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Can Residents resurrect a Historic Bla

By Eric Ture Muhammad

Princevillle - Ravaged in mid-
September by floodwaters that
rose 48 feet over a period of four
to eight days, residents of
Princeville are returning to what
is left of their town to rebuild
lives and return others to rest.
Across the street from a road
marker that identifies Highway
64, just a few hindred feet from
the remnants of the Town Hall,
stands a National Historical
Society plaque that reads,
oFreedom Hill - Community es-
tablished here by freed blacks in
1865. Incorporated as Princeville
in 1885." Today. 110 years since
its incorporation, new markers in
recent days have become more
prominent than the historical
plaque.
Small fluorescent flags affixed to
thin wire rods mark the open
graves of Blacks in Princeville,
Greenwood. Wilson and Dancy

cemeteries. At a pace of 16 per
day, remains of town residents are
replanted in the cities T four
adjacent graveyards after the
floodwaters of Hurricane Floyd
unearthed them, sending 224 cas-
kets on a wild water ride along the
Carolina coast. Public health
officials, Red Cross teams and the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) supervised the
burials while other unit members
train to take over the reburial
process.

One of the markers belongs to
Braswell Moses in the Princeville
Cemetery. He was among the
ofloaters. ? as they were some-
iimes called. Along the bottom of
the dug-out grave lay the leg bone
of Moses. waiting to be rejoined
with the sum of his parts. oFirst
an archeologist comes to collect
bone fragments that are found at
the graves. He then matches them
to remains already examined.
Once the match is made, he then
flags the grave with the appropri-
ate marker signifying the match. ?
said a professional gravedigger
whose company from Redding.
Pa.. was contracted by federal
officials to handle the reburial of
the flooded coffins.

Even more noticeable are the
bright *X ? marks spray painted on
practically every home and com-
mercial building in the area.

Where the markings once signi-
fied rescue efforts, it is now
rumored that it is part of an
elaborate scheme by government
agencies to buy out the town.
oThe X marks was an indicated
for the rescue people. It told them
that residents cleared the homes

and that it had already been.

searched for people who may
have been trapped inside, ? said
Kim Burwell, a crisis assistant to
the city Ts mayor, Delia Perkins.
Many residents now say that the
marks indicate which homes will
be torn down because of FEMA Ts
buyout proposal. The proposal
offers residents fair-market value
for their property. oIt will belong
to the Federal government and
you will never be able to buy it
back, ? said Burwell. So far the
town has resisted the offer, which
Perkins insists has to approved by
the city Ts governing board, and
that comes only after there is
majority consent from the city Ts

residents.

Another pressure has been the
Small Business Administration's
(SBA) grant assistanceprogram.
o| believe it offers $16,500 per
qualified family, but the average

approval has been only for
$4,000. You can Tt rebuild a
kitchen for that. ? exclaimed
Burwell. oThe other thing that

people need to know is that this is
not ready money. At the closing,
you will pay any federal debts
owed, taxes. your existing house
note and you still will have to
wait on the money. Hurricane
Fran came years ago and the
people of Raleigh, N.C.. are still
waiting for the money they agreed
to under the program. ?

The near 2,000 residents have
been moved to a government
trailer park that residents angrily
refer to as oFEMA-ville. ? Some
trailers house as many as eight
people with one bathroom, sofa
and two bunk beds. FEMA said
residents would be allowed to
remain there for 18 months until
housing is provided or an author-
ized return to their homes is
granted. Those living in FEMA-
ville are expected to repay the
government for their temporary
housing once relocated.

oThey want the properties, there
is no doubt about it, ? said
homeowner Tim _ Bridgers.

November 1,1999 - November 12, 1999

Bridgers and his wife were the
first to return to their home, but
they first had to outsmart the
National Guard. oThey were
everywhere. We had to drive 80
miles around the city, rent a
paddleboat and row our way in
heavy water currents back to the
country. It [currents] destroyed the
boat, but we got to our house, ? he
said.

The homes in Princeville are not
elaborately built. They are mod-
est, mostly wood-framed bunga-
lows laced along sandy, tree-lined
and semi-paved streets.
Unemployment had always been
high and incomes low. Now those
homes, many barely standing. are
caked in mud and debris. Many
of the homes are beyond repair.
oThis town belongs to the
grandchildren and great-
grandchildred of slaves. We are
too proud of our heritage to let
our town die. ? stated Perkins in an

interview.

oWhy should they pay? ? asked
Bridgers. oThe state added on
Highway 64 and created a funnel.
When the dike broke in Raleigh,
that forced the water down to
Rocky Mount. When the pressure
got too great for Rocky Mount,
they opened their dam and the
water filled Princeville like a
bucket. None of us found out
about the water coming until 3:30
that morning when the Army and
sheriffs were knocking on our
doors telling us we had to leave. ?

oThis was nothing but a big
swamp full of mosquitoes and
snakes. ? said Princeville resident
and former Mayor Glenny
Mathewson. oOthers, he said,
mainly Turner Prince, stayed and
ofought the snakes, mosquitoes
and everything else. No one
wanted to live there but us. ? he
concluded.

States estimates of highway and
road damage have reached $80
billion and are cllimbing. Former
presidential candidate and native
of North Carolina, Elizabeth
Dole, recently wrote Pres. Bill
Clinton demanding immediate as-
sistance for the state. Princeville
was the hardest his according to
all surveyors. The Clinton ad-
ministration has voiced concerns
for the state and visited

ATTENTION MEN IT'S RETREAT TIME AGAIN!

Reggie Price, WOOW Ts radio
personality for the mid-day and
drive time gospel music mix party
is inviting men from all over the
city and surrounding areas to join
him and the Philippi Church of
Christ men for an exciting Men Ts
retreat. The theme for this year is

oMen Of The Millennium,
Blessed And Empowered,
Coming Together On One

Accord ? Pictured above is a crew
of 19 men who participated in the

men Ts retreat in 1997, Last year
there were 22 men. This year 40
plus men have already registered
to attend this year Ts retreat. Mr.
Price says oWhen a man experi-
ences this retreat he does not
return the same. ? oThe men come
as better men, better husbands,
better brothers and better fathers. ?
oSome have left on crack and
came back crack-free. ? Trinity
bus line will be leaving Philippi
Church in Greenville, November

the 18th at 12:00 midnight. The
cost of the retreat is $150.00 per
person. The bus will travel to the
Ebenezer A.M.E. church in Fort
Washington, Maryland then the
bus will proceed to the Xerox

Training Center in
Leesburg, Virginia. The workshop
will include: buffet breakfast.

buffet lunch and buffet dinner.
The bus will return on Sunday
evening. November 2 Ist.

Be apart of the Glory

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life- SAMUEL JOHNSON

FREE!

ck Town

African City.

Well known lapd mark, the devastation of Hurricane Floyd can be seen on this sign of Glen Bridge housing
project. Dark areas on the sign tell how high the water was. Long live Freedom Hill AKA Princeville our

Photo by Jim Rouse

The Delta Academy

The Delta Academy: Catching
the Dreams. of tomorrow-
Preparing Young Women for the
21st Century is a signature pro-
gram for Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.

The Pitt County Alunmae Chapter
makes the commitment annually

to involve itself in the lives of

at-risk girls, 11-14 years old, who
demonstrate the potential to suc-
ceed, but may not have the
necessary support system in place,
nor the encouragement necessary
to help them believe that ves-you-
too-can achieve in math, science.
technology and the Arts and be
prepared to compete for the jobs
of the future.

The Pitt County Alumnae Delta
Academy objectives include:
Encouraging local Deltas to use
their collective power and re-

sources to impact the lives of

Evel

at-risk African American females
ages 11-14; Providing all
participants with a special place to
learn and share their experiences.
their hopes and their dreams for
the future.

Offering to Delta Academy
students the opportunity to catch
their dreams and accomplish great
things together in the areas of
sisterhood, scholarship, " serv-
ice,ang non-traditional careers for
African American females.

Providing African American
role models of encouragement for
girls at this critical point in their
lives and education, while inspir-
ing desire for higher education:
Increasing self-esteem and leader-
ship abilities:

Improving math, reading, writ-
ing and cognitive skill building:
Combating crime and teen preg-
nancies:Developing and increas-

By Stephen Johnson
("M" Voice Editor)

Traditionally, the candidate who
receives the most votes becomes
Mayor.

If selected to become mayor
Evelyn Littles will become the
frist African American and the
frist female to ever hold the
position in the history of
Grimesland.

