I wc-ixwL, i mi Si mutton 9r 1St-j 1 The lndx-Journl, Lethal disease trees in Greenwood, B.C., Thurr, May 4, 1989 19 dogwood attacking Piedmont till 1 ii 7 By The Associated Press A disease lethal to the flowering dogwood tree has been discovered in five Piedmont counties in South Carolina. Dogwood anthracnose has killed millions of trees in the Northeastern United States and the Pacific Northwest over the past ten years, forestry officials said. Between 10,000 and 15,000 acres in Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg and Laurens counties have been infected by the fungus-caused disease, which was first detected in South Carolina last spring, a state forestry official said. "We've staked out plots to monitor the disease, but right now there's no way we know of to prevent it from spreading," said Andy Boone, a pathologist with the South Carolina Forestry Commission. The anthracnose will attack forest and urban dogwoods, but Van Taylor, center, soccer coach at Physical Fitness Club in soccer techniques.
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Culminating the clubs. Marine recruiter found guilty of sexual abuse PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A Marine Corps recruiter has been sentenced to 24 years in a military prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Portland boy and two 5-year-old girls. Gunnery Sgt. Peter M. McQuar-rie, 30, was court-martialed Saturday at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C.
McQuarrie pleaded guilty to indecent liberties and acts with children under the age of 16, said Marine Corps public affairs officer Lt. Col. Robert W. McLean. McQuarrie was given the 24-year sentence, which he is expected to serve at the Army Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth, and a dishonorable discharge.
If tried in Maine courts, he would have faced a maximum 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for unlawful sexual contact and up to 10 years in jail for sexual exploitation. Arson (Continued from page 13) that the boy set the March fire, and he accused police and fire officials of sloppy work and a hunt for a scapegoat. "Show me a motive or let him go," the man said. "It blows my mind why anything like this ever came about. That little boy saw smoke and yelled: 'Please, help me.
Help me. There's a fire in the "That boy doesn't need to be going to court. Somebody needs to be putting a little medal around his neck." Since the fire, Rock Hill police and fire investigators and the boy's family have assembled a picture of what happened that day. The boy called his mother at work and told her he was not going to school, a relative said. Although the mother told him to go to "school, he refused, the relative said.
He often headed to school only to return home by midday, said officials investigating his school attendance record. Police Capt. Sonnie Dover said the boy said he left his home the morning of the fire to go to a fast-food restaurant, and as he walked back to the Finchers' house he saw smoke pouring from it. The investigation and police reports reveal that the fire started in the living room. The family said they believe the fire started in a kerosene heater, the only source of heat in the small frame home.
The family told investigators they had refilled a kerosene container for their heater that morning. York County Coroner Jim Chapman said he ruled out the kerosene heater at the start of the investigation. "The kerosene heater did not explode. It was not a culprit." Fire department records show the boy was involved in a fire in his family's outbuilding on Oct. 18, 1987.
The boy told police he was playing with a birthday cake candle when a flammable liquid caught fire. Clemson (Continued from page 13) University officials never gave a reason for forcing Barnette out of his job as vice president for business and finance. But Barnette's ouster came while he was under fire for waiting a month to tell the university president that coaches had admitted giving steroids to a track star who had died. The state Budget and Control Board voted in 1986 to give Barnette $100,000 in damages and more than five months back pay and to allow him to retire. Barnette, who maintained that the school had made him a scapegoat for numerous problems in the athletic department, said his firing should not be a factor in his candidacy for the Clemson board.
"I think I've proven in the last three years that that's totally behind me, and I think the terms of my settlement and the fact that I'm officially retired from the university should prove that point," Barnette told The State newspaper for an article published today. (Continued from page 13) "eventually went sour," Stephens said. "I think, based upon what I heard from his attorney, he embezzled money to make investments and planned to return the money to the bank," Stephens said. Some of the money taken between 1984 and last month has been paid back, officials said. But Special FBI Agent Phillip Hayes testified that the thrift still has about 115 outstanding loans totaling an estimated $2.5 million.
