Sumter Pastor Will Head Mother Emanuel Church Woman Will Lead in Charleston Where 9 Died
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Sumter pastor will head Mother Emanuel church Woman will lead in Charleston where 9 died BY JIM HILLEY The deaths also led to the removal of the Confederate flag from the TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 [email protected] 75 CENTS grounds of the Statehouse in Co- SERVING SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 African Methodist Episcopal lumbia after Gov. Nikki Haley an- Church Bishop Richard Franklin nounced her support for the flag to be taken down. 2 SECTIONS, 18 PAGES | VOL. 121, NO. 86 Norris has appointed the Rev. Betty Deas Clark, formerly pastor Keith Britton, president of the of Mount Pisgah AME Church in AME Northeast Conference Lay SPORTS Sumter, to be pastor at Mother Association, said Clark’s appoint- Emanuel AME Church in Charles- ment was made Saturday at a Broncos, Panthers ton, the historic church where meeting in Columbia. nine people, including pastor “It is well deserved,” he said. Clementa Pinckney, were killed Clark’s first service at Mother headed for Super Bowl June 17. Pinckney was also a state Emanuel was Sunday, he said. senator. Clark becomes the first female matchup B1 Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old avowed minister at Mother Emanuel, but white supremacist from the Colum- that is nothing new to Clark, as LEROY BURNELL / POST AND COURIER bia area, has been charged with the she has been the first female min- Pastor Dr. Betty Deas Clark, formerly killings. The shootings at Mother ister for a number of the churches pastor at Mount Pisgah AME Church in Emanuel attracted national atten- she has led. She succeeds the Rev. Sumter, has been appointed pastor at tion, and President Obama spoke at Mother Emanuel AME Church in a memorial service for the victims. SEE PASTOR, PAGE A7 Charleston. Youth pack church for annual event NATION East Coast digs out from blizzard Residents head back to work after weekend storm A5 PHOTOS BY KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM The crowd attending the Over the Top Youth Event sings along to the music of Jimmy Needham during a concert at Alice Drive Baptist Church on Saturday. The annual event came together eight years ago. Stephanie told the “story behind sponded during the event in Atlanta, Annual fellowship the story” and said it all started 11 Chad thought something similar years ago when she recognized that could do well in Sumter. began with couple’s the Lord was working on her heart. Some time later, the Dowlings, The mother of two said she had a along with five other local couples, trip to conference burden for her daughters, to invest came together to organize the first in them spiritually more than she event in 2009. BY ADRIENNE SARVIS was already doing. During the event, the couple’s [email protected] Nine years ago Stephanie pur- daughter Caroline came on stage to chased tickets for her family to at- interview a recent high school grad- DEATHS, B4 and B5 Hundreds of Sumter’s youth at- tend the Forward Conference youth uate, Sara Catherine Jones, who has Rhonda Jaynes Wilkes Kenneth Driggers tended the eighth-annual Over the event in Atlanta. She said at first her chosen to take a mission trip with Samuel Holmes John W. DuBose Top Youth Event at Alice Drive Bap- family did not relish the idea of The World Race Gap Year during the Edwin W. Litaker Johnny Lee Tindal tist Church on Saturday to share in going to the conference, but her hus- Mission Moment portion of Satur- Cecil Bundy Bell Annie Mae Barrineau an evening of fellowship and music. band eventually agreed. day’s program. During the mission, Michael Jackson Raymond McCray Before the event kicked off, Chad “Chad had no idea what was hang- Jones will spend three months in Frances Compton Carol Ann Bruce and Stephanie Dowling told the ing on the balance of his ‘yes,’” three countries, providing assistance James Bolden Russell Tindal Jr. story of how the event came togeth- Stephanie told the audience. Eddie L. Arrants Jr. er eight years ago. After seeing how the youth re- SEE EVENT, PAGE A7 WEATHER, A10 SUNNY AGAIN TODAY Some sun, then clouds; cloudy tonight Senators will focus on road funding HIGH 66, LOW 49 Republican, Democrat plan to craft bill to fix state’s infrastructure INSIDE CONTACT US BY JEFFREY COLLINS But they are confident elsewhere and reform how be changed at all. The Classifieds B7 Info: 774-1200 The Associated Press they can pull together a the Department of Trans- board is made up of mem- Comics