; and truly 1
know what it is like. Mine was
a dark cell filled wiht the same
monotonous days of eating,
sleeping, talking about the
same dull things, doing the
same monotonous work, fellow
shipping day after day with the
same people who were in the
same condition as me. Mine
was a deep vacuum of a life
filled with fear, wicked imagi
nations, selfish thoughts and
deeds, and with no love for
either God or my fellow men.
For 1 loved to goasip about
them. I judged them. I quarre
led and fought with them, 1
gave them no helping hand,
and I even lied about them. In
our work together, I always
took the easy way out rather
than putting my shoulder to
work to lift their burdens, and
I never stood up for the fellow
who was right.
Yes, you guessed it) I never
had a friend there. But later I
found a friend who "sticketh
closer than a brother." (Prov.
18:24); and He came to my aid
and released me from the
darkness of a prision cell, from
a dead life, and He put a new
spirit into me. You see He had
piercing eyes which looked
right through my inner being
and He knew that 1 was dead
dead in trespasses and sins;
but He said: "...awake thou
that sleepest (blinded to my
awful sinful life by the devil)
and arise from the dead, and
Christ will give thee light."
(Eph. 5:14).
And, He did bring LIGHT
INTO MY LIFE FROM HIS'
WORD for I had turned on the
radio and heard the sermon
about the 99 and the one lost
sheeprwMeh Searched
for sod found! My husband
had just passed away and I
was worrying aboutho# I
could have taken better care of
him so that he might have
lived; and meanwhile, the
devil had me in unrest and
torment for several weeks. I
did not know it at the time; but
it was the Holy Spirit trying to
convict me of my sins, and so I
was prepared TO HEAR THE
WORD OF GOD AND TO
RECEIVE JESUS. The closing
passage went like this; "...
Rejoice with me for I have
found my sheep which was
lost. Likewise, I say unto you
there is joy in the presence of
the angels of God (my loved
ones had been told that 1 was
saved and would finally join
them) over one sinner that
repenteth." (Luke 15:6-7).
"There is, I cried, "through
my tears; and I was saved. I
*>a?f admitted that I was a
tinner and had received Jesus
into my heart! Do you know
what that light means? h it
this: "I am cyucified with
Christ (my sins are covered by
HIS BLOOD and my old life it
dead to self but lives for
others) nevertheless I live, yet
not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN
ME." (Jn. 8:12). He makes me
into a new creature and puts a
new heart within me ? that of
love; and then He can live
within me ? walking in me.
talking through me, and tell
ing me I AM HIS.
So. today, 1 sing like a lark
regardless of where I am or
what state I am in even though
all around me is a world of
darkness and of sin. The devil
gives one unrest, turmoil,
worry, fear, war, anxiety; but
God gives the peace that
passeth all understanding.
The devil brings sins and
hatred into men's hearts
through jealousy, an unforgiv
ing spirit, anger, pride,
wicked 'words, coveting or
wanting possessions of others,
stealing, and the like. But the
Lord gives love, mercy,' and
forgiveness each day and
throughout the day for He is
only too willing to forgive us
and to cleanse us from ALL
WRONG DOING, if we but ask
Him. (1 Jn. 1:9). The devil is a
liar and the truth is not in him;
but Christ is the WAY (to
heaven), THE TRUTH (Bible),
and the LIFE (everlasting in
heaven). Nothing can survive
in darkness "for the wages of
sin is death." (Rom. 6:23); so
the devil brings death and a
person dies two times ?
physically and spiritually. But
Christ brings two lives ? a
physical and abundant life on
r- earth, and then after death, a
life that will be forever and
ever with Him.
- NO, I am,?J6ngerth prfsWi "
and darfcness,but in light and
freedom THROUGH HIM
WHO LOVED ME AND DIED
FOR ME PAYING MY SIN
DEBT IN FULL ON THAT
OLD RUGGED CROSS! My
heart rejoices, it sings in
melodies of praises to my
GLORIOUS SAVIOUR for I
AM HIS AND HE IS MINE!
Marietta Fuller
1313 SpMtMM Drive
Jeffersoovflie, lad. 47134
P.S.: 1 thought you might be
interested in knowing that
Chaplain Ray has given a
source for addresses so that I
might visit those in prison
through the articles the Lord
writes through me. Please
pray for them but they are few
in number; rather pray the
most for the very large number
of prisoners in the free world;
for 1 am not speaking of
physical but spiritual impri
sonment.
