3 ^ - ^ ^^323^ PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY -" l?n ^JTHE CAROLINA INPI/ lAfQICE PEMBROKE. N.C h ATri-tocUlStnio," j. S ROBESON COUKry Volume 12. Number 9 M? PEK COPY irsduv. March 1. 19M CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE ROSE SEEKS ANOTHER TERM IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congressman Charlie Rose announces that he will be running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. 7th Congressional District. Congressman Charlie Rose was born in Fayetteville, N.C. on August 10, 1939. He attended public schools in Fayette ville and graduated from Davidson College and from the University of N.C. r Law School. Upon graduation from Law School, Rose entered the practice of law with former governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh. N.C. He returned to Fayette ville to become the Chief District Court prosecutor for the 12th Judicial District. Rose ran for Congress and was first elected in November 1972. He has been re-elected to each succeeding Congress. He is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts of the House Committee on Agriculture. He is also a Member of the Subcommittee on Live stock. Dairy, and Poultry and the Subcommittee on Cotton. Rice, and Sugar. He is the founder of the Policy Group on Information and Computers of the Committee on House Administration. He is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Office Systems and is a Member of the ? Subcommittee on Policy and Personnel. He also serves as Chairman of the Speaker's Advisory Commitee on Broad casting. The Advisory Committee is responsible for the telecasting of the sessions of the House of Representa tives. The Congressman is also Chairman of the House Recording Studio. In addition, he is a Delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly. The Assembly is a Parliamentary 'Group of repre sentatives from NATO countries. Rose is the founder of the Con gressional Clearinghouse on the Future and co-founder of the Congressional Rural Caucus. He also serves as a Member of the Democratic Personnel Commitee. He was elected as the Southeastern regional represenative of he Democratic Study Group. The Congressman was appointed by Governor Hunt to the North Carolina 2000 Commission and the Board of Trustees of the Center for Public Television. Congressman Rose is married to he former Joan Teague from Winston Salem, N.C. He has two children. Charles and Louise. - Upon announcing his candidacy Con gressman Rose released the following statement: "Since becoming a member of Con gress in 1973.1 have worked on a number of issues which are important to the Indians of southeastern North Carolina. Federal recognition has been one such issue, as the question of -recognition is essential in determining eligibility for a number of government programs. While the federal government does not current ly recognize Lumbees. I have worked re see that the Lumbees continue to receive other benefits to which they are entitled. In particular. I have joined other members of Congress in opposing the Administration's attempts to diminish the role of the Administration for Native Americans, which provides assistance to non-federally recognized Indians. "In the area of housing, the Depart ment of Housing and Urban Develop ment has been slow in processing funding for public housing for Lumbees. This money--an amount in excess of seven million dollars-was being delayed in channels in the Department's Wash ington offices and ran the risk of being cancelled because of this delay. After much prodding from me, the Department's Office of the General Counsel agreed to release this money, and Lumbees will soon have the housing assisance which they require. ''Education funding is also an impor tant issue for Lumbees. The Department of Education's Title IV program is the 'bread and butter' for non-federally recognized Indians like the Lumbees. providing money to school districts with significant Indian and Native American populations. 1 have worked over the past several years to see that the Adminis tration does not recklessly cut funding for this program. Since the Adminis tration will probably continue its efforts to cut this funding. I anticipate working on this issue again in the future. "1 have worked for the Indians of the district in other ways as well. In 1983 1 appointed my first page ever and chose Sean Jones from Pembroke to fill this "polinorirl Sivc atse ittt1wd*sd Lumbees on my district staff to assist me with my congressional duties. In addition I have worked to support Indian grant applicants and helped obtain funding for the United Indians of America, formerly the Indian Information Project. "I hope to continue working to assist Indians and Native Americans on the federal level. I believe that my exper ience and successes in ensuring that they receive the benefits to which they are entitled will help me in working on similar issues in the future." Pembroke Chamber of Commerce begins Endowment for PSU Students in Indian Studies This week the newly reorganized Pembroke Chamber of Commerce had representatives meet with Chancellor Paul Glvens of Pembroke State University and present him with a S500 check to establish an endow ment fund for PSU's Ameri can Indian SQidies students. The group included Mayor Milton Hunt of Pembroke and Brace Barton, president of the Pembroke Chamber of Com- i merce. Others present were i John Carter, assistant direc tor of institutional advance ment at PSU who was instru- i