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Dylann Roof appears at a court hearing in Charleston on Thursday. A judge ruled Thursday that Roof, accused of killing nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in June, will stand trial in July 2016.

Church shooting suspect will face jury in July next year CHARLESTON (AP) — A white man charged with killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston church will stand trial next July, a judge ruled during a brief hearing Thursday. Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson set a July 11, 2016, trial date for Dylann Roof, 21, who faces multiple charges, including nine counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder stemming from the June 17 shootings. Roof sat quietly during the proceedings in a gray-striped prison jump suit in a courtroom crowded with about 100 people. He was presented copies of the indictments, and public defender Ashley

Pennington told the judge he would not seek bond at this time “based on the totality of the circumstances.” The judge called Roof a flight risk, noting he was arrested in Shelby, North Carolina, about 250 miles away, the day after the parishioners were shot to death during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. After the hearing, a document was filed signed by the judge denying bond on the grounds that Roof is a flight risk and an unreasonable danger to the community. Federal authorities have not said whether they will pursue hate crime

charges against Roof, although Justice Department officials have said they broadly agree the shootings meet the legal requirements for a hate crime. Also during the 25-minute hearing:

DEATH PENALTY Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, the local prosecutor, said the case “has the potential for a capital case” although the state has not yet said if it is seeking the death penalty.

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Officials: 4 Marines killed in Tennessee CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday, killing at least four Marines, officials said. The attacker was also killed. Federal authorities said they were investigating the possibility it was an act of terrorism. A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity identified the gunman as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tennessee, and said he was thought to have been born in Kuwait, though it was unclear whether he was a U.S. or Kuwaiti citizen. “Lives have been lost from some faithful people who have been serving our country, and I think I join all Tennesseans in being both sickened and saddened by this,” Gov. Bill Haslam said. Within hours of the bloodshed, law officers with guns drawn swarmed what was thought to be Abdulazeez’s house, and two females were led away in handcuffs. A dozen law enforcement vehicles, including a bomb-squad truck and an open-sided Army green truck carrying armed men, rolled into the Colonial Shores neighborhood of Hixson, and police closed off streets and turned away people trying to reach their homes. The shootings took place minutes apart, with the gunman stopping his car and spraying dozens of bullets first at a recruiting center for all branches of the military, then apparently driving to a NavyMarine training center 7 miles away, authorities and witnesses said. The attacks were over within a half hour. Authorities would not say how the gunman died.

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Jury finds Colorado theater shooter guilty of murder CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Jurors convicted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes on Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere, rejecting defense arguments that the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions. The 27-year-old Holmes, who had been working toward his Ph.D. in neuroscience, could get the death penalty for the massacre that left 12 people dead and dozens of others wounded. Jurors took about 13 hours

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over a day and a half to review all 165 charges. The same panel must now decide whether Holmes should pay with his life. The verdict came almost three years after Holmes, dressed head to toe in body armor, slipped through the emergency exit of the darkened theater in suburban Denver and replaced the Hollywood violence of the movie “The Dark Knight Rises” with real human carnage. His victims included two active-duty servicemen, a single mom, a man celebrating his 27th birthday and an aspiring

broadcaster who had survived a mall shooting in Toronto. Several died shielding friends or loved ones. The trial offered a rare glimpse into the mind of a mass shooter, as most are killed by police, kill themselves or plead guilty. Prosecutors argued Holmes knew exactly what he was doing when he methodically gunned down strangers in the stadium-style theater, taking aim at those who fled. They painted him as a calculated killer who sought to assuage

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Sandy Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi was killed in the 2012 Aurora movie theatre massacre, carries a T-shirt memorializing the 12 people killed in the attack as she stands outside the Arapahoe County District Court after the day of closing arguments in the trial of theater shootings SEE VERDICT, PAGE A7 defendant James Holmes in Centennial, Colorado, on Tuesday.

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Sumter Mini Mart on North Main robbed at gunpoint Sumter Mini Mart was reportedly robbed late Tuesday as a cloaked man entered the store with a gun and took money from the register. Sumter Police Department arrived at the store, in the 300 block of North Main Street, in response to a silent alarm going off. The owner of the store said an unknown black male entered the store wearing all black clothing and holding a handgun. He was also wearing a black mask. She said the man pointed the gun at the cash register and fired six to eight shots, according to a police report. He then reached over the counter, opened the cash register and grabbed an unspecified amount of money, according to the release. After grabbing the money, he turned around and left the store, according to the police report. The report said the robbery happened between 11:03 and 11:13 p.m. Tuesday. An employee at the Mini Mart who does not wish to be identified confirmed the robbery happened and said the police have not identified a suspect yet. The only listed features are the allblack clothing given by the owner and that he is black. If anybody has information, he or she can call Sumter Police Department at (803) 436-2700. Or, anonymous tips can be given at Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC or (803) 436-2718.

Councilman seeks public input about quality of life BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com

life for residents in the county. Baten said he would like for council and county administration to receive input from surrounding schools, law enforcement and organizations in order to stay aware of issues in the community and to find ways to resolve those issues. In other news, council approved final reading of a request to: • Rezone two acres of land at 3380 N. Main St. from agricultural conservation to general commercial. The applicant intends to develop a Dollar General store on the land once it is rezoned; • Rezone four parcels of land totaling 127 acres on Linran Lane from general residential to agricultural conservation so that the applicant can use the property to host weddings and banquets; • Amend the Sumter County Zon-

During Sumter County Council’s meeting on Tuesday, Councilman Gene Baten said recent events in Charleston and Columbia have inspired him to take a heightened interest in the quality of life for all members of the county. Nine blacks were killed in a racially-motivated shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston on June 17, and the Confederate battle flag was removed from the state capitol grounds on July 10. Baten said both events have brought forward questions about the ways in which people of different races are treated across the country. He said it is up to council and county officials to improve the quality of

ing and Development Standards Ordinance to delete the minimum 10lot or 10-acre final platting recordation requirement for subdivision developers. The amendment will allow developers to record at least one lot at a time; • Amend the Sumter County Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance to remove the lot width to depth ratio requirement for subdividing land in the agricultural district of the county; and • Amend the Sumter County Zoning and Development Standards Ordinance to allow freestanding vending machines to be placed on property as a primary retail structure in the general commercial, light industrial warehouse and heavy industrial districts of the county.

Hands on with Kingsnake Joshua Castleberry, program manager of environmental engineering technology at Central Carolina Technical College, lets campers touch a Kingsnake during Clemson Extension’s 4-H20 camp at Poinsett State Park on Thursday. The three-day camp let campers learn about the watershed, to fish, collect aquatic animals and learn about water pollution.

Democrats announce 3rd school supplies drive The Sumter County democrats have announced their third-annual school supply and paper drive will take place through Aug. 3. Sumter public schools begin classes Aug. 17. Chairman Allen Bailey said the goal is to collect at least one case of paper for every school in Sumter County. “We were ecstatic to collect and deliver over 40 cases of copy paper to the schools in the Sumter School District (last year),” Bailey said. “Every school received at least one case of paper, and many of the bigger schools received two cases.” Bailey said there are 20 schools in the public school system and nearly 30 private schools he is aware of. Bailey said the group will take collections at its Saturday Breakfasts held at various locations throughout the community, and at CA Harler Trophy Shop, 703 Bultman Drive; Thomas McElveen’s law office inside the Bryan Law Firm, 17 E. Calhoun St.; David Weeks law office, 35 S. Sumter St.; and Sumter Cut Rate Drugs, 32 S. Main St. “While we will accept all school supplies, we have learned that teachers often spend their own money to purchase copy paper, which is why we focus on the paper,” Bailey said. For more information or to set up a donation, call (803) 316-1976.

Lucky Wednesday produces 2 lottery winners in Sumter Two people won big by playing the South Carolina Education Lottery at Sumter stores Wednesday. A woman won $200,000 on a $10 50X scratch-off ticket at Shiv Food Mart 23 on North Lafayette Drive, and a man won $250,000 on a $10 Classic Cash scratch-off ticket at Sumter Stop on South Guignard Drive, just four miles away from Shiv Food Mart 23. Both winners declined publicity.

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Search continues for Holly Hill killer Wright was charged by Orangeburg County Sheriff ’s Office on outstanding warrants for trafficking methamphetamines. Officials served warrants on Wright as he was being interviewed about the shootings. Wright is the father of 17-yearold Shamekia Sanders and 14-yearold Tamara Perry, who were found dead along with two adults, 28-year-old Krystal Hutto and 50-year-old Jerome Butler. Coroner Samuetta Marshall identified the oldest victim, Butler, whose body was found in the yard outside the home, and Hutto. Sheriff’s office spokesman Richard Walker said in a statement that the 8-year-old boy remains in criti-

HOLLY HILL (AP) — Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said investigators were following good leads as they continued trying Thursday to determine who killed four people, two teenagers and two adults, and wounded a young boy at a home in a rural area near Holly Hill. Ravenell called it a “heinous” crime but said officials had some evidence to indicate the shootings discovered Wednesday morning were an isolated incident. Late Thursday, authorities said the father of the two teenagers found dead has been arrested on unrelated drug charges. Local news outlets reported that 36-year-old Christopher

cal condition and was being treated for a gunshot wound. Law enforcement officials did not say how the victims were related. The Orangeburg Times and Democrat reported Thursday that Hutto’s life has been hit by tragedy repeatedly with three car accidents that separately claimed the lives of her brother, mother and father. The paper reported that two years ago, Krystal’s father Kenneth Hutto, 44, was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Holly Hill. Her mother, Mary Jennings Hutto, 41, was killed in a car accident in 2010 in Holly Hill. And the family lost 7-year-old Christopher Hutto when a vehicle struck him in 1993 not far from their home.

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4 arrested for gambling operation in Manning BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Manning Police Department arrested and charged four suspects with running a mobile gambling operation in Manning on Monday. The individuals were caught after officers received several complaints from victims of a rigged game of “backgammon,” involving a wooden board with numbered holes. A person who reached 100 points or more by pouring balls onto the board would supposedly win prizes, but the game was designed for them to lose. The price to play was $5. Police discovered a trailer full of merchandise in the parking lot of the intersection of Boundary and West Huggins streets. Kimberly A. Dallas, 53, of Saint Mat-

thews; Logen E. Kennedy, 28, of Santee; Kennan E. Kennedy, 28, of Darien, Georgia; and Jessica Faye Kennedy, 26, of Elloree were arrested and charged with gambling, gambling equipment violations and peddling without a business license. Dallas and Logen Ken- DALLAS nedy were released on a $2,000 personal recognizance bond on Tuesday. Jessica Kennedy had a bond hearing scheduled for Wednesday evening. Kennan Kennedy reL. KENNEDY mains in custody on a $2,000 cash/surety bond. Manning Police Department Chief Blair Shaffer said the department first learned of the scam several weeks ago

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when an individual who had lost $400 in the same parking lot, complained to police about the incident. Another individual had also participated in the game in the Davis Station area, losing about $1,000. Officers found a bag containing $429 inside K. KENNEDY the trailer. Also discovered inside were merchandise with an estimated value of $7,500 that appeared to be for sale, including televisions, computers, stereo systems, video game J. KENNEDY systems, clothes and several devices used for gambling purposes, worth about $250. Also found inside were various television boxes that were either

empty or contained nothing but plywood board. “All of this was made to look like a show, basically trying to convince participants that if they played they could win prizes or cash,” he said. Shaffer said that anyone who participates in the games is committing a crime themselves since gambling is illegal in South Carolina. He said that this is a new type of scam and there may be similar operations that could be operating in the area and throughout the state. “The individuals involved in this scam move around from place to place, so they could come to our area and move on somewhere else that same day,” he said. Anyone who sees such an operation taking place, should contact their nearest law enforcement agency.

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Raggs visits library’s Summer Reading Program Brothers Cooper, 5, Elijah, 9, and Alexander Bean, 9, learn magic from Raggs the Clown during his visit to Sumter County Library as part of its Summer Reading Program on Wednesday. The Summer programs are free and open to the public.

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina’s state veterinarian says a horse has died from a mosquito-borne illness that also can affect humans. State veterinarian Boyd Parr on Thursday announced the confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis. An unvaccinated horse in Barnwell County recently tested positive for the disease. Parr says vaccination can prevent the serious illness in horses and is especially important in South Carolina’s coastal counties. Symptoms include stumbling, circling, depression, partial paralysis and muscle twitching. State law requires that any livestock displaying symptoms must be reported to the state veterinarian. Parr says this is the first confirmed case of the disease in 2015. In 2013, 48 of 49 confirmed cases of the disease in South Carolina died from infection, and officials say the state led the nation in cases.

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POLICE BLOTTER CHARGES Stanley Preston, 53, of 21 Pine St. was arrested for willful burning of lands of another and public disorderly conduct Monday night at the Taco Bell on North Lafayette Drive. Police received a call about 9 p.m. dealing with a man lighting pine straw and bushes behind a dumpster on fire. When approached, Preston reportedly smelled of alcohol, and he admitted to having a few beers and smoking crack. He was having a difficult time keeping his balance and was using profane language. When searched, police found on him a Bic lighter they believe he used to start the fire near the Taco Bell. Preston was taken to SumterLee Regional Detention Center. Marcques Wright was arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle after allegedly being caught riding a stolen moped at the corner of Jackson and Anderson streets. After seeing two riders on board with only one seat, officers conducted a traffic stop. During the stop, Wright did not have driver or moped licenses. The moped also did not have a key in it, and when the VIN number was run, the moped was reported stolen. Officers could not contact the owner and towed the moped away. Wright was taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center. James Bradford, 27, of 304 Highland Ave in Sumter was arrested and charged with second-degree domestic violence Tuesday afternoon. The victim reportedly said the suspect shoved her in the chest and made several threats to her life, making her fear for her life and the lives of their two children. Stephon Blanding, 20, of 444 Dogwood Drive in Sumter, was arrested on the 400 block of Dogwood Drive after fleeing from the scene of a traffic stop, driving under suspension first offense and driving uninsured vehicle first offense. When police pulled him over for not wearing his seatbelt, he turned onto Dogwood Drive and hit a utility pole before fleeing on foot. Officers found him hiding under a bed at his mother’s house

and placed him in custody. Blanding’s license is suspended, and the car he was driving did not have insurance. Patricia Ball, 45, was arrested Wednesday and charged with shoplifting value $2,000 or less and enhancement of property offense because it was her third time being caught shoplifting. She was allegedly caught stealing one pair of khaki and brown pants each, one blue multicolored shirt, one multi-colored dress, one light blue top, one blue knitted top, one blue and red top and one other top for a combined value of $364 from the Belk on the 1000 block of Broad Street. Judith Wright, 52, was arrested and charged with shoplifting, third or subsequent offense. She was caught stealing three silver rings, combined value $75, from the Belk on the 1000 block of Broad Street. She tried to run from store

workers before being detained. Darnell Kelly was arrested and charged with public disorderly conduct early Thursday. Kelly was allegedly at the Gate Station on the 100 block of East Hampton Avenue knocking over shelves and yelling at employees. He said he was mad the store employee asked to see his ID when he bought a cigar, and officers could smell alcohol on his breath. He was transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center where he had to be physically restrained. STOLEN PROPERTY A blue 1981 Cadillac valued at $4,000 and three 24-inch rims valued at $1,000 were taken during a burglary Tuesday on the 300 block of Neeley Street. The bottom panel of the garage door was kicked in causing $300 in damage as well. A woman’s debit card was stolen and was used to purchase more than $595 worth of goods: $155.33 at Rugged

Warehouse, $37.16 at Burger King, $75.53 at Virgin Mobile, $49.23 at Boost Mobile, $255.75 at Citi Trends and $22.54 at Young’s. More than $700 were stolen from a black purse last week on East Liberty Street. The victim said $750 was stolen from zippered pocket in a purse. A 14-karat yellow gold Gucci link bracelet weighing 36.70 grams was stolen from Sumter Pawn at 705 Broad St. in Sumter. The man asked to try on the bracelet then ran out the door with it.

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Testimony released in famous Cold War atomic spying case WASHINGTON (AP) — The brother of Ethel Rosenberg, who was a star trial witness against his sister and brotherin-law in a sensational Cold War atomic spying case, never implicated his sister in an earlier appearance before a grand jury and said that they had never discussed her role “at all,” according to secret court records unsealed Wednesday. The revelation may heighten public suspicion that Ethel Rosenberg was wrongly convicted and executed in an espionage case that captivated the country at the height of the McCarthy-era frenzy about Communist allegiances. Rosenberg and her husband, Julius, were put to death in 1953 after being convicted of conspiring to pass secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, though they maintained their innocence until the end. Historians and lawyers who reviewed the transcript said it appears to lend support to both sides of a dueling narrative — that Ethel Rosenberg was framed in an overzealous prosecution even as her husband appears to have played a central role in a sophisticated spy ring. “You change a black-andwhite Cold War narrative — framed or traitors? — into a very nuanced, gray area. Well,

both,” said Tom Blanton, director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University, which fought for the records. The grand jury testimony from David Greenglass, whose damning statements at the 1951 trial helped secure the Rosenbergs’ convictions, had been withheld from public view even as other crucial court records have been unsealed in the last decade. A federal judge in New York, responding to requests from a group of historians and archivists, ordered the 46-page transcript unsealed after Greenglass’ death last year at age 92. The newly unsealed transcript presents Julius Rosenberg as a critical figure in an espionage operation that involved shady operatives, code names and even a secret signal to help identify couriers for the Russians. Greenglass told the grand jury how Julius Rosenberg pressed him for secrets and discussed with him the construction and detonation of the atomic bomb. Historians think Ethel Rosenberg was generally aware of her husband’s activities but that the government had insufficient evidence to convict her. But unlike his trial testimony, Greenglass offered no evidence to the grand jury of

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are seen in 1951 during their trial for espionage in New York. The federal government has unsealed new grand jury testimony in the sensational Cold War spying case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The couple was executed in 1953 after being convicted of conspiring to give atomic secrets to the Soviets. The previously sealed testimony is from David Greenglass, the brother of Ethel Rosenberg and the government’s star witness in the trial. Ethel Rosenberg’s direct involvement in the espionage and instead said he never discussed such matters with his sister. Those statements suggest Greenglass may later have perjured himself when he said she had an important role, one of her sons, Robert Meeropol, said Wednesday. “David Greenglass emphatically states that his sister was not involved. He states it under oath,” he said. Historians had greatly anticipated the release of the documents — the final crucial piece of evidence to be made public — in hopes of learning more

how a brother came to betray his sister with trial testimony that, decades later, he suggested had been coerced by prosecutors and was partially false. Greenglass, who was indicted as a co-conspirator and was himself sentenced to 10 years in prison, said at trial that he had given the Rosenbergs research data that he had obtained while working as an Army machinist at the Los Alamos, New Mexico headquarters of the top-secret Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. In especially damaging testimony, he recalled seeing his older sister transcribing

handwritten notes to give to the Soviets on a portable typewriter at the Rosenbergs’ New York apartment in 1945. But the grand jury records show no mention of the typing. Decades after the trial, Greenglass was quoted by a New York Times journalist as having admitted to lying at trial about his sister in order to protect his wife. In a May decision that ordered the records unsealed, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein noted that Greenglass said in his new statements that it was likely that his wife, Ruth Greenglass — rather than Ethel Rosenberg — who typed up the notes that were passed to the Soviets. Testifying before the grand jury on August 7, 1950, he told a grand jury that he and his sister never discussed such matters. He recalled how Julius Rosenberg was adamant that he should continue with his service so he could “continue giving him information.” He was then asked whether his sister, Ethel, was similarly insistent about his Army career. “I said before, and say it again, honestly, this is a fact: I never spoke to my sister about this at all,” Greenglass replied. Meeropol called on the government to finally admit that “my mother did not conspire to commit espionage.” “It is deeply troubling to see these grand jury minutes that suggest that the government actually either deliberately put on testimony it knew to be false or at least put on testimony it had reason to doubt its accuracy (about) in a capital case like this,” said attorney David Vladeck, who argued for the documents to be released.

