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ISSUE WEEK APRIL 21-27, 1998

Justice Department Says Black Farmers Filed Claims Too Late

WASHINGTON, D.C."Ameri-
caTs black farmers were dealt yet
another blow recently when the
U.S. Justice Department concluded
that thousands of them are ineli-
gible to receive cash payments for
racial discrimination because they
filed their claims too late.

A two-year statute of limitations
is currently in place allowing com-
plainants able to prove discrimina-
tion to receive money for damages.
According to the Justice Depart-
ment, after two years, provable
complaints warrant no financial

Bishop Randy

settlement. The decision comes in
the face of admitted widespread
discrimination at the Agriculture
Department (USDA) and 14 years
of ignoring discrimination com-
plaints between 1983 and 1997.
oThis is all the more reason for
Secretary Glickman to declare a
state of emergencyT for black farm-
ers throughout the country,? said
John Boyd, Jr., president of the
National Black Farmers Associa-
tion (NBFA). oItTs clear that the
situation of AmericaTs black farmer
is a special case, when both the

Royal; Drum

Major For Positive Change

By Kitty J. Pope

After being called to the ministry
in 1970 through a direct vision
from God to go into the world to
preach the gospel, Bishop Randy
Royal has been busy on that mis-
sion ever since.

He has served as pastor of
Philippi Church of Christ for the
past 19 years. Under his
pastorship, the church has grown
to a membership of nearly 3,000,
making it one of the largest
churches in Eastern North Caro-
lina.

A native of New Bern, Bishop
RoyalTs life goal as a child was to
become a lawyer. By the time he
entered Shaw University in
Raleigh, he had decided to study
psychology and counseling.

After receiving his B.A. in coun-
seling as well as a B.A. in theology

from Shaw, Royal went on to get
his masterTs degree in behavioral

BISHOP RANDY.
ROYAL

(See DRUM MAJOR, P. 2)

FOCUS ON PEOPLE

By Kitty J. Pope

eThe recent death of Rob
Platus of the Milli Vanilli duo has
some speculating suicide. Platus
crashed in disgrace and drug addic-
tion after the group was found to
have lip-synched its songs. Platus
was found dead in a Frankfurt,
Germany hotel room after taking
alcohol and pills. He was 32.

eAnita Hill has said that her
case against Clarence Thomas was
different from charges made
against President Clinton. Hill also
joined feminist leader Gloria
Steinem in saying that ClintonTs al-
leged advances to White House
aide Kathleen Wiley may have
been improper, but they did not
constitute sexual harassment.

¢Muhammad Aziz, one of the
men sent to prison for killing Mal-
colm X, has been appointed to help
run the very mosque where the Is-
lamic leader once preached, Aziz
was chosen for the new post by the
Nation of Islam. After spending 19
years in prison for Malcolm XTs
death, he was paroled in 1985, Aziz
said that he did not kill Malcolm X
and has always proclaimed his in-
nocence,

eA former police officer recently
testified in South Africa that the
death of Steve Biko was acciden-
tal. Biko died in police custody af-
ter being beaten by five police offic-

ers in 1977. Biko was then the an-
tiapartheid leader and his violent
death inspired a new generation of
antiapartheid activists in South Af-
rica and around the world. The po-
licemen testified before South
AfricaTs Truth and Reconciliation
Commission for amnesty in the
death of 30-year-old Biko. Despite
being outnumbered and exhausted.
after weeks of. incarceration, Biko
tried to attack them, according to
police. The five officers said they
tackled Biko and accidentally
slammed his head into a wall.

eA civil and legal rights group
has asked a three-judge panel to
reactivate gn independent counsel
that investigated Ron Brown's
death in a plane crash. The group
cited questions raised by a military
pathologist who said that Brown
could have been shot before his Air
Force plane crashed into the Croat-
ian mountains. The late Commerce
secretary was the target of a crimi-
nal investigation of the indepen-
dent counsel and a material wit-
ness in another important federal
case involving political corruption.
BrownTs death was no sufficiently
investigated in light of forensic evi-
dence demonstrating that his
death may not have been acciden-
tal.

USDA and the Justice Department
admit injustice but claim there is
no legal remedy.?

Several black farmers have
reached agreements with the
USDA only to have the Justice De-
partment hold up the cash pay-
ments. This latest decision leaves
little hope for some 2,000 farmers
making claims against the govern-
ment.

Congresswoman Cynthia
McKinney (D-Ga.) lambasted the
Clinton Administration for what
she termed oan outrage and in-

sult.? oThis proposal is unscrupu-
lous and underhanded and falls
way short of any attempt at bring-
ing justice and fair play into the
discussion,? said Rep. McKinney.
Publicly, Clinton administration
officials say they are negotiating
with Congress on legislation that
would waive the two-year statute
of limitations for many of the farm-
ers. But according to NBFATs John
Boyd, this is not the case. oWe met
with Secretary Glickman on March
26 and were told that legislation
was being considered but had not

TALK WITH THE CANDIDATE"Leff to Right: Evangelist Brenda Tyson of
Philippi Church of Christ 1340 AM WOOW Joy Radio Evangelist, Judge
Wynne, who is presently campaigning for the seat of N.C. Supreme
Court Judge and the Dean of the Southem Assembly School of Eastern
N.C. Disciples of Christ International America Inc., Elder Betty Jo
Moore, who is also Associate Minister at Philippi Church of Christ. The
churchTs pastor is Bishop Randy B. Royal. (Staff Poto)

Congresswoman

Eva Clayton

Speaks On Black Farmers Issue

Rep. Eva Clayton (D-N.C.) last ernment to accommodate and as-
week issued a statement in re- Sist the special needs of all farmers

(See STATEMENT, P. 2)

sponse to the Justice Department
announcement that the statute of
limitations had expired for thou-
sands of black farmers seeking
monetary compensation for govern-
ment discrimination.

oThe opinion by the Justice De-
partment... that the Statute of
Limitations is a bar to recovery for
black farmers who have filed dis-
crimination complaints with the
Department of Agriculture was not
unexpected. That, however, does
not make it any less disappointing.

oThe departmentTs position is 4%
that complainants in discrimina- ~~

tion cases that did not file a law-
suit within the statutory period of
time cannot get money damages,
even if they show discrimination!
The department is taking that po-
sition because of its interpretation
of the law regarding the statute of
limitations. Complainants in many
of the pending cases are at risk of
getting nothing for a lifetime of
suffering. Again, without relief, in
cases where relief is merited, small

farmers and ranchers who have ,
been discriminated against will be
driven out of business. We cannot

tolerate that result.

oIn 1920, there were over six mil-
lion farms in the United States and
close to a sixth"926,000"were op-
erated by African-Americans. In
1992, the landscape was very, very
different. Only one percent of the
1.9 million farms in the United
States are operated by African-
Americans. One percent"18,816,
is a paltry sum when African-
Americans comprise 13 percent of
the total American population.

oIn my home state of North
Carolina, there has been a 64 per-

cent decline in minority farmers, )

just over the last 15 years, from saute

6,996 farms in 1978 to 2,498 farms
in 1992. There are several reasons
why the number of minority and
limited resource farmers are de-
clining so rapidly, but the one that
has been documented time and
time again is the discrimination in
the credit extended from the De-
partment of Agriculture, the very
agency established by the U.S. gov-

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been drafted and sent to the hill
yet,? said Boyd, a Virginia farmer.
oEven if true, legislation is a long
process and doesnTt provide any im-
mediate relief for harmed black
farmers.?

