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VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 16
Connors,
Jordan
Differ on
School
Closing
Proposal
Jordan Connors
By Barney Blakeney
Community meetings held
to gather input into
Charleston County School
District proposals for
restructuring schools were
concluded this week. The
five meetings held at
schools downtown, in
North Charleston, Johns
Island, Yonges Island and
McClellanville drew many
irate constituents who
vehemently protested
options that could close
some 12 community
schools.
Leroy Connors, a former
member of the county’s
constituent Dist. 20 school
board, said the abundance
of protests that came from
the scores of Blacks
attending the meetings was
justified.
“I feel the proposals are a
slap in the face to Black
See pg 2
Voorhees Debate
Team Selected To
Participate in the
Inauguration
Debate Series
Denmark, S.C. - As a part of
the White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges
and Universities to recon-
struct speech and debate
teams at HBCUs, Voorhees
College will be participating
in the Inaugural Debate
Series, which takes place
Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C. This
debate series is one of the offi-
cial inauguration events for
President-elect Obama.
At the invitation of Dr.
Leonard L. Haynes III, execu-
tive director of the White
House Initiative on HBCUs,
the Debate Consortium was
launched at the September
2008 National HBCU Week
Conference. The Debate
Consortium, which is a part of
a three-year HBCU pilot pro-
gram, is made up of 10
HBCUs from across the
country.
To enroll in the consortium,
interested HBCUs had to
identify at least one faculty or
staff member to spearhead the
campus effort and agree to
meet the obligations set forth
by the founders of the consor-
tium.
Currently, six HBCUs have
been selected. Voorhees
College was the only HBCU
from South Carolina selected.
The other institutions selected
were Fayetteville State
University, Grambling
University, Howard
University, Morgan State
University and Wiley College.
Out of these HBCUs, two
were selected to participate in
the Inauguration Debate
Series. Along with Voorhees
College, Fayetteville State
University was the other
See pg 2
Dr. Cleveland Sellers
THE
Mostly Black Schools Targeted For Closing - Why?
By Arthur Lawrence
On Monday,
December 9th, the
Charleston County
School District (or
CCSD) unveiled what
have been deemed as the
most “underutilized”
schools in our county.
Basically, it revealed a
list of schools that cost
too much money to oper-
ate the way they do now.
School officials say that
they are facing a budget
shortfall of approximate-
ly $20 million in the next
Will MUSC Expansion Impact Gadsden-Green Housing Complex?
By Barney Blakeney
City of Charleston offi-
cials last week publicly
Gadsden-Green Housing Complex
Julian Bond Retracts
Resignation as NAACP Chair
BALTIMORE (NNPA) -
Julian Bond, longtime
chairman of the nation’s
oldest civil rights group,
last week retracted his
decision to bow out of the
2009 bid for chairmanship
of the National Board of
the NAACP.
In a Dec. 8 letter to
NAACP Board members
and trustees, Bond said an
outpouring of support per-
suaded him to change his
mind. He also agreed that
the continuity his presence
provides would only
enhance the organization’s
centennial celebrations.
“I will be a candidate for
Christmas Had Soul During Slavery Days
According to historians,
the joyous, rocking, hilari-
ous celebrating of the holi-
days, Christmas and New
Year, was instilled in the
ancestors of Black folks
before the full realization
of the religious aspects had
been learned. Christmas
meant from one to five days
of no back-breaking labor
for slaves. They looked for-
ward to Christmas all year
as a “Day of special
license.”
They (slaves) are
glad when night comes,
not only because it brings
them a few hours of repose,
but because it brings them
one day nearer Christmas.
(The Afro-Americans:
Selected Documents by
Bracey, Meier, and
Rudwick.)
The International
Library of Negro Life and
History noted, “James
Weldon Johnson was of the
opinion that this was the
reason few spirituals were
about the birth of Christ.
The slave-owners did not
emphasize the significance
of the birth of Christ to
poor and the captives.”
As the slave
learned more about the
Bible and Jesus Christ’s
lowly birth, the Christmas
season took on even
greater meaning and this
added to the reason for cel-
ebrating. With great feel-
ing and joy the slaves sang:
“Go tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and every-
•1111 King St. •Charleston, SC 29403• December 17, 2008 •
year, and have created
proposals on how to
save money in the wake
of their economic dilem-
ma.
CCSD has plans for
Districts 1 includes closing Fraser
(McClellanville), 4 Elementary,
(North Charleston), 9
(Johns Island), 20
( D o w n t o w n
Charleston), and 23
(Hollywood) that will
either close or re-struc-
ture a number of their
schools. Meanwhile,
announced redevelopment
plans for the peninsula’s
westside along Hagood
Avenue, the Spring
Julian Bond
Chairman when the Board
convenes in February,” he
wrote. “This decision was
made by the flood of writ-
ten, telephoned, mailed
and e-mailed appeals I
received asking me to
reconsider. “I am eternally
grateful to all those who
contacted me.”
where. Go tell it on the
mountain, That Jesus
Christ is born.”
If given much con-
sideration, the spiritual “If
It Wasn’t For The Lord,
Tell Me What Would I
Do” could be interpreta-
tion for, because of Christ
and His birth, the enslaved
field-hands and house-
workers could periodically
and temporarily get away
from it all. On Sundays
they were permitted to
have weekly meetings –
sometimes uniting with
slaves from other planta-
tions. The meetings gave
the slaves a chance to
exchange ideas, deliver
information about relatives
and friends – some who
had been sold, talk about
personal things, and
dreamed about freedom.
Christmas offered the
longest and best respite
from their labors, and this
respite and the others were
because of the Lord.
Imagine a daily life
of long-hours of hard work;
no monetary pay; harsh
punishment; living at the
mercy, moods, tempera-
ments of other people and
meager food allowances in
a strange land? Then, just
imagine a few days of no
work with all you can eat,
dancing, and merriment.
Perhaps one can then
imagine what Christmas
meant to slaves – Black
ancestors.
The Christmas
Commentary
schools in Mount
Pleasant, West Ashley,
and James Island will go
unscathed.
Is it a coincidence that
Street/Cannon Street cor-
ridor and President Street
northward to Fishburne
Street. While most of the
development will occur on
vacant property owned by
various public agencies one
concern is its impact on the
adjacent 66-year-old
Gadsden-Green public
housing complex on
President Street.
For more than a decade as
gentrification took place in
the area around Gadsden-
Green, speculation about
the future of the low
income housing complex
centered on its eventual
displacement. But officials
See pg 2
Obamas Denied Early Move-in
Special to the NNPA from
the Afro-American
Newspapers
WASHINGTON
(NNPA) - The Obamas
Blair House, the official guest house for the President of the U.S.
was a time of “feasting,
frolicking, and fiddling.”
One of the plantation own-
ers would prepare a boun-
tiful “Christmas supper,”
and invite slaves from
neighboring plantations to
join his slaves for the occa-
sion. Plantation owners
would take turns hosting
the Christmas celebration
which might be held
indoors or outside,
depending on the southern
area.
A description of
such a Christmas celebra-
tion in Louisiana told “as
many as 300 to 500” cele-
brating at one plantation.
“They would arrive walk-
ing, riding, in carts, on
horseback, on mules,” men
and women, girls and boys,
young and old- “trotting
towards a Christmas sup-
per.” They would be
dressed the best they
could: Cotton coats,
washed clean, though per-
haps some were tattered;
those who had shoes had
shinned them with “the
stump of a tallow candle,”
others were “bare-footed.”
The lucky man
who had a rimless or
crownless hat placed them
at a jaunty angle. Women
tied handkerchiefs around
their heads, placed red rib-
bons tied in an eye-catch-
ing bow in their hair, or
tied separate parts of the
hair with strings. Some
women wore cast-off bon-
nets. But, no matter the
dress- all were welcomed
CHARLESTON, SC -
PERMIT #415
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the targeted districts
happen to have a signifi-
cant number of economi-
cally-challenged minori-
ties?
As for District
20, CCSD’s plan
James
Simons Elementary and
Charleston Progressive.
One option for
Charleston Progressive
is that it becomes the
home of Buist Academy.
And the former Archer
School would be the
Arthur Lawrence
See pg 2
Constituent School Board Candidate
Tony Lewis Rips Election Commission
sion spawned by the Nov.
By Barney Blakeney
4 election.
The seating of can-
didates vying for election See pg 2
to Charleston County
Dist. 20 Constituent
School Board created a
ball of confusion after three
candidates were installed,
attended two meetings and
cast votes affecting the
future of students only to
be informed they didn’t
actually win the elections
and had to relinquish the
seats. But election com-
mission Chairman Daniel
Martin said understanding
can come from the confu- Coach Tony Lewis
will have to find other liv-
ing quarters for their fami-
president-elect is available.
Quoting anonymous
sources, the Washington
ly if they still plan to move
Post and Associated Press
to Washington before the
report the Obamas had
official guest house for the
See pg 2
NNPA foto credit
to the Christmas feast. spirit – A Christmas gift
Long tables were because of the Lord. Prior
spread in the open air and to 1863, New Year’s Day
“loaded with all kinds of was proverbially known
meats and piles of vegeta- throughout the South as
bles.” Chickens, ducks, “Heartbreak Day”.
turkeys, pigs, and some- The trials, sorrow,
times a wild ox were longings “peculiar to fouls”
cooked over a fire laid in a separated from parents,
“ditch dug in the ground.” children, wives and hus-
Coconut cake, pound cake, bands, usually because of
‘tato pies, fruit pies and slave trade, seemed to
biscuits were baked. Men come to the front.
would sit on one side of the “Seeing the New
tables and the women on Year in” was accompanied
the other. Those who were by prayer and meditation.
“courtin” tried to sit oppo- See pg 2
site one another. The
slaves would eat! What a
time!
When the “sumptu-
ous” meal and light-hearted
exchanges had ended,
these new Americans
would do their number in
dance.
“Those dances
were individual movements
consisting of shuffling of
the feet, swinging the arms
and shoulders in a peculiar
rhythm of time which later
developed into the Double
Shuffle, Heel and Toe,
Buck and Wing, and Jube,
and so on. The slaves could
play a tune with their feet,
dancing largely to an
inward music – a music
that was felt, but not
heard.” For the slaves, the
dance was means of win-
ning praise and expressing
inner feelings. [The Slave
Community, by John W. The Love Song, drawn in Congo Square, New
Blassingame]. Orleans, by E.W. Kemble, in Century Magazine, 1886,
For a while the from Black Dance: 1619 to Today by Lynn Fauley mery.
slave was free in mood and
2-December 17, 2008 The Chronicle