Evelyn Littles served on the
Board Directors of the NC League
of Municipal for two years, as

ing marketable work skills in
today Ts youth and giving them

a sense of direction

The following young ladies are
members of the 1999-2000 Class
of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta
Academy sponsored by the Pitt
County Alumnae " Chapter:
Regina Elliott, Cheetora Moore,
Gewl Galberth. Bridget Parlor,
Quoshonda Knight, Shaquona

Randolph, Tiffany "s Knight,
Geishia Smith, Amber Moore,
Kaitlyn T Smith, Sherita
Stephenson. Britney " Tyson,

Sheritha Wilson, Janilta Wooten,
and Pear! Yarrell.

For additonal information or to
register a young lady for future
Delta Academics, call Valarie
Gatlin, Academy Chairperson &
Vice-President. at 551-0962 or
the Chapter President, Renee
Darden at 355-5968.

n Littles Receives Most
otes for Alderman

well as, on the Board of Directors
for the NAACP. She graduated
from G. R. Whitfield High School
in North Carolina and continued
her education at NewYork
University Adult Education
Program. She attended several
business courses there and re-
ceived certificates while em-
ployed as a secretary al the
university from 1957-1966.
Some of the issues she stands for
is safety and security for all
citizens of Grimesland. And zero
tolerance on illegal drug traffick-
ing.

e White People T s Party T

~ oDemocrats remade themselves as the black people Ts party. ?

- oGuppoue forsee Speaker of che House Newt Gingrich said that. What
would happen? Before you could say, oJesse Jackson Ts next press

conference, ? Gingrich would deny the remark, say he was misquoted,
say it was taken out of context, before finally apologizing.

Well, a national leader did make a similar remark, NAACP
chairman Julian Bond, in a recent speech, said, oRepublicans re-
made themselves as the white people Ts party. ?

Yet in a typical national election, the owhite vote ? splits fairly
evenly between Democrat and Republican. Minorities and single
women tip the scales. As a percentage, far more whites vote-Demo-
crat than blacks vote Republican. Blacks show more loyalty to a
party "in this case, Democratic "than does any group in America.
Clinton Ts job approval rate among blacks hovers around 90 percent.
So, the hypothetical Newt Gingrich remark, calling the Democratic
Party the oblack people Ts party, ? would have been far more accurate
than Julian Bond Ts remark about Republicans and white people. Oh,
well.

But there Ts more. Bond gave a ringing defense of affirmative
action, stating that o...affirmative acti6n made the black middle
class .... affirmative action helped a third of all blacks. ? Really. In
their book, America in Black and White, Stephan and Abigail
Thernstrom show that the black middle class existed and grew well

_ before affirmative action. Moreover, they point out that affirmative
action did not accelerate the growth of the black middle class.

And economist Thomas Sowell recently wrote, oYet the rapid
growth of that [black) middle class began even before the civil rights
revolution of the 1960s, much less the racial quotas and preferences
that began in the 1970s. The rise of blacks into professional and
similar occupations was faster in the five years preceding passage of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than in the five years following its
passage. ?

Bond is, quite simply, wrong. But this blind belief "no affirma-
tive action, no black middle class "dominates contemporary think-
ing among oblack leaders ? and many other liberals. This mistaken
view explains the almost pathological defense of big government and
the indifference towards the unfair middle class tax burden. After all,
but for government Ts benevolence, where would blacks be?

Note Bond says a third of all blacks owe affirmative action.
Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell places the figure at 100 percent:
oEverybody who's a person of color in this country has benefited
from affirmative action. There has not been anybody who has gotten
into college on their own, nobody who Ts gotten a job on their own,
no one who Ts prospered as a businessman or a businesswoman on
their own without affirmative action. ? 33 percent versus 100 per-
cent? Pretty big difference. But why quibble?

Now, no speech by a oblack leader ? seems complete without the
obligatory attack on Ronald Reagan. Bond said, oThen Reagan
removed government from every aspect of American life. They
attempted to destroy all the laws that say America should be
bias-free. ? Reagan removed government from every aspect of
American life? Hey, despite promises, the Gip couldn Tt even shut
down the Departments of Energy and Education. Social spending
under Ronald Reagan went up, not down.

If Bond means that Reagan Ts policies hurt black people, wrong
again. Under Reagan, black adult unemployment fell faster than did
white unemployment. Black teenage unemployment fell faster than
did white teenage unemployment. And blacks started businesses at
a rate faster than did whites, with the pace of revenues exceeding
that of whites. In 1981, the nation Ts poverty rate stood at 14 percent.
It declined to 11.6 percent in 1988, Reagan Ts last year in office.

Republicans, the white people's party? Nearly half of all adults
own stock, either directly or through some investment vehicle like
a 401-K. This means that Americans of all races have a stake in
strong, prosperous, growing companies. Since Republicans tax and
regulate less "good things for the corporate bottom line "who is
looking out for the little guy?

Despite the dastardly Reagan, the black middle class grew. What
does this say? It confirms Barbara Bush Ts remark, oWhat happens in
your house is more important than what happens in the White
House. ?

So, Mr. Bond Ts pessimism is unwarranted. Worse than pessi-
mism, however, is wasted energy. The tough problems "teen preg-
nancy, under-performing schools, crime "get slighted in favor of
the gratifying (but ultimately unproductive) kicking of Ronald
Reagan and the Republicans.

The great black singer Joe Williams just died. Like many of his
black contemporaries, he toiled in relative obscurity until his
mid-thirties, never reaching the status of other white crooners.
When asked whether he felt bitter, Williams said, oA friend of mine
once said that hate is too important an emotion to waste on someone
you don Tt like. ? You know, like Republicans.

(Larry Elder is a talk show host on KABC Radio.)

a A Y veapidl
moaths ago, the Willis family had
_ their annual summer reunion. This

was a different family gathering. It
was different because for the first
time in nearly 20 years, all of the
youngsters were able to be present.

In previous years, the children
of the four brothers and two sisters
of the Willis clan, had for one rea-
son or another for not been able to
attend. For the most part, just the
senior adults had been involved in
the previous gatherings.

Now, the children were all out of
college and were getting settled in
their own individual careers and
business. For some of them, this
was the first time in their lives they
had been able touch bases with all
of their cousins, aunts and uncles.

A program was planned. One of
the brothers was a minister and he
was Called upon to offer the prayer
and the blessing. This was done and
the women and some of the men
retreated to the area where the foods
would be served. An older uncle
was seated about 25 yards away from
the rest of the food with some kind
of weird contraption at his feet.

When he was asked about this
othing ? he had, he just laughed and
said, oThis is my turkey fryer. ?
Nobody believed him of course,

until they saw him empty about:

three gallons of peanut oil into it,
then light a fire under it.

He then pulled a whole turkey
from a huge chest. The bird looked
as though it weighed about 16-19
Ibs. He injected the turkey with some
spices and stuff and then he tied a
lightweight nylon rope through it.
He lowered the turkey into the boil-
ing oil and the crowd grew. They
had never heard of fried turkey.

As the pots and pans came for-

wot on ates serving ke. some of
the younger folk were amazed. They _

saw chitterlings (chittlins), smoked
ham, (somebody had had a ham
shipped from Arkansas), mounds
of fried chicken, ribs, smoked sau-
sages, roast beef and pork roast.
One of the women had found some
pigtails and cooked them with white
beans. There were at least three
different huge pots of greens. One
had mixed greens, another had just

collards and another had greens

cooked with okra.

There were several different pans
of yams and sweet potatoes. One
was cooked with apples, brown
sugar and cinnamon and topped with
marshmallows. Another had pecans
in it and then there were a few with
just sweet potatoes, sugars and
spice.

Of course there was corn on the
cob and potato salad, some with
mustard, and some without.

The desserts were too numerous
to attempt to count, with at east six.
different kinds of cakes and maybe
ten different kinds of pies and with
always more.of the same waiting in
the wings. .

One of the oddities of this re-
union was that some of the foods
that were there were new to some of
the young people. They didn Tt now
anything about odirty rice ? or fried
gizzards. They didn Tt know about
pigtails, pig ears or osnoots. ? This
was indeed a cultural awakening
for many of them.