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7 decades pass since bomb test LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — An unknown blast shook the desolate New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, unsettling the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa. Most residents lacked phones and radios, so they relaxed when Army officials said it was just an ammunition explosion — despite the raining ash. They didn’t learn scientists from the then-secret city of Los Alamos successfully detonated the first atomic bomb at the nearby Trinity Site until after the U.S. announced it had dropped the weapon on Japan a month later, helping end World War II. “It was a source of pride,” said Tina Cordova, a former Tularosa resident whose father was 3 years old during the Trinity Test.

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A visitor to Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico, examines a replica of “the gadget” on July 13. The gadget was the atomic bomb tested at Trinity Test Site on July 16, 1945.

LONDON (AP) — A nearly complete, new dinosaur fossil has been unearthed in China, the first in its family to have unusually short feathered wings. The new species named Zhenyuanlong suni is a close cousin of the dinosaur predator Velociraptor. Scientists said the new addition, which lived about 125 million years ago, had multiple layers of dense feathers covering both its wings and tail. Experts, however, think the feathers are more for display instead of flying. Steve Brusatte, of University of Edinburgh, co-authored the study published online Thursday in Scientific Reports. He said the newly discovered dinosaur “looks just like a bird ... just like an eagle or a vulture.” The skeleton was discovered in the western part of Liaoning Province in China where the first feathered dinosaurs were found.

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It became a source of anger after many residents developed cancer and blamed it for their health problems. Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the test that took place as part of the Manhattan Project, the secretive World War II program that provided enriched uranium for the atomic bomb. While the state holds commemorative events, Tularosa residents press for acknowledgement and compensation from the U.S. government. Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, said the af-

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Colorado rejects pot as treatment for PTSD DENVER (AP) — Colorado is known for pushing boundaries on marijuana, but health officials’ decision to reject pot as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder shows the issue is far from settled. Voters have made marijuana legal for both medical and recreational use, but government officials at every level have continually pushed back. The state Board of Health voted 6-2 Wednesday against adding PTSD to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana. It came despite a recommendation from Colorado’s chief medical officer and a panel of physicians. Board members cited a lack of research, including medical trials. “We have an absence of scientific information,” board member Rick Brown said.

Marijuana is illegal under federal law, and some scientists say research has been stymied by government hurdles, including a declaration that marijuana is a controlled substance with no accepted medical use. The Department of Health and Human Services made it a little easier last month for privately funded medical marijuana research to get approved. The department said a federal Public Health Service review of research proposals is no longer necessary because it duplicates a required review by the Food and Drug Administration. Some people attending Wednesday’s vote on PTSD noted that none of the medical conditions currently eligible for state medical marijuana cards, including AIDS, epilepsy and glaucoma, has the kind of scientific backing the board mentioned.

One physician recently awarded a state grant to study marijuana use by veterans testified that PTSD sufferers are already using pot to treat their symptoms. “People are going to use it anyway,” said Dr. Sue Sisley, adding that PTSD sufferers can shop at recreational dispensaries or get a doctor’s recommendation for the broad category of “severe pain,” which covers more than 90 percent of the 113,000 Coloradans on the medical marijuana registry. Many of those patients ask pot-shop employees, known as “budtenders,” about using marijuana to treat PTSD, not their physicians, Sisley said. “This just provides better access to different strains under a physician’s guidance,” she said in favor of adding PTSD to the medical pot registry.

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Steven Seth McBride, president of The Forgotten Infidels, a group of veterans who help veterans, concludes his statement to add posttraumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana during a hearing before the Colorado Board of Health on Wednesday in Denver.

Suspect’s uncle is focus of investigation into 1975 slayings WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after charges were announced in the 40-year-old kidnapping and slayings of two sisters from Maryland, investigators are turning their attention to the suspect’s uncle and others they say were involved in the crime and subsequent cover-up. At a news conference Thursday in Virginia, police and prosecutors said they think 70-year-old Richard Welch sexually abused at least one of the Lyon sisters. Twelve-year-old Sheila and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon were abducted from a suburban Maryland mall in March 1975. Authorities believe they were slain in Bedford County, Virginia, within three weeks of their abduction. Their bodies have never been found. Richard Welch remains a person of interest in the case but has not been charged. His wife, Patricia Welch, has been charged with perjury following her testimony before a grand jury last year. Their nephew Lloyd Lee Michael Welch Jr., 58, a child sex offender serving a lengthy sentence in a Delaware prison, is charged with the girls’ murder. According to a police affida-

John and Mary Lyon, parents of missing sisters Katherine, 10, and Sheila Lyon, 12, listen during a news conference in Wheaton, Maryland, on Wednesday on developments in the investigation of the disappearance the sisters in 1975. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

vit, Lloyd Welch has told investigators that he saw his uncle raping one of the girls at his

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dren were safe unsupervised. According to the documents, Henry Parker, another relative of the Welches, told investigators that Lloyd Welch arrived at the family’s Bedford County property in 1975 with two Army-style duffel bags that were covered in red stains. The bags, Parker told police, weighed 60 to 70 pounds each and smelled like “death.” Parker told police that the bags were thrown onto a fire on the property, according to the documents. During their search of the site, police found possible bone fragments, the documents show. Francke said Thursday that Parker was another person investigators are focused on, although he did not categorize Parker as a person of interest.

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Palestinians quit medical program in Venezuela BY HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — The Palestinian students were greeted like celebrities upon arrival in Caracas. President Nicolas Maduro wore a kaffiyeh headdress and played up their symbolic importance during an address broadcast across the socialist South American country. “Today, Palestine enters the heart of Venezuela,” Maduro declared in November when he greeted the first 119 recipients of a medical school scholarship, adding that the historic exchange with a key ideological ally had made him cry. The program to train young Palestinians as doctors was to be the latest addition to an array of international solidarity programs the late President Hugo Chavez established, the best-known of which provides communist Cuba with cheap oil in exchange for the services of tens of thousands of health professionals. But eight months later, about a third of the Palestinians have dropped out, complaining the program lacks academic rigor, according to interviews The Associated Press conducted with students, teachers and government officials. At least 29 have already gone home, while other dropouts are living in Caracas rent free as they wait to receive plane tickets to go home. The Palestinians who left the Yasser Arafat Scholarship Program, which included seven years of room and board at a state-run school staffed by Cuban doctors, said they weren’t getting the training they needed to become recognized physicians. Dismissing those concerns, school officials say the young people were homesick and susceptible to manipulation by government critics. The students’ decision to leave prompted Venezuela to freeze the scholarship program that was supposed to bring in hundreds more Palestinians to study in various fields, according to an official in the Palestinian Education Ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The young people’s choices have raised diplomatic tensions between the two allies, said the official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. Chavez, who saw himself as a leader of the developing world, was a vocal proponent of the Palestinians’ right to statehood, which he saw as part of a broader battle against colonialism and the West. Sandra Moreno, director of the Dr. Salvador Allende medical school, did not respond to multiple requests for interviews, nor did federal health and higher education officials in Venezuela. Initially, the aspiring doctors were delighted to receive the scholarships named for Arafat, the late chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Many were escaping refugee camps or leaving behind Gaza, which was ravaged last summer by a conflict with Israel that left more than 2,000 dead. But the students who dropped out complain that their first year consisted only of Spanish language lessons and indoctrination about Venezuela’s 16-year-old socialist revolution. They say they were surprised when their teachers presented a curriculum centered on community health and worried when doctors from other institutions warned that their education wouldn’t meet international standards. Fouad Fattoum, 19, said he asked program administrators to let him return to the West Bank in early June but was told there was no money for airfare. “I want to help my people, and what they need are doc-

tors,” Fattoum said. “I want learn as much information as possible, and that’s not what I would get in this program.” Departing students have also complained about crime in Caracas, which has a homicide rate that mirrors a war zone even in the absence of an armed conflict. The Salvador Allende medical school, a sister facility to Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine, is named for the Marxist president of Chile who killed himself while being overthrown by a 1973 coup. The school outside Caracas is adorned with shaggy palm trees and busts of revolutionary figures. Instructors and students at the school defend the curriculum, saying it emphasizes preventive medicine that has a greater impact on daily life than traditional training that might involve costlier diagnostic technology. Students accompany Cuban physicians on rounds in poor neighborhoods and attend classes emphasizing their work’s social impact. Biology teacher Sol Potino said that the Palestinians are probably just missing home and that students dissatisfied with the program should supplement their studies with additional research if they don’t think they are getting the information they need.

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Palestinian students are welcomed as they deplane at the Simon Bolivar airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, in November 2014. The Palestinian students were greeted like celebrities upon arrival in Caracas, but eight months later, about a third of the Palestinians have dropped out.

his failures in school and romance with a mass murder that he thought would increase his personal worth. He snapped photos of himself with fiery orange hair and scrawled his plans for the massacre in a spiral notebook he sent his university psychiatrist just hours before the attack, all in a calculated effort to HOLMES be remembered, prosecutors said. The prosecution called more than 200 witnesses over two months, more than 70 of them survivors, including some who were missing limbs and using wheelchairs. They recalled the panic to escape the black-clad gunman. The youngest to die was a 6-year-old girl whose mother also suffered a miscarriage and was paralyzed in the attack. Another woman who was nine months pregnant at the time described her agonizing decision to leave her wounded husband behind in the theater to save their baby. She later gave birth in the same hospital where he was in a coma. He can no longer walk and has trouble talking. That Holmes was the lone gunman was never in doubt. He was arrested in the parking lot as survivors were still fleeing, and he warned police he had rigged his nearby apartment into a potentially lethal booby trap, . His attorneys argued he suffers from schizophrenia and was in the grip of a psychotic breakdown so severe that he was unable to tell right from wrong — Colorado’s standard for insanity.

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TRIAL FROM PAGE A1 been able to converse with Roof and that he understands the charges against him. “I don’t see any issues at all that are related to competency at this time,” Pennington said.

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SHOOTING FROM PAGE A1 FBI agent Ed Reinhold said Abdulazeez had “numerous weapons” but would not give details. The Marine Corps said four Marines were killed, all of them at the Navy-Marine training site, and a fifth Marine was wounded in the leg but not seriously hurt. Also, a police officer was shot in the ankle, Mayor Andy Berke said. The names of the dead were not immediately released. Reinhold said authorities were looking into whether it was domestic or international terrorism or “a simple criminal act.”

In Washington, President Obama pledged a prompt and thorough investigation and said the White House had been in touch with the Pentagon to make sure military installations are being vigilant. “It is a heartbreaking circumstance for these individuals who served our country with great valor to be killed in this fashion,” he said. Vice President Joe Biden likewise said, “Their families have already given a lot to the country, and now this.” The shootings began at the recruiting center on Old Lee Highway, where a shot rang out about 10:30 or 10:45 a.m., followed a few seconds later by more fire, said Sgt. 1st Class Robert Dodge, leader of Army recruiting at the center.

He and his comrades dropped to the ground and barricaded themselves in a safe place. Dodge estimated there were 30 to 50 shots fired. Doors and glass were damaged at the neighboring Air Force, Navy and Marine offices, he said. Law enforcement officials told recruiters that the gunman stopped his car in front of the recruiting station, shot at the building and drove off, said Brian Lepley, a spokesman with the U.S. Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky. The recruiting center sits in a short shopping strip between a cellphone business and an Italian restaurant, with no apparent special security.

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Searching for Incan gold on ‘Treasure Quest’ BY KEVIN M CDONOUGH Here’s a program that might be interesting. It could be worth watching. Maybe. It’s hard to get too much more excited about a show like “Treasure Quest: Snake Island” (10 p.m., Discovery). The whole point of the show is that there “could” be buried Incan gold located off the eastern coast of Brazil. Sort of like the ghosts that “might” be hiding in old hospitals, spooky houses or abandoned asylums profiled on hundreds of wasted hours of pointless television shows aimed at the bored and gullible. Helmed by an expedition leader with the memorable name of Cork Graham, “Quest” will spend six episodes looking for the horde of Incan gold that’s been lost since 1524. That’s six hours. Geraldo Rivera spent only two hours looking for loot in “The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults,” a syndicated special from 1986. After weeks of teasers and two solid hours of suspensebuilding blather, Rivera and his viewers discovered nothing of value. But “Mystery” struck ratings gold, and a whole new era of bad television was born. • “Great Performances” combines a beloved TV favorite, a “Star Wars” legend and an acclaimed play in “Driving Miss Daisy” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings). Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones star in Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play, a meditation on race relations in 1940s and ‘50s America as dramatized in the conversations between a 72-year-old widow (Lansbury) and her black chauffeur (Jones). “Daisy” has a long history, from its Off-Broadway run to its 1989 screen adaptation starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman. Its 2010 Broadway revival received much acclaim and starred Vanessa Redgrave. This performance was taped in Australia at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. • Finding humor in adversity is not new, but it is always surprising. The documentary “Tig,” streaming

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Keith Plaskett, Cork Graham, Jeremy Whalen, Mehgan Heaney-Grier and Bryan Fry hike along the shore on “Treasure Quest: Snake Island” premiering at 10 p.m. today on Discovery.

now on Netflix, profiles stand-up comic Tig Notaro. In the space of four months, she suffered a mysterious illness, lost her mother and received a cancer diagnosis. Her decision to persevere with her comedy career in the face of this news has electrified her live audiences, gone viral on social media and won her the enduring respect and affection of her peers. Many of her stand-up colleagues appear in this film. Also debuting today on Netflix: the 12-episode season two of the adult cartoon “BoJack Horseman.” • Political junkies take

note: Candidates named Chafee, O’Malley, Clinton, Sanders and Webb will address the 2015 Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame Dinner (8 p.m., C-SPAN) in Cedar Rapids. So it begins.

TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • New to her insurance gig, Watson moonlights on “Elementary” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). • The judges make cuts on “America’s Got Talent” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-PG). • A meaty pitch from cattle country on “Shark Tank” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).

• After an injury, a cheerleader (Bella Thorne) careens from painkillers to heroin in the 2015 cautionary tale “Perfect High” (8 p.m., Lifetime). • A witness perishes on “Gotham” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV14). • A traveling arms dealer stirs the pot on “Defiance” (8 p.m., Syfy, TV-14). • The crew loses control of the ship on “Killjoys” (9 p.m., Syfy, TV-14). • An officer can’t handle his partner’s lifestyle on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). • Five looks deep within on “Dark Matter” (10 p.m., Syfy, TV-14). • Michael Symon hosts “Burgers, Brew & ‘Que” (10:30 p.m., Food, TV-G), premiering tonight.

CULT CHOICE Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake team up in the 2013 thriller “Runner Runner” (7:40 p.m., Cinemax). Set in the world of high-stakes poker, the film received consistently negative reviews.

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Engagement should stay secret awhile longer DEAR ABBY — I have been dating my boyfriend, “Derek,” for four years. After a night of emotion-filled discussion, he asked me to marry him. I said yes, but it has always been a difficult idea for me to wrap my head around. I’m turning 21 and although that Dear Abby may be old enough for some people to get married and ABIGAIL have kids, it scares the heck VAN BUREN out of me. I love Derek and I want to marry him one day. He assured me we could stay “engaged” for a few years, but it still makes me uneasy. We don’t have a ring yet, and we agreed we wouldn’t tell our families until we get one. It doesn’t feel real because there’s no ring and no one knows -- could that be why I’m so nervous? I need a second opinion and some advice on whether to wait to tell anyone or tell people now. Cold Feet

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DEAR COLD FEET — An engagement with no ring and no announcement hardly seems like an engagement at all. That’s why you and Derek should rethink making any announcements until you BOTH feel ready to take such a big step. When the time is right, the idea of marriage and children will make you feel happy, not frightened. Frankly, I think your fears may be well founded because you have had little life experience -- and once the ball starts rolling, stopping it may be complicated. That’s why you and Derek should remain in a holding pattern until you are more confident about what you want to do. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to Dear Abby -- Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

