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EDITORIAL AND II II IV OPINION PAGE... ^ f VWe Cannot Know Where We Are Oofna V . iMM If We Don't Know Where We've Been... JHI ? So fittingly we honor our Pioneer Fathers .... . . . . . ^tttHWWWiiwwwmmwwwwKp As I See It . ? i . ? i :? ? i . by Bruce Barton ' ,? I *?' ! -. Dr. Marthi L. IimIii adihsseHi Democratic Con vent Umi LUMBEKTON-Obscrvers called it "one of the best addresses I ever heard" as Dr. Martin L. Brooks gave the keynote address last Saturday as the county democrats gath ered for their annual conven tion. Brooks, longtime political activist, is a Pembroke physician. Brooks held the packed O P. Owens audience spell bouad as he injected historical perspectives and personal observations into his talk. Brocks noted. "I believe that God created man in his own image and likeness and gave him dominion over all the earth..." Brooks, who has been in the vanguard of positive change in Robeson County over the last two decades noted: "Let*us first define our terms so we can think together: "Here dominion means- the secret of overcoming every kind of difficulty. 'iftff1 rrf-T" (hdflfondirions of our life. "He said that we could inherit the earth ? which means we have the power to bring the conditions of our life into harmony and success, f ? >* "New every promise in the Bible urns given on conditioa: We wifTbe saved, if we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. We will be approved before God. if tre study "Now He tells us that we can have (possess) dominion over the conditions at our life, if we accept and maintain a certain simple mental attitude and that mental attitude is an attitude of Meekness. "Meekness means ? A com bination of open-mindness. faith in Cod. and the reali zation that the will of God for as is always something yoyoes and.interesting and vital and much better than anything we could think of for ourselves. This state of mind also in cludes a willingness to allow this will of God to come about j in what every way Divine Wisdom considers it best, rathei than in some parti cular way that we have chosen for ourselves. "Therefore the OBjy thing which prevents His will from being our peace is the use of our free will in exercising our power of choice. "tbome say. "I don't know what God's will is.' Well you know what it.ain't. A more positive answer to 'What is Cod's will for me is - does it (it me to be of maximum service to God and to the people about me?) "William Penn once said. Man who refuse to be gov erned by Cod. condemn them selves to be ruled by tyrants.' ?feats asked J questions of his atdieocd: "<h Do you have a self fit to bee with ? a self fit for your Cod and vour fa how man la know? "Ul Do you have a world A wfco* yhtleair "(J) ?e yea have a phh? A ta Me by?" lb. fie d>ea gave sla reliant why ?mmIms have (shea to the ft '1 ? They last thaw mitfaos convictions and flaunted basic morality. "II - They become obsessed with sex. "Ill - They debased their money of its intrinsic value and let inflation run rampant. "IV - Honest work ceased to be a virtue. "V - Respect for law dis integrated and violence be came an accepted method of achieving individual and group desires... "VI - They reached the point where the citizens were no longer willing to be soldiers and fight for the defense of their nation and their heritage. They resorted to paid mer cenaries or tried to buy off their attackers." Brooks said. "Now no one has to be very sharp to realise that we in America have gone a long way down all six of these roads. But thanks be to God we have not passed the point of no return. "What can we do about it: Just everything - if we don't do our jobs right here ?( home It? ydfMiOt matter what they4?4p|? bale ig h. Washington, the United Nations. Camp David - and the like... "We must use wisely our power of choice; we must: Choose to love...rather than to hate; choose to laugh... rather than to cry; choose to create...rather than to destroy; choose to preserve...rather than to squander, choose to praise...rather than to gos sip; choose to heal...rather than to wound; choose to give...rather than to steal; choose to grow...rather than to rot: choose to pray... rather than to curse; choose to work...rather than to procrastinate; choose to vote... rather than to not vote. "Did yog say. vole? Ye* ? vole ? Oh that's political, yes that's political ? but political simply means to influence - The greatest politician who ever lived was Jesus Christ - He influenced the lives of more people than anyone before or since. I hope that today and every day I will be political." Brooks lamented run-away inflation and the malaise of American life. He noted America was prac ticing the Titantic philosophy. The Titantic. the most modern ship in its day was considered unsinkable. Bat the Titantic went down in 1912 with some 1500 people on board. He noted that many today consider America