B6 Advertising: 774-1237 bill that business leaders portation is run. bers picked by lawmakers Lotteries A10 Classifieds: 774-1234 COLUMBIA — A pair of and pothole-hitting drivers But the 46 senators seem and an at-large appoint- Opinion A8 Delivery: 774-1258 senators — a Republican have been clamoring for. to have 46 different ideas. ment from the governor. Television A9 News and Sports: and Democrat who are not “I think you’ll see all of Conservative Republicans “The road funding 774-1226 seeking re-election — plan us try to take baby steps are leery about raising the piece, that’s pretty black to spend this week trying toward consensus,” said gas tax without a signifi- and white. Either you to shape a bill to get more Sen. Joel Lourie, D-Colum- cant cut in other taxes. want to raise more money to improve South bia. Democrats want to make money, or you don’t,” said VISIT US ONLINE AT the .com Carolina roads and get the Consensus has been sure any tax cuts get to the Sen. Ray Cleary, R-Mur- rest of the Senate to final- hard to come by. Lawmak- largest number of people rells Inlet, who plans to ly go along. ers seem to agree any bill and don’t threaten servic- work on his fellow Repub- Both senators warn the that raises more money es. Some senators are qui- licans. “But there is plen- process is going to take a for roads and highways etly hinting the board that ty of room for disagree- few weeks if not longer. will also need to cut taxes runs DOT doesn’t need to ment elsewhere.” Shaw firefighters donate $1,000 to fund to help needy BY JACK OSTEEN church in many years. a day to heat their homes with kero- [email protected] It couldn’t come at a better time, as sene. last week more than 45 families were Lamb encourages families to keep Sumter may have escaped the worst assisted with their heating needs, ac- trying to call if they need assistance. of Winter Storm Jonas last weekend, cording to Salvation Army social This year’s Fireside Fund is in but cold temperatures and some freez- worker Christy Lamb. honor of Dr. Charles “Pap” Propst, ing rain still had many residents need- $1,000 to the fund. Each year the fire- Week after week, families struggle who died on May 20, 2015, at the age of ing some help in this early part of fighters raise money to give to a vari- to decide on buying kerosene or other 90. winter. ety of causes, one of which is always basic needs such as food. In addition Propst founded Sumter Pediatrics The Shaw Air Force Base Firefight- Fireside Fund. to helping families with their heating with Dr. Ted Young in 1954, where he ers Association has stepped up each Also this past week, Bethel United needs, The Salvation Army is also practiced until 1986. Propst became a year with a sizable donation, and this Methodist Church gave $5,000 to the helping with some food boxes. Lamb year was no different as it donated fund, one of the largest donations by a said families tell her it costs about $10 SEE FIRESIDE, PAGE A7 A2 | TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] S.C.’s earliest slave uprising topic at library BY IVY MOORE [email protected] As part of its observance of Black History Month, the Sumter County Li- brary will present a program Monday, Feb. 1, on the Stono River Rebellion of 1739. The pre- senter will be Ron Roth, former director and CEO of the Reading Public Mu- seum in Reading, Pennsyl- vania, and director of the Nebraska Museum of Art ROTH of the University of Ne- braska. His topic is “The Stono River Rebellion, South Carolina’s Largest Slave Uprising.” Roth will speak at 6 p.m. in the main meeting room of the downtown library at 111 N. Harvin St. and will offer an overview of Stono, including many lit- tle-known facts about the rebellion. The Stono Rebellion was one of the first slave uprisings in America. Led by a slave known only as Jemmy, it took place just south of Charleston on Sept. PHOTO PROVIDED 9, 1739, pre-dating the well-known 1822 The Stono Rebellion, which started just southwest of Charleston in 1739, is the earliest known slave uprising in the American colo- rebellion, also in Charleston and led by nies. In observance of Black History Month, the Sumter County Library will present a program on Stono on Feb. 1 featuring Ron Roth, Denmark Vesey, and the 1831 uprising former director and CEO of the Reading (Pennsylvania) Public Museum. led by Nat Turner in Virginia. The Vir- ginia rebellion was novelized by Wil- slavery’s future in South Carolina. and Licensed Battlefield Guide at Get- ing degree in museum studies from liam Styron in 1967 in his Pulitzer About 100 men, 60 white and 40 black, tysburg.