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StateLoca emotrat Orangeburg, S.C., Saturday, July 10, 1993, Page 13A Father who chained his son to floor says he was helping and urged him to fight the charge because he didn't believe it was fair. Aultman is charged with being too strict at the same time prosecutors are threatening parents with fines and jail if their children commit crimes. But William E. Walker, director of the Lexington County Department of Social Services, said that leaving marks on children and using chains to restrain them is going too far. Jason's maternal grandmother, Jean Lawrence, also was appalled.

"I can't stand the thought of him being chained there. What if the house would have caught on fire?" she said. Jason told her he had never been chained before, she said. Aultman attached the chain to the floor with an eye bolt and a padlock. It did not leave a mark on Jason's ankle and was long enough for him to use the re-stroom and sleep in his own bed.

A sheriff's incident report says a 17-year-old friend of Jason's told police that when Aultman found his son at a convenience store, he beat his son and dragged him from a car where Jason was hiding, The (Columbia) State reported. The two sheriff's deputies who responded to a complaint at Aultman's home on July 1 left the house with the boy still in chains. Aultman said the deputies, whose actions are being reviewed by the sheriff, were familiar with his son's troubled past, so they left him. One deputy wrote on an incident report that Aultman "states he has not been able to find his son for weeks, but now he can." When investigators returned the next day, the boy still was chained and Aultman was charged with By The Associated Press GASTON, S.C. David Aultman says he didn't want to control his unruly son by sending him to jail, so instead he chained the 14-year-old to the floor to keep the boy from roaming the streets.

Now, it is Aultman who faces possible jail time on a charge of cruelty to a child. And the actions of two Lexington County sheriff's deputies who originally did not charge Aultman after he promised to release the boy are being questioned. "I just want to pay the $100 fine and put this behind me," Aultman said. But the misdemeanor cruelty charge also carries a possible 30 days in jail. The boy, Jason, has been sent to his mother's house in Greenwood.

Aultman said his teen-age son had been breaking into houses and running away from home. "I was just trying to restrain him; I wasn't beating him or anything," Aultman said. "The judge asked me why I didn't have him put in jail, and I didn't want him to go to jail." Child advocates say it's abuse. But the 40-year-old Aultman, who said he was trying to be a responsible father by keeping his son from roaming the streets, has his backers, too. "I feel sorry for this guy.

I know what he's going through," Mike Shirey said. Shirey's wife is fighting the state Department of Social Services because her spanking of her 10-year-old son left marks. "I've thought about chaining my own from time to time, but I don't know if I would go far enough to do it," said Shirey, who earlier this week said he had to leave work to search for the boy, his stepson, who had left home. Aultman said an attorney called him Wednesday Robert Brown of 134 Deedle Holly Hill, died Friday at his residence. Funeral plans will be announced by Williams Funeral HomeofEUoree.

Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Mrs. Lucille Clark The funeral for Mrs. Lucille Clark, 77, of 303 Peacan Grove Orangeburg will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt.

Pisgah Baptist Church, with the Rev. F.G.S. Everett officiating. Burial will be in Orangeburg Cemetery. Pallbearers will be deacons and trustees of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church.

Mrs. Clark died Wednesday. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Linda Murray of Wood-bridge, and six sons, Charles Clark of Orangeburg, William Lee Smith of Holly Hill, Paul Clark of Baltimore, Silas Clark of Brooklyn, N.Y., Stephen Clark of Aiken and Thurmond Clark of Columbia. Friends may call at the residence of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Clark, 270 Green and at Bythewood Funeral Home. Marion Furtick GARDEN CITY BEACH, S.C. Memorial services for Marion Furtick, 93, of 9405 Highway 17 Bypass, Garden City Beach, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Con-garee Baptist Church in St.

Matthews. Mr. Furtick died Thursday, May 20. Survivors include cousins. Thompson Funeral Home of Orangeburg is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Catherine D. Shuler BOWMAN, S.C. Mrs. Catherine Dukes Shuler, 79, of Bowman, died Friday at St.

Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home Chapel in Orangeburg, with the Rev. Tony Calhoun and the Rev. Leanne Calhoun officiating.

Burial will be in Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bowman. Mrs. Shuler was born in Sparta, a daughter of the late Thomas E. Dukes and Volina Outz Dukes. She was a retired music teacher.

She attended Lander College in Greenwood. Mrs. Shuler was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Orangeburg and a member of the Orangeburg Chapter DAR. She was also a member of South Carolina Club of Atlanta and Winsome Sunday School Class at Obituaries Mrs.

Iva L. Baxter NEW YORK Mrs. Iva Lee Thomas Baxter, 56, of New York, died Wednesday after an extended illness. Mrs. Baxter was bora Dec.

27, 1936, in Orangeburg, a daughter of Marie Cobbs Thomas and the late William Thomas. She graduated from Wilkinson High School. In 1955, she moved to New York Mrs. Baxter attended Bronx Community College and work for the Board of Education. Later, she worked for the Department of Transportation and became a captain.

Survivors include four sons, Keith Baxter, Gerald Baxter, Rodney Baxter and Reginald Baxter; her mother of Orangeburg; a sister, Betty Sumpter Scotts of Plain, N.J.; two brothers, Samuel Thomas of Queens, N.Y. and Johnny Thomas of Orangeburg; six aunts; ihree uncles; six nieces; three grandchildren; and a number of cousins and other relatives. Gilmore's Funeral Home of St. Albans, N.Y. is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Rosa B. Benjamin ST. GEORGE, S.C. The funeral for Mrs.

Rosa Bell Evans Benjamin, 76, of Route 3, Box 1613, Orangeburg, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cope, with the Rev. Odell Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons. Mrs. Benjamin died Thursday. She was born in Orangeburg, a daughter of the late John Evans and Ruby Barnes Evans. She was educated in the public schools of Orangeburg.

At an early age, she joined Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher. Mrs. Benjamin was the widow of Jerry Benjamin. Survivors include six daughters, Rita Mack, Rose Lee Morgan, Joanne Pauling and Shirley Benjamin, all of Orangeburg, Dorothy Benjamin of New Jersey and Brenda Furtick of Neeses; seven sons, Jerry Benjamin Jr.

and John Albert Benjamin, both of Columbia, J.C. Benjamin, Johnny Benjamin, Wilbert Loymer Benjamin and Ronald Benjamin, all of Orangeburg, and Donald Benjamin of Virgin Island; a sister, Tenell Stukes of Orangeburg; two brothers, John Evans and Bradley Evans, both of Columbia; 47 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence and at Simmons Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Rev. Robert Brown HOLLY HILL, S.C.

The Rev. Incidents Continued from Page 12A piciously, so he asked why they were acting nervously," Smith said. "The passenger in the car then admitted to having a pistol and removed a Smith and Wesson from the back floor of the Jeep." The passenger, a 14-year-old juvenile from Orangeburg, was arrested for illegal possession of a weapon and was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Columbia. The driver was arrested and charged with driving without a license, a traffic court offense. Meanwhile, Sheriff Smith said a deputy was called to The Regional Medical Center Thursday afternoon to serve papers that officially placed a newborn infant in protective custody of the Department of Social Services.

Smith said the infant's mother was reportedly very intoxicated when she checked into the hospital Thursday to have the baby. So, DSS was contacted. The infant remained in the hospital, but is in legal custody of DSS. Smith said he is unsure if any criminal charges will be filed against the mother. Among other incidents of violence reported was the assault of a Whaley Street man, who con Agencies Continued from Page 12A the company is a private firm, profits will go back to Virginia and the state will provide the vehicles.

Arnold Collins, executive director of the Charleston County Human Services Commission, said he wants to know what the justification and rational is for giving the contract to TMS. Collins says 700,000 miles are recorded in Orangeburg and 800,000 in Charleston. The OCAB bid was 5-cents-per-mile less than TMS'. The Charleston bid was 2 cents less than TMS'. He said those costs plus the state-subsidized, 18-cents-per- Dunwoody Baptist Church in Dunwoody, Ga.

