‘I am the resurrection and the life’ John 11:25 See more photos from Happy Bethesda Church of God’s dress rehearsal SERVING S.C. SINCE OCTOBER 15, 1894 for its Easter SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019 $1.75 service ‘I’m Amazed’ on A4 MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Boy injured after tree falls through Cherryvale home MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM Damage, outages reported after Friday storm A boy was sitting on the couch in this house in the Burgess Glen Mobile Home Park Friday when a tree crashed through the roof. BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected] The 3-year-old boy was sit- public information officer for pinned the child down, trap- said. ting on a couch in a Burgess the Sumter County Sheriff’s ping him inside the house on The boy was rushed to Pris- A young boy was seriously Glen Mobile Home park resi- Office. Blanche Road. ma Health Tuomey Hospital injured Friday afternoon as dence when a massive pine Sumter Fire Department “When we were able to ac- with serious injuries. On Sat- severe thunderstorms ripe for tree crashed through the roof Battalion Chief Joey Duggan tually extract him from the urday he had been taken to a tornadoes ripped through into the room where he was, said firefighters used saws to house, he was unconscious Sumter County. according to Adrienne Sarvis, cut away the roof, which had and unresponsive,” Duggan SEE STORM, PAGE A10 ‘Welcome home’ 1912 Bed & Breakfast offers Southern hospitality, charm in renovated home BY KAYLA ROBINS [email protected] hey have always been entertainers, and the empty-nesters missed the joy of Thosting. Now, Tracey and Thomas Mclaughlin have re- found that joy. Each time someone arrives, they look at the strangers and say, “Welcome home.” By that time, the couple even knows what kind of dietary needs they should accommodate, what breakfast preferences their new guests have. Guests at 1912 Bed & Breakfast, the Barnett House on Warren Street renovated to fit four bookable bed- rooms, can be anywhere they want on the spectrum of strangers to family. The Mclaughlins want visi- tors to know they’re not at a hotel but also give them as much space as they want. KAYLA ROBINS / THE SUMTER ITEM “They’re welcome to come sit down in the sitting The 1912 Bed & Breakfast has been open since July 2018 but officially celebrated its grand opening with the Greater room and curl up with a book. They can walk in the Sumter Chamber of Commerce earlier this month. The four bedrooms can be booked online for less than $100 each. gardens. We engage with them as much as they want. If they want to open up a bottle of wine and The couple moved to Sumter from Atlanta to buy, it was more of a calling that they landed in Sumter. sit down and talk, that’s great, or if they just want renovate and repurpose the house, which was built When their daughters were growing up, they to check in and do their thing, they won’t see us,” by B.J. Barnett, who owned a general merchandise Tracey Mclaughlin said. store at 9 N. Main St. and farm land, and they’ll say SEE HOME, PAGE A10 VISIT US ONLINE AT DEATHS, B5 and B6 WEATHER, A12 INSIDE Gwendolyn B. Floyd Elijah Phillips Walter Richard Ardis SUNNY SUNDAY 4 SECTIONS, 28 PAGES the .com VOL. 124, NO. 131 Richard M. Delahunt Ann Dunbar Beckwith Leon Gamble Sunny and nice today, still Nancy Jackson Mann Rosa Mae Boone Wells Elizabeth W. Robinson cooler; tonight, mainly Classifieds C6 Reflections C2 Peter S. Cunningham Josie Gammon Ball Luther W. Yates clear and chilly. Comics D1 Sports B1 Geneva McCoy Ervin Louise Kennedy Watson J.P. Windham HIGH 67, LOW 47 Opinion A11 Television C5 Carrie L. Mallett Fred Thomas Critchlow Michael Davino Outdoors C1 Yesteryear C3 Panorama A5 $PBDI%BE#BOLFS 1VU+PTI.D(SFHPSPOZPVSUFBN Josh is one example of how our bank does business. His career, his work with young people, and his devotion to his family make 4VNUFSt.BOOJOHt4BOUFFt4VNNFSUPOt8ZCPP Josh who he is. 88FTNBSL#MWE 4VNUFS 4$ Just like Josh, our team works hard for our customers everyday. 