unassaila ble. He noted that there is time to turn the course of events around. He offered some things he considers helpful. "I ? We've got to have a religious revival in this coun try. If we once again become the God-fearing People we were in l?7t> that fact alone would solve most of our other Kblent* It is true, keek ve t the Kingdom uf God and HI* righteousness and all these thing* wiM be added there to- It is objectively. scientifWsllv true "II - We've got to leach each end even generation what M means to be an Amaru an . They are not bum wMh that knowledge running In their Mood stream* - ie*< beta use the* happen to be born in America hah Group know* how lo gel and dispense mho malum on God etoutHr*. You have heard the statement: 'Oh the Americana ? are all right.' "Ill ? We've got to teach them NO system will work unless the people do. "IV ? We've got to teach them that America is the one hope of every person who is free or ever wants to be ? Surely it is not the United Nations it's the United States of America - Example: Hos tages.' "V - We've got to teach them and help them to understand the American promise - Life. Liberty and the pursuit of happiness ? America can't guarantee happiness; it can't guarantee equality of achieve ment. that everyone will go up the ladder the same distance - The guarantee is equality of opportunity - and when you have had Equal Opportunity - You have had equality. The key words in the American System are Individual and Opportunity - The whole melt ing pot concept from which we grew to become the greatest nation on earth, had as it's foundation Individual Oppor tunity ?Vk^vHNe've got to teach them to know that those in government wll be, must be servants of the people and not the masters. (When I hear people say our congressmen and senators are spending money like drunken sailors. I say tic they don't - drunken sailors spend their own mo ney.) "VII - We've got to teach them what Thomas Jefferson referred to as a decent respect far the opinion* of mankind.'' Brooks concluded his re marks by saying: (To remain a free nation) "...we must rea lize that freedom and God are inseparable." ENDORSEMENT Following Brooks' speech, the convention endorsed Mike Mc In tyre In his bid to become a delegate to the Democratic National Convention In New York City in August. Mclntyre, a Lumberton native, Is attending law school at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. According to a list provided by Mclntyre, he and Pem broke State University professor Adolph Dial are the only persona from Robeson County who have filed to become national delegates, while (keens of persons from surrounding counties have filed. OUTSTANDING DEMOC RAT Earlier during the session, a plaque was presented to Nick Hunt, chosen by the convention's executive committee as the county's Outstanding Democrat over the past year. Because Hunt could not attend due to illness, the plaque was presented by Robeson County Sheriff Hubert Stone te Hunt's son, Darwin. COMMITTEES Eight persons were elected by the convention to serve on four committees The Rev H.E. Edwards and J.W Hunt were selected te serve on the Cengresional District Executive CenunMee. Mrs. Adelaide Behon and Arbe Jacobs ware elected te the Judicial District Eaecutive CwwnlRss, Dr. Martin L. Breaks and Oibsen Gray were leneteriel District Eaecutive Committee, and Wyvis Oaendtos and Mrs Nevada T. WMMed were tabbed to serve ea the Mate House of Representatives Executive Committee. In other business, con vention chairmen John Mark Brooks announced that the county could send 148 delegates to the district and state Democratic con ventions. Less than 10 per sons have signed up to attend each convention. The convention unanimously approved resolutiana honoring the late James E. Chavts Sr., Special Superior Court Judge Samuel E. Britt and District Court Judge Herbert L. Richard son. The convention also heard a resolution sent by the Robeson County Black Caucus. The measure, which cited several grievances against the county Democratic organisation, asked the convention to "give an ear" to the Black Caucus and requested that blacks be called upon to fill vacant positions The resolution was signed by state representative Robert Davis and Lumberten councilman K.B. Turner, both members of the Black Caucus J Mark ?Newman. pu'Mdvd t LETTERS TO THE EDITOR N.C. Immunization Law Clarified Dear Editor: There it widespread misun derstanding about the North Carolina Immunization Law. and I will be grateful for the opportunity to give your read ers the straight information. For many years, the state immunization law has required documentation of immuniza tions for children before they can attend school. The first such law was enacted in 1911. Although many parents keep accurate records of their child ren's shots by maintaining the immunization records given to them by their physician or clinic, some parents