"Btfldhu ComHMlcadve 111 him ii A Trt-Racial Setting" "* .V THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE post office b0\ 1*75 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY Pembroke. n.c. 2*372 VOLUME 9 NUMBER 47 " 25c PER COPY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER.24, 1981 PEMBROKE COUNT WITHSTANDS SCRUTINY LUMBERTON--An overflow crowd (estimated at 60) turned out Tuesday night at the Robeson County Board of Elections headquartered in Lumberton to observe an official handcount of the votes cast in the November 3 mayor's race in Pembroke. Termed "a circus" by an observer who Indian Caucus Meets by Comee Brayboy Lonnie Revels, Jr., vice chairman of the N.C. Com mission of Indian Affairs, addressed the Robeson Coun ty Indian Caucus on Tuesday night. The meeting was held at the Pembroke Court House. Revels cautioned the group about what a tough job it was to take on a state agency namely Pembroke State Uni versity. Not discouraging tnem from attempting to bring about better community -universit^relations, he urged Caucus members to keep their goals in sight and to include long range goals. He stated that it was not impossible for the UNC System to discon tinue PSU as a university because of the yearly declin ing student enrollment. Rev els warned the group of pit falls they might encounter in their efforts. Among them was negative response from "our own people." Reads Innocent A former state official pleaded inno cent recently to charges that he committed perjury before a federal grand jury investigating state handling of federal job training contracts, officials said. R.D. Locklear of Lumberton entered the plead on a two-count federal indictment on charges of making false statements before a grand jury when he was arraigned recently, said David McCullough. assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Trial was set for Jan. 18 in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. Locklear is a former official of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development. U.S. Magistrate Rich Leonard rejected Locklear's request that an attorney be appointed for him, McCullough said. Locklear told the court he had asked one attorney to represent him but that he had been told it would cost $10,000, which he could not afford. But Leonard ruled that Locklear had listed sufficient income and assets to hire an attorney himself and recommended that he choose one from a list of lawyers often appointed to federal court cases, McCul loujh said. Charges against Locklear stemmed from an investigation that led to fraud charges against Wilbur Hobby, then president of the state A PL-GO, and another union official involing $27,900 in federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act funds. A company operated by Hobby held CETA Job-training contracts awarded by NRCD. They charge Involved Lockleer's teatimony before the grand jury in late I9t0 about how a transportation pay figure of I2.0t a mile wee set In the CETA contract The indictment agohM Locklear said jHiymnHt "tor tioitdid" th# >dutl The twe charges against Locklear each JTZin end IIMoTSZ "**" was milted at Harbert Moore, nu?nu board chairman, for expanding the elections probe and authorizing the recount, the hand count Tuesday night hardly changed anything at all. The handcount showed that incumbent Mayor James A. "Pete" Jacobs actually received 264 votes instead of the 263 he was credited with on election night. Sam Dial, whose request for a probe prompted the recount, remained with 253 votes, the same total he received the night of the election. Reggie Strickland, a former mayor who also ran, received a new total of 243 instead of the 240 he tallied on November 3. The recount went ahead as scheduled in spite of protests by Dexter Brooks who in response to a question from elections board member Ray Revels, said he was representing the town of Pembroke and Councilman Larry T. Brooks, his brother. Brooks is the attorney of record for the town of Pembroke. Brooks questioned the authority of the board to recount the votes on the evidence that had been presented to it by defeated candidate Sam Dial and Rev. Dawley Maynor, chairman of the Citi zens For Better Government in Pem broke. Said Brooks, "1 believe you. are singling Pembroke out for special treatment... and opening a Pandora'. Box by setting a precedent." Moore, the chairman of the board of elections, and from nearby Prospect, was either a saint or a sinner, depending on who you talked to. The winning in cumbents charged him generally with overstepping his authority as chairman of the Robeson County Board of Elections. According to elections law cited by Dexter Brooks Tuesday night, it is the responsibility of the candidate or citizens challenging an election to present allegations justifying a recount. Many Pembroke citizens do not think eveidence warranted the recount or an expanded internal investigation ordered by Moore and the elections board. On the other hand, Moore was applauded by the defeated candidates and their supporters generally. The elections board had also au thorized an internal investigation by the elections staff to ascertain why the ' tabulator showed 759 votes cast while the poll books only listed 742 as voting. Ms. Pearlene Revels, assistant super visor of elections, explained the dif ference by noting the Pembroke Precinct ; officials had failed to list 19 people in the ' poll books even though their names were listed in the registration book containing the names of registered voters