?^EDITORIAL ND OPINIONl W PAGE <4 "We cannot know where we are going if we do not know where we have been." ? s?? by Brae* Barton Jj ? worn pi Mr MsJl? A?T>p? ur%'?i??. WT* ?,m W' ' mmii vm j ? Gary Lamb and Fraacy Adler sang some songs at the PSU homecoming banquet, giving the audience a preview of their performances In "C? brat," scheduled Thursday, Friday and Saturday night* at 8 p.m. In the PSU Performing Arts Center. BALTIMORE, Ml). 15 UKE DOWN HOME IN MANY WAYS I just returned from a trip to Baltimore, Md... specifi cally to attend the 14th Annual Homecoming services at South Broadway Baptist Church and generally to visit with newly found friends like Earl and Lorraine Brooks with whonl I stayed and many others. It was an exciting and enjoyable time for me. Friends, as I see it, are more important than things or money. I was privileged to ride to Baltimore with Rev. Tony Brewinaton. the superinten dent of missions of tfie Burnt Swamp Baptist Association, who was die afternoon speak er. Accompanying us, also, were Hartman Brewington, Grady Harris, John G. Deese and Mr. A Mrs. Joseph LocMear. Rev. James Dial, the pastor of South Broadway Baptist Church, brought the morning message. In between, fellow ship and food were much in evidence. It was just like being "down home" away from home. It is estimated that some 1500 people atten ded the day long services, in cluding a singing in the after noon at which the Jacobs Family of Mt. Elim Baptist Church in Hoke County and the New Psalmist Male Choir of New Point Baptist Church in Baltimore singing resound ing and fervent praises to the glory of God When our people move to Baltimore they carry their attitudes, modes of religious worship and the ability to cook food Robeson County style with them. ?!*?. N.C. 2SJ72 2 2ND CIA? POSTAGE PAD ? AT PEMMOKB. N.C. 2U72 k Swhecrtpeioo falas: | I Taar ?.* J 2 Years IS M 5 frjf sum 2 2 Yeats SM4T Do*##*********#*# NOSTALGIC BACKWARL GLIMPSES \ by Lew Barton I stood on the street corner in front of SaUie Jane's Home Cooking Cafe in Lumberton, NC. watching my favorite Tobacco Market entertainer. Bill Jones, as he plunked away at his guitar and sang. It was the most glorious time of the year, the opening day of the tobacco markets;1 and as I looked about me, hopeful of seefofe' once long unseen acquaintances, I could see that Robeson'k county seat was crowded as usual. A swarthy, bunketed-over fanner tossed Bill a half-doll ar coin. "Play,'Happy Days Are Here Again,' " he"" requested. Bill did...and they werel Tobacco market season dur ing my boyhood was the gala occasion of the year. The only thing that drew larger crowds was the annual county fair. But at the moment, 1 had eyes and ears only for Bill Jones, one of die guitar-pick ingest persons it has ever been my good fortune to hear. Bill was not only a Lumbee. He looked Indian. And I didn't have to tell him I was one of his most ardent fans. He'd seen my eager, young face nearby too often to doubt that. And a few times he'd even handed back the hard earned nickle I'd laid at his feet. "Listen free, boy. Listen free. Don't worry. Someone else'll pay." And they always did. Nickles, dimes and quarters. Lots of them. And sometimes, there was a dollar, too, or even a five. bo 1 went to tobacco market whenever I could. And listened to Bill Jones a lot. Because he could get sounds out of "that sinful box" 4*0 never heard anyone get out of a guitar before. One day he said, "you like my music, don't you, boy?" "Yes sir," I .remarked meekly. "Ain't you Harker Barton's boy?" "Yes sir." i> ??? M~ "Little u? mill man?" "Yes sir." "I've tripped slab* for 1m many a day. Tobacco Market don't last all year round, you know." "Yes sir. I know; bat 1 sure wish it did." Nobody but a Lumbee can put the three words"why don'I you" into one word. But Bill was a Lumbee. and he did. "Wh'on't you learn to pick yourself, boy?" "1 got no guitar and got nobody to teach me." "Well, go to the pawn shop. Guitar-pickers are al ways gettin' hard-up an' hockin' their instruments. An' wait right here. Soon's busi ness slackens, I'll draw you off some chords so you can go home and practice." Bill Jones drew me the first guitar chords I ever learned, on the back of a paper bag. 1 got a guitar, all right. It cost me $3. And it didn't chord "easy," like Bill's big, shiny, expensive guitar. But it was enough to start with, and I got started. *# . _ ?- ? ? ?A _ _ i ve oeen piaying guitar from that day to this, mostly for my own entertainment. But i've also done some semi professional work, if you'd rather not call it professional, ft has included house calls, parties, street corners, tobac co markets, medicine shows, stage performances, church es, bars, what-have-you. but mostly always, I played with someone else. I have also performed on radio and tele vision, including the UNC TV network. I didn't make a lot of money. But I sure had a lot of fun, And I got to travel and meet people on a scale that was unbelievable. Once I was even invited to perform at the wedding of a girl ?d dated earlier. She was marrying someone else, however, so my musk couldn't have been all that successful, after all. I've played with a good many Xumbee , musicians. 