Another example of the Clinton
administration not dealing in good
faith, according to Boyd, is the Jus-
tice Department memo circulating
on Capitol Hill dated Jan. 29 prov-
ing that the decision on the statute
of limitations was reached more
than 90 days before being released
to the public. oThis shows bad faith

all the way around,? said Boyd.

President Clinton agreed to meet
with black farmers last December.
At the last minute, the meeting
was billed as a meeting with small
farmers. Later, NBFA officials
learned that the meeting was not
publicized by the White House nor
listed on the presidentTs calendar,
according to Boyd.

Lawrence Lucas, president of the
USDA Minority Employee Coali-
tion and a supporter of the black
farmers, wants the president to

(See BLACK FARMERS, P. 2)

Charlie Darden, Jr. Celebrates
95th Birthday In Greenville

By Mattie deJesus

Charlie Darden, Jr. of Tar River
Manor Nursing Home in Greenville
celebrated his 95th birthday April
17 along with other residential
honorees. This event is held by the
nursing home staff each month.

He is married to Marina Brooks-
Darden of Ayden. They had no bio-
logical children but raised four fos-
ter sons: Gratz Norcott, Jr. and
Boston Norcott of Ayden, Marion
Mills of New Haven, Conn. and
James Ray Thomas of Virginia.

Attending the celebration were
his faithful and ever-loving wife
and her cousin Mattie de Jesus.
oITve always tried to attend the
party in the previous years, but I
was always too late,? says his wife.

oWho brought you here?? Charlie
asked her.

oMat,? she replied.

oMattie Norcott??
oNo. Mattie de Jesus.?
oCharlie has been in the nursing

home for nine years, and ITve only
missed two times from coming up

CHARLES DARDEN, JR.
to see him each week. God always
sends me somebody to take me to
see Charlie,? says his wife.

(See BIRTHDAY, P. 2)

SYCAMORE HILL CONGREGANTS CELEBRATE GLORIOUS EASTER"The congregants of Sycamore Hill hada
glorious Easter Sunday when they held the ribbon cutting ceremony and the first worship service at their
new facility on 1001 Hooker Road in " For more pictures see Page 3 inside,

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farmersT problems with USDA.
oPresident Clinton is quick to re-
spond te victims of natural disas-
ters such as tornadoes in Alabama
or other: tragedies such as the
school in Arkansas but in
the case of black farmers he is si-
lent and inactive,? said Lucas.

oIf President Clinton was serious

about this issue it would have al-

ready been resolved,? said Rep.
McKinney. oIt is time for President
Clinton to show some moral forti-

tude and put some money where .

his mouth is. How are we to believe
that. he will deliver on assisting
sub-Saharan Africa, when his ad-
ministration will not do the right
thing for African-American farmers
right here at home.?

Black farmers are planning an-
other protest march on April 23 in
Washington at USDA headquar-
ters and the Justice Department.
oWe've taken our case to the US.
government, to the United Nations
and we'll take our case to people
across this country until we receive
justice- our symbolic 40 acres and a
mule,? said Boyd.

STATEMENT

Continued from page 1

and ranchers.

oThe issue was first raised in
1965, when the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights established that
USDA discriminated both in inter-
nal employee actions and external
program delivery activities. In
January 1997, the General Ac-
counting Office published a report
titled Farm Programs: Efforts to
Achieve Equitable Treatment of Mi-
nority Farmers. GAO found in-
stances of discrimination in fiscal
years 1995 and 1996. GAO also
found that the disapproval rate for
loans was six percent higher for
minority farmers than the 10 per-
cent rate for nonminority farmers.

oThe very next month, the Office
of Inspector General Evaluation
Report for the secretary on Civil
Rights Issues was released. The In-
spector General came to the identi-
cal conclusion as those who had
looked at this issue 32 years previ-
ously. There are significant prob-
lems with discrimination within
the Department of Agriculture. In
response to this important concern,
USDA Secretary Glickman demon-
strated principled leadership by
creating a Civil Rights Action
Team to examine the issue.

oOn Feb. 28, 1997, a report was
issued by the Civil Rights Action
Team titled, Civil Rights at the
United States Department of Agri-
culture,T referred to as the CRATT
Report.T It candidly documents de-
cades of discrimination against mi-
norities and women within the de-
partment.

oAt the end of each day, those of
us in government must be honest
and answer the question, by our
policies, who have we helped and
who have we hurt? The priorities of
the United States make a state-
ment about who we are and where
we stand. It signals to our citizens
and to the world the principles by
which our lives are governed.

oI intend to work with others in
the Congress to see if we can fash-
ion legislative relief to this situa-
tion. Farmers who have meritori-
ous discrimination complaints
should not be denied relief due to a
technical legal argument, dusted
off by lawyers who put winning
above justice.?

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Continued from page 1
science from North Carolina Cen-
tral University in Durham. His in-
terest in theology continued to
grow and he later went on to re-
ceive his doctorate in ministry from
Morehouse in Atlanta.
- Upon graduation, he took a job
as a director of a Ph.D. program in
the private sector and later as the
director of tra tation in
Raleigh. Hehel itions for
a combination of 15 years. During
that time, Royal had -started
preaching trial sermons at his
hometown Church of Christ in New
Bern before becoming pastor at
Philippi.

A man of modest character, he
never seems to tire. Bishop Dr.
Royal has continued to serve his
community and church nonstop
since moving to Greenville from
Raleigh.

Described as a hands-on minis-
ter, with much humility, Bishop
Royal has relentlessly worked out-
side of the pulpit and has been at
the forefront of many political,
civic, church and social issues that
affect society in general.

oI believe that pastors today
must put some leg workT in what
they preach about on Sundays,?
says Bishop Royal. oBeing an effec-
tive man for God means more than
delivering a sermon from the pul-
pit. We go to church to worship,
pray, to study and hear the Word.
But we must serve when we leave
the church,? explains Bishop Royal.

One of the programs sponsored
by Bishop Royal and Philippi is the
Sheppards Table which has pro-
vided food to 75 agencies from
Wilmington to Virginia for the past
four years. Through this program
3,000 people are served weekly.
Philippi is the District Point for the
State Food Bank where other agen-
cies join them to distribute food to
the needy.

The God Squad is another pro-
gram which has been put in place
under Bishop RoyalTs leadership. It
is a street ministry that was set up
to restore hope in neighborhoods
that have been torn apart by social
ills. Restoring the neighborhood
and street back to God.

Under his pastorship, 45 minis-
ters have served with him. oEach
minister must have his own minis-
try of service; their Godliness and
order and making them safe for its
residents are goals of the God
Squad.

Philippi sponsors many other
programs to help people in need.
The Philadelphia House which was
started by Philippi six years ago is
a program to help AIDS victims.
This program provides room, board
and health care for those suffering
from this disease in a confidential
setting. Other service programs
sponsored by this church include a
sister to sister program for help ing
teen girls, drug and alcohol recov-
ery programs, mentoring for boys,
and spiritual growth workshops.

Royal recently negotiated to get
basketball legend Michael Jordan
to including blacks and underprivi-
leged children involved in the up-
coming Golf Classic. He also helped
to get Jordan to make pledges for

the Ronald McDonald House for
children with special needs.

