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Prosecutor asks for ‘ultimate punishment’ in Charleston shooting CHARLESTON (AP) — The white man accused of killing nine black churchgoers in what authorities said was a racially motivated crime during Bible study will face a death penalty trial, even though not all the victims’ families agree with capital punishment, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Thursday that some crimes are just so heinous they require the most serious punROOF ishment the state can give.

“This was the ultimate crime, and justice from our state calls for the ultimate punishment,” Wilson said, reading a three-minute statement outside her Charleston office. She took no questions.

Wilson filed paperwork saying she would seek the death penalty against 21-year-old Dylann Roof a few hours before her statement. Her reasons: more than two people were killed and others’ lives were put at risk.

Roof is charged under U.S. hate crime laws as well, and federal prosecutors haven’t decided if they will also seek the death penalty.

Federal authorities have said Roof wrote online of fomenting racial violence and used racial slurs in a personal manuscript in which he decried integration.

Survivors also told police he used racial insults during the attack.

Wilson said she understands the desire of some victims’ families to forgive Roof and that some do not believe in the

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An independent contractor for State Law Enforcement Division sorts through items found in an operational meth lab in the floor of a mobile home on Ramsey Road in Sumter. A 5-year-old boy has been taken into protective custody, and two people have been arrested.

2 arrested after deputies found operation in local mobile home

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com A 5-year-old boy has been taken into protective custody, and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man and a woman after discovering a methamphetamine lab inside a mobile home in the 3400 block of Ramsey Road while serving a warrant Thursday morning.

Jamey Marshal Koon, 35, and Brandi Alania Bone, 24, face possible charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and child endangerment after investigators found a meth lab hidden in the floor vents of the residence.

Braden Bunch, public information officer for the sheriff’s office, said law enforcement arrived at the mobile home about 6:30 a.m. after receiving a tip that Koon, who is BONE wanted in Berkeley County for manufacturing methamphetamine charges, was at the residence. Koon was located by local law enforcement while he was walking along the street near the home Thursday morning, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

The 5-year-old, who resided in the mobile home but was not present dur-

ing the investigation, was placed in emergency protective custody by South Carolina Department of Social Services, Bunch said. According to the news release, the boy was KOON on his way to school when the lab was discovered.

The lab was found by investigators after receiving permission from one of the residents to search the premises, according to the release. Once the lab was located, the mobile home was evacuated and responders from Sumter

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Observe 9/11 Day, State recognizes veterans, give to Red Cross loved ones with new award

BY JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com The American Red Cross is partnering with 9/11 Day to offer individuals a chance to help others and commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001, by giving blood or platelets or volunteering their time with the Red Cross.

As a former first senior corporal and a recipient of lifesaving blood donations, Kevin Sargent, an administrative assistant with Sumter Police Department, knows first hand how those donations save lives.

On Dec. 4, 2012, Sargent and his wife were involved in a head-on collision in their personal vehicle on the Old Cam-

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den Highway, which led to both of them being airlifted to Palmetto Richland Hospital. Both had to be cut out of the SARGENT vehicle.

As the driver, Kevin received the brunt of the impact of the collision, he said. His back was broken, his feet were smashed and both legs were broken, including a compound fracture of his right leg that led to a loss of blood. His wife had head injuries and severe bruising.

Sargent said he received nine units of blood and required six surgeries.

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Governor, adjunct general present S.C. Prisoner of War Medals

COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina veterans who were prisoners of war during World War II received state medals Thursday for their time in captivity.

In a ceremony at the Statehouse, Gov. Nikki Haley and Adjutant General Robert Livingston presented medals to 12 veterans ranging in age from 88 to 97, the son of a WWII veteran, and the widows of seven former POWs. They were the first recipients of the South Carolina Prisoner of War Medal created by the Legislature.

“They are heroes, not for the time that they served, but for life,” Haley said.

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GOV. NIKKI HALEY “South Carolina will forever be grateful for your service.”

The ceremony paused for an impromptu singing of “Happy Birthday” for Col. Chester Hackett of Columbia, who turned 96 on Thursday.

The pilot spent a year as a

German prisoner of war after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission to Poland. Having no parachute, he and two others crashed in a wheat field. One didn’t survive, he said.

“After dropping my bombs, I got hit right away.

It knocked all four engines out,” he said, noting it was his 24th mission. “The Germans met us with shotguns and rifles. They watched us come down.”

The award was created last year by unanimous votes in both the House and

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Man hit with assault and battery charge Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 37-year-old man Thursday pursuant to a warrant issued Aug. 5 alleging that he assaulted a woman a few months ago.

Reginald McCray, of 590 Sierra St., was charged with assault and battery, second degree, MCCRAY after he allegedly grabbed and groped a 17-yearold woman while in the 500 block of Sierra Street on May 31, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

McCray has been transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, and a $20,000 surety bond has been set by a judge.

Ethics panel orders McKnight to pay $54K COLUMBIA — The Senate Ethics Committee has fined state Rep. Cezar McKnight $54,000 for failing to report campaign donations and expenses during his unsuccessful bid for the Senate last year.

The committee issued a public reprimand of the Kingstree Democrat and ordered him to pay the fines by Sept.

30. The violations stem from a special election last September.

McKnight calls Thursday’s order disappointing and the fines heavy-handed. He says many of the violations result from the self-funding of his campaign through his law office. The 41-year-old attorney won a seat in the House last November.

The Senate panel said McKnight still needs to pay $6,200 in fines related to his first unsuccessful bid to that chamber in 2012. The committee previously cited him for not filing campaign disclosures on time.

Gospel concert to shed light for sickle cell awareness

BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Dennis Littles, who describes himself as a sickle cell warrior, invites the Sumter and surrounding communities out to Crestwood High School, 2000 Oswego Highway, on Saturday for the 2015 Sickle Cell Anemia Gospel Benefit Concert.

Sumter County Council approved a proclamation, proposed by Littles, declaring Sept. 5 Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Day LITTLES during its meeting on Aug. 25.

Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary blood disorder in which there is an abnormality in the hemoglobin molecule in red blood cells that causes the cells to form into a “c” shape. The disease can be associated with severe pain, infection and stroke.

Littles, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was 5, was inspired to propose a day in recognition of sickle cell anemia and those who have been diagnosed after he became very ill in February and received three blood transfusions within that a month.

The Sumter native also hopes to give back to the community by advocating for

the construction of a sickle cell treatment and support center in the city.

Littles said the center would provide treatment for adult and child patients and feature a community support center, weight room, cafeteria and pharmacy.

He said he is in the process of seeking grants to help with the construction of the treatment center, and all proceeds from ticket sales for this weekend’s concert will go toward the center.

Littles said he was inspired to advocate for the facility because although he has access to transportation to travel treatment centers in other areas, some people may not.

He travels to Columbia twice a week and Charleston once a month to receive treatment and support, and he knows that some people do not have the resources to make those trips.

The 33-year-old has been living with the disease for the majority of his life and said he is motivated to keep positive through prayer and his faith in God. He said he is also motivated by his family, especially his sister, Shanekia Littles, who goes above and beyond to assist him.

During the concert, Sumter School District Superintendent Frank Baker

Firefighters respond to diesel leak

Master Firefighter Les Denkins, above, of Sumter Fire Department puts up a barrier to contain about 25 gallons of diesel fuel leaking from a truck in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot on East Calhoun Street.

Diesel fuel flows out of the fuel tank of a truck owned by Interstate Trucking Express. Sumter Fire Department employees used an epoxy putty to temporarily seal the leak, and the S.C. Department of Transportation was called to help clean up the environmental spill.

Former Mauldin teacher pleads in child porn case GREENVILLE — A former Mauldin Middle School teacher has pleaded guilty in federal court to the distribution of child pornography.

Multiple media outlets reported that court documents show Daniel Ray Archer of Simpsonville entered the plea this week in U.S. District Court in Greenville.

Under a plea agreement, Archer faces between five years and 20 years in prison when he is sentenced later.

An indictment alleged he distributed the materials between 2012 and 2014.

Archer was employed as a physical education teacher and had worked at Mauldin Middle since 2007.

will present a proclamation on behalf of Mayor Joe McElveen declaring the month of September Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month in the City of Sumter.

Littles said the proposal to declare the awareness month has also reached the office of Gov. Nikki Haley, though no action has been taken yet.

Vocal artists scheduled to perform during the gospel concert include the Singing Angels, Justified and The New Boyz, all of Sumter, with performances from the praise dancers of First Nazareth Baptist Church in Columbia.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Undisputed Barbershop, 270 Broad St., and New Era Beauty Salon, 624 Manning Ave. Doors to Crestwood’s gym will open at 5 p.m., and the event will start at 6 p.m.

The theme for the concert is “I could only imagine.”

Anyone interested in making a donation toward the construction of the proposed sickle cell disease treatment and support center in Sumter can do so at any local Wells Fargo location. Donations should be made out to Bread of Life Community Outreach for Sickle Cell Disease.

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Haley leading group to Germany for auto show COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley will lead a nine-day economic development trip to Sweden and Germany to recruit jobs in the automotive industry, Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt said Thursday.

Meetings start next Thursday at Volvo’s headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, with company suppliers.

The delegation will then proceed to Munich, Germany — home to BMW — before heading to the 66th International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 14, according to the

Commerce Department.

The group returns to Columbia on Sept. 17.

The state will run a booth at the show. Hitt expects Haley and other officials to participate in more than 50 meetings there, both with companies already located in the state and prospects.

“We’re building a strong automotive cluster in the state with three premium” car manufacturers, Hitt said.

Volvo and Mercedes-Benz Vans are in the process of building plants in the

Charleston region. Both announced plans earlier this year.

Hitt’s former employer, BMW, started production in South Carolina in 1994. Two decades later, 9,000 people work on its campus, while its suppliers employ almost 30,000 people across 28 of the state’s 46 counties, Hitt said.

Hitt expects the trip to cost taxpayers roughly $50,000. The delegation will consist of about 20 people. The nine state employees include Haley, two others in her office and six Commerce officials.

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Father: ‘All I want is to be with my children’ matched by high seas.

“I took over and started steering. The waves were so high, and the boat flipped. I took my wife and my kids in my arms, and I realized they were all dead,” he said.

The distraught father, who worked as a barber in Syria, added wistfully: “All I want is to be with my children at the moment.”

Abdullah Kurdi said the boat, headed for the Greek island of Kos, was only at sea for four minutes before the captain abandoned the vessel and its 12 passengers.

The route between Bodrum in Turkey and Kos, just a few miles, is one of the shortest from Turkey to the Greek islands, but it remains dangerous. Hundreds of people a day try to cross it despite the welldocumented risks.

Tima Kurdi’s husband, Rocco Logozzo, told The Canadian Press that Abudllah Kurdi told his sister that both boys were wearing lifejackets when the boat capsized but that the protective gear somehow slipped off when the boat flipped.

He said the family had enough money and room in his home to have provided for their relatives in Syria but hadn’t been able to do because the bid was rejected by a system that was designed to fail.

The family lost all hope when the application was denied in June and made the “bad” choice to try to get to Europe by boat, he said.

Tima Kurdi had sought to obtain Canadian refugee status for her relatives in the Syrian town of Kobani, which was devastated by battles between Islamic State militants and Kurdish fighters, said Canadian lawmaker Fin Donnelly. He submitted the application on the family’s behalf.

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valued at $400 were reportedly stolen from a business in the 400 block of South Guignard Drive between Aug. 21 and Aug. 24.

A black PlayStation 3 valued at $150; a black 32-inch Esion TV valued at $200; a gray Sanyo TV valued at $250; and a 42-inch TV with an unspecified value were stolen from a residence in the 700 block of Branch Street between 5 p.m. Aug. 25 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26.

DAMAGED PROPERTY A white 1999 Ford F-350 truck reportedly sustained approximately $1,000 in damages when the back and passenger windows of the vehicle were broken after being shot with a pellet gun while the vehicle was parked on Carrol Drive between 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:45 p.m. Monday.

A Gaylon king master bedroom set valued at $4,400; furniture straps valued at $200; a bag of various tools with a collective value of

CHARGES Sharon G. Jefferson, 42, of 861 Carolina Ave., Apt. 31, was arrested Aug. 25 and charged with forgery after she allegedly tried to cash a forged check in the amount of $2,775 at a business in the 100 block of West Wesmark Boulevard.

STOLEN PROPERTY A 32-inch Seiki flat screen TV valued at $170; a Toshiba laptop valued at $600; and an Acer laptop valued at $300 were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 600 block of Oakland Avenue between 6 a.m. and 1:55 p.m. on Aug. 23. Approximately $200 in damages were caused to a window frame after the air conditioning unit was removed in order to gain entry.

A 32-inch Element flatscreen TV valued at $250 and a black Toshiba laptop

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This image, provided by the University of Western Australia in July, depicts how computer modeling was used in mid-2014 to show how debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might have drifted. Scientists at the University of Western Australia say the discovery of the wing fragment on Reunion Island fits in with their predictions. A piece of a wing found washed up on Reunion Island last week is from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that vanished last year, Malaysia’s prime minister announced Aug. 6, saying he hoped the news ends the “unspeakable” uncertainty of the passengers’ families.

MH370 wing piece could yield trove of detail on lost flight PARIS (AP) — From the barnacles crusting its contours to the microscopic twists of metal, the wing fragment from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could provide a trove of information for international investigators.

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Aylan died along with 5-year-old brother Galip and his mother, Rehan, leaving their distraught father, Abdullah, to cope with his sudden, overwhelming loss. He said Thursday he wanted one thing and one thing only: to sit by the graves of his wife and children.

“My kids were the most beautiful children in the world, wonderful. They wake me up every morning to play with them. They are all gone now,” he said.

Canadian officials said the family, fleeing the war in Syria, had been turned down in a bid for legal entry to Canada even though it had close relatives there offering financial backing and shelter.

Tima Kurdi of Vancouver, who is Abdullah’s sister, said the family had embarked on the perilous boat journey only after its bid was rejected. But she said she doesn’t want to just blame the Canadian government, adding: “I blame the whole world” for not stopping the war.