An amazing thing happened
however. As the younger people
ate, they initially criticized the
choice of food, claiming it was un-
healthy. They were looking for
snacks that were fat free and per-
haps Sushi, even. They complained
about the deserts and the pork, call-

ing the ribs and other pork. oswine. ?
Then, one of the older family
members happened to hear the criti-

cism. He didn Tt make an issue, he

just began to talk about the history
of the family. He explained that the
young people who were concerned
about the food were probably right
in some of the cases. But, he ex-
plained this food was the food that
had brought generation after gen-
eration of this and many other black
families through hard times.

He talked at length about the
times when their family didn Tt have
anything other than the scraps from
the table at the big house. He ex-

plained about the depression years

and how their faith in God and their
own ingenuity in fixing whatever
was available had seen them through
the rough years.

As the evening wore down, and
the darkness began to creep in, some
member of the family had brought a
large television set and VCR to the
park for the family members to
gather gather around to watch oSoul
Food. ?

Some of the youngsters had seen
it in the theater and some other
others had seen it on television.
There were, however, several of the
older folk who had not seen it, and
didn't know what it was about.

As the movie played, people
became engrossed in it. Sniffles
could be heard from more than one
person. Noses being blown and dis-
creet coughs made it clear that the
people were enjoying the movie.

But nobody could explain why
the tears came. Nobody could say
why so many were crying at this
silly movie.

Then great-grandma Willis, a
stately woman with much class as
style belied her 77 years. She spoke

up and in aclear voice said, oJust in
case anybody wants to know, yes, I
cried when I saw that movie. It took
me home and it made me Have a
better understanding of all those
years that had gone by. I remem-
bered my granny and granpaw, |
could see them picking peas in Caro-
lina. I could hear them talking
among themselves in a room with
the coal oil lamp at night. ?

oI remember Sunday morning
breakfast with hot biscuits and sor-
ghum and sometimes some fatback
or jowl bacon, ? she continued, Af-
ter church on Sunday morning,
mama and granny would come
home, fry chicken and we would
have greens and candied yams and
Aunt Minnie would bake a marble
cake with white icing. We would
eat and then sit around on the front
porch and talk about the week past
and the week to come. ?

oMake no mistake about it, this
movie took me home and the feel-
ing in that household is the same
feeling that ought to exist at this
family reunion. ?

As she spoke, her eyes filled
with tears, as if she was remember-
ing those family members who had
gone on, and she looked at the
youngsters who had been critical
and she said, oThis is the soul food
movie for our family. It tells the
story of the love we have shared
and all of the things we have had to
do to keep the family together. ?

She stopped. And the reunion
was quiet. Then somebody looked
over at the table where the food had
been and commented, oFor young
folk who thought they were too good
and too sophisticated for Southern
food, it sure went away fast. There
ain Tt nuthin T left, and that includes
the bones from the fried turkey. ?

J, -

My THOUGHTS
A Elvis? Hitler? or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jn?

By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON, PhD

} Part 1

If the voting booth closed and
the ballots were counted today for Time
magazine Ts Person of the Century ? either Elvis
Presley or Adolph Hitler would be runaway vote
getters over Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Both
men each have nearly doubled the number of
votes that King has gotten for Time Magazine's
top spot.

Since Time announced its national poll for
oPerson of the Century ? earlier this year, King Ts
vote total has barely budged. The editors insist
that the poll is just that, a poll, and they will
make and announce their final selection in De-
cember. But the fact that he has barely made the
top ten list tells much about how little the tow-
ering contributions King has made to the move-
ments for social change in this century are ap-
preciated.

A King selection for the top spot should have
less to do with what the editors at Time think
about him than what the millions globally who
have benefited from the movements for civil
rights, peace and justice think about him. Sull,
Time's oPerson of the Century ? derby 1s a price-
less opportunity to educate young persons and
remind adults of King Ts eternal legacy of peace
and social justice and the need to continue the
struggle to fulfill that legacy.

Yet King Ts contributions remain in mortal
danger of being shoved to the wayside of his-
tory. Much of the public tightly labels him as a

oblack leader, ? a ocivil rights ? leader, or say that
he simply imitated Gandhi. These are huge myths.
King certainly was a staunch practitioner of
Gandhi's tactics of non-violent resistance and
non-accommodation to injustice. But he took his
teacher's message and refined, broadened and
stretched it into a global moral imperative for all
humankind. That moral imperative stretched way
beyond the limits of the civil rights movement.

When he formed the Southern Christian Lead-
ership Conference in 1957, King staked out the
moral high ground for the infant modern day
civil rights movement. It was classic good ver-
sus evil. Many white Americans were sickened
by the gory news scenes of baton welding racist
Southern sheriffs, firehoses, police dogs, and
Klan violence unleashed against peaceful black
protesters.

King made it possible, even obligatory, for
millions of persons throughout the world to

condemn racial segregation as immoral and "

indefensible. The civil rights movement spurred
students and workers in Asia, Africa, and Latin
America to oppose the military strongmen, dic-
tators and demagogues in their countries. He
inspired liberation priests in Latin America,
and student demonstrators in Europe. He deeply
influenced the struggle against Apartheid in
South Africa. Nelson Mandela has repeatedly
said that he owes a profound debt of gratitude to
King.

Mandela is not the only major leader to say

that. Caesar Chavez, a leader much deserving of
praise and gratitude for his selfless contribu-
tions to peace and social justice, made his great-
est mark as champion of the farmworkers and
labor organizing battles. Chavez never hesitated
to admit that King taught and inspired him.

Nearly all of the main anti-war leaders ex-
pressed their debt of gratitude to King. They
recognized that his brave and outspoken opposi-
tion to the Vietnam war and militarism gave a
huge boost to the anti-war movement. The lead-
ers of the gay rights, and women Ts movements
also owe a debt of gratitude to King. They too
were inspired by him and borrowed heavily
from the tactics of the civil rights movement.

With due respect to Elvis, and (ugh) Hitler,
this is what we should tell the editors at Time
magazine when they pick their oPerson of the
Century. ?

Time Magazine

email: letters @time.com

fax: (212) 522-8949

(Earl Ofari Hutchinson is director of the
National Alliance for Positive Action. On Oct.
27, the National Alliance will hold a Martin
Luther King oPerson of the Century o Walk. The
group is calling for similar walks and com-
memorations in other cities between October 27
and 30 to urge everyone to tell Time Magazine to
make King the oPerson of the Century. ? He can
be heard on KPFK Radio, 90.7, Tuesdays, 7-8
p.m.)

J

The homogenized
version of com-
munity (black) press put out by the
Los Angeles Times, a weekly insert
called-Our Times, put out a omost
influential ? list a couple of weeks
ago. Itrepresented a perfect example
of why one should be very careful
about compiling lists. Particularly
when you label it, oMost Influen-
tial. ? Did the list convey some people
with some influence? Definitely.
People who are oMost familiar
(People you're most likely to see
everywhere), ? maybe. People who
are oMost popular, ? questionable.
People who are oMost Influential ?
in the lives of people in Crenshaw
and Inglewood, a few but not many.
Definitely not 103.

After a couple dozen calls of
oSamad, did you see that #@%!, ? |
thought I'd take up the paper Ts offer
for a public critique of its list ( oDid
we goof? ?) before it puts out its
reader Ts list. I Tm qualified inasmuch
as I'm not exactly looking to get on
anybody's (particularly the other's
man) list, and the olistees ? are not

likely to take me seriously, but the .

rest of the community readership
will, I love being in the position of
being underestimated (freedom does
that kind of thing). Comin T outta
nowhere works.

Why is this list particularly dan-

BETWEEN THE Lines
Their T Times 1999 Most Influential: Example of Why Lists T Can be Dangerous

gerous? Because it gives a false im-
pression of degrees of influence that
are deeply flawed, highly exclusion-
ary and quite partisan in the Los
Angeles Times desire to make oIts
leaders ? in our communities. In fact,
the editorial olead-in ? to othe list ?
states that there is no real (scien-
tific) basis for their picks. They say
they were just oour ? picks to oin-
voke debate... ? Well, that it did.

Imagining playing a game and
saying it doesn Tt matter owho won T
Vince Lombardi once said, oIf it
doesn Tt matter who wins or loses,
then why do we keep score? ? If
you're going to have a omost ? any-
thing, what Ts the basis for the num-
ber you settle on? Why 103? Why
not 33, or just three? Clearly, this
helps you understand that there is
another motive in mind.

