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Ill GREENWOOD, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 15. 1981 28 Pages 2 sections 25c TOE INDEX-JOURNAL Ninety 'better Six festivities than expected' ft icP Ceremonies at historic site Erik Nelson, executive director of the Copernicus Society in the white military uniform, is former Army chief of staff of America, addresses the crowd assembled for the com- Gen. William C. Westmoreland.

(Staff photo by Robert mencemnt exercise held Saturday afternoon. To his right. Wood) Life sentence ordered Goolsby jury unable to reach a verdict C. Westmoreland made his entrance via an Army helicopter, stepping onto the site grounds around Holmes Fort in his solid white dress uniform bedecked with ribbons. The rest of the dignitaries including Third District Rep.

Butler Derrick, several state legislators, and local officials made their way to the commencement platform in the more traditional mode of transportation automobile. Westmoreland, guest speaker, and Derrick used the occasion to re-emphasize the need for a strong defense and call lur the resumption of the military draft. "Today we fight in this country for our freedom no less than we fought for it in the 1770s and 1780s. Derrick told the audience. "We would not have the privilege to make decisions today if it had not been for our forefathers who fought so he added.

While Westmoreland said he believed the nation was going to have to go back to the draft, he concentrated his remarks on (See Ninety Six. page 21 Councilman is charged in shooting A Greenwood city councilman has been charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and a Cayce man is being held on peeping torn charges following a shooting incident early Saturday morning. Police Chief John Young said Councilman Bill Fuller shot Robert Lynn Hutch inson, 26. of 2111 Congaree Drive. Cayce.

in the hip about 3:30 a.m. Saturday as Hutch inson was allegedly looking into a bedroom window at Fuller's Orange Avenue home According to Young. Fuller fired at the man with a .38 caliber pistol from a bath room window. Hutchinson was apprehended by police about 30 minutes la ter behind a building on South Main Street He was treated at Self Memorial Hospital and released, the police chief said. A $5,000 surety bond has been set for Hutchinson, and he is being held in the Greenwood County Jail.

A S5.000 personal bond was set for Fuller and he was released on his on recognizance Young said it is routine to charge anyone involved in a shooting incident. The city detective division is continuing an investigation of the shooting. Young said. By ROBERT DAVIS Staff writer NINETY SIX There was just about everything one could have asked For in Ninety six this past weekend: A parade, an art exhibit, a crafts display, live entertainment, clowns, lots of soldiers and plenty of history. After all.

it was the 200th anniversary of the siege and assault of Star Fort and ine-ty Six pulled out all the stops to make it one people in the upstate won't forget for a while. "It went real smooth." said Bill Gardner, one of the organizers of the festivities. "Better than we expected." Gardner estimated that close to 1 .500 persons were on hand for the re-enactments of the battle of Star Fort Saturday. "It was good for the community." Gardner said. "A lot of people know a little more about the history of the area than they did before." Gardner said that state educational television crews shot a lot of film footage during the festivities, and the possibility of a documentary film about the history of Star 'Sid Marc pictures are an page 20 Fort and Ninety Six has been discussed A hurriedly put together Saturday morn ing parade formally kicked things off.

and afterward visitors milled around town to visit the National Park Servie art exhibit and peruse and possibly purchase some of the many homemade crafts on display in the train depot. But while there were many side attractions to keep the non-history buffs occupied, the center of attraction was the 900 plus acre Ninety Six National Historic Site south of town, the scene of one of the major bat ties of the Revolutionary War Around 2:30 p.m.. several himdred peo pie made the trek down to the park to learn more about our nation's past. Oh yes. thev did want to examine up close the Revolutionary War period costumes worn by the soldiers.

Former Army Chief of Staff Gen. William Loyalist advance ensuring that he had gotten a fair trial. Judge Nicholson then complimented Bradford and Wise on their efforts in Gools-by's behalf, saying, "I have observed the efforts of the two lawyers appointed to defend you." The case went to the jury late Saturday evening, after closing arguments by all four attorneys. Testimony Saturday had included additional testimony by-Miss Rebecca Ledford, the daughter of Mrs. Medlin, who told the court that while -Goolsby had never been violent while seeing her mother socially, they had become afraid of Goolsby after Mrs.

Medlin broke off with him. because he watched their home and phoned continually. Goolsby's younger brother and parents also took the stand, all three breaking into tears as they pleaded with the jury to spare Goolsby's life. Ray Goolsby also recounted Ross Goolsby's visit to his Las Vegas home four days after the Medlin murder, saying his brother had turned up at his home without a change of clothes, wearing bedroom slippers and practically broke. (See Goolsby, page 2) Depot busy place The Ninety Six train depot was the scene of a lot of aetiy- sign the guest register at the depot as others view exhibits, ity Saturday, as many people visited the crafts show and art (Staff photo by Robert Davis) exhibit inside.

Two visitors to the bicentennial celebration Killer storms leave 16 persons dead By VAL PALMER Staff writer After spending close to 15 hours in de- liberation, the jury in the Sidney Ross Goolsby resentencing trial announced a hung jury just before midnight Sunday. Jurors said they were unable to decide if Goolsby should die in the electric chair for the 1978 murder of Mrs. Ruby Ann Medlin of Columbia. The announcement came almost six hours after the jury first told Circuit Judge Francis Nicholson they were deadlocked and ten hours after deliberations resumed Sunday afternoon. Minutes before midnight, Judge Nicholson dismissed the jury, thanking them for their efforts and sentenced Goolsby to life imprisonment.

Goolsby will be eligible for parole consideration in 1998. Goolsby 's parents and brothers stood behind him as sentence was pronounced and then hugged him and defense lawyers James W. Bradford Jr. and C. Rauch Wise.

