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LUMBERTON, FAIRMONT ANNEXATIONS
EXAMPLES OF ONE-HANDED JUSTICE
Robeson Courtly-As noted in
* recent issue of The CMolina
Indian Voice the Lumberton
City Schools are being sued by
a number of Robeson County
and Lumberton residents for
violating the 1965 Voting
Rights Act. The Lumberton
City Board of Education is
charged with implementing
three annexations of areas in
the county, even though the
U.S. Justice Department has
objected to them on the
gruunds that they are racially
discriminatory.
A cursory glance at a map of
the present boundaries of the
Lumberton School District
which now includes the dis
puted areas of Barker Ten I
I - Miles. Lakewood Estates and
Clyburn Pines and Country
Club Road, shows Knei of a
very irregular nature. It seems 1
almost as If an effort was made
to include some folks and
exclude others. In fact, there is
a perdominatcly Indian area
completely nrroandad by the
Lumberton School District,
although these people are in I
the county school district.
An amusing but ironic note is I
that, according to maps detail- I
ing the boundary lines of the
existing five school districts in I
the county, the Robeson Coun
ty Board of Education s Ad
ministration building is actu
- ally located within the confines
of the LumbortonSchool Dis
trict. If the county system had
to pay taxes they would have
to pay them to the city of
Lumberton.
These annexations occurred
at a time when HEW was
demanding that the Robeson I
County Board of Education I
desegregate its schools. Many
whites were clamoring td* I
escape from the predominately
Indian county school district
into the predominately white
K Lumberton School District be
fore the lines were closed (as
they were in 1970) by HEW.
It is worthy of note that at the
time the Indian community
around Plney Grove also wan
ted to be annexed, hut-this
attempt was opposed by most I
of the whites of the Clyburn I
Pines area becauie the Ptney- I
Grove and Clyburn Pines areas I
would have been grouped
together for a single elemen
tary school district using the
existing school at Piney Grave.
The state legislators seeming
ly listened to the Clyburn
Pines group.
MEANWHILE. I
OVER AT PROSPECT
?< Prospect
"The Fairmont annexation
covered about half of predom
inately White Stelings Town
ship in 1%9. Again. Whites
seemed to be trying to get out
of the predominately Indian
County School District. Fair
grove School was actually built
bv the County Board of
Education within the Fairmont
School District so the school
had to be de-annexed before
HEW closed the school district
lines to student transfer in
1970. However, only the scho
ol. itself was de-annexed
leaving large numbers of
Indians of the Fairgrove com
munity trapped inside the
Fairmont School District. Thus
Fairgrove sits about half emp
ty white the schools in
Fairmont are over crowded.
-Since Robeson is covered by
the Federal Voting Rights Act.
these changes should have
been submitted to the Depart
ment of Justice for approval.
The Department of Justice has
now said that these changes
are discriminatory.
Since the Lumberton School
Board is elected, if these
predominately white annexed
areas were removed the Black
and Indian people in Lumber
ton would have a much better
chance of electing minority
people to the Board.
EARL BRITT
WILL HAVE TO
EXCUSE HIMSELF
As noted earlier, it is a case
of educational chickens com
ing home to roost.
The suit has been filed in the
Eastern District of the U.S.
Federal Courts in Fayetteville.
Guess who the sitting federal
judge is there? Yep. you
guessed it; our old protagonist
from "Break Double Voting
Days" -Earl Britt. Britt repre
sented the Fairmont School
System in the celebrated
"Prospect Suit" and was also
Robeson County's attorney of
record in the "Break Double
Voting Suit." Britt. of course,
opposed breaking double vot
ing: the federal courts broke It.
claiming in part, racial dis
crimination.
Briti will have to excuse
himself from the case when
it comes before his court
because of his prejudicial
actions in the past.
Lumberton and all those ?ho
cling to the antiquated racial
practices of the past can
expect to lose tins case. There
are universal laws which must
be satisfied: the annexations
are examples of one- handed
justice
It should be noted that no
further annexations have been
approved in the general
assembly since Indians and
began seising in
legislature
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THE CAAOUNA
IWCHAW VOICE
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LETTERS?? EDITOR/
CHRISTMAS IN
RETROSPECT
Who came to Bethlehem
that night long ago when our
Lord Jesus Christ was born?
Many people came.
The Ordinary came. They
came who called Bethlehem
their birthplace, because of a
demand.
Today the Ordinary still take
Christmas as a day to hunt,
fish, drink, travel and rest.
We as Christians should do
the same. Hunt yes!...for
some one in need of material
needs...Physical needs but
above all a spiritual need. Fish
yes...as an Andrew to Peter.