A group of us, who know the
community sat around a table to
ohave fun ? with this list. We counted
22 people (that we could agree upon)
that actually had omost influential ?
status inthe community. We counted
another 31 that had osome juice ?
status (Brownie point: naming teach-
ers was a nice touch). That left an-
other fifty (50) people that we all
said, o???, ? in terms of the level of
influence they had in the commu-
nity, Our Times should have entitled
its list, o103 people we like in

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Crenshaw and Inglewood. ? There
would have been no controversy over
that. People can like who they want
to like, but when you designate it
omost influential, ? it Ts highly mis-
leading, almost irresponsible and
downright wack!!

Here Ts how ridiculous this list
was; there were no community me-
dia organizations on the list. There
are five black-owned newspapers,
one black-owned radio station, and
two community-based magazines
that provide tens of thousands in the
community their principle sources
of information (news and views) on
a daily or weekly basis. Black radio
and black newspapers are the most
influential entities for information

_ in our community. You'd think one

publisher, editor, writer, or general
manager would make the list, right?
Nope.

There are three community banks
that provide thousands of commu-
nity people services that the so-called
oconventional ? banks don Tt. They
put millions of dollars into loans for
home ownership and business (when
the other man rejects many of them).
Did one community bank CEO make
the list? Nope.

There are two major medical cen-
ters (on Prarie and Santa Rosalia)
with dozens of community-based
doctors who treat hundreds of pa-

tients on a daily basis. Did any make
the list? Nope.

One of the top academic private
schools in the nation (Marcus
Garvey) "which has graduated hun-
dreds of students into top colleges
with so-called incorrigible youth
from inner @ity schools "made the
list, right? Nope (nor did several
other high achieving private schools
in the area).

Did any of the bookstore owners,
restaurant-owners (except Flying
Fox), and watering holes where thou-
sands of people frequent to eat and
socialize oin their community, ? and
discuss the issues of the day make
the list? Nope. The owner of the
most successful funeral home in
oour ? community serving over 5,000
bereaved families a year, did he make
the list? Nope. Nor did lawyers like
Johnnie Cochran or Melanie Lomax?
Nor did the top two gang interven-
tion agencies in the area make othe
list. ? All of these were literally ono-
brainers ? for a omost influential ?
list. Then there was othe list Ts ? bi-
ased subjectivity. If people are in-
fluential, they make the list whether
you like them or not.

Can you imagine the nation Ts
most recognizable former congress-
woman (and county .supervisor)
making the list, but not the nation Ts
currently most recognizable (and

most influential with President
Clinton) congresswoman, who rep-
resents the district this list covers,
not making the list? Nor the siting
state senator (and chair of the Black
Caucus), nor the sitting assembly-
men (in Crenshaw and Inglewood)?
None of them made the list. |

The obig ? old Churches (FAME,
West Angeles, Holman and
Crenshaw Christian Center) made
the list, but the fastest growing large
oprogressive ? non-denominationals
are currently the influential congre-
gation in the faith community. Can
you imagine the Crenshaw Cham-
ber president making the list, and
not the presidents of the omore in-
fluential ? business trade organiza-
tions from the Black Business Asso-
ciation of the Greater Los Angeles
African American Chamber? Or
even the L.A. Chamber of Com-
merce with its president, Essential
Burts, being from our community,
not making othe list? ?

None of Tem made it. There were
notable oexceptions. ? A few that
made the list are not from Crenshaw/
Inglewood. But there are three Cal
State University presidents that did
not make the list. What's the basis
for going out of the area? There
were some oPasadena ? activists, and
oSouth Bay ? people who made the
list, but some very obvious senior

nh

activists and elected officials that
didn Tt. Very subjective choices
(probably for political correctness
sake).

The most glaring (and aggravat-
ing) bias was that demonstrated to-
ward young leadership. Not one per-
son under the age of 30 made the list.
One person age 30 (actress Wendy
Robinson) made the list. Los Angeles
has learned very little since 1992 in
terms of who's running What in L.A.
There are some young professionals
and community advocates doing some
wonderful things in L.A. "none of it
being recognized. If you don Tt think
they have influence, attend one of
their functions and see thousands of
people you T ve never seen before, few
of whom know you. They have their
own network and their own leader-
ship. And they probably recognize
few people oon the list ? as influenc-
ing their realities.

oThe list ? clearly continues to
ignore a whole (probably our best
trained) generation of technocrats
and ocyber-prenuers ? that have more
influence than most anyone they
named, Tsk, tsk.

Making lists is a very dangerous
proposition. It not only let's people
know what you think you know, it
makes it very obvious to people
what you don Tt know. And that can
hurt you.

~

ec

A birthday celebration was held for little four year old Jasmine
Cooper.Saturday October 23rd at her home on Lincoln Drive
Greenville, NC.To help her celebrate were her parents Mr. &
Mrs. David Cooper, her older brother David Cooper, Jr. and a
host of relatives and friends.Jasmine posed for the M Voice
camera with a big birthday smile

Photo By Faith May

Two Strong Black Brothers,

Butch Congleton and Na T-imarkar posed for the oM ? Voice
outside Greenville Cable Television Station. They both appeared
as guest on Jim Rouse Ts Minority Voice television program.

Photo By Jim Rouse

you.

Women's Conference 99, shown above is DR. Ruth Peterson pastor of Anointed One's Church in Ayden,
NC along with Evangelist to her right and DR. Scott to her left as well as Julie Aheart and CO- pastor
Helen Williams-DR. Peterson and speakers were guest on WOOW discussing annual Women's Conference.
If your looking for a church home DR. Peterson and the congregation of Anointed Ones Church welcomes

Photo by Jim Rouse

EASLEY APPOINTS BEALLY TO SBI DIRECTORSHIP

Chuck Autry

Would lke to Thank AL
yonorted in

Bryan E. Beatty

Attorney General Mike Easley
announced the appointment of
Bryan E. Beatty as Director N.C.
State Bureau of Investigation.
Beatty, an attorney and former
special agent with the SBI, cur-
rently serves as Deputy Attorney
General for Policy and Planning.

"I am extremely pleased that
Bryan Beatty was willing to take
on this assignment," Easley said.
"He is a highly talented lawver
and administrator whose skills and

expertise I have relied upon in key
positions in the past. I am certain
he will carry on the tradition of
professionalism and integrity that
makes our Bureau the envy of law
enforcement agencies across the
county."

Beatty has worked with the
Department of Justice in a variety
of capacities since 1981. As
Deputy Attorney General for
Policy and Planning, he served as
the legislative liaison for the
Department of Justice. Prior to
assuming that post, he served as
North Carolina's first Inspector
General, where he was responsible
for a staff of attorneys and
investigators charged with the
investigation, prosecution and pre-
vention of fraud in state public
assistance programs. Beatty also
has served as an Assistant
Attorney General in the Motor
Vehicles Section and as a staff
attorney assigned to represent the
UNC Hospital system.

From 1981 to 1984, Beatty
served as a special agent with the
State Bureau of Investigation. His
assignments included narcotics in-
vestigation and security to the
Governor of North Carolina. In
addition to his service to the State,
he has worked in private practice

with the law firm of Johnson, Toal
& Battiste, PA. in Columbia,
South Carolina.

Beatty is a 1987 graduate of
UNC Law School and a
198lgraduate of the N.C. State
Bureau of Investigation Academy
at Salemburg. A native of
Salisbury and a graduate of
Salisbury High School, he earned
B.A. in Political Science from the
State University of New York at
Stony Brook in 1980.

Beatty serves on the board of
directors of the Society of Former
SBI Agents, the Frankie Lemmon
School, and the Pines of the
Carolinas Girl Scout Council.

He will succeed former director
James J. Coman, who will rejoin
the Attorney General's Offices as
senior deputy attorney general
responsible for the Law
Enforcement and Prosecutions
Division. "In seeking a successor
to Jim Coman," Easley said, "I
sought the advice of colleagues in
law enforcement, the judiciary and
the private sector. Bryan's unusual
experience in law enforcement, as
an attorney, and as Inspector
General made him uniquely quali-
fied to carry on the proud tradition
of the Bureau."

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To the editor

The Bible is the manufacturer's
manual for all our relationships.
If all of us would follow its
instructions, our
would be ideal and racism and
prejudice would not continue to
trouble many of us. Our best
defenses against discrimination
are education, patience, under-
standing and time. Parents should
be careful,for we educate our
children every day, by our words,
our deeds, our values and most of
all by our thoughts. Children's
attitudes are formed by watching
their parents.Our aspirations are
similar regardless of skin color or
ethnicity, for we want to be
accepted, liked, respected and
treated with dignity. It is our
choice to live in harmony, or to
live with greed hate, suspicion.
Let's stop blaming everything on
race. God created us all from the
dust of the earth and to the dust
of the earth we'll return.
Prejudice is essentially an out-
growth of ignorance.

