Item SUMTER, S.C. FROM PAGE 1A SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1998 PAGE 11A SEAT blames a lot of it on the government. From page 1A "(Blacks) have always known hard work and family values," he minorities and the poor. It educates said. "We are strong men and strong them for.
a life of servitude," said women. High unemployment, a lack Ellison. "If a of job training child can't skills and educaread, how can 66 tion and not havhe function in ing an economic America?" (Clyburn) has an anti- base to depend Clyburn, a Christian voting record that I on, we're always native of depending on Sumter who have been trying to expose. others to give us lives in work. We shouldColumbia, n't be begging was elected in Gary anybody for McLeod 1992.
He has GOP candidate, employment in said it is unre- 6th Congressional this country. We alistic for a should pool our congressional resources and candidate to become entrerun on an preneurs." educational platform. Democrat leaders have educational programs in our cized" the poor and minorities into country are run by our state," being loyal to the party with welfare Clyburn said. "A congressman has programs and other government nothing to do with (Scholastic aid, he said. Assessment Test) scores.
We have a He said the Democrat Party also governor (and) a state superinten- has endorsed social programs he dent of education, and the laws gov- believes are wrong. erning the education of our state are "I had to run as a Republican," run by our legislation. There is noth- Ellison said. "I cannot grit my teeth ing a congressman can do about SAT and be a part of the Democratic scores." Party They're trying to push forth Ellison, the son of a successful, gambling and incentives for young self-made busi- people not nessman, calls marry. Then himself an 66 they give con- activist.
Through his non-profit organization, AfricanAmerican Unity Congress, he says he disseminates information to "counteract the slave mentality of the Democrat Party." I cannot grit my teeth and be a part of the Democratic Party. Vince Ellison GOP candidate, 6th Congressional District 9 A native of Tennessee, Ellison moved to South Carolina in 1989. A former Democrat himself, he switched parties in 1994. At the time, he was a correctional officer in Richland County. "I saw a busload of young men get off a bus, and most of those men looked like me," said Ellison, who is black.
"Most of them were looking at life sentences, and something just came over me. I thought we had overcome." Ellison said blacks continue to lag behind in public schools and economically. A lot of it has to do with personal decisions people make and the lifestyles they lead, he said. Still, he JUDGE From page 1A to consider charges by clients allegedly victimized by attorneys paid his former client $500. Reuwer said the client is "disgruntled," and that he was never consulted about the fund's settlement with the client.
Friday, Reuwer presented a letter from Sumter accountant Roger W. Long, stating that audits of the funds that Reuwer supervised at Sumter Catholic High School came out "clean," showing "no problems with internal control." Reuwer was development director for the school, which has now closed. Reuwer said he's learned from his mistakes, and now he wants to put his legal education and experience to work for the people. There is no requirement for legal education or experience to become a probate judge in South Carolina, but Reuwer promotes his LINGER From page 1A panies, which they used with existing companies to submit false invoices to the school district for payment. The payments were allegedly authorized by Klein, who had the authority to approve all district expenditures.
Investigators believe the two set up. bank accounts and mailing addresses and printed invoices for some of the companies, then kept the money for themselves. Adams was indicted on one count of embezzlement. The scheme allegedly involved as many as 14 companies. Perry and Kurzenberger also were indicted on one count each of conspiracy to embezzle and receiving stolen goods.
Authorities say Kurzenberger, under the pretense of working for his former employer, Claims Management Group, received $2,700 of the missing money. The local salesman, who made an unsuccessful bid for a city VINCE ELLISON 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AGE: 34 MARRITAL STATUS: Husband of Joanne Marie Ellison EDUCATION: Memphis State University OCCUPATION: Founder and president of African American Unity Congress, a nonprofit organization that disseminates information to "conteract the slave mentality of the Democrat Party" LENGTH OF RESIDENCY: Moved to Columbia in 1989. MOST IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT: Founding the African -American Unity Congress, marrying his wire, becoming a father to his two school age children, and a Christian PRIMARY GOAL: "To help as many people as I can recognize the genius -and goodness that is instilled in all of GARY MCLEOD STH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AGE: 55 MARITAL STATUS: Divorced nearly 30 years EDUCATION: Graduated from Camden Military, Academy, took courses at Sumter Area Technical College and the University of South Carolina Sumter OCCUPATION: Former dairy farmer and served in the U.S. Navy four years LENGTH OF RESIDENCY: Lifelong in Clarendon County MOST IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT: "The self-esteem seminars he headed in 1982. "They changed more lives than anything I've ever done including my own." PRIMARY GOAL: "I want to return to the Constitution and the other principles which guided our founding fathers." KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS McLeod says he's often called a "The super taxes.