Bishop Royal is the founder and
president of the Pitt County Coali-
tion Against Racism where he has
helped local residents file com-
plaints regarding unfair treatment
relating to jobs and social injus-
tices. As a board member of One
Hundred Black Men of Pitt County
he has cleaned yards, cut grass and
planted trees for the Elderly. He is
also a board member of North
Carolina Organ Procurement Orga-
nization.

Bishop Royal firmly believes that
the church must help in all aspects
of life. oThe goals of the church
must include black empowerment,?
says Bishop Royal adding that he
can show scripture supporting this
belief.

oChurch is more than a building.
Many churches may not be ready
to meet the needs of the people to-
day. Past generations seemed to
have dropped the ball leaving this
generation unprepared in terms of
knowing the full role of the church,
We are beginning to get a genera-
tion of people who seemed to have
been written off by society. These
people are turning to the church
for help. Churches must equip
themselves to help people not only
spiritually but churches are going
to have to respond to social, politi-
cal and economic issues,? explains
Bishop Royal.

oMinistry must go beyond
preaching,? explains Royal. oWe
have ministers in different areas"
a homeless ministry, a jail ministry
and others.?

Bishop Royal has started to pre-

pare Philippi to move into the 21st

century in order to be of better ser-
vice to the community. Church pro-
grams will be geared toward minis-
tering to the entire person, Plans

are under way to move into a new
state-of-the-art church facility. .

oEconomic, political, social as.
well as spiritual development
should be a part of the progressive
church,? says Royal, who says that
he has to atone every day to stay
connected to God.

Having served on almost every
board in Pitt County, Bishop Royal
says that it will take a collective
effort on the part of every church
and civic organization to try to help
turn things away from global de-
struction. i

With past board memberships
including Pitt CountyTs Depart-
ment of Social Services, United
Way, NAACP, SCLC, Chamber of
Commerce, Democratic Party, the
West Greenville Development
Corp. and others, Bishop Royal is
planning a three-day forum at
Philippi to discuss race relations
and black empowerment the first
week of May.

Bishop Royal and his wife Glen
have three children: Onica, Brian
and Stephanie. They have two
grands, Jasmine and Ashley.

BIRTHDAY

Continued from page 1

ItTs very obvious that these two
senior citizens still care and love
each other. His wife constantly
speaks fondly of her husband. She
tells me about the good times they
have shared..

She also said, oI tell Theresa
[Brown] donTt let people overwork
your husband like they did mine.?

When Channel 9 News asked her
on her 90th birthday, oWhat con-
tributes to your long life?? she told
them that she had a good husband.

On different visits she tells me,
oI wipe his nose, wipe his mouth,
trim his eyebrows, trim his ear and
nostril hair. Feed him his ice
cream, cake and punch.? She truly
loves Charlie and Charlie loves
her.

The nursesT aides would say,
oSang is here.? Charlie would say,
oMy Sang? Marina Brooks-Darden?
I love Sang.? Once we were leaving
and he told Sang, oBy, babe.?

This gentle and kindhearted se-
nior citizen is loved by so many,
who often visit him. One among
many is his niece, Retha Mae Tay-
lor of Winterville, who told me, oI
love my Uncle Buddie [Charlie].?

Carol Williams said she asked
Gratz Norcott, Jr., oWho is your fa-
vorite person?? and he answered
without hesitation and smilingly,
oCharlie Darden, Jr.?

Sang told Charlie in March that
she had a 90th birthday. oYou sure
areoli,? he said. oWell, how old are
you, Charlie?? I asked. He laughed
and said, o47; ITm a young man.? I
jokingly replied, oSomebody told
me that you are an old man, Char-
lie. They told me that you are going
to be 95 on April 15.?

oWho told you that?? he asked.

oEverybody.?

oI wish I were 100,? he said.

At his birthday party in April, I
questioned him again about his
age. Sang kept laughing because
he stuck with his o47 years old? an-
swer.

oWhat are you laughing at?? he
asked her.

oArenTt you older than me, Char-
lie?? she asked.

oYou must be talking about
Charlie Darden. HeTs old,? he
quickly remarked.

I thought he was confused and
was anxious to know who he
thought he was. oWell, who are
you?? I asked. Evidently, other lis-
teners were as anxious as I and
had anticipated his answer to be
oBob, Tom or John? because the
staff burst into laughter with me
when he quickly responded, oChar-
lie Darden, Jr..?

Sang was so tickled that I
thought she would cry.

Lordy, Lordy, Charlie Darden is
55 plus 40. Congratulations and
happy birthday. ITm looking for-
ward to joining Charlie and his
wife who faithfully and forever
loves him, on April 15, 2003 to joke
with him to see if he'll be 100 or 52.
To be 95 but feel like a young man
is good,

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Editorials

Credo of the Black Press

The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial
and natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless. of race,
color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the
firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.

A Question Of Competency

The subject of end-of-the-year
testing has come up again this sea-
son. .

In particular, the competency test
administered to high school seniors
this year has come under attack from
the NAACP.

Actually, it isnTt the test itself that
bothers the group, itTs the uneven
results.

As you may remember, the Legis-
lature set up the test three years
ago. The idea is that there are cer-
tain basic things that a child should
learn in school, and no child should
be allowed to graduate without
knowing them.

Therefore, the test. No high-school
senior who fails the test will be al-
lowed to graduate. Well, they can
leave school, but they wonTt get a di-
ploma. ,

Now for the results. The good
news: 90 percent of the seniors
passed the test. The bad news: Only
82 percent of black students did.

The NAACP points in particular
not only to the disparity between
black and white students, but to the
wide divergence in results for indi-
vidual counties.

A total of 30 counties had passing
rates for black students of less than
80 percent. In fact, the rate in some
systems dropped to as low as 30 per-
cent. In others, it was 100 percent.

That kind of lets the air out of the
argument that there is just some-
thing wrong with black kids"either
they are too lazy or just genetically
inferior. If they were, how did all of
them in some systems pass the test?

Now, some would argue that the
test is impartial, that it simply quan-
tifies what the student has learned.
We would agree.

We donTt have any problem with
the test, and neither, from what we
have heard, does the NAACP.

We donTt claim the test itself is bi- .

ased, or too hard, or that it demands
knowledge that isnTt representative
of what a high school student should
know.

In fact, what we hear from most
dispassionate observers is that the
test is preposterously easy; that just
about any person who made it out of
middle school should be able to pass
it"much less high school.

But thatTs kind of the point, isnTt
it? How can you have a situation
where you have as many as 70 per-
cent, and an average of almost 18
percent statewide, of black teenag-
ers who make it all the way through
high school without gaining these ba-
sic skills?

These students, supposedly, took
test after test, in grade after grade,
and were continually passed. How
did they make it this far without be-
ing flagged at some point in their
school careers?

It all comes back to the old prob-
lem of social promotion. We have all
heard teachers and principals say
that to ohold back? a student would
odamage his/her self-esteem.?

How do you think those students
feel about themselves now, after
spending 12 years in school with
nothing to show for it? .

But letTs not be coy. You know and
we know that what wéTre dealing
with is a system so frustrated that it
would rather just send oproblem?
students on to be somebody elseTs
problem. .

Trouble is, in the long run, theyTre
going to be our problem, if they canTt
get a job and turn to whatever
method they can find to get money.

ThatTs what the NAACP is saying.
Yes, keep the test. But if itTs that
easy, thereTs no excuse for not seeing
to it that all students can pass it.