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ASHINGTON — When you write a column, as did I two weeks ago, headlined “The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history,” you don’t expect to revisit the issue. We had hit bottom. Or so I thought. Then on Tuesday the final terms of the Iranian nuclear deal were published. I was wrong. Who would have imagined we would be giving up the conventional arms and ballistic missile embargoes on Iran? In nuclear negotiations? When asked at his Wednesday Charles Krauthammer news conference why there is nothing in the deal about the four American hostages being held by Iran, President Obama explained that this is a separate issue, not part of nuclear talks. Are conventional weapons not a separate issue? After all, conventional, by definition, means non-nuclear. Why are we giving up the embargoes? Because Iran, joined by Russia — our “reset” partner — sprung the demand at the last minute, calculating that Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry were so desperate for a deal that they would cave. They did. And have convinced themselves that they scored a victory by delaying the lifting by five to eight years. (Ostensibly. The language is murky. The interval could be considerably shorter.) Obama claimed in his Wednesday news conference that it really doesn’t matter because we can always intercept Iranian arms shipments to, say, Hezbollah. But wait. Obama has insisted throughout that we are pursuing this Iranian diplomacy to avoid the use of force, yet now blithely discards a previous diplomatic achievement — the arms embargo — by suggesting, no matter, we can just shoot our way to interdiction. Moreover, the most serious issue is not Iranian exports but Iranian imports — of sophisticated Russian and Chinese weapons. These are untouchable. We are not going to attack Russian and Chinese transports. The net effect of this capitulation will be not only to endanger our Middle East allies now under threat from Iran and its proxies, but to endanger our own naval forces in the Persian Gulf. Imagine how Iran’s acquisition of the most advanced anti-ship missiles would threaten our control over the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, waterways we have kept open for international commerce for a half-century. The other major shock in

the final deal is what happened to our insistence on “anytime, anywhere” inspections. Under the final agreement, Iran has the right to deny international inspectors access to any undeclared nuclear site. The denial is then adjudicated by a committee — on which Iran sits. It then goes through several other bodies, on all of which Iran sits. Even if the inspectors’ request prevails, the approval process can take 24 days. And what do you think will be left to be found, left unscrubbed, after 24 days? The whole process is farcical. The action now shifts to Congress. The debate is being hailed as momentous. It is not. It’s irrelevant. Congress won’t get to vote on the deal until September. But Obama is taking the agreement to the U.N. Security Council for approval within days. Approval there will cancel all previous U.N. resolutions outlawing and sanctioning Iran’s nuclear activities. Meaning: Whatever Congress ultimately does, it won’t matter because the legal underpinning for the entire international sanctions regime against Iran will have been dismantled at the Security Council. Ten years of painstakingly constructed international sanctions will vanish overnight, irretrievably. Even if Congress rejects the agreement, do you think the Europeans, the Chinese or the Russians will reinstate sanctions? The result: The United States is left isolated while the rest of the world does thriving business with Iran. Should Congress then give up? No. Congress needs to act in order to rob this deal of, at least, its domestic legitimacy. Rejection will make little difference on the ground. But it will make it easier for a successor president to legitimately reconsider an executive agreement (Obama dare not call it a treaty — it would be instantly rejected by the Senate) that garnered such pathetically little backing in either house of Congress. It’s a future hope, but amid dire circumstances. By then, Iran will be flush with cash, legitimized as a normal international actor in good standing, recognized (as Obama once said) as “a very successful regional power.” Stopping Iran from going nuclear at that point will be infinitely more difficult and risky. Which is Obama’s triumph. He has locked in his folly. He has laid down his legacy and we will have to live with the consequences for decades. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@ charleskrauthammer.com. © 2015, The Washington Post Writers Group

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More than just my coach BY RICK CARPENTER rick@theitem.com

uring the Iris Festival, I had the opportunity to meet Bobby Richardson, one of my heroes as a youngster. Ironically, when I moved to Sumter from Reno, Nevada, on my way across the country I stayed with my college track coach, Gary Lower, in Oklahoma City. Coach Lower collects sports memorabilia and a significant portion of one room in his house has a wall of Bobby Richardson memorabilia and souvenirs. Turns out, they were close friends from their work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. In fact, in the middle of my junior year of college, Coach Lower left to work full-time for the FCA. When I left his house on my way to Sumter, he hugged me, told me he loved me and told me to tell Bobby Richardson “hi” for him. I’m glad I had the opportunity to do so. At the Iris Festival I shot a selfie with Bobby and sent it to Coach Lower, only to discover his generation of cellphone doesn’t take or accept photos. He has an old flip phone that doesn’t take or receive photos. You know, those that make you use the number keypad to type in text messages instead of the alphabet. You just have to know how many times to hit a number to get the correct letter. But, hey, he turns 80 today and he’s been influencing my life for 45 years, usually by actually talking to me on the phone and handwriting personal letters on a frequent basis that mean a lot more to me than a short text message. Coach Lower started influencing my life as a sophomore in high school when he gave a motivational speech at an FCA meeting. At that time, he was in his first year as the head cross country and assistant track coach in charge of distance runners at the University of Oklahoma. The year before, he had been named national high school track coach of the year at my high school and the seniors on our team prodded me to hear him speak. Those of you who know Bobby Richardson know the personal qualities of people who not only have the highest moral standard and personal character but also have a charismatic ability to express themselves in ways that motivate you. As I began to improve my sophomore year, Coach Lower started noticing, and by the fall of my senior year, he was taking me to home football games at OU, allowing me to dine in the athletic mess hall and meet members of the team. But more importantly, he also began talking to me about my grades. Since he had taught at my high school, he knew that the Bs and Cs I was making there, were not high enough to prepare me for a college education. While I over-achieved in track, I underachieved in the classroom. After one of my visits to OU, I went to my English teacher and asked her how I could improve my grade. She said one word: “Read.” It dawned on me that I had never finished reading a single book. So I checked out a book in the school library, renewed it week after week until I finished it. I felt more personal success from reading that book that I did in any of my athletic accomplishments. Coach Lower had outlined a time that I would need to run to get a scholarship to

Rick Carpenter, managing editor of The Sumter Item, right, got the opportunity to meet New York Yankees legend Bobby Richardson at the Iris Festival this year. OU: 4:24 in the mile. By the end of my senior year I had run 4:18. But in his very caring way, Coach Lower took me aside, put his arm around me and in a heart-to-heart conversation, he explained that I wasn’t ready for OU, that he wanted me to attend a junior college that would better prepare me for a major university. He was the only coach recruiting me that actually cared about my education. I turned down other offers to enroll in a junior college so that I could someday run for Gary Lower. In my freshman year, a junior college counselor enrolled me in remedial English and reading classes that were non-credit courses geared to improve my English skills. That year, a journalism professor taught me how to use a camera and how to process film and print photos. Then he asked me to write something for the school newspaper. I didn’t know the difference between the words “there,” “their” and “they’re.” But an astute editor corrected my errors, and the article ended up winning an award for college journalism. And that launched my journalism career. For my sophomore year, Coach Lower gave me a scholarship, and I transferred to OU. We hear a lot of talk about college athletes who don’t have the academic skills to perform well in college or afterward. I could have been a poster child for that debate, but I had a coach who changed my life. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been sending Coach Lower a Father’s Day card, always thanking him for influencing my life. Now when we chat on the phone we talk about the latest books we’ve read, and when we see each other we exchange books. It’s only fitting that I sent him a book for his 80th birthday today. He gave me so much more. Rick Carpenter, managing editor of The Sumter Item, can be reached at rick@theitem.com or (803) 774-1201.

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AROUND TOWN The Lincoln High School Preser- The Carolina Coin Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, vation Alumni Association will July 21, at the Parks & Rechold a dinner fundraiser from Association holds buildreation Department 11 a.m. Lincoln to 5 p.m.High todayAlumni at fundraiser ing, 155 Haynsworth St. The the Lincoln High School group meets on the third gymnasium, Council Street. Tuesday of each month and Cost is $8 per dinner and visitors are always welmenu will consist of grilled come. Call (803) 775-8840. chicken, seasoned rice, green beans, sweet peas, The Sumter Branch NAACP will roll, dessert and a drink. meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dine in or take out. Call July 26, at Rafting Creek James L. Green at (803) 968Baptist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 4173. North, Rembert. Lincoln High School Class of South Carolina Legal Services 1965 will meet at 11 a.m. will offer a free expungement today at the Lincoln High workshop at 10 a.m. on School gymnasium, Council Wednesday, July 29, at ClarStreet, to plan for the 50endon School District One year class reunion. All class- Community Resource Cenmates invited. Call Betty ter, 1154 Fourth St., SummerMiller at (803) 775-1616. ton. Call Kathleen L. Gibson at (803) 485-2043 or (803) The Devine Sistas of Pretty Girls Rock will accept donations 225-0832. for its back-to-school clothing The YWCA of the Upper Lowdrive from 6 to 8 p.m. on the lands Inc. will hold a fish fry following Mondays: July 20; fundraiser 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on July 27; and Aug. 3. Items Friday, July 31, at 246 Church needed are: T-shirts; sneakSt. There will be whiting fish ers; shoes; socks; pants; sandwiches for $4 or whituniforms; any other new or ing fish dinners for $8. Dingently used clothing items; ners will include fish, red and monetary donations. rice, slaw, hush puppies and Drop off your donations at cake. Call (803) 773-7158 by High Rollers Club House, July 27 to place order. 3209 Broad St. Ext. Call (803) The Sumter County Prevention 406-5917 or (803) 406-9621. Team will host “Parents AcThe Mayesville Summer Enrich- cessing Resources 4 Kids ment Camp Program will be (PARK)” from 10 a.m. to 2 held 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monp.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, at day-Friday through Aug. 7 at the Sumter County Civic the Mayesville Institute Center, 700 W. Liberty St. School. Sponsored by the The purpose of this awareMayesville Educational and ness event is to provide inIndustrial Institute, the proformation on available comgram will involve academic munity resources to parents enrichment as well as a host of youth ages 0-18 years old of physical activities for par- in Sumter County. ticipating youth ages 4-17. The Clarendon Section of the Weekly fees are $10, $7 and $5 for first, second and third National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) will meet at child respectively. Fee includes daily breakfast, lunch 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, at the Council of Aging, 201 S. and a snack. For applicaChurch St., Manning. tions or additional informaThe Clarendon Section NCNW tion, call Dr. Deborah L. Wheeler at (803) 983-7221 or annual back-to-school bash will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Margie Jefferson at (803) on Friday, Aug. 7, at the 453-5441. Council of Aging, 201 S. Clarendon School District One Church St., Manning. Backwill conduct free vision, hearing, speech and developmental packs, school supplies and refreshments will be given screenings as part of a child out. find effort to identify stuCassandra’s Unique Creations dents with special needs. Screenings will be held from will present a “Taking Our Children Back” back-to-school bash 9 a.m. to noon at the Sumfrom 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on merton Early Childhood Center, 8 South St., Summer- Saturday, Aug. 8, at Crosswell Park. Event will feature, ton, on the following Thursfood, raffles, cook-off, fun days: Sept. 10; Oct. 8; Nov. and more. Vendor opportu12; Dec. 10; Jan. 14, 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; March 10, 2016; nities available. Contact Cassandra Goodman at April 14, 2016; and May 12, (803) 968-2084. Event is free 2016. Call Sadie Williams at and open to the public. (803) 485-2325, extension 116. The Vietnam Veterans of AmerThe Lincoln High School Preser- ica, Chapter 960, benefit poker run will be held on Saturday, vation Alumni Association will hold a meeting / shoe rally and Aug. 8, beginning and endwine sip at 4 p.m. on Sunday, ing at Lakevue Landing, Manning. Start time is 11 July 19, in the cafeteria on Council Street. There will be a.m. and end time is 4 p.m. refreshments, music and en- All motorcycles, automobiles and boats welcome. tertainment. Men and women are needed to model Entry fee is $10 and entry shoes. Call Dorothy Richards forms may be obtained by calling (803) 460-8551 or at (803) 773-6700 or James (803) 478-4300. Green at (803) 968-4173.

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Greenville 90/73

Columbia 93/74

Temperatures shown on map are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Sumter 92/73

Aiken 92/69

ON THE COAST

Charleston 89/72

Today: Partly sunny. High 86 to 90. Saturday: Sunny. High 87 to 91.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Today Hi/Lo/W 92/75/t 88/74/t 98/79/s 86/72/t 93/78/s 81/63/pc 93/78/t 81/71/s 89/74/t 83/72/pc 103/83/pc 75/60/pc 87/76/pc

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest. 357.36 74.66 74.58 96.92

24-hr chg -0.04 -0.10 -0.04 -0.14

Sunrise 6:23 a.m. Moonrise 7:55 a.m.

RIVER STAGES River Black River Congaree River Lynches River Saluda River Up. Santee River Wateree River

0.00" 1.36" 2.60" 23.72" 20.52" 25.39"

NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Los Angeles New Orleans New York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix San Francisco Wash., DC

Full pool 360 76.8 75.5 100

Lake Murray Marion Moultrie Wateree

94° 74° 91° 70° 100° in 1988 61° in 1967

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 95/76/t 92/73/s 98/80/s 91/75/pc 96/78/s 83/70/t 94/79/s 86/77/t 88/74/t 92/76/t 90/78/t 76/61/pc 93/79/t

Myrtle Beach 87/74

Manning 92/72

Today: A thunderstorm in spots. Winds east-southeast 3-6 mph. Saturday: A thunderstorm around, later. Winds west-northwest 3-6 mph.

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Florence 92/72

Bishopville 92/71

Sunset Moonset

8:33 p.m. 9:30 p.m.

First

Full

Last

New

July 23

July 31

Aug. 6

Aug 14

TIDES

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 1.50 +0.05 19 2.25 -0.02 14 1.53 none 14 2.25 none 80 75.10 -0.15 24 6.80 +0.05

AT MYRTLE BEACH

High 10:48 a.m. 11:02 p.m. 11:32 a.m. 11:41 p.m.

Today Sat.

Ht. 2.8 3.3 2.8 3.2

Low 5:25 a.m. 5:25 p.m. 6:06 a.m. 6:08 p.m.

Ht. 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2

REGIONAL CITIES City Asheville Athens Augusta Beaufort Cape Hatteras Charleston Charlotte Clemson Columbia Darlington Elizabeth City Elizabethtown Fayetteville

Today Hi/Lo/W 85/66/t 93/72/t 94/71/t 89/73/pc 85/74/pc 89/72/pc 92/73/pc 91/74/t 93/74/pc 91/72/pc 82/71/pc 90/72/pc 91/72/pc

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 88/68/t 96/74/t 97/73/t 91/74/s 86/75/s 92/74/s 95/72/t 95/75/t 97/76/t 95/74/t 88/73/s 93/73/s 94/74/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 92/72/pc Gainesville 89/71/t Gastonia 92/71/pc Goldsboro 90/71/pc Goose Creek 90/73/pc Greensboro 88/73/pc Greenville 90/73/t Hickory 89/71/t Hilton Head 87/75/pc Jacksonville, FL 92/71/t La Grange 96/74/t Macon 96/72/t Marietta 93/73/t

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 95/75/t 90/71/t 94/72/t 94/73/s 92/73/s 94/74/t 94/73/t 93/71/t 88/76/s 90/72/pc 98/75/t 98/74/t 96/74/t

Today City Hi/Lo/W Marion 86/67/t Mt. Pleasant 88/74/pc Myrtle Beach 87/74/pc Orangeburg 91/71/pc Port Royal 90/73/pc Raleigh 88/72/pc Rock Hill 91/71/pc Rockingham 91/70/pc Savannah 89/73/t Spartanburg 90/73/t Summerville 90/72/pc Wilmington 87/72/pc Winston-Salem 88/73/pc

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 91/69/t 90/74/s 89/75/s 95/72/t 91/74/s 93/74/t 95/72/t 95/73/t 92/74/s 94/73/t 93/73/s 89/74/s 93/73/t

Weather(W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow ﬂurries, sn–snow, i–ice

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look at your options and go with the one that you feel most attracted to. Exploring your interests in more TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t leave anything to chance. Someone detail will bring you the satisfaction and pleasure you are will be all-too-eager to pull a fast looking for. Don’t settle for less. one on you if you are gullible. Put more into gathering information SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): that will help you make a wise Choose the adventurous route and choice. Be a leader, not a follower. don’t look back. You need to fulfill your dreams if you are going to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You have plenty of great ideas that will achieve happiness. Love is make your life better and easier. highlighted, along with change of Implement your plans without lifestyle beliefs and philosophy. It’s hesitation and you will win favors time for a new, improved you. from those who benefit from your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take enthusiastic, energetic actions. care of any pressing health, Romance is in the stars. financial or legal matters in order CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t to put your mind at ease. The less be afraid to take aggressive action you leave to chance, the better you if you aren’t in favor of what’s will feel. A partner will help you going on around you. Check out confirm that you are doing the the safest, most realistic and right thing. practical way to proceed, and you AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): will get the backing you need to Opportunities are present, but so follow through. are obstacles and added LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Stand up responsibilities. Take care of and be counted. Bring about anything or anyone that poses a change and you will be praised for problem before you proceed. You your skills and leadership ability. An idea you have will bring in cash want to be free and clear of any potential setbacks before you from an unusual source. Find out begin a new venture. what’s expected in return before you accept.

DAILY PLANNER

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let work bog you down. Make plans to socialize or get out and do something that will get you moving or let you use your creative imagination. Promote and present your skills and what you want to do with them.

LOTTERY NUMBERS PALMETTO CASH 5 THURSDAY

POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

2-17-19-24-38 PowerUp: 3

13-16-34-45-50 Powerball: 11; Powerplay: 2

19-24-30-35-72 Megaball: 5; Megaplier: 3

PICK 3 THURSDAY

PICK 4 THURSDAY

4-2-5 and 0-9-1

9-1-8-9 and 9-2-4-0

SPCA DOG OF THE WEEK Thomas, a neutered 1-year-old blond male lab mix, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. He is friendly, active and playful. Thomas would make a great companion for other family dogs and children. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Visit the website at www.sumterscspca.com.

The SPCA relies heavily on community support and donations. Currently, the biggest needs are for dry puppy and kitten food; wet cat food; cat litter; and cleaning supplies. The following are also appreciated: Newspapers; stuffed animals; heavy duty trash bags (30 gallon or larger); dishwashing liquid; laundry detergent; bleach; paper towels; sheets and comforters; baby blankets; canned dog and cat food; dry dog food; treats; leashes and collars; disinfectant spray; all-purpose cleaner; air freshener; no scratch scrubbers; two-sided sponges for dishes; litter freshener; monetary donations are also gratefully accepted.

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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015 Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

PREP SOFTBALL

SEC moves ahead alone Clarendon Hall’s Royce on tougher transfer rules signs with Flo-Dar Tech BY JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press HOOVER, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference has taken the high road when it comes to domestic violence, aiming to keep alleged abusers off their rosters even if it means they land in a rival league. It’s a rare move that could put the SEC, which won seven straight national titles from 2006-2012, at a competitive disadvantage

in some cases. So far, no other conference has put a similar rule into effect. SEC schools passed a rule in May barring the signing of any athlete disciplined for serious miscon-

duct at another college stop. The new rule defines a serious offense as “sexual assault, domestic violence or other forms of sexual violence.’’ Domestic violence advocate Katherine Redmond Brown said she was surprised and pleased that it was the SEC, known for its “crazy good competition,’’ that first took this step. “The message was long

SEE SEC, PAGE B4

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER micahelc@theitem.com

Gracyn Royce had her dream come true this summer after being part of her a SCISA 1A softball state championship team for a second time with Clarendon Hall. “Ever since I was little I wanted to have my jersey retired and to sign with a school (to play college softball), and I did both of those things my senior year,” Royce said. “I’m thankful for (Clarendon Hall) for letting me have my jersey

retired and thankful for FlorenceDarlington (Technical College) for letting me play with them this upROYCE coming season.” She is just the fourth athlete, but the first softball player, at Clarendon Hall to have a jersey retired. Royce recently signed with FloDar after a stellar prep career. She earned 83 wins and struck out 370 batters while

SEE ROYCE, PAGE B4

BRITISH OPEN

So we meet again... Spieth’s quest for 3rd straight major begins with solid first round, familiar foe in Johnson BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Jordan Spieth played like he had a Grand Slam to win. Dustin Johnson played like he had a score to settle. The two main characters from Chambers Bay brought their games across eight time zones and an ocean Thursday and set the tone at St. Andrews for what could be another riveting battle at the British Open. Spieth quickly seized on his opportunity for a third straight major with six birdies in his first 11 holes, fought through a chilly wind on the inward nine and closed with a birdie for a 5-under 67 that put him two shots out of the lead. Johnson, whose three-putt from 12 feet on the final hole cost him a shot at the U.S. Open, looked as daunting as ever. He simply overpowered the Old Course with such force that he hit wedge into 10 of the par 4s and had an eagle putt on another. With a pair of big par saves on the tough closing holes, he played bogey-free for a 65 and for at least a day made good on a warning he made earlier in the week. Asked about Spieth’s chances to sweep the four majors, Johnson said, “Well, I’m playing the next two so we’ll have to see.’’ This was hardly a two-man show.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jordan Spieth, left, and Dustin Johnson speak before playing from the 15th tee during the first round of the British Open on Thursday at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. The six players who were one shot behind at 66 included former British Open champion Paul Lawrie and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief

Goosen. Jason Day, coming off his scary bout with vertigo symptoms at the U.S. Open, was back on his feet and back in the hunt. Most impressive

from that group were Zach Johnson and Danny Willett, who posted their scores as the temperature dropped and wind stiffened late in the af-

ternoon. Spieth was joined at 67 by Louis Oosthuizen, the last

SEE MEET AGAIN, PAGE B3

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

Campbell relishes P-15’s state tournament berth 1st-year head coach proud of way team overcame adversity BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Despite Sumter’s run of success when it comes to making the state tournament, 1st-year P-15’s head coach Steve Campbell, second from left, still relished the accomplishment.