j 1 mental in having the endow ment established, and Adolph Dial, chairman of the PSU American Indian Studies De partment. "The idea of starting this endowment came after con versations with John Carter, who represents Pembroke State University well in the community. Our talks with Mr.. Carter also helped to pave the way for the re organization of the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce." said Barton. "Pembroke State Univers ity is our town's No. 1 asset." continued Barton. "We think this endowment fund for students pursuing American Indian Studies at PSU is a marvelous idea, and we want to add to it." Barton also said "Professor Dial is ?also an emissary of PSU in the community and is happy to see us doing this for his American Indian Studies Department." Mayor Hunt congratulated the efforts of the Chamber in making this endowment gift. "We hope the Chamber will continue gifts to this fund because we do appreciate Pembroke State University for bieng part of our commun ity," said Hunt. Dial described the new endowment as "a wonderful idea." Chancellor Givens said he "is very excited about the gift and will see that the endow ment is put to good use." Carter talked about other fund-raising efforts in the community to greatly supple ment the $500 from which interest will be used to help PSU students in American Indian Studies. Chancellor Pul Given* [leftj la proooatod a Pembroke Chamber *f Cim?ii11 chock far S500 to eaubliah an endowment fond for American Indian \ V Studies students at Pembroke State University. Others [left to right] are Bruce Barton, chamber president; Mayer MDtsn Hunt of Pern broke, making the An. prtiMldlui John Carter, uililul director of laotttatteaal advancement at PSUt and Adolph Dial, chairman of tke American Indian Stndleo Department at PSU. .;*? N ew Book offers View of Holy Spirit Rev. Edmond Locklear It is commonly agreed among religious ? people that the Holy Spirit was sent to the earth and arrived on the Day of Pentecost. Being a Spirit, He is not visible to man. But, if He was seen, what would He look like? A new book titled: What God Says Now lets readers see the Holy Spirit through the eyes of demon spirits. What God Says Now is a book of 3720 questions and answers on SO topics tar?g-?g from- 'hom>n?tKv>? and sborthih to sex, temptation and the Ten Com mandments. One question, "Can My Sins Hurt Me Now?", is answered by eight modern parables spaced through the book's 672 pages. The Holy Spirit is shown at work in the lives of the persons depicted in the parables. In the first parable. He is < mentioned. In the second parable. He is heard to speak to angels who have just answered God's desire for mercy for an accident victim who had called on God for mercy. The lead angel perceived the incoming Presence of the Holy Spirit. According to the parable, the angel cried out: "All praises be unto the Living God," and immediately joined his fellow angels in drawing his wings to his sides and bowing his head and humbling himself to the Spirit of God, another name for the Holy Spirit. In this second parable is the only time the Holy Spirit is heard to speak throughout the eight parables. Then, He spoke only to angels and blessed them in the name of the Father and of the Son. It is in another parable that a view of the Holy Spirit is presented to the reader. Not many notable ministers and evangelists are known to have expressed beliefs in the work of heavenly angels and demons. But, it is believed most of them do recognize the Holy Spirit. Evangelist Billy Graham copyrighted a book in 1975. He called angels God's secret angels. In the preface of his book, Graham stated that when he decided to preach a sermon on angels, he found practically nothing in his library. He stated that he found very little had been written on angels in this century. No Liberty Taken With Holy Spirit Saya Author Rev. Edmond Locklear, Jr., the author of the parables and the compiler of What God Says Now, says he does not believe he has taken any undue liberty with the Holy Spirit by picturing Him in One of the parables. Locklear says he prayed about what he was going to do. When he was not led not to do it, he did it, writing the picture that came into his mind of what the Holy Spirit wpuld look like if human eyes could see Him. locklear says in earlier drafts of the book God spoke in one of the parables. ? Locklear says he ^s later led by the Holy Spirit to edit out the words of God on the premise that he should not put words Into God's mouth. But as to the picture of the Holy Spirit. Locklear says he was not led to delete or edit it. Locklear says he believes God wants . ment to now see the Holy Spirit so they will know He exists, that He is upon the earth as the Holy Comforter. Locklear points to another strange thing he says he became aware of in rereading the parables after he had written them. That strange and unusual ' Thing is the ability of the Holy SpMt to PEOPLf A ND PL A CES AND THINGS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PLANNED An organizational meeting of die Robeson County Parents Association for Gifted Education will be held on Monday, March 12, following the 7 p.m. Pembroke Elementary ^chool PTA meeting. Interested pan, % are en couraged to attend. LOOK FOR rr NEXT WEEK... An update on Countdown to 5,000, our vibrant subscription campaign... And dur next Family: A Series on Indian Families featuring the remarkable Harris Family...and more! RECEPTION TO HONOR FAIRCLOTH The Robeson County Committee to elect Lauch Faircloth cordially invite you to attend a reception in honor of Lauch Fairiloth, Democratic Candidate for Governor on Monday. March 5, 1984, at 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn North, Lumbe.rton, North Carolina. SPRING REVIVAL AT GALILEE Galilee Baptist Church will hold its Spring Revival March 4-9. Services will begin Sunday at 7 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. the remainder of the week. Guest speakers will be Rev. Wade Locklear and Rev. Harvey Strickland. The Rev. Donald Bullard and con gregation cordieily invite everyone to attend any of these services. ? T ? I ( STATEWIDE D&tf)CBATIC PRErC- r MEETINGS SCHEDULED A^i'mdiy. March I. 1964. at 6 p.