Even the black ones.

We'll Miss Terry

For many of our readers, Terry
Sanford was a legendary historical/
political figure before his latest stint
in the U.S. Congress.

Many of us remembered him only
as president of Duke University. Or
having gone to football or basketball
games against Terry Sanford High
School.

There was good reason for Terry
SanfordTs legend to loom large. He
was one of a handful of fair, progres-
sive and enlightened public servants
in a state and region not particularly
known for raising them.

He was in fact even more of a rar-
ity. At a time when most of the fair,
progressive and enlightened office-
holders who were around recognized
the value of discretion and tried to
do what little good they could do oon
the sly,? Terry Sanford spoke out.

It was back in 1963 that he called
for an end to job discrimination,
when that was not exactly a popu-
lar"or even healthy"thing to do.

There are some who say it cost
him any chance of a further career in
politics.

There are also those who say that,
in outrage over what his elected
leader was doing, Jesse Helms began
his long foray into polities. |

It was that outrage, shared by an
alarming and disillusioning number
of North Carolina citizens, that pro-
pelled Helms into the U.S. Senate
just a few years later, they say.

If Terry Sanford was about 20
years early"and a few hundred
miles removed"from where his
message might be received with the
respect and admiration it deserved,
it didnTt seem to bother him.,. or

slow him down.

He took his exile from active po-

litical office"self-imposed or other-
wise"in stride and became one of
the most effective and impressive
presidents Duke University has had.

His commitment to education was
a paramount thrust in his life, and he
might well have been content to ride
out the remainder of his days re-
membering the good he had been
able to do and secure in the knowl-
edge that history had eventually
proven him right, and that most
North Carolinians recognized that
fact.

When it seemed that Republicans
would get a lock on Senate seats in
North Carolina, his party went to
him again, and in 1986, he found him-
self back in politics again, winning a
seat in the U.S. Senate.

He made a name for himself there,
as well, but his health began to fail
him when the next election rolled
around. Campaigners for Lauch
Faircloth were able to capitalize on
it, suggesting that North Carolina
needed someone who would be
healthy and able to serve out his
term.

Of course, there are those who say
that Sanford would have been a bet-
ter senator"even in the hospital or
dead"than Faircloth turned out to
be. But we won't get into that here.

Terry Sanford wasnTt a saint, But
he was a nice man in a field not noted
for producing them; a fair man when
most of his constituents didnTt want

fairness; a man who thought about

the future when most people wanted
him to think about the past.
We'll miss him.

Sp SADDAM HUSSEIN

\ I

VANTAGE
POINT

Articles and Essays by Ron Daniels

JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE: INDULGING THE
oFREEDOM? TO BE FOOLISH

Experience has shown that it is risky to have artists,
entertainers and athletes thrust into the position of spokes-
persons for the race. However, this seemed unavoidable
when the subject was racism in sports and the forum was
one of President ClintonTs Town Hall Meetings on Race.
Thank God Legendary Hall of Fame football star Jim Brown
was.on the panelTat the Town Hall Meeting in Houston. He
seemed to be the-only person willing or able to consistently
take an unapologetic stance on critical issues and challenges
facing Black athletes and other professionals within the
multi-billion dollar sports industry.

Among other things, the Town Hall Meeting, which was
broadcast live on ESPN, featured comments by Georgetown
basketball coach John Thompson coming to the odefense of
my great company Nike,? the giant trans-national athletic
sports apparel company which exploits cheap labor in Third
World companies while marketing its high dollar sneakers
at a huge profit to black and Latino youth at the behest of
millionaire pitchmen like Michael Jordan. Jim Brown was
quick to point out that in effect Nike was pimping a few high
paid athletes to make huge fortunes off the purchases of
blacks and Latino youth, many of whom come from the im-
provised ghettos and barrios of this country.

Jim Brown was also on point when he called for black
athletes to use black attorneys and agents as a way of circu-
lating black dollars and building economic power within the
black community. New York Jets wide receiver Keyshawn
Johnson responded that he had a black agent, but it was not
because he was an African-American!

The most lively exchange of the evening came, however,
when Jackie Joyner Kersee, one of the greatest women track
and field stars of all time, angrily took issue with Jim
BrownTs contention that Black athletes should pool their re-
sources to purchase sports franchises and otherwise use
their enormous wealth to promote black economic develop-
ment. To her credit Ms. Joyner-Kersee described her various
efforts to invest in the black community including hiring
relatively inexperienced blacks to manager some of her en-
terprises to provide opportunities for them to gain valuable
experiences in business.

For some inexplicable reason, however, Ms. Joyner-
Kersee felt compelled to publicly disagree with Jim Brown
about the responsibility of black athletes to function more
collectively to advance the interests of the black community.
She seemed visibly agitated by brownTs insistence that black
athletes had a duty to use their resources to build the black
community and suggested instead that blacks should feel no
special obligation to work together to purchase sports fran-
chises or anything else. Almost shouting across the stage at
Jim Brown, Jackie Joyner-Kersee proclaimed: oThatTs why
we live in America, because we have choices.?

What was/is troubling about our dear sisterTs attitude is
that it is unfortunately representative of far too many black
athletes, artists, entertainers and well off blacks among us.
Far too many African-Americans achieve osuccess? forgetting
the enormous sacrifices that past and present civil rights/
human rights movements, leaders and ordinary black folks
have made to open the doors of opportunity for them. The
ochoice? that these African-American heroes and heroines
made and continue to make to be of the race and for the race
in order to create osuccessful? blacks who will in turn not
forget where they came from as a matter of principle.

It is obvious for any fool to see that in oAmerikkka?
people are ofree? to ochoose? to do whatever they please"
theoretically. In fact within this racist and highly competi-
tive pluralistic society, group power counts, Most other eth-
nic groups do not haye to be tald that ocharity begins at
home and spreads"abroad,? that one must olove thy neigh-
bor as thyself.? Most other ethnic groups have already used
responsibility to self and kind and the advantages of affir-
mative action for Whites in America to become osuccessful.?

Only the oNegro,? past and former mental slaves in
America, somehow feel compelled to spout the mythology of
American democracy in the face of the constraints/chains of
racism and white supremacy. Only the oNegro? mentality
would feel compelled to note that one has a black agent, but
not because he is African-American.

ONE MASSE
OPISMOs

BY OSCAR SMITH, JR.

FOLLOW THE MONEY

I couldnTt let this one slip by without a comment. I donTt
know if you saw the report last week in the News and Ob-
server that apparently serious conversation had taken place
in one U.S. Senate candidateTs camp regarding ogreasing the
palm of certain individuals? in the black community in order
to deny votes to another candidate. ,

In case you donTt know what ogreasing the palm? means,
that is a term used to put money in someoneTs hands, or
pockets, or bank accounts.

Apparently according to that report, there was some talk
about using funds to attempt to divert votes away from one
candidate toward another who happens to be African-Ameri-
can. Not only are such actions unacceptable among many
blacks who give a tinkerTs d__ about a right that older
blacks and their ancestors have had to work and die for, but
it is not fair to a qualified black candidate.

One longtime political activist in the black community
readily admits that such activity is nothing new, as a mater
of fact I have heard that in days gone by black votes came
even cheaper than that in some instances.