Connors, Jordan---------------------------------------- Constituent School -------------------------------------

Obamas Denied ------------------------------------------
cont. from pg 1 cont. from pg 1
cont. from pg 1
people in this county, especially those in Dist. 20 because
we have suffered most from the disparities in the system,” Dist. 20 Constituent had not been installed.
Connors said. He emphasized that all the schools pro- School Board Chairman “I learned my les- asked White House officials about moving into Blair
posed for closure or restructuring are predominantly Marvin Stewart said son - not to give out pre- House about two weeks before the traditional date so their
Black. school officials provided liminary lists. But the only two daughters could start their new school when classes
“The county schools administration historically has done a him a preliminary list of list that counts is the certi- resume Jan. 5.
poor job of managing schools, especially in the Black com- winners for the three fied list,” he said. Adding President-elect Obama's two daughters — Malia, a fifth
munity. When you fail to manage schools properly, you end vacancies on the board that levity to an otherwise dis- grader and Sasha, a second grader — will attend Sidwell
up with a run down system and failing schools. But to just included Fouchena tressing situation, Martin Friends School, a private school with a campus in north-
wipe those schools off the map isn’t the solution. Sheppard, Tony Lewis and added, “The true winners west Washington and another in suburban Bethesda, Md.
“I find it disturbing that the Black community is being Damon Sabb. The three in those races were Mickey Classes start more than a week before the incoming first
asked to pay for restructuring when it already has paid for were installed at the Mouse and Minnie Mouse. family could stay at Blair House.
the administration’s neglect and disrespect with a lack of board’s Nov. 11 meeting. They got more write-in Aides say the White House told the Obamas that the
quality education that gave us failing schools,” Connors votes than any of the other request cannot be met because the Bush administration
said. But some three candidates. still has plans for the historic government home across
Some schools like Charleston Progressive Academy and weeks later Stewart was Explaining some of Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. An Obama
Frierson Elementary which are proposed for closure under provided another list, the the discrepancies, Martin aide said the family was told there were previously sched-
all the administration’s proposal options simply, “Were election commission’s cer- noted only the top vote- uled events at Blair House and guests could not be dis-
thrown under a bus,” Connors said. “The administration tified list of winning candi- getters are placed on any placed.
should have met with those PTA organizations,” he said. dates, which declared listing and the numbers Sally McDonough, first lady Laura Bush's press secretary,
Ruth Jordan, one of two African Americans on the Dana Moton, Nicholas can change from prelimi- declined to comment on the transition conversations, but
Charleston County School Board, said the administra- Shalosky and Sheppard nary to certified lists after said Blair House would be available on Jan. 15, the tradi-
tion’s proposals are about finances and offering more winners. All were write-in the commission qualifies tional date it becomes available for new presidents and
options, not race. candidates. Moton and the voters. their families.
“So far we know that the school district is facing a $45 mil- Shalosky were installed “We’ve never had
lion deficit. There are no empty schools in Mt. Pleasant or last week. this problem in the five
on James Island. But for the past 25-30 years our rural Lewis is protesting years I’ve been on the com-
schools were being abandoned. Because of No Child Left the change saying he feels mission,” Martin said. He
Behind parents with kids in failing schools on Johns the election is being said the high number of
Island were taking their kids to West Ashley and parents manipulated. vacancies without chal- Merry Christmas to all
downtown took their kids to Mt. Pleasant. We need to fig- lengers actually on ballots
ure ways to get those kids back in their community “I know some trick- likely contributed to the and have a Happy New Year
schools,” Jordan said. ery is going on,” he said, problems.
Shared sacrifices across the county will be necessary to do “I’m not going to let them
that in a financially efficient manner, she said. do what they want. If they
“Right now we have some huge buildings without any stu- made a mistake counting
dents in them. Unfortunately they are all in the African about 100 votes how can Will MUSC --------------
American community,” she said noting Lincoln High in we trust them to count tens cont. from pg 1
McClellanville has an enrollment of only about 160 stu- of thousands of votes?”
Mostly Black ----------------------------------------------
dents. cont. from pg 1 and others say the develop-
Stewart agrees the ment will have no negative
Jordan said the proposals discussed are just proposals. system has apparent flaws
“No decisions have been made. We will continue to look new home of the Charleston Charter School for impact on the complex.
citing several changes Math & Science. Essentially, pushing our children The city, Medical
under rocks and explore other options,” she said. between the two lists in the University of South
Susan Haire of the school district’s public information number of votes assessed out of a school to accommodate another group of
children. And our children currently enrolled at Carolina and South
office said constituents may continue to give input into the to candidates. Carolina Research
process by completing surveys about the restructuring pro- Charleston Progressive and Fraser would likely have
Authority plan to build in
posals may be be obtained either online at the school dis- Stewart who was on the to go to Memminger or Mitchell, schools tucked the area facilities that will
trict’s web site or in print at community schools. ballot for a seat on the away from the heart of downtown. Could it be that include a biomedical hub,
Despite perceptions that the administration already has a county’s consolidated our children are not good enough to inhabit a school parking garages, new
plan decided, community input will be a critical factor in school board but was not a that is in the center of downtown’s business/tourist homes and stores.
the decisions that will be made, she said. candidate for the con- district? Are their faces not clean enough for public Former Charleston City
stituent board said he was view? One must always read between the lines. Councilman Wendell
assessed 40 write-in votes Apparently, the plan to close or re-structure Gilliard who represented
Voorhees Debate ---------------------------------------- on the preliminary list but
our schools would save millions of dollars, but at the area the past 11 years
cont. from pg 1 only 16 on the certified list. said the development ini-
Another candidate, what cost to our children? Between the world of the
haves and the have nots, it is always the latter that tially was presented in a
Dr. Barbara Holmes, said 2000 plan for the city.
HBCU selected to participate. The other institutions participat- she voted for herself and as must compromise, be displaced or disenfranchised! Affected neighborhood
ing in the series are Wake Forest University, Michigan State a poll manager saw her As a native Charlestonian whose now grown associations and residents
University, the University of Southern California and Mary name on several other children attended District 20 schools, I have long were made aware of the
Washington University. paper ballots yet was not been an advocate for quality schools for our commu- plan then, he said.
To be selected to participate in the series, each of the HBCUs assessed any votes on the nity. And I have worked with people who share my The development will
had to submit a letter of recommendation and a demonstration certified list. determination for equal education for all of our chil- have a major impact on the
tape of at least two students giving a five to eight minute persua- “I’m sure the election com- dren. And we have warned everyone that this would area, but Gilliard allayed
sive speech on a topic related to American policy by Dec. 10. mission takes great pains speculation about
before they declare winners happen: the eventual disintegration of our neighbor-
The speech and debate team of Voorhees is coached by a 2004 hood schools. But not enough people took heed. Gadsden-Green’s eventual
Voorhees alumnus and current coordinator of the business depart- in these elections.” Stewart displacement as a result
ment, Gordon English II. English spearheaded this project by said. “But if they can make Not enough District 20 parents have played an active
saying, “It will take an act
writing the grant and completing the application for admission this mistake who is to say role in their children’s education. Not enough of us of Congress to move those
into the consortium. what other mistakes took the time to make sure our children were learn- residents out of there.”
“President Sellers gave me the charge of making Voorhees a com- haven’t been made. The ing. Too many of us have not emphasized the impor- Comparing the west side
munity of scholars, and I took that as a personal quest to bring issue is bigger than the tance of getting a good education to our children. development to that on the
forth more academically inclined activities to the school and to District 20 board. And now, we have failing schools. T h e east-side’s former
challenge our students to compete with all students from different Commission chairman youth of today are not being taught to be proud of Ansonborough Homes
universities,” English said. Martin said indeed other their schools. They are not being taught to do the housing complex demol-
“This also brings forth national recognition to the type of students mistakes did occur - in con- ished after officials found
stituent board races on best and to be the best. Because of that, we have fail-
and programs that Voorhees has to offer.” ing schools. That led to us having failing schools the soil on which the com-
The members of the Voorhees debate team include: Victorita James Island, East Cooper plex was built was contam-
Paun, captain of the team and senior accounting major from and North Charleston. In with empty seats, a result of downtown residents
inated, Gilliard said the
Bucharest, Romania; Kyle Lawton, a junior accounting major all those races there were transferring their children out of Dist. 20 to either Black community was bam-
from Camden, S.C.; James Harris, a junior mass communication changes between prelimi- private school or another district. The empty seats boozled and hoodwinked
major from Buffalo, N.Y.; Shampale Williams, a junior mass com- nary lists and certified lists are counted against us, and affects the funding our then.
munication major from Atlanta, Ga.; and Cameron Townes, a in the number of write-in schools get to hire and keep teachers and services. “Our elected officials
freshman mass communication major from Greenville, S.C. ballots assessed. But in Bottom line: less students = less money. As our should never let that hap-
Dr. Sellers, president of Voorhees will be in attendance at the those incidents candidates schools’ populations whittle, we are vulnerable. We pen again to our communi-
are easy targets to be accused of as being unproduc- ty. As long as I’m an elect-
Christmas Had Soul-- cont. from pg 1 tive and unsuccessful. A bad investment. And even- ed official Gadsden Green
THE CHRONICLE tually, our neighborhood schools are given to others will always exist,” Gilliard
As the hour of the departure of the Old Year and the like Buist, and our kids will have to drive past their promised.
1111 King Street arrival of the New Year would down into minutes, Black More immediately, he said
neighborhood school to go somewhere else. Sadly, residents of the complex
Charleston, SC 29403 folks were on their knees in prayer-thankful they had got- there are powers that be who want the have nots to
ten over the year going by and hoping that the New Year and surrounding communi-
•••• coming in would see their lot improved. remain as such, and we have played right into their ty should be concerned
(843) 723-2785 It is highly probably that the spiritual, mystical hands. And now, as we attend community meetings about the persistent prob-
aspects of the omens and signs and superstitions surround- and voice our anger and place blame, we must come lem of flooding in the area
Fax: (843) 577-6099 ing the New Year were easily conceived by Black people, to terms that we are not guiltless in all of this. and how the development
Email: Chaschron@aol.com for spirits, omens, and the influence of good and evil were But while it is late in the game, the minutes are still will impact drainage.
much a part of many religions in Africa. Some slaves ticking: the game is not yet over. We must attend Property tax increases
J. JOHN FRENCH, SR. resulting from higher prop-
seemed to really believe even the barnyard animals bowed the County School Board meetings in droves. We
President - Editor//Publisher on New Year’s Eve. must let the County Board know that they were elect- erty values definitely
From year to year, freedom was the hope of the should be a concern, he
VALENTINA SMALLS ed to support, and not dissemble, neighborhood added, as well as educa-
slaves. schools. They must be called upon to do right by the
Operations-Business Mgr./ In January 1877, a group of Massachusetts slaves had tional opportunities for
Comptroller-Advertising petitioned the legislature claiming a natural God-given students and teachers of schools like Charleston students at Burke High
right to freedom and asserting “that Every Principle from Progressive: do not make them move-make them bet- School which is located in
Marketing ter!
Tolbert Smalls, Jr. which America has Acted in the course of their unhappy the area.
Difficulties with Great Britain Pleads Stronger than a Charleston Progressive, for example, has made sig- Housing Authority of
SIMONA A. FRENCH thousand arguments in favours of your pet(it)ioners…” nificant gains. It is a good magnet school. School Charleston Director Don
Receptionist- (From Plantation to Ghetto, by Meier and Rudwick). officials must do all they can to tout Charleston Cameron repeated
Traffic/Photographer Watch Night December 31, 1862, had special sig- Progressive’s achievements, and encourage parents Gilliard’s promise that the
nificance. September 1862, President Abraham Lincoln to enroll their children there. And, I recommend Gadsden-Green complex
Contributing Writers- had expressed to his Cabinet his “divinely inspired” will not be displaced. To
once again that Buist- an old building bursting at the vacate the complex the
Hakim Abdul-Ali covenant with God, and his intention to free the slaves. seams with students- be closed altogether and its stu-
“He did not ask their opinion – he told them what he was authority’s board of direc-
Beverly Birch going to do.” So, in December when the year was reaching dents enroll in schools along the peninsula. tors would have to declare
its closing minutes, Black folks were gathered waiting for Buist is K thru 8. Its students are supposed to be the property an excess,
DEADLINE: mostly downtown residents. They should enroll in public hearings would be
that word.
PUBLIC SERVICES According to the International Library for Negro Life the elementary schools closest to where they live, and held and city council would
FRIDAY PRIOR TO and History, on New Year’s Eve 1862, Negroes and their white then move on to Burke High. Then we will finally have to give it’s approval,
friends – abolitionists – held “scores of meetings” across the state. have true integration in our schools. This will be a Cameron said. Rather than
PUBlICATION DATE In Boston a line of messengers were established any negative impact, the
between the telegraph office and the platform of Tremont
step in the right direction, to make District 20 a
Member: diverse, high achieving school district. development offers
Temple Church awaiting the freedom announcement. Gadsden-Green residents
National Newspaper Publishers, Assoc.
Frederick Douglass who was at the Boston meeting Everyone, attend your neighborhood school’s job opportunities, he said.
South Carolina Press Assoc. described it as an evening of “tense excitement.” He wrote PTA meetings. If you are a District 20 parent, visit West Side Neighborhood
Amalgamated Publishers “the effect of this announcement was startling beyond your child’s school. Make a point to attend the Association President
S.C. Chamber of Commerce description, and the scene was wild and grand. Joy and County School Board meetings, which will discuss Arthur Lawrence agreed
gladness exhausted all forms of expression, from shouts of and decide our schools’ fates in January. We must the development will be an
NO REFUNDS ON SUBSCRIPTIONS praise to sobs and tears. My old friend Rue, a Negro cease being reactionary and start becoming proac- economic benefit to resi-
Published Wednesday preacher, a man of wonderful vocal power expressed the tive. And, should it be that our schools are being set dents of the area. But he
TRI State Printing- heartfelt emotion of the hour, when he led all voices in the up to be sold for the benefit of commerce, we must expressed concern that
North Charleston anthem, “Sound the loud trimbrel O’er Egypt’s dark sea, stop giving our financial support to places that bla- homeowners in neighbor-
Jehovah hath triumphed, his people are free.” hoods adjacent to the
Until today the soul history spirit and customs tantly disregard the our community’s best interest for
development may face dis-
Credo of The Black Press
born in days of slavery have gone on..and on..and on. Many the sake of commercial gain. placement.
The Black Press believes that
black folks are not aware of the “why” behind the things Let us demand that the County School Board scrap Also comparing the west-
America can best lead the
world from racial and national they do during the holiday season. Buying a Christmas these plans, and instead look to scrimp and save at side development to that in
antagonism when it accords to “outfit”, baking pies and cakes, Christmas “liquid” spirit, the Administrative level of the School District. The Ansonborough, Lawrence
every person, regardless of plenty to eat, Christmas visiting, and just having a ball are County School Board has made the effort to close said, “Development can be
race, creed or color, his or her carryovers from the no-work-celebration at Christmas of our schools before; this time, let us make sure it does- a good thing depending on
human and legal rights. Black ancestors. n’t happen this time. For our children’s sake. how it’s managed. We’re
Hating no person, fearing no Joyously, fervently singing, “Go Tell It On The Mountain That going to do all we can to
person, the Black Press strives Jesus Christ Is Born” at Christmas, and dropping to the knees, make sure Gadsden-Green
to help every person in the firm literally and figuratively, on Watch Night as the New Year comes Mr. Arthur Lawrence
in are a part of that Black holiday tradition. President residents and those in adja-
belief that all persons are hurt
cent neighborhoods are
as long as anyone is held back AND, A MERRY, SOUL, HOLIDAY SEASON TO Westside Neighbood protected.”
YOU!
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Unpublished 1979 Christmas Commentary By the Late Humanitarian-Activist Septima Clark