The scheme involved at least 200 consumer loans, but authorities did not know exactly how many loans Jolly issued because he took out new loans to pay off his earlier loans, Stephens said. "There could be loans that he made in fictitious names that he paid off. We may never know" about those, Stephens said. Jolly was hired by First Federal in January 1984 and resigned on March 31 as assistant regional vice president in charge of consumer loans for the Spartanburg region. In court, Jolly testified that he "willfully misappropriated funds" and that he "created false Jackson (Continued from page 13) S.C.
State College, Orangeburg, S.C, with a BS degree in education in 1952, MS degree in education in 1961. Other work experience include Riegel Textile Monsanto, as a manufacturing foreman. In addition, I served in the U.S. Army (Korean confict) as a medical laboratory technician. "I am of the Baptist faith, a deacon, Mason, an Eastern Star.
Over the years, I have been a dedicated and diligent worker in the Good Hope Baptist Church and the Little River Baptist Association. "I have served as past president of Greenwood County Teachers Association, past Sunday School superintendent, Daily Vacation Bible School director and treasurer of Good Hope Baptist Church. "My wife, Julia and I have four children and all graduated from Ware Shoals High School. They are married and we have four grandchildren. "A vote for Harold Jackson on May 9, 1989 will be a vote for progress, dedication, cooperation and a study of the issues brought to the board.
We must offer quality education and expect nothing less man excellence in education. Our youth must meet the demands of society and have to be prepared to meet those demands in a cost effective manner." usually forest trees are hardest hit because of reduced air flow and moist conditions produced by the forest canopy, he said. The onset of the disease is marked by tan leaf spots that develop purple rims and may enlarge to kill the entire leaf. As the infection continues, the tree produces a heavy branching of succulent shoots. These shoots later become infected, and cankers form at their juncture with the trunk and large branches.
When too many cankers develop, the tree is unable to take up food and moisture and eventually dies. Boone said the disease attacks both native white and grafted pink dogwoods of all ages. "There's really nothing we know of right now to control the disease in the forest, but there are some things a homeowner can do, mainly a combination of cultural practices and spraying," he said. loans on some fictitious names" and obtained the money through cashing the checks. There was some debate between Jolly's attorney and prosecutors over the exact amount of the money that was misappropriated.
Both First Federal President Luther Boliek and Ray Davis, First Federal chairman and chief executive officer, said the discrepancy was noticed during a 60-day routine check of the books by the thrift's internal auditors. "He (Jolly) was confronted soon after that," Boliek said. The $2.5 million outstanding loss will not have any effect on First Federal customers, Boliek said. Losses will be covered by thrift loan loss reserves and a bonding company. Boliek said thrift officials also have talked with Jolly and his attorney about making some sort of restitution.
"It is unfortunate that this sort of thing, occurs in any business when someone violates a position of trust and finds a way to misuse the system," Davis said. Councilman (Continued from page 13) vestigation conducted by Shelton and Assistant Chief Stanley Wells, the only two officers with the department at that time. Shelton was shot to death in the town hall on March 25. Two suspects are in custody, charged with his murder. The indictments, in part, accuse Addison of paying off on a video poker machine in his convenience store.
"At some point, when I have time to look into the indictments, I'll investigate the facts of the case, see if there's reason to try him if not, I'll throw them out, Murdaugh said. Margaret R. Steen said she was not sure what effect the indictments would have on Addison's status as a council member, noting that she did not have the authority to suspend him. Addison previously was indicted for selling alcohol to a minor at his convenience store. Judges (Continued from page 13) lengthy hearing by the screening committee.