2?w'ZLZ row Locklear. Quiact Monroe. Bock Lowry, Leslie Charts. Earl Sampson, and the late Anson Locklcar, Vera Maynor Lowry, one of the Charts Brothers (Jimmie), Whistling Rufus. Warren G. Lowry.... mote of them, really, than I can now recall. Two things I've got to say for Lumbee musical talent: it's plentiful and if s good. It needs encouragement and the effort needs funds. Don't become interested in music because yon want to become rich and famous-few people do. Do it for your own entertainment and your own enrichment. Nothing can be as nicely said as through music. Little David, the sheep watching, harp- plucking boy who later became one of the most famous kings in history, discovered that a long time Music softens and mellows a man. It is something with which he can relax and into which he can escape the harsh realities of life. I faced a lot of prejudice when I started fooling around with music. A "box" (guitar) was the tool of the devil, some said, wagging their heads. There is even an ancient tradition among our people to the effect that one can learn to be a great guitar player by going to the crossroads- any deserted crossroads- seven times at midnight with your "box." ON the seventh night, the Devil supposedly will meet you there and teach you to play...like no one else around. No, I never tried that. WHO KNOWS? 1. What was O.Henry's real name? 2. With what does Pale ontology deal? 3. What was the salary of a U.S. Representative in 1949? 4. What does the law classify as "personal property"? 5. What are prunes? 6. Which President served the shortest term? 7. What does the term "modus viviendi" mean? 8. Where can the Golden Rule be found? 9. Name the 2 countries and 1 state that has the longest coastline in the Western Hemisphere. 10. When did World War'l begin? Aaswan T* Wkt Kamn 1. William Sydney Porter. 2. The study of fossils. 3. Salary $12,500 a year, $2,500 for expenses. 4. Tangible property that can be transferred from one person to another. 5. Sun-dried plums. 6. William H. Harrison, one month-he died of pneumonia. 7. Latin phrase, meaning "way of living." 8. Matthew 7:12. 9. Canada. Alaska and Mexico. lO.On July 28, 1914. Positive Proof The most impressive testimony for tolerance is a golden wedding anni versary. -Times, Marshalltown, la. Definition Adolescence: The day when a girl's voice changes from "No" to "Yes". -Gosport, Pensacola. Call 521-2826 yp -- ^ .T" ^ ^ -------- w ? 1LB?..-' ? ? ? A LETTER FROM THE PEOPLES' CANDIDATE I 1 FOR SHERIFF OF ROBESON COUNTY ( My Fellow Citizens: ? After giving much thought to g seeking a public office and receiving M much support and encouragement j from numerous private citizens, vari- C ous local and county law enforcement ? officers and elected county officials, I 3 decided to offer myself as a candidate ? for the Office of Sheriff of Robeson m County. Although certain support had ? encouraged me to seek another 3 elected county position, the over- M whelming majority of the people with J whom I discussed the matter, Inclu- C ding elected county officials from my ? district, actively supported my decisi- 3 on to seek the office of Sheriff. It was m ? the concensus of the people that our m I county is in the throes of a crime wave with which the incumbent is ///- m equipped to deal. According to official statistics, the rate of breaking and ? entering has almost doubled during the tenure of Sheriff Hubert Stone while a the murder rate has increased almost six-fold with many of these murders a remaining unsolved. Yet, Stone was quoted in the local news as saying that j the "crime rate has been the lowest in the past three years that it has ever C been." a In the face of this mounting crime wave where no citizen's life or property ? appears to be safe, seemingly Sheriff Stone is sanctioning and encouraging a political activity of County Deputies on his behalf during normal working m hours while on the public payroll in violation of the very law that each is a sworn to uphold. For instance, a local policeman accompanied a county ? deputy to the Sheriff's Office in a public vehicle while the deputy was on duty a to pick up Stone's campaign material for distribution. When elected Sheriff I m pledge to the people of Robeson that public safety will be the prime and only C concern of the deputies under my authority, and that I will not require nor ? encourage any deputy to feel obligated to engage in political activity on my ? behalf. J J Let it be understood that I am a serious and committed candidate for the % 1 office of Sheriff of Robeson County. I am not conceding any bloc or group of C m voters to the incumbent, in fact my candidacy has received wide- spread 9 ? support from ail races and communities within our county. With your vote M M and support, our county can experience a dramatic decrease in serious crime 1 such as occurred In neighboring Cumberland County which had a twenty C percent [20%] decrease this past year. # 1 mcdufPTeWmmings i I Candidate for Sheriff ) ? Capable Leadership For A Better Tomorrow f I Paid Political Advertlroment ^ | 3