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Cities scramble to be prepared for an oil train disaster Millions living, working near tracks at risk of life if we have a derailment, PHILADELPHIA (AP) — spill and fire next to a heavily They rumble past schools, populated area or event,” said homes and businesses in dozWayne Senter, executive direcens of cities across the countor of the Washington state astry — 100-car trains loaded sociation of fire chiefs. “That’s with crude oil from the Upper what keeps us up at night.”

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The oil comes from North While railroads have long Dakota’s prolific Bakken carried hazardous materials Shale, an underground rock through congested urban AP FILE PHOTO formation where fracking and areas, cities are now scramWrecked oil tankers and debris from a derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada, are seen July 8, 2013. horizontal drilling have albling to formulate emergency lowed energy companies to plans and to train firefighters Part of the city was leveled, and 47 people died. Cities are scrambling to formulate emergency plans and amid the latest safety threat: a tap previously inaccessible re- to train firefighters amid a fiftyfold increase in crude shipments. serves. fiftyfold increase in crude The production boom has shipments that critics say has made oil trains a daily fact of put millions of people living life in places such as Philadelor working near the tracks at heightened risk of derailment, phia, where they roll past major hospitals, including one fire and explosion.

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Executive director, Washington White Sox’s not. Some ballpark. fire departstate association of fire chiefs Before the ments have rise of shale trained for oil and the ethanol industry, an oil train disaster; others hazardous materials were typsay they’re planning on it.

Some cities are sitting on huge ically shipped in just a handful of cars in trains that quantities of fire-suppressing hauled a variety of products. foam; others report much But the trains now passing smaller stockpiles. through cities consist entirely The AP surveyed emergenof tank cars filled with flamcy management departments in Chicago; Philadelphia; Seat- mable crude. These so-called unit trains offer increased effitle; Cleveland; Minneapolis; ciency but magnify the risk Milwaukee; Pittsburgh; New that hazardous materials will Orleans; Sacramento, CaliforOr This? be involved in a derailment. nia; Newark, New Jersey; and

By Steph Weller (through the mouth) instead of topically (on the skin), not That has led some residents Buffalo, New York. only will the skin on your face look young – virtually every NEW YORK: Plastic surgeons are angry. And for and emergency management The responses show emerorgan in your body gets younger too. good reason. The U.S. launch of the new “face-lift pill”, experts to worry it’s just a gency planning remains a Dermex-P, might have them scrambling for new careers.

“I’ve seen some people start taking matter of time before a catawork in progress even as Their “bread and butter” business; making older faces look them and look like a different person strophic derailment in a city, crude has become one of the young again, could go away tomorrow. just a month later!” where, according to a 2014 U.S. nation’s most common hazIn a time when 50 is the new 30, the pressure to look Says supplement manufacturer, Daniel Dembinski; Department of Transportation ardous materials transported younger is greater than ever. Perhaps this is why Americans “Doctor Oz was right! Phytoceramides are remarkable! I’ve spent over $12-billion on anti-aging products and procedures analysis, a severe accident by rail. Railroads carried seen some people start taking them and look like a different — just last year.

A number that had doctors and cosmetic could kill more than 200 peosome 500,000 carloads last person just a month later. I know it sounds crazy but you manufacturers doing a jig in 2014 — but “not for long!” can’t argue with facts. The pill is a better, more effective ple and cause $6 billion in year, up from 9,500 in 2008.

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When TV’s Doctor Oz featured phytoceramides (the key Phytoceramides Offer Relief from ingredient in Dermex-P) on his show, he didn’t realize the th Eczema and Psoriasis Too!

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damage he was doing. Everything that Doctor Oz said about the ingredient was true. “This is no ‘old wives tale’. It’s a scientific fact! The clinical tests are indisputable,” said one industry insider. And that’s the problem. It works too well!

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Study counts 3 trillion trees on Earth Scientists say number is likely half of what planet once had

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON — More than 3 trillion trees now grow on Earth, seven times more than scientists previously thought. But it’s also trillions fewer than there used to be, a new study concludes.

A United Nations-affiliated youth group had a goal of planting one billion trees, and Yale forestry researcher Thomas Crowther was asked if planting that many trees would do anything to help combat human-made climate change. Trees capture and store heat-trapping carbon dioxide.

Crowther said first he had to figure out how many trees are on Earth, and that number was far more than anyone expected: 3.04 trillion trees, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The previous estimate was 400 billion trees, and that rough count was based on satellite images peering down from space. Crowther and colleagues used 429,775 ground-based measurements along with satellite measurements and computer models to get a more accurate figure.

“These things really dominate our planet,” Crowther said. “They are the most prominent organisms on our planet, and there are 3 trillion of them.”

But Earth used to be covered with far more trees. Using computer mod-

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Vegetation grows among trees burned by the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, in 2014. More than 3 trillion trees now grow on Earth, more than seven times greater than scientists previously thought. But it’s also trillions fewer than there used to be, a new study concludes. els, Crowther and colleagues estimated that before human civilization Earth had about 5.6 trillion trees. So the number of trees on Earth has been chopped nearly in half.

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study found that 15 billion trees are cut down each year by people, with 5 billion trees replanted. That’s a net loss of 10 billion trees a year. At that rate, all of Earth’s trees will be gone in about 300 years.

“Humans are diminishing that huge population on such a global scale,” Crowther said.

Nearly 1.4 trillion of Earth’s trees are in tropical and subtropical forests, but that’s also where the rate of forest loss is the highest, the study found.

So if there are so many trees on the planet, the planting of a billion trees wouldn’t do too much to fight climate change on its own, Crowther conceded.

But he said that didn’t stop the tree planters group; they just upped their goal. On its website, Plant for the Planet says the objective is now 18 billion.

Now that’s over many decades, and it might be hard to find space, but it can be done, Crowther said.

Outside scientists such as Norm Christensen of Duke University said the way the study was conducted made sense and is well executed. But he wonders how useful it is to know the number of trees.

Former U.S. Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck said the same thing, adding the issue is more than a number but the big picture of what trees do to help Earth and local ecosystems.

Crowther said he and his colleagues all wondered the same thing, but the detailed maps of forest density can help conservation efforts. For example, if a jaguar needs a certain number of trees to survive, this can help in rebuilding the right habitat for the large cat, Crowther said.

Also, it spurs people to realize how important it is to take care of and replant forests, Crowther said.

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Report: Some baby monitors lack security features NEW YORK (AP) — Several of the most popular Internet-connected baby monitors lack basic security features, making them vulnerable to even the simplest hacking attempts, according to a new report from a cybersecurity firm.

The possibility of an unknown person watching their baby’s every move is a frightening thought for many parents who have come to rely on the devices to keep an eye on their little

ones. In addition, a hacked camera could provide access to other Wi-Fienabled devices in a person’s home, such as a personal computer or security system.

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dents from the Class of 2015 took the exam, up from 1.67 million in the 2014 class.

Overall, the College Board said the mean score in reading was 495, down from 497 the previous year. For math, it was 511, down from 513. Writing scores dropped three points, to 484 from 487. The

Report shows student scores on test lagging WASHINGTON (AP) — Continuing a downward trend, the latest scores from the SAT college entrance exam show a majority of students taking the test aren’t ready for college-level work or career-training programs.

A report released Thursday from the College Board also finds overall student performance on the SAT lagging for the Class of 2015, with average scores for reading, math and writing at their lowest level in nearly a decade.

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The percentage meeting that benchmark has largely remained the same in the last few years.

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RED CROSS FROM PAGE A1 At one point, they did not have enough blood to give him more, he said.

“I was told there was a shortage at the hospital,” he said. “Only pre-op and trauma patients could get it. The next day I was pre-op so they gave me more.”

Sargent said he strongly encourages his coworkers, friends and family to give blood.

“It is so important that people understand that so many lives are affected,” he said. “It does have an impact.”

Sargent said if anyone has questions they should call the Red Cross or talk to someone who donates blood.

Krystal Overmyer, communications manager of the Red Cross South Carolina Blood Services Region, said they are encouraging people in South Carolina to donate blood to help the state catch up on a donation shortage earlier in the summer.

“Right now we are looking for type O-Negative, ANegative and B-Negative — those are most in demand at our hospitals,” she said.

“We are trying to make up for a shortfall we experienced earlier in the summer. In June and July, we were down in South Carolina about 1,100 donations each month.”

She said September represents the final few weeks in the summer for collecting donations. Donors in September may also receive a coupon for a free haircut at SportClips, Overmyer said.

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An overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland is prepared to be shorn in Canberra, Australia, on Thursday.

Lost Australian sheep yields 30 sweaters worth of fleece CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters — and shedding almost half his body weight.

Tammy Ven Dange, chief executive of the Canberra RSPCA, which rescued the merino ram dubbed Chris, said she hoped to register the 89 pound, 3 ounce fleece with the Guinness World Records.

The most wool sheared from a sheep in a single shearing is 63 pounds, 11 ounces, taken from a wild New Zealand merino dubbed Big Ben in January last year, the Guinness World Records website said.

“He’s looking really good; he looks like a new man,” Ven Dange said, as the now 97pound sheep recovered at the Canberra animal refuge. “For one thing, he’s only half the

weight he used to be.”

Champion shearer Ian Elkins said the sheep appeared to be in good condition after being separated from his huge fleece under anesthetic.

“I don’t reckon he’s been shorn before, and I reckon he’d be 5- or 6-years-old,” Elkins said.

Chris was found near Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary outside Canberra miles from the nearest sheep far by bushwalkers who feared he would not survive the approaching southern summer.

One of them named him Chris after the sheep in the “Father Ted” television comedy series.

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“Now that people are getting back into the groove and getting back in their fall routine, we are hoping people will answer the call to give,” she said.

She also said Sept. 11 is a national day of service and that the campaign represents a way folks can give back to their communities.

9/11 Day was launched in 2002 as an annual day of service to honor the victims and heroes of Sept. 11, 2001, and it has evolved into the largest annual day of charitable engagement in the nation. In 2009, it was designated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance by the U.S. Congress.

“Giving blood or platelets is a fitting way for people to remember those who lost their lives on 9/11 and to honor the first responders who rose up in response to the attacks and those who serve and protect communities every day,” Overmyer said.

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Those in the Sumter area who would like to observe the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by donating blood or platelets can make an appointment to give at one of the following locations: • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9, Morris College Neal Jones Auditorium, 100 W College St.; • 2 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9, Grace Baptist Church, 219 West Calhoun St.; • 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Road; • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, First Missionary Baptist Church, 129 South Washington St.; and • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 13, Trinity United Methodist Church, 226 W. Liberty St. Anyone who wishes to donate can download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an appointment or for more information.

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PENALTYFROM PAGE A1 death penalty, but she said forgiveness doesn’t eliminate the consequences of Roof’s actions.

“Making such a weighty decision is an awesome responsibility,” Wilson said. “People who have already been victimized should not bear the burden of making the decisions on behalf of an entire community. They shouldn’t have to weigh the concerns of other people. They shouldn’t have to consider the facts of the case.”

Roof’s lawyers did not respond to Wilson’s decision.

But Thursday’s motion doesn’t guarantee the case goes to trial. In a number of other murder cases in South Carolina, solicitors have filed notices to seek the death penalty and used them as bargaining chips to get a defendant to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison. Roof’s lawyers said in federal court July 31 that he would have been willing to plead guilty to the hate crimes charges, but he wanted to wait to see if prosecutors would want to put him to death.

In her filing, Wilson said she intends to present evidence on Roof’s mental state, adult and juvenile criminal record and other conduct, as well as his apparent lack of remorse for the killings.

Roof faces state charges including nine murder counts in the June 17 slayings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. He is expected in court again on those charges in October. Public pressure and media attention on the case likely made it impossible for Wilson not to seek death, said Colin Miller, an expert on criminal law at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

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Deputies with Sumter County Sheriff’s Office narcotics division collect evidence associated with a methamphetamine lab discovered at a home in the 3400 block of Ramsey Road early Thursday morning.

METH FROM PAGE A1 Fire Department, Sumter County Emergency Medical Services, Sumter County Emergency Management Division and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division were called to the scene to assist in decontamination efforts.

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HEROES FROM PAGE A1 Senate. The law, signed by Haley in June 2014, allows the governor to present the award to South Carolina residents who are on federal POW lists.

Sponsoring Sen. Wes Hayes, R-Rock Hill, said the state needed to recognize their service too.

Driving the effort was T.J. Martin of York, an Army veteran who spent 2 ½ years as a POW during the Korean War — 13 months of that in confinement. Martin, who’s worked with federal and state prisoner of war groups, said he felt it imperative that the WWII veterans should be honored by their state as soon as possible. He said his list of WWII prisoners of war living in South Carolina used to be in the hundreds.

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Koon and Bone were then taken into custody and transported to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.

The three individuals who were inside the residence were not believed to be involved in the drug activity at the time of the first arrests, Bunch said.

The meth lab was disassembled and the materials were labeled and taken by law enforcement.

Bunch said the investigation is ongoing and more arrests could be possible.

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The award was accepted by his son Charles Gatch; • Emerson Roberts, 92, of Columbia, 11 months; • Paul Hollen, 92, of Mount Pleasant, six months • Claud Young, 92, five months; • Bill Pebley, 88, of Little Mountain, four months; • Pete Wylie, 91, of Columbia, four months; • Paul Luckadoo, 93, of Fort Mill, 10 months; and • Reginal Salsbury, 90, nine months.

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Relatives of shooting victims notably spoke out at Roof’s first court appearance, telling the alleged shooter they forgave him for the shooting and prayed God would have mercy on him.

Wilson said she has met many times with survivors and families of shooting victims.

She said their desires played into her ultimate decision, but that she appreciated that they all respected her decision to seek the death penalty.

“It’s definitely something a solicitor will take into account — the wishes of the family and what they desire in terms of how the case is going to proceed,” Miller said.

Andy Savage, a Charleston attorney who represents some of the survivors and victims’ families, commended Wilson for considering his clients’ thoughts on whether Roof should face death. Some of his clients may oppose the death penalty for religious reasons but also understood the decision was up to the state, Savage said.