Beatrice Maye

relationships,

THAT MAKES MARRIAGES

What's the secret of a ly
marriage? Lots of people would

time for romance. But after

videotaping. 800 couples, John

Gottman, Ph.D., Author of The

Seven Principles for Making
Marriage Work, discovered it's
simpler than that: in the happiest
marriages, the number: of nice
things couples do for each other
exceeds the number of negatives
by five to one. In other words, for
every argument they have, they do
five small but nice things that
make each other happy.

"Any couple who adopts this
five-to-one way of relating will
feel immediately happier, closer,
and more loving", promises psy-
chologist Steve Brody, Ph.D.
co-author of Renewing your
Marriage at Mid-life. In fact,
experts agree the formula can
even turn an unhappy marriage
around. So how do you start
using it in your marriage?

So for the very happiest mar-
riage...For every one of these you
do:

1. Criticize what he's wearing

2. Remind him that he forgot to

do a chore

3. Listen with only half an ear to

what he's saying

4. Disagree with him over money

5. Throw out that old catalog you

forgot he was saving

say common interests and lots of

6. Overdraw your joint checking

- account

7. Tell him how much his mother
irritated you last week

8. Scold him for not being
attentive enough 2

9. Get distracted when he is
feeling romantic

10. Have an argument. (By the
way, remember that huge fight
during which you pulled out every
grievance you've ever had against
him? That still counts as just one
negative incident, since it was one
negative experience, explains
Brody).

Want to make up for all that
negativity, and make your mar-
riage among the happiest?

Do five of these:

1.Tell him he looks great

2. Praise his taste in

clothes/music/movies/anything
3. Tell him what a good dad he is

4. Let him know how much you
fove his sense of humor.

5. Tell him you appreciate what
he did around the house

6. Let him know he is a terrific
protector or provider

7. Compare him favorably to
some other nice or handsome man
you know

8. Rave about him in front of
others

9. -Brush his hair with your

Kevin DeWitt Cobbs and Natalie Marie Ward exchanged vows Saturday, October 30, 1999
at, 3:00 p.m. The wedding took place at St. Rest Holiness Church in Winterville, North
Carolina Reception followed at Kiwanis Bldg. in Winterville, NC.

Photo By Faith May

Thoughts

Dr. George Hawkins

A Very Present Help

Tribulation was one of the signs
Jesus gave for His return.
Matthew 24:32 reads, "Then shall
be great tribulation such as was
not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be." The world has known
trouble for a long time, Uffit this
trouble would be without prece-
dent.

How many times have you
recently heard elderly people say,
"I've never seen anything like this
flood before." The news media
labeled it The Flood of the
Century. Never have so many
josses of lives of humans, live-
Stock and cattle from a flood been
recorded in Pitt County and
surrounding areas. Perhaps this is
a warning to us, and faithful
Christians are admonished not to

Spiritual

be spiritually asleep so that they
would not know the "day of the
Lore "had arrived (I Thessalonians
:1-6)

The flood waters recently experi-
enced in our area crept upon us
unaware. Some were sleeping --
only to awaken and find them-
selves trapped in their own homes
as a result of high waters. Some
were ordered to evacuate, and
they did. Others remained in their
homes -- determined to "stick it
out" -- only to lose their lives,
sending a clear message that
oyour arms are too short to box
with God."

Even though the sign of
tribulation has already begun (and
it will get worse) the good that
will come from it will be more
than compensated in Christ's
1000-year Kingdom. We cannot

~afford to be hung up on "things."
The Bible tells us to "lay not up
for yourselves treasures on earth
where thieves break in and steal,
but lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven." There are those who
feel that they are secure in all of
the necessities and some luxuries
that life can afford. They go about
"business as usual," never seeking
the Lord Jesus Christ, never
considering that the "things" of
life can be wiped from them in a
moment. What then do they have
when all material "things" are
taken away? Do they have Jesus
in their lives? Do they have Jesus
to turn to? To depend upon?
Psalm 121:1-2 reads, "I will lift
up mine eyes unto the hills from

whence cometh my help. My help
cometh from the Lord which
made heaven and earth."

Job had all the material things
of life. He had all of the wealth
that could be afforded at that time.
Yet he had everything taken away
from him, literally over night --
his whole family, all of his cattle,
even his own body was ravished
with disease. But his soul was
spared because he had a relation-
ship with God. He never lost faith
that God was able to save him. He
had a strong T belief that God was
able to deliver him, the same
belief that Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego had when they
were thrown into the fiery furnace
and came out without a singe.
After Job had been through the
test of trials, tribulations, and
losses, God restored him to health
and gave him back twice as much
as he had before.

To the flood victims, | would
like to say, that even though you
have suffered losses and disrup-
tion of your normal lives, keep
your hearts and minds through.
Christ Jesus and he will supply all
your need actording to His riches
in glory. Out of this all, you will
eventually see =e Shekinah glory
--the brightness of the Lord's
glory (Ezekiel 10:4) when He
restores you to even better things
than you had before. Then you
will be able to say like Job, "I
have heard of Thee by the hearin
of the ear, but now mine eye ceath
Thee." (Job 42:5)

fingertips
10. Kiss him for no reason

11. Hold his hand

iS

12. send him an e-mail message at
work that says, "I love you".

13. Buy his favorite ice cream for
him, the high-fat kind.

14. Dress up for an evening with
him

15. Bring him a glass of iced tea
16. Ask how his day was

17. Ask him about the meet-
ing/phone call he was worried
about/looking forward to

18. stop what you're doing and
focus on him while he talks

19. Make him his favorite dinner
or breakfast

20. clean up the drink he spilled
before he can do it himself

21. Offer to field that call he'd just
as soon not take

22. Leave the paper perfectly
folded, at his place at the table

23. Circle a show he wanted to
see in the TV schedule so he
won't forget

24. Let him enjoy it uninterrupted

25. Watch some sporting event he
loves with him and get totally
absorbed

26. Cut him Some slack on
chores.,especially on days he's
feeling pressured

In The October 22-29,1999 issue
of the Minority Voice, we re-
ported that the New York Times
(SCIENCE) for Tuesday May

The Minority Voice November 1 - 12, 1999

27. Mention something nice his
mother did recently

28. Remind him of an incredibly
romantic time you had together

29. Ask-his advice on a problem

30. Complain about something
you know annoys him too

31. Overlook the grouchy way he
acts when he's hot and tired

Basic Principles to Master in
PUSHING PEOPLE T UP
(Con't.)

1. The first step to a goal is a
dream you've got to get excited
and oturned on" about your life
and your future. All people want
is a chance. All big men are
dreamers.

2. Goals are for all areas of your
life. setting goals for your spiri-
tual improvement can work mira-
cles in your life.

3.Don't be afraid to fail! We must
take chances in order to have a
great success.

4. Eliminate the four basic "fail-
ures": fear of competition, fear of
controversy, fear of what other
people say and fear of things you
can't control.

5. Every big achievement has a
big price. There is no easy road
to success and riches.

6. Work hard.

7. Sacrifice is a part of paying the
price. It means turning off the
TV, Denying yourself of some-
thing you want, live below your

means. Self-discipline is the key.

¢

Orels aaeetesst

19,1999 ran an article titled
"Perserverance is the Key for
Asthma Sufferers and it featured
JOHN ROBERT BRYAN using a

rs. Beatrice Maye

8. Leaders never ask anything of
their people that they wouldn't
do themselves.

9. People will follow whatever
example they have good or bad.

10. If it doesn't matter whether
you win or lose, why do they keep
score?

11. Never sacrifice quality, there's
no substitute for building it right.

12. Work with those who deserve
it, not just those who need it.

13. A good leader keeps moving
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14. People don't have time for a lot
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15. You can't do it all; teamwork
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While sitting in a meeting

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field of mental retardation |
discovered, much to my dismay
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less of education and experience
can be very ignorant and com-
pletely without tact when it comes
to matters of race. | sat in that
meeting surrounded by faces that
were quite like mine, and some
very different while inside my
emotions and my anger raged. Let
me first pause and share with you
what brought me to this point. As
a child growing up | can remem-
ber the feel of Christmas. The
crisp winter air that would freeze
my small fingers even through my
mittens, circling toys in "Wish
Books" and what was always a
joy for me, writing my letter to
Santa. Each year I would pen out
what | wanted and end by telling
Santa that I had been real good.