Dear: Mr. French: support our public service suasive speakers whose be improved such as: through stores, especially
programs. words can move hardened 1. Quality education for all downtown King Street, I
I lost my questions sent by points of view. children in our state. saw improved hiring prac-
you in the Christmas rush. We go to the tices. The banks are inte-
I read them and feel that Legislature as David Please throw in 2. Transportation grating workers to some
these are my answers. If against the powerful, so some well-aimed sling- for the handicapped. extent. Our great task is to
you want to call me about please give us some strong shots we can use on the nurture and strengthen the
any statement, be free to leaders so we can achieve Goliaths: The attitudes of 3. Better and more newly developing political
do so. our goals of better nursing workers at the Food Stamp salaries for all teachers. strength among both
homes and home health center and inefficient young Blacks and young
Dear Santa, care, homeowner and workers at day care cen- 4. Jobs for youth whites and reach the great
renter tax relief, probate ters. Let’s implement strat- mass of the uninformed, be
As a human being reforms, and food and egy for cutting through red 5. Training on all he a holder of a doctor’s
robed and wrapped in the housing for the many needy tape that surrounds many levels: administrators, staff degree or an academics
divinity of God I think that citizens. public service programs workers, garbage workers, illiterate.
I can speak for all low especially those for senior and domestic workers, fire-
income and fixed income We need special services. Living as long as men and policemen.
people of South Carolina gifts: strategy developers, I have I see many improve- By: the late Dr. Septima
especially Black people priority choosers, and per- ments and also see many to This year as I roamed Clark
Dr. Septima Clark
who are still trying to sur-
vive in our state.