“In the big picture, if you see why these people are involved, it’s because they were in a church on a Wednesday evening at Bible study,” Savage said. “They’re not Sunday Christians. They’re 24-7 Christians. They believe in the sanctity of life. They believe in forgiveness. ... So for them, to not be proponent of the death penalty is no surprise.”

Ultimately, Savage said, his clients want Roof to be found guilty and punished.

“They want a conviction, and they want this guy to disappear and never to see civilization again,” Savage said. “And hopefully that is because he’s going to have to live in a six-by-nine cell.”

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH Sometimes the dramas that take themselves most seriously become unintentionally hilarious. You’d be pretty callous to search for humor in Amazon Prime’s new drama “Hand of God,” but it keeps showing up.

The series can be streamed in its entirety beginning today.

Judge and civic heavyweight Pernell Harris (Ron Perlman) is first seen speaking in tongues and frolicking in a public fountain. He’s clearly had a breakdown. We later learn that his daughter-in-law had been gruesomely raped while Pernell’s son was forced to watch, a trauma that inspired him to put a bullet in his brain.

So, when Pernell is brought to the hospital for observation, his comatose son is right down the hall, lingering in a vegetative state. If this sounds too grim for you, believe me, “Hand of God” is just warming up.

Apparently, while missing for three days (symbolism alert), Pernell had some kind of religious conversion at the hands of the Rev. Paul Curtis (Julian Morris), the kind of minister who thinks nothing of beguiling a $50,000 donation out of a grieving father.

This expensive act of charity, the three days’ absence and the incident in the fountain gets the attention of Pernell’s wife, Crystal (Dana Delany), who sashays down to the hospital in a leather miniskirt to visit her brain-dead son and deranged husband. Not unlike her neurosurgeon character on “Body of Proof,” Delany’s Crystal is always dressed to the nines, no matter the location or occasion.

And on “Hand of God,” she’s frequently smoking a joint.

Fashion-plate Crystal shares zero chemistry with Pernell and frequently seems like she walked in from another drama entirely. And that helps tip this enterprise from tragedy to farce.

After one harrowing moment, Crystal can be found on a palatial staircase, puffing away. In another, she stands by a window, catatonically singing the traditional lullaby “All Through the Night.”

But in her weirdest moment, she shares pot with the city’s sleazy mayor, “Bobo” Boston (Andre Royo). That’s after she

follows him into the men’s room, where he’s experiencing explosive diarrhea while they chat about a shady land deal at the center of the story. It’s that kind of show.

For those who hang on, “Hand of God” throws out a few intriguing questions: Is Pernell’s conversion genuine, or merely hallucination? Is Rev. Curtis a con man or the real deal? Or both? Is “Hand of God” a celebration of faith, or a cautionary tale about the introduction of the irrational into civic life?

But the real question is why anybody would watch, never mind binge, on a series as odd and unpleasant as “Hand of God.” Do you stick around for the story? Or the laughs?

• “American Masters” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) profiles Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter from Harlem who became the first African-American to play and win at Wimbledon. Contributors include her fellow Wimbledon tennis champions Dick Savitt and Billie Jean King.

• “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church” (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA) recalls the guitarist whose extraordinary short career continues to fascinate some 45 years after his death.

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TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS • Holmes and Watson take to the road to find a judge’s killer on “Elementary” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• On two episodes of “Shark Tank” (ABC, r, TV-PG): A car that runs on air (8 p.m.); foldable luggage on wheels (9 p.m.).

• Fish wants out on “Gotham”

(9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).

• A surprise suspect arises in a celebrity chef’s murder on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

• “Death by Gossip With Wendy Williams” (9 p.m., ID, TV-14) recalls crimes and murders caused by rumors, half-truths and slander.

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Why Clinton is still all but inevitable

W

ASHINGTON -Unless she’s indicted, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination.

That kind of sentence is rarely written about a major presidential candidate. But I don’t see a realistic third alternative (except for one longshot, below).

Clinton is now hostage to the various investigations — the FBI, Congress, the courts — of her emails.

The issue has already damaged her seriously by highlighting CHARLES once again Krauthammer her congenital inability to speak truthfully. When the scandal broke in March, she said unequivocally that she “did not email any classified material to anyone.” That’s now been shown to be unequivocally false. After all, the inspector general of the intelligence community referred her emails to the Justice Department precisely because they contain classified material.

The fallback — every Clinton defense has a fallback — is that she did not mishandle any material “marked” classified.

But that’s absurd. Who could even have been in a position to mark classified something she composed and sent on her own private email system?

Moreover, what’s prohibited is mishandling classified information not just documents. For example, any information learned from confidential conversations with foreign leaders is automatically classified. Everyone in national security knows that.

Reuters has already found 17 emails sent

by Clinton containing such “born classified” information. And the State Department has already identified 188 emails on her server that contain classified information.

The truth-shaving never stops. Take a minor matter: her communications with Sidney Blumenthal. She originally insisted that these were just “unsolicited” emails from an old friend. Last Monday’s document release showed that they were very much solicited (“Keep ‘em coming when you can”) and in large volume — 306 emails, according to The New York Times’ Peter Baker, more than with any other person, apparently, outside the State Department.

The parallel scandal looming over Clinton is possible corruption involving contributions to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state. There are relatively few references to the foundation in the emails she has released.

Remember, she erased 32,000 emails she deemed not “workrelated.” Clinton needs to be asked a straightforward question: “In sorting your private from public emails, were those related to the Clinton Founda-

tion considered work-related or were they considered private and thus deleted?”

We are unlikely to get a straight answer from Clinton.

In fact, we may never get the real answer. So Clinton marches on regardless. Who is to stop her?

Yes, Bernie Sanders has risen impressively. But it is inconceivable that he would be nominated. For one thing, he’d be the oldest president by far — on Inauguration Day older than Ronald Reagan, our oldest president, was at his second inaugural.

And there is the matter of Sanders being a self-proclaimed socialist in a country more allergic to socialism than any in the Western world. Which is why the party is turning its lonely eyes to joltin’ Joe Biden.

Biden, who at 72 shares the Democrats’ gerontocracy problem, is riding a wave of deserved sympathy. But that melts away quickly when a campaign starts. Even now, his support stands at only 18 percent in the latest Quinnipiac poll. For him to win, one has to assume that Sanders disappears and Biden automatically inherits Sanders’ constituency.

That’s a fantasy, modeled on 1968 when Bobby Kennedy picked up Eugene McCarthy’s anti-Lyndon Johnson constituency. But Joe Biden is no Bobby Kennedy. And in a recent Iowa poll, Biden’s support comes roughly equally from Clinton and Sanders.

Rather than inheriting the anti-Clintonite constituency, he could instead be splitting it.

There is one long-shot possibility that might upend Clinton: Biden pledges to serve one term only and chooses Elizabeth Warren as his running mate — now.

One term pledges address the age problem but they are political poison, giving the impression of impermanence and mere transition.

Warren cures that, offering the Democratic base — and the Sanders constituency — the vision of a 12-year liberal ascendancy.

When asked on Wednesday whether she had discussed such a ticket with Biden, Warren answered “it was a long conversation,” a knowing wink in the form of a provocative nondenial.

I doubt a Biden-Warren ticket will happen, but it remains the only threat to Clinton outside of some Justice Department prosecutor showing the same zeal in going after Hillary Clinton as the administration did in going after David Petraeus.

Otherwise the Democrats remain lashed to Clinton. Their only hope is that the Republicans self-destruct in a blaze of intraparty warfare. Something for which they are showing an impressive talent.

‘I doubt a BidenWarren ticket will happen, but it remains the only threat to Clinton outside of some Justice Department prosecutor showing the same zeal in going after Hillary Clinton as the administration did in going after David Petraeus.’

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com. © 2015, The Washington Post Writers Group

NOTABLE AND QUOTABLE

Obama network wants control of Democratic Party In “The Biden-Obama Axis,” Dan Henninger writes, “The Obama network wants control of the party they won from the Clintons.” Read it online at www.wsj.com: Here’s the short reason for the boomlet to get Joe Biden into the race: Hillary’s just not fun anymore.

Set aside whether she ever was. Let’s divide humanity into two groups: normal people and politicians. What makes the political class flutter about Joe Biden is a little different than what excites the rest of us.

On Labor Day weekend, more than 99% of the American population will unwind with family and friends, picnics, the beach and baseball.

Not the politicians.

Why do they do it? Because they love it. Politicking is the only thing they do.

And standing nearby in politicking’s upper divisions this weekend will be aides, abandoning normal life for the same reason. They love it.

Where in this great political parade is Joe Biden? Vice President Biden has become the “Where’s Waldo?” of U.S. politics. Is he in the picture or isn’t he?

Mr. Biden has been coy about running, and Joe Biden doesn’t do coy. The most suggestive take on whether Mr. Biden is in or out appeared in the Washington Post last week.

It was a piece about the network of Obama fundraisers—the “bundlers”— who are idling like top-fuel dragsters for a green light from Mr. Biden. By the Post’s analysis, some 770 people bundled donations for the Obama 2012 campaign. Guess how many have signed on as “Hillblazers” for Hillary? About 52.

The Obama network now has three choices: Amuse

themselves with Bernie Sanders,watch the presidential campaign on TV and mail in a loyalty vote, or . . . get Joe Biden to run.

It could be worse. Even from the sidelines, they can draw comfort in the Republican spectacle. Legendary Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis spoke for politicians everywhere when he said, “Just win, baby.” Right now, any Democrat might. The Republicans are carving a path to defeat no matter how grim the Clinton campaign gets.

Saudia Arabia poses most dangerous threat Thomas Friedman discusses “Our Radical Islamic BFF, Saudi Arabia.”

Read it online at www.nytimes.com: (T)he title greatest “purveyors of radical Islam” does not belong to the Iranians. Not even close. That belongs to our putative ally Saudi Arabia.

I support the Iran nuclear deal because it reduces the chances of Iran building a bomb for 15 years and creates the possibility that Iran’s radical religious regime can be moderated through more integration with the world.

But if you think Iran is the only source of trouble in the Middle East, you must have slept through 9/11, when 15 of the 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia.

Nothing has been more corrosive to the stability and modernization of the Arab world, and the Muslim world at large, than the billions and billions of dollars the Saudis have invested since the 1970s into wiping out the pluralism of Islam — the Sufi, moderate Sunni and Shiite versions — and imposing in its place the puritanical, anti-modern, anti-wom-

en, anti-Western, anti-pluralistic Wahhabi Salafist brand of Islam promoted by the Saudi religious establishment.

It is not an accident that several thousand Saudis have joined the Islamic State or that Arab Gulf charities have sent ISIS donations. It is because all these Sunni jihadist groups — ISIS, Al Qaeda, the Nusra Front — are the ideological offspring of the Wahhabism injected

by Saudi Arabia into mosques and madrasas from Morocco to Pakistan to Indonesia.

And we, America, have never called them on that — because we’re addicted to their oil and addicts never tell the truth to their pushers.

Labor Day joke of the day As we move into the Labor Day weekend, here’s your joke of the day, courtesy of www.laughfactory. com: Two factory workers are talking. The woman says, “I can make the boss give me the day off.” The man replies, “And how would you do that?” The woman says, “Just wait and see.”

She then hangs upside down from the ceiling. The boss comes in and says, “What are you doing?” The woman replies, “I’m a light bulb.” The boss then says, “You’ve been working so much that you’ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off.” The man starts to follow her and the boss says, “Where are you going?” The man says, “I’m going home, too. I can’t work in the dark.”

Notable & Quotable is compiled by Graham Osteen. Reach him at graham@theitem.com.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

LABOR DAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed on Monday.

Labor Day Schedule: Sept. 4, 2015 GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Monday: federal government offices; state government offices; U.S. Postal Service; City of Sumter offices; Sumter County offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices.

SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Monday: Sumter School District; Clarendon School Districts 1, 2 and 3; Robert E. Lee Academy; Lee County Public Schools; St. Anne Catholic School; William Thomas Academy; St. Francis Xavier High School; Clarendon Hall; Sumter Christian School; Thomas Sumter Academy; Laurence Manning Academy; Wilson Hall; Central Carolina Technical College; Morris College; and USC Sumter.

UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. and Black River Electric Coop. will be closed on Monday.

OTHER — The following will be closed on Monday: Harvin Clarendon County Library; Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce; and Clemson Extension Service.

The Sumter County Library will be closed Saturday through Monday.

All offices of The Sumter Item will be closed on Monday.

DAILY PLANNER

THE SUMTER ITEM

WEATHER

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AccuWeather® five-day forecast for Sumter TODAY

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TODAY’S SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER

Gaffney 92/69 Spartanburg 93/69

Greenville 93/69

Columbia 96/72

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

IN THE MOUNTAINS

Alice Drive Baptist Church liThe Campbell Soup friends brary on the corner of Loring lunch group will meet atfriends 11:30 lunch Campbell Soup group Mill Road and Wise Drive. a.m. to onmeet Saturday, Sept. 5, at Golden Corral.

Crosswell Community Improvement Committee will meet Clarendon School District One will conduct free vision, hearing, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, at St. John United speech and developmental Methodist Church, 136 Poinscreenings as part of a child sett Drive, just off of Lafayfind effort to identify stuette Drive. All Crosswell area dents with special needs. residents are invited to atScreenings will be held from tend and share their con9 a.m. to noon at the Summerton Early Childhood Cen- cerns. Email crosswell2015@ yahoo.com. ter, 8 South St., Summerton, on the following Thursdays: The National Council of Negro Sept. 10; Oct. 8; Nov. 12; Dec. Women (NCNW) Sumter 10; Jan. 14, 2016; Feb. 11, 2016; Branch will meet at 5 p.m. on March 10, 2016; April 14, 2016; Friday, Sept. 11, at Morris and May 12, 2016. Call Sadie College.

