IN SPORTS: Former SHS, P-15’s standout Martin signs with St. John’s University B1 INSIDE Man crashes car into new Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas A6 THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Goodwill congregation will march for 150th anniversary BY IVY MOORE Brick) Church, sitting in the the land, they helped with the A historical [email protected] balcony during services. building of Goodwill.” marker gives a “They asked members of On Saturday, members of brief history of Members of Goodwill Pres- Salem Black River for permis- Goodwill Presbyterian Goodwill Pres- byterian Church (U.S.A.) and sion to leave and start their Church and the surrounding byterian Church the surrounding community own church,” Toney said. community will meet at the (U.S.A.), which will commemorate the 150th “They agreed and gave the church at 8 a.m. to march a celebrates its anniversary of the church’s land for Goodwill.” little more than a mile to 150th anniver- founding beginning at 8 a.m. She said the two congrega- Salem Black River Presbyteri- sary this year. Saturday. The original mem- tions have always had a good an Church. When they arrive SUMTER ITEM bers of the church were for- relationship, which continues there, Louise Bevan, a lifetime FILE PHOTO mer slaves who were emanci- to this day. member of that congregation, pated during the Civil War. “I never have heard any- will give a short talk about the Dorothy Toney, spokeswom- thing about any debate or dis- history and relationship of an for Goodwill, said the for- cussion about the request to the two churches. mer slaves had attended the leave Black River Church,” white Salem Black River (Old Toney said. “Besides giving SEE CHURCH, PAGE A5 Jumping into science RIGHT: Gabbie Brimmer, 11, left, and Mari- cellyn McDon- ald, 12, work THE ASSOCIATED PRESS together to cut U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki and peel back Haley testifies on Capitol Hill in the skin of a Washington on Wednesday before frog Wednes- the House Foreign Affairs Commit- day during Uni- tee hearing: “Advancing U.S. Inter- versity of South ests at the United Nations.” Carolina Sum- ter’s “Mad About Science” Watchdog summer camp. BELOW: Stu- dents react dif- ferently says Haley’s Wednesday as University of South Carolina tweet broke Sumter profes- sor Bianca Rowlett, right, puts a dead federal law frog in each of their working BY MEG KINNARD trays as part of The Associated Press a summer camp activity. COLUMBIA — U.N. Ambas- PHOTOS BY | sador Nikki Haley has been RICK CARPENTER / accused of a violating a law THE SUMTER ITEM limiting government employ- ees’ political activity by voic- ing support for a South Caroli- na congressional candidate. In a letter sent Tuesday to the FUN FROG FACTS U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Various facts about the four-legged creatures that you probably didn’t know: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or • There are about 5,000 species of frogs in the CREW, accused the former world; South Carolina governor of vio- • Frogs shed their skin about once a week. lating the Hatch Act when she After they pull it off, they eat it; retweeted one of President Don- • Frogs don’t actually drink water. They ald Trump’s Twitter messages absorb it through their skin; earlier this month supporting • Many frog species can jump 20 times their Republican Ralph Norman. own height; On June 19, the day before • Croaking is used by male frogs to attract Norman faced off with Demo- females. Each species has its own unique crat Archie Parnell in South croak; Carolina’s 5th District, Trump • Frogs are cold blooded, meaning their body sent several tweets praising temperature is regulated by the environment. the millionaire real estate de- When it gets cold, they hibernate. Most will veloper as someone who would bury themselves in mud and hibernate be a help to him in Congress throughout winter; and and urging voters to “#VoteR- • Scientists are not sure about normal frog life alphNorman tomorrow!” expectancy, but frogs in captivity can live as Later that day, according to many as 20 years. CREW, Haley retweeted the Sources: National Geographic and the first message from her verified Smithsonian Institution Twitter account, which lists USC Sumter day camp gets froggy her as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. At the time, BY BRUCE MILLS USC Sumter professors Dan Kier- Brimmer worked together on a dissec- the group said, Haley had at [email protected] nan and Bianca Rowlett told the stu- tion Wednesday and cleaned out their least 356,000 followers. dents, ages 9 to 14, that dissecting frog of its liver, gall bladder, stomach Haley deleted the message Not all summer days are memorable frogs is ideal for helping