Drink yes...of the new wine.
Travel yes...to the places of
need. Rest yes...in the Lord.
The Romans came. Today
they are still coming but in the
wrong way. Christmas today is
a time of "much Religion"...
perhaps too much "religious
activity" to permit the true
Humble Hearts of the true
worshiper to draw aside and
remember why there is a
Christmas.
The Soldiers came. It was not
on Christmas night, but later
that King Herold sent his
guards into Bethlehem with
their swords unsheathed on a
mission of Death.
The Soldier^ are still coming.
Hitler in Belgium with his last
offensive in December 1944, in
which I had a wonderful
friend- schoolmate and soldier
buddy named James Ertle
Jacobs killed-in-action.
i UIWHIWIWWIIIWWWWWWW'
We Christian Soldiers ot the
Cross should be carrying the
sword of the spirit- his word
for the conquest of sin.
The Shephe'ids came The
Humble Shepherds of old
came from near by fields
because of a wonderful Ange
lic Message they heard that
night. ^
God's blessing be upon the
new shepherds today that have
heard the call in our hearts to
carry the message of "His
SEE MORE
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PAGE NINE
TEN MILE
CENTER i
CHURCH NEWS I
by Mrs. Nora Lee Hardin
Mrs. Grace Epps is improv- .
ing just fine. She was in a good I
service Sunday at Ten Mile ,
Center Baptist Church for the '
first time since last March. 1
Everyone enjoyed seeing Mrs.
Epps and speaking to her. |
Thank God.
Mr. Juston Hunt who has
been ill for 12 months and has |
not been able to go to church,
was present Sunday at Ten |
Mile Center Church. ,
Mrs. Delia Thomas and her
daughter were visitors of Mrs. f
nora Lee Hardin on Thursday ,
afternoon.
Mrs. Anker Bll and Mrs.
Eunice Revels were visitors of |
Mrs. Nora Lee Hardin on
Saturday afternoon. |
Mrs, Vera Koonce. Mrs. |
Shirley C. Koonce were visi- j
tors Saturday of Mrs. Vicky i
Koonce of St. Pauls. i
Mr. and Mrs. James Koonce i
of St.Pauls had si* visitors t
Saturday from the Saddletree i
section.
Mrs. Maggie Jones was a 1
visitor at Ten Mile Center /
Baptist Church Sunday.
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LREMC Help for Needy
Lauded in Editorial
The following editorial was
given by Al Kahn, on Radio
Station WAGR Thursday, Jan.
8, 1981.
"There may be some cynics
who would say that a project
undertaken by the Lumbee
River Electric Co-operative is
really designed to | be self
serving ...To see to ft that the
Co-operative was successful in
collecting money for service
provided by it. And maybe to
some extent there may be a
little truth to that but we would
definitely hesitate to say that
that's the whole reason for
putting the project into mo
tion. For those who may not be
familiar with what Lumbee
Electric is doing ...It's this. It
has set up a membership
information and assistance
program complete with a
director whose function it is to
check out the financial and
other problems called to its
attention faced by the member
consumers who are actually
owners of the Co-op and see
what can be done about alle
viating those problems. That
contacting the various agen
cies who are in a position to
help those consmers in solving
their financial problems re
sults in money becoming
available to those people that
allow payment to their energy
bills appears to us'to be just a
benefit that the Co-op de
serves to receive in light of
their efforts. According to
Mrs. Geneva Edens who heads
up the program for Lumbee
Electric, it's surprising to
know how few people are
familiar with the programs
which are available to help the
needy. The program makes
that information available to
them. The Co-op appears to be
performing a service that is
needed by a segment of our
population. Of course it's only
for members of Lumbee Elec
tric. We're sure that many
others are in the same needy
situation and. if they're de
serving of help, there should
be some way that they can be
provided it. Being a member
of a Co-op shouldn't be a
prerequisite to getting it."
An Editorial Expression
of the Carolina
Indian Voice
PASSAGE OF WATER AND SEWER BOND
REFERENDUM A POSTIVE STEP FORWARD
FOR THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE
The voters in Pembroke will cast a pivotal vote on Monday.
January 26 -- a referendum for or against progress and continued
growth for the town and its outlying regions.
On that day Pembroke voters will vote for or against the passage
of a water and sewer referendum for the Town in the amount of
$550,000 for sewer and $175,000 for water improvements.
The Town, as we see it editorially, needs the expanded sewer
and water capacity to insure continued growth in the future.
Pembroke's municipal leaders have shown great courage and
foresight in calling for the sewer and water bond referendum.
We editorially applaud them and call for passage of the water
and sewer referendum, a positive step forward for the Town of
Pembroke.