Please bring us
more people to actively
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6- December 17, 2008
U.S. Automakers
Held
to
Double-Standard
By George E. Curry
NNPA Coilumnist
Nothing has been more interesting to watch in recent
months than the contrast between the way Congress has
treated the Big Three U.S. auto manufacturers seeking a
bridge loan to keep their troubled industry afloat and the
overly generous handouts used to reward Wall Street
greed.
Considering the different constituents, one would have
thought the most hostility would have been directed at the
fat cats on Wall Street, many of whom profited by betting
that some mortgage-backed investments would go belly
up. But that hasn’t been the case.
When CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler flew
to Washington on corporate jets to make a plea for help,
windbags in Congress stepped over one another trying to
express the most outrage. Never mind that some of those
legislators have themselves flown on corporate jets, never
mind that they have traveled free on military jets, never
mind that they enjoy health benefits and other perks far
beyond the reach of most Americans. It was the equivalent
of Jesse James complaining about the crimes of Frank
James.
Whether you believe that the U.S. auto industry should
receive a loan or feel they should be forced into bankrupt-
cy in order to reorganize, it should be noted that car man-
ufacturers and Wall Street were seeking two markedly dif-
ferent forms of federal assistance. The Big Three were ask-
ing for a loan while Wall Street was seeking – and got – a
handout.
The Bush administration, after being given a $700 billion
pot to pretty much spend as it wants, has evidently adopt-
ed the motto: No Bank Left Behind. Take the case of
Citigroup, Inc. It recently received a $20 billion infusion
of cash from the feds and a guarantee of $306 billion
against its high-risk assets. That’s on top of a previous $25
billion the federal government had doled out to Citigroup.
In exchange, the federal government will receive preferred
stock shares with an 8 percent dividend.
We’re in the middle of providing nearly $1 trillion to Wall
Street yet no one has talked about Wall Street executives’
use of corporate jets, or their coming up with an accept-
able plan before receiving the money or removing the inept
leaders that plunged the industry into this morass,
The heated debate over helping the U.S. auto industry has
not been advanced by sloppy news reporting.
As Media Matters, the watchdog group, notes: “Several
media outlets have used data that combines the average
cost of current wages and benefits and future benefits to
falsely assert or suggest that autoworkers make $70 or
more per hour. But, as analysts and some media outlets
have noted, the figure includes not only future retirement
benefits for current workers, but also benefits paid to cur-
rent retirees.”
Dean Baker, co-director of Center for Economic and
Policy Research in Washington, wrote on his blog, ““The
New York Times told readers that GM's autoworkers are
paid $70 an hour (including health care and pension). This
is not true. The base pay is about $28 an hour. If health
care cost per worker average $12,000 per year, that adds in
another $6 an hour. If the pension payment takes up 25
percent of base pay (an extremely high pension), that gets
you another $7 an hour, bringing the total to $41 an hour.
That's decent pay, but still a long way from $70 an hour.”
Most of those opposed to helping the Big Three support-
ed the Wall Street bailout plan. That’s the same group that
railed against welfare for the needy but voted to support
corporate welfare for the greedy.
Republican lawmakers have strongly objected to granting
a loan to U.S. carmakers. Senators Richard Shelby of
Alabama and Bob Corker of Tennessee have been helping
lead that effort..
While they oppose loans to Detroit, they didn’t object to
taxpayers in their respective states subsidizing foreign
automakers. According to Good Jobs First, a non-profit
group that monitors corporate subsidies, more than $3.5
billion has been used to subsidize foreign manufacturers
that built plants in the U.S.
Alabama, for example, used $258 million to subsidize the
Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance., $252 million to support
Hyundai in Montgomery, $248 million help Honda in
Lincoln. and $30 million to assist Toyota in Huntsville.
Corker, the former mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., neglect-
ed to point out that Tennessee gave up $577 million in sub-
sidies to encourage Volkswagen to build a plant in his
hometown and $233 million to Nissan in Smyrma and
another $200 million to them in Decherd, Tenn.
“As elected officials debate aid for the Big 3, taxpayers
have the right to know the full extent of government
involvement in America’s auto industry,” said Greg LeRoy,
executive director of Good Jobs First. “And while pro-
posed federal aid to the Big 3 would take the form of a
loan, the vast majority of subsidies to foreign auto plants
were taxpayer gifts such as property and sales tax exemp-
tions, income tax credits, infrastructure aid, land dis-
counts, and training grants.”
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge maga-
zine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker,
moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through
his Web site, www.georgecurry.com.
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quiet-
ness of mind; Teach us to be patient and
always to be kind.
Helen Steiner Rice
RESIDENTS OF CITY OF CHARLESTON
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THIS REMINDER
Changes to the schedules for the Christmas and
New Year’s Day holidays are as follows for the weeks of
December 22, 2008 and December 29, 2008:
RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE & TRASH COLLECTIONS
Thursday garbage and trash routes will be collected on Friday
Daniel Island and Cainhoy
Thursday routes will be collected on Friday
Friday routes will be collected on Saturday
Please place your garbage and trash curbside by 7:00 AM
the morning ofyour pickup day.
City of Charleston
Department of Public Service
As
I Me?
See It
Hakim Abdul-Ali
“Holding On To ‘Our-Story’ ”
Greetings to you as you prepare to read my “vibes” for today. I’m
in a very Afro-centric frame of mind as I lay my thoughts before
you.
I’m a person who has spent more than a half a century collecting
things and studying about my ethnic and religious heritage with
no shame to my game. It’s been quite an experience thus far, and
I’ve labored hard in amassing one hell of a Black “Our-Storical”
collection, if I may humbly say so.
I’ve chosen to write this article because there’s a need to express
to the general Black community-at-large the “reality” about the
importance of keeping “our-story” intact. That means that you
don’t through away “your-story” like so many people in “our” sto-
ried past have done for lack of understanding.
That includes preserving and maintaining the valuables of the
Black “Our-Storical” expressions, both nationally and internation-
ally, which are crucial to the overall, continued documentation of
the “real” Black Experience everywhere the Black man and Black
woman has set foot on solid ground. We must maintain the Black
treasures in “our” communities by committed awareness and
action.
Merely uttering “Black is Beautiful” is not enough to teach the
awesome story of maintaining the African Genesis throughout the
corridors of colonial enslavement. “Black: ‘Our-Story’ ” is a
poignant struggle to always teach and ignite those who may not
know that to love (or maintain) Black self for knowledge alone is
nothing to be ashamed of.
I’m not ashamed of my people’s struggles for freedom, justice and
equality. I know that some “colored” folks, even in today’s enlight-
ened (?) world of hip technology consciousness, may not really
comprehend the scope of where I’m coming from as a dedicated
and self-confessed collector of Black “Our-Story.”
The love of private collecting and maintaining “our-stories” is pas-
sion beyond words to the serious and committed collector of
Black “Our-Story.” I’m one of them, and from California to
Georgia I’ve met some outstanding private collectors and learned
so much about their love for this “game” of researching and collect-
ing until I can only it as a blessing from the Most High Alone.
They know what Black “Our-Story” is all about, and I truly feel
blessed because I’m a continuing student of this committed “game”
of collecting the Black Experience. I’m a committed student and a
passionate lover of “our-story,” and I enjoy researching every aspect
of African culture.
My love for the truth about Black “Our-Story” is an obsession
based upon researching the truth about Africa and her people,
because Africa is the Motherland of creation. No earnest scholar-
ly student of truth can deny that known fact, even if ignorance
appears to argue to the contrary. Please listen intently.
I’ve taught Black History in places like New Jersey when the folks
who hired me wanted me to teach Negro “His-story.” I couldn’t do
it because I knew the lies in modified Negro “His-Story,” that were
couched in colonial mis-educational myths about the true origins
of Black folk’s story, were only meant to limit what the enslaved
Africans “really” went through. It made me sick.
Maybe, that’s why I’ve tried (from what I’ve studied, researched
and learned) to uplift the hankering consciousness of anyone who
actively appeared to be interested in knowing a “little somethin,’
somethin’ ” about the dynamic saga of the Black Experience. Like
my late mother, a dedicated school teacher, always taught me that,
“To much whom is given, much is expected.”
I’ve always taken that motto to heart, and as I’ve have traveled
throughout this nation and the rest of this world in search of rare
books, documents, artifacts, etc. in hope of getting one more piece
of the puzzle of the Black man and woman’s true identity, devoid
of colonial lies and half-truth, I’ve collected to teach and write
about “our-story.” That’s why I’m one of thousands of collectors
who know the true value of “our” isolated skill and perseverance in
“Holding On To ‘Our-Story.’ ”
And it’s a sad day when some of “our” folks don’t understand the
sacrifices that the legions of known and unknown bibliophiles of
Black “Our-Story” have contributed to preserving what many folks
today call Black History. These valiant and disciplined souls knew
that if one does not know “his and her-story,” they’ll fall for any-
thing that the colonial powers and their brainwashing, mis-educa-
tional systems teach them. (Do you know who Arthur Schomberg
is or was?)
The truth about “Holding On To ‘Our-Story’ ” is a symphony to
folks who’ve gone through a mis-educational system of indoctrina-
tion and vow to say, “Never again”. I say that, and I’ll never ever
give away my collection, especially after all the work, effort and
