World Hits Coronavirus Milestones When All of the Vendors Have Moved In
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Awards COVID-19 in SC Cases statewide: 1,366 new, 33,221 total show Cases in the Lakelands Greenwood - 457 Saluda - 203 McCormick - 12 focuses on Abbeville - 103 Laurens - 406 Deaths statewide: 5 new, 712 total justice Deaths in the Lakelands Greenwood - 6 Saluda - 1 McCormick - 1 Page 6A Abbeville - 0 Laurens - 5 VOL. 102, NO. 103 indexjournal.com 2 SECTIONS, 14 PAGES MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 DAILY $1, WEDNESDAY | SUNDAY $2 Witherspoon named to Mays Endowed Chair at Lander By JONATHAN LIMEHOUSE projects will include internship and first in the College of Behavioral and Preservation Site goes back more than moved to Greenwood and got my job [email protected] research opportunities for Lander Social Sciences. a decade to when he had a Teaching at Lander back in 2006.” students, but he hopes to expand out- Witherspoon thinks there was an American History grant. He worked Witherspoon didn’t understand First and foremost, Kevin Wither- reach efforts to high schools in the element of fate in play regarding his with 50 or 60 teachers from Green- how the world had this incredibly spoon said he is incredibly honored future. selection because Kauffmann attend- wood County’s three school districts. powerful figure who came from “right to have been chosen as the inaugural The Dr. Benjamin E. Mays En- ed an event on Lander’s campus about The mission of that grant was to help here in Greenwood.” He said it seems holder of the Dr. Benjamin E. Mays dowed Chair was Mays years ago that he helped put on. teachers in the community learn more that everybody who encounters Mays Endowed Chair at Lander University. created in 2020 An article that came out when Kauff- about the history they were teaching. is inspired and encouraged to carry In the endowed chair position, through a gift to the mann announced the endowed chair, He said a lot of history teachers got on his legacy and do great things to Witherspoon will teach a new course Lander Foundation he said that specific event inspired their degrees in education, so they try to make a change. on Benjamin E. Mays and the evolu- from Doug and Sal- him to create it in Mays’ honor. likely only had to take two history “I think that’s part of where I see tion of civil rights in the U.S. during ly Kauffmann. Doug “It struck me, ‘This is really how classes in college. this endowed chair going,” he not- the spring semester of each academic served as the former change happens and this is how we At the Dr. Benjamin E. Mays His- ed. “It’s a way of kind of carrying on year. He will also coordinate special KEVIN chair of the Lander move forward,’” Witherspoon said. “If torical Preservation Site, he and the the legacy that Mays established. His events that celebrate Mays’ contribu- WITHERSPOON Foundation board of we never had that initial event then teachers got introduced to Mays whole mission throughout his life tions to society through joint projects directors and Sally Doug may not have been inspired to during their visits. and career was to fight for equality between Lander and the Dr. Benja- is a 1975 alumna. The Kauffmanns’ create this endowed position.” “Over that process, I was incredibly and change amid incredibly difficult min E. Mays Historical Preservation gift created the second-ever endowed Witherspoon’s connection to the inspired,” he said. “I didn’t know any- conditions. I think anybody kind of Site in Greenwood. The events and chair at Lander University and the Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Historical thing about Benjamin Mays before I See CHAIR, page 5A Blue Ranger Vendor Mall to open Wednesday By JAMES HICKS [email protected] A new multiple vendor mall will open soon with some familiar faces. The Blue Ranger Vendor Mall will feature an- tiques, sports memorabilia, gifts and collectibles as well as Cowan’s signs and decals. Taylor Cowan, owner of That Vinyl Guy, wanted to expand his business but was running out of space at the Uptown Shoppers Market on Montague Ave. That’s when he decided to open his own multiple vendor mall in Greenwood. “I’m moving from Uptown to here,” Cowan said. He said a few vendors from Uptown are fol- lowing Cowan to his new mall and were working on getting their booths up and running. “I got a lady coming in that’s going to be doing ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS floral arrangements,” Cowan said. “I’ve got an- An employee takes the fingerprints of a woman who died from the new coronavirus before her remains are cremated at La other lady that’s refinishing furniture.” Recoleta crematorium in Santiago, Chile. Vendors will rent and stock booths with items for sale. When shoppers want to buy an item, they pay for it at the cash register at the front counter. A few vendors from Sweet Pickins to J.C. Sports have already stocked their shelves ahead of Wednesday’s opening. The vendor mall can 500,000 deaths accommodate up to 17 vendors. The Blue Ranger Vendor Mall is at 204 Em- erald Road N. and is set to open on Wednesday. A larger grand opening will occur in late August World hits coronavirus milestones when all of the vendors have moved in. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to Wednesday-Friday By NICOLE WINFIELD and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to Saturday. AND KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press ROME — The world surpassed two so- bering coronavirus milestones Sunday — 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million con- firmed cases — and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come. “COVID-19 has taken a very swift and SUBMITTED PHOTOS very dangerous turn in Texas over just the ABOVE: The Blue Ranger Vendor Mall in past few weeks,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, Greenwood will open on Wednesday. This is a who allowed businesses to start reopening concept design of how the front entrance will in early May but on Friday shut down bars look. BELOW: Shoppers will be able to find and limited restaurant dining amid a spike sports memorabilia in addition to antiques, in cases. crafts and vinyl products. California Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled back reopenings of bars in seven counties, including Los Angeles. He ordered them to close immediately and urged eight other counties to issue local health orders man- Demonstrators hold signs as they protest the lockdown and wearing masks in Hun- dating the same. tington Beach, Calif. South Africa’s health minister warned that the country’s current surge of cases is people who “moved back into the work- taxis and buses.” expected to rapidly increase in the com- place. It was therefore inevitable that there New clusters of cases at a Swiss nightclub ing weeks and push hospitals to the limit. would be cluster outbreaks as infections and in the central English city of Leicester Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize said the spilled over from communities into places showed that the virus was still circulating current rise in infections has come from of congregation such as mines, factories, See DEATHS, page 5A INSIDE TODAY FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL • BUSINESS 8A • COVID-19 INFO 2A • TV LISTING 6A facebook.com/indexjournal • CLASSIFIEDS 4B-6B • OBITUARIES 4A • VIEWPOINTS 7A • COMICS 3B • SPORTS 1B twitter.com/ijindexjournal 4A n Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. Obituaries Sunday, December 31, 2017 Shirley Banister GREENWOOD COUNTY WARE SHOALS — Shirley • Shirley Banister, Turkey Creek Lane, Ware Shoals. 2AErica Garner dies; fought Ann Martin Banister, 75, res- • Margaret Belcher, 4513 Cokesbury Road, Greenwood. ident of Turkey Creek Lane, • Shirley Williams, 828 Gage St., Greenwood. DaybreakMONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 Ware Shoals, passed away ABBEVILLE COUNTY police brutality after dad’s death Wednesday, December 27, • Mary Bowie, Abbeville. 2017, at Spartanburg Medical TODAY’SAssociated WEATHER Press PHOTO OFcigarettes THE DAYand died after a white police officer TODAY IN HISTORY MCCORMICK COUNTY subdued him with a chokehold. A grand jury de- Center. • Susan Johnson, McCormick. Today is Monday, June 29, the 181st day of 2020. There NEW YORK — The daughter of key Black clined to indict the officer; the city agreed to pay a Born in Miami, Florida, are 185 days left in the year. March 14, 1942, she was a OUTSIDE S.C. Lives Matter figure Eric Garner died Saturday $6 million civil settlement. • Mildred Coats, 217 Wisewood Circle, Falls Church, Virginia. after a weeklong hospital stay following a heart Garner’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a daughter of the late Brantley • DaNika Paul-Herron, 6115 Trent Drive, Huntsville, Alabama. Today’s Highlight in History Martin and Kathryn Elizabeth attack. slogan for activists. SERVICES TODAY “She was a warrior to the end. She stood up for Erica Garner became a voice for police ac- On June 29, 1613, London’s original Globe Theatre, Robinson Kendrick. where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed, Shirley was an active mem- • HAMMONDS, Barbara, 2:30, Greenwood Memorial Gardens. justice for her father,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said countability after his death, criticizing Demo- Visitation following service. in announcing the death of Garner, 27, at a New cratic Mayor Bill de Blasio over policing matters. was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot ber to the Church of Jesus • LESTER, Eartha, 1, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Christ of Latter Day Saints in York hospital. In 2016, she campaigned on behalf of Vermont during a performance of “Henry VIII.” • TURNER, Reverend Norris, 1, Little River Multicultural Complex.