Well, my friends, it is time that blacks or any other eth-
nic group make it clear that their vote is not for sale at any
price"to anyone. Now for those of you who know that yours
truly was once active in the political arena, I promise you
that I was there working for the candidate of my choice, not
because I was paid by anyone. Oh I have been offered cash,
but I refused to accept it. After all, I had to face myself each
morning when I looked in the mirror. Secondly, you tell me
how I could teach one set of values to our children and they
see me do another?

We tell our youth that it is important to get involved in
the political process in hopes that they will excise their right
as a citizen in this country, and they grow up to see this kind
of alleged tampering in the American political process.

When will blacks realize that the way the political pro-
cess works is"you put the money in the candidateTs cam-
paign that you believe will do the best job for you, not the
other way around.

It is time to send a message to all of those who would
tamper with the political process this way, as well as those
who do or would accept such Moines to influence the out
come of elections. WAKE UP PEOPLE!

This Way tor
Wack
Empowerment ¥

By Dr. Lenora Fulani

IF ROBERT REICH COULDN'T IMPACT, HOW CAN
WE?

Each week I host a public affairs television show called
oFulani!? My co-host, Dr. Fred Newman, and I do a half-hour
interview with newsmakers, authors, and political activists.

Two weeks ago we taped a show with Robert Reich. Rob-
ert Reich was the U.S. Secretary of Labor in the first Clinton
administration. He is an economist and political scientist
who first met the President when they both went to study at
Oxford. Reich went on to become a well-known economic
theorist and advocate for a public policy that would spur
economic growth among all sectors of society. Bill Clinton
tapped him to be his economic advisor during the 1992 cam-
paign and then to become his labor secretary. Reich recently
wrote a book ealled Locked in the Cabinet about his experi-
ences as a cabinet member.

The interview we did on my show was very interesting.
We discussed economic policy and the changes produced by
globalization. He talked about his feeling that while eco-

nomic indicators were good, a downturn might be just
around the corner. But most interesting"to me"was the
discussion we had about how little he was able to impact on
economic policy on behalf of the average American. Reich is
a progressive economist.

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Kwanzaa Corporation Formed To
Support Economic Redevelopment

LOS ANGELES, Calif"While a
growing number of African Ameri-
cans celebrate Kwanzaa during the
Christmas season, a group of Los
Angeles businessmen plan to cel-
ebrate it all year long. They have
formed a new entity, the Kwanzaa
Corporation, to support economic
redevelopment in the African-
American community.

The businessmen are Clifton
Hinds, president of United Fund-
ing group, a mortgage brokerage
firm in Westchester, Calif.; Greg
Phillips, president of Malitop Inc.,
a residential holding corporation in
Malibu, Calif.; and Ben Harrison
Tyler, owner of Western Security
Group, a mortgage company in
Culver City, Calif. Hinds serves as
CEO of the Kwanzaa Corp., Phil-
lips is president and Tyler is secre-
tary treasurer. The corporation
was founded in January.

oOur mission is to rebuild and re-
develop opportunities at the grass
roots level, giving people hope,?
said Hinds. oWe each have owned
companies with real estate assets
since 1988. Now we have grouped
all of our assets to form this new
coalition.? This ounity? reflects one
of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
Hinds said that Kwanzaa was cho-
sen as the companyTs name because
it is easily recognizable as a com-
munity-based effort to empower.

The seven-day celebration of
Kwanzaa was created by Dr.
Maulana Karenga in 1966.
Throughout America, parts of the
Caribbean, Africa and Europe,
people of African ancestry recite
the seven principles in their cel-
ebrations and activities each day
from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1.

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strengthening of the family, com-

munity and culture.

Youth Leaders Gear For
Million Youth March

Youth leaders throughout
America, Africa, the Caribbean,
Canada, and Europe are gearing
up to convene in the Million Youth
March, slated for Sept. 7 in Atlan-
ta, Ga.

The march will be a four-day
event consisting of a town hall
meeting, panel discussions, enter-
tainment, worship, and a major
gathering which will begin on Sept.
4. Organizers, who are working
with the City of Atlanta, plan to
convene the major gathering on
Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 7, on the
Historic Sweet Auburn Avenue in
Atlanta.

The theme is oPreparing Youth
for the New Millennium.? The pur-
pose, say organizers, is to reinvigo-
rate a God-centered youth move-
ment for the 21st century.

Among the issues to be ad-
dressed are strengthening the fam-
ily, economic development, increas-
ing political involvement, youth
activism, education and stopping
genocidal and fratricidal violence
and drugs in black communities.

The march is being organized by
students, youth organizers, youth
leaders and community activists
with the guidance of elders, to pro-
mote leadership development
among youth and build partner-
ships with elder leadership.

Organizers are also developing a
Ten-Year Action Plan, based upon
the objectives in the marchTs Mis-
sion Statement which deal with

spirituality, social, political, eco-
nomic and educational develop-

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will also issue and collect fees for fishing permits and pedal boat rides, handle concession
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through September. The jobs are 20-40 hours per week for this period with working hours
varying according to the type of work to be done. Some weekend work is required.
Special jobs would be grass cutting, ballfields preparations, litter and trash pick up and
landscaping maintenance. Safety boots are required and are to be furnished by the
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~ SHARE A MOMENT"Henry Davis and members of f Joy Production Gospel group share moments with
WOOW announcer Reggie Price after a gospel performance at Arts & Recreation Center in Ayden. (Staff

ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT & VOTE ON MAY 5TH"Candi-
date Bobby Hardy Jr. is shown with his mother, Sister Mary Hardy,
owner of Headline Beauty Salon, encouraging everyone to get out
and vote on May 5th. Of course her son is at the top of her list. (Sfaff
Photo)

Thousands To Join In
Spring Litter Sweep

No strangers to picking up litter,
thousands of state prison inmates
will be joining Spring Litter Sweep,
a two-week partnership project en-
dorsed by Gov. Jim Hunt and spon-
sored by the Department of Trans-
portation.

Minimum and medium custody
road squads, prison community
work crews and other inmates will
combine their efforts with volun-
teers and organizations such as

Keep America Beautiful to pick up LEADER

trash along North Carolina high- | °¢ More than 30 years Public Service x
ways. * Served two terms Pitt County Development Goamitee

Motorists have noticed and com-
-jictinenl cleus ii dere fin sexo ¢ Served on Human Relations Commission"Greenville

side trash, so the Partners for a | ° Active in Pitt County Democratic Party as a Coordinator and
Litter-Free North Carolina is de- Get-Out-The-Vote Specialist for Twenty Years

voting the weeks of April 20 and } . Served on the Political Action Committee of the General

an AY Vo tn SVG GEESE Baptist State Conventions of N.C. for 12 years

Following a kick-off campaign at | * Publicity Coordinator for Black PastorsT Conference of Pitt
the state capitol, Correction Secre- County for 12 years (one of the founders of the conference)
tary Mack Jarvis said, oState in- | President of Flanagan Funeral Home, Inc. since 1996.
mates have picked up several tons Employed by Flanagan Funeral Home for more than 30
SUVS ols yor Carolina road-} years serving Pitt, Craven, Martin, Greene, Beaufort, and
SELES CIty WO [SEED MOU) eats Edgecombe Counties with professional and Dignified
and we at the Department of Cor- ;

Funeral Service.

rection are happy to be a part of
this statewide clean-up effort.? CAPABLE CONCERNED COMMITTED