energies of endless decades of struggle have gone into this com-
mitted endeavor and service to those who are (truly) enlightened
enough to that you don’t give away “our-story.” (Do you know who
Dr. Carter G. Woodson is or was?)
Some so-called Black folk may give away their “his-story’” if they
have one, and that’s their prerogative to do so, if they desire. On
the other hand, the wise among the enlightened masses know that
everything in the Black Experience has value and must be main-
tained and preserved to let people see and know firsthand that the
African Experience is a deep and vast voyage into the soul of a cul-
ture of a special people, who are a unique part of God Alone’s cre-
ation.
If the truth be told, and Africa is the root of all civilization, then
why are mis-educational myths still existing in colonially accented
teaching methodologies? From Santa Claus to the Easter bunny
to Valentine’s Day to Halloween, the entire gamut of “hollow-
daze,” for example, are still brainwashing the minds of many of
today’s young, innocent youth, just as it did so with some of their
parents and grandparents of yesteryears gone by, and very few so-
called learned educators (?) are inclined to correct same. I wonder
why!
I ask respectfully, “What are they holding on to and for what rea-
sons are they doing so?” The answers shouldn’t fool any student
who has his or her intelligent head in the right place, because even
by today’s separate and unequal “real” standards, you should know
the “real” story of racism in American society.
Need I say anymore? I don’t believe so, and that’s why “Holding
On To ‘Our-Story’ ” is about the committed struggle and passion-
ate love of preserving “our” past “stories” and accounts via books,
documents, artifacts and much, much more collectible items in
“our” sojourns to understanding what being Black really is about
and was. “Our-Story” counts in every sphere of “our” collective exis-
tences.
Do not give away your heritage, especially if you have received
something from someone near and dear to you. It’s “your’ family’s
heritage. “Holding On To ‘Your-Story’ ” is more than just passion-
ate or obsessive collecting.
It’s about persevering Black “Our-Story,” and it teaches more
than the bare eyes can see or commonplace words could describe.
“Holding On To ‘Our-Story’ ” is an invisible link to the connective
struggles of “your” and “my” people’s ordeals through slavery and
beyond and back again, if you catch my drift.
I’ll never forget them. That’s my promise that I made to myself
during the 60s as I struggled to gain a conscious grip on being
Black and proud, without hatred for anyone. That’s why I’m
“Holding On To ‘Our-Story,’ ” and that’s, “As I See It.”
Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the
long year through, The joy that you give to oth-
ers, Is the joy that comes back to you. And the
more you spend in blessing, The poor and lonely
and sad, The more of your heart's possessing,
Returns to you glad.
John Greenleaf Whittier
The Chronicle
Who
Asked
by Beverly Gadson-Birch
(Bits & Pieces)
Local: Jasiri L. Whipper- The sudden death of the son of
Representative Seth and Carrie Whipper pierced my heart like an
arrow.. I have known the Whipper family most of my adult life. As
a business person, I met Seth some 16 years ago when we needed
an attorney to represent the company in an accident case. We have
been friends ever since. I remember meeting his wife, Carrie, not
long afterwards when she applied for a position with the school
district. As mothers, we worry about our children when they leave
home. That’s not to say fathers don’t worry; they just don’t show
it most of the time. I guess it has something to do with that macho
thing. Mothers are just a special kind of breed. They have a spe-
cial bond with their children. And, we really don’t have favorites
but we just seem to have a soft spot in our hearts for our boys. For
every one of our black males that America tries to paint as “no
good and shiftless”, we canput up 100 who are outstanding and
gives back to their communities. These are the quiet success sto-
ries that we don’t hear much about but we know they are there. I
never met Jasiri Whipper but I have met young men like him who
were working hard to make something out of their lives. They are
proud of their family’s name and would not do anything to tarnish
it. Jasiri was well on his way to following in his grandparents and
parents footsteps. This was evident in all of the good things Jasiri
was involved in at such an early age. It is so important to have your
children carry the torch and light the way for yet another genera-
tion. I remember once having a clerk in my office misspell a cus-
tomer’s name and when I called it to her attention she said anyone
could make a mistake. True!! The clerk thought it was no big deal.
In most cases, it is a big deal because folks have worked hard to
earn a good name or built upon the legacy of their forefathers. A
good name is all that we have that we have not borrowed against.
You earn the right to wear it for all to see by adhering to the laws
of the land. My heartfelt sympathy goes out to the entire Whipper
family.
National: Automakers Ain’t Too Proud To Beg- When we think
things can’t get worse they do. Last week, we saw the automakers
back before Congress pleading their case to bail them out. Will
someone please tell me where the watchdog is? It seems that
everywhere we look folks are just out of control. The auto indus-
try have worked in conjunction with oil companies and jacked up
miles per gallon on many of the SUV’s. I drive an SUV so don’t
expect me to give them a kick to the curb. I love the spaciousness
and the view from riding high. I have always wondered why the
automakers did not do more to improve the miles per gallon. I am
sure somewhere in the mix were the oil companies lobbying
against it. The fewer miles autos travel per gallon the more money
the oil companies makes. The jury is still out on how much the
auto industry will get but rest assured they will be bailed out. It
would seem the proper source of the auto industry bail out would
be the oil companies who have raked our eyeballs out over the past
year.
National: Nightmare on Wall Street- Now y’all know I ain’t the
brightest star in the Zodiac but what I know, I know. Now, y’all
work with me on this one. We have seen the stock market go
round and round and upside down. We have seen our retirement
accounts dwindle down to nearly nothing. It’s beginning to look
like retirement is more of a bad dream than a reality. I never had
any money before to save and even less to invest in the stock mar-
ket. And, just as soon as I spelled able (y’all know that’s one of
those old folks’ saying) and started investing a few dimes those
darn geniuses on Wall Street rang the bell on my butt and wiped
out years of investing. I thought I had it bad when I learned that
Bernard Maddog or is that Madoff, a force to reckon with on Wall
Street, was charged with running a multibillion dollar Ponzi
Scheme on investors.. Y’all ‘cuse me I know I just got through
talking about messing with folks name but I tell you this is one
exception. Well read on, we will have two when we get to the
Governor of Illinois. Mr. Maddog is a former chairman of the
Nasdaq Stock Market and is the founder of his very own invest-
ment securities firm. Now, tell me if that isn’t a conflict of interest.
He also ran a hedge fund that he is now being accused of raking in
over $50 billion dollars of “fraudulent losses”. If y’all don’t know
what a Ponzi scheme is, ask Al Parrish or the Hebrew Boys. The
state is charging the Hebrew Boys out of Columbia with the same
scheme. The Hebrew Boys pale in comparison with Mr.
Maddog. Yes, I like that name Maddog because Mr. Madoff had
to as vicious as a maddog to bilk some of the world’s richest and
most influential folks out of millions of dollars. Many of his
investors had foundations that were dependent upon the funds for
charitable causes. The Attorney General’s office is already talking
about a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Are they talking about
the Federal hotels where they place these low down thieves?
While they are serving out their time, they eat meals prepared by
French chefs, watch flat screen TV, play video games, smoke pot
and exercise on state of the art equipment ? I don’t know ‘bout
y’all but I have had enough of these so call “white collar” crimes.
Can you imagine how much pain and suffering this mad dog has
created for his investors and those charities that depend upon the
investments for funding? So when is enough, enough? Read on ….
National: Beyond Corruption- Governor Blagojevich was arrest-
ed last week for trying to sell former Senator Obama’s seat to the
highest bidder. Folks are already trying to make out he is crazy.
The man ain’t crazy, just greedy. You see when someone says
black folks are crazy believe me they are crazy. It’s hard for us to
play crazy. We might act crazy so we don’t have to pay the rent or
owe somebody some money. Oh yes, we get good and crazy then
but it’s easy for others to see through the act because there isn’t any
significant gain to our craziness. Now, it’s another thing for a
white person to act crazy when they are caught so they don’t have
to go to prison.
For years when they evaluate white folks for a crime, they find
them crazy for twenty or thirty days and wipe the slate clean when
they get out. How can you be part time crazy? That’s what I want
to know. After a short stay in the hospital, they are declared com-
petent and let go so they can prey upon innocent folks once again.
So, let’s not give any credence to the governor being “off his rock-
er”. Another thing about white folks, they don’t believe they will
get caught. It’s a little different with black folks. They know they
are going to get caught. They know the police will not close out
the file until they are apprehended. There ain’t no such a thing as
case closed when it comes to black crimes. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
has already been named along with the Governor as being Senate
Candidate #5 who the Governor said “might be willing to pay
money for the seat”. It would be interesting to know who
Candidates #1-4 are. Whoever they are, they ain’t sleeping. Y’all
turn up the volume. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
I don’t know about y’all but I’se gonna start packing my card-
board suitcase and waiting curbside for the Lord to come and bail
me out. It’s going to take a miracle to get this country out of the
mess we are in. I don’t know of a better time than the present to
echo my editor’s favorite word, “MERCY!!
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It
makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself
away; While quite unselfish, it grows small.
Eva K. Logue
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The City of Charleston anticipates receiving approximately $406,000 in Housing