Indians urged
to become
Officially
Tribesmen
by Lew Barton
"I know who's an Indian in
Robeson County--and who
isn't. And chances are good
that yea know that, too
just as well as I do. But we
forget that non-Robesonians
don't know the difference in a
good many cases. And unless
we enroll and officially become
a tribe-you know, in the legal
since-there just isn't much,
chance that anyone can help
us. Not even those who want
to. And there are many
agencies who do. So won't you
please come in and let us
enroll you in the Lumbee
Tribe, for your own sake as
well as ours?"
That's the way Ed Chavis.
project director of Lumbee
Enrollment it LRDA sees the
matter of officially getting
your name on the Lumbee
tribal rolls. And he Is right.
Please en roll I No charge!
Just call! Please join us so that
no one will ever be able to say
we aren't officially tribesmen
again Our failure to be of
ficially enrolled in the Lumbee
Tribe Is costing us thousands
of doilsrs every month of our
lives Such * careless fellers
cannot be tironed. Are you a
member ef the Lumbee Tribe
er aren't you? Do you reedy
cere sbuut Indian rights or
den t vee?
Wr den t waul your money
We aniy went yen to stand up
and be uaumed
HIDEAWAY VALLEY
a handbook to Lumbee History
BTIfWBAirON
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
CONTINUATION
Miss Ethel Chadwick. des
cribed above only in part, was
also one of the first Caucasian
teachers to accept employment
in the Lunabee Indian school
syttcif. After the misunder
standing between us, already
described. I became one of her
most trusted friends and she
was certainly among my most
trusted and most respected
teachers.
Lanky "Miss Chad," as we
students affectionately knew "
her, never failed to help
encourage me in any way she
could. She had a sporty-look
ing brown coupe which she
lovingly called Clara Bell. But
not even the exalted privilege
of driving Clara Bell was
denied those students who
really applied themselves in
her classes. James Blue and I
were allowed to drive it several
times, as I recall, and because
of this were the envy of the
entire high school at Prospect.
Miss Chadwick was the first
teacher I studied under who
was Caucasian. And largely
due to her influence, I came to
regard most such teachers who
followed her as very human,
very understanding and very
unprejudiced, too. A real
educational pioneer, I surmise
now as I look back upon those
times, she and several other
white teachers of the late
thirties braved the censure of
their own people to infuse into
our Lumbee school system,
something new, exciting and
different from the world out
side ours. 1 still recall how
Robeson newspapers and
white Robeson authority, gen
erally, put her down along
with others like her who dared
to teach in Indian schools,
When one such teacher began
to board and room in the home
of one of our most prominent "
and most respected Indian
families, the fat was really in
the fire. And even the court
took action againstihe teacher
in one such case.
But our autonomous scnoof
"i-#5KW Vft'eieJ" ne^l ?
ideas from outside itself, as
well as those from within, if we
were fo Be trufy educated.
It was such people as Ethel
Chad wick, Mary Livermore
and a number of others,
including Dr. Ralph D. Wei
lows and Frances Stein bring of
Pembroke State, to make a
world of difference. We
Indians of the Robeson area
owe a debt of gratitude to all
such daring humanitarians
that can never be fully repaid.
Ironically, a memorial to
Hamilton McMillan, father of
Lumbee Indian education in
general and of Pembroke State
in particular, is still conspi
cuously missing from the
Pembroke State University to
this very day. Such things
ought not to be.
I was born Tuesday, June 4,
1918 in a tennent farm on the
old "Frank Place" near Max
ton in Robeson County, North
Carolina; and delivered to the
world by an Indian midwife.
She was the grandmother of
the late, widely-known-and
loved U.S. Indian Claims
Commissioner, Brantley Blue
who often told me that hie and I
were related "somewhere
down the line." The only son
in a family of seven surviving
children born to Harfcer Ran
dolph Barton and his wife,
Catherine Ann Dial Barton,
my earliest beginnings go back
even farther than the date
given above.
It was during a fateful night
in September of 1917 that my
mother accomplished a life
long dream, which was to
conceive a man-child. And
though she loved all her -
children with all the fervency
characteristic of motherhood,
she never forgot that I was in a
class all to myself. Nor did she
allow m to forget it. Which
simply means that I very well
might have been a girl, too.
but wasn't. My adorable
mother and sis adorable sis
ters so pampered me as a child
as to spoil me utterly. But I
just ate up the estra attention.
