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WHAT NEXT??? It appeara that w? did name thia column appropriately. We are all ia a atate of auapenaion theae days?waiting? what next in Rob?on County? We view the indictment of Lumberton attorney Horace Loddear aa a transparent attempt to diacredit him, aa well aa send a message to any others who "get out of their place." Hie message has been ?nt: do not take a firm stand against the court house gang! Hie message has been ?nt and we believe that all thinking people receive it for what it appears to be?more retaliation. May we remind you of the Terry Evans case a few weeks ago. Evans, a Black, waa shot at. He later identified the culprit as Kevin Stone. Evans was tried in district court in Maxton and given 90 days for "filing a false report'' He appealed this decision to Superior Court in Lumberton. Horace Loddear, according to our sources, took the stand in Evans' behalf. Locklear testified that one of Robeson County's finest deputies told him that they'd get Evans. (Hie deputy's terminology was not that clean). Consequently, the jury found Evans not guilty. Apparently, that angered the deputies and the sheriff. Un the same day of Evans' acquittal, deputies reportedly told Locklear that they would get him, if they had to catch him leaving his office one night...On the face of it, it does look like they "got him." If we were not in Robeson, we'd think we were reading a science fiction story. It is sad that we are witnessing this kind of retaliation against anyone who has the audacity to stand for what is right in the judicial system. (And for the record, Horace Locklear, is the only Indian attorney, to our knowledge, who publicly supported Julian Pierce. While others supported him, they did it undercover. This explains Joe Freeman Britt's animosity towards him). It is sad that those who continually deny justice would go to the extent that they have gone against Horace Locklear. Hie man's reputation is tarnished. It is possible for him to lose his license to practice law. And even in the allegations were true, why is he the only Lumberton attor ney to be arrested for promising to work toward a lighter ?enteric*? It seems Robeson County justice continues to flourish. Can you name five attorneys who have not spoken to a judge at one time or another for a client? As much anguish as we feel about Horace Loddear's situation, we believe his conscience is clear. We believe that his is a classic case of entrapment and "set up." Hie whole "mess" smells fishy to us. We are assured that Horace Loeklear can get into his bed and sleep peacefully. We are not so sure about others who are involved. We express our sincere sympathy to Leroy Loeklear. His has to be one of the saddest stories we have heard. Most folks know hup as a supporter of Sheriff Hubert Stone. He is well known for his political pig pickins' for the sheriff and company. We are heartsick when reality dawns on us and we must acknowledge that Lqroy Loeklear acted on the advice of "his friends." It is a situation that warrants compassion for a man who apparently conducted his personal affairs in such a manner that he owed the sheriff and the district attorney. We wonder if perhaps the price of Leroy Locklear's freedom was too high. It appears to us that Leroy Locklear's venture cost him his pride, dignity and integrity. But that is the usual cost for a soul! We hope Mr. Loeklear can sleep peacefully after helping to "set up" one of his own. We wonder how many other friends he'll be called on to help destroy before the sheriff and district attorney mark his bill PAID IN FULL Hie irony in this situation is that he may still be sentenced to prison. That is usually what happens to those who betray others. Or as the Bible says: "Dig a pit for your brother and fall in it." Of course it is possible for the sheriff and district attorney to prevent him from bfeing actively sentenced, if they have further use for him to "set up" more of their detractors. We will watch this particular sentencing with interest. It has already been postponed twice to our knowledge. We will find out if Judge Robert Hobgood shows favoritism to Leroy Loeklear. If he does, we will have learned a great deal about Judge Hobgood and his role in the farce that is Robeson's judicial system. Locklears Celebrate 59th Wedding Anniversary Hubert and Ethel Mae Locldear of Route 2, Red Springs, celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary with a quiet family dinner at home on October 29. The dinner was provided by their children: Rev. Edmond Locldear, Jr., of Pembroke; Kern Hayes Locklear, Mrs. Merchell Teague and Mrs. Geraldine Clark, all of Red Springs; and Mrs. Shelby Watson of Webster, l-lorida. Hubert grew up in the St. Annah Church community outside Pem broke, the sou of Edmond and Ellen Jacobs l/K'klear. Ethel Mae is the granddaughter of Mrs. Polly Ixrwery who has the yuyngest daughter of Henry Perry Lowery. A family histuryitttii publisKbtt in LifeStory on1 their 50th wedding anniversary. A copy of that history was filed in the Robeson County l\iblie library. 