Opportunity For Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) for the 2009 -2010 program year
(June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010). Applications for the use of HOPWA funds will be avail-
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
BETTY MYERS,
Plaintiff,
-versus-
PEGGY MOSLEY, Auditor for
Charleston County and successor
in Office to John C. Mehrtens and
Henry Tecklenberg; D. MICHAEL
HUGGINS, Assessor for
Charleston County and successor
in Office to John R. Lindsey;
Andrew C. Smith, Treasurer for
Charleston County and successor
in Office to William J. Leonard, J.
Riddick and William O. Thomas,
Jr., and MORT FARRIS,
Delinquent Tax Collector for
Charleston County and successor
in Office to Joseph M. Poulnot,
Sheriff and the former Delinquent
Tax Collector for Charleston
County; JOHN DOE, adults, and
RICHARD ROE, infants, insane
persons and incompetents, being
fictitious names, designating as a
class any person who may be an
heir, distribute, devisee, legatee,
widow, widower, assignee, admin-
istrator, executor, personal repre-
sentative, creditor, successor,
issue and alienee of Samuel Bash,
Julia Myers and Charles Case,
deceased; and Thelma Myers,
Richard Cash, Lemark Cash a/k/a
Lamar Cash, Mary Lee Singleton
and Charlie Cash,
Defendants.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NUMBER: 06-CP-10-2043
NOTICE NISI
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that there has been filed in the
Office of the Clerk of Court for
Charleston County, State of South
Carolina, an Order appointing for
you as Guardian Ad Litem, KELVIN
M. HUGER, whose business
address is 27 Gamecok Avenue,
Charleston, South Carolina,
29407, which appointment shall
become absolute upon the expira-
tion of thirty (30) days after the last
day of publication of a copy of the
Summons and Lis Pendens herein
unless you or someone on your
behalf, on or before the last men-
tioned date, shall produce some-
one to be appointed as Guardian
Ad Litem to represent you in this
action.
DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR.
Attorney for Plaintiff
61 Morris Street
Charleston, S.C. 29403
(843) 723-1686
The purpose of this
action is to clear the title to the
subject of real estate property.
DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR.
Attorney for Plaintiff
61 Morris Street
Charleston, S.C. 29403
(843) 723-1686
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLI-
NA
November 12, 2008.
AMENDED SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED and required to
answer the Complaint in this
action, a copy of which is herewith
served upon you, and to serve a
copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff
or her attorney, Daniel E. Martin,
Jr., at his office, No. 61 Morris
Street, Charleston, South
Carolina, within thirty (30) days
after the service hereof, exclusive
of the day of such service, and if
you fail to answer the Complaint
within time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court
for relief demanded in the
Complaint and a judgment by
default shall be rendered against
you.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE
NOTICE that should you fail to
Answer the foregoing Summons
and Complaint, the Plaintiff will
move for a general Order of
Reference in this case to the
Master-in-Equity or Special
Referee for this County; which
Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e)
of the South Carolina Rules of Civil
Procedure, specifically provide
that the said Master-in-Equity or
Special Referee is authorized and
empowered to enter a Final
Judgment in this case.
PLEASE TAKE FUR-
THER NOTICE that the Amended
Lis Pendens, Amended Summons
and Amended Complaint in this
action were filed on November
_____, 2008, at the Charleston
County Courthouse, 100 Broad
Street, Charleston, South Carolina
29401.
Dated at Charleston,
South Carolina, this 10 day of
November, 2008.
DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR.,
ESQUIRE
61 MORRIS STREET
CHARLESTON, S.C. 29413-1830
(843) 723-1686
ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
Charleston, South Carolina
the provisions of Title 15, Chapters
53 and 67, South Carolina Code of
Laws
for 1976, as amended, with
respect to the Second Cause of
action for the purpose of obtaining
the judgment of this Court declar-
ing that the Plaintiff is the owner of
the parcels of land described here-
in, the contents of which are being
fully incorporated herein and made
apart hereof, with fee simple title
thereto, free and clear of any
adverse claims of each and every
one of the Defendants who are
joined in the above entitled action,
and to declare that each and every
one of them to be forever barred
from asserting or claiming any
right, title and interest therein or
thereto, and pursuant to the provi-
sions of Title _____, Chapter ____,
South Carolina Code
Code of Law for 1976, as amend-
ed for the purpose of obtaining the
judgment of the Court declaring
that the Defendants Thelma
Myers, Richard Cash, Lemark
Cash a/k/a Lamar Cash, Mary Lee
Singleton and Charlie Cash be
ejected from Parcels “A”, “B”, “C”,
and “D” that are described herein,
and the contents thereof are being
incorporated herein by reference.
THE BELOW
DESCRIBED parcel of real estate
was at the time of the filing of this
Lis Pendens, and at the time of the
commencement of this action, situ-
ated, lying and being in the County
of Charleston, State of South
Carolina, and is more particularly
described as follows:
(PARCEL –A)
ALL that certain piece,
part and parcel of land, situate,
lying and being in Santee Parish
No. 1, in the County of Charleston,
State of South Carolina, measur-
ing an containing 0.69 acre, more
or less, and being bounded on the
Northern side by U.S. Highway 17
North; on the Eastern side by a
parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-
00-00-121; on the Southern side
by a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-
00-00-110; and on the Western
side by a fifty feet wide road right
of way.
This being a parcel of
land conveyed in a deed of Mary
W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers,
dated June 24. 2005 and record-
ed on August 11, 2005, in Book
X-548, at Page 189, in the
Charleston County R.M.C.
Office.
TMS #712-00-00-109
(PARCEL-B)
ALL that certain piece,
part and parcel of land, situate,
lying and being in Santee Parish
No. 1, in the County of
Charleston, State of South
Carolina, measuring an contain-
ing 0.72 acre, more or less, and
being bounded on the Northern
side by a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-
00-00-109; on the Eastern side
by a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-
00-00-121; on the Southern side
by a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-
00-00-151; and on the Western
side by a fifty feet wide road right
of way.
This being a parcel of
land conveyed in a deed of Mary
W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers,
dated June 24, 2005 and record-
ed on August 11, 2005, in Book
X-548, at Page 189, in the
Charleston County R.M.C. Office
TMS #712-00-00-110
(PARCEL-C)
December 17, 2008- 3b
ALL that certain piece,
part and parcel of land, situate,
lying and being in Santee Parish
No. 1, in the County of Charleston,
State of South Carolina, measur-
ing and containing 1.12 acre, more
or less, and being bounded on the
Northern by a parcel of land
assigned Charleston County TMS
#712-00-00-121; on the Eastern
side by a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-00-
00-111; on the Southern side by a
parcel of land assigned Charleston
County TMS #712-00-00-11; and
on the Western side partially by a
fifty feet wide road right of way and
a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-00-
00-111.
This being a parcel of
land conveyed in a deed of Mary
W. Witherspoon to Betty Myers,
dated June 24, 2005 and recorded
on August 11, 2005, in Book X-
548, at Page 196, in the
Charleston County R.M.C. Office
TMS #712-00-00-151
(PARCEL-D)
ALL that certain piece,
part and parcel of land, situate,
lying and being in Santee Parish
No. 1, in the County of Charleston,
State of South Carolina, measur-
ing and containing 9.03 acre, more
or less, and being bounded on the
Northern side by a parcel of land
assigned Charleston County TMS
#712-00-00-151 and a fifty feet
wide road of way; on the Eastern
side by a portion of a parcel of land
assigned Charleston County TMS
#712-00-00-121; on the Southern
side by the marshes of an extend-
ing to the Intercoastal Waterway;
and a parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-00-
00-122; and on the Western side
by the parcel of land assigned
Charleston County TMS #712-00-
00-_____and TMS #712-00-00-
122.
This being a parcel of
land conveyed by Mary W.
Witherspoon to Betty Myers, in a
deed dated June 24, 2005 and
recorded on August 11, 2005, in
Book X-458, at Page 196, in the
Charleston County R.M.C. Office
TMS #712-00-00-111
(PARCEL-E)
ALL that certain piece,
part and parcel of land, situate,
lying and being in Santee Parish
No. 1, in the County of Charleston,
State of South Carolina, measur-
ing and containing 0.69 acre, more
or less, and being bounded on the
Northern side by lands of
__________; on the Eastern side
by a parcel of land now or formerly
owned by the Estate of March
Washington; on the Southern side
by lands now or formerly of Jerry L.
Middleton, and on the Western
side by the parcel of land now or
formerly owned by the Estate of
Mose and Stephney McNeal.
This being a parcel of
land conveyed in a deed Mary W,
Witherspoon to the Grantee Betty
Myers, dated June 24, 2005 and
recorded on August 11, 2005, in
Book X-548, at Page 189, in the
Charleston County R.M.C. Office.
TMS #712-00-00-180
DANIEL E. MARTIN, JR.,
ESQUIRE
61 MORRIS STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 21830
CHARLESTON, S.C. 29403-1830
(843) 723-1686
ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
Charleston, South Carolina
November 10, 2008.