As an 8-year-old child I lived for.

the opportunity to take a picture
with Santa. Dressed in blue, and
bundled up we would head for the
mall and the South Pole. I can
remember waiting in line for what
seemed like an eternity in. my
child's mind. And then. suddenly
leaving the line and starting out
for a different mall. The reasoning
my sister would tell me was,
"That's the wrong Santa ?.

Not quite understanding tears
would fill my eyes as I looked
over my shoulder watching the
South Pole become smaller and
smaller, while Christmas Carols
filled the air, Finally, to my relief
we would find the right Santa and
| would climb up on his lap and
tell him of Easy-Bake Ovens,
Baby-that-Away and my favorite,
Cookie Monster.

Eighteen years later |
understood what my sister meant
when she said the Santa was the
"wrong one". He was the wrong
one because he was white. He
skin didn't mirror my skin. To my
sister Santa couldn't appreciated
my beaded hair that clicked and
clanked when climbed on his lap.
He couldn't understand what |
meant when | said I wanted a doll
that looked like me. And he could
never realize the importance of
allowing a child to see themselves
in others faces.

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of Santa-a stranger bringing toys
to children-is quite unappealing to
me. but for many children and
parents it still holds that same
thrill that it once held for me. So
that night while sitting in that
meeting to hear the board presi-
dent speak with the confidence
that can only come from years of
ignorance, that the Santa "can't be
female and can't be black", sent
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First of all Santa was always
black to me, and now for my niece
and nephew Santa also is black
and for the hundreds of thousands
of other black children waiting to
see Santa he too should be black.
Maybe my whole view of the
meaning of Santa has been lost,
and I will be the first to admit that
years of watching a racist world
that has filtered into the world of
our children has made me bitter.

The second and most disturbing
reason is the ease with which this
educated woman insulted not only
myself and the other A frican-
Americans present, but also the
entire body. It would seem that
while working in the field of
mental retardation and encounter-
ing prejudice on an almost daily
basis one would develop an
internal sensor that would alert
them to the fact that not every
thought that enters their head
should be shared.

| share this story with you, not
to create a controversy surround-
ing the color of Santa or even his
existence. | share this story to say
that the claws of racism have
become much more subtle and are
being masked as, "slips of the
tongues T, "a simple mistake", and
"just the way I am". When we
consider that a town like Trenton
shaped in racism and born into
prejudice can elect a black, female
mayor we can believe that there is

still hope. For black adults we are T

used to the crafty ways of racism,
but now it would seem that our
children must. learn these same
survival skills that will allow them
to live and create what so many
people have spoken of, a utopia
society.

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WOOW Joy 1340 AM

By RHONDA SMITH
Sentinel Sports Editor

LAS VEGAS "Remember the charac-
ter oPig Pen ? from the oPeanuts ? comic
strip? He was a sweet, lovable little guy
who was always followed around by acloud
of dirt and dust.

Mike Tyson reminds me of Pig Pen. Not
that he carries himself like a sweet, lovable
little guy, but he does appear to have a
constant cloud of dust and dirt following
him everywhere he goes.

Last Saturday in at the MGM Grand
Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, the cloud mani-
fested itself in the form of another contro-
versial fight, this time declared a ono-con-
test. ?

An instant after the bell rang ending the
first round, Tyson knocked down Orlin
Norris with a left to the head. Referee
Richard Steele deducted two points from

Caught up in yet another

controversy, Mike Tyson

contemplates leaving the
ring for good

lion and got him banned from boxing.

oIf there was a disqualification it
would have been a different ball game, ?
Ghanem said. oWhen he (Steele) de-
ducted two points, that means the fight
could continue. That Ts the big differ-
ence. ?

Steele Ts ruling in the ring that the left

hook that dropped Norris after the bell

sounded was not deliberate may help
Tyson avoid any penalties for the late
blow.

oThe important thing is that it was an
accidental foul and that was the deter-
mination that was made, ? said Marc
Ratner, the commission's executive di-
rector,

Under Nevada law, which was
changed in the wake of Tyson Ts biting
of Holyfield, a boxer can be fined his
entire purse for an infraction.

oI would be in favor of some kind of

ia

Brother to Brother, shown above are the Hardy brothers, Kimberly Ward, Maid of Honor and Valine Green were two

Captain Hardy of the Greenville Police Department is shown
with his younger brother a former Deputy Sheriff. Captain Hardy
is a perfect role model for the young people of Greenville.

Photo by Jim Rouse

lovely ladies in attendance at Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Dewitt Cobb's

wedding Saturday October 30, 1999.

Photo By Faith May

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and honors.

Woman's Health Center proudly _
announces the association of Vikki Darlene

Brown, MD with their practice.

Dr. Brown graduated from East Carolina
University School of Medicine. She

performed her residency training in Obstertrics and
Gynecology at Pitt Count Memorial Hospital. Dr.
Brown received her B.S. Degree in Biology at Western
Carolina University in Gullowhee, North

She is certified in Basic Life Support and Advanced
Cardiac Life Support and has received many awards

arolina.

Tyson and sent him to his corner. Norris
got up but said he couldn Tt continue be-
cause his knee was injured. The fight was
then declared a no-contest.

oHe just hit me after the bell, ? Norris
said. oI just went down the wrong way on
my right knee. ?

Tyson saw it differently, accusing Norris
of faking an injury.

oHe walked back to corner, that shows
how twisted his knee was, ? Tyson said.
oHe must have twisted it getting on the
stool. ?

Norris was taken to Valley Hospital
Medical Center and an MRI showed he
dislocated his kneecap, Dr. Flip Homansky,
a Nevada State Athletic Commission phy-
sician, said Sunday.

oThe MRI clearly shows the path his
kneecap took when he went to the ground, ?
Homansky said. oWhen he stood up it
popped back in. There's no way he could
have continued. He very well might need
surgery, ?

fine based on what I saw and how the
fight took place "a fine and a strong
letter to Tyson and his advisers that this
won't be tolerated, ? Commissioner
Luther Mack said Monday.

oHe got $8.7 million. I don Tt have a
number in mind (for a fine). It has to be
a sum that he (Tyson) knows we're seri-
ous, ? said Mack, an African American
Reno businessman.

oWe have to make sure we protect
the integrity of boxing. We have to take
a strong stand. ?

Tyson is not expected to attend
Friday Ts commission meeting, which
was Called in the wake of the ending that
caused fans to boo both fighters as they
left the ring.

He said after the fight that he did not
hear the bell, even though it rang five
times as Steele moved in to try and sepa-
rate the fighters in the middle of the ring.

Ratner said Monday there was no
dispute that Tyson hit Norris after the

al Nevada State Athletic Commissioners bell, but he noted that hitting after the

| iy may fine Tyson for the late blow, but they bell is relatively common in fights.
| 4 are not expected to take any action to sus- Norris said he did not think Tyson hit
ri / oO aya pend him from the ring or change the deci- himdeliberately after the bell. He said it
, MA omel a C titer sion in the fight from a no-contest to a was loud in the ring and hard to hear the

Healthcare from a woman's point of view disqualification. bell.

Diane J. Campbell, MD, FACOG eGwendolyn Knuckles, The Commission will discuss the aborted Tyson, who owes the Showtime cable
fight at a Friday meeting, at which he is company $13 million and, according to
MD, FACOG Ceylon Rowland, MD¢Mattie Collie, RN, expected to get the $8.7 million purse thathas a Showtime insider, another $7 million,
i FNPe Vikki Darlene Brown, MD been withheld pending a review of the fight. said he'd like to quit boxing. oI'm tired
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up in all this political bulls "-, I don Tt
want to put up with this anymore. I just
want to go home, ?

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Businessmen.

Young Brothers on the rise, shown above is entrepreneur
Roswell Streeter (L) CEO of All American Bail Bonding and
attorney Derrick Brown reprsentative for Millenia Community
Bank. Our "M" Voice Camera caught them discussing business
as they take a minute to pose. Hats off to all young Black

Photo By Jim Rouse

A response to the article ap-
pearing in the September 16-
October 4, 1999 issue of The
Minority Voice titled
oCommissioner Savage
Arrested For Drunk Drving".