Williams at (803) 485-2325, The American Red Cross will extension 116. offer New Volunteer Orientation The Sumter Chapter of the Na/ Disaster Services Overview for tional Federation of the Blind new Red Cross volunteers will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesfrom 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Shiloh-Randay, Sept. 12, at the Sandhills dolph Manor. Glenn Givens Service Center, 1155 N. Guigwill speak on “Wills and nard Drive. This class is for Dying Without a Will.” Transanyone who would like to portation provided within the volunteer with the Red Cross allotted mileage area. Conin any capacity. Call (803) tact Debra Canty, chapter 775-2363 to register or find president, at DebraCanC2@ out more information. frontier.com or (803) 775Southern Bliss Yoga will offer a 5792. Add the group to your free yoga day on Saturday, contacts for updated information on the recorded mes- Sept. 12, at 600 Bultman Drive. Mats and props will be sage line at (206) 376-5992. provided. Available classes McLeod Orthopedic and Spine include: 10:15-11 a.m., Warm Specialists will host a free lunch Power Flow; 11:15 a.m.-12:15 and learn on hip pain and anp.m., Yin; 12:30-1:15 p.m., doterior hip replacement at Terra Essential Oils class and noon on Thursday, Sept. 10, snacks; 1:30-2:15 p.m., Yin at Hamptons restaurant. Dr. and Flow; 2:30-3:15 p.m., VinDavid Woodbury, orthopaeyasa Flow; and 3:30-4:15 p.m., dic surgeon with McLeod Or- Tai Chi. Pictures will be taken thopaedics, will explain at 4:30 p.m. causes, symptoms and treatManning High School Class of ment for hip pain, focusing on the advanced anterior hip 1971 will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, at the replacement option. A light home of Loretta Cantey lunch will be provided. As Conyers, 1 Branch St., Manspace is limited, please call ning. Call Loretta at (803) (843) 777-2005 to register.

528-8183 or Lillian Hilton The Overcomers Stroke Support Wright at (803) 236-8049 for Group will meet at 6 p.m. on details.

Thursday, Sept. 10, at the

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your mind will EUGENIA LAST be racing with all sorts of ideas. Expect to hear some interesting news. Listen to the people you love and care about and you will be able to ward off a problem before it has a chance to swell.

The last word in astrology

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Consider the changes you can make to improve your life. Put greater emphasis on getting back to your roots and rediscovering some of the people, places and pastimes you used to enjoy. Don’t let a disgruntled individual ruin your day.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Pursue the changes that will make you feel good about yourself. Love and romance are favored and will help you improve your current personal situation. Following through on your plans will lead to happiness and victory.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Concentrate on doing something you enjoy. Set up a space at home to develop a hobby or idea you have. Don’t let an argument surface and disrupt your plans. Try not to indulge in anything that could lead to a costly mistake.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A realistic point of view and moderate, efficient plans will bring GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your you the success you are looking for. emotions will be difficult to control. Make plans to celebrate your Don’t let situations get blown out accomplishments with someone of proportion. It’s important to stay who loves you dearly. focused on the facts if you want to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): avoid a scene. Opt for affection Follow your heart, your instincts instead of criticism and suspicion. and your savvy business sense, and CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take you will avoid interference from care of any problems that could someone who doesn’t have your affect your reputation. Expand your interests and friendships by taking best interests at heart. Don’t act impulsively or feel pressured to more time to listen. Keeping your personal life a secret for now will make a snap decision. benefit you later.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Host LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Show off a little and you will gain interest from someone who likes your style and shares your vision. Discussions will lead to opportunities to begin something new. A journey will lead to greater knowledge and wisdom.

an event or invite people you share interests with to discuss future plans. An opportunity to use your skills to bring in extra cash will arise, and a service you offer could turn into a moneymaker.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your feelings and take care of matters that have left you feeling uncertain about which way to go.

You have more options than you realize, so don’t let anyone deter you from following the path that brings you the most satisfaction.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Use your talents to get ahead, and you will attract attention from people with similar interests. Keep in touch with old friends or colleagues who might be able to help you out. A reunion is a good idea. Consider hosting the event.

Sumter 95/71

Aiken 93/67

ON THE COAST

Charleston 94/73

Today: An afternoon shower or thunderstorm. High 89 to 93.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers. High 84 to 88.

LOCAL ALMANAC

LAKE LEVELS

SUMTER THROUGH 4 P.M. YESTERDAY

Temperature High Low Normal high Normal low Record high Record low

Today Hi/Lo/W 92/72/t 84/68/t 95/78/pc 83/68/t 89/74/t 77/65/pc 88/77/t 84/65/pc 91/74/t 87/69/pc 92/77/t 71/57/pc 91/72/t

SUN AND MOON 7 a.m. yest.

356.93 72.71 72.62 97.08

24-hr chg -0.02 -0.03 -0.02 -0.08

Sunrise 6:57 a.m.

Moonrise none

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

0.00" 0.00" 0.39" 27.07" 25.88" 33.78"

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

93° 74° 87° 66° 97° in 2010 52° in 1967

Precipitation 24 hrs ending 4 p.m. yest.

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Sat. Hi/Lo/W 88/70/t 88/70/pc 97/79/s 86/68/t 92/74/t 79/65/pc 90/76/t 81/64/s 91/73/t 85/64/s 96/79/pc 76/57/s 85/68/s

Myrtle Beach 89/72

Manning 96/72

Today: Warm with a thunderstorm. Winds north 3-6 mph.

Saturday: A couple of showers. Winds northeast 6-12 mph.

AROUND TOWN

Florence 94/71

Bishopville 95/71

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1:20 p.m.

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AT MYRTLE BEACH

High 2:06 a.m.

2:39 p.m.

3:04 a.m.

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Today Sat.

Ht. 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.4

Low Ht. 8:51 a.m. -0.2 9:37 p.m. 0.4 9:49 a.m. 0.1 10:39 p.m. 0.6

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

Today Hi/Lo/W 88/64/t 92/70/t 94/69/t 93/74/t 86/73/t 94/73/t 94/69/t 92/71/t 96/72/t 94/70/t 88/72/t 91/69/t 93/69/t

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 79/64/sh 86/68/sh 87/68/sh 88/71/sh 83/72/sh 87/70/sh 86/69/sh 85/70/sh 90/71/sh 88/69/sh 82/71/sh 85/69/sh 85/70/sh

Today City Hi/Lo/W Florence 94/71/t Gainesville 92/72/t Gastonia 94/69/t Goldsboro 93/70/t Goose Creek 94/72/t Greensboro 90/69/t Greenville 93/69/t Hickory 91/67/t Hilton Head 89/75/pc Jacksonville, FL 92/72/t La Grange 95/73/t Macon 92/70/t Marietta 92/70/t

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 87/70/sh 90/71/t 87/68/sh 84/69/sh 86/71/sh 83/68/sh 85/68/sh 83/67/sh 86/73/sh 89/71/t 91/72/t 88/69/sh 87/70/t

City Marion Mt. Pleasant Myrtle Beach Orangeburg Port Royal Raleigh Rock Hill Rockingham Savannah Spartanburg Summerville Wilmington Winston-Salem

Today Hi/Lo/W 87/66/t 93/73/t 89/72/t 95/71/t 92/74/t 89/68/t 93/68/t 94/69/t 93/73/t 93/69/t 94/72/t 90/70/t 89/68/t

Sat. Hi/Lo/W 80/66/sh 85/72/sh 86/71/sh 89/69/sh 87/72/sh 81/67/sh 87/68/sh 87/69/sh 88/71/sh 83/69/sh 87/70/sh 86/69/sh 82/67/sh

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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POWERBALL WEDNESDAY

MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY

8-15-17-23-38 PowerUp: 2

17-22-30-46-56 Powerball: 16 Powerplay: 3

2-5-35-40-54 Megaball: 13 Megaplier: 5

PICK 3 THURSDAY 5-8-9 and 0-6-1

PICK 4 THURSDAY 7-3-4-8 and 8-1-2-8

SPCA DOG OF THE WEEK Mindy, a spayed and housebroken 2-year-old blond lab mix, is available for adoption at the Sumter SPCA. She would be excellent in a home with other dogs and children. Mindy is very friendly and enjoys belly rubs and lots of love and attention. 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.

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Call: (803) 774-1241 | E-mail: sports@theitem.com

USC FOOTBALL

USC claims Carolina clash Running game, defense key to Gamecocks’ comeback win FROM STAFF REPORTS CHARLOTTE – It was the Skai and Shon show on Thursday in Charlotte, and University of South Carolina fans are hoping the series only gets better from here.

On his first SPURRIER carry of the game early in the fourth quarter, running back Shon Carson broke free for a 48-yard run to paydirt to give the Gamecocks their first lead of the night in an eventual 17-13 victory over North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium.

That score proved the difference as linebacker Skai Moore and the much-maligned Gamecock defense began their redemption road with a solid outing – picking off Tar Heel quarterback Marquise Williams three times, including twice in the end zone to preserve the 4-point victory.

USC, now 1-0 on the year, hosts Kentucky on Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. UNC falls to 0-1.

Moore’s picks came on the first and last UNC drives of the game. His second INT was on a fourth-and-goal play with the game winding down and following a crucial sack that forced the Tar Heels back from the 3-yard line. It was the fourth sack of the game for USC. The big play not only all but sealed the win for the Gamecocks, but also negated what would have been a controversial decision moments before.

Nursing the slim lead, an errant punt set Carolina up near midfield and the USC offense drove into field goal

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Carolina running back Brandon Wilds (22) runs past North Carolina linebacker Joe Jackson (32) in the Gamecocks’ 17-13 victory on Thursday in Charlotte. The Gamecocks had a rushing score by Shon Carson and a late interception by Skai Moore to seal the win. range. However, on both third-and-short and fourthand-short, the Gamecocks could not pick up the first down and missed an opportunity at a chip-shot field goal that would have given them a 7-point lead.

Despite that, it was a bold statement by the USC defense.

Even though UNC running

back Elijah Hood rushed for 138 yards on 13 carries, the bend-but-don’t break Gamecock defense kept UNC off the board after the second quarter, posting a shutout in the second half.

It did not begin as well as it ended for South Carolina. The debut of Connor Mitch as the starting quarterback began

with a couple misfires as a delay of game penalty to open play quickly led to a 3-downsand-out by the Gamecock offense.

That trend continued on the second drive, but a good decision by punter Sean Kelly to tuck the ball and run resulted in a first down and kept the drive alive. It stalled soon

thereafter, however, and USC had nothing to show for its first two possessions.

Meanwhile USC’s defense had another inauspicious beginning to its season as Williams drove the Tar Heels down to the USC 7 on their first possession. However, an

SEE USC, PAGE B3

PREP FOOTBALL

AUTO RACING

SHS’ physicality to be tested versus Stratford

‘Lady in Black’ back on Labor Day weekend

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com The increased physicality and improvement Mark Barnes called for from his Sumter High School football team against Crestwood after its season-opening, 35-9 loss to defending 4A Division II state runner-up York was on display at Sumter Memorial Stadium last week. The Gamecocks had 534 yards of total offense and three backs rushed for at least 100 yards

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Varsity Football Stratford at Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Fairfield Central at Crestwood, 7:30 p.m.

Johnsonville at Lakewood, 7:30 p.m.

Manning at Marion, 7:30 p.m.

North Central at East Clarendon, 7:30 p.m.

Hammond at Wilson Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Pinewood Prep at Laurence Manning, 7:30 p.m.

Dillon Christian at Thomas Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

Robert E. Lee at Calhoun, 7:30 p.m.

Clarendon Hall at Andrew Jackson Academy, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Varsity Cross Country Thomas Sumter in Early Bird Invitational (in Spartanburg), TBA

in the 49-20 victory over its 3A Sumter School District rival.

Sumter gets to see if it can continue that trend today when it takes on another 4A foe in Stratford beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Freddie Solomon Field.

“We’ve got to come out and be the team that we’re capable of being,” said senior center Max Farley. “We improved from the first

SEE SHS, PAGE B4

BY PETE IACOBELLLI The Associated Press

“We just all work really hard and we have a good coaching staff. We’re comfortable in the system and we’ve just got guys who step up and produce.

“Everyone did that last week.”

LMA will need every bit of production it can get this week as it opens its home slate against Pinewood Prep

DARLINGTON — Kyle Petty was never among the biggest fans of Darlington Raceway, once saying the big oval should be filled with water and turned into a stadiumsized bathtub.

Still, the longtime NASCAR racer and NBC TV broadcaster never understood the Southern 500 leaving its historic spot on Labor Day weekend after 2003.

That ends this year with the “Lady in Black” again being run over summer’s closing holiday. Petty couldn’t be happier about it.

“I remember when they moved it, and honestly, I was ticked, and that’s putting that politely,” Petty said.

Petty never did well at Darlington — no wins and just five top-10 finishes in 51 career events — by he knows well the significance of its place as NASCAR’s oldest superspeedway.

For Petty and much of the NASCAR garage, Darlington was a touchstone of the past in

SEE LMA, PAGE B4

SEE DARLINGTON, PAGE B4

KEITH GEDAMKE/ THE SUMTER ITEM

Sumter wide receiver Colin Washington (11) runs for some of the 159 yards he had on four catches in the Gamecocks’ 49-20 victory over Crestwood last week. Sumter will play host to Stratford today at 7:30 p.m. at Sumter Memorial Stadium.

LMA offense hopes to keep current pace

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com MANNING – With many of the key skill players from last year’s SCISA 3A state runner-up team gone, Laurence Manning Academy expected its defense would have to shoulder the brunt of the load early on this season.

But after a 34-6 shellacking of Augusta Christian on

the road, it appears the Swampcat offense is well ahead of schedule.

BRIGGS “We really didn’t do anything different than we normally do,” said junior running back Brandon Hutson, who rushed for 139 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown and a 2-point conversion.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

SCOREBOARD

Arizona San Diego Colorado

TODAY

8 a.m. – Formula One Racing: Italian Grand Prix Practice from Monza, Italy (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

10 a.m. - Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Russian Open Second Round from Moscow (GOLF).

10 a.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Buffalo at Detroit (NFL NETWORK).

11 a.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 Practice from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. - Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Third-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN).

