P?> :?? ? HB | g^YTl PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY ^,1' ill l^^\xr?3E CAROCXNiV X3MI>X AJM lp?X Is I ???? ? , - \ o y L "Building Communicative Bridges ? ft ?< I PEMBROKE, NC In A Cri-Racial getting" j ROBESON COUN I VOLUME 16 NUMBER 16 25$ TUl RSI)AY. MAY 5. IHHfM JOE FREEMAN, BRITT HAUNTED BY THE SPIRIT OP JULIAN PIERCE by Conmee Brayboy Even in death the spirit of Julian Pierce cannot be ignored. A though Pierce was shot to death March 26, he received more votes for Superior Court Judge than did Joe Freeman Britt. Ejection officials did not count the votes for Pierce. Both candidates were on the ballots and the votes were counted in each precinct The unofficial vote total shows, with 26 of 40 precincts reporting. Pierce receiving 7,282 votes while Joe Freeman Britt recieved 4,903. The voters of Robeson County said very clearly that they did not wish Joe Freeman Britt to serve as Superior Court Judge. It is ironic that the "deadliest d.a." seems to have been defeated by a dead man. IN OTHER RACES Pete Hasty narrowly defeated Adolph Dial to retain his seat in the House of Representatives. Unofficial totals show Hasty with 9,855 votes and Dial with 9,677. According to the system whereby House candidates can call for a run off. Dial fell too short to call for a run off. A recount is of course expected. Daniel DeVane was returned to his position in the General Assembly with 13,828. Incumbant Sidney Locks will continue to serve in the N.C. Legislature with 13,702 votes. RED SPRINGS COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT Bobby Dean Locklear easily defeated Jack Morgan in the Red Springs District for county commissioner. Locklear received 1,543 votes and Morgan received 1,407. FAIRMONT COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT Henry Douglas will apparently face a run off with John I P. Masters unofficial votes show: Delton Jacobs received 679 votes; John Masters received 558; Henry Douglas received r756; and Johnny Hunt received 823. SENATE Senator David Parnell easily overcame a challenge by Paul Graham. Parnell received 11,391 and W. Paul Graham received 6,614 votes. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE Gary Lynn Lncklear easily defeated Maceo Kemp for a seat as District Court Judge. Locklear received 12,200 votes, while Kemo garnered 5,569. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... Josephus D . Jacobs by Barbara Bmyboy-Locklear Special to THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE He likens his native Robeson County to a brier patch. And Josephus Daniel Jacobs can't stay out of the area long at the time. "I'm like a rabbit who seems most happy when in my brier patch," the Fayetteville resident laughs. One of the six children born to Hersley and Matlie Bell Jacobs, he received his early education at Pembroke Graded School and completed less than two years at Cherokee Indian Normal School before joining the Civilian Conservation Corps. "I guess I did it to get away from home like boys wanted to do back then," the 65-year-old grandfather recalls. For a year, he held title as a fire fighter. Yet, he admits the title didn't quite fit his duties as a company store (canteen) manager. He received five dollars per month plus a bonus of fifteen dollars for his job. An additional twenty-five dollars were sent home to his parents. With his duty in California finished, Jacobs enrolled at Brevard Jr. College. There he studied 1 1/2 years alongside other Lumbees before he received his draft notice into the U.S. Army. It was an assignment which was to take him to the Ardennes forest outside Belgium and Luxembourg where he took an offensive part in the Battle of The Bulge. Three years later, the Lumbee Indian returned to college study as an Agriculture major at Western Kentucky State Teachers College. He graduated from the school in 1950. Afterwards he taught in the state for 16 months. Having heard news of some homefolks being in Lebanon, Tenn. in school, Jacobs' curious mind led him to find old friends attending college there. During one of several visits, he met Jo Ann Jewel. Eight months later, he took her as a wife. Shortly thereafter, he brought his bride home to meet his farmer father and school teacher-mother. With a strong sense of patriotic duty, Jacobs volunteered for military duty during the Korean Conflict. He and his wife were to spend months in Europe before the three year military assignment ended. The love of nature and memories of growing up on a fram outside Pembroke steered the 2nd Lieutenant to enroll in North Carolina State College for advance academic study. Drawing on his GI benefits, he studied Agriculture Vocational Education. In 1954, he became the first Lumbee Indian to receive a degree in Education from that institution. An offer to teach at Pembroke High School lured him back to the "brier patch" of Robeson County. .For 11 years Jacobs taught young boys arts in agriculture. His teaching was sprinkled with encouragement "to climb to the mountain tops...never to forget where you came from...never forget who you are." He instilled in the students the importance of getting a formal education. In 1965, Jacobs moved his wife and two daughters to Cumberland County so he could be nearer to a teaching assignment in Sampson County. After a year there, he returned to a Robeson County teaching position at Prospect School. In 1970, the veteran teacher lay down his hammer and rule and took an Assistant County Supervisor's position with Farmers Home Administration in Lumberton. He worked endlessly to help residents secure farm and home loans. Working closely with building contractors and applicants, he saw 70-80 houses built yearly under his program. He retired from that position in 1985. Today, when Jacobs isn't traveling and visiting family and friends in Robeson County, he can most-times be found at Ft. Bragg military base. " I guess it's my make-up to get excited when I visit the base and see all the activities going on then," he comments. He's a military veteran who loves his country and offers advice to those who don't feel