Rogers said the seat would remain vacant until a new judge is elected by the General Assembly. The committee has set a May 15 deadline for accepting applications, he said. It hopes to screen candidates later in the month and elect a new judge June 20, when Rogers said he expected the Legislature to reconvene for its final work of the year. fl 1 1 I if r- 1 1 -r i II fi; James Morton, right, and enjoy a game of chess during Bandit1 (Continued from page 13) Lofton argued Wednesday that the suicide was relevant to a psychiatric diagnosis of Dobson. The defense attorney said that earlier Dobson cut his chest and sides while undergoing psychiatric evaluation at a federal facility in Butner, N.C., because he thought bugs had crawled under his skin.
Lofton is expected to call Columbia forensic psychiatrist Harold Morgan as a witness when he begins presenting Dobson's case Thursday. Barton said that, although Dobson's trial concerns only the three South Carolina robberies, he wanted the jury to hear testimony from Jacksonville and Charlotte victims. He concluded his case Wednesday with testimony by FBI agents who recounted Dobson's arrest and a confession given after the June 14 robbery of First Federal Savings and Loan of Jacksonville, Fla. Also testifying Wednesday was the Jacksonville thrift manager and her husband, who said Dobson drank two or three beers and did their dishes while holding them hostage in their home the night before the First Federal robbery. Dobson, a former Hilton Head Island real estate agent, has been dubbed the "gentleman bandit" because of his politeness and expensive dress during the alleged robberies.
FBI Special Agent Edward Rosenlied said Dobson told him he began thinking about robbing banks in the summer of 1987 after he found himself $10,000 in debt. He said Dobson detailed each of the five robberies while en route from Bluffton to Charleston to face a federal magistrate after his June 17 arrest. Brown at East End Intermediate judge has underscored the point Receives award Sarah Hopkins (Mrs. Hearst) Sullivan of Williamston receives the Chairman's Award, one of the biggest honors given by Erskine College, from Moffatt G. Long of Greenville, chairman of the Erskine Board of Counselors.
Mrs. Sullivan, a 1938 graduate of Erskine, has been president of the Alumni Association, a member of the Boards of Trustees and Counselors, chairman of the Erskine Living Endowment Campaign, and chairman of the class of 1938 scholarship fund which has raised over $27,000. The award was given during the Board of Counselors Spring Banquet for Erskine benefactors (Erskine photo) has quiet birthday I think that his EARN EXTRA INCOME Applications now being taken for CARRIERS for THE INDEX-JOURNAL Pleasant afternoon work. Excellent opportunity for college students, housewives or third shift workers. 223-1 41 3 Apply in Person or Call for Appointment CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT (Continued from page 13) "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," conducts the prison choir.
Warden Judy Anderson at State Park Correctional Center said unless Brown bought a cake from the canteen, he didn't have any birthday cake on Wednesday. The prison menu included chocolate pudding for lunch and sweet potato pie for dinner. "He won't have any birthday cake or anything," said deputy warden W.E. Doctor. New York activist Al Sharpton said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Brooklyn, N.Y., that he was continuing his efforts to have Brown released from prison.
"James Brown has done six months. I think he's done enough Sharpton said. Sharpton said he would protest the actions of a judge who last week brought Brown from jail to the Richland County curthouse to qign autographs. I was making for six months, that this is a judicial joke to continue to hold James Brown," Sharpton said of Circuit Judge Frank Eppes. "If he can be pardoned to sign autographs, he can be pardoned to (continue) his career." In Chapel Hill, N.C., a group known as the North Carolina Committee to Free James Brown, played tapes in front of a courthouse as part of the "Free James Brown Rally" Wednesday.
One of the organizers of the rally was Don Stanford, a trial lawyer in Chapel Hill who loves Brown's music and who said he thinks Brown is not getting a square deal. "My position is this. I practice criminal law. I think six years is just way out of line. It is a very harsh sentence," Stanford said.
Brown will not be eligible for parole until mid-1991, said Tom Hudson, spokesman for South Carolina Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. JAMES BROWN celebrates 56th birthday in jail.