Bradford and Wise were elated, following the sentencing, which ended a week of court that had stretched from 9:30 a.m. July 8 until midnight Sunday and included lengthy -jury selection and an appeal by the prosecution to the S.C. Supreme Court. Jury foreman Paul A. Brown announced that the jurors were deadlocked nine to three and had been since 6 p.m.

Brown said after the trial that at least one of the jurors against the death penalty had refused to participate in the deliberations and discussions. Another juror said one of the jurors who was adamantly opposed to the death penalty during deliberations said, "I'll die before I sign that piece of paper (the certificate required of a jury for an execution)." Juror John H. Ward labeled the proceedings "a terrible miscarriage of justice," and said several of the jurors seated did not believe in the death penalty under any circumstances. Ward said, "I don't believe in it myself, except in certain circumstances, but we had someone (on the jury) make their decision beforehand." "This was a terrible mis justice to the people of Greenwood County and South Carolina it wasn't right," Ward said. Prior to his sentencing, Goolsby stood before Judge Nicholson and thanked him for Promised Land honors author By PATTY DROSIEKO Staff writer "The book is a witness of what you have taught me," Dr.

Elizabeth Rauh Bethel, Lander College associate professor of sociology, told members of the Promised Land community Saturday at a reception at Mount Zion A.M.E. Church. The reception was in honor of Dr. Bethel's book "Promiseland: A Century of Life in a Negro Community" which has taken more than three years of research and writing to complete. A mong her most favorite stories of Promised Land, Dr.

Bethel said, is that of getting to know Promised Land resident Cora Hall whose friendship helped in the research of the community. Dr. Bethel said one of the hardest barriers to get through was Cora Hall. One of Dr. Bethel's students asked Mrs.

Hall if she would talk too his teacher. Mrs. Hall asked, "Is she white? I don't want to talk to a white teacher." Dr. Bethel said she gathered all her strawberry plants from her yard and took them over to Mrs. Hall.

As she began to plant the strawberries in Mrs. Hall's yard, (See Bethel, page 2( By The Associated Press Hundreds of people were homeless today after storms mauled the nation's midsection in a furious siege of tornadoes, flooding and lightning that left at least 16 people dead. In Minnesota, three twisters raked across the Minneapolis-St. Paul area Sunday, tossing cars about, crushing buildings and uprooting trees. Sirens wailed across the Twin Cities as 84 people were rushed to a dozen hospitals, where 14 were admitted.

One man who had been trying to clear his yard of debris died of a heart attack. More than 600 residents of the Ohio towns of Ottawa and Findlay were forced from their homes by the surging Blanchard River, which was 6 feet above flood stage but receding today. Ohio's governor put the two towns under a state of emergency after sur (Staff photo by Robert Woodi Loyalists from Star Fort advance from the relative of the position to repel an advance by patriot forces. Today briefly veying the 50-square-block flood damage. The declaration means National Guardsmen may be called in.

Relentless rains poured from the skies over Texas at the rate of up to 4 1 2 inches an hour, causing widespread flooding that killed five people. Two others were missing and presumed dead in the raging waters of the swollen Pedernales River. InGlenwood. 111., a suburb south of Chicago, the body of 11 year-old Dwight Perrota was found Sunday. 18 hours after he was swept off his bike in a park submerged in parts by up to six feet of water.

A 33-year-old Chicago woman drowned in Belmont Harbor, when her boat capsized Saturday, and authorities reported hundreds of minor injuries across Illinois and northern Indiana as floodwaters caved in basements and sloshed into homes. Autographs book lAHtfi I'OIIYH-lioll llll-M RICHMOND. Va iAI'i A federal appeals court today upheld (he conviction of former South Carolina state Sen. John I). Long on racketeering charges.

youth arrniiH'd LONDON (APi Marcus Simon Sar- CPW water Aim bid is $1.2 million jeant. an unemployed 17 year old in a black sweatshirt and blue jeans, was ordered held without bail today on a charge of firing a blank pistol near Queen Elizabeth II Magistrate Evelyn Charles Russell ordered him held for another hearing on June 24. the usual procedure when the police investigation is still going on .50 with 120 calendar days period of const net ion. The CPW will hav days to award the contract. Clarence Grubb.

CPW manager said. "We want to recheck the bids and go through the bids with the three lowest bid ders to make sure the bids are Grubb said. "We will doublecheck all hiies and make sure there are no The proposed pipeline will double the sie of the line Irom the lake plant. Grubb ex plained. The pipeline now carries six million gal Ions of water a day ami with the new pipe line the amount will increase to 12 million gallons.

Grubb said. By PATTY OKOSIEKO Stall' writer The Greenwood Commission ol Public Works had a special meeting this morning to open bids on a new water line tioin the Lake Greenwood plant into the city. Low bidder for the project is Shcrril Con st nut ion Co. ol Kastanoile. Ga.

with a total cost of S1.2il2..x4.."0 and a construction period of 210 days. An error was reported in the second lowest bid by John W. Taylor Inc. ot Stathani. Ga.

who had a bid ol SI i. with 2711 (ias of construction The next lowest bidder of the 21 hills tor the project was McCiillugh ol Mur Iroesboro. Tenn. McCollugh had a bid ol of history, takes a glance of his copy of the book. Dr.

Belhel was honored for her book at a reception Saturday at the Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Promised Land. (Staff photo by Patty Drosieko) Dr. Elizabeth Rauh Bethel (center), author of "Promise-land A Century of Life in a Negro Community" and associate professor at Lander College, autographs a copy of her book for former Promised Land school teacher Eugenia Evans while Dr.

W.F. Ricketson. Lander College professor.