803 469-0156 CBOLPGDMBSFOEPOCBOL A2 | SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Sumter’s 1st CBD store opening soon Franchisee expanding from Florence May 4 BY BRUCE MILLS [email protected] The first store in Sumter to exclu- sively sell retail products made from cannabidiol, or CBD, is set to open soon. Eugene Jacobs, owner of Your CBD Store-Florence, spoke Thursday on his planned May 4 opening of Your CBD Store-Sumter at 661 Bultman Drive near Murray's Donuts. Some gas stations and other retail- ers in the area sell CBD oil, but Ja- cobs’ store will exclusively sell CBD products. CBD is known to help pa- tients in the treatment of anxiety, ar- thritis and other various forms of in- flammation and long-term pain. It’s a natural supplement and can be used as an alternative to prescription drugs PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / and opioids, THE SUMTER ITEM Eugene Jacobs is YOUR CBD STORE but it has only been le- preparing to — SUMTER galized for open the first Opening Saturday, May 4 sale in the store in Sumter to exclusively sell 661 Bultman Drive U.S. in re- cent years. CBD products. Sumter, SC “CBD is Your CBD Store Hours: Monday-Saturday natural, it’s will open May 4 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; non-habit at 661 Bultman Sunday noon to 6 p.m. forming, and Drive. (803) 774-5614 it’s a non- Facebook: @ psychoac- YourCBDStoreSumterSC tive,” Jacobs said. “So, it doesn’t alter your state of pared to marijuana's 30%, and there is high,” Jacobs said. “Our CBD has no knowledgeable about CBD and can lis- mind. We produce CBD in our bodies, bipartisan support to legalize hemp to THC in it — the tetrahydrocannabinol ten to customers’ ailments,” Jacobs and this just enhances that system increase crop diversity and provide has been extracted. So, customers can said, “and basically guide them the and provides you more natural heal- new agriculture for U.S. farmers. take it without failing a drug test.” way they need to be guided to get the ing.” The Your CBD Store franchise has Legally, companies can sell CBD problem solved.” CBD has become a hot topic in 250 stores open or about to open in the with the 0.03% concentration of THC. Products will also be available for South Carolina because it comes from U.S., Jacobs said. The franchise exclu- Customers who take it don’t feel any use with pets. the hemp plant, and only in the last sively sells SunMed brand products. psychoactive effects from it, but they In the Florence community, Jacobs two years has the state permitted The hemp plant used in the extrac- could test positive on a random drug said he’s gained a lot of support for his hemp growers. Historically, hemp was tion process is grown in Colorado by a test, according to Jacobs. CBD products from the medical com- designated as a banned crop by the third party. That state has allowed “A lot of people are scared to use it munity, especially chiropractors and federal government because the plant hemp production for about 20 years, because of that 0.03%,” he said. “So, we pain-management specialists. is from the same species as marijuana. Jacobs said. The medicinal CBD bene- cater to those people who obviously Store employees are not doctors, and However, it has a significantly lower fits are extracted from the hemp and can take it without worrying about fail- products are not regulated by the FDA. concentration of the chemical tetrahy- bottled at the company’s main plant in ing a drug test.” “Every time we sell our product, it drocannabinol (THC). That's the pri- Florida. Then, the products are dis- The new store on Bultman will have has a stamped statement that says it’s mary chemical responsible for mari- tributed to consumers through Your CBD in numerous products — from not been evaluated by the FDA,” Ja- juana's psychological effects, creating CBD Stores, according to Jacobs. chewing gum, lip balm and candies to cobs said. “Just like a supplement you a euphoric high. The stores’ products are also THC- chocolate and pain creams, among oth- may buy at a vitamin store, our CBD By federal law, hemp must have less free, he said. ers — with two retail employees. products fall under a natural healing than 0.03% concentration of THC com- “A lot of people think CBD gets you “Someone will be in the store who’s category.” Reservation deadline nears Officials: South Carolina school for Wycliffe Bible translators’ girl died of natural causes WALTERBORO (AP) — A cal and other scientific re- tions that led to the rupture South Carolina prosecutor ports showed no evidence of until after Raniya was hospi- Sumter banquet on May 2 said Friday that the death of trauma to the body that talized. a fifth-grader at school last would have indicated the "My daughter was in good FROM STAFF REPORTS can contact Brent Nelson, month was because of rup- child died of injuries sus- spirits that morning. She Southeast area director for turing blood vessels caused tained in a fight on March didn't complain of a head- International Bible-trans- Wycliffe, for complimentary by a birth defect and not a 25.