1 ? a ?_ ?_ .a. _ a , :i|il|ii|ii|C)|ci|ti|ii|ci|(i|c?|t*pipi***i)|ti*>|c******V*WWW*V***Y*: SAY YOU READ IT IN THE CAROLINA INDIAN X/OICE - - a_ _a ? ? a . a a a a?a???a?a?a?a _ _ a ? ?. Ja a a a a a. .a. .a. .a. ? * J * THE ! I CAROLINA 1 INDIAN I VOICE * * | EUE^Bo&v CAAM-PQftQ 3 1 THE CAAOUVA lHb\AH VOICE 3 # * ? * ?A 4| I POST OFFICE BOX 1075 1 | PEMBROKE, N. C. 28372 | READERS' FORUM ? ? LISTEN I I want to Mod a message to young people who are free. TTiia is a urgent warning so you don't end up like me. I have lost my freedom. Fm locked inside a steel cage. There ain't no sunshine or joy, only bitterness, regret, and rags. I have only painful memories ?boot the lb and low I loot I ployed the game, made my mistakes. Now r m paying the eoot I want you to lioten carefully to my warning! Stay away from drug* and crime, Or you may wake up one morning in a cage of steel doing time! GARY DIAL [Editor'$ Note: Gary Dial it presently serving kit sentence in Bntner Prison. ] READER ENCOURAGES EUMEEE JCNDJOAN UNJOTY Dear Editor. Hie people of the Lumbee nation, wherever they be found, doing whatever be their respective voca tion, need to recall and hold sacred those feelings, which in times past, have served us well in binding us together into the oneness of spirit we feel. At no time in ounrecent history, since the 1958 Klan Bally is it more crucial and necessary that we stand together in spirit, in love and in commonness of purpose than now. I respect the rights and duty of the individual to be unique in development and in becoming all one can become. However, those indi viduals' rights and opportunities are very much intertwined and inter woven into the fabric of the whole community of Lumbee people. There fore, where ever we are on the face of the globe, we owe some allegiance to our home community of Robeson and surrounding counties. In this sense, I call upon Lumbee people everywhere to take definite and decisive moral and legal action to: 1. Support the Senate version of the Lumbee Recognition Bill. 2. Take acceptable means to support the efforts of the concerned citizens for better government in Robeson County. Also support the Friends in Court Project in Lumber ton. 3. Intercede with local and national support persons, including political people to help "Keep (the Lumbee) dream alive." Respectfully Yours, Herbert H. LocKLear Baltimore, MD Reflections By Alta Nye Oxend i ne Two Thanksgiving Dinners Wow! Am I ever lucky! Or, to put it another way, I'm among the many fortunate people of this world, who really have a lot to be thankful for! Last week I wrote about our early Thanksgiving meal at" M iss Elsie's'' home. Then (for the first time in years) I felt like inviting someone to my house. (It seems so spacious now, after spending two and a half months in my mother's tiny log and frame 100-year-old homestead house, which actually has a second bedroom and a bath since I lived there in high school. Tve eaten a number of times with Wanda and Jeff at their apartment This time I asked them to come here. As usual, they cooked most of the meal. I had bought a roast expecting the kitchen end of my house while it was cooking in the oven, as T m still using the wood-burning heater located on the inside corner of the living room. However, Wanda Kay made it into a delicious pot roast cooked on top of the stove. And I used the over for the kind of custard style pumpkin pies which my Mon tana family ate for dessert on Thanksgiving Day. Jeff and Wanda Kay made up a delicious cheesecake mix with cherry topping. We cooked canned corn and frozen broccoli, as well as brown-n serve rolls. Hardly a traditional Thanksgiving dinner'? Maybe not. But what real difference does it make? We had a well-balanced meal, with plenty to eat; and we really enjoyed our little meal. When my parents were growing up in the early 1900's, they sometimes had to make do with next to nothing, as far as food was concerned. (And I am old enough to remember hard times in 1930's and 1940's as a result of the Great Depression. Daddy and Mother taught my brothers and me to be thankful for any kind of food to eat, clothes to wear (including second-hand from other families), and protective shel ter which served as our house. So, as always, I felt almost guilty about having such a huge piece of roast and