are caught short when the time arrives for their child to enter school because they have either lost the shot record or were never given one. It is usually a simple matter of checking back with the physi cian or clinic where the immunizations were adminis tered. Sometimes, however, there are real problems such as a physician having died or retir ed or a clinic or physician ? particularly those out-of-state - not wishing to be bothered with retrieving old records. In those situations, the parent is best advised to sit down with the child's present physician or someone in the present clinic and review what shots the child has received. The reason the law requires school officials to accept only health care-provider records of immunization rather than a parent's word is that many parents simply do not know which shots their children have received. To many individuals "measles'' means both measles and rubella ("German measles"), two en tirely different diseases caus ed by two different viruses and prevented by two different vaccines. "Baby shots" is another upclear term with different WteJnings to different people. To place school of ficials in the position of having to sort out a child's immuni zation record from a parent's recollections is simply an unfair imposition of a medical task upon an educator. The 1979 General Assembly made several changes in the immunization law. One of the more important changes is the requirement that every child attending a school (through the 12th grade), or licensed day-care center in this state, must be properly immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, mea sles and rubella (German measles). The unimmunized child in school who contracts one of these diseases (with the exception of tetanus) poses a threat to the remainder of the student body it there are other non-immunized children in the student body. } Every summer a heavy bur den is placed on the public health departments across the state as many parents wait until the last minute to have their children protected. Many schools wilLbave to extend the school year to make up for snow days, so the rush at clinics and doctors' offices is likely to be worse this sum mer. Parents of' beginning stu dents should get the necessary shots now. before school is out for the year. Older students who need immunization would be wise to get it before the summer push starts. J.N. MacCormack, M.D., M.P.H. Communicable Disease Control Branch N.C. Department of Human Resources. Raleigh PSU Yearbook became Indianhead Sir: I often read in your news paper abou! activities at PSU. Well, when I was there it was Pembroke State College for Indians only , specified on my diploma. Since then I have attended Wayne State Univer sity in Detroit, in addition to Appalachian State. I want to let you know how the name of PSU's annual yearbook came about. This can be verified by members of the college graduating class of 1946. One day while sitting around a table in our class room with our beloved Dr. Kennedy. Ktha Mae Harris Cummings was sitting at the table along w ith Helen Maynor Jones, others and myself, asked Dr. Kennedy did Etha Mae look like she had an Indianhead. Hence the name of the annual yearbook. Indianhead. Sincerely. Jesse J. Maynor Route I, Pembroke, NC 28372 Leaf Planting Hike Expected RALEIGH (API - The planting of tobacco in North Carolina is expected to Ht creast by II percent this year as farmers try to recover from the problems they encoun tered lost year. A surve) of fanners by the state Agriculture Depart ment's Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows that 173 000 acres of flue-cured to bacco will be planted The survey showed that the hurley crop alto Is expected to Increase. Cart Cross of the reporting service says the Increase In flue rurrd I.4MCCO wit I enable farmers la mail the maximum amount the Moral gosern mem allots to be grown m slate The states quota h TH-mHIo* pounds, m m create of so-nulHon pounds over last tear. The yield M expected la he I percent lower lhan the rec ord 1*71 trop despite being ?? much higher dun l*T* Pre-school Clinic - ^ Planned Dear Parents: Pre-kindergarten Registra tion will be held on Friday. May 2. 