After reading the article about
Commissioner Jeff Savage's arrest
for driving under the influence, we
thought it was necessary to re-
spond and let Jeff and our commu-
nity know that he has the Pitt
County Chapter of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference Ts support. We realize
that drinking any amount of alco-
hol. and driving especially on
public property is not permissible
in our society, but we see no
reason why the two policemen had
to treat him like a common
criminal and a second class citi-
zen. Jeff has proven to be a worthy
first class citizen in every sense of
the word and has done so very
much to help our community
prosper for all races in the Pitt
County area.

When a police officer is about to
arrest someone, shouldn't he read
him his right and give him time to
respond? According to what Mr.
Savage said in the article, he
received no warning from the
policemen stating that he was
under arrest. We feel that smash-
ing his window, dousing him with
pepper spray and pressing his face
to the asphalt was absolutely
uncalled for and not acceptable.

Announcing 7th Annual
Greenville Community
Shelters Rattle |

It's raffle time again! Six years
ago when GCS, Inc. began the
holiday raffle, no one knew that it
would become one of the most
popular and successful fundraising
activities in the Shelter's history.
The raffle is a great opportunity to
support the work of Greenville
Community Shelters.

This year, the GRAND PRIZE
is two round-trip airline tickets to
any destination within in the
continental United States, courtesy
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Additional prize contributors are
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Talk of the Town will host a live
drawing in December on Cable
Channel 7 and WCZI Talk Radio,
98.3 FM. .
Since 1988 Greenville Community
Shelters, Inc., a United Way
Agency, has provided services to
the homeless and indigent popula-
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services of the Emergency Shelter,
Transitional Housing, or the
Emergency Assistance Ministry,
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Those interested in purchasing or
selling tickets should contact GCS
Inc. at 757-0829.

Mr. Savage should have never
sustained the injuries that he had
to be taken to Pitt County
Memorial Hospital to be treated
for. As previously stated, Savage
was wrong for drinking the beer at
that time and place, but what
about the brutal treatment imposed
upon him? Do these allegations
not deserve investigating? As citi-
zens of Pitt County, we owe it to
Commissioner Jeff Savage to give
him support as much as necessary.
There is no need for any citizen to
be mistreated as such and we
should let our voices be heard as
we speak out concerning this
matter!

By now, ALL employees of this
city and county should know how
to treat people and live together as
Christian brothers and sisters. God
requires us to treat each other as
we would ourselves. Are we our
brother's keeper? Who cares if we
perish? Has any one tried to touch
basis with Brother Jeff and see
what he might be going through?
Has the flood taught us that which
is to be learned about brother-
hood/sisterhood of man and father-
hood of God ? There is a right and
wrong way to handle any situation
and this fellow citizens was wrong
- a travesty indeed! ~

Sincerely.
Christine Jetter

Treasure, Pitt County Chapter of .

SCLC

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THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1919

STREAMS OVERFLOW; HEAVY
DAMAGE MANY _ POINTS
LOOKED FOR Neuse and Other
Rivers Flooded - Crops and Stock
in Danger- Record Rainfall

The weather forecast is for rain
Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Neuse River is flooded. It is
rising along its entire length from
the rains of the past nine days.
The Roanoke and Cape Fear and
numerous other streams upstate
and in this section also threaten to
go our of bounds. The Cape Fear
registered 43 feet at Fayetteville
Monday. The Neuse was 18.4:
feet at Smithfteld. The Roanoke
reached 41.2 feet at Weldon. The
Tar is expected to overflow
shortly.

Farmers along the rivers are
preparing to drive stock out of the
low grounds. At hundreds of
points west of here flood water
and the continuing rains are
threatening enormous damage to
crops. Precipitation records have
been broken at West Carolina
points.

July 23, 1919

On Wednesday, the 10th consecu-
tive day of the war of the elements
on this section Ts bumper crops,
fields throughout the section were
ankle to knee-deep in water.
Hundreds of pessimistic reports
poured in from the rural districts.
Some of these said irreparable
damage had already been done to
cotton and tobacco and that corn
stood in a fair way of suffering
shortly. Streams Over Bank
Scores of creeks. runs and ditches

were over their banks. Roads
were submerged in spots. The
precipitation during the dark
hours of the morning was of
cloudburst propertions, following
upon similar downpours Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday. A drizzle,
apt to turn into showers at any
time, continued through the day.

The sun appeared after 240
hours T absence to have deserted
the country. Thé weather was
similar all the way from Florida to
the north of Washington. Sewers
in north Kinston at 7 a.m. had not
been able to carry off the night's
rainfall.

Streams Running Away

With most of the rivers in the
state flooding, some observers say
the worst is yet to come along the
shallow basins of North
Carolina Ts lowland " streams.
Neuse River at this point has gone
over its banks at places south and
west of the city.

The high bank along the western
edge of the city and the rise
beginning at the southern corpo-
rate line will protect the city from
inundation. The Neuse is still six
to eight feet below the high water

mark of 1908 and even with the -

great volume of water yet to come
down river, it is not probable that
the record stage of that year will
be equaled...

July 26, 1919 RIVER OVER
BANKS PUTS CITY WELL
ON BLINK; CARE URGED

Supply Short - Mayor Issues
Warning - Every Drop Must Be
Conserved If All Hands Are to
Drink and Bathe With an over-
zealous river full of it romping by,
Kinston faces a serious shortage
of water. oI wish to impress upon
the public the need for scrupulous
conservation of the supply, ?
Mayor Dawson stated Saturday

forenoon following notification
by the Water and Light
Department of the bursting of a
pipe from a main well at the
pumping station and damage to a

reservoir there: by flood water

from Neuse River.

With the well out of
commission possibly 30 percent
of the supply is cut off, Mayor .
Dawson said. It may be days
before the damage can be repaired
in the meantime the public must
be careful or serious conse-
quences may result.

o| must ask the public to see
every leaking tap, even, the matter
is so important, ? the Mayor
stated. Negro Drowned Trying To
Cross River at Snow Hill; Swept
Off Dam

Herbert Nobles, colored, was
drowned at 3 a.m. Saturday at a
dam near Snow Hill while trying
to cross it in an automobile.
Moccasin River is swollen pe
haps to record stage by the
freshets.

Nobles, thinking it too risky to
try the crossing under the car Ts
power, engaged a two- mule
wagon to draw his machine
across. Midway, the mules,
wagon and car were swept off the
dam into 15 feet of water.

Nobles drowned. The mules
were swept far down stream and
broke loose from the wagon. One
was drowned in a swamp. The
other disappeared. Two negroes
who were in the wagon were
rescued from a tree by MC.
Lassiter.

Moccasin River rose 48 inches
during 24 hours ending Saturday
morning.

July 28, 1919

é
At 3:30 o'clock Mondav Neuse

River was about two inches above
the high water mark of 1908. The
stream had hung up a new record.
It was still rising. Water was a
foot deep over the Central
Highway at one place. The stage
now may be more than two Inches
over 1908's high mark, but some
persons say the tree that carries
that mark has not grown in height.

Kinsten Monday morning was
a peninsula between the seas of
water to the south and west of the
city. Neuse River was within a
few inches of the 1908 high water
mark. The stream was rising
rapidly.

Damage to crops in inundated
fields will aggregate many thou-
sand dollars. oA hundred thou-
sand won't touch it, ? according to
some farmers. A quarter of a
million dollars might not be too
low an estimate, for thousands of
acres are under water for many
miles on either side of Kinston.

Parrot Ts Park is completely
submerged. Frame buildings
there threaten to wash away. The
two story brick residence and
store of Mrs. Walter J. Redd at the
west end of Caswell Street
Bridge is an island in a broad
expanse of water. The main road
leading from the bridge is deep
under water for a long distance. It
was predicted Monday morning
that the Central Highway would
be submerged for a distance
beyond the city. South of town the
low grounds are covered. The
water came over the oDam Road ?
to a depth of three or four inches
near the oIron Bridge ? Monday
morning, and at 9:30 was
lapping the bottom of the oSecond
Slough Bridge. ?