CHARLESTON, SOUTH November 10, 2008.

CAROLINA
June 6, 2006.
AMENDED NOTICE
YOU ARE HEREBY
NOTIFIED that the Civil Action
Cover Sheets Amended Lis
Pendens, Amended Summons and
Amended Notice, Complaint,
Petitions for Appointment of
Guardian Ad Litem, Order for
Appointment of Guardian Ad
Litem, Notice Nisi, Affidavit of
Publication, Order of Publication,
and Notice of Intention to Refer to
Master-in-Equity for Final
Determination were filed with the
Clerk of Court for Charleston
County on November 12, 2008.
AMENDED LIS PENDENS
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOV
NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY
given that an action has been com-
menced and is now pending in the
Court of Common Pleas for
Charleston County, pursuant:
the provisions of Title 12, Chapter
49, South Carolina Code of Laws
for 1976, as amended, as to the
Plaintiff’s First Cause of Action for
the entry of judgment declaring the
tax sale of the subject was valid.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

ARCHITECTURAL AND
ENGINEERING SERVICES
The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston
550 Meeting Street Charleston, South Carolina 29403

The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston (CHA)

will receive qualifying documentation from Architect and
Engineer firms interested in Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to pro-
vide engineering and architectural services at various
CHA locations. Term will be for twenty-four base
months from award and up to two renewal options of
twenty-four months each. Multiple IDIQ contracts may
be awarded.

The selected firms will be required to provide profession-

al services to support the design and construction of new
facilities as well as extensive renovations of single and
multi-family residences. Engineering requirements
includes electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil
applications.

The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston admin-

isters private and federal funds for various comprehen-
sive grant programs that come under the jurisdiction of
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.

An agency selection committee will evaluate each submit-

tal on the basis of (a) qualifications and expertise of per-
sonnel, (b) ability to meet time and budget requirements,
(c) experience on similar projects, and (d) current and
projected workload of the firms.

Interested firms are invited to submit 4 copies of a

Standard Form 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications,
Part I & II not later than 2:00 p.m. local time on January
8, 2009. Qualifications should be submitted to:

Mr. W. Keith Brown, Purchasing/Contracts Manager

550 Meeting Street, Room 114
Charleston, South Carolina 29403

Late responses will not be accepted.

This contract is Federally assisted; therefore, contracts
for work under this bid will obligate the contractor and
subcontractors not to discriminate in employment prac-
tices as mandated by the Davis-Bacon Act and Section 3
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to wave irreg-

ularities and to reject any and all proposals.
Donald J. Cameron
President and Chief Executive Officer
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IC DEVELOPMENT, America, if named, shall WHITFIELD JOHNSON