1980. at 9 a.m. In order to register a child he or she must be 5 years of age by October 16. We ask that you bring the following information: 'Birth certificate. *Shot record. ?Physical form (must be com pleted by doctor). We look forward to seeing each of you as we prepare for the upcoming school year. NOTE: We ask that children do not attend Pre-registration. Sincerely yours. John N. Sampson, Principal Dorieen S. Hall, Kindergarten Teacher Betty C. Locldear Kindergarten Teacher DEEP BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Rt. 4. Box 170 Lumberton. N.C. 28358 What the Name Lumbee Means , The word "Lumber" as a place name on the map. first came to Robeson County. N.C.. in 1787. with the found ing of the city called Lum berton. N.C.: spreading in 1809. by stite law. from the city to the river ?? called "Drowning Creek" from 1750 forward, but renamed Lumber River in 1809. to "improve commerce." (This river ap pears on no map. so far as we have yet discovered, earlier than 1725 -- and the only name of this river on the 1725 map is "Wacoma." which refers not to the river itself but to the Waccamaw Tribe of Indians, otherwise called the Woccon, Wacon. Vocama. or Wache mau Indians - also spelled Wackamaw. This tribe moved up to what South Carolina called her "northern fron tiers" in 1720 ? moved up r there in the summer of 1720. to the number of 100 Wac camaw Indian men, plus women and children - and stayed there until at least 1733. dealing solely but un easily with the colony of North Carolina. Record dates of 1734. 1735. 1750 and con tinuously thereafter - par ticularly in 1754 and 1755 ? make it look to us as if the entire Waccamaw Nation of Indians had moved onto the South Carolina side of the line between North and South h Carolina; a line a large portion J of which surveyors set in 1735. This line remains in the same 4 place today. 245 years later. 4 One could argue that the ^ Colony of North Carolina did i not annex the present Robe- a son County. N.C.. until the 17th of March 1750 (new style). 4 Publications date of 1888. 4 1918 and 1919 call it not the J Lumber but the Lumbee River. (Hamilton McMillan's 1888 booklet. Field A Stream 4 magazine, and the Journal of 4 American Folklore, respec- < lively.) < In 19St,~tW0-tlmisand. nine ; hundred tat& tttr-one Indians 4 in Robeson County held an < election, and voted (2.916 to i 35) to call themselves Lumbee < Indians. This movement to . name ourselves Lumbee Indi ans was led by the late D.F. * Lowry. They made up just over * 7.7% of the 22,553 American 4l Indians counted in Robeson 4 County by the federal census ^ in 1950. However. Tuscarora 4 Indians have lived on Drown- ^ ing Creek since at least the ' 21st of October 1767 (Sarah 4 Lowrie and her 5 children). 4 And by the 7th of December 4 1778 Lazy Will Locklear (who ^ spoke the Saponi Indian lang uage in daily conversation with " relatives) had already lived in 4 the present Robeson County 4 long enough to have sub- 4 stantial improvements on his 4 land. a Ronald Brooks 4 Maxton. N.C. Tax Bite By State Is Bigger RALEIGH - If you have a feeling that more of your hard-earned dollars are going to the state Income tax collector, you're probably right. Figures compiled by the Di vision of Slate Budget and Management show that in 1969 state income taxes took 1.7 percent of the average Tar Heel resident's salary. By Jast year, however, the figure had grown to 2.5 percent. The larger the doon and window* of a home, the greater the chance of heat low in winter, or heat gain in tummer. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Canto* Indian Vain welcome* letter* frem ear reader* on matter* of general interest. Send year letters In the editor of The fmntoe Indian Voice, P.O. Boi 1075, Pembroke, NC 2S372. Letter* mast bear the writ er'* name, fall mailing ad dress and telephone number if writer has one. Anonymons letter* wU not be pabHshed under any circumstances be cause of possible libel, bat mostly because af common We reserve Ike right to edit letters,fer length, possible ?Ive words sad/ er refect the si altogether. For further information caM the editor at 521-2826. Letters to the editor, M dooe in the right spirit and within the laws of libel, make lor lively and interesting reading. Let as hear from yen. Elect JERRY LOWRY To The ROBESON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ?Rowland District "Let's Meet the Needs ^ of the People." ?Your Vote and Support is Appreciated PEMBROKE I SUB SHOP < Now Serving Breakfast! Open 24 Hours A Day. J I Except Monday, Tuesday A Satarday ? ^ * Steaks and Hoagies Around {he Clock! ? PEMBROKE SUB SHOP West 3rd St.-Pembroke ?Fountain Drinks ( ? Now serving 'Barbeque ? ?Hamburgers * > f . ; COME IN FOR HELLOS ? : I AND GOOD BUYSI ; : I THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE-- j I A Weekly Newspaper Established 1973 and Published Each Thursday. I . Bruce Barton Editor J | Connee Brayboy Associate Editor Garry L. Barton Associate Editor Ricky M. Barton Circulation & Advertising I Published Each Week by I | Lumbee Publishing Company, Inc. ! P.O. Box 1075 - Pembroke, N.C. 28372 ! I Send inquiries to I THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE j ! P.O. Box 1075, Pembroke, N.C. 28372 | The Carolina Indian Voice desires to be notified I promptly of errors in all of its reports. Second class I postage paid at Pembroke, N.C. Postmaster: Send form 3579 to the Carolina Indian Voice, P.O. Box 1075, Pembroke, N.C. 28372. USPS #978 380 I God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the different. ^ ^ j
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