on the night of the election. Moore and the elections board au thorized an internal investigation when "a sampling" showed that possibly certain voters had voted in Pembroke when they lived outside the town's limits. i The local elections board did not ' certify the election, simply deciding to send their findings on to the state elections board for their consideration. No winner has yet been certified in Pembroke, even though no protest has oeen received in the council races where incumbents Larry T. Brooks and Milton Hunt swamped challengers Harry Oxen dine and Henry Smith by substantial margins. Sam Dial had challenged the votes of Teddy Jacobs James Lucas, Sarah Lucas, Merlin Bryant Oxendine and Belton Smith. Jr. Said Dial, in his letter of protest. "The above names have lived outside of Pembroke longer than the required time to be eligible to vote in the town election." Maynor, among other allegations, 'charged that Ms. Evelyn Cummings was appointed to serve as an assistant at the Pembroke polls when in fact she was a resident of Raft Swamp Precinct. And that Mary Catherine Canady abridged a number of electoral laws by helping people vote, seemingly most of the incidents involved curbside voting. All 3 candidates for mayor were present for the recount although Rev. Dawley Maynor did not appear to press his allegations. , Celebrates 100th Birthday Daniel Edwin Lowry was visited October 3, 1981 by hi* children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was visited at King Dale Manor Rest Home in Lumberton on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Mr. Lowry is the last surviving nephew of Henry Berry Lowry. He Is shown in front of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church. Birthday congratulations were sent to Mr. Lowry from President Ronald Reagan, Governor Jhn Hunt, Congresa man Charlie Rose and Ken May nor, eiecutive director of Lambee Regional Develop ment Association af Pem broke. undertakes Christmas Care Drive for Needy Red Spring ?-The Employees Association group of Lumbee River Electric Member ship Corporation has undertaken a drive to provide a happier Christmas for several member families by organizing a "Christmas Care Drive." Employees of the rural electric co operative will be collecting clean, usable clothing or toys along with non perishable food items and money. Committees of the' Association will be setting up collection stations at every office of Lumbee River EMC and service men driving EMC trucks will also collect these items in their regular places of work. Joining in on the Christmas Care Drive will be more than 90 employees and staff, some 30 members of the LREMC Women's Committee and the Board of Directors of the organization. "We want to encourage the public to donate items of use to this drive as we try to reach as many families as possible during this holiday season," said Jim Autry, spokesman for Lumbee River EMC. "There is going to be a lot of unhappiness this year because of the hard economic times. We at LREMC want to bring a little light into this ? Christmas season." - Lineman Lt* CoDins is spear heading the drive for the Employees Association. Last year's Association group donated more than $600 to the community service organizations in our area, according to Collins. This year, the group intends to provide gifts of food, toys and clothing for as many families as possible. Deadline for receiving the donations will be Friday. Dec. 11. Employees will work an the nights of Dec. 15-17 preparing the boxes and will deliver them throughout locations in Robeson. Scotland. Hoke and Cumberland coun ties Dec. 21-23. "All of the work and delivery vehicles are being donated by the Employee's Association members," said Collins. "And if anyone wants to donate an item to this drive, an employee will be glad to come by and pick it up during the evening hours after work." Items may be left at any LREMC office in Red Springs. Lumberton, Laurinburg, Fairmont or Lake Rim near Fayettteville. according to Autry. I " Pembroke Jaycees Sponsor Christmas Drive The Pembroke Jaycees will sponsor once again a Christ mas needy family drive. Toys, clothes and food will be accepted from members of the community. Anyone interes ted in contributing any of these items are being asked to bring them by the Pembroke Jaycee Club house every Wednesday night from now until Christmas. Jaycee mem bers will be there from 6-9 p.m. Anyone interested is encouraged to come by the club house or to submit names of needy families to Buddy Bell at 521-4227 or 521-4622. Other contact persons are Carnell Locklear, general man ager for Strike at the Wind, also any member of the Pembroke Jaycees. Your contributions to this much needed endeavor will be more than appreciated. Pembroke Man Killed In Wreck PEMBROKE ? A handicapped Pembroke man died early Monday morning from injuries he received Sunday night during a car wreck and high-speed chase outside of Pembroke. Timothy Oxendine, 26, who was a double amputee, wrecked his car at speeds in excess of 100 mph along the Union Chapel Road. According to investigating state Highway Patrolman Al Williams, Oxendine was trying to elude Pembroke police officers when he lost control of his car about 7:20 p.m. Sunday in front of Union Chapel Elementary School. Williams said Oxendine's car ran off the left shoulder into a culvert and the man was thrown from the car. He died at 12:55 a.m. Monday following surgery at Southeastern General Hospital in Lumberton. 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