Advancing to the American Legion baseball state tournament is something that is expected for the Sumter P-15’s. In fact, Sumter has missed the state tournament just once since the format was put into place several years ago.

So wrapping up a spot in this year’s tournament with an 11-0 victory over Horry Post 111 on Wednesday that gave Sumter a sweep of the state playoffs secondround series shouldn’t have been that big of a deal. Not so for P-15’s head coach Steve Campbell. “When you’re a firstyear head coach making the state tournament is a big accomplishment,” said Campbell, who is in the first year at the helm of Sumter after five seasons as head coach of

Dalzell-Shaw Post 175. “With all of the pitching problems we’ve had this year this is a great thing.” Sumter has been hampered by pitching woes the entire season. Four of the five pitchers who were expected to see significant time on the mound this season have seen little time on the hill due to various injuries. Only Jacob Watcher has been a regular on the mound. After struggling to

SEE CAMPBELL, PAGE B2

SPORTS

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Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn and the Tigers were picked by the media to win the SEC, although Alabama was picked to win the SEC West. USC was picked to finish 4th in the East.

Auburn picked to win SEC; Carolina picked 4th in East HOOVER, Ala. — Reporters predicting the Southeastern Conference were torn in the Western Division. Auburn was declared the favorite to win the overall title Thursday, but rival Alabama got the edge in the West. It’s the first time that’s happened. Auburn received 108 first-place votes to Alabama’s 92, but the Crimson Tide had a slight edge in overall points (1,405-1,362). Auburn got 96 votes to win the SEC title followed by Alabama with 80. Georgia is a heavy favorite to win the East, receiving 166 first-place votes to Tennessee’s 36. They were followed by Missouri (20), South Carolina (1), Florida (1), Kentucky (1) and Vanderbilt. USC had 830 points total compared to Georgia’s 1,498 total points. LSU was picked to finish third in the West, followed by Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas A&M and Mississippi State.

ABC TO DEBUT SATURDAY NIGHT NBA COVERAGE IN JANUARY NEW YORK — ABC will add to its NBA coverage next season with the debut of a Saturday night game in January. “Saturday Night NBA on ABC’’ will begin Jan. 23 and be the first of eight games that will be televised at 8:30 p.m. through the end of the season. The network had previously aired Sunday doubleheaders and now will air one game Saturday night and one game Sunday. The schedule addition means ABC and ESPN will combine to broadcast

CAMPBELL FROM PAGE B1 score just six runs in the first 17 innings of the series, Sumter scored 17 in the final seven. It had 13 hits on Wednesday. Philip Watcher had three hits and scored two runs with an RBI for Sumter. Jacob Watcher had a hit and two RBI, Ryan Touchberry had two hits, two runs and

NBA games four nights a week. ESPN televises doubleheaders on Wednesday and Friday nights during the season.

SAUNDERS LEADS BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP OPELIKA, Ala. — Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer’s grandson, shot a 7-under 64 in warm conditions Thursday to take the first-round lead in the inaugural Barbasol Championship. Saunders saved par with a 15-foot putt on the par-3 eighth hole and closed with a birdie on the par-4 ninth to cap his bogey-free round on Grand National’s Lake Course. The 27-year-old former Clemson player is winless in 45 career starts on the PGA Tour, with a career best tie for second this year in the Puerto Rico Open. Jason Gore was a stroke back at 65. He birdied four of his last five holes.

JANG LEADS LPGA’S MARATHON CLASSIC SYLVANIA, Ohio — South Korea’s Ha Na Jang birdied the par-5 18th for a 5-under 66 and a 1-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic. Jang birdied four of the first five holes on the back nine at Highland Meadows, dropped a stroke on the par-4 15th and rallied with the closing birdie. Nannette Hill, Wei-Ling Hsu, LeeAnne Pace and Sarah Kemp were tied for second. From wire reports

two RBI, Courtland Howard had two hits and two RBI and Kemper Patton had two hits. Dawson Price hit a 3-run home run. Three of the eight spots in the state tournament were filled after Wednesday’s game. Along with Sumter, Chapin/Newberry and Greenwood had punched their tickets for the tournament, which will be played at Riley Park July 25-29.

Chapin swept its firstround series against Dalzell and accepted a second-round bye to make the tournament. Greenwood swept Rock Hill 3-0 in its series. Entering Thursday’s games, Florence had a 2-0 lead over Orangeburg as did Fort Mill against Gaffney. Camden had a 2-1 lead over Murrells Inlet. Two other teams owned 2-1 leads, Lancaster over Inman and Union over Greenville.

4 a.m. – PGA Golf: British Open Second Round from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN). 8 a.m. – International Cycling: Tour de France Stage 13 from Rodez, France (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 10 a.m. – PGA Golf: British Open Second Round from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN). 11:30 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire 301 Practice from Loudon, N.H. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 Practice from Loudon, N.H. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 2 p.m. – LPGA Golf: Marathon Classic Second Round from Sylvania, Ohio (GOLF). 2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Kansas City at Chicago White Sox (MLB NETWORK). 3 p.m. – PGA Golf: British Open SecondRound Highlights from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN). 3 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series Lakes Region 200 Practice from Loudon, N.H. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 4 p.m. – PGA Golf: Barbasol Championship Second Round Opelika, Ala. (GOLF). 4:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Consolation Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). 4:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire 301 Pole Qualifying from Loudon, N.H. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6 p.m. – Youth Softball: Premier Girls Fastpitch U16 National Championship Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 6 p.m. – Amateur Golf: American Century Championship First Round from South Lake Tahoe, Nev. (NBC SPORTS NETWORK). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXYFM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 6:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Consolation Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). 7 p.m. – PGA Golf: British Open SecondRound Highlights from St. Andrews, Scotland (ESPN). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington or Seattle at New York Yankees (MLB NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Atlanta (FOX SPORTSOUTH, WPUBFM 102.7). 7:30 p.m. – MLL Lacrosse: Charlotte at Rochester (SPORTSOUTH). 8 p.m. – International Athletics: Pan American Games from Toronto – Women’s Basketball, Swimming, Men’s Soccer, Men’s Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Wrestling and Cycling (ESPN2). 8:30 p.m. – Youth Softball: Premier Girls Fastpitch U18 National Championship Game (CBS SPORTS NETWORK). 8:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Consolation Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). 9 p.m. – Auto Racing: ARCA Series ThisIsMySpeedway 150 from Newton, Iowa (FOX SPORTS 1). 10 p.m. – Professional Boxing: Antoine Douglas vs. Istvan Szili in a Middleweight Bout, Jerry Odom vs. Samuel Clarkson in a Super Middleweight Bout, Adam Lopez vs. Eliezer Aquino in a Bantamweight Bout and Derrick Webster vs. Arif Magomedov in a Middleweight Bout from Bethlehem, Pa. (SHOWTIIME). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: NBA Summer League Consolation Game from Las Vegas (NBA TV). 11 p.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match from Seattle – America vs. Manchester United (FOX SPORTS 1). 11 p.m. – Major League Soccer: San Jose at Los Angeles (UNIVISION). 5 a.m. – International Soccer: International Champions Cup Match from Melbourne, Australia – Real Madrid vs. AS Roma (FOX SPORTS 1).

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago WEST DIVISION Los Angeles Houston Texas Seattle Oakland

W 48 46 44 45 42

L 40 45 44 46 47

Pct .545 .505 .500 .495 .472

GB – 3 1/2 4 4 1/2 6 1/2

W 52 49 44 42 41

L 34 40 44 46 45

Pct .605 .551 .500 .477 .477

GB – 4 1/2 9 11 11

W 48 49 42 41 41

L 40 42 46 48 50

Pct .545 .538 .477 .461 .451

GB – 1/2 6 7 1/2 8 1/2

THURSDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

Kansas City (Volquez 8-4) at Chicago White Sox (Undecided), 2:10 p.m., 1st game Seattle (Montgomery 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 5-3), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Undecided) at Toronto (Hutchison 8-2), 7:07 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 7-4) at Detroit (An. Sanchez 8-7), 7:08 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 8-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-5), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 7-5) at Chicago White Sox (Undecided), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game Texas (M.Perez 0-0) at Houston (McHugh 9-5), 8:10 p.m. Boston (Undecided) at L.A. Angels (Undecided), 10:05 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 0-0) at Oakland (Gray 10-3), 10:05 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Baltimore at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 7:10 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 9:07 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Baltimore at Detroit, 1:08 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STATE PLAYOFFS Second-Round Series Best-of-5

LOWER STATE

Horry vs. Sumter Monday Sumter 2, Horry 0 Tuesday Sumter 10, Horry 3 Wednesday Sumter 11, Horry 0, Sumter wins series 3-0 Orangeburg vs. Florence Monday Orangeburg at Florence, ppd., rain Tuesday Florence 11, Orangeburg 4 Wednesday Florence 9, Orangeburg 0, Florence leads series 2-0 Thursday Orangeburg at Florence Today Florence at Orangeburg (if necessary) Saturday Orangeburg at Florence (if necessary) Murrells Inlet vs. Camden

Monday Camden 8, Murrells Inlet 4 Tuesday Murrells Inlet, 14, Camden 13 Wednesday Camden 7, Murrells Inlet 6 Thursday Murrells Inlet 8, Camden 7 Today Murrells Inlet at Camden

UPPER STATE

Gaffney vs. Fort Mill Tuesday Fort Mill 9, Gaffney 2 Wednesday Fort Mill 9, Gaffney 7, Fort Mill leads series 2-0 Thursday Gaffney at Fort Mill Today Fort Mill at Gaffney (if necessary) Saturday Gaffney at Fort Mill (if necessary) Rock Hill vs. Greenwood Monday Greenwood 10, Rock Hill 8

Tuesday Greenwood 14, Rock Hill 8 Wednesday Greenwood 16, Rock Hill 6, Greenwood wins series 3-0 Lancaster vs. Inman Monday Inman 6, Lancaster 0 Tuesday Lancaster 10, Inman 9 Wednesday Lancaster 11, Inman 1, Lancaster leads series 2-1 Thursday Inman at Lancaster Today Lancaster at Inman (if necessary) Greenville vs. Union Tuesday Union 12, Greenville 3 Greenville 11, Union 4 Wednesday Union 21, Greenville 7, Union leads series 2-1 Thursday Union at Greenville Today Greenville at Union (if necessary)

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee WEST DIVISION Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

W 48 47 42 38 29

SATURDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 1:35 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 5:05 p.m.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADERS By The Associated Press Through July 12 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 692. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 624. 3, Joey Logano, 624. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 616. 5, Martin Truex Jr., 596. 6, Brad Keselowski, 559. 7, Jamie McMurray, 556. 8, Kurt Busch, 542. 9, Matt Kenseth, 540. 10, Jeff Gordon, 537. 11, Denny Hamlin, 522. 12, Kasey Kahne, 513. 13, Paul Menard, 509. 14, Ryan Newman, 497. 15, Clint Bowyer, 490. 16, Aric Almirola, 473. 17, Carl Edwards, 449. 18, Greg Biffle, 420. 19, Kyle Larson, 404. 20, Casey Mears, 399. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $5,357,301. 2, Joey Logano, $4,490,869. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,267,644. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,857,887. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,694,355. 6, Jeff Gordon, $3,279,608. 7, Matt Kenseth, $3,247,208. 8, Brad Keselowski, $3,213,278. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,983,636. 10, Clint Bowyer, $2,919,939. 11, Ryan Newman, $2,888,203. 12, Greg Biffle, $2,869,658. 13, Jamie McMurray, $2,817,048. 14, Aric Almirola, $2,740,053. 15, Austin Dillon, $2,631,131. 16, Trevor Bayne, $2,618,160. 17, Kasey Kahne, $2,504,744. 18, AJ Allmendinger, $2,490,076. 19, David Ragan, $2,488,653. 20, Casey Mears, $2,463,437.

TENNIS The Associated Press BUCHAREST OPEN RESULTS

Thursday At Arenele BNR Bucharest, Romania Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, 6-1, 6-1. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Julia Goerges (4), Germany, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-2. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7), Slovakia, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2. Andreea Mitu, Romania, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romiania, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-2, 6-3. Anna Tatishvili, United States, def. Alexandra Dulgheru (5), Romania, 5-2, retired.

TRANSACTIONS By The Associated Press BASEBALL

MLB STANDINGS By The Associated Press New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Toronto Boston CENTRAL DIVISION

(Teheran 6-4), 7:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 6-2) at Milwaukee (Fiers 4-7), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 4-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-5), 8:15 p.m. San Francisco (Undecided) at Arizona (Ray 3-4), 9:40 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-3) at San Diego (Shields 7-3), 10:10 p.m.

L 39 42 47 51 62

Pct .552 .528 .472 .427 .319

GB – 2 7 11 21

W 56 53 47 39 38

L 33 35 40 47 52

Pct .629 .602 .540 .453 .422

GB – 2 1/2 8 15 1/2 18 1/2

W 51 46 42 41 39

L 39 43 45 49 49

Pct .567 .517 .483 .456 .443

GB – 4 1/2 7 1/2 10 11

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES _ Signed LHP Brandon Waddell and OF Ryan Nagle to minorleague contracts. WASHINGTON NATIONALS _ Agreed to terms with OF Elvis Alvarado. Atlantic League LONG ISLAND DUCKS _ Announced INF Reegie Corona signed with Washington (NL). Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS _ Released INF Tyler Heil and RHP Dan Tobik. TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES _ Signed OF Matt Talierico.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS _ Re-signed G J.J. Barea to a four-year contract. SACRAMENTO KINGS _ Voided the contract of F Luc Mbah a Moute after he failed a team physical.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES _ Signed D Philip Samuelsson and F Brendan Shinnimin to oneyear contracts. DALLAS STARS _ Announced they will renew its affiliation with Idaho (ECHL) for the 2015-16 season. NASHVILLE PREDATORS _ Signed D Taylor Aronson to a one-year contract. Renewed their affiliation with Cincinnati (ECHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS _ Signed C Zach Sill to a one-year contract. American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS _ Re-signed F Alden Hirschfeld to a one-year contract. Signed F Dominic Zombo and D Derek Docken to one-year contracts. SAN JOSE BARRACUDA _ Signed F to a oneyear contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED _ Acquired F Alvaro Saborio from Real Salt Lake for F Luis Silva. MONTREAL IMPACT _ Traded D Bakary Soumare to FC Dallas for MF Kyle Bekker.

COLLEGE

CONFERENCE USA _ Announced the resignation of commissioner Britton Banowsky to join the College Football Playoff. FOOTBALL BOWL ASSOCIATION _ Named Doug Kelly director of communications. CLAYTON STATE _ Named Hank Kim men’s golf coach DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _ Named DeWayne Burroughs women’s basketball coach. MONMOUTH (NJ) _ Named Ali Rubnitz women’s assistant soccer coach. THE CITADEL _ Named Ivan Lopouchanski assistant wrestling coach.

WNBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago New York Connecticut Indiana Washington Atlanta

W 9 8 7 8 6 6

L 5 5 5 6 6 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Tulsa Phoenix Seattle San Antonio Los Angeles

W 10 10 9 4 3 2

L 3 5 5 12 11 11

Pct .643 .615 .583 .571 .500 .429

GB – 1/2 1 1 2 3

Pct .769 .667 .643 .250 .214 .154

GB – 1 1 1/2 7 1/2 7 1/2 8

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

THURSDAY’S GAMES

No games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMES

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-6) at Washington (Undecided), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 2-0) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 8-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-5), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 4-4) at Atlanta

New York 84, San Antonio 68 Chicago 85, Washington 57 Seattle 68, Los Angeles 61 Indiana 83, Tulsa 80

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. Connecticut at New York, 7 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. Tulsa at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Connecticut, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Seattle, 9 p.m. New York at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

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PAR SCORES

Misery is only company for Tiger

The Associated Press Thursday At St. Andrews (Old Course) St. Andrews, Scotland Purse: $9.28 million Yardage: 7,297; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round (a-amateur) Dustin Johnson 31-34—65 Robert Streb 31-35—66 Retief Goosen 33-33—66 Paul Lawrie 31-35—66 Jason Day 33-33—66 Zach Johnson 31-35—66 Danny Willett 33-33—66 a-Jordan Niebrugge 33-34—67 Kevin Na 34-33—67 Charl Schwartzel 33-34—67 Jordan Spieth 31-36—67 Louis Oosthuizen 33-34—67 Greg Owen 33-35—68 Matt Jones 35-33—68 Luke Donald 32-36—68 David Howell 32-36—68 Marc Warren 32-36—68 a-Paul Dunne 32-37—69 David Lingmerth 29-40—69 a-Romain Langasque 35-34—69 Anirban Lahiri 33-36—69 Tommy Fleetwood 33-36—69 Branden Grace 33-36—69 Thomas Bjorn 32-38—70 Alexander Levy 33-37—70 Anthony Wall 33-37—70 Webb Simpson 33-37—70 a-Oliver Schniederjans 34-36—70 Sergio Garcia 34-36—70 Stewart Cink 34-36—70 Greg Chalmers 34-36—70 a-Paul Kinnear 31-39—70 Tyrrell Hatton 34-36—70 Marcel Siem 33-37—70 Steven Bowditch 33-37—70 Adam Scott 35-35—70 Phil Mickelson 35-35—70 Paul Casey 35-35—70 Marc Leishman 34-36—70 Rikard Karlbert 33-37—70 Graham DeLaet 34-37—71 Sandy Lyle 37-34—71 Ross Fisher 34-37—71 Ernie Els 35-36—71 Brendon Todd 32-39—71 Bubba Watson 34-37—71 Lee Westwood 33-38—71 Ryan Palmer 35-36—71 Kevin Kisner 33-38—71 Brooks Koepka 33-38—71 Scott Arnold 34-37—71 Cameron Tringale 31-40—71 Rafael Cabrera-Bello 31-40—71 John Daly 33-38—71 Geoff Ogilvy 32-39—71 Hiroyuki Fujita 34-37—71 Martin Kaymer 35-36—71 Matt Kuchar 35-36—71 Justin Rose 32-39—71 Harris English 34-37—71 a-Ashley Chesters 33-38—71 James Morrison 34-37—71 Brett Rumford 34-37—71 Russell Knox 35-37—72 Charley Hoffman 35-37—72 Hunter Mahan 32-40—72 Carl Pettersson 33-39—72 Graeme McDowell 36-36—72 Patrick Reed 37-35—72 Hideki Matsuyama 33-39—72 John Senden 35-37—72 David Duval 34-38—72 Eddie Pepperell 35-37—72 Ryan Fox 35-37—72 Richie Ramsay 34-38—72 Padraig Harrington 35-37—72 Bernd Wiesberger 34-38—72 Gary Woodland 33-39—72 Thongchai Jaidee 34-38—72 Francesco Molinari 35-37—72 Mark O’Meara 35-37—72 Jimmy Walker 33-39—72 Jamie Donaldson 35-37—72 Rickie Fowler 37-35—72 Andy Sullivan 34-38—72 Pelle Edberg 36-36—72 Brian Harman 34-39—73 Matt Every 37-36—73 Shane Lowry 36-37—73 Billy Horschel 35-38—73 Brandt Snedeker 35-38—73 J.B. Holmes 34-39—73 Shinji Tomimura 36-37—73 Ian Poulter 37-36—73 Darren Clarke 35-38—73 Matteo Manassero 33-40—73 David Lipsky 36-37—73 Danny Lee 36-37—73 Morgan Hoffmann 35-38—73 Jason Dufner 33-40—73 a-Gunn Yang 34-39—73 Stephen Gallacher 34-39—73 Henrik Stenson 35-38—73 Jim Furyk 35-38—73 Koumei Oda 32-41—73 Kiradech Aphibarnrat37-36—73 Daniel Berger 32-41—73 Robert Dinwiddie 33-40—73 Todd Hamilton 37-37—74 Joost Luiten 36-38—74 Byeong-Hun An 36-38—74 Victor Dubuisson 35-39—74 Ben Curtis 36-38—74 David Hearn 35-39—74 Jonathan Moore 37-37—74 Scott Hend 36-38—74 Ben Martin 35-39—74 George Coetzee 34-40—74 Russell Henley 38-36—74 Bernhard Langer 33-41—74 Ryan Moore 36-38—74 Yuta Ikeda 34-40—74 Edoardo Molinari 35-39—74 Mark Young 35-39—74 a-Alister Balcombe 38-36—74 Marcus Fraser 36-38—74 James Hahn 37-38—75 Tadahiro Takayama 35-40—75 Mikko Ilonen 38-37—75 Adam Bland 37-38—75 Thomas Aiken 37-38—75 Jonas Blixt 36-39—75 Soren Kjeldsen 35-40—75 Miguel Angel Jimenez 35-40—75 Bill Haas 35-40—75 Tom Lehman 34-41—75 Keegan Bradley 37-38—75 Romain Wattel 35-40—75 Tom Watson 35-41—76 Tiger Woods 40-36—76 Raphael Jacquelin 37-39—76 Daniel Brooks 37-39—76 Pablo Larrazabal 38-38—76 Tom Gillis 36-40—76 Taichi Teshima 37-39—76 Rod Pampling 36-41—77 Gary Boyd 36-41—77 Scott Strange 34-43—77 Kevin Streelman 38-40—78 Justin Leonard 36-42—78 Jaco Van Zyl 35-44—79 Hiroshi Iwata 36-43—79 Mark Calcavecchia 34-46—80 Liang Wen-chong 38-42—80 a-Ben Taylor 37-45—82 Nick Faldo 41-42—83

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BY TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods already looked miserable when the sky briefly darkened and a cold mist forced him to pull out his rain suit on the 10th hole at St. Andrews. The weather was something Woods could handle. What seemed to perplex him on this day were the basics of a game he once took for granted. Woods put a shot into water near the first green on the Old Course that few others in the field even gave a second thought. He chunked wedges, and made a string of bad club choices that were mind boggling for a player once thought to be on his way to being the greatest ever. On a front nine just begging to be attacked — where Sweden’s David Lingmerth shot a 29 just a few groups in front of him — and on a course where he twice romped to wins, Woods carded a 40 on his way to a fat 4-over 76 that effectively put him out of the British Open almost before it began. By the time he reached for his rain suit, Woods was already seven shots behind his playing partners and so far out of the lead that any thoughts of competing on Sunday had to be dismissed as sheer fantasy. Not that Woods seemed to care all that much. The indifference with which he played bordered on shocking, with the fire that once burned fiercely inside of him seemingly extinguished, at least for now. Woods would smile and laugh about it later, as if the whole thing was some kind of inside joke. If it is, he would be better served letting the fans who still gamely rooted him on in Thursday’s first round to know they should stop bothering. Because, for all of Woods’ protestations, it appears he has already done that himself. Earlier in the week, Woods had insisted he is still young, still loves to play and compete and still gets up for the biggest events. But if this day and the dismal U.S. Open he had last month are any indication, he may be just as de-

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Tiger Woods walks on the 18th green during the first round of the British Open on Thursday at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. Woods shot a 4-over 76. lusional as the fans who still call out his name. Jason Day could only help but notice as he played alongside the golfer he grew up idolizing. “The good thing about it is I saw him struggle a little bit before and he came back and got to No. 1, as well, so I know that he can get back out of this,’’ Day said. “It’s just depending on how much he wants it.’’ Just how much Woods does want it is at the center of any discussion of his play. At the age of 39, helping raise two young children and with no worries about his finances, it might be too much to expect him to apply the same kind of energy to his latest swing change as he did the others before it. If that’s the case, he might be better served simply staying at home for the PGA Championship next month. With seemingly no clue what is going on in his game, there’s no reason to further diminish his legacy — not to mention embarrass himself — by missing yet another cut

MEET AGAIN FROM PAGE B1 Open champion at St. Andrews. “If D.J. keeps driving it the way he is, then I’m going to have to play my best golf to have a chance,’’ Spieth said. The real test might come from the weather. Spieth and Johnson got a break by playing in the morning when St. Andrews was ripe for scoring — 10 of the top 12 scores came from that side of the draw. That didn’t help Tiger Woods, who hit into the Swilcan Burn on the opening hole, made only one birdie and shot 76. “Guys have been shooting good numbers,’’ said Woods. “Unfortunately I did not do that.’’ Instead, he was headed for a missed cut for the third time in his last four majors. The afternoon wave suf-

fered in chill and wind so strong that Phil Mickelson hit driver and 3-wood and didn’t reach the 465-yard 13th hole. He said he had to hit 5-iron for his third shot on the par-5 14th. Johnson was pin-high with a 3-wood in the morning. Mickelson made only one bogey on the back nine and shot 70. He called the conditions “fun,’’ though his smile might not last if the morning group doesn’t face the same conditions. “We were at a significant disadvantage today,’’ Mickelson said. “And hopefully, if we’re able to play an entire day tomorrow, it will even itself out.’’ The first 26 groups had an average score of 71.46. The last 26 groups averaged 72.62.

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in a major. Who would have thought there would be a time we started feeling sorry for Tiger Woods? “It’s hard to watch the greatest player of this generation be a middle-of-the-pack hack,’’ analyst and former player Paul Azinger said during the ESPN broadcast of the first round. Woods talked about being angry at his play, though he didn’t look at it when chatting with Day while waiting to hit on the 15th tee. He said he was frustrated, though that’s an old story in a winless streak that will reach two years next month. Actually, he didn’t say anything he hasn’t said in recent times, including his belief that he was actually in contention at the Masters when he started the final round 10 shots back and finished 13 behind. Delusional? You decide. Woods, of course, is an easy target for analysts and anyone else. He can never be as great as he once was, just as he can never become the

warm and friendly kind of player Arnold Palmer was. He’s caused a lot of his own troubles, whether by his actions off the course or the disdain he treated both fans and media with for years. He also can’t stop changing swings, even if his original swing was good enough to make him the best player on the planet the minute he turned pro. It was inevitable that a new group of players would one day take over the game, and they have. Jordan Spieth may not make fans jump up and scream his name, but he shoots low scores almost every time he goes out and after an opening 67 he has a chance to win a third straight major and perhaps the Grand Slam that no player has ever won. Meanwhile, the forecast for Friday includes heavy rain and gusts up to 50 mph, the kind of bad weather that Woods believes may help get him back into contention. Not a chance of that happening. The only thing it will do is make him more miserable than ever.

Rickie Fowler, coming off a victory in the Scottish Open, said the final seven holes was “hanging on for dear life.’’ He made two bogeys, one eagle and 15 pars for a 72. The forecast was for rain early today and wind calming as it clears, followed by stronger gusts in the afternoon. Any duel between Spieth and Johnson is void of animosity. They played in the

same group, and during one long wait on the 17th tee, they laughed and chatted as if this were an opening round at a regular PGA Tour event. “No chat about the U.S. Open at all, as I wouldn’t imagine there would be, other than talking about the differences in the course,’’ Spieth said. “But I enjoy playing with Dustin. I’ve played a lot of golf with him.’’

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Atlanta president of baseball operations John Hart, not pictured, is maintaining the rebuilding process he began in the offseason with the Braves that included a trade for Cameron Maybin (25), but he has not given up on the 2015 season just yet.

Hart keeping Braves on rebuilding course BY GEORGE HENRY The Associated Press ATLANTA — President of baseball operations John Hart is staying on the rebuilding course he set for the Atlanta Braves last winter. “We didn’t say during the offseason that we had put together a team that was going to run for the roses,’’ Hart told The Associated Press on Thursday. “We wanted to be competitive. We wanted to play the game the right way, but we also weren’t going to forsake young talent for a quick fix.’’ After sweeping the New York Mets and pulling within two games of the NL East lead on June 21, Atlanta has dropped a season-high seven games behind the divisionleading Washington Nationals. When the Braves return from the All-Star break to host the Chicago Cubs today, Hart will use the next two weeks to determine whether this club should buy or sell at the trade deadline. First baseman Freddie Freeman is still sidelined by a hand injury, closer Jason Grilli will miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles, right fielder Nick Markakis has yet

OBITUARIES WILLIE LEE DANEY JR. MANNING — Willie Lee Daney Jr., 31, died on Monday, July 13, 2015, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on April 4, 1984, in Manning, a son of Willie Lee Sr. and Evone Frierson Daney. DANEY The celebratory services for Mr. Daney will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Historic Trinity AME Church, 59 W. Rigby St., Manning, with the Rev. Malachi Gibson, pastor, and the Rev. Aaron S. Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel AME Church cemetery, Manning. Mr. Daney will lie in repose one hour prior to service time. The family is receiving friends at the home of his parents, 1148 Allen Road, Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

MARQUETTA B. MURRAY BESSEMER, Alabama — Marquetta B. Murray, a wife,

to homer and Julio Teheran and Alex Wood, the team’s Nos. 1 and 2 starting pitchers entering the season, have been inconsistent. HART The Braves rank last in the majors in home runs. Their bullpen’s 4.40 ERA ranks second-worst. It seems unlikely Atlanta has enough resources to make a push to compete for a wild-card spot, but Hart isn’t ready to call it quits on 2015. He stopped short of saying that potential trade candidates like reliever Jim Johnson or center fielder Cameron Maybin will be dealt. “I like the team,’’ he said. “I really do. To see how hard these guys try day in and day out has been very uplifting.’’ Hart didn’t take it lightly when he traded popular players like Justin Upton, Craig Kimbrel, Jason Heyward and Evan Gattis for prospects. What he got in return — pitchers Shelby Miller, Matt Wisler, Mike Foltynewicz, Tyrell Jenkins, Max Fried and future leadoff hitter Jose Peraza — is supposed to comple-

mother, educator and friend, transitioned peacefully on July 11, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. She was a gradMURRAY uate of Miles College, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Alabama State University, where she received her master’s of education with a concentration in French. Ms. Murray spent two summers in France while studying their language. She was a proud and active member of Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Birmingham Chapter; and a member of Retired Teacher Association, Birmingham Chapter. Public visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Laura Chambers Chapel. The family will be present from 6 to 7 p.m. to receive friends. Celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at First Baptist Church, Fairfield. She will be laid to rest in George Washington Carver Cemetery. Her loving memories will be cherished by: husband, William “Hat” Murray; son, Derrik “Rick” (Blanche) Murray; grandchildren, Der-

ment the core group of Freeman, Teheran, Wood and Andrelton Simmons for the next several years. As stated since general manager Frank Wren was fired and Hart took his place, the Braves’ longterm goal is to field a strong contender when they leave Turner Field and move into a new suburban ballpark in 2017. If the team competes this year and next, Hart says the team won’t hesitate to be active in free agency and the trade market for an everyday player. “We added an important piece last winter when we signed Nick Markakis,’’ Hart said. “I really like him. His power numbers are a little down, but we didn’t bring him in as a guy who was going to hit 30-40 homers. He isn’t a star, but he is an excellent right fielder, he hits for average, you can put him in different spots in your lineup. He’s a clutch hitter with a winning makeup.’’ Hart has been impressed with the job done by fifth-year manager Fredi Gonzalez, particularly considering that “we gave him a club that has some limitations’’ when Upton, Kimbrel, Heyward and Gattis were dealt.

rik Jr., Mallorie Katrina, Charles Burgess, Chavonne and Roderick McMillian; six great-grandchildren; sisterin-law, Betty Lou Hood; nephew, Dr. Gordon (Teressa) Fears; godson, Frederick G. Dudley II; and a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Online condolences may be left for the family on our website, chambersfuneralhome.net.

overdue because the NCAA has stayed relatively silent on the issue for years,’’ said Brown, founder of National Coalition Against Violent Athletes. “Basically it was up to the conferences and individual schools to do something. “To be honest, I never expected that it would be the SEC that would be the first to draw this line.’’ It wasn’t a coincidence that the SEC adopted the rule this year. Defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor was dismissed from Alabama after his arrest on a domestic violence charge a couple of months after signing. The woman in the case later recanted her story, but Taylor had already been kicked out of Georgia following a similar arrest. Georgia proposed the new rule. “That one was pretty cut and dry,’’ said Bulldogs head coach Mark Richt, adding that he wasn’t the one making the call to propose the rule. Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he doesn’t regret signing Taylor and that Taylor “didn’t really get the kind of due process before he was judged as maybe any person should.’’ He added, however, that Taylor was signed under a zero tolerance policy. “But I do think that this is an emotional issue that’s very, very complicated,’’ Saban said. “It’s against the law, and we respect the law, and we will continue to do things that respect the law. “I think that ... we should be creating as many opportunities to try to solve this problem and use this as an opportunity to try to solve this problem with young people, male and female alike, because this is an issue across the board with any emotional relationship.’’ Beyond Taylor, the rule came after much-publicized domestic violence cases in the NFL, including Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and Dallas defensive end Greg Hardy. Pro leagues across sports have grappled with the question of how to treat players who face domestic abuse allegations in the wake of the NFL cases. South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier said it’s a no-brainer: “I’ve always had a rule as a coach that if you ever hit a girl, you’re finished.’’ Spurrier isn’t worried about risking a potential competitive disadvantage by implementing the rule. “I’ve heard some coaches say that. I guess potentially it could be a little bit. But the SEC has their rules, and we live by them.’’

ROYCE FROM PAGE B1 walking 26 from 2011 to 2015. “It’s very exciting and she’s very deserving,” Clarendon Hall head coach Jeffrey Bays said. “She was solid on the mound and very reliable. I like to tell people she was like Greg Maddux because she could put the ball wherever you asked her.” Royce played five seasons for the Lady Saints, helping guide them to two state titles and two runner-up finishes. “She’s one of those types of athletes that is special and very easy to coach because you leave them alone and let them do their thing,” Bays said. “And there were times when she took the team and put them on her shoulders.” When looking for a school Royce said she was considering between FDTC and Palm Beach State College in Florida. She made a visit to the FloDar campus and found out it had a nursing program. With it being close to home, going to the junior college made sense. The Stingers went 26-18 this past season and 8-13 in NJCAA Region X.