more than one dessert. So many people have to ransack garbage cans in order to just survive. Did You Know? What's In Our Waste? Americans generate 133 million tons of municipal solid waste each year. That translates into more than 1,100 pounds per person! What is actually in our gar bage? And what happens to it after it leaves our homes? ? What makes up muni cipal solid waste? About two-thirds of muni cipal solid v aste is durable and non-durable goods?things like appliances, furniture, tires, newspapers, clothing, food and yard waste. The remaining third is packaging waste such as paper, paperboard, glass, plastics, steel and aluminum. Eighty years ago, most household waste was composed of food scraps and ashes. Now, due to lifestyle changes and advances in food processing, trash contains more packa ging waste but less spoiled or wasted food. A recent study showed that the elimination of plastic packaging would re sult in four times as much waste, twice as much energy consumed, and doubled pack aging costs. ? How much ctf America's solid waste is plastic or plas tic packaging? According to a 1986 study by The Environmental Pro tection Agency, plastics ac count for 7.2% of the munici pal waste stream by weight. About half of that?only 3.7% of the municipal waste stream ?is plastic packaging mate rials. In the overall waste COOKING | w Hot Buttered Pineepple Juice 1 can (46 oz.) Dole Pineapple Juice 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 10 whole cloves 3 cinnamon sticks 1 lemon, sliced Combine pineapple juice, sugar, butter, cloves and cinnamon in a large sauce pan. Bring to boil. Simmer 5 minutes. Add lemon slices. Serve in mugs. Serves 6. For more terrific pineapple juice recipes, write to Dole Pineapple, Dept. DWA/M, P.O. Box 7758,San Francisco, CA 94120. Courtesy Dole* stream, paper and paperboard make up the largest component by weight, followed by glass, plastics, steel and aluminum. ? What happens to solid waste after it leaves the home? In 1984, 90 percent of all garbage went into landfills. Today, as their landfills close, more and more communities are considering recycling and incineration (often in re source recovery plants that bum garbage to generate elec tricity) to dispose of their waste. Last year, Americans recy cled 150 million pounds of plastic soda bottles and milk jugs into products like fiber fill, carpet yarn, industrial paint and "plastic lumber." About 100 waste-to-energy plants are operating nation wide, with more than 100 ad ditional plants planned or under construction. By the year 2000, Ameri cans will recycle nearly half of their plastic waste and re cover as much as 40% of the remaining garbage in waste to-energy incineration. "When my parents wrote to me saying they had flanned their own funerals, was shocked. Then I realized how sensible they are " They chose Forethought funeral planning My first reaction was, "What's the hurry?" But, the way they explained it in the letter made me aware of all the responsibility I would have if things weren't planned in advance. I'd have to make more decisions in a couple of days than I make in a month here at the office...and all without sufficient information, not to mention the emotional stress. Forethought is funeral planning... before the need arises I'm not saying I agree with all their choices, but I think it's more.' important that the choices be theirs. At least this way there's no doubt because they planned it with Forethought funeral planning and paid for it with the Forethought life insurance policy designed and approved specifically for Forethought. And, because they're both between 40 and 90 years old, they couldn't be turned down for any reason. Now there won't be any confusion or rush whan the time comes. I think they did a vary loving thing and I'm going to call them right now to toll them thanks...and that I love them. t, < ill i, . r.t- fc? (H.wl |J iM' v?e??i ilimfcmu .?????? h _. TtWffcm LOCKLEAR & SON FUNERAL HOME P.O. BOX 1028 PEMBROKE. N.C. 28372 521-4149 521-2020 CIH3BHGBJI I Ptabrok* Dni| Center. 04om a?4 W. Sri Penbreke, NC. Dial 521 >4506 ? r'narmacist rd ???? Dial S21-4A06 -??? Is 'natural' always best? Since modern medicines have proven effectiveness . and safety, treating ailments with HERBS can be both ' unnecessary and risky. A recent medical journal arti cle shows how risky. One woman who drank 3 to 5 pots of an herbal tea < (daily as a "tonic" sought treatment for excessive , bleeding. Her tea contained 3 sources of natural cou marins- tonka beans, melilot, and sweet woodruff. Coumarins reduce the ability of the blood to clot This homemade "tonic" could have cost this young M
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