^W^EDITORIALg ^M:\ ND OPINJOm W "We cannot know where \ ? we are going if we do not I ? know where we have been." rsKJ^ by Bruct Barton J 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 1 I I Mtw I ? I I ??u!iimT9 ? B *uti*" v I fllHE CAROLINA I I MDtAN VOKI I I MkiM -111. NC THE CAAOUNA IWCHAW VOICE 521-2626 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. I I 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 ft#rwrd 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! I ' 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. * 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 Jan. 19 Lamhaa Ktvar Lngal Sarvk-a* ftuard "H Uirvi tur? Marling* ?IH Iw NaM 19, l?HH ?i * w p in. m tha Program* Litwan Imaiatf ?< }nd k Main Waal*. Pambrafca. Ml". ATTENTION CHURCHES! j Are you: Spending too much i time typing stencils? Spending ) too much money on printing? ) Use our stencils on your / mimeograph and get better ? results?Save time-- mimeo- ( graph illustrations and line ( drawings never before possi- ) ble. \ Stencils made while you i wait/ j Available at: Pembroke Com- r munity Workshop, Inc? P.O. c | Box 1162, Pembroke, NC ( | 28372. Come t>y and get first \ I stencil free or write for free ) > information. S s s \ FACTS: Town of Pembroke \ j Water and Sewer \ \ Bond Referendum ( s S \ V 5 I. Question: What is the amount of the bond referendum? 5 A Answer: $550,000 for sewer improvement: $175,000 for water 7k improvements. \ d 2. Question: Will passage of this bond referendum result in a tax d increase? 1 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? J R Answer: A new well and well water treatment facility. 8 K 4. Question: Why is a new well needed? 8 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. ? 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. \ R 5. Question: What effect will the new well have on water rates in R the Town? s R Answer: None. Present water rates are adequate to pay for this R new well and well treatment plant. 8 J t>. Question What sewer system improvements are proposed? 8 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 uijTMinririni~rir-inni 9. Question: How long will the proposed improvements be A adequate? d 4 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 d 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 2 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 V What if the bond j referendum fails? I 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

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