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LOIS EDNA S. MITCHELL Lois Edna Smith Mitchell, 80, widow of Donald Phillip Mitchell, died on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at her home. Born in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Edward A. and Helen Mildred Smith. Survivors include two children, Crystal Varney and Wayne Phillip Mitchell, both of Sumter; two grandsons, Chad Phillip Mitchell and Casey Joe Hodge; and two great-grandchildren, Michael Joe Hodge and Jaxsyn Phillip Mitchell. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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MARTHA MCELVEEN HORNE Martha McElveen Horne, 61, wife of Terrell T. Horne, died on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at her home. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Joseph T. and Elizabeth Thomas McElveen. Mrs. Horne was a graduate of Edmunds High School. She earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She served as the first law clerk for then Circuit Court Judge Ernest A. Finney Jr.; as assistant attorney general from 1978 to 1982; as the first woman deputy solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit from 1983 to 1991; as in-house attorney for the Sumter Police Department; and as city prosecutor from 1991 until her retirement in 2015. She was the first woman president of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division and also served in the Bar’s House of Delegates and Board of Governors, as well as the first Executive Director of the Bar’s Resolution of Fee Disputes Board. She was named the 1990 S.C. Bar Young Lawyer of the Year, and was one of the first recipients of the Compleat Lawyer Award, given by the USC School of Law. Mrs. Horne was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was a former president of the Sumter Junior Welfare League; a member of the Sumter Crimestoppers Board; and, with her husband, Terry Horne, served as co-chair of the Sumter Red Cross Board. Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Elizabeth McElveen Horne; a son, Joseph Tyler Horne; a brother, Joseph McElveen (Kathy); a nephew, Thomas McElveen (Bronwyn), all of Sumter; two nieces, Kate McElveen of Sumter and Sarah Frank of Austin, Texas; and one great-niece, Adelaide McElveen. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Bethesda Church of God with the Rev. Al Sims and the Rev. Janie McElweeSmith officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Monday prior to the service at Bethesda Church of God and other times at 600 Yuma Court. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210 or to United Ministries of Sumter County, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

ANTHONY LEE MATHIS Anthony Lee Mathis, 30, departed his life on Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Sumter County. Born on July 31, 1984, in Bishopville, Lee County, he was a son of Betty Jean Taylor and the late Lee Grant Mathis. He was educated in the public schools of Lee County. He was employed at Pilgrim Pride for several years. As a youth, he joined Mt. Olive AME Church. He leaves to cherish his memories: his fiancée, Takela Butler; two sons, Dashawn Mathis of Sumter and Jaylin Butler of the home; three stepdaughters he raised as his own, Tamia, Aniyah and Jasmine, also of the home; five sisters, Mary (Thomas) Boykin of Camden, Mary (Wilton) Hickman of Rembert, Michelle (Charlie) Mathis of Columbia, and Angela (Ronie) Mathis and Patricia (Herbert) Burgess, both of Sumter; five brothers, Robert Taylor of Camden, LeVinge (Tereva) Taylor of Athens, Georgia, Mi-

chael (Jessica) Taylor of Kansas City, Kansas, Jamie Mathis of Marietta, Georgia, and Bryan (Tawanna) Taylor of Sumter; 11 aunts; eight uncles; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Mt. Olive AME Church Memorial Garden, S.C. 441 and Pear Street, Woodrow, with the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, pastor, officiating. The family is receiving family and friends at the home of his sister, Angela Mathis, 617 S. Sumter St., Sumter. The procession will leave at 10:20 a.m. from the home of his sister. Floral bearers and pallbearers will be family and friends. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Memorial Garden, Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

MAURICE L. LEWIS Maurice Levelle Lewis entered eternal rest on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Wellstar Medical Hospital, Marietta, Georgia. Born on May 4, 1977, in Sumter County, he was a son of Jerry Sanders and Lee Ethel Lewis. He was a member of Pine Hill AME Church in Sumter. He attended the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Sumter High School in 1995. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Survivors are his parents; two children, Chase Axavier Lewis and Camille Leni Lewis, both of Marietta; three brothers, Jeremy, Jerry and Albertus Lewis of Sumter; one uncle, Albertus Lewis of Tampa, Florida; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Pine Hill AME Church in Sumter with Pastor Clarence Hunter. Burial will follow at 10 a.m. on Monday at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Percival Road, Columbia. Visitation for Mr. Lewis will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family is receiving visitors at the home of his mother, 868 Barwick St., Sumter. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

BOBBIE PHILIP Bobbie Philip entered eternal rest on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at his home. Born on Sept. 4, 1946, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Noah Sumpter and Susan Philip. He received his formal education in the public schools of Sumter County. He was a self-employed mechanic. Survivors are five children, Sandra (Gary) Cousins, Sherri Stone Adriel, Jacqueline Philip, Barbara Adebanji Michael and Mary Denise Spurlock; two sisters, Margaret Phillip of Memphis, Tennessee, and Roberta White; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Community Funeral Home with Elder Joseph Watkins. Burial will follow in Elizabeth Cemetery in Pinewood. Viewing will be held from 2:30 to 7 p.m. today at the

funeral home. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.

SARAH C. GARDNER Sarah Chambers Gardner, 96, widow of Robert Gardner, died on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at her home. Born on July 1, 1919, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of James and Maggie Hickmon Chambers. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the family home, 5230 McDaniel Road, Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter.

JAMES E. BETHEA James E. Bethea, 70, died on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, after a long illness. Born on July 22, 1944, in Marion, he was a son of Calvin and Annie Mae Abraham Bethea. He is survived by his wife, Dian E. Richardson Bethea; his son, James E. (Buffy) Bethea Jr. of Atlanta; his daughter, Olivia Lydia (Rob) Robinson of Woodbridge, Virginia; his sister, Carrie Belle Ballard of Sumter; his granddaughter, Zahra Bethea; grandson, Bakari Bethea; niece, Betty Jo (James) Broadus of East Orange, New Jersey; a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He is also survived by his wife’s son, Douglas Wayne Seaver of Evans, Georgia; her two granddaughters, Jameson Seaver and Jessica Leverich; and two great-grandsons, all of Seattle, Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Leedock “Frank” Bethea. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Elijah Geter, eulogist. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 4158 N. Lake Cherryvale Drive, Sumter. The procession will leave at 1:20 p.m. from the home. In lieu of flowers, donations are being accepted by the family. Online memorial message may be sent to the family at williamsfuneral@sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter.

MARVIN EARL WADE Marvin Earl Wade, 59, departed this earthly life on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born on July 22, 1955, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Marion Sr. and Edna Louise Bolden Wade. He received his early education in the public schools of Sumter County. He worked for a short period at Miller Lumber Co., Camden. He was baptized in 1996 at Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and was a faithful member, until his health failed. He lived at all times keeping with the standard set for him by his Master. He leaves to cherish his memory: his sisters, Minnie (Sammie) Alston, Corine (Julius) Funchers and Juanita W. Boone, all of Rembert, Helen Jenkins of Pennsylvania, and Meta (Bobby) Finch of Maryland; one brother, James M. Wade

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HERMAINA SPANN Hermaina Spann, 59, departed this life on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. She was born on Sept. 17, 1955, in Sumter, a daughter of the late Bernie Peoples Sr. and Marie Spann Peoples. The family will be receiving friends at 945 Gaines Road, Sumter, SC 29153. Family plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

DAVID MULDROW JR. David Muldrow Jr., 70, departed this earthly life on Monday, July 13, 2015, at his home. Born on May 13, 1945, in Sumter County, he was a son of the late David Sr. and Verline Muldrow. He was educated in the public schools of Sumter County. He was united in marriage to the late Almita Muldrow. He raised eight stepchildren as his own. He leaves to cherish her memories: three sisters, Alma (Charlie) Peterson of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Everleana Champagne and Rosa McDuffie of Sumter; six aunts; one uncle; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, one sister, and two brothers-in-law. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday at the John Wesley Wil-

liams Sr. Memorial Chapel, Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. William Jefferson officiating, eulogist. The family will receive relatives and friends at the home, 71 James St., Sumter. The funeral procession will leave at 3:30 p.m. from the home. Floral bearers and pallbearers will be friends of the family. Burial will be in Joshua Baptist Churchyard cemetery, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com.

EVA NELL H. LOVELACE Eva Nell Hyatt Lovelace, 84, widow of Johnnie Lovelace, died on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Dillon, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and Lillie Cook Hyatt. Mrs. Lovelace was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. She was a retired employee of Pioneer Dress and was also formerly employed by the S.C. School for Boys and Campbell Soup Co. Surviving are three sons, Douglas Lovelace (Janie) of Timmonsville, Donald Lovelace of Sumter and Wayne Lovelace (Tammie) of Darlington; four daughters, Diane Felder (Willard), Brenda Driggers, Mary Hice (Danny) and Martha Kelly (Michael), all of Sumter; one brother, Oliver Hyatt of Laurinburg, North Carolina; two sisters, Carolyn Powell of Laurinburg and Roxy Caulder of Dillon; 22 grandchildren; 34 greatgrandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Eastside Baptist Church. Burial will be in Byrd Cemetery in Timmonsville. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 10 Haile St. Memorials may be made to Eastside Baptist Church, 701 Boulevard Road, Sumter, SC 29153. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.

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Pray for Revival July 26 - 30, 2015 Guest Preachers

Sunday July 26 : Pastor André McBride Mon - Thurs July 27-30 : Pastor Willie Tiller II Chronicles 7:14

Opportunities for Life Enrichment 9:45 AM Church School (Sundays) 10:45 AM Morning Worship (Sundays) 6:00 PM Evening Worship (1st Sundays) 10:00 AM Golden Age Fellowship (3rd Wed.) 5:30 PM Prayer Service (Wed.) 6:00 PM Bible Study (Wed.) 6:00 PM Youth Ministry (Wed.) After School Care - Mon. - Fri. 2:30 - 5:30 PM (K-5th Grade)

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Card of Thanks Dwayne Tate The family of Dwayne Tate wishes to convey its deepest appreciation for the outpouring of love, concern and sympathy for the loss of my son, our brother & friend. Shirley Tate

Dogs Boykin spaniel pup, reg. Champion bloodline, 1 male, $900. Call Gene 803-387-1251.

MERCHANDISE Auctions Come join us for our first Auction with "Colonel Alton Meeler" Auction will be held at " Ideal Thrift Store" 673 W Liberty St Sumter SC 29150 July 18, 2015 Doors will open at 1PM auction beginning at 2pm. Items for Auction: Furniture items (Beds, Dressers, Sofas) Dining Room Sets, Kitchen Appliances (large & small) Tools, Exercise Equipment, Assort. Knifes, Lots of vintage collectibles, and much much more!! Some Items subject to change. Something for everyone, Snack Bar will be open. Door Prizes. Auctioneer will be : "Colonel" Alton Meeler Lisc#4571

The Family of Dennis Bowman would like to thank all the great people that has helped us through our most difficult time. We would like to send a special thank you to First Response, Sumter Fire Dept., Sumter EMS, Richland Memorial, Life Net and our dedicated Pastor Ron Bower at First Church of God. Thank you for being there when we needed you most. To our family and friends that prayed, sent food, flowers or just stopped by to see us, your generosity has helped us through this difficult time. Dennis played a very important part in all of our lives and for that we will be forever grateful. He is now with our Savior Jesus Christ and we will see him again. Thanks Again, The Bowman Family, Wendi, Chase, Jessica, Elaine , Ron, Michael, Kathy

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Garage, Yard & Estate Sales Corner Myrtle Beach Hwy & Boots Branch Rd. across from Porters. Fri, 7 am. Benefits Beverly Lawson 908 Saltwood Rd. Sat 7-? Moving Sale! hshld, antiques, garden art, furn., & misc! Pinewood Community Sale 17 S. Sumter St. across from Youngs Mkt. Sat. 7am-? Furn & collectibles, dune buggy, stove, & much more! 3200 Foxcroft Cr. Moving in sale. Hsehld goods: exercise equipt. furniture, etc! Sat. 8-12. 202 N Salem Ave Sat 7-1 Misc housewares, clothes, furniture & more!

LARGE GARAGE SALE Every Weekend Tables $2 & $3 FLEA MARKET BY SHAW AFB

Found Female Medium White dog with brown ear. Call to describe in detail. 803 468-1894

Open every weekend. 905-4242 or 494-5500

Found Wheel grid for a wheel lift on a rollback. Call 803-968-1293

Due to high temperatures the July Sale at Jenni's Exchange will be postponed until August.

Sumter County/City Animal Control 1240 Winkles Rd. 803-436-2066 or 436-2755. Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 4:30pm Found: Delaware Dr. yellow lab; Pioneer Dr. Blk/White mix; Florence Hwy Brown Mix; Tampa Gold 2 Tan mix; Walter Conyors Lane Brn/White mix. FOUND: yellow kitten approx. 2-3 mo. old on Wesmark Blvd. @ FTC. Call 469-9841 to identify. Found: 2 female gray dogs in the Dalzell area. One medium & one small size. Owner call to identify 803-840-5205. Lost in Alice Dr Area Very small Fawn colored Chihuahua , no collar, very skittish. Reward 803-968-5079

BUSINESS SERVICES Janitorial Service MJ Cleaning Service, LLC Licensed Insured & Bonded Office & home. 803-857-1331

Lg desk, lg file cab., food saver w/ bags, microphone ,amplifer, & more! Fri & Sat. 8-12 Palmetto Towers behind Kmart. Best offer! Huge yard sale! Sat. 7/18 8-6. 1258 Hwy 15 N/ Airport Rd. Something for everyone! 1135 Waterway Dr. Sat. 7:00AM Until. Lots of baby clothes & misc items. 3500 Horizon Dr. Sat. 7-12 Drum set, 45 gal. fish tank, clothes, toys, household items. 3525 Camden Hwy, Dalzell, Sat. 7AM. School uniforms, ladies' suits, children clothes, little girls church dresses & more! 803-469-7755. 60 Hidden Bay Dr. Sat 6:30- 12. Boys/ girls 6 mos-7 yrs clothes, baby gear, toys, kitchen table w/ 4 chairs & much more! 2525 Manning Rd. (Hwy 521 South) Behind the house at the white building. Sat. 7-11 Antiques, beds, tools, collectibles and much much more! Sumter United Ministries Support us by donating New or Used items for our future yard sales. Call Ed: 803-464-7643

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771 Pitts Rd. Sat 8-1. Furniture, dishes & collectables. First time sale!

JT's All Lawn Service Pressure Washing. 840-0322

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22500 BTU Window Air Conditioner 230 V $165 OBO 803-506-2177

Attorney Timothy L. Griffith 803-607-9087, 360 W. Wesmark. Criminal, Family, Accident, Injury

Carryon 5 by 10 hwy flatbed trailer w/ gate. Asking $700. Call 803-406-3127.

Martin's Used Appliance Washers, Dryers, Refrig., Stoves. Guarantee 464-5439 or 469-7311 For Sale - Red Cedar, Tupelo & Pine wood. Call - 803-229-2842

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14x70 2BR 1.5 BA Fncd Lot, clean, Shaw Area . $450 Mo + $450 Dep Call 840-3371 or 494-3573

Houses & Mobile Homes for rent. 2, 3 & 4 bedrooms. Section 8 OK. Call 773-8022. Summer Special (Dalzell) MHP 2BR/1BA, washer, dryer, sewer & garbage P/U. No Pets. $355/mo + $355/dep. Mark 803-565-7947.

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EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted Full-Time Foreman, skilled laborers & laborers for underground utility installation and horizontal directional drilling operations. Driver's license required. Please call for online application 803-773-4304 or email:floydindustrialmaintenance@yahoo.com

Windsor City under new management. Call about our move in specials. 803-469-8515.

Rooms for Rent ROOM For Rent Bi-weekly or monthly. Near Morris College. Kit. privileges, all utilities incl 469-4668

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Progressive local real estate office seeking motivated individuates to join their team & the real estate profession. Finantial aid available for non licensed agents to become licensed. Please send resumes to Box 421 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151.

Senior Living Apartments for those 62+ (Rent based on income) Shiloh-Randolph Manor 125 W. Bartlette. 775-0575 Studio/1 Bedroom apartments available EHO

ASE cert. mechanic needed. Must know front-end alignments, brakes, & wheel balancing. Send resume to: P-419 c//o The Item, PO Box 1677 Sumter SC 29151

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Kennel help Apply in person at 87 Market St. Total Pet Care. Established roofing/sheet metal company hiring for all positions: Sheet Metal Mechanic-Shop fabricator. MIG/TIG welding exp & shop layout exp preferred. Sheet Metal MechanicCommercial metal roofing installation. All exp levels-Hiring crew leaders & laborers. Commercial Roofers-Exp with Built up, Modified, TPO/PVC. All exp levels-Hiring crew leaders & laborers. CDL Class A Drivers-Equipment Handling required. Must be willing to work with roofing crew. Benefits available: paid vacation & holiday; medical/dental insurance. Must pass pre-employment drug test. Apply at 14 W Oakland Avenue Sumter SC, Mon - Thurs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or e-mail resume: fort_roofing_SumterSC@yahoo.com Hiring: CMA, LPN and Insurance Biller . Must have experience. Competitive salary and benefits. Fax resume to office manager @ 803-905-6810

3 & 4 Br homes & MH, in Sumter County & Manning area. No Sect. 8. Rent + dep. req. Call 803-225-0389. 3BR 2BA Home C/H/A Granite counter tops, 2 car garage, 30 x32 metal shed, also a SW on 5 acres off Cox Rd $185,000 Call 481-8223

315 Rainbow Dr. 3 br 2 bat 1 car garage. Fenced yard, above ground pool. Call 803-983-0472. Condo 2000 sq ft. Church Ct 2BR 2BA , fncd yard, lrg living area, $113,900 .803-207-1774 Near Wilson Hall 4 BR 2.5 BA, large fenced yard, 2 car garage, $184,900. Call 803-207-1774

Manufactured Housing TIRED OF RENTING? We help customers with past credit problems and low credit scores achieve their dreams of home ownership? We have 2,3, & 4 bedroom homes. Call 843-389-4215 AND also visit our Face Book Page (M&M Mobile Homes) Used Mobile Home. Low out sale, all offers considered, handyman specials. Call 469-3222

Land & Lots for Sale Country living on over 2 acres with pond. Call 803-469-9841 for more information.

4 BR 2.5 BA. 2 car garage. Close to Shaw & town. Call 972-3110 or 803-565-0056 $1275.

Lot located at 309 Pinson St. $4000.00. Call 561-932-7599

New Home 5650 Fish Rd Near Shaw 1700 sq ft 3BR 2BA $1300 Mo. Call 646-460-4424

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3BR/1BA Brick, W/D hook-up, Carport, 7 mins to Manning. $500/mo. 803-473-4400 Large 2 bd 1 bath $400 mo rent / dep. Cozy 2 bd 1 bath $350 rent/ dep. call 803-468-1900.

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Mobile Home Rentals Mobile Homes for rent. 2BR, 3BR & 4BR Section 8 OK. Call 803-773-8022. Scenic Lake MHP 2 Br, 1 Ba, No pets. Call between 9 am - 5 pm 499-1500.

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Local church in need of experienced pastor. Pentecostal denomination. Full commitment required. Please send resume to: church45972@gmail.com

2 BR 1 BA SW mobile home, $425 month + $250 deposit. Call 803-458-9306

Scarboroughs Landing At lake in Manning. FT and PT bartenders & waitresses needed. Call 803-968-7200 Leave name, number & days available.

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3 br, 3 ba Tudor Place. Available July 15th. $875 + deposit, credit report required. Call 494-3353, 934-0926 or 468-0060

Experienced Healthcare staff needed. Cooks, Handyman/maintenance, Caregiver. Northwoods Senior Living 1267 N Main St .

QUALITY INN HOTEL All Day Job Fair Thurs. July 23, 10am - 2pm Hiring For: •Front Desks Clerks •Room Attendants •Maintenance •Breakfast Attendants Same day interviews will be conducted. No phone calls please. l2390 Broad St. Ext.

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notice NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CLOSE LIBERTY COURT AND ALLEY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Sumter intends to petition the Court of Common Pleas, Third Judicial Circuit, Sumter County, South Carolina for an order closing the 12.9 foot right of way designated as Liberty Court located as shown in Plat Book 2005 at Page 374, dated May 31, 2005 in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina extending to the south from Hampton Avenue to Liberty Street for a distance of approximately 304.51 feet and the intersecting Alley extending to the east from North Sumter Street to North Main Street for a distance of approximately 458.83 feet appearing in part on said 2005 plat and in part on a plat recorded in Plat Book 2012 at Page 1, varying in width from 5.3 feet to 10.01 feet. Pursuant to Section 57-9-10, et seq., of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the City of Sumter hereby gives notice of intention to so file and will request that title to said right of way known as Liberty Court and the intersecting Alley be vested in the City of Sumter. SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPEAR and present any evidence related to same, or have any objection to such action by the City of Sumter, you are directed to contact Howie Owens at 903.436.2535 (office) or 803.607.8222 (mobile).