1 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series VFW SPORT CLIPS HELP A HERO 200 Practice from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: Tampa Bay at Miami (NFL NETWORK).

2 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Arizona at Chicago Cubs (MLB NETWORK).

2:30 p.m. - International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Germany vs.

Poland (FOX SPORTS 1).

2:30 p.m. - International Soccer: Euro 2016 Qualifying Match – Romania vs.

Hungary (FOX SPORTS 2).

2:30 p.m. – PGA Golf: Deutsche Bank First Round from Norton, Mass.

(GOLF).

3 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: XFINITY Series VFW SPORT CLIPS HELP A HERO 200 Practice from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

3:30 p.m. – College Football: Charlotte at Georgia State (ESPNU).

4 p.m. – NFL Preseason Football: New York Giants at New England (NFL NETWORK).

4:30 p.m. – NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 Practice from Darlington (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

6 p.m. - Professional Tennis: U.S. Open Men’s and Women’s Third-Round Matches from Flushing, N.Y. (ESPN2).

6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. – College Football: Fordham at Army (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. – College Football: Baylor at Southern Methodist (ESPN).

7 p.m. – College Football: Michigan State at Western Michigan (ESPNU).

7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Atlanta at Washington (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. – International Soccer: United States vs. Peru from Washington (FOX SPORTS 1, UNIVISION).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Northwestern at Irmo (TIME WARNER 1250).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Stratford at Sumter (WIBZ-FM 95.5).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Lake City (WWFN-FM 100.1).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Hartsville at Camden (WPUB-FM 102.7).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Hammond at Wilson Hall (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7:30 p.m. – High School Football: Batesburg-Leesville at BrooklandCayce (WNKT-FM 107.5).

8 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Pittsburgh at St. Louis or Minnesota at Houston (MLB NETWORK).

9 p.m. – Women’s College Soccer: Utah at Brigham Young (BYUTV).

9:50 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago (UNIVISION).

10 p.m. – High School Football: Friday Night Prep Zone Scoreboard Show (WIBZ-FM 95.5).

10:15 p.m. – College Football: Washington at Boise State (ESPN).

11:30 p.m. – IRL Racing: IndyCar Series Year-End Banquet from San Francisco (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

Midnight – NFL Preseason Football: Houston at Dallas (NFL NETWORK).

3 a.m. -- NFL Preseason Football: Kansas City at St. Louis (NFL NETWORK).

MLB STANDINGS

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GB – 12 17 191/2 20

Pct .545 .530 .504 .470 .433

GB – 2 51/2 10 15

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

L.A. Angels 9, Oakland 4 N.Y. Yankees 13, Boston 8 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 6, 11 innings Toronto 5, Cleveland 1 Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Kansas City 12, Detroit 1 Seattle 8, Houston 3 Texas 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-9) at Toronto (Hutchison 13-2), 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-5), 7:08 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-12) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-0), 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-8) at Houston (McHugh 14-7), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Olmos 1-0) at Oakland (Brooks 1-1), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Richards 12-10), 10:05 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

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W Los Angeles 75 San Francisco 69

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

Judge sides with Brady on Deflategate; NFL appeals

TODAY’S GAMES

BY LARRY NEUMEISTER & TOM HAYS The Associated Press

Miami 7, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 4, St. Louis 3 Colorado 9, Arizona 4 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1 Texas 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 7:20 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Arizona (Godley 4-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-10), 2:20 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Washington (Roark 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 6-14) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Happ 3-1) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-6), 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 11-8) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-6), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 5-3) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 10:10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.

NFL PRESEASON

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NEW YORK — Tom Brady learned Thursday he will start the season on the field after a judge lifted the league’s fourgame suspension of the star quarterback for a scandal over deflated footballs, sayBRADY ing he was treated unfairly by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league quickly appealed.

U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman criticized Goodell for dispensing “his own brand of industrial justice” as he found multiple reasons to reject the suspension one week before New England’s Sept. 10 opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Super Bowl MVP has insisted he played no role in a conspiracy to deflate footballs below the allowable limit at last season’s AFC championship game, a 45-7 rout of the Indianapolis Colts.

The judge cited “several significant legal deficiencies” in the league’s handling of the controversy, including no advance notice of potential penalties, a refusal to produce a key witness and the apparent firstever discipline of a player based on a finding of “general awareness” of someone else’s wrongdoing.

“Because there was no notice of a four-game suspension in the circumstances presented here, Commissioner Goodell may be said to have ‘dispensed his own brand of industrial justice,’” Berman wrote, partially citing wording from a previous case.

He said a player’s right to know what constitutes violations and what penalties are was “at the heart” of the collective bargaining agreement “and, for that matter, of our criminal and civil justice systems.”

“The court finds that Brady had no notice that he could receive a four-game suspension for general awareness of ball deflation by others,” the judge wrote.

Goodell said it was necessary to appeal “to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game.”

He called the need to secure the game’s competitive fairness “a paramount principle.”

Hours after Goodell issued his statement, the league appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan with a one-page notice from NFL attorney Daniel Nash.

EAST Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami SOUTH Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee NORTH Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh WEST Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

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PA 54 62 63 67

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants Dallas SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans NORTH Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay West

AMERICAN LEAGUE

By The Associated Press EAST DIVISION W L Toronto 76 57 New York 74 58 Tampa Bay 66 67 Baltimore 64 69 Boston 61 72 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Kansas City 81 51 Minnesota 69 63 Cleveland 64 68 Chicago 61 70 Detroit 61 71 WEST DIVISION W L Houston 73 61 Texas 70 62 Los Angeles 67 66 Seattle 63 71 Oakland 58 76

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati WEST DIVISION

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WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

TV, RADIO

New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia CENTRAL DIVISION

65 64 54

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Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

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THURSDAY

New Orleans at Green Bay, 7 p.m.

Baltimore at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

TENNIS The Associated Press U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Thursday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Thomaz Bellucci (30), Brazil, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.

Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def.

Chung Hyeon, South Korea, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6).

Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, def.

Jack Sock (28), United States, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 2-1, retired.

Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 7-6 (10), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Women Second Round Sam Stosur (22), Australia, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-1, 6-1.

Victoria Azarenka (20), Belarus, def.

Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 7-5, 6-4.

Sara Errani (16), Italy, def. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, 0-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (7), 6-2.

Andrea Petkovic (18), Germany, def.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-2.

Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4.

Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def.

Karin Knapp, Italy, 7-5, 6-2.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Wang Qiang, China, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

Shelby Rogers, United States, def.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles Men First Round Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Adil Shamasdin, Canada, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (10), Brazil, 6-3, 6-3.

Tommy Haas, Germany, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (13), Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi (16), Belarus, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Colin Fleming, Britain, and Treat Huey, Philippines, def. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini (5), Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6).

Marco Cecchinato and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4).

GIRLS AREA ROUNDUP

Barons move to 8-1 on season BISHOPVILLE – Wilson Hall improved to 8-1 on the season with a 3-1 victory over Robert E. Lee Academy on Wednesday at the REL gymnasium.

The Lady Barons won by the scores of 25-16, 20-25, 2520, 25-21.

Courtney Clark led WH with 10 assists and six kills.

Catherine Clark had five kills, three blocks and two assists and Lauren Hill had seven digs and three aces.

Reagan Griffin led the 11-3 Lady Cavaliers with one ace, five kills, three assists and seven digs. Ivy Watts had three kills, five blocks and two assists and Whitney Hopkins had five digs and one kill.

SUMTER SWEPT

Sumter High School lost to both Camden and Spring Valley in a tri-match on Wednesday at the SHS gymnasium.

Camden beat the Lady Gamecocks 2-0 by the scores of 25-22, 25-16, while SV won 2-1 by the scores of 18-25, 2511, 25-8.

Sumter, 1-5 on the season, was led by Aubrey Rickard against Camden. She had seven assists, one kill and one ace. Mclean Achziger had two aces and one kill and Annissa Brayboy had two kills.

Against Spring Valley, Rickard had 17 aces and six kills. Mckenzie Michelson had five assists and Margaret McMahon had three kills.

LAURENCE MANNING 3 WILLIAMSBURG 1

MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy defeated Williamsburg 3-1 on

Wednesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

LMA won by the scores of 25-18, 25-19, 23-25, 25-11.

Sara Herbert led the Lady Swampcats with 16 kills.

Courtney Beatson had 11 kills and eight service points and Tekoa Youngblood had 10 kills.

On Tuesday in Columbia, Laurence Manning beat Heathwood Hall 3-1 by the scores of 25-20, 23-25, 25-15, 25-23.

Youngblood had eight kills while Beatson had 11 points and five kills.

VARSITY TENNIS WILLIAMSBURG 7 LAURENCE MANNING 2 Laurence Manning Academy lost to Williamsburg 7-2 on Wednesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

SINGLES 1 – Jenna Faye Reynods (W) defeated Mason Ham 3-6, 6-2, 10-7.

2 – Mackenzie Ham (LMA) defeated Kenslee Wilson 7-5, 6-1.

3 – Sydney Ann McClary (W) defeated Amanda Newman 7-5, 6-3.

4 – Kaela Johnson (LMA) defeated Olivia DiDonato 6-1, 4-6, 10-5.

5 – Milli Brown (W) defeated Allie Johnson 6-3, 6-2.

6 – Ann Louise Williamson (W) defeated Corie Walton 6-2, 6-1.

DOUBLES 1 – Reynolds/McClary (W) defeated Mas. Ham/Newman 8-5.

2 – Wilson/DiDonato (W) defeated Mac. Ham/K. Johnson 8-6.

3 – Brown/Williamson (W) defeated A. Johnson/Laura Johnson 8-3.

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL ROBERT E. LEE 2 WILSON HALL 0

BISHOPVILLE – Robert E. Lee Academy improved to 6-1 on the season with a 2-0 victory over Wilson Hall on Wednesday at the REL gymnasium.

The Lady Cavaliers won

by the scores of 25-20, 25-22.

Allie Williams led Lee with three aces, four kills, one block and two digs.

Sarah Abbott Kirven had two kills and three assists and Emmie McCutchen had two kills and one ace.

Chandler Curtis led the 2-2 Lady Barons with seven service points, three aces and seven assists. Sydney Jarecki had four points, two aces and one kill.

WILLIAMSBURG 2 LAURENCE MANNING 0

MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy lost to Williamsburg 2-0 on Wednesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Abbey Haney led LMA with four service points.

On Tuesday in Columbia, the Lady Swampcats beat Heathwood Hall 2-0 by the scores of 25-14, 25-17.

Madisyn Hudson and Kayla Accord led the way with six points apiece.

JUNIOR VARSITY TENNIS WILLIAMSBURG 7 LAURENCE MANNING 2 Laurence Manning Academy lost to Williamsburg 7-2 on Wednesday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

SINGLES 1 – Kayla Arnan (W) defeated Madison Ham 8-5.

2 – Blakely Owens (W) defeated Lundee Olsen 8-1.

3 – Carley Olsen (W) defeated Katherine Matthews 8-3.

4 – Caroline Robinson (LMA) defeated Sydney Ann Smith 8-2.

5 – Liz McKenzie (W) defeated Macey Wilson 8-1.

6 – Carrie Rickenbaker (LMA) defeated Catherine Smith 8-2.

DOUBLES 1 – Arnan/Owens (W) defeated Ham/Olsen 8-2.

2 – Olsen/S. Smith (W) defeated Matthews/Robinson 8-1.

3 – McKenzie/C. Smith (W) defeated Wilson/Isabella Harris 9-8(105).

BOYS AREA ROUNDUP

SHS B team loses first game since 2011 The Sumter High School B football team suffered its first loss since the 2011 season on Wednesday, falling to Spring Valley 14-0 at Harry Parone Stadium.

The Gamecocks are now 1-1 on the season.

LAURENCE MANNING 12 ORANGEBURG PREP 8

MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy opened its season with a 12-8 victory over Orangeburg Prep on Wednesday at Billy Chitwood Field.

LMA rallied from an 8-0 halftime deficit with two fourth-quarter touchdowns. Bennett Stephens scored with seven minutes left in the game to cut the lead to 8-6.

Swampcats quarterback Brice Accord completed a pair of passes to Nolan Osteen to move Laurence Manning to the OP 2-yard line with 50 seconds remaining. On the second try from the 2, Osteen scored the game-winning TD. Osteen rushed for 68 yards on 12 carries, while Stephens had 52 yards on 13 attempts. Jonathan Griffith, Dalton Huggins and Stephens each had five tackles to lead

the defense.

JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL CRESTWOOD 20 FAIRFIELD CENTRAL 14 WINNSBORO – Tyrese Lesense scored two touchdowns to lead Crestwood High School to a 20-14 victory over Fairfield Central on Wednesday at the FC field.

Anthony Bradley ran for a touchdown and a 2-point conversion.

HAMMOND 28 WILSON HALL 24

COLUMBIA – Wilson Hall fell to 1-1 on the season with a 28-24 loss to Hammond on Wednesday at the Hammond field.

Landon VanPatten had scoring runs of 1 and 11 yards for the Barons. Burgess Jordan scored on an 8-yard run. Mills Herlong kicked a 28-yard field goal and was good on each of his three extra-point attempts.

Brad Goodson had a fumble recovery on defense. VanPatten had 11 tackles and Jordan had seven.

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USC FROM PAGE B1 errant pass over the middle was intercepted by Moore to keep UNC off the scoreboard.

The second UNC drive didn’t end nearly as well for the Gamecocks, though.

Starting at the Tar Heel 10, Williams connected with Bug Howard for a 40-yard strike and the dup capped off a quick 5-play, 90-yard drive with a 21-yard hookup in the end zone for a 7-0 North Carolina lead.

Needing to find a rhythm on offense, Carolina turned to the Wildcat formation on offense with runs by Pharoh Cooper and Brandon Wilds.

Mitch also seemed to settle down, and after going 0-for-5 to start the game, he was 3-for-3 on USC’s third drive and found Cooper for a 9-yard catch-and-run to knot the score at 7-7 on the opening play of the second quarter.