And K I am hopefully pre
judiced in favor of the female
of the heme enplane species, it
is largely due lo them, plus
four or five half sisters who
later also came my way. To
me, they are not "just half
staien" any more than my five
half-brothers are half in any
respect. They are my brothers
and slaters, and I count myself
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Hfonyi IMVfli I? MTV IVvvfvs.
My father, thrice married,
nevertheless lefl nsc treasures
that ate unfathomable to their
worth "little Metier Bar
too." u my dad was af
fectionately known throughout
the Lumbee Indian world, was
so-called by the other Indians
because he actually was a
small man. in stature. But he
was a big man. indeed, in the
matter of love and the prob
duction of offspring.
He was also big in the
matter of service to his fellow
Jndians. Acting as corres
pondent for hundreds of them,
near and far, he collected
insurance payments. VA bene
fits and concluded inumerabie
other claims as well. At the
height of illiteracy in the
Indian community, "Little
Harker," despite his sixth
grade education, was once
hailed into court and fined
S100 for "practicing law with
out a license."
Chamber -V
Meets
Tonight
The Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce wH meet Then
day, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. for
thly meeting in the Town Hail
i" Pembroke.
President Curt Locklear
says. "Please make a special
effort to be there as we will be
forming new committees. Also
committee reports will be
given. We have much work
ahead of us. as well as a lot of
opportunity for building a
strong community. I hope to
see you all this Thursday."
WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS
Theee itadeaU at Pembroke
State Uelver* ky have com
pleted the flr?t part of the WSI
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(Water Safety Iaatracter)
the Bad Crees Advaaced Ufa
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Carehna Indian Veke
welcomes letter* from ear
reader* en matter* of general
Interest. Send year letters to
the editor of The CmBai
Indian Voice, P.O. Bex 1*75,
Pembroke, NC 2*372.
Letter* mast bear the writ
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dress and trlephoat namber If
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. aados-any ahuaamtaaco* be
caaae of poaoMe libel, bat
? a* tm ana?HB
decency.
We reeerve the right to edit
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Hbelona statement! and offen
sive weeds and/ or reject
then altogether.
Far farther hifonnatiea call
the editor at 521-2826.
Letters to the editor, If door
In the right spirit and whhhi
the laws of Rbel, aaake far
lively and intereethig reodta,.
Let no hoar boos yon.
Saving daw.
Gradaatea hcWc Istottog,
left to right): Rentier Hto
mm, Lamberton; Karen Ftoh
er, Inihrrttn; Linda Lench,
Raeferd; Rachel Brew a,
Lamberton; Rebto ' WaUrea!
Marten; and Jehaanah May
Staadiag (left ta right):
Taaiaile Davis, Lamhertea,
-Assistant; Clayton Mcintyie,
Lnaiherten; William Ball,
WhMevHe; Mk Otoea, Jr.,
Lambertea; Lee Seaaenia,
Lambertea; Kerry Lard,
Whlteville; Lerrie Olsaa,
Lajnhertea, Aaalataat) and
M&e Oiaaa, head toatmctor.
The cearae lasta amand
^three wnaha.
I RE-ELECT
I BOBBY D.
[ LOCKLEAR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
C RED SPRINGS DISTRICT
| DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
C May 6, 1980
Si BOBBY DEAN LOCKLKAR ,X
? Seven years experience as a
Robeson County Commissioner.
& ? Six years as Chairman of the
Robeson County Board of Health.
? Member of the Lumber River
Council of Governments (COG).
x ? Member of Stat* Advisory
(Appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt)
? Member of Employment and
Training Advisory Council
(Robeson County Department of
B Human Resources).
? Master's Degree ? Western 2
Carolina University. Nineteen
years in Public Education.
? Proven representative of the
people.
? Is very outspoken on the issues.
?Promises "to continue to make Z
decisions in the best interest of Z
the people of Robeson County."
TOWNSHIPS PMwUlphut X
Red Springs 1 A 2 Lumber Bridge W
Shannon Raft Swamp A
Rennert Burnt Swamp
RE-ELECT
ROBERT E. "BOB" DAVIS
To Tho BwimI Aitiwhly
IN TNKMAY ftth PRIMARY
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