One correctional officer will su- . sas . ..
coats ion qs a om to 10 Involved and In Touch with Citizens on a Daily Baisis"whose

inmates. Minimum custody in- Encouragement & Support have made me a Candidate.

mates must be within five years of | Your Vote On MAY 5 WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
their release date and have proven Paid for by the Committee to Elect David Hammond

VOTE

David S. Hammond

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S_A.F.E. WALK 98

oStop Abuse For Everyone?

ponvoreTTY TEDI BEAR ,
ChildrenTs Advocacy Center

WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 1998

8:45 - 9:45 am. ... cece c cect cecccccccces Registration
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. ..........+2+++.-. Opening Ceremony
10:00 A.M. .. ccc eee cee eecerccnccseseces «Walk Begins
12:00 Noon ..........+...++-...End of Walk Celebration

WHERE: the walk begins at the Willis Building
(Corner of 1st and Reade Streets) and
ends at the Town Commons

PRIZES & ENTERTAINMENT:

*GRAND PRIZE given to the person raising the most money.
*Free Food & Drinks.
*Free Balloons.
*Lots of Fun!
*Greenville International Festival, 11 am-6 pm, Town Commons

The TEDI BEAR ChildrenTs Advocacy Center serves children who are victims of
neglect, sexual and/or physical abuse and their non-offending family members.

TED! BEAR: C.A.C.

504 B Dexter Street
Greenville, North Carolina 27834

For more information contact: (252) 355-1060

themselves to be trustworthy.

Victory Christian Assembly
presents an
April Extravaganza with a pig picking concert

CONTINUING THE MISSION
scomarional josie 1998 is an election year
Pitt County voters will elect a Sheriff

Incumbent Billy Vandiford is not

nile crime rates. oWe need to be

The pig picking will begin
at 2:00 p.m. and the concert
will commence at 6:00 p.m.
The doors will open at 5:00
p.m. for the concert.
The cost for the pig picking
and the concert is only $10.00
Fish plates will be available
too.

COME OUT AND ENJOY GOOD FOOD AND MUSIC

Victory Christian Assembly
Corner of Mozingo and Stantonsburg Roads
Greenville, NC

PUBLIC NOTICE

THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE LOAN

worried about the competition. His
concerns are focused on providing
the citizens of Pitt County with
quality law enforcement. Some-
thing he has focused on for the past
7 years.

There are several items that top his
agenda. One of those is asking the
county commissioners for addi-
tional deputies. oWe are woefully
short of street deputies. Calls for
service have increased, but we have
not had a deputy sheriff in the last
five years. o There have been depu-
ties added to the department, but
those deputies were assigned to
grant-specified positions.

The shortage of deputies is a prob-
lem, but not a problem that canTt
be solved. Shenff Vandiford is a

spending more money on at-risk
youth before they enter the judi-
cial system.? Vandiford stresses
that building more prisons 1s not
the solution to the problem; keep-
ing at-risk youth out on the sys-
tem is the solution.

Sheriff Vandiford strongly be-
lieves that money presently being
spent to educate inmates could be
better used to educate our young
people before they end up in the
system. He is not against inmates
trying to better themselves; just
that an inmate seems to have more
access to education than the aver-
age citizen.

Sheriff Vandiford confronts issues
that may not seem to be a Sheriff's
duty to do. But, he believes that
if a person has the capacity and

problem solver. He tnes

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was the first of its kind in

become the model for several other states.

to solve problems before they be- the power to make positive change, then they should try their

come burdens. He has implemented several programs that best to do so.
have generated a great deal of revenue for Pitt County. His
implementation of getting inmates to pay for medical care The SheriffTs Department went through a phase of change

North Carolina. This program has last year. Some officers changed positions, others moved
on. Sheriff Vandiford believes in a strong work ethic. You
are asked to perform your job and the requirements that go

The Domestic Violénce Unit of the Sheriff's Department is with it, to the best of your ability. And if you cannot fulfill
another grant-funded program set up by Sheriff Vandiford. that job position, you should move on or'be re-assigned to
This program has focused on all aspects of domestic vio- another position better suited for you.

lence; from the initial distress call to follow-up visits provid-

ing avenues of help for the victim and the defendant. This Sheriff Vandiford is preparing for the years ahead. His de-
unit is the first to have a team of officers that handle all as- partment has a mission to accomplish, and he is determined
pects of domestic violence all the time.

to see that the mission continues against any obstacle that
appears to stand in the way.

Another issue close to Sheriff VandifordTs heart is the juve-

VOTE ON MAY 5, 1998 TO RE-ELECT
BILLY VADIFORD SHERIFF

PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT VANDIFORD SHERIFF

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIAL CLUB

20th Century Social Club
Celebrates 51st Anniversary

The Twentieth Century Social
Club celebrated their 51st anniver-
sary during the Easter weekend.

Their weekend started with their
annual food raffle that is held each
year at the Dickenson Avenue
Piggly Wiggly .

Winners this year were as fol-
lows: $100 shopping spree"Mary
Cates; $50 shopping spree"
Stephen Carr; $25 shopping
spree"Peggy Cox; $15 gift certifi-
cate"Faye Leftwick; $10 gift cer-
tificate"Rodger Joyner.

The PresidentTs Ball was held
last Saturday night at the Hotel
Hilton. Special guests for the
evening were the Hon. Judge
James Wynne and his lovely bride.
The club honored Milliard Filmore
Bell for being its sole surviving
charter member. Charles Prayer
was presented a plaque for past
services as president of the club.
All members were introduced and
presented plaques of appreciation
end recognition for a job well done.

Jessandra Stanley served as mis-
tress of ceremonies, assisted by
Carla Lee.

Judge Wynne spoke eloquently
on the importance of the vote and
the value of blacks stepping for-
ward and being held accountable
for their well-being and reaping all
the benefits of being a member of
this great society that we played a
vital role in itTs progress and exist-
ence.

A moment of silence was ob-
served in honor of the following de-
ceased members: Barnhill, Dou-
glas; Barrett, William oBruce;?
Colburn, Jesse; Daniels, Charlie
James; Davis, Ernest oLittle Boot;?
Ebron, William oJiggs;? Joyner,
Howard Lee oJoy;? Payton, Ralph;
Porter, Claude; Sherrod, William
oBill;? Simpson, William; Wilson,
Hildred oSkinny.?

The decor was dynamic in black,
white and gold. Food was superb
and they all dined to the utmost.
The club invites you to join them
next year.

Drive Safely

ae +

GOING WHERE NEEDED"As part of a trucking and transportation

unit deployed to Hungary, Army Spec. Carlose O. Lacewell is re-

sponsible for ensuring convoys full
to troops deployed in war-torn
Michael Tolzmann) (See Story)

of supplies and equipment make
Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Photo by

Fayetteville Man Modern
Day oRoad Warrior?

By Ray Gomez

TAZAR, Hungary"They are
known as oroad warriors,? and they
most definitely live up to their
name. These truckers, on the sur-
face, look no different than any
other red-blooded young men and
women who drive their 18-wheel-
ers along the highways and byways
of America.

But the son of a Fayetteville man
is a road warrior of the truest
sense, making sure their trucks,
loaded with critical supplies, get
through to their destination in Bos-
nia amid such uncommon distrac-
tions as land mines, shelled roads,
confrontational border guards and,
at times, armed factions dotting
the hills along the way.