^^Tewide Democratic precinct mJPTings will be held at designated precinct polling places. AH Democrats are urged to attend and participate. For further information regarding the location of precinct polling places, please contact your County Board of Elections or your Democratic Party Chairman. TOWN COUNCIL MEETING CANCELLED The regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Pembroke scheduled for March 5, 1984 has been cancelled. There will be a special meeting of the Town Council on March 12, 1984 at 7 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers. BOY SCOUTS HOST NEWS CONFERENCE FOB GENERAL WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND On Friday. March 2.1984. 5:30 p.m. the Cape Fear Council, Boy Scouts of America will host a press conference for General Willigm C. Westmoreland at the Hilton Inn. Wilmington, N.C. General Westmoreland will be the keynote speaker at the Cape Fear Council, B.S.A. Eagle Scout Banquet at 7 p.m. held in the Ball Room at the Hilton Inn on Match 2, 1984. f - - yvr- ^ ? -q +Ji Plate Sale planned for Tracy Brltt, House Aspirant absorb the light and power of all spiritual beings that come into His Holy Presence. In the final parable in What God Says Now, an angel delivering a message to Satan demonstrates the same remark able power. When the angel arrives inside the presence of Satan, he immediately absorbs Satan's light and the light from 'miles around' the heavenlies. The text of the parable reads that Satan's face became dark and produced no light. Also, when Satan would not stop protesting the inter ference of God in his affairs, the angel spoke a single word and locked Satan's jaws and blanked his 'mind.' Readers of that final parable in What God Saya Now may be astonished at the size of the angelic messenger who came into Satan's presence. Locklear says he prayed earnestly about the size of the angel. But he says, he was not moved to make any modification in the angel's size and appearance. Incidentally, this is the only angel that is actually described in all the parables. It is interesting to note as the parables in What God Soya Now are read that at no point does Satan or any of his demon spirits ever lose their fear and reverence of God and His Holy Spirit. In one parable, a demon spirit called God: "The Most Holy One." Satan rebuked one of his spirits and reminded him that they occupied the heaveniies only through the mercy of the Almighty God. One lead spirit is heard to communicate to his fellow spirits: "Know ye not that we inhabit these heaveniies only through the mercy of the Almighty God. In a day to come, He will cast us all into Hell's prision! We are proud. Lo! We are mighty! Our master is supreme! But, we know in the presence of the Holy Spirit of God. we have no power. Our power is absorbed by His greater power and we in His Holy Presence would be blinded by His magnificence." (Quotation marts are used here to indicate what the spirit communicated to hie fellow spirits. In What God Says New, what the spirits say is not put tat quotation marks because the spirits do not speak as men speak, but they communicate with each other through a mode of spiritual telepathy.) In presenting the mapriAceat sight of the Holy Spirit, the author and compiler of What Gad Says Now leu the reader see the Holy Spirit through the eyes of detaou spirits who view the tight treat a fear and reverence " What Ged Suys Now is published la softcover at SI2.50 by Witness For Christ Fund, Pembroke, North CaraBna. PEMBROKE--Organizer* of the Tracy Britt for the House Campaign have planned a Plate Sale in Pembroke Town Park as a fund raiser. The Plate Sale will be Friday. March 9, beginning at 11 a.m. until, and will feature chicken or barbecue for the price of S3.00. Other special activities ar^ planned, and other candidates for various political offices are expected to attend. Everyone is invited to come out and meet the popular Britt. the grassroots candidate. Benefit Sing planned for Dial Campaign RED BANKS-Coantry mask artist Geri Hunter will be at tho Riverside Country Club Pert, weather pa twining, to highlight a benefit sing for Tom(a*ie) Dial's campaign for the U.S. Hooae of Representatives on Saturday. March 10. If inclement weather prevaHs, the performance will be held in the h? broke Skate land rink. Geri Hunter, a budding country mask star based in NaahviOe, Tennessee has local connections, and is the daaghter of Harold Hunt of Baltimore. Maryland and Argie Hunt of Owings MIUs, Maryland. Appearing on the program with bar uHR be her 11 year old sister, Gigi HanL Others appearing on the biB w?l be the full dn Willie Lowery. and dm herd driving and talented Henry Berry BwL The Hoary Berry Band, weB known locally. Is made ap of Lambert Locfctaar. Bobby Van Hoy. Jamie Scott. Janma Ward and Bedaey Oiinllii '