The teams then traded field goals to make it 10-10, and just before the half, UNC’s Nick Weiler connected on his second of the quarter as the Tar Heels took a 3-point lead.

Carolina drove to the UNC 39 as time was winding down, but Elliott Fry missed a desperation 57-yard field goal attempt to keep the score 13-10 in favor of UNC at the break.

The third quarter was a defensive struggle as neither side was able to move the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ball with much consistency.

North Carolina wide receiver Bug Howard (84) tries to run past South Carolina linebacker Jonathan Walton (28) in the first half of the GameThe Gamecock defense held cocks’ 17-13 victory on Thursday in Charlotte.

UNC on a fourth-and-short run the Tar Heels went for at their 35, but USC’s offense COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE could not take advantage.

(13) UCLA vs. Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

The only UNC drive that THURSDAY Maine at Boston College, 1 p.m. made it into Carolina territo- South Carolina STATE Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, 1 17, North Carolina 13 p.m. ry was snuffed out by Jordan North Greenville at Charleston Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 6 p.m.

Southern (late) Diggs, who picked off WilTroy at North Carolina State, 6 p.m.

ACC SEC liams at the SC 19 to keep (16) Georgia Tech vs. Alcorn State (3) Alabama vs. (20) Wisconsin, 8 (late) the score 13-10. p.m.

Elon at Wake Forest (late) (6) Auburn vs. Louisville, 3:30 p.m.

Duke at Tulane (late) Carson’s score came early (9) Georgia vs. Louisiana-Monroe, SEC in the fourth and he wound noon Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt (14) LSU vs. McNeese State, 7:30 (late) up as the leading SC rusher p.m.

TOP 25 with 75 yards despite just (15) Arizona State vs. Texas A&M, 7 (2) TCU at Minnesota (late) p.m.

(22) Arizona vs. UTSA (late) four carries. Wilds was next (17) Mississippi vs. UT-Martin, noon with 51.

(18) Arkansas vs. UTEP, 3:30 p.m.

(24) Missouri vs. Southeast MisTODAY Mitch was 9-for-22 for 122 souri, 4 p.m.

ACC yards and a score before leav(25) Tennessee vs. Bowling Green., 4 Rhode Island at Syracuse, 7 p.m. p.m.

TOP 25 ing in the fourth quarter Louisiana Lafayette at Kentucky, 7 (4) Baylor at SMU, 7 p.m. with an injury. Backup Perry p.m.

(5) Michigan St. at Western MichiTOP 25 gan, 7 p.m.

Orth was 2-for-2 for 24 yards.

(7) Oregon vs. Eastern Washington, (23) Boise State vs. Washington, Scott’s Branch High School 10:15 p.m.

8 p.m.

(8) Southern Cal vs. Arkansas State, alum Jerell Adams had two 11 p.m.

SATURDAY (11) Notre Dame vs. Texas, 7:30 p.m. catches for 18 yards and also STATE (19) Oklahoma vs. Akron, 7 p.m.

(12) Clemson vs. Wofford, 12:30 p.m. recovered an offensive fum(21) Stanford at Northwestern, noon Davidson at Citadel, 6 p.m. ble for USC. Coastal Carolina at Furman, 7 p.m.

SUNDAY Presbyterian at Miami (Ohio), 3:30 Former Crestwood High STATE p.m.

Arkansas Pine Bluff vs. South CaroSchool standout Ty’Son WilNewberry at Florida Tech, 7 p.m. lina State, 3:30 p.m.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Livingstone at Benedict, 4:30 p.m. liams saw his first collegiate College of Faith-Charlotte at LimeNorth Carolina quarterback Marquise Williams (12) looks to pass MONDAY stone, 7 p.m. game action. He had one TOP 25 under pressure from South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore (10).

ACC carry for 4 yards and one (1) Ohio State at Virginia Tech, 8 (10) Florida State vs. Texas State, 8 Moore intercepted Williams twice, both times in the end zone, to help p.m. p.m. catch for no yards.

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DARLINGTON FROM PAGE B1 an era where bigger and flashier has typically edged out older, now shuttered venues like North Wilkesboro and Rockingham on the circuit.

Darlington appeared headed for a similar fate a decade ago with its signature event gone.

Instead, the raceway will play a significant role in setting the field for this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. “In a throwaway society, I think we need traditions to live, and this was a tradition,� he said. “It was a tradition of this sport. It was part of the cornerstone of this sport.�

Most of the weekend will be a celebration of the past: 32 NASCAR teams will run some type of retro paint scheme on their cars for Sunday’s race. “The response we got from everyone as soon as we told them was amazing,� Darlington president Chip Wile said.

SHS FROM PAGE B1 game to last week, now we need to continue to improve.

It’s important for us to do that.� “We’re going to get to see whether or not we’re the type of team we need to be at this point,� said senior outside linebacker Xzavion Burson. “We need to see that we’re getting better.�

Barnes, the first-year head coach, said his team has had a good week of practice. He’s interested to see how that translates on the field today. “I’m looking forward to watch and see if we continue growing,� Barnes said. “A lot of times whether you win or lose depends on who the team is you’re playing. What we can control though is whether we improve and get better as a team. We need to make sure that we don’t take any backward steps this week.�

The Knights will not be an easy foe. They opened their season last week with a 47-24 victory over Berkeley. Running back Michael White ran for 130 yards and four touchdowns and threw for another on a halfback option pass.

Quarterback J.D. Davis was

LMA FROM PAGE B1 at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Billy Chitwood Field.

The Panthers are by far the most improved team in 3A, Swampcats head coach Robbie Briggs said, and the numbers thus far back up that claim. In two games against First Baptist and Northwood Academy, Pinewood has outscored its opponents 90-6. “They return (15) starters from last year and they actually beat us in the strength meet this year,� Briggs said. “They’ve got a quarterback (Jack Dimuzio) who transferred in from Summerville and they had the best player from Northwood Academy (D’Angelo Knight) transfer in as a receiver. “They’re a very good football team and they’re playing with a lot of confidence right now. It’s a big game for us and I’m glad it’s at home.�

Fortunately, the squad that

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BOJANGLES SOUTHERN 500 WHERE: Darlington Raceway WHEN: Sunday at 7 p.m.

TV/RADIO: NBC, MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90 DISTANCE: 501.3 miles (367 laps) WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Jeff Gordon – NASCAR’s active wins leader at Darlington with seven victories – makes his final start at the South Carolina track. ‌ 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick tries to defend his 2014 victory at Darlington. ‌ Chase Elliott makes his fifth and final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start of 2015 as he prepares to take over for Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 car next year. ‌ Drivers will sport retro paint schemes on their cars as part of Darlington’s “throwbackâ€? weekend.

Darlington organizers have kept the track vibrant the past dozen years, running successfully at night on Mother’s Day weekend from 2005 through 2013. A year ago, Darlington’s spring race was moved to April as NASCAR realigned things to allow a return to September for the track too tough to tame. “From a driver’s perspective, when they put the Southern 500 on a trophy, it doesn’t matter what date it is,� said Kevin Harvick, who won the

last Southern 500 in April 2014. “But I think when you step back and look at the nostalgia of the race, it brings a different aspect to it.�

Also enhancing the race is the desperation factor for race teams. There are only two events left to make it in the 16-driver Chase. “It’s tough when you’re needing to steal a win to get in,� said Ricky Stenhouse Jr., one of the three Roush Fenway Racing drivers outside the top 16.

actually the leading rusher for Stratford with 143 yards, 61 coming on a TD run. “They’re a very well-coach football team, and their players are where they’re supposed to be,� Barnes said of Stratford. “They’re a runfirst team and they seem to play very good defense. They are bigger than us up front so that’s a concern.�

Sumter rushed for 335 yards and passed for 199 against Crestwood. Quentin Anderson led the way with 129 yards and a TD, while Russell Jenkins had 108 yards and two scores and Rodney Pitts had 100 yards and a touchdown. “We kind of got together as a group and decided we had to be more physical,� Farley said. “If we want to continue to improve, we need to do the little things right. We’ve worked hard this week and tried to get better each day.�

Gamecock quarterback Alec Brumback connected on 10 of 13 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns.

Wide receiver Colin Washington was his top target with four catches for 159 yards, including a 54-yard scoring pass. “Alec had a really good

first half,� said Barnes, who thinks his team has a speed advantage. “He made a couple of bad throws in the second half, one being a pick-6 (interception return for a touchdown), but he made a lot of big plays for us. He improved.�

On defense, Sumter moved some players around, Burson being one of them, going to outside linebacker after playing in the secondary, Also, Ismale Bell went from linebacker to secondary and Raymond Johnson from the defensive line to outside linebacker and Barnes said more backups played last week. “I just want to do whatever helps the football team win,�

Burson said. “I actually do like it (OLB). I’m a physical player and there are a lot more plays to be made at outside linebacker.�

Stratford’s point total against Berkeley may have been skewed. Stags head coach Jeff Cruce has said he will not punt this season, and he held true to that against the Knights. Berkeley had eight fourth-down situations in which it didn’t punt; it converted only once and Stratford turned four of them into touchdowns.

led all of SCISA in total defense last year appears to have picked up right where it left off after allowing just six points against the Lions.

And that was without senior middle linebacker Tripp Mason, who’s been unable to participate in any football activities since before summer with a lower back injury. He returns tonight against the Panthers. “All I can hope for is that I play the best that I can and everybody does their job,�

Mason said. “If everyone does that, we’ll be successful.

I’ve watched these guys in practice and I know how good they really are. We’ve got a lot of moving parts and a lot of interchangeable parts and I think that helps us. “We’ve got a lot of guys who have stepped in and been ready to play from the start.�

Briggs said Mason is part of the best all-around line-

backing corps he’s ever coached alongside Chase Rogers, Maleke Davis and Colton Ardis.

While the defensive side took care of business as usual, one aspect of last week’s game that stood out the most to Briggs as a good sign was the play of sophomore quarterback Braydon Osteen. In his first varsity start, Osteen threw for 185 yards and rushed for 140. “I could tell before the game just looking at him that he was going to be alright,� Briggs said. “He has that quality about him. The lights go on and he’s at his best. “The JV kids ran our offense last year, so it was nothing new to them. They came in already familiar with what they do and they had already bought in to what we were doing. There’s always room for improvement, but they played hard and smart last week.�

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Murray rallies to stay alive at U.S. Open NEW YORK — Before they stepped on court, there was nothing to suggest Andy Murray would have any trouble against Adrian Mannarino in the U.S. Open’s second round.

Murray, after all, is seeded No. 3, owns two major championships including at Flushing Meadows in 2012, and had reached at least the quarterfinals at the last 18 Grand Slam tournaments he’d enMURRAY tered. Mannarino, meanwhile, is ranked 35th, has never won a tour-level title, and only three times in his career has even managed to win more than one match at a major.

So it certainly came as a surprise when, in Thursday’s very first game in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Mannarino broke Murray. About an hour later, Mannarino slammed an overhead winner to grab the first set. And 45 minutes after that, a serve-and-volley winner gave the Frenchman the second set, too.

Murray is nothing if not resilient, though. Despite looking as if he might be ready to wilt on another steamy day at Flushing Meadows — two more midmatch retirements, including by 28th-seeded Jack Sock of the United States, raised the total to 12 in the men’s draw so far — Murray put together his eighth career comeback from a two-set deficit and beat Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minus closer Glen Perkins and set to start a nine-game road trip, the Minnesota Twins can’t afford any mistakes if they want to remain in the AL wild-card race.

A steady bullpen that’s helped Minnesota stay close slipped up Thursday.

J.B. Shuck’s two-run, pinch-hit triple in the seventh inning sent the Chicago White Sox to a 6-4 win over Minnesota.

N. ILLINOIS OFFERS SHOT AT FREE TUITION TO FILL STANDS

DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois University is offering students a chance at free tuition for spring semester if they attend all six home football games this season.

At the end of the season, any student who has attended all six home games, and stayed to the end, will have a chance to win free tuition for the spring semester. One qualifying student will be chosen at random.

Assistant athletic director Morris White tells WBBM (http://cbsloc.al/1JEI6cu ) the school struggles to fill the 24,000-seat Huskie Stadium despite the team making seven consecutive bowl appearances.

White said the free tuition is worth $5,000 to $10,000, depending on the course load.

CLEMSON OPENER SOLD OUT

CLEMSON — No. 12 Clemson’s season-opening game against Wofford on Saturday is sold out.

That’s the word Thursday from the school’s athletic ticket office. The Tigers will play Football Championship Subdivision opponent Wofford at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

BRONCOS SAFETY T.J. WARD SUSPENDED FOR OPENER

DENVER — Pro Bowl safety T.J. Ward has been suspended for Denver’s opener against Baltimore over a nightclub incident that happened more than 15 months ago.

Ward was charged with misdemeanor assault and disturbing the peace for allegedly throwing a glass mug at a female bartender at a Denver strip club in May 2014. Those charges were later dropped.

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DORIS BROWN MANNING — Doris Virginia Crosby Brown, 94, widow of Thomas Arthur Brown, died on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born July 10, 1921, in Oceana, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Anita Morelli Crosby. She was a retired postmaster and a member of SarBROWN dinia Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Sandy James (Charles) of Manning; two grandchildren, Robert G. Mathis Jr. of Lansing, Michigan, and Anita Ladd (Gary) of Mount Pleasant; two greatgrandchildren, Meredith and Madison Ladd, both of Mount Pleasant; her first son-in-law, Robert G. Mathis Sr. (Barbara) of Manning; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Sardinia Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Robert Jolly officiating. Burial will follow in Sardinia-Gable Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and at other times at the home of her daughter, 1277 Doral Drive, Manning.

The family wishes to acknowledge the friendship and love extended by her friend and caregiver, Phyllis Owens of Manning.

Memorials may be made to A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Highway, Manning, SC 29102, or to a charity of one’s choice.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org

BERNICE H. DICKS Bernice Hunter Dicks, widow of Abram Dicks Jr., entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at Trident Health System in Charleston.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at St. James United Methodist Church, 720 Broad St., Sumter, with the Rev. Cheryl G. Johnson officiating.