Army Spec. Carlose 0. Lacewell,
son of James M. Lacewell of Fay-
etteville, is a member of a trans-
portation unit based out of
Kaposjulak, Hungary, which serves
as a Bosnian staging base for the
movement of supplies into the un-
stable Balkans.

With just over 100 soldiers sup-
porting the mission out of
Kaposjulak, LacewellTs work tempo
is always high. If the unit isnTt
transporting supplies into Bosnia,
which is commonly referred to as
the obox,? then itTs traveling to
- Austria to pick up supplies brought
in from Germany.

Lacewell and his unit play more
than one role within the organiza-
tion. They are all trained in vari-
ous areas of the mission and need
to be ready to move out at a
momentTs notice.

oAs a line haul truck driver, |
pretty much do all the mainte-
nance on the vehicle in addition to
driving it on convoys. We drive

the nation and witnessed the first
Army/Air Force Hometown News Service steps Bosnian people are taking to

rebuild their shattered lives.

Annual Memorial Service By
COPA Set For Sunday April 26

Five years ago Terrence Moore
was waiting for a kidney trans-
plant to change his life. This month
the 15-year veteran teacher will be
at the speakerTs podium along with
Jeff Charles (the oVoice of the Pi-
rates?) to express appreciation to

families whose loved ones were or- .

gan and tissue donors.

The annual memorial service,
sponsored by the Carolina Organ
Procurement Agency (COPA), is
scheduled for Sunday, April 26 at 3
p.m. at the Pitt County Memorial
Hospital Brody Auditorium in
Greenville. Donor families from
North Carolina and other states
have been invited to this service
where they will be honored for
making the gift of life possible for
people like Terrence Moore.

Other speakers include Pitt
County Memorial Hospital trauma
surgeon Timothy Patselas, M.D.,
and Darien and Tracey Ogbum
whose son was an organ donor. A
special video tribute comprised of
pictures of donors will be shown
during the service. Lloyd Jordan,
Jr., executive director of the Caro-
lina Organ Procurement Agency,

Mental Health
Bell To Be Built
In Pitt County

Cast from iron chains and shack-
les that once were used to restrain
those with mental disorders, the
Mental Health Bell is a powerful
and humbling reminder of the har-
rowing treatment these individuals
have endured.

Join the Mental Health Associa-
tion in Pitt County as they build a
bell collected with Mile of Quarters
on May 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the
Plaza Mall.

Help mental health advocates
and the ECU Pirates build the bell
that symbolically tolls to end dis-
crimination and rings out hope in
the fight for victory over mental ill-
ness in Pitt County.

Save Our Sisters:
& Sons Program
Set For May 2

The Save Our Sisters & Sons
(SOS) program will sponsor its
1997-98 Spring Youth Conference
on Saturday, May 2, at Pitt Com-
munity College located in the
Humber Building.

This yearTs conference is on vio-
lence and is titled, oThe Smoking
Gun: Alternatives to Violence.? The
conference is open to youth ages 9
and above and to their parents.

Sessions will be held on violence,
mediation and conflict resolution.
There is no cost. Please contact
V.C. Gaynor or M. Hardy for addi-
tional information at 752-4156.

to do that, you must

apparent cause.

American Heart
Associations.

Fighting Heart Disease

ThereTs New Hope
About Stroke.

Today the outlook for stroke survivors is
better than ever. New drugs are reducing the
injury from stroke. And new rehabilitation
procedures are helping people regain lost
skills. But the key is still to get help fast. And

Know the Warning Signs

¢ Sudden weakness or numbness of the
face, arm or leg on one side of the body.

Sudden dimness or loss of vision, particu-
larly in only one eye.

Loss of speech, or trouble talking or
understanding speech.

Sudden severe headaches with no

Unexplained dizziness, unsteadiness or
sudden falls, especially along with any of
the previous symptoms.

If you have any of the warning signs, donTt
wait! See a doctor right away!

fed

and Stroke

will conclude the service by pre-
senting donor families with special
recognition pins representing their
ultimate civic contribution.

The memorial service is part af
the Carolina Organ Procurement
AgencyTs After Care Program that

provides ongoing support to donor

families. The service is also part of
an entire month of activities for
Organ and Tissue Donor Aware-
ness Month. Events are being held
throughout the state and the na-
tion during April to promote
awareness about donation and rec-
ognize the families of donors who
made the gift of life possible.

April is Organ and Tissue Donor
Awareness Month. Approximately
60,000 people are on the waiting
list for a life-saving organ. Share
your decision to be a donor with
your family today so they can carry
out your wishes later. You have the
power to save lives. Share your life
and share your decision.

How do you become a donor?

You can become a donor three
ways: indicate oyes? on your
driverTs license, sign and carry a
donor, card, and express your
wishes to your family. The most
important thing to do is to discuss
organ donation with your family
todayso they can carry out your
wishes later.

You have the power to save lives.
Share your life and share your de-
cision.

For more information about or-
gan and tissue donation call 1-800-
200-2672 or visit the web site at
www.copanc.org.

ULYSSES GRANT BELL

Ulysses Grant
Bell, Jr. Dies In
Greenville

Ulysses Grant Bell, Jr. was the
first child born to Grant Bell, Sr.
and Rosa FE. Bell, June 10, 1916.
He died March 27 at the Pitt
County Memorial Hospital.

Bell was a native of Pitt County,
Greenville.

He attended the public schools
and graduated from the Greenville
Industrial High School in June
1937. Before graduating from high
school he worked with his father
and brothers at BellTs Cafe on Albe-
marle Avenue.

In the year of 1941 he attended
the formerly named Agricultural
and Technical College of
Greensboro. He served in the Army

- When he returned to Greenville he

- mechanics for six years.

business grew and they opened a

ountil the year of 1955, when he

for 3% years. He was discharged
with honors in the year 1945.

worked with his father and broth-
ers at BellTs Cafe and taught-auto

In the year of 1950, the BellsT

grocery store which Filmore and
Grant, Jr. ran. Grant continued to
work in the grocery store and cafe

opened BellTs Service Station on
Third Street and Memorial Drive.
He worked there until he retired in
the year of 1991.

He was baptized as a child and
embraced Christian practices
which instilled in him a people-ap-
preciative virtue. Grant held fast to
his values and all who came to |
know him remarked about his |
character, and the warm and en-
dearing personality which was ex-
hibited in how he regarded his fel-
low man.

He was married to Jessie Jones
in the year of 1947, and to this
union three sons were born.

He was a faithful member of the
Cornerstone Missionary Baptist
Church from 1935 to 1975. White
there he worked in many capaci-
ties, especially as treasurer.

In the year of 1975 he joined Mt.
Calvary Freewill Baptist Church
and served well as superintendent |
of Sunday School and on the
Deacon and Trustee Boards.

His hobbies were collecting an-
tiques of any sort and reading, es-

pecially the Bible.

In the year of 1982 he was mar-
ried to A.D. Daniels and they re-
mained married until his death.

Subscribe!

While crime has declined across the
state in recent years... in Pitt County
itTs on the rise. As a matter of fact,
crime is rising at an alarming rate.
Here are some of the statistics.

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Last year robbery was up by 35%.
Burglary up 12%. Larceny up 14%
ItTs time to get tough on crime!
On May fifth vote Mac Manning
for Sheriff of Pitt County.