likewise. "Anybody who doesn't love this country ought to go to Russia." The retired Artny Reserve Major says the hobby which keeps him busiest is that of meeting people and talking with them. He says he especially enjoys seeing former students and hearing about their objectives and accomplishments. He's never too busy to take generous time in talking with them. He admits to an affinity to politics. He says he sees politics as a vehicle for advancement for his Indian people. "The greatest crossover in politics for our people was when we got Indian lawyers," he adds. "We'll have an Indian governor one day." Jacobs enjoys long distance travel, but has not taken much in recent years. After his wife retires from teaching in a few years, he hopes the couple will plan on touring certain parts of the U.S. Until then, the "rabbit" will content himself to regular visits to the brier patches in his beloved native county. Joseph us D. Jacobs strikes a smile at a recent gathering in his native Utvn of Pembroke. ^ WoAe C~ou.rit^ u A/a ti ve Coi-inc:_? 1 To EJisouisss ConoGJrn^T . LJ, ; ft A mass meeting of the Hoke County Native American Council will be held Thursday night. May 12, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in the South Hoke Gym. The meeting will be held to discuss the following concerns of Native Americans and minorities of Hoke and neighboring counties: 1. Distrct court judges should be elected from Robeson alone; Scotland be combined with Hoke as is already done for superior court judge. 2. Increase the number of Indian and Black highway patrolmen in Hoke and Scotland through immediate transfers. 3. The district attorney for should be elected from Hoke and Scotland instead of Cumberland and Hoke. 4. Increase the number of Indian and Black district attorneys in Hoke and Scotland counties. 5. Increase the number of Indian and Black court counselors and probation officers in Hoke and Scotland counties. 6. Increase the number of Indian and Black magistrates in Hoke and Scotland counties. 7. Abolish the office of the coroner. 8. Split off Hoke and Scotland counties for the purpose of electing members to the State House of Representatives. 9. Increase the size of the board of county commissioners while utilizing single-member districts so that the racial composition of the board would reflect the racial composition of the county. 10. The racial make up of the administrators, teachers and other staff of the school system should reflect the racial composition of the student body. Increase the size of the board of education while utilizing single-member districts so that the racial composition of the board would reflect the racial composition of the county. 11. Increase the number of Indians and Blacks on the board of directors and staff of the local Farmers Home Administration, Federal liind Bank and South Atlantic l*roduction Credit Association. 12. Increase the number of Indians and Blacks employed by the Employment Security Commission on the local level. 13. Enhance a special relationship between PSU and the Indian community of Hoke county. 14. Registered voters should he pwrged for IsHwee *-? vote once every ten years instead of once every four years. 15. The State Commission of Indian Affairs should be independent from the Department of Administration. 16. The State of North Carolina should actively support the I efforts of local Indian people to achieve federal acknowledge or recognition. 17. Strengthen local Indian tribal government (Hoke County Native American Council) and make it economically independent and self-sustaining. II THE MISS DEEP BRANCH 19 8 8 Kristy Maria McNeill una cmumed Little Mias Deep Bmnch 1988 oti April 2. She is the six-year-old daughter of Linden and Evelyn McNeill of Pembroke. For her talent, Kristy sang "Johnny Angel." She received flowers, a crown and two trophies. SMAZsZJ bzjeimees WEEK BROC1L. AIMED WHEREAS* the nation will honor small business advocates entrepreneurs and other small business leaders during the week of May 8-14, 1988; and WHEREAS* a small business person will be selected from North Carolina as well as from other locations; and WHEREAS* small businesses account for most of the new jobs created in the nation, our state and our community; and WHEREAS* our community consist of many small businesses. NOW* THEREFORE* I, Milton R. Hunt. Mayor of the Town of Pembroke, do hereby Proclaim May 8-14 to be SMALL BUSINESS WEEK in the Town of Pembroke. IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the corporate seal of the Towrt of Pembroke to be affixed, this the 11th day of April, 1988. F*EJyiBROKE TOWN CZOUlsrCJLJ-. CONSTEERS CHANGES JUST ZONJONG ZjAWS oy cram r\tnu> The Pembroke Town Council met in chambers on May 2, at 7 p.m. considering five proposed changes in the town zoning law. Three of the five changes -received a favorable recommendation from the Town Planning Board. Mr. Herbert H. LJoyd received favorable action to allow the contruction of a home on what was described as the Mr. Stacey Locklear house which is located approximately one mile outside town, off Highway 711 east. Mr. Howard Brooks received a favorable recommendation to allow for the construction of multi-purpose housing in the College Court area west of Pembroke. Carl Ricky Jones porposes to cut a street between Southern Interiors and Locklear and Son Funeral Home and divide the area into Iota for commerical development He received a favorable recommendation to change the zoning from IV A residential to C/3 commercial. A great deal of discussion time was on the last two proposed changes in the zoning law to allow a conditional use permit to allow the development of two trailer parks at the Pine Street extension. Two property owners, Mrs. Barbara Simmons and Mr. Charles Oxendine, both propose to establish trailer parks which would have approximately 40 trailers each. Citisens seem to all be very cautious and concerned about the possibility of* the parks being located so near the city limits. Mrs. Shirley Lowry of West End, Pembroke, said, "I'm concerned about the safety of the people in the area. Hie