Pharmacist
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Pembroke Drug Center
Why ask us? Your Pharmacist?
You face two risks when arbitrarily Mlading homa
remedies without a pharmacist's advice-abuse to your
health, as well as potentially to your pocketbook In
either caae. I advise patients seeking home remedy relief
to ask for the consultation of a knowledgeable caring
pharmacist One you know and can trust
Such counseling Is free and always In your best In*
tereet both from the standpoint of my recommending
an equally effective yet lower priced remedy, to helping
you select the safest reme
dy possible Let ue care for
your well-being - Profes
sionally!
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f^T BIBLICAL MUSINGS
y\ by Garry L. Barton y/j
I j\ "For God so loied the world He gave His . / JR
' / Onl> Begotten Sod thai whoMevtr belleveth /J
\/\ In Hint should not perish bnl hate Tjh
1 jr\ everlasting life." K/
Alex Halev's movies-for-tele
vision. "Roots" received rave
review si It seems everyone is
interested in their ?"roots."
Perhaps it's as my brother
Bruce says, it's because "You
can not know where you are
going if you do not know where
you have been." That state
ment makes sense. I have
been mulling over where I
have been and where 1 am
going lately. This is what I
came up with:
My natural (fleshly) body
descended from Adam, the
l)m man created by God.
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God created Adam free of
sin. But. just like He does you
and I. God gave Adam the
choice of obeying His Word, or
disobeying Him. Adam was
put in a paradise-garden
where his only commandment
was 'You can eat the fruit of
every tree, except the tree of
the knowledge of good and
evil.' So. Adam sinned by
choice.
As a result of Adam and Eve
eating the forbidden fruit. 1
was conceived, or came into
this world a worthless sinner.
And. despite all the good
works I may do. the best I can
hope for is that I will leave this
earth a worthless sinner "sav
ed by the grace of God."
God's Word tells us in no
uncertain terms we are all
sinners. Romans 3:23 teHs us
we have "All sinned and come
short of the glory of God." The
only thing we can shout about
is that Jesus gave up His life
on the cross for the remission
of our sins. And. all He asks in
return is that we love each
other as He loved us: you
really have to love someone to
give your life for them.
In Romans 7:23 Paul tells us:
"...I see another law in my
members, warring against the
law of mv mind and bringing
me into captivity to the law of
sin which is in my members." j
It is man's nature to sin. For. J
it's like GalatiansS: 17 tells us: 1
"...the flesh lusteth against
the Spirit, and Spirit against
the flesh: and these are
contrary the one to the other:
so that ye cannot do the things
that ye would."
We have already ascertained
that our natural body des
cended from Adam' who com
mitted the first sin. explaining
why it is human nature for
man to sin. But. man is
composed of a body, a spirit
and a soul. There was only one
Man Who was spotless; He
was Jesus. But. Jesus was not
vour ordinary man; He was
100% God. and also 100%
Man.
Now. my spiritual body des
cended from Jesus Christ.
And. since 1 have accepted
Christ as my personal Savior.
Jesus is alive within me. That
is whv death holds no sting or
control over me. Jesus died for
me and you on the cross. Once
one dies, death no longer has
any control over him. Since
Jesus died for me. 1 am
assured of eternal life, al
though I did nothing to
deserve it. except have enough
sense to acknowledge Jesus as
my Savior and the world's
Redeemer.
When I accepted Jesus as my
personal Savior, I became a
new creature in Christ Jesus.
You can too. Read Acts 16:31
and Romans 10:9 if you have
been wondering about how
one becomes saved.
Romans 6:6 tells us: "Know
this, that our old man (old
body) is crucified with him.
henceforth we should not
serve sin." Romans 6:11 also
sheds light upon this (bear in
mind while you are reading
thh that Jesus is the Light).
"Likewise reckon ye also
yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our
Lord."
1 fcorinthian 15:22 puts ev
erything in a nutshell: "As in
Adam all die. even so in Christ
shall all be made alive."
It is really quite simple to live
a victorious life in Jesus
Christ; the key is to turn your
life completely over ?to Him.
This is where the problem
lies; everyone proclaims 'I'm
saved." But. everywhere you
turn you hear: "1 done this,"
or "I did that." or "I work
hard." etc. etc. Ever since
Adam was created from dust,
man has tried to run his own
life. And man has made a
mess of it.
Our christian lives are much
like a radio station. If you
don't keep the dial tuned in
correctly to the station you are
bombarded with a lot of static.
It is the same with our lives; if
we don't keep well tuned in to
Jesus, sin will continue to have
a strangle hold on us.