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02426 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee for the holders of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF15 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF15 vs. John Anthony Morris; Regina L. Morris; Sumter County Clerk of Court, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP OF PROVIDENCE, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 78 OF "ROLLING HILLS" SUBDIVISION, SECTION II, PHASE II AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY LINDLER LAND SURVEYING, LLC DATED APRIL 5, 2002 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2003 AT PAGE 162 AND HAVING SUCH METES AND BOUNDS AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, THIS DESCRIPTION BEING IN LIEU OF METES AND BOUNDS, AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION

1996 GTI Yellow SeaDoo; 1999 GTI Purple SeaDoo. Dual trailer included. Call 803-236-7077.

Hunting / Fishing Iron Clay peas. Bin run. 50lb bags $25 803-473-6406.

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NOW THAT THE FIREWORKS ARE OVER, SEE WHATS POPPING AT MAYO’S! If your suits aren’t becoming to you, It’s a good time to be coming to Mayo’s! Wesmark Plaza • 773-2262 • Mon-Sat 10-7 • www.MayosDiscountSuits.com Notice of Sale

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30-5-050 OF THE 1976 CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

State of South Carolina, designated as Lot 31 of Gingko Hills Subdivision-Phase I, as shown on that certain plat of Louis W. Tisdale, PLS, dated July 26, 2002, revised November 5, 2002, final January 16, 2003 and recorded in Plat Book 2003 at Page 76, records of Sumter County. Said lot having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws for South Carolina, as amended. This being the property known as 2675 Maidenhair Lane. Derivation: Book 962 at Page 560 2675 Maidenhair Lane, Sumter, SC 29153 200-16-03-001, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #11-CP-43-2128. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 016479-00077 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1145665 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00754 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation against Alfred J. Walker Jr. and Felicia C. Walker, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Middleton, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 28 of Valley Forge Subdivision, Section No. 2, as shown on a subdivision plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, RLS, dated March 31, 1993 and recorded February 14, 1996, in Plat Book 96 at Page 148 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is in lieu of the metes and bounds, as permitted by law under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This being the property known as 740 George Washington Blvd. Being the same property conveyed unto Alfred J. Walker, Jr. and Felicia C. Walker by deed from Carolina Construction of Sumter, LLC dated September 19, 2013 and recorded September 19, 2013 in Deed Book 1193 at Page 4156 in the ROD Office for Sumter County, South Carolina. TMS No. 159-03-01-059 Property Address: 740 George Washington Boulevard, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.7500%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. Since a deficiency judgment is being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the date of sale, pursuant to S.C. Code ANN. Section 15-39-720, (1976). The deficiency judgment may be waived by the Plaintiff upon written request prior to sale. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1144935 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

S O U T H C A R O L I N A . THEREAFTER, EVERETTE R. BROWN CONVEYED HER ONE-HALF (1/2) INTEREST TO EVETTA B. VAUGHN BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 3, 1993 IN DEED BOOK 580 AT PAGE 416 IN SAID RECORDS.

being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1144937 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOHN ANTHONY MORRIS AND REGINA L. MORRIS BY DEED FROM RUSSELL A. TORBETT DATED AUGUST 30, 2006 AND RECORDED AUGUST 31, 2006, IN BOOK 1043 AT PAGE 382; SUBSEQUENTLY, REGINA L. MORRIS ATTEMPTED TO CONVEY HER INTEREST IN SAID PROPERTY TO JOHN ANTHONY MORRIS BY QUITCLAIM DEED DATED MAY 7, 2008 AND RECORDED MAY 13, 2008, IN BOOK 1105 AT PAGE 2259, ALL RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 4405 Manigault Street, Dalzell, SC 29040 TMS: 151-11-01-007 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-22047 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: BOKF, N.A. dba Bank of Oklahoma, NA vs. Barney E. Osborne a/k/a Barney E. Osborne, Jr.; Veronica A. Osborne; The South Carolina Department of Revenue; , C/A No. 15-CP-43-0139, The following property will be sold on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel and lot of land, with the dwelling and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No 35 of Pinefield, as shown in Plat Book Z-13 at Page 73, and more recently and particularly shown on a plat by Joseph R Edwards, R L S, dated January 26, 1987 recorded in Plat Book 87 at Page 106, records of Sumter County Said Lot No 35 being bounded and measuring thereon on the Northwest by Lot No. 34, said plat, and measuring thereon 164.81 feet, on the Northeast by Thelma Drive, said plat, and fronting thereon 89.85 feet, on the Southeast by Lot No 36, said plat, and measuring thereon 165.17 feet, and on the Southwest by Lot Nos. 6 and 7, said plat, and measuring thereon 90.07 feet Be all dimensions a little more or little less and according to said plat This being the property known as 120 Thelma Drive. Derivation: Book 491 at Page 1504. 120 Thelma Dr, Sumter, SC 29150 204-04-01-017, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at his risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-0139. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013612-00004 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1145828 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-1 vs. James L. Wilson; Lisa R. Wilson; Morris & Morris Construction Company, Inc.; First Financial Corporation;, C/A No. 11-CP-43-2128, The following property will be sold on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the dwelling and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter,

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00791 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC vs. Steven F. Szewczak; Patriot Village I Homeowners Association, Inc., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 37 ON A PLAT ENTITLED "PATRIOT VILLAGE", AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF LOUIS W. TISDALE, R.L.S., DATED NOVEMBER 13, 2003 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK 2004 AT PAGE 374, AND HAVING SUCH BOUNDARIES, METES, COURSES AND DISTANCES AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN 30-50-250 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. THIS PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS 60 SENATE LANE, SUMTER, SC. THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED UNTO STEVEN F. SZEWCZAK BY DEED FROM MICHAEL J. SVETLIK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 IN BOOK 999 AT PAGE 233 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 60 Senate Lane, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 185-16-03-021 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not be closed on the day of sale but will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days as provided by law. Plaintiff is demanding a deficiency, the Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-02900

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-01731 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC vs. The Estate of Evetta B. Vaughn, John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of Evetta B. Vaughn, Deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as Richard Roe; Capitola Vaughn; Kadijah Vaughn; Marion Vaughn; Erin Capital Management, LLC, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL, OR LOT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN SUMTER TOWNSHIP, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING DELINEATED AS LOT 106 OF SECTION 3 OF GUIGNARD PARK SUBDIVISION ON PLAT PREPARED BY H.S. WILLSON, RLS, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1993 AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 16, 1993 IN PLAT BOOK 93 AT PAGE 1960 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY LOT 85 AND MEASURING THEREON 109.91 FEET, ON THE EAST BY SPAULDING AVENUE AND MEASURING THEREON IN A CURVED LINE 129.17 FEET, ON THE SOUTH BY LOT 105 AND MEASURING THEREON 107.90 FEET, AND ON THE WEST BY LOT 86 AND MEASURING THEREON 82.93 FEET, BE THE SAID MEASUREMENTS MORE OR LESS. THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED UNTO EVERETTE R. BROWN AND EVETTA B. VAUGHN BY DEED OF SEVENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT OF THE A.M.E. CHURCH DATED NOVEMBER 6, 1992 AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, 1992 IN DEED BOOK 558 AT PAGE 1629 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1027 Spaulding Avenue, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 2261402002 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.5% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-17305 NOTICE OF SALE 2012-CP-43-2392 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: GMAT Legal Title Trust 2013-1, U.S. Bank, National Association, as Legal Title Trustee against David Norris aka David R. Norris, individually, and as heir to the Estate of Mary J. Norris aka Mary Jane Norris, Deceased; the Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Mary J. Norris aka Mary Jane Norris; Sandy Wright, Edward Norris, William Norris, Johnny Norris, Carolyn Dicks, Wanda Moses, Michael Norris, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Mary J. Norris aka Mary Jane Norris, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot 35 of Ravenwood Subdivision, and shown on a plat by Michael T. Arant, Sr., R.L.S., dated September 13, 1978 and recorded in Plat Book Z-45 at Page 301 in the RMC Office for Sumter County. Said Lot 35 has such metes, boundaries, course and distances as are shown on said plat which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of §30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended. A l s o i n c l u d e s a mobile/manufactured home, a 1982 Palace Scotthouse, Serial No.: SHS1WGA16820818.This being the property conveyed unto Mary J. Norris by deed of Charles M. Smith dated June 8, 2004 and recorded June 10, 2004 in Deed Book 941 at Page 751 in the ROD Office for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, by deed unto David R. Norris from Mary J. Norris dated June 8, 2004 and recorded March 11, 2009 in Deed Book 1119 at Page 3212 in said ROD Office. TMS No. 1590501015 Property Address: 4 Driftwood Court, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.0000%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment

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Notice of Sale C/A No: 2015-CP-43-00074 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of M&T Bank vs. John T. Conner, Jr.; Colleen K. Conner; Brittany L. Conner, as Trustee for 2555 Lorentz Drive Trust, a Land Trust; James D. Grant; Bank of America, N.A.; Discover Bank; I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 8/3/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

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ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 0.40 acre, more or less, and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 13 of Amherst Subdivision on that plat prepared by James D. Willson, RLS, dated June 5, 1996 and recorded in Plat Book 96 at page 750 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County. Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved thereto for a more complete and accurate description of the metes, bounds, courses and distances of the property concerned herein. This description is made in lieu of metes and bounds as permitted by law under§ 30-5-250 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended. This is the property known as 2555 Lorentz Drive, Sumter, SC. THIS BEING the same property conveyed to John T. Conner, Jr. and Colleen K. Conner by virtue of a Deed from Brittany L. Conner, as Trustee for 2555 Lorentz Drive Trust, a Land Trust, dated April 20, 2007 and recorded April 23, 2007 in Book 1074 at page 1323 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. THEREAFTER, John T. Conner, Jr. and Colleen K. Conner conveyed subject property to Brittany L. Conner, as Trustee for 2555 Lorentz Drive Trust, a Land Trust by virtue of a Deed dated May 2, 2007 and recorded May 10, 2007 in Book 1077 at Page 382 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina making Brittany L. Conner, as Trustee for 2555 Lorentz Drive Trust, a Land Trust the sole owner of subject property.

2555 Lorentz Drive Sumter, SC 29154 TMS# 207-10-06-007 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Seven and 00/100 (7%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. As a personal or deficiency judgment is demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days pursuant to the S.C. Code Ann. Section 15-39-720 (1976). If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-00792 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the C-Bass Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-RP1 vs. Marie McFadden Conway; Shema Conway; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. s/b/m to Wells Fargo Financial Bank; First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 11:00AM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: THAT LOT OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, REPRESENTED AS LOT 203 ON PLAT PREPARED BY JULIAN B. ALLEN DATED SEPTEMBER 14, 1988 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 15, 1988 IN PLAT BOOK 88 AT PAGE 978 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARIE M. CONWAY BY DEED OF H. L. ENGLISH DATED JANUARY 25, 1995 AND RECORDED JANUARY 26, 1995 IN DEED BOOK 616 AT PAGE 1929 AND THEREAFTER CONVEYED FROM MARIE M. CONWAY TO MARIE MCFADDEN AND SHEMA CONWAY BY DEED DATED OCTOBER 1, 2002 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 18, 2002 IN DEED BOOK 861 AT PAGE 29 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1027 Morton Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 2510701064 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13-21021

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Christine A. Chichester a/k/a Christine Chichester; Sharon A. Chichester n/k/a Sharon Drayton; , C/A No. 14-CP-43-2002, The following property will be sold on August 3, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 0.38 acres, more or less, as shown on that certain plat of D.D. Edmunds, RLS, dated June 10, 2002 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2002, at Page 341.Pursuant to SEction 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended) reference to said plat is hereby craved for the metes, bounds, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This being the property known as 121 N. Purdy Street, Sumter, South Carolina and is shown on the maps for Sumter County as tax map #228-11-01-036. The grantor, for the benefit of the trustees of the Whitaker Trust, the owner of the adjoining property on the South, reserves a perpetual easement for the continued maintenance, at its present location, of the fence which encroaches slightly to the property herein conveyed. This property conveyed subject to all easements, right-of-way, restrictions, and covenants of record in the Sumter County Register of Deeds Office. Derivation: Book 1146; Page 97

121 North Purdy St, Sumter, SC 29150 228-11-01-036 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. Personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded or reserved, the sale will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §15-39-720 (1976). The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a personal or deficiency judgment, at any time prior to the foreclosure sale. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.84% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-2002. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth

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MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-2631 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service or successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture against Jeffery J. Watts a/k/a Jeffery Watts and James W. Lewis, I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, August 3, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #1, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, III, RLS, dated February 8, 1999, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 99 at Page 179, and having such metes and bounds as are shown on said plat, this description being in lieu of metes and bounds, as permitted under Section 30-5-250 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina, as amended. This being the same property conveyed to Jeffery J. Watts by deed of Fireguys Properties, LLC dated September 2, 2008 and recorded on September 3, 2008 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1111 at Page 3345.

TMS # 190-15-01-038 Property Address: 3314 Annie St., Dalzell, SC 29040 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.375% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-2343 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: CitiFinancial Servicing LLC against Albert Carroll, The South Carolina Department of Revenue, and The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Sumter County, South Carolina, shown on Sumter County. The Tax Map shows 36.03 acres, but it is believed that this parcel contains only 30 acres, more or less. Tax ID: 076-00-01-021/400-00.28-933. Also includes a mobile/manufactured home, a 1997 General VIN # GMHGA1509613484ABC.Being the same property conveyed to Albert Carroll by deed from W.R. McLeod dated April 15, 2003 and recorded April 17, 2003 in Volume 885, Page 1 in Sumter Records,State of SC. TMS No. 076-00-01-021 Property Address: 3280 Root Road, Rembert, SC 29128 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 11.7624%. THIS SALE IS

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SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1145651 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County, John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 011227-01439 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1145664 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

1 HENRIETTA DRIVE, SUMTER, SC. REPRESENTED BY TAX PARCEL NO. 206-0404-032.

whereon it measures 81.3 feet; on the East by property of Sanders being the eastern one-half (1/2) of said lot whereon it measures 40.14 feet; on the South by property of Sims W. Scott whereon it measures 81.17 feet; and on the West by Liberty Street Office Complex whereon it measures 39.14 feet. This being the property known as 406 West Liberty Street. TMC No.: 228-14-05-038

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, NA vs. Roger H. Jackson; Midland Funding, LLC;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-0571, The following property will be sold on August 3, 2015, at 12:00 Noon at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, identified as Lot No. 84A of General Sumter Estates Subdivision Section No. 16 and being more fully shown on a plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated July 14, 1986 and recorded in Plat Book 86 at Page 1054 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 8050 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, South Carolina and represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as tax parcel 093-11-01-024. Derivation: Book 1133; Page 3659

8050 Meeting House Road Dalzell, SC 29040-9781

0931101024 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 20 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #15-CP-43-0571. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County John J. Hearn, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 100200 Columbia, SC 29202-3200 (803) 744-4444 013263-06541 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources/Foreclosure Sales) NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Sarah Keister; Joshua J. Keister a/k/a Joshua James Keister;, C/A No. 14-CP-43-1484, The following property will be sold on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated Lot 270 on that certain plat prepared of Linwood Subdivision, prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, III RLS, dated October 17, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB2007 at page 523. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This is the same property known as 3055 Explorer Drive, Dalzell, SC. Represented by Tax Map No.152-01-02-001. Derivation: Book 1143 at Page 2324. 3055 Explorer Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 152-01-02-001, SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. TERMS OF SALE: A 5% deposit in certified funds is required. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 30 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder's risk. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid after the deposit is applied from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.75% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #14-CP-43-1484. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the

NOTICE OF SALE 2014-CP-43-00161 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for Queen's Park Oval Asset Holding Trust against Bernard Quattlebaum, Jr., Bernard Quattlebaum, Sr., South Carolina Department of Revenue and United States of America, acting by and through its agency, the Internal Revenue Service, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being designated as Lot No. 29 of Kings Pointe Subdivision as shown on Plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, PLS, dated January 19, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2005 at page 52. Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended) reference to said plat is hereby made for the metes, bounds, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This property is known as 1330 Kings Pointe Drive and is shown on the Auditor's map of Sumter County as Tax Parcel 226-16-01-075. This being the same property conveyed to Bernard Quattlebaum, Sr. and Bernard Quattlebaum, Jr., as joint tenants with rights of survivorship by deed of Kimberly M. Rose, dated April 21, 2008 and recorded April 21, 2008 in Book 1104 at page 001396 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County. TMS No. 226-16-01-075 Property Address: 1330 Kings Pointe Dr., Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.0000%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The Sale is made subject to the Right of Redemption of the United States of America, pursuant to Section 2410(c), U.S. Code, for a period of 120 days from date of sale. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1142728 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00852 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, National Association vs. John C. Hemming a/k/a John C. Hemming, Jr.; Lisa A. Hemming; Philip C. Kirlis; Anne B. Kirlis; Discover Bank, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THERON, LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 3 ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF CURTIS PARK, MADE BY H.S. WILLSON, R.L.S. DATED FEBRUARY 3, 1964 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEED FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK Z-20, PAGE 147 AND ALSO SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SAM M. HUNTER DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 1965 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK Z-22, AT PAGE 23, SAID LOT ACCORDING TO BOTH PLATS BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY PORTIONS OF LOT NO. 148 AND 149 AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK Z-13, PAGE 80, AND MEASURING THEREON A TOTAL OF 65 FEET; ON THE EAST BY LOT NO. 2 AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT WHEREON IT FRONTS AND MEASURES ON CURVED LINE 141 FEET; ON THE WEST BY LOT NO. 4 SHOWN ON SAID PLAT WHEREON IT MEASURES 175 FEET; BE ALL SAID MEASUREMENTS ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT A LITTLE MORE OR LESS. THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY KNOWN AS

THIS IS THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOHN C. HEMMING AND LISA A. HEMMINGS BY DEED OF STAN ARDIS AND MARIJON ARDIS DATED OCTOBER 30, 2006 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 30, 2006 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1051, AT PAGE 790.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1 Henrietta Street, Sumter, SC 29150

This being the same property conveyed to Ivan Sanders by deed of Patricia A. Sanders, recorded October 14, 2005 in vol. 1001 at page 1317 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. TMS Number: 1350004003228-14-05-003