to under- and intestines, among other organs. after journalists questioned it for kids, but Wednesday was definitely stand human anatomy and physiology Maricellyn and Gabbie are actually on Twitter. The group said one for 30 children attending Universi- because the organs inside a frog are from out of town. Haley should still be investigat- ty of South Carolina Sumter’s “Mad similar in many ways to those of hu- Maricellyn, 12, of Columbia, is in the ed and disciplined. A Haley About Science!” summer day camp on mans. area this week spending time with her spokeswoman didn’t immedi- the school’s campus. For the young sci- According to Kiernan, most of the father and stepmom, who live in Man- ately respond to a text message. entists, it was biology-activity day (bet- campers are from local public and pri- ning. ter known as frog-dissection day) as vate schools in Sumter County. Camp- SEE HALEY, PAGE A5 part of the week-long camp. ers Maricellyn McDonald and Gabbie SEE CAMP, PAGE A5 VISIT US ONLINE AT CONTACT US DEATHS, B5 WEATHER, A10 INSIDE Information: 774-1200 Charles Lemon ANOTHER PERFECT DAY 2 SECTIONS, 16 PAGES the .com Advertising: 774-1246 William T. Howell Sr. VOL. 121, NO. 184 Classifieds: 774-1200 More sun today and Rosetta J. Pearson continued mild temps with Classifieds B6 Delivery: 774-1258 Belvia M. Pearson News and Sports: 774-1226 only slight chance of rain; Comics A8 tonight, cloudy and cool. Opinion A9 HIGH 88, LOW 71 Television A4 A2 | THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 THE SUMTER ITEM Call: (803) 774-1226 | E-mail: [email protected] Have you seen Samsung investing $380M in S.C. Barbara Nave? Appliance manufacturing plant will create nearly 1,000 jobs in Newberry BY ADRIENNE SARVIS [email protected] COLUMBIA (AP) — Samsung is in- marily in the United States, the compa- Samsung to increase the speed with vesting $380 million in South Carolina ny said in a news release. which we can deliver premium home ap- Sumter County Sheriff’s Of- to manufacture home appliances, cre- The announcement came hours after pliances that reflect the regional prefer- fice is continuing its search for ating an estimated 950 jobs over the new South Korean President Moon ences of our fastest-growing and most Barbara Nave, 80, who has next three years, state and company of- Jae-in left for the United States for important consumer market,” Yoon said. been missing since returning ficials announced Wednesday. meetings with President Trump. Sam- Company officials began considering to Sumter from Savannah in The South Korean-based company is sung Electronics CEO B.K. Yoon signed expanding its U.S. production nearly early February. opening a “state-of-the-art” facility in the company’s plans Wednesday morn- three years ago and launched talks with Deputy Ken the former Caterpillar plant in New- ing in Washington with Gov. Henry South Carolina officials last fall, the Bell, public infor- berry. Production is expected to start McMaster. company said. mation officer for early next year. “Premium home appli- A celebratory event was to be held in Samsung already operates a call cen- the sheriff’s office, ances” made at the plant will include Newberry later Wednesday. ter employing 800 people in Greenville said the agency washing machines and will be sold pri- “This new investment will enable County, about 50 miles away. continues to NAVE search for Nave. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division recently searched Nave’s property on South Ton- daleia Drive but with no results, Pyrotechnics arrive with a boom he said. The sheriff’s office has also received assistance from BY CAITLAN WALZER volunteers and other organiza- [email protected] tions in searching multiple miles around Nave’s residence, Blazing red, white and Bell said. blue colors will soon light up The search has included the night sky as firework Nave’s property, surrounding stands open with a bang. land and nearby bodies of water. As Independence Day Dogs, divers and ATVs have quickly approaches, fire- also been used in the search, work stands will have one Bell said. mission in mind: to sell fire- He said investigators still do works. not suspect foul play in Nave’s Nevertheless, one of the disappearance. several firework stands When a local officer stopped found in Sumter has an ad- by Nave’s house in February, he ditional mission in mind. found the front door open and While selling fireworks is Nave’s two dogs inside. Her its biggest goal, the Royal purse was inside the house, Rangers firework stand is money and credit cards had not selling fireworks for a cause. been removed, and her vehicle Located in the grass lot was still parked outside. next to Sweet Frog on Broad “Hopefully we can find her Street, the Royal Rangers, an soon,” he said.