Interment will DICKS follow in Hillside Memorial Park.

Mrs. Dicks will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Saturday for viewing until the hour of service.

The family will receive friends at 590 Dicks St., Sumter.

Mrs. Dicks was born in Sumter County, a daughter of the late George and Earline Gary Hunter. Mrs. Dicks received her formal education in the public schools of Sumter County. She was a graduate of Lincoln High School Class of 1952 and Morris College Class of 1956. Her professional career as a math and science teacher began with Ebenezer High School and later with positions at Ashwood Central, Bishopville, and Mount Pleasant High schools. Mrs. Dicks was a lifelong member of St. James

United Methodist Church, where she served as president and member of the United Methodist Women, a licensed lay speaker, and wherever her gifts and talents were needed.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Duane Leslie Dicks.

Survivors include two daughters, Betty D. (Fermon) Owens of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Lynne D. (Henry ) Magazine of Bishopville; four sons, Carl K. (Louvetta) Dicks of Rock Hill, Abram A. (Millie) Dicks of Charleston, and Wayne A. Dicks and Bryan C. Dicks of Sumter; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Agnes Hunter (Harmon) Rogers of Paterson, New Jersey; and a host of nieces, nephews, godchildren, many close relatives and friends.

Condolences may be made on their tribute page found at www.PalmerMemorialChapel. com.

Palmer Memorial Chapel Inc. of Sumter is in charge of the services.

TIEASH DANTZLER Tieash LaShawn Johnson Dantzler was born on Aug. 16, 1972, in New York, New York.

“Ty,” as she was lovingly called by friends and family, was educated in the public schools of New York and Sumter. She was employed at Gold Kist for several years. She relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, and was a DANTZLER shift leader at her job at Jack In The Box restaurant until her health failed. She was loved by all.

She was a devoted mother, sister, aunt and daughter.

She was called to rest on Aug. 30, 2015, at Novant Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

Her precious memories will be cherished by her loving mother, Mary “Portia” Chavis of Sumter; Leroy Dantzler of Sumter; her three daughters, Kionna Johnson, TyShawn Dantzler and Mikayla Dantzler, all of Charlotte; one stepson, Jordan Dantzler of Sumter; six sisters, Tonya, Charine “Leah” Scott, Tondalaya “Tomie” Scott, Elise Chavis, Mattie Cook and DeAnna Chavis; two special sisters, Zabrina Stephens and Lakesha Anderson; three brothers, Lewis Johnson, Hakeem Johnson and Mark Chavis; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Catherine Chandler; grandfather, William Chandler; a sister, Crystal Johnson; and her birth parents, Hilda and Lewis Johnson.

The viewing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Sumter Funeral Services Chapel with the Rev. M.G. Walters presiding.

LAWRENCE COARD SUMMERTON — Lawrence Coard was born on March 6, 1944, in Clarendon County, to

the late Wilhelmina Coard, but reared by his grandparents. He was joined in holy matrimony to Jessie L. Lawson Coard.

Lawrence took his final rest in the arms of the Lord on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Funeral services for Mr. Coard will be held at noon on Saturday at Prayer House Mission Church with Pastor Eartha B. Carter, pastor, officiating, and the Rev. Theola Parker will serve as eulogist.

Burial will follow in Summerton Funeral Home cemetery.

The remains will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. until the hour of the service.

Online condolences may be posted at www.summertonfuneralhome.com.

Viewing will be held from noon to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family will receive friends at 12 Annie Tindal Road, Apartment 2A, Summerton.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Summerton Funeral Home LLC, 23 S. Duke St., Summerton, (803) 4853755.

wife, Hester Johnson; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Celebration of Life services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Mt. Olive AME Church, 2738 Woodrow Road, Woodrow, with the Rev. Dr. Friendly J. Gadson, pastor, eulogist, the Rev. William T. Johnson, presiding, assisted by the Rev. H.J. Murray.

The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home of his mother, 5225 Cotton Acres Road, Sumter.

The remains will be placed in the church at 10 a.m.

The funeral procession will leave at 10:30 a.m. from the home.

Floral bearers and pallbearers will be friends of the family.

Burial will be in Mt. Olive Memorial Garden, Pear Street, Woodrow.

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.

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Connie Elaine Witherspoon Ford, 55, departed this life on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

She was born on Feb. 3, 1960, in Sumter County, a daughter of Sadie Clark Witherspoon and the late Willie Witherspoon Jr. The family will be receiving friends at the home, 8 Dew Drive, Sumter, SC 29153.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

Elder Dr. Michael Anthony Spann, 50, husband of Andrea Genell Ckarke Spann, entered eternal rest on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

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James Lee Johnson, 71, began his journey home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at his home.

Born on July 22, 1944, in Sumter County, he was a son of Verlie Mae Jenkins Johnson and the late Hezekiah “Doube” Johnson. As a youth, he was a member of Mt. Olive AME Church. He received his education from the public schools of Lee County. As a teenager, he decided to move to Washington, D.C., to explore life to the fullest. He was employed with the District of Columbia Sanitation Department for 32 years, where he later retired and relocated back to his hometown of Sumter in 1997.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his mother, Verlie Mae Johnson; his son, James Jr. of Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Demetria Johnson and Natasha (Clayton) Abrams, both of Sumter; three grandchildren, Shakera, Marquis and Markel, all of Sumter; three sisters, Rosa M. Johnson and Odell (Sammy) Abrams, both of Sumter, and Mamie (Lutrell) Basnight of Plymouth, North Carolina; two brothers, John Johnson of Sumter and Albert Jenkins of Waldorf, Maryland; two aunts, Mamie and Rosa Lee Johnson, both of Washington, D.C.; one sister-in-law, Mattie Johnson of Sumter; his ex-

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Survivors are his wife, Andrea G. Spann; two children, Shalira (Elikia) Clarke and Devron Spann; mother, Annie Mae S. Johnson; one sister, Patricia Ann Richardson; four brothers, Gregg (Michelle) Spann, Craig (Hope) Spann, Terrence Johnson and Herman (E’Rica) James; one grandchild, London Clarke; a devoted niece, Marie Richardson; and a host of nieces, nephews and other family.

Visitation will be held from 3 to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Manchester Elementary School, Pinewood, with the Rev. Dr. Richard James. Burial will follow in St. John Baptist Church cemetery, Pinewood.

The family is receiving visitors at the home of his wife, 465 Coachman Drive, Apartment B, and the home of his sister, 1978 Forest Drive, Sumter.

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SUMTER'S OWN STORAGE WAR!!!

On Saturday, Sept. 5th, Storage Plus located at 830 South Pike West, will auction off the contents of approximately 10 storage units. Each unit to be sold separately, NO RESERVE. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m., bidding to begin at 10:00 a.m. A 10% buyers fee will be added to winning bid. Winner MUST pay in cash at the close of the auction. A "clean out" fee will be collected with payment, when unit is completely cleaned, deposit will be refunded.

More details will be provided upon registration. IN THE EVENT OF HEAVY RAIN, the auction will be rescheduled.

Beer & Wine License Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that West Oil, Inc. D/B/A Wholesale Party Shop intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Beer & Wine at 1351 South Lafayette Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than September 6, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same

Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that West Oil, Inc. D/B/A Wholesale Wine & Spirits #3 intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of Liquor at 1355 South Lafayette Drive, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than September 6, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214-0907; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.

Notice of Sale MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-01053

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust vs. R. Thomas Knox a/k/a R. Thomas Knox, Jr., Catherine C. Knox, et al., , I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated as a tract containing 3.23 acres, more or less, as shown on that certain plat prepared by D. D. Edmunds, RLS dated January 19, 1983 and recorded October 13, 1986 in Plat Book 86 at Page 1611 in the RMC Office for Sumter County. Also, the southerly 1.5365 acres of the 3.23 acre tract being shown on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated April 21, 1987 and recorded April 22, 1987 in Plat Book 87 at Page 598. Said plat revised February 17, 1992 and recorded February 28, 1992 in Plat Book 92 at Page 313.

This being the same property conveyed unto Catherine C. Knox and R. Thomas Knox, Jr. by virtue of a Deed from Catherine W. Buchanan dated November 4, 2004 and recorded November 8, 2004 in Book 958 at Page 1772 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 093-00-01-147 Property address: 2320 Kings Mountain Dr. Dalzell, SC 29040 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 said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, 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 non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 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).

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Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

and measuring according to said plat as follows: On the North by a County Road to the town of Wedgefield, said plat and measuring thereon 90.90 feet; on the East by land now or formerly of Garvin, said plat, and measuring thereon 534.20 feet; on the South by land, either now or formerly, of Praylou, said plat, and measuring thereon 85.30 feet; and on the West by Lot 2, said plat, and measuring thereon 502.30 feet (#130-00-03-019). Volume 902 at Page 1774 4826 Mclauren Road, Wedgefield, SC 29168 130-00-03-019, 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, or comply with his 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 7.15% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale filed with the Sumter County Clerk of Court at C/A #04-CP-43-1128.

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 011847-03703 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1146683 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

CITIVEST CORP., DATED MAY 17, 1993 AND RECORDED MAY 17, 1993 IN BOOK 571 AT PAGE 534 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREAFTER, HAMPTON CEASAR DIED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2014, SEE 2014-ES-43-00219 WHEREBY THE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ALMA MURRAY BY OPERATION OF LAW.

conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, 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 non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 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).

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2013-CP-43-01752

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. April Dawn Clemons; and Jeremy Clemons, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN STATEBURG TOWNSHIP, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 101 OF "AUTUMN PLACE" SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF MICHAEL C. TURBEVILLE, P.L.S., DATED JANUARY 14, 2000, AND RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY R.O.D. OFFICE AT PLAT BOOK 2006, PAGE 84. REFERENCE IS DIRECTED TO SAID PLAT FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF METES, COURSES, DISTANCES AND BOUNDARIES AND LENGTHS. THIS IS THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO APRIL DAWN CLEMONS AND JEREMY CLEMONS BY DEED OF BRYAN J. HERR AND LISA HERR DATED FEBRUARY 23, 2010, AND RECORDED IN THE SUMTER COUNTY R.O.D. OFFICE SIMULTANEOUSLY HEREWITH.

TMS No. 134-04-01-011 Property address: 5140 Longbranch Drive, Dalzell, SC 29040 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 said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, 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 non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 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).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.250% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2013-CP-43-1756 HLF# .012686

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-2, against Cynthia C. Owens; American General Financial Services, Inc.; and South Carolina Department of Revenue, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 8, 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, together with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying, and being in the City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #12, Sunway Knolls Subdivision as shown on that certain plat prepared by H.S. Wilson, RLS, dated August 30, 1967, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-26 at Page 70, 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 identical property conveyed to Wayne D. Owens and Cynthia C. Owens by deed of Salvatore T. Cannella and Kathleen B. Cannella dated August 7, 2003 and recorded August 12, 2003 in Book 902, page 1125; subsequently, Wayne D. Owens conveyed his interest in said property to Cynthia C. Owens by Quit-Claim Deed dated August 17, 2006 and recorded August 18, 2006 in Book 1041, page 1031, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County South Carolina.

TMS Number: 2041001005 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 618 Periwinkle Court, Sumter, SC 29150-2326 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 5.00001% 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 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Certificateholders of the Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-NC10, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-NC10 vs.

Tracey Lynn Brewer; Downs Financial, Inc., C/A No. 04-CP-43-1128, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Middleton Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 1 on a plate by H.S. Willson, R.L.S., recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-16 at Page 90, the exact boundaries and measurements of which can be determined by reference to the said plat. Said Lot No. 1 being bounded

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00342

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Green Tree Servicing LLC vs. Elaine F. Fuller; et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, 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 shown and delineated as Lot No. 23B, of Phase 2 of "Landmark Pointe" Subdivision as shown on that certain Plat of Joseph R. Edwards, R.L.S., dated September 27, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 2006 at Page 479, 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 3740 Beacon Drive, Sumter, SC. This being the same property conveyed to Elaine F. Fuller by Deed of B & M Builder, Inc., dated October 10, 2006 and recorded October 10, 2006 in Book 1048 at Page 1745 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 185-07-01-036 Property address: 3740 Beacon Drive, 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 percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, 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 non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 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).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.750% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-0366 HLF# 230.022881-1

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of U.S. Bank National Association, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, against Virginia C. Canty and Janet Canty, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 08, 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, if any, situate, lying and being in the Sumter Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 1, Block E, of Sherwood Forest Subdivision as shown on that certain plat of Joseph R. Edwards, RLS, dated October 23, 1986 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 86 at Page 1663, 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 1067 Wellington Road, Sumter, SC. This being the identical property conveyed to Virginia C. Canty and Janet Canty by deed of Vernon H. Goff dated January 9, 2007 and recorded January 12, 2007 in Book 1061 at Page 35 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina.

TMS Number: 268-10-02-010 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1067 Wellington Road, Sumter, SC 29153 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 10.25000% 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

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-02321 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. vs. Alma Murray individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Hampton Ceasar (2014-ES-43-0219); Charles Corey Ceasar; Midlands Medtech, LLC, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 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 SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN MAYESVILLE TOWNSHIP, SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, DELINEATED ON PLAT PREPARED BY BEN J. MAKELA, RLS, DATED MAY 14, 1993, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 93 AT PAGE 733 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR SUMTER COUNTY, AND BOUNDED AND MEASURING AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH BY LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF DABBS AND MEASURING THEREON 149.92 FEET; ON THE EAST BY LOT 4 MEASURING THEREON 290.33 FEET; ON THE SOUTH BY SKINNER ROAD AND MEASURING THEREON 149.86 FEET; AND ON THE WEST BY LOT 6 AND MEASURING THEREON 290.43 FEET, BE THE SAID MEASUREMENTS, MORE OR LESS. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO HAMPTON CEASAR BY DEED OF

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 6265 Skinner Road, Gable, SC 29051 TMS: 333-00-02-026 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 15-11301

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00437

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2006-FF4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF4 vs. Larisa Gutierrez, et al., I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Stateburg Township, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 12, Block D of Oakland Plantation, Section 3, as shown on that certain plat of Belter & Associates, Inc., dated March 1, 1977 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-39 at Page 178, and having such boundaries, metes, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made pursuant to the authority contained in Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, (1976, as amended). This property is known as 5651 Longview Road and is shown on the Auditor`s map of Sumter County as tax parcel 134-09-01-010.