have sixty (60) days to Plaintiffs, STATE OF SOUTH CAR-
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA answer after the service STATE OF SOUTH CAR- OLINA IN THE FAMILY
hereof, exclusive of the day OLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT OF
COUNTY OF Defendants. COURT OF v.
of such service; and if you THE NINTH
CHARLESTON fail to Answer the Amended THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN THE COURT OF JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CONSUELLA GILLIARD,
Complaint within the time Defendant. COUNTY OF
WACHOVIA BANK COMMON PLEAS specified above, or other- COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
NATIONAL wise appear and defend, CHARLESTON
Case No. 2008-CP-10-4804 IN THE INTEREST OF:
ASSOCIATION, AS the Plaintiff in this action DEVONTRY MARQUIS CASE NO.:
will apply to the Court for CASE NO.: 2008-DR-10-3533
TRUSTEE OF THE 2008-DR-10-3533 GILLIARD, a minor child
(NON-JURY MORTGAGE the relief demanded in the
SECURITY NATIONAL Amended Complaint, and under the age of Eleven
MORTGAGE LOAN FORECLOSURE) (11). LAURA ANN JOHNSON &
judgment by default will be LAURA ANN JOHNSON & WHITFIELD JOHNSON
TRUST 2005-1, rendered against you for
AMENDED SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS Plaintiffs,
the relief demanded in the
Plaintiff, Amended Complaint. ABOVE NAMED:
DEFICIENCY DEMANDED WHETHER RESIDENTS v.
R E S P E C T F U L LY OR NON-RESIDENTS OF YOU ARE HEREBY
v. SUMMONED AND CONSUELLA GILLIARD,
TO THE DEFENDANTS SUBMITTED, SOUTH CAROLINA AND
TO THE NATURAL, GEN- REQUIRED to Answer the Defendant.
ABOVE NAMED:
Larry D. Cohen, LLC ERAL, TESTAMENTARY Complaint in this action, a
ANNABELLE S. FRAZIER GUARDIAN OR COMMIT- copy of which is herewith IN THE INTEREST OF:
YOU ARE HEREBY Attorney at Law DEVONTRY MARQUIS
AND IF SHE IS DEAD, HIS SUMMONED and required P.O. Box 30547 TEE, OR OTHERWISE, served upon you, and to
HEIRS, PERSONAL Charleston, South Carolina AND TO THE PERSON serve a copy of your GILLIARD, a minor child
to appear and defend by under the age of Eleven
REPRESENTATIVES, SUC- answering the Amended 29417 WITH WHOM THEY MAY Answer thereto on the sub-
CESSORS, ASSIGNS, RESIDE, IF ANY THERE scriber, Charlie L. Whirl, (11).
Complaint in this action, of
SPOUSES AND CREDI- which a copy is herewith Tel. (843) 225-4445 BE: Esquire, at his office, 2112
Commander Road, North TO THE DEFENDANTS
TORS, AND ALL OTH- served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your Fax (843) 225-2009 PLEASE TAKE Charleston, South Carolina ABOVE NAMED:
ERS CLAIMING ANY
Answer to the Amended NOTICE that a Motion for 29405, within thirty (30)
RIGHT, TITLE OR INTER- an order appointing Mason YOU ARE HERE-
Complaint upon the sub- ATTORNEY FOR THE days after the date of serv-
EST IN THE REAL ESTATE PLAINTIFF D. Salisbury, Esquire, as ice upon you, exclusive of BY SUMMONED AND
scriber at his address,
KNOWN AS 12 ENDO Larry D. Cohen, LLC, Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for the day of such service; REQUIRED to Answer the
DRIVE, C H A R L E S T O N , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box Charleston, South Carolina all persons whomsoever and if you fail to Answer the Complaint in this action, a
SOUTH CAROLINA,FIRST 30547, Charleston, South August 29, 2008 herein collectively desig- Complaint within the time copy of which is herewith
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND Carolina 29417, within thir- nated as Richard Roe or aforesaid, the Plaintiff in served upon you, and to
LOAN ASSOCIATION OF ty (30) days after the serv- John Doe, defendants here- this action will apply to the serve a copy of your
CHARLESTON AND CITY ice hereof, exclusive of the NOTICE OF FILING in, names and addresses Court for the relief demand- Answer thereto on the
OF CHARLESTON HOUS- day of such service; except DEFICIENCY DEMANDED unknown, including any ed in the Complaint and subscriber, Charlie L.
that the United States of thereof who may be minors, judgment by default may be Whirl, Esquire, at his
ING AND ECONOM- imprisoned persons, incom- office, 2112 Commander
NOTICE IS HERE- entered against you.
BY GIVEN that the petent persons, in the mili- Road, North Charleston,
Amended Lis Pendens, tary service or under other YOU ARE HEREBY South Carolina 29405,
Amended Civil Cover legal disability, whether GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER within thirty (30) days after
BID OPPORTUNITIES Sheet, Amended Summons residents or non-residents that if you fail to appear the date of service upon
and Amended Complaint in of South Carolina, was filed and defend and filed to you, exclusive of the day
this action were filed in the in the Office of the Clerk of answer the Complaint as of such service; and if you
PALMETTO ISLANDS COUNTY PARK Office of the Clerk of Court Court for Charleston required by this Summons fail to Answer the
CANOE AND KAYAK LAUNCH DOCK, PROJECT #07-08-C for Common Pleas for County. within thirty (30) days after Complaint within the time
AND Charleston County, South the service hereof, exclu- aforesaid, the Plaintiff in
Carolina on September 18, YOU WILL FUR- sive of the day of such this action will apply to the
BOARDWALK AND FLOATING DOCK, PROJECT #07- 2008. THER TAKE NOTICE that Court for the relief
service, judgment by
14-A unless the said minors or default will be entered demanded in the
Larry D. Cohen, LLC persons under other legal against you or the relief Complaint and judgment
P.O. Box 30547 disability, if any, or some- demanded in the by default may be entered
The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission Charleston, South Carolina one in their behalf or in against you.
behalf of any of them, shall
Complaint.
(CCPRC) is seeking bids for two projects at the Palmetto 29417
Islands County Park for a Canoe and Kayak Launch within thirty (30) days after YOU ARE HERE-
Tel. (843) 225-4445 service of notice of this PLEASE TAKE
Dock, Project #07-08-C and a Boardwalk and Floating NOTICE: The Summons BY GIVEN NOTICE FUR-
order upon them by publi- THER that if you fail to
Dock project – Project#07-14-A. Fax (843) 225-2009 cation, exclusive of the day and Complaint in the
above-entitled action were appear and defend and
of such service, procure to filed to answer the
ATTORNEY FOR THE be appointed for them, or filed in the Office of the
For more information on obtaining the bid documents for Clerk of Court of Complaint as required by
PLAINTIFF either of them, a Guardian this Summons within thirty
each of these projects, please visit CCPRC’s website ad Litem to represent them Charleston County Family
Court, Charleston, South (30) days after the service
www.ccprc.com or by calling Ms. Lynda Abram, Contract Charleston, South Carolina for the purposes of this hereof, exclusive of the
September 23, 2008 action, the appointment of Carolina on September 26,
Coordinator, 843-762-8081. 2008. The Final Hearing day of such service, judg-
said Guardian ad Litem Nisi ment by default will be
NOTICE OF ORDER shall be made absolute. date for the Adoption is
scheduled for December entered against you or the
By: 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. on relief demanded in the
APPOINTING GUARDIAN Larry D. Cohen
Mr. Tom O’Rourke, Executive Director AD LITEM NISI the second floor, 100 Broad Complaint.
CHARLESTON COUNTY PARK AND Larry D. Cohen, LLC
Street, Charleston County
TO: THE DEFEN- Judicial Center, Family PLEASE TAKE
RECREATION COMMISSION P.O. Box 30547 NOTICE: The Summons
DANTS HEREIN, NAMES Court, Charleston, South
AND ADDRESSES Charleston, SC 29417 Carolina. and Complaint in the
UNKNOWN, INCLUDING above-entitled action were
ANY THEREOF WHO MAY Tel. (843) 225-4445 CHARLIE L. WHIRL filed in the Office of the
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES BE MINORS, IMPRISONED Fax (843) 225-2009 Clerk of Court of
PERSONS, INCOMPE- Attorney for the Plaintiff 2112 Commander Rd. Charleston County Family
All persons having claims against the following estates are TENT PERSONS, UNDER Charleston, SC 29405 Court, Charleston, South
required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal OTHER LEGAL DISABILI- (843) 566-9705-Office Carolina on September 26,
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on September 19, 2008
TY OR IN THE MILITARY 2008. The Final Hearing
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston Charleston, date for the Adoption is
SERVICE, IF ANY, South Carolina Attorney for Plaintiffs
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401 before the expi- scheduled for December
ration of 8 months after the date of the first publication on his 19, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. on
Notice to Creditors or else thereafter such claims shall be and are the second floor, 100
forever barred. Broad Street, Charleston
CHARLESTON COUNTY County Judicial Center,
Estate of: MOLLIE T. SMITH Family Court, Charleston,
2008-ES-10-1004 GRANTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT South Carolina.
DOD: 8/22/07 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Pers. Rep: MICHAEL L. SMITH
1852 CHESSHIRE DR. CHARLESTON, SC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM CHARLIE L. WHIRL
29412 WETLANDS NOTICE OF EARLY PUBLIC REVIEW
2112 Commander Rd.
Charleston, SC 29405
ESTATE of: BERNIE E. POWELL
To: All Interested Agencies, Groups, and Individuals (843) 566-9705-Office
2008-ES-10-1011
DOD: 10/15/06 Charleston County is providing public notice that the Community Development Division of Attorney for Plaintiffs
Pers. Rep: ARTHURINE RIVERS the Grants Administration Department has conducted an environmental evaluation of the
117 BELLPOINT LN.DANIEL ISLAND, SC 29492
project listed below to determine the potential effects that the project and its associated
activities in the wetlands will have on the environment. The project involves the construc-
tion of a freestanding bathroom facility. This project is part of an overall proposed plan
to create a recreational facility in the Town of Ravenel and encompasses the
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES renovation/conversion of a historical railroad station into a museum. This railroad station
All persons having claims against the following estates is currently eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historical Places.
are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal
Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on
Form #371PC with Irv Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston PROPOSED PROJECT
County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the Construction of freestanding Bathroom Facility
expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this
Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are PROPOSED LOCATION
forever barred.
Ravenel Railroad Depot Museum
Estate of: HELEN C. HAMPTON Corner Highway 165 and Martin Street, Ravenel, SC 29470
2008-ES-10-1661 TMS# 187-00-00-100
DOD: 10/30/08
Pers. Rep: JOAN C. O’BANNER Given that it has been determined by the Department of Health and Environmental
1425 WITTER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Control Ocean and Coastal Resource Management that wetlands are located on the proj-
************************************************************************* ect site, Charleston County is required by Presidential Directive not to support the project
on the site location if there are other practical alternatives to completing the project or
assure that all precautions and steps are taken to assure wetlands preservation. To
assure that all other alternatives are exhausted, an 8-step environmental analysis will be
conducted. Public comments are invited and will be accepted for 30 days from the date
of this publication. After the County has conducted the 8-step process and given consid-
eration to public comments, Charleston County Grants Administration Community
Development Division will publish a Statement of Findings and Public Explanation. Final
comments will be accepted on the results of the analysis prior to requesting that the U.S.
Department of Housing & Urban Development release funds for the project.

All comments must be provided prior to January 12, 2009, and submitted to:
Betty McZorn, Program Administrator
Charleston County Grants Administration Department
Community Development Division
4045 Bridge View Drive, Suite C202
North Charleston, South Carolina 29405
or by e-mail to bmczorn@charlestoncounty.org

This notice, along with a request for comment, was mailed to the regional office of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the State Office of Environmental Protection,
and the Department of Health and Environmental Control Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management.

This notice is required by Section 2(b) of Executive Order 11990 Protection of Wetlands
and is implemented by HUD Regulations found at 24 CFR 55.20(b) for this HUD action
that is within and/or will affect a floodplain or a wetland.
6b- December 17, 2008- The Chronicle

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