At Goldsboro and Seven
Springs, the stream has exceeded
the former record stage by
feet. It is falling at Goldsboro.
Whitehall Bridge, near Seven
Springs, the stream has exceeded
the former record stage by feet. It

is falling at Goldsboro. Whitehall
Bridge, near Seven Springs, is
now en route to Kinston, unless it
has broken up along the banks. It
collapsed Sunday morning. Travel
Halted

The Norfolk Southern Railroad
offices Monday said trains were
making all points on the system,
but that tickets were not being
sold to northern points via
Goldsboro. The Atlantic Coast
Line people here had no informa-
tion that trains had been sus-
pended on the other side of
Goldsboro, but said it was impos-
sible to go farther than Greenville
toward Parmale, where Plymouth,
Rocky Mount and Washington
connections are made. ;

The bridge over the Tar at

Greenville is weighted down to
keep it from going down. The
Norfolk Southern offices here
understand that the A.C. L. bridge
at Black Creek is down. Should
the various streams fall consid-
erably during the next 48 or 72
hours, it may still be the end of
the week before the bridges can
be restored.

Tar on a Rampage

The Tar is supposed to be falling
now. Some houses have floated
away. For miles around that town
the country is under water. Some
stock is understood to have been
lost. Boats are plying through
fields. The situation in
Edgecombe County probably is
worse. than anywhere in the
section. The Tar empties into
Pamlico River at Washington.
Effects of the flood will at the
latter point be negligible. as they
will at New Bern. near the mouth
of the Neuse.

Rapid Rise Here

From 8 to 2 o'clock Sunday the
Neuse rose to 10 1/4 inches.
From 2 to 4 there was an increase
of 3 1/4 inches. From 4 to 7 the
stream gained 5 3/8 inches. At 8
o'clock two inches more had been
added...

Crops Ruined

Many farms are partly or wholly
inundated. Houses may go down
at spots. Planters in the vicinity
of the city Monday estimated their
losses in the thousands of dollars.
R.F. Hill, declaring his loss com-
paratively small, said the damage
on his place would be at least
$4000. There is almost no way of
calculating the total damage, it
may amount to a quarter of a
million or even half a million
dollars.

Spectacle For Many

Hundreds thronged Caswell Street
Bridge Sunday to view the ram-
pant stream. Where there had
been dry land currents raced along
at a6 mile clip. The west end of
the bridge will probably be under
water in a few hours. The crowds
continued Monday.

Little Loss of Life

There has been little loss of life in
the section so far. The only
casualty reported here so far was
Lt. David M. Prince, Jr, an Old
Hickory veteran. Prince, who
served with the 119th Infantry
Overseas, attempted to save a

child from the Neuse River at.

Goldsboro The child threw her
arms about Prince Ts neck and
drew him under. He drowned.
The child was rescued.

July 29, 1919
Knocked Out The Movies

Most all of Kinston was on the .
streets Monday night. The ice
cream. places and soda fountains
did a big business. The Grand
Theater was closed. The moving
picture films failed to get through.

July 30, 1919

Flood Water Nears Sea; All
Streams are falling now Nervy
Duplinites Walk Into Town Over
Submerged Dam Road - Neuse
Drops Half- Heartedly For Start
But Surely Neuse River fell
slowly Tuesday night, apparently
about three inches. The stream
was comparatively placid
Wednesday morning.
Experienced observers predict
that a materiai fall will come
within the next 48 hours and that
much of the surplus water will
be out of the river by Saturday
night. These think the water will
have receded from the inundated
low grounds within 72 or 96
hours. No additional reports of
loss of life and stock have come.

The declaration by Herbert
Nobles of Greene County that his
reported drowning did not occur
reduces the number of human
victims in this section to one.
Local showers occurred Tuesday
night, together with a big electri-
cal display, but the rain had little
effect upon the river, swollen by
millions of tons of water from
upstream. Wednesday failed to
reduce the estimates of crop
damage. and it appears that the
loss from the flood will aggregate
$250,000 to $500,000, with
equally as much from the exces-
sive rains.

Wade Mile Through New Lake

Three Duplin County men, two

named Lee and one Stroud, waded
from the Iron Bridge to Kinston
Wednesday morning over the
submerged Dam Road. They got
to the bridge neighborhood and
was ferried from the home of Mr.
Sutton to the county home. From
there they waded across the Iron
Bridge and on into town.

The Duplinites found the water
deep at all points. Knee-deep or
a little better was the limit. The
rushing water tickling their shins
was not nearly as vicious as it
appeared. The semi-aquatic tromp
was a cinch. The men found the
oslough bridges ? intact. There
appeared to be some loose planks,
but no material damage had been
done, it appeared to them.

Railroaders Breathe Freere

Railroad men expect early return
to normal conditions. There has
been improvement at a number of
points, although not all trains are
making their fulll trips. Nearly
everywhere in the section the
rivers are falling. At Snow Hill
the Moccassin is lowering rapidly.

November 4, 1999

RESIDENTS BEGIN RETURN
TO PRINCEVILLE

Princeville, NC Princeville resi-
dents are now returning to the
town in small numbers. With the
exception of some homes in the
Southern Terrace neighborhood,
most homes have been destroyed,
and citizens who have the means
are bringing to their property

temporary housing in the form of
mobiles homes and RV's.
Although water, sewer, and elec-
tric services have been r stored,
residents may only tie into these
systems after having received
permission from officials who
certify that the hook-ups are safe.

The overnight curfew has been
lifted, but the State of Emergency
declared by officials immediately
after Hurricane Floyd remains in
effect.

While officials aren Tt telling

people that they should or.

shouldn Tt move back into town
at this point, o we are stressing
that if they do return, they need to
be prepared that things are very
far away from being back to
normal, ? said Princeville Town
Manager, Sandra White. White
said on Wednesday that around 50
of Princeville Ts 2,000 resi- dents
had signed up to receive hazard
mitigation material for possible
relief from FEMA if Princeville
is found to be elilgible for such
programs, including..buyouts.

Officials cautioned that many
ounofficial ? information sources
seem to be springing up, and
citizens are advised to look to the
Town for official news on recov-
ery efforts. oThere continue to be
inaccurate statements made about
Princeville from all sorts of
places, ? said White, referring to
a few news stories, as welll as
several websites that she Ts heard
of carrying incorrect material on
Princeville. oWe strongly encour-
age our citizens to use the official
information sources we've set up
to ensure they have the facts. ?

Princeville Ts temporary Town
Hall established in the
Edgecombe County Office Park
in Tarboro is fully operational,
and citizens are encouraged to call
or stop be weekdays during
regular business hours. Officials
have also set up information
kiosks containing flyers on impor-
tant subjects at both Town Hall
locations. In _ "_ addition,
Princeville Ts

Phone Home Hotline--(252)977-
8788--contains the latest informa-
tion on recovery efforts. Finally,
the only official web presence for
the Town is currently being
hosted and maintained by sister-
city Cary, NC at
www.townofcary.org. In the com-
ing months, this effort will be
assumed by Princeville and hosted
by interpath.

BUFFALOES TO COME TO
PRINCEVILLE

PRINCEVILLE, NC - A platoon
of oBuffalo ? is coming to the aid
Princeville. On November 11th,
32 youth and 12 staff from
VisionQuest Bufflo Soldier Re-
Enactors are coming to
Princeville from South Mountain,
Pennyslvania to help as part of a
community service project. The
Buffalo Soldiers will help with the
cleanup, the inventorying and
distribution of donated goods, and
other issues as needed. The group
will be housed at the National
Guard Armory in Tarboro for the
duration of their stay.

Youth are referred to
VisionQuest by county or state
government staff in corrections,
probations, mental health, and
child welfare. The name
VisionQuest was borrowed from
the Plains Indians and reflects the
philosophy of the program.

During a vision quest, Native |

American adolescents were sent
into the wilderness to overcome

challenges and discover a view of
their futures. VisionQuest pro-
grams seek to give adjudicated
youth this same opportunity to
succeed in challenges, see a new
future for themselves and give
them skills to accomplish their
goals and reach their highest
potential. Other key components
of the VisionQuest approach in-
clude the emphasis on staff's role
as parents rather than counselors;

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Well, he got a lot further with the
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Charotte Hornets, but Master P still
could not cut the mustard.

The artist also known as Percy
Miller was cut by the Raptors last
week ending his second attempt to
stick in the NBA. The day before P
got the ax he released his latest album
titled Only God Can Judge Me. The
funny thing about him releasing an al-
bum now is he is scheduled to drop a
greatest hits album this week.

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Keepin T it real

D TAngelo is the type of R&B
crooner that brings soul back to the

basement parties and high school
proms. In other words, he Ts keepin T
it real.

During a recent interview with
MTV D T Angelo talked about vib-
ing with two other guys that have
been known to keep it real as well,
Redman and Method Man. They
appear on D TAngelo Ts new single
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of her first album, but, as any col-
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