TMS: 2060404032 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.125% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 402 & 406 West Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at 2.00000% shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC 501 Minuet Lane, Suite 104-A Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 334-7114 Attorneys for Plaintiff HLF # 020625

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 13-19401

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-1628 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, against Ivan Sanders, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on August 03, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, shown on a plat of Palmer & Malone, C.E.`s dated April 18, 1949 and recorded in Plat Book Z-8 at page 102 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. Said lot being bounded on the North by West Liberty Street a distance of 162.7 feet; on the East by South Salem Avenue a distance of 41.04 feet; on the South by property now or formerly of Lucille Kennon a distance of 162.5 feet; and on the West by lands now or formerly of O.C. Deschamps a distance of 39.2 feet. Less any portion of said property taken by the State Highway Department for the widening of Liberty Street. This being the property known as 402 West Liberty Street. TMS No.: 228-14-05-003 This being the same property conveyed to Ivan Sanders by Deed by David Sanders, recorded August 25, 2005 in vol. 994 at page 1198 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. ALSO: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land located in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina being the western one-half (1/2) of a lot with improvements thereon as shown on a plat prepared by Palmer & Malone, C.E.`s dated April 18, 1949 and recorded in Plat Book Z-8 at page 120 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County and being shown on a more recent plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated October 29, 1985 and recorded in Plat Book 85 at page 1145 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County. According to the more recent plat this property has the following boundaries and measurements, to wit: on the North by a concrete walk that runs adjacent to West Liberty Street

NOTICE OF SALE 2011-CP-43-01563 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: CitiMortgage, Inc. against Karen Glisson a/k/a Karen D. Jones Glisson, Nathaniel Glisson, and Citibank, Federal Savings Bank, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 12:00PM, at County Courthouse in Sumter, South Carolina to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land with the dwelling and improvements thereon situate lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina designated as Lot No. 52 of Huntington Subdivision as shown in Plat Book Z-48 at Page 400 and more recently and particularly shown on a plat by Julian B. Allen, RLS, dated October 2, 1986 recorded in Plat Book 86 at Page 1587 records of Sumter County RMC Office. Said Lot No. 52 being bounded and measuring as follows: On the Northwest by College Properties Inc. Said plat and measuring thereon 25.95 feet and 68.1 feet; on the Northeast by Lot No. 51 said plat and measuring thereon 149.92 feet; on the Southeast by Club Lane said plat and fronting thereon 56.38 feet, 69.66 feet in an arch and 14.3 feet; and on the Southwest by Lot No. 53 said plat and measuring thereon 149.85 feet. Be all dimensions a little more or a little less and according to said most recent plat. This being the same property conveyed to Nathaniel Glisson and Karen D. Jones, as tenants in common with the indestructible right of survivorship, by Deed of Daniel E. Sniezek and Peggy Ann Sniezek dated December 19, 1989 and recorded December 28, 1989 in Book 499 at Page 180; subsequently Nathaniel Glisson and Karen D. Jones conveyed the subject property to Nathaniel Glisson and Karen D. Jones Glisson, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, by deed dated August 17, 2001 and recorded August 23, 2001 in Book 813 at Page 1934. TMS No. 226-01-03-010 Property Address: 869 Club Lane, Unit 1, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five per cent (5%) of said bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to

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make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions (at the risk of the said defaulting bidder). Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.7400%. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The Honorable Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity Sumter County, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Post Office Box 11412, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 1145650 7/17, 7/24, 07/31/2015

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-CP-43-1082 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of CPCA TRUST I, against Jerry Kershaw; the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his/her agent, will sell on August 3, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: That parcel of land situate in Sumter County South Carolina, shown on plat for Nikki S. Kershaw and Alice Kershaw by Douglas E. Platt, Sr., PLS 4041 December 22, 2006 recorded in Book PB2007 at Page 39 and incorporated herein by reference having the following measurements: Beginning at the Northeast corner and running Southeast along Bradley for 120.02 feet; Southwest along lot 3 for 349.06 feet; Northwest along Bennett Drive for 120.00 feet; Northeast along lot #5 for 349.21 feet to the point of beginning. This parcel further identified as lot 4 Block C phase 2 of Swift Creek S/D and also shown on plat recorded Book 95 Page 229.

TMS Number: 084-00-01-061 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 7461 Bennett Drive, Rembert, SC This being the same property conveyed to Jerry Kershaw by deed of Tom Dennis Realty, Inc., dated October 12, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on October 23, 2000, in Deed Book 785 at Page 928. TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master in Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at 8.0% shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within 20 days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff's judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff's attorney, or Plaintiff's agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property. Richard L. Booth

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Notice of Sale C/A No: 2014-CP-43-02632 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Bank of America, N.A. vs. Jennifer T McCauley; SC Housing Corp., I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 8/3/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: Legal Description Address:

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(the "Register") on September 18, 2006 in Book 1045 at Page 872, which description of the Property is fully incorporated herein by reference and includes, without limitation, the "Land," as defined in the Mortgage, reformed by the Court's foreclosure decree and described hereinbelow, and further includes:

bidder shall comply with the bid within thirty (30) days after bidding is closed. Each successful bidder other than Plaintiff will be required to deposit with the Special Referee, at the conclusion of bidding, 5% of bid in cash or certified check as evidence of good faith. If any successful bidder fails or refuses to comply with its bid, such deposit shall be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff's debt, and the Special Referee may forthwith re-advertise and resell said property upon the same terms on some subsequent sales day at the risk of former purchaser until obtaining full compliance with sale. If neither the Plaintiff nor its representative appears at the scheduled sale of the Property, the sale will be null, void, and of no force and effect, and the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sale date.

applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.375% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

TMS: 247-13-02-005

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Post Office Box 71727 North Charleston, South Carolina 29415 (843) 577-5460 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina designated as Lot 44R of Hatfield Estates Section 1 as shown on that certain plat prepared by Louis White Tisdale, RLD, dated March 29, 1999 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB 2000 at Page 243. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Jennifer T. McCauley by virtue of a Deed from Martha Waters dated October 14, 2009 and recorded November 19, 2009 in Book 1132 at Page 1076 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

2691 Trufield Drive Sumter, SC 29153-8165 TMS# 189-05-02-004 TERMS OF SALE: For cash. Interest at the rate of Five and 00/100 (5%) to be paid on balance of bid from date of sale to date of compliance. The purchaser to pay for papers and stamps, and that the successful bidder or bidders, other than the Plaintiff therein, do, upon the acceptance of his or her bid, deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of bid on said premises at the sale as evidence of good faith in bidding, and subject to any resale of said premises under Order of this Court; and in the event the said purchaser or purchasers fail to comply with the terms of sale within Twenty (20) days, the Master in Equity shall forthwith resell the said property, after the due notice and advertisement, and shall continue to sell the same each subsequent sales day until a purchaser, who shall comply with the terms of sale, shall be obtained, such sales to be made at the risk of the former purchaser. Since a personal or deficiency judgment is waived, the bidding will not remain open but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's representative does not appear at the above-described sale, then the sale of the property will be null, void, and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day. Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale. Sold subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity For Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 803-726-2700

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02353 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC vs. The Estate of Shirley O. King, John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all Heirs and Devisees of Shirley O. King, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons or corporations unknown claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, whose true names are unknown, being as a class designated as Richard Roe, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL AND LOT OF LAND, WITH THE DWELLING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DESIGNATED AS LOT NO 3, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-9, AT PAGE 88, AND MORE RECENTLY AND PARTICULARLY SHOWN ON A PLAT BY D.D. EDMUNDS, R.L.S. DATED JUNE 26, 1991, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 91 AT PAGE 848, RECORDS OF SUMTER COUNTY. SAID LOT NO 3 BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHWEST BY LOT NO 5, SAID PLAT AND MEASURING THEREON 100.08 FEET; ON THE NORTHEAST BY CLIFTON ROAD, SAID PLAT AND MEASURING THEREON 199.78 FEET; ON THE SOUTHEAST BY OSWEGO ROAD (US HWY NO 401), SAID PLAT, MEASURING THEREON 99.71 FEET; AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LOT NO 4, SAID PLAT, MEASURING THEREON 198.12 FEET. BE ALL DIMENSIONS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS AND ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT. [SEE ALSO A LATER RECORDED PLAT IN BOOK 95, PAGE 813] THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JAMES E. KING AND SHIRLEY O. KING AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP BY DEED OF RANDALL J. SCOTT AND MARY M. SCOTT, DATED 8/18/1995 AND RECORDED 8/22/1995 IN BOOK 629 AT PAGE 486 IN THE OFFICE OF RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, JAMES E KING PASSED AWAY ON 8/5/2001, MAKING SHIRLEY O. KING THE SOLE PROPERTY OWNER.

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TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.125% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-00295

MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-2462 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against David M. Morris, Jr., Tamara Morris a/k/a Tamara H. Morris, et al., I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, August 3, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, lot or tract of land, containing 0.78 acres(s), more or less, together with any and all improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in Sumter Township, the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 12 of The Vintage Subdivision, on that certain plat by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated August 13, 1999, amended March 9, 2001 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2001 at Page 192. Pursuant to Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), reference to said plat(s) is hereby craved for particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses, and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This property is represented as Tax Map Parcel No. 207-12-03-012 upon the records of the Sumter County Auditor, and is known as 1830 Vintage Court, Sumter, SC. This being the same property conveyed to David M. Morris, Jr. and Tamara H. Morris by deed of Ronald G. Eldridge, Jr. dated February 28, 2011 and recorded March 1, 2011 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina in Book 1151 at Page 1563.

TMS#: 207-12-03-012 Property Address: 1830 Vintage Court Sumter, S.C. 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Sumter County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Sumter County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances. Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CASE NO. 2015-CP-43-882 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SUMTER COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Pursuant to Court Decree in Case No. 2015-CP-43-882, 620 Dillon Trace Street Holdings, LLC, Plaintiff vs. Dillon Trace, LLC, Defendant, the undersigned Sumter County Special Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Sumter County Courthouse, 215 N. Harvin St., Sumter, SC 29150 on August 3, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. the following property situated in Sumter County, South Carolina described as: All of the "Property" as defined and described in the Commercial Mortgage, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing Financing Statement and Assignment of Leases, Rents, Income and Profits given by Dillon Trace, LLC ("Borrower"), dated September 14, 2006, recorded in the Sumter County Register of Deeds

a. any and all buildings, structures and other improvements erected, constructed, placed or located on the Land including, without limitation, fixtures, tenements, attachments, appliances, equipment, building systems, machinery, and other articles attached to or used in connection with said buildings, structures and other improvements (collectively, the "Improvements"); b. all easements, tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, rights-of-way and rights owned by Borrower used or useful in connection with, or located on, under or above all or any part of the Land or as a means of access thereto; all rights to the nonexclusive use of common drive entries; any and all right, title and interest of Borrower in and to any land lying within the right-of-way of any street, open or proposed, adjoining the Land; and any and all sidewalks, vaults, alleys and strips and gores of land adjacent to or used in connection with the Land; c. all goods, chattels, construction materials, furniture, furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, appliances, and other items of personal property, whether tangible or intangible, of any kind, nature or description, owned by Borrower, including, without limitation, improvements including, without limitation, furnaces, steam boilers, hot water boilers, oil burners, pipes, radiators, air conditioning and sprinkling systems, gas and electric fixtures, carpets, rugs, shades, awnings, screens, elevators, motors, dynamos, cabinets, and all other furnishings, tools, equipment and machinery, appliances, building supplies, materials, fittings and fixtures of every kind, which is or are located upon, attached, affixed to or used or useful, either directly or indirectly, in connection with the complete and comfortable use, occupancy and operation of the Property and Improvements, whether or not any of such personal property is a Fixture (defined below), and all other portions of the "Personal Property," as defined in the Mortgage; such Personal Property shall include, without limitation, all Accounts, Documents, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Goods, Equipment, General Intangibles, Fixtures and Inventory, as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of South Carolina; and d. Any and all other collateral set forth in the UCC Financing Statement recorded with the Register in Book 1151 at Page 1006. The "Land" referred to herein, situated in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, with all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Sumter, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, containing 10.44 acres and being more particularly shown and delineated on a plat prepared for Whitaker Trust, by Willson Land Surveying, Inc., James D. Willson, RLS # 17230 dated July 25, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2006 at Page 443, and shown thereon as having the following metes and bounds, to-wit: beginning at a p.k. nail located at the centerline intersection of Wise Drive and Farmers Telephone Road proceed north 24°10'12" east for a distance of 75.17 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar shown as the P.O.B. (Point of Beginning) thence proceed along the right of way of Wise Drive north 02°08'13" west for a distance of 683.49 feet to an iron pin found a # 4 rebar located in the center of a ditch; thence turning and running along property owned by Blanding for the following bearings and distances: south 43°38'52" east for a distance of 43.40 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 48°35'24" east for a distance of 91.20 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 26°31'19" east for a distance of 63.77 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 55°40'29" east for a distance of 135.52 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 32°27'12" east for a distance of 84.32 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 52°02'20" east for a distance of 82.88 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 56°36'02" east for a distance of 51.83 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar, south 57°23'14" east for a distance of 21.83 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar; thence turning and running along the property of Sumter County for the following bearings and distances: south 08°32'05" east for a distance of 16.96 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 12°01'56" east for a distance of 101.12 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 04°33'35" east for a distance of 92.29 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 07°36'00" east for a distance of 104.86 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 00°53'37" west for a distance of 113.31 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 02°31'17" east for a distance of 71.08 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 04°00'35" west for a distance of 45.11 feet to an iron pin set a # 6 rebar, south 20°49'55" west for a distance of 116.34 feet to an iron pin found a # 4 rebar, south 21°20'36" west for a distance of 474.19 feet to an iron pin found a # 4 rebar, north 87°04'27" west for a distance of 176.18 feet to an iron pin found a # 4 rebar located at the right of way of Wise Drive; thence turning and running along the right of way of Wise Drive along a curve to the right having a chord of north 00°46'25" west for a distance of 135.01 feet, radius of 1514.15 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar; thence continuing along the right of way of Wise Drive north 02°05'50" west for a distance of 652.90 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar; thence south 87°56'32" west for a distance of 12.59 feet to an iron pin set a # 4 rebar being the P.O.B. This tract contains 10.44 acres.

Plaintiff may waive deficiency judgment at any time prior to the sale. Nothing herein is intended or should be construed as a waiver or release of any claims against any third parties. Terms of sale - cash; purchaser to pay for deed and deed stamps. The Hon. A. Paul Weissenstein, Jr. Sumter County Special Referee David Simpkins, Esq. for Plaintiff

MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2015-CP-43-00363 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Philip Lee Williams, Lisa Renee Gillespie, David Glen Williams as heirs as law of Warren M. Williams a/k/a Warren Marshall Williams, deceased, et al., I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Monday, August 3, 2015, at 12:00 o'clock p.m., at the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as a lot containing 0.40 acres, as shown on that certain plat of D.D. Edmunds, RLS, dated June 18, 1991 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County Plat Book 91, page 853. This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provisions of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This is the same property known as 19 Hinson Street, Sumter, SC. Represented by Sumter County Parcel No. 252-01-03-005. This being the same property conveyed to Warren M. Williams by deed of June Floyd by deed dated September 27, 2007 and recorded on September 28, 2007 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in book 1092 at page 3568.

TMS # 252-01-03-005 Property Address: 19 Hinson St., Sumter, SC 29150 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Sumter County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and

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Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley Attorneys for the Plaintiff 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00857 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Beal Bank S.S.B. vs. Jacklyn Conyers; Citifinancial Credit Company s/b/m to TranSouth Financial Corporation, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on August 3, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH ANY AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF SUMTER, IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AS 20 WALKER AVENUE AND BEING BOUNDED AND MEASURED AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF DICK RICHARDSON ON WHICH IT MEASURES 140 FEET; ON THE EAST BY WALKER AVENUE ON WHICH IT MEASURES 43 FEET; ON THE SOUTH BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF HILTON ON WHICH IT MEASURES 140 FEET; AND ON THE WEST BY LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF R. SCHWARTZ ON WHICH IT MEASURES 42 FEET. ALL MEASUREMENTS BEING A LITTLE MORE OR LESS.

CONYERS DATED JANUARY 4, 2008 AND RECORDED JANUARY 4, 2008 IN BOOK 1098 AT PAGE 1068 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 20 Walker Avenue, Sumter, SC 29150 TMS: 2281504031 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master In Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to the Plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master In Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding shall not remain open after the date of sale and shall be final on that date, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the balance of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.875% per annum. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions, easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. In the event an agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or such terms as may be set forth in a supplemental order. The Honorable Richard L. Booth Master In Equity for Sumter County Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 15-01801

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JEAN CONYERS A/K/A JEAN DICKERSON CONYERS BY DEED OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE OF ROLLAND CONYERS A/K/A JALLY CONYERS DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 1998 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 28, 1998 IN BOOK 718 AT PAGE 843 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, S O U T H C A R O L I N A . THEREAFTER, THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JACKLYN CONYERS BY DEED FROM JEAN DICKENSON

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Derivation: This is the same property conveyed by Edsel V. Whitaker, Sr., and Edsel V. Whitaker, Jr., Trustees of the Whitaker Trust dated January 1, 1980 as amended, to Dillon Trace, LLC, by Title to Land dated September 14, 2006 and recorded September 18, 2006 in the Sumter County Register of Deeds in Book 1045 at Page 846. Address: for information only, see 620, 640, 650, 660, 670 and 690 Dillon Trace St., Sumter, SC Parcel ID: for information only, see 230-00-02-036 The Property will be sold subject to any past due or accruing property taxes, assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record and any other senior encumbrances. The successful bidder must pay interim interest from the date of sale through date of compliance at the rate of 10.10% per annum. A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded, bidding will be re-opened thirty (30) days after the date of sale, and the successful

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Ernie Baker

McLean Marechal Insurance Associate Agent

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2535 Tahoe Dr.

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ACE PARKER TIRE

Heating and Air LLC

We have always been just around the corner.

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OVER 32 YEARS EXPERIENCE

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1665 Lewis Road Sumter, SC 29154

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Chris Mathis

Jimmy Mathis

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Tel: (803) 469-8899 Fax: (803) 469-8890 Hours: M-F 10am-6pm

H.L. Boone

Owner / Notary Public

H.L. Boone, Contractor All Types of Improvements

1 Monte Carlo Court Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9904

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M& S

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DISTRIBUTORS Your Local Authorized Xerox Sales Agency

18 E. Liberty St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 778-2330 Erik Ford

(803) 968-8655

Xerox® is a Trademark of Xerox Corporation

Goodman HVAC is back in Sumter For a local Goodman Dealer call Butch Davis 803-905-1155

PLEASE CALL 803-774-1234 FOR MORE INFORMATION!