In other words, when
stating our intentions, we
should not say "I am." For.
Jesus said He was the great "I
am." Instead, we should sav.
"O God. if it be Your Will. |
will..."
Here is a simple way to
remember this: In order to live
a victorious life in Jesus, the
"1" in sin must be replaced
with an "O." Then, and only
then, after we have turned our
life complete over to Him. we
become a sOn of God. Keep
this in mind and you will live a
much richer and more fruitful
life.
It boils down to this: Turn
your life over to the Master.
He made you. Surely He can
keep you.
Continue to pray for. and to
love one another.
Lumbee
River Legal
Service
Meets
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\ FACTS: Town of Pembroke \
j Water and Sewer \
\ Bond Referendum (
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5 I. Question: What is the amount of the bond referendum?
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A Answer: $550,000 for sewer improvement: $175,000 for water
7k improvements.
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d 2. Question: Will passage of this bond referendum result in a tax
d increase?
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f Answer: No. Retirement of the bonds will be paid for from
p revenues generated by water and sewer charges.
y J. Question: What water improvements are proposed?
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R Answer: A new well and well water treatment facility.
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K 4. Question: Why is a new well needed?
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j Answer: The Town presently has three (3) wells capable of
J producing a safe yield of 348.000 gal/day and a present
j requirement of 300.000 gal/day. One of the existing wells
5 presently shows signs of failing, and if any one of the existing
7k wells were to fail the remaining two wells would have to be
d overpumped to meet present demand.
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d Even if the three existing wells continue to pump indefinitely at
d their present safe yield, our engineer projects that a 29.500
f gal/day shortage will exist in 1985. and a 188.700 gal day
^ shortage in the year 2000 based on anticipated growth in the
R Town.
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R 5. Question: What effect will the new well have on water rates in
R the Town?
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R Answer: None. Present water rates are adequate to pay for this
R new well and well treatment plant.
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J t>. Question What sewer system improvements are proposed?
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2 Answer: The Town sewer plant is not capable of meeting State
7k and Federal quality standards and improvements to the plant is
7k proposed. New sewer lines are proposed to serve the Garden
5 Street-Corinth Road area. High School Road area. Pine Street,
dnnd Highway 711 east to the corporate limits. Other
d improvements involve repair of existing sewer lines and manholes
Jus well us removing storm drainage lines from connection to the
sewer system.
7. Question: Are grant lunds available for the sewer
improvements?
Answer Yes I hi total xewfr project cost as of March I9g| Is
estimated at II.300,INN) of which the U.S. Environmental
Protection XgeiK's is to grant the Town appmstmately 7.40,000.
the State ot North I arolina is to grunt the I own approximately
$200,000; and. the remaining 1370.u(lu Is to he funded bv the
lown homl referendum
* Question Will the Iow n treatment plant vapatliv he increased'
Snswer >f From the present vapaillv of N*i (too gal dat to
muiiimi gal lax
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9. Question: How long will the proposed improvements be A
adequate? d
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Answer: The proposed improvements are designed to be d
adequate until the year 2000. f
10. Question: What effect will the new sewer system#
improvements have on sewer rates in the Town? #
Answer: Present sewer rates are charged as a percent of water#
rates. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires that#
sewer rates be charged based on the cost of operating and?
maintaining the sewer system on a unit cost per thousand gallons j
basis. Therefore, the Town must change its method of charging J
sewer costs. Zk
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11. Question: How will this new sewer rate effect a family using A
5.000 gallons of water per month? 3
Answer: The present sewer rate for an in town family using 4.000#
gallons per month is $2.95 per month. The required new sewer#
rate would cost ttiis family $5.35 per month*. #
12. Question: Besides providing adequate water and sewerp
facilities for the Town, what other benefits will the proposed^
construction provide? 4
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Answer: The proposed project will mean substantial construction #
in the Pembroke area providing construction related jobs for area #
residents and subcontractors. Some of the construction money K
will also be spent w ith Pembroke merchants for building supplies 8
and bv workers for food, clothing, and other necessities. B
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What if the bond j
referendum fails?
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failure ol the bond referendum would delay w
implementation of the needed water and sewer
system improvement* and based on current
inflationary trend*, it would co*t more to build ?
these facilities in the future and would require
higher water and tewer rale* to pay for the ?
delay, federal and itaie grant* are available to
assist the town at the present lime, but may not
be available in the future If Ihe bond referendum
fails. Without these grant* the average 11,777
gal month sewer bill would need to he $4.50
higher to pus back borrowed monev
II the bond ivterendum doe* mil pass. Ihe
lown will etpenenee onlv limited restricted
growth due to inadequate water and sewer
facilities