* (oof PITT COUNTY
for Sh er / Vote Democratic - May 5, 1998

Paid for by: The committee to elect Mac Manning Sheriff of Pitt County * Elaine G. Denton, Treasurer

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a very long hours almost every day,?
Lacewell said. oS

Lacewell and the other oroad

warriors? have. traveled into the

obox,? and have seen firsthand the

: destruction that has devastated

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Anderson Chapel
AME Church
Opens In City

A new congregation has been
born; a new church in Greenville
has become a reality. From vision
to dreams, prayer, plans, commit-
ment, challenge and much encour-
agement the vision is now a reality.
The Anderson Chapel African
Methodist Episcopal Church was
officially organized on March 31 .

The new church name, oAnder-
son Chapel? honors their bishop,
the Rt. Rev. Vinton Randolph
Anderson, presiding prelate of the
Second Episcopal District. Bishop
Anderson is the General Board
President of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the current
president of the World Council of
Churches, the first AME Bishop tc
hold this position.

Under the direction of Rev. Dr.
L.O. Saunders, presiding elder of
the Northern District of the North
Carolina Conference, Rev. Fair-

REV. DR. L. 0. SAUNDERS °
Presiding Elder-Northern District
N.C. Conference

Mary Williams Faircloth of
Winterville was appointed to her
first pastorate as the oPastor? of
Anderson Chapel AME Church. Of-
ficers of the new church were also
appointed and elected at the same

REV. MARY W. FAIRCLOTH
New Pastor
Anderson Chapel A.M.E Church

In celebrating the birth of this
new church a dinner was hosted at
the Dixie Queen restaurant in
Winterville, by Presiding Elder
L.O. Saunders with several pastors
of the Northern District, including

band and the charter members of
Anderson Chapel. Among some of
the well wishers for this glorious
event were the manager of the
Dixie Queen, well known realtor/
broker Dede Carney of First Choice
Properties, of Greenville, who was
the relocation specialist for the
Faircloths, GreenvilleTs First Dis-
trict Councilwoman, Mildred Coun-
cil, her family and a host of others.
On April 5 , Palm Sunday the
first worship service was conducted
by the new pastor and Holy Com-

_Munion was celebrated. Anderson

Chapel as was the original African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Mother Bethel in Philadelphia was
born out of faith, prayer and labors
of love.

Pastor Faircloth, the officers and
congregation of Anderson Chapel
AME Church will hold Sunday
worship services, beginning May
31st and subsequent Sunday ser-
vices on the first and third Sunday
of each month, at The Boys and
Girls Club of Pitt County located
on Firetower Road, Greenville.

Roger Wilkins To spe

Roger Wilkins, a scholar, activist
and former Pulitzer Prize Board
chairman, has been named chair-
man of the board of the NAACPTs
journal Crisis.

oWe are overjoyed to have Roger
Wilkins,? Julian Bond, NAACP

Board chairman, said. oHe com-

bines the activistTs passionate com-
mitment to racial justice with the
rigorous intellectualism of the
scholar.?

Wilkins succeeds Bond as Crisis
chair.

Roger Wilkins comes from a fam-
ily with generations of commitment
to advancing civil rights and im-
proving the quality of life for Afri-
can-Americans and for all Ameri-
cans.

WilkinsT uncle, Roy Wilkins, was
assistant editor of the Crisis from
1934 to 1949, and served as editor
of Crisis before becoming NAACP
executive secretary, a position he
held until 1977.

oRoger WilkinsT eppintment as a

chair of Crisis is a proud day for
civil rights that links the past with
the present and signals.an exciting

. future for the Crisis journal,? said

Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president
and CEO.

Roger Wilkins has had a distin-
guished career as a lawyer, jour-

nalist and educator. He was an as-
sistant attorney general of the

United States in the 1960s.

oCrisis is in my blood,? Wilkins
said. oI share Chairman Bond's
and President MfumeTs aspirations
for the Crisis to be both indispens-
able reading for all those who are
struggling for racial and economic
justice and for it to be a vital
weapon in that struggle.?

organizational meeting.

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cloth and a faithful group of people AIEEE 1) STG cae

were able to bring this vision to
fruition. Presiding Elder Saunders
and the senior pastors of the dis-
trict met with Rev. Faircloth and
the 10 charter members of the new
congregation in her home to orga-
nize the church per The Doctrine
and Discipline of the African Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, 1996.
These pastors and the charter
members live in various towns in
Eastern North Carolina. Some
came from Wilmington, New Bern,
Richland, Kinston, Rocky Mount,
Winterville and Greenville for the
organizational meeting. It was at
this organizational meeting that
the charter members met the crite-
ria for forming a new church. This
birthing process started more than
five years ago when Rev. Faircloth
realized each time she visited
North Carolina from New Jersey,
there was no presence of an AME
Church in Greenville. York Memo-
rial was and is the only AME Zion
Church in Greenville.

¢ 40,000,'201 Nash St., 2 B/R, 1 Bath,

In December 1996, Rev. Fair- B/V, Corner Lot, Fenced Several
cloth and her husband Vernon relo- | * 60,000, 205 Edge Rd., Ayden, 6 rms, .
cated to Winterville. They were 1 Bath, B/V, Lot 85 X 133, Fenced Nice
both born in North Carolina and | © 40,000, 201 Nash Street, 2 B/R, 1 Bath, BV, Byiidin
this was a long-awaited dream Corner Lot, Fenced g
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Conference of the Ist Episcopal 1 Bath, Central Heat, Garage, Fenced, Rent 250.00. handle
District to the N.C. Conference of | * 42,500 - 105 S. Melvin St, BR., 1 Bath, C
the 2nd Episcopal District. At the | Cement Blk. Freshly Painted, Kinston, N.C. ony.,
North Carolina Annual Conference | * 47,500 - 550 County Ac, 5 Rms, HUD, VA
in May, 1997, Bishop Anderson | 3 BR., 2 Bath, Cement Blk, Grifton, N.C.
gave his approval to start a new | « 47,800 - 1231 Davenport St., 5 ms, & FMA
work for the AME Church in R., 1 bath, Brick., Rented 325.00. ° °
Greenville. After research, evangel- 3BR., : Financing

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Dan Wynne

Candidate
Pitt County

Commissioner

District 3
Vote May 5, 1998

If elected County Commissioner for District 3, | will support these issues:

istic work, prayer and weekly Bible
study sessions in her home with a
faithful group of believers, the vi-
sion of an AME church in the
Greenville area became a reality.
At this historic meeting the Rev.

ae

. Education - The people will have to have an education to meet their future

needs and goals. | support classroom technology.
2. Environment - It is important to maintain a safe water supply and clean rivers.
The county needs to have a start-up program for a county-wide
sewage system.
3. Law & Order - | support maintaining and improving the present programs now in
use by the Sheriff's Department.
4. Employment - We need to work in securing industry that employs people a
different educational backgrounds.
5. Zoning - | would support a simple zoning plan if the county would show
good intentions to provide sewer and water for the citizens.

6. Open Meetings - | believe in open meetings since itTs the peoplesT agenda. Any other
way of conducting business has not worked well in the past.

7. Personal Information.- | am married to Erline Copeland Wynne and we have three
adult children. I am a retired farmer, a veteran of the Korean
Conflict, having served in the U.S. Coast Guard. 1 reside in
the Pactolus Township and am a retired member of the
Pactolus Volunteer Fire Department. | am currently
president of the Pitt County Farm Bureau and a member of the
Tar-Pamlico River Council.

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