The poor he said. "Everyone Libertarian, but he's not. taxes this way "I recognize government as nec- It would be a essary," he said. "They want less Ellison and government than I do. I recognize something to government has a function to pro- ity.
tect life, liberty and property." The McLeod says taxpayers are over- has "tried to taxed, and he favors cutting income McLeod taxes by increasing sales taxes. "The IVORY MURRAY Ivory Antonio Murray, 21, died Saturday, May 30, 1998, at Carolina Hospital System in Florence. Born Sept. 30, 1976, in Sumter, he was a son of James Deas and Deborah Murray Wilson. A graduate of Sumter High School, he attended Denmark Technical College in Denmark and attended Mount Zion Baptist Church.
He was employed by Gold Kist of Sumter. Survivors, besides the parents, include two brothers, Dwayne Sontez Murray and Sean Deas; maternal grandparents, Mable Murray of Sumter and Paul Murray of Washington, D.C.; and paternal Deas and Annie Bell Deas of Sumter. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Mount Zion Baptist Church, with the Rev. James Blassingame officiating, assisted by Ministers Ashley B.
Vaughn, Herman Vaughn and Isaac McCullum Sr. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home of his mother, 208 Penn St. in Sumter. Job's Mortuary Inc.
is in charge of arrangements. EARL P. BERRY Earl Pink Berry 77, died Thursday, June 4, 1998, at the home. Born in Poplar Bluff, he was a son of the late John William Berry and Callie Pierce Berry. He was a charter member of Memorial Presbyterian Church and the church choir.
He previously served as deacon, elder, clerk of session, Sunday School teacher and youth fellowship adviser. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran and retired from Ford Motor Co. after 37 years of service. He was also employed by Smith's Picnic Basket for 15 years.
He was twice married, first to the late Lib Eddins Berry and later to Frances Kinney Berry, who survives him along with three sons, Earl P. Berry, John Milton "Mickey" Berry, and Gerald G. "Jerry" Berry, all of Sumter; a daughter, Peggy Berry Mathis of Columbia; two brothers, Walter Berry and Robert Berry, both of Sumter; a sister, Patricia Hill of Sumter; a step-mother, Octavia G. Berry of Sumter; two stepsons, Bobby Dougherty and Billy Dougherty, both of Sumter; a stepdaughter, Irene Shrack of Manning; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Kenneth Edward Berry; a brother, Billy Berry; and three sisters, Lillie Berry, Sadie Ann Kelihoomalu and Bessie Collins.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of the Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home, with the Revs. H.K. Johnston and Russell Strange officiating. Burial will be in the Sumter Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Wrenn Barrett, Mike Hill, Fred Berry, Steve Berry, Heyward Brown and Steve Alsbrooks. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Atkinson, Liston Bailey, Leon Brown, Kelly co*ker, Jessie Moore, Jack Stokes, James Tingen and the men of Fraser Memorial Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 hom*osexuality all kinds of things that degrade mankind. They don't have a right to do that. As a matter of fact, they are required to do the opposite," he said.
"I do not believe in bashing hom*osexuals. That is not my goal. hom*osexuals have equal right to life, liberty and property like anybody else, but the government cannot promote it. They cannot promote gambling, They can't promote abortion." Putting hom*osexuals in the military is "stupid," McLeod said. "If you are too fat, (have) flat feet or too short, you can't go into the military," he said.
"Being a part of the armed forces is not a right if you look at the people they have selected." "Everybody takes showers together," he added. "That would be like putting a good-looking sweet thing next to me in the shower." In war time, McLeod said it's also "stupid" to put military women on battle fields, where they could be captured by the enemy. "Women are too important to be put in that position," he said. "Women are not. equal to men they are superior Women are too important to be fighting battles." McLeod, a former dairy farmer who spent four years in the U.S.