This being the same property conveyed to Larisa Gutierrez by Deed of Matthew J. Brougher dated December 14, 2005 and recorded December 21, 2005 in Book 1010 at Page 643 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 1340901010 Property address: 5651 Longview Drive, Sumter, SC 29154 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.625% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2014-CP-43-01807 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: U.S. Bank National Association vs.

Michael James-Robert Driggers, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James Thomas Driggers, Jr.; Ashley Melissa Driggers Lundsford; South Carolina Department of Revenue, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 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 CITY AND COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 7 OF WHITE PINES SUBDIVISION ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY MICHAEL C. TURBEVILLE, III, RLS DATED MARCH 6, 2006 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE

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REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK PB2006 AT PAGE 146. 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 IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JAMES T. DRIGGERS, JR. BY DEED OF MARK A. TAYLOR DATED FEBRUARY 16, 2012 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY IN BOOK 1167, PAGE 1981 ON FEBRUARY 28, 2012.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 130 White Pine Court, Sumter, SC 29154 TMS: 227-16-03-032 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 3.75% 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.

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 2015-CP-43-00469

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Selene Finance LP against Christopher S. Holladay, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on September 8, 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, more or less, situate, thereon, and any and all other improvements thereon, lying and being situated in Middleton Township, in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot No. 7 containing 0.76 acres on that certain plat of Westgate Subdivision prepared by Edmunds Land Surveyors, Inc., dated March 8, 1996, revised April 10, 1996 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County in Plat Book 96 at Page 560 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 particulars of the boundaries, metes, courses and/or distances of the property delineated thereon. This is the property known as 6135 Phoenix Court, Wedgefield, South Carolina

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bearing Sumter County tax map number: 100-00-04-021.

Also including 1995 Destiny Mobile/Manufactured Home bearing Serial Number: 041259A&B This is the same property conveyed to Christopher S. Holladay by deed of Charles Smith by deed dated April 25, 2008 and recorded April 28, 2008 in Deed Book 1104 at Page 2536, in the ROD Office for Sumter County, SC. TMS No. 100-00-04-021 Property Address: 6135 Phoenix Court, Wedgefield, SC 29168 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 6.5000%. 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 1147142 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

at 12:00 PM, at Sumter County Courthouse, 141 Main Street, Sumter, SC, to the highest bidder:

This being the identical property conveyed to Betty M. Baker by deed of Perry Moses and Son Real Estate, Inc. dated July 16, 2002 and recorded July 25, 2002 in Book 850, page 794, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County South Carolina.

TMS Number: 250-11-01-036 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 240 Rolling Creek Drive, Sumter, SC 29153 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.

Deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the sale. The Plaintiff may withdraw its demand for a deficiency judgment anytime prior to sale.

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.

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BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Howard E. Owens, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Raymond Henry Dionne aka Raymond H. Dionne; Paul Robert Dionne; Barbara Ann Marcille-Delisle; Richard Armand Dionne; Carol Louise Humpel; Bullock Funeral Home, Inc.; Columbus Bank & Trust, a Division of Synovus Bank, I the undersigned as Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on 9/8/2015 at 12:00 PM, at the Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter County, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

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THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Raymond H. Dionne and Betty J. Dionne, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Wade S. Kolb dated June 7, 1973 and recorded June 29, 1973 in Volume X9 at Page 183 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Betty J. Dionne died December 28, 2007 leaving Raymond H. Dionne the sole owner of subject property.

Together with a 2003 Fleetwood Mobile Home, Serial No. NCFL241A/B67652-GB13.

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.

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Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14-16168

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land lying, being and situate in Sumter Township, Sumter County, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot #10 on a plat of Beckridge park, Section 3, prepared by H.S. Willson, R.L.S., dated April 2, 1973 and recorded in the office of Clerk of Court for Sumter County in Plat Book Z-33, at page 122 and according to said plat being bounded and measuring as follows: On the South by Stanley Court on which it fronts an aggregate of 126.7 feet; On the West By Lot#11 of said plat on which it measures 178.2 feet; On the North by Lot#18 of said plat on which it measures 144 feet; and on the East by Lot#9 of said plat on which it measures 122.4 feet, be all of said measurements a little more or less.

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Nationstar Mortgage LLC, against Betty M. Baker, CACV of Colorado, LLC, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, and Perry Moses and Son Real Estate, Inc., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 08, 2015

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with any improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the county of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 3 on a plat prepared for Rolling Creek Subdivision by Desaussure Davis Edmonds Land Surveyor, dated December 3, 1991 and recorded December 3, 1991 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Volume 91 at page 1569.

Reference to said plat for a more complete and accurate description.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2015 Notice of Sale 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

MASTER IN EQUITY NOTICE OF SALE 2015-CP-43-00425

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association vs.

Glen A. Patmore and Yvonne Smith-Patmore, I, the undersigned Richard L. Booth, Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 12:00 PM, at the County Judicial Center, 215 Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that Lot of Land with improvements thereon situate in Sumter County, South Carolina, represented as Lot 23, Containing 1.00 Acre and Lot 24 Containing 1.10 Acres on that Plat prepared for Tripp Davis and Stephen Dinkins by Nesbitt Surveying Company, Inc., dated December 2, 1999 and recorded July 25, 2000 in Plat Book 2000 at Page 510. Referenced is hereby craved to said plat more a fuller description thereof.

ALSO: A 2001 Fleetwood S-Hill Manufactured Housing Unit, Serial #GAFL134AB73987-SH12.

The Mobile Home located on the subject property has been permanently de titled according to the laws of the State of South Carolina by virtue of that certain Manufactured Home Affidavit for Retirement of Title Certificate, dated May 16, 2006 and recorded May 31, 2006 in Book 1030 at Page 886 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County.

This being the same property conveyed to Glen Patmore and Yvonne Smith-Patmore by Deed of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., dated February 1, 2006 and recorded February 27, 2006 in Book 1018 at Page 388 in the ROD Office for Sumter County.

TMS No. 093-00-02-041 (Lot 23) & 093-00-02-042 (Lot 24) Property address: 2750 & 2740 Ben Sanders Road, Dalzell, SC 29040 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 said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, 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 non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 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).

Personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the sale date. The Plaintiff may waive its right to a deficiency judgment prior to sale, in which case the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity's Deed.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 7.000% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff's attorney or Plaintiff's bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff's counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff's Counsel or Counsel's bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Richard L. Booth Master in Equity for Sumter County Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00951 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs. Tameka Williams a/k/a Tameka Holmes, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 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 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT NO. 3, BLOCK C, GREEN ACRES SUBDIVISION ON A PLAT THEREOF DATED JUNE 12, 1950 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z-9, PAGE 108 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH

Notice of Sale CAROLINA; SAID LOT 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 BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TAMEKA WILLIAMS BY DEED OF HENRY EDWARD CHADA DATED JULY 15, 2005 AND RECORDED JULY 15, 2005 IN BOOK 988, PAGE 1643 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 369 East Red Bay Road, Sumter, SC 29153 TMS: 251-03-02-028 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 6.875% 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.

Notice of Sale anytime prior to sale.

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

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2015-CP-43-942 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee for Mid-State Trust XI against Deborah S. Smith, I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at the Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin Street, Courtroom 1-A, Sumter, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, located, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, the same being shown and delineated as Lot 2 containing (0.46) Acre, more or less, upon a Plat prepared by D.D. Edmunds, RLS., dated March 4, 1991 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 91 at page 1455; and having such boundaries and measurements as shown thereon, more or less. Being the same property conveyed to Deborah S. Smith by Deed from Green Tree Servicing LLC, successor by merger to Walter Mortgage Company, LLC dated May 15, 2012 and recorded May 29, 2012 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Book 1171 at page 2599.

TMS No. 179-05-01-014.

Current address of property is 2772 Kolb Road, Sumter, SC 29154.

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 15-06880

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-00168

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Branch Banking and Trust Company against Maurice R. Nelson, et al., the Master in Equity for Sumter County, or his agent, will sell on September 8, 2015, at 12:00 P.M., at Sumter Judicial Center, 215 North Harvin Street, Sumter, SC 29150, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the dwelling and improvements thereon, lying and being situate in the Township of Providence, County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot No. 13, Block "C", of the Segars Subdivision, Section 2, on a plat prepared by Carl J. Croft, RLS, dated May 25, 1978 and recorded in Plat Book Z-41 at Page 110 in the records of the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County.

Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and reference is craved hereto 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.

TMS Number: 189-06-01-001 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3090 Eydie St. Dalzell, SC This being the same property conveyed to Maurice R. Nelson by deed of M.P. Conner, As Trustee for 3090 Eydie Street Trust, a Land Trust, dated January 15, 2010, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County on January 19, 2010, in Deed Book 1134 at Page 2585.

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 4.875% 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 being demanded, the bidding will remain open thirty (30) days after the sale.

The Plaintiff may withdraw its demand for a deficiency judgment

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (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. 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, then the Master in Equity may resell 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 will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity's deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.375% per annum.

Richard L. Booth As Master in Equity for Sumter County Plaintiff's Attorney: J. Kershaw Spong Post Office Box 944 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 803/779-8900 NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Bank of America, N.A. vs.

Marna Lee Ann Chesley;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-0982, The following property will be sold on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM at the Sumter County Courthouse to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land together with the building and improvements thereon situate, lying and being in Privateer Township Sumter County, South Carolina delineated as Lot 26 of Section 2 of Wellsboro Estates Subdivision on plat prepared by James D. Wilson, RLS, dated June 12, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book 2000 at page 493 in the RMC Office for Sumter County, and bounded and measuring as follows: on the Northeast by Wellsboro Court measuring thereon 100.0 feet; on the Southeast by l9ots 3, 2 and 1 and measuring thereon 431.86 feet; on the Southwest by land of Cole A. Holman, trustee and measuring thereon 99.92 feet; and on the Northwest by lot 25 and measuring thereon 431.30 ft. be said measurements more or less.

Derivation: Book 1134; Page 2697 1020 Wellsboro Court, Sumter, SC 29154 212-00-02-068, 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

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Notice of Sale 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 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-43-0982.

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 015262-02058 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1146668 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

AMENDED MASTER IN EQUITY'S SALE CASE NO. 2014-CP-43-00533

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Trustmark National Bank against Christopher M. Demetres and Brittany Demetres et al., I, the Master in Equity for Sumter County, will sell on Tuesday, September 8, 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 City and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina and being shown and delineated as Lot No. 14 White Pine Subdivision on that certain plat prepared by Michael C. Turbeville, III, RLS, dated March 16, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book PB2006 at Page 146.

This said lot has such metes, boundaries, courses and distances as are shown on said plat, which are incorporated herein in accordance with the provision of Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. This being the same property known as 60 White Pine Court, Sumter, SC. Represented by Auditor's map of Sumter County as Tax Parcel No. 227-16-03-039.

This being the same property conveyed to Christopher M. Demetres and Brittany Demetres, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship by deed of Mitch Hook, dated February 26, 2010 and recorded March 1, 2010, in Book 1136 at Page 00920, in the Register of Deeds Office for Sumter County, State of South Carolina.

TMS No.: 227-16-03-039 Property Address: 60 White Pine 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 Edward L. Grimsley Benjamin E. Grimsley 1703 Laurel Street P. O Box 11682 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 233-0797 Attorneys for the Plaintiff

Notice of Sale NOTICE OF SALE

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2015-CP-43-01013 BY VIRTUE of the decree heretofore granted in the case of: PNC Bank, National Association vs.

Paul M. McCombs; Eydie A. McCombs; Bank of America, N.A.; CACH, LLC, the undersigned Master In Equity for Sumter County, South Carolina, will sell on September 8, 2015 at 12:00PM, at the Sumter County Courthouse, City of Sumter, State of South Carolina, to the highest bidder: ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OF LOT OF LAND LYING, BEING AND SITUATE NW OF SALEM ST, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MAYESVILLE, COUNTY OF SUMTER, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SHOWN ON A PLAT PREPARED BY LOUIS W. TISDALE, DATED JANUARY 29, 1997 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 97, PAGE 138 IN THE RECORDS OF SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO PAUL M. MCCOMBS AND EYDIE A. MCCOMBS BY DEED OF THOMAS W. COOPER, JR. AND STEPHEN G. COOPER DATED FEBRUARY 3, 1997 AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 5, 1997 IN BOOK 666, PAGE 1535 IN THE RECORDS FOR SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 107 Salem Street, Mayesville, SC 29104 TMS: 305-13-02-003 and 305-13-02-011 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 6% 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 15-07505

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 September 8, 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.

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Notice of Sale 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, or comply with his 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 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 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: Bank of America, N.A. vs.

Gary B. Hithe a/k/a Gary Hithe; Andrea Hithe; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; Audobon Lake Homeowners Association, Inc.; Mary D. Miller;, C/A No. 15-CP-43-0598, The following property will be sold on September 8, 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, situate, lying and being in the Township and County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot No. 46 and the eastern half of Lot No. 47 of Audobon Subdivision as shown on a plat prepared by Joseph R. Edwards, RLS dated October 8, 1987 and recorded in Plat Book 87 at page 1594 in the Office of the RMC for Sumter County.

Aforesaid plat is specifically incorporated herein and referenced 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 700 Cardinal Street. TMS No. 205-06-03-057. Derivation: Book 880; Page 1405 700 Cardinal Street, Sumter, SC 29150 205-06-03-057, 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 4.875% 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-43-0598.

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 015262-02013 Website: www.rtt-law.com (see link to Resources / Foreclosures Sales) 1146667 8/21, 8/28, 09/04/2015

Derivation: Book 1133 at Page 3659

8050 Meeting House Rd, Dalzell, SC 29040-9781 0931101024 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, SUMTER AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR,

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