Navy, defended his views, which he said might be considered mean-spirited or extreme. "Jim Clyburn has said repeatedly you cannot be a Christian and be a Republican," he said. "If you are a socialist like Jim Clyburn and most Democrats, you are violating at least two of the commandments. You are inviting people to covet other people's stuff. The other commandments is, 'Thou shalt not I'm saying when the IRS or any other pay agency of government requires you taxes," to donate, you are stealing.
Welfare paying and all' of that, you are doing what is' dealers. called legalized plundering. It has nothing to do with how compassionhave ate a person is." McLeod, who lives in Manning, is the founder of Citizens for said, Constitutional Government, a Manning based advocacy group that he has said has about 10,000 members from 40 states: OBITUARIES funeral home and at other times his sister Patricia Hill, 2495 Pipkin Road. Memorials may be made to Fraser Memorial Presbyterian Church. Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
LORETTA SIMON wealthy do not do not pay would be even drug pay as you go plan." McLeod both say about hom*osexual- government, Ellison normalize it." agrees. government promotes tonight at the at the home of Loretta "Coot" Montgomery Simon, 33 and wife of James Simon, died Wednesday, June 5, 1998, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Aug. 25, 1964, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of Daisy Mae English and the late Willie Lewis Montgomery. She attended Sumter County public schools.
Survivors, besides her husband and mother, include two sons, James Earl Simon and Jamacia Simon of the home; two brothers, Charles English and Willie Lewis Montgomery, both of Sumter; and two sisters, Daine Montgomery and Jeanette Williams, both of Sumter. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Heritage Chapel, 710 Manning with the Rev. James Jackson officiating. The casket will be placed in the chapel at 2 p.m.
Burial will be in Walker Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home, 512 West Oakland Ave. Job's Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. MARY FRANCES JENKINS Mary Frances Jenkins, 48, died Friday, June 5, 1998, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Dec.
15, 1949, in Cheraw, she was a daughter of Robert and Savannah Pugees. The family. will receive friends at the home, 961 Kingman St. Services be announced by Williams Funeral Home. VIOLA WILSON Viola Wilson, 69 and wife of Willie died Friday, June 5, 1998, at Tuomey Medical Center.
Born June 8, 1928, in Sumter was a daughter of the late Willie Lucille Durant Wilson. The family will receive friends at the a sister, Bertha McDuffie, 2750 Road. Services will be announced by Funeral Home. THOMAS WARD LYNCHBURG Thomas Ward, 70, died Friday, June 5, 1998. Born April 5, 1928, in Pennsylvania, he a son of the late Sylvester Ward and Woods Ward.
A private memorial service will be held. Palmer Memorial Chapel is in charge arrangements. ELIZABETH RAMSEY Elizabeth "Mother" Bowman died Wednesday, June 3, 1998, at the Born June 15, 1911, in Sumter, daughter of the late Johnny Bowman Ludd Bowman. She attended Lincoln High School and I was employed for many years at Air Force Base Exchange, retiring in FOCUS From page 1A Beasley appeared at Republican state headquarters to tout his party's election, saying a strong vote of support to eliminate car taxes could persuade lawmakers to do that next year. The governor tried to push it through this year, but neither the House nor the Senate would consider the other chamber's proposal.
"If you want to waste your vote, vote in the Democratic primary," Beasley said. His reasoning is that a lottery would require a state, constitutional amendment, which requires voter approval, and that couldn't happen until the 2000 elections. Parts of the car-tax freeze proposal also could require a constitutional amendment, but "there's nothing that says we can't begin car tax relief," Beasley said. State Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian did not return a phone call seeking comment. Just as the car-tax freeze has been one of Beasley's pet projects, the Democratic candidate for governor, Jim Hodges, has made the lottery a centerpiece of his campaign.
Beasley faces Republican challenger William Able in the primary. The winner will meet Hodges in November. Able is considered such a longshot that he was not even included in a Mason-Dixon poll on the governor's race released Friday. Instead, that media-funded poll concentrated on a Beasley contest, giving the governor a 55 percent to 34 percent edge among 811 registered voters. Eleven percent of those questioned said they were undecided.
The telephone poll was taken earlier this week and has a margin of error of about 4 percentage points. doms and birth in school." Ellison also has a problem with video poker. "The Democratic Party is trying to prostitute the people to get more money," he said. "The public knows they are being taxed to death, and they are finding other means to do it. That's gambling, and that's wrong." Ellison also frowns on affirmative action in some cases.
Schools shouldn't lower academic standards to meet racial, quotas, he said. But, Ellison said, he favors corporations recruiting qualified minorities to diversify their companies. "In America, you have to break through, he said. We have a victimization mentality that has been planted by Democrat leaders. I don't think anybody should be given anything We admit racism exists, but it is not a barrier.
It is a bump in the road." "knowledge, integrity and experience" in campaign literature. While he did practice law for slightly more than four years, his suspension has been more than twice as long, nearly nine years. "I am legally knowledgable and competent," he said. "I fully trust the people of Sumter County who have known me, and those who are coming to know me, to be the judge of my integrity as I seek to serve as their probate judge." Reuwer faces Wayne W. Russ, a revenue officer with the Columbia office of the U.S.
Treasury, in Tuesday's primary, and the winner will face GOP nominee John R. Parker, a current associate probate judge, in November's general election. A probate judge rules on four areas: wills and estates; awarding conservatorships to the guardians of juveniles and incompetent adults; involuntary commitments of the mentally incompetent, a as well as alcohol and drug abusers; and marriage licenses. cil seat in 1991, denies any wrong- doing. If convicted on all counts, Klein could face 105 years in prison.
Kurzenberger if convicted could face 15 years. Klein was placed on paid leave on Oct. 30 when district officials asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate Sumter 17's finances after a routine annual audit revealed questionable transactions. Klein resigned in December when Superintendent Dr. Andrena Ray told him she was going to fire him after she found evidence of "gross mismanagement" of the district's finances.
The grand jury launched its investigation that month, hoping to learn why officials couldn't account for nearly $340,000 in public funds. Authorities say Klein, who was responsible for overseeing the district's $34 million operating budget, embezzled the $2 million over 10 years, and that he used more than $1 million in district money to treat himself and others to personal trips. an early age, she received Christ as her personal savior at the First Baptist Church of Sumter. After marriage, she became an active member of Enon Baptist Church where she served as treasurer of the Missionary Society for 40 years. She was a dedicated member of the Sunday School and the Pastor's Aide Society, where she also served as treasurer.
Because of her dedicated service, she was named "Mother of Enon Baptist Church." Survivors include three sons, Lisbon Harwell Ramsey and Eugene Ramsey, both of Sumter, and Ronald Hampton Ramsey of Vernon, a daughter, Deloris Ramsey Hunter of Rocky Hill, eight grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Enon Baptist Church, with the Rev. Stanley W. Hayes officiating, assisted by Minister Morris Graham, Pastor Frankie Thomas and the Rev.
John C. Walker. Pallbearers will be members of the Trustees Ministry. Floral bearers will be members of the Missionary Ministry. The family will receive friends at the home, 2401 Lisbon Dr.
Job's Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. ADDIE EDWARDS DALZELL Addie T. Edwards, 94, died Friday, June 5, 1998, at the home. Born June 8, 1908, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Dave Thompson and Amelia Thompson. The family will receive friends at the home of a daughter, Lou Alice Prioleau, 5710 Shakemia Road.
Services will be announced by James Funeral Home. Wilson, Regional County, she Wilson and home of Burnigtree Williams was Ethel of Ramsey, 86, home. she was a and Agnes in Sumter the Shaw 1972. At LOLA OXFORD Lola Oxford, 88, widow of Cecil Oxford, died Friday, June 5, 1998, at a local nursing center. Services will be announced by Elmore- HillMcCreight Funeral Home.
WILLIAM BOWMAN JR. MANNING William "Junior" Bowman 68 and husband of Virginia Mack Bowman, died Wednesday, June 3, 1998, at Lake Marion Nursing Center in Summerton. Born Aug. 1, 1929, in New York, he was a son of Caro Servance Bowman and the late William Bowman Sr. He was educated in Manning and New York and gave 25 years of service to the Hertz Corp.
in Queens, N.Y. Survivors, beside his mother of New York, include two sons, Eric Bowman of Staten Island, N.Y., and Anthony Bowman of Bronx, N.Y.; five daughters, Deborah Bowman, Carolyn BowmanShaw and Elaine Acquah, all of Bronx, Vivian Morrow of Summerton, and Deanna Bowman of Manning; 10 grandchildren; and one greatgrandchild. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Hayes F. Samuels Sr.
Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. co*kley Richburg officiating. Burial will be in Manning Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home, 414 Drayton St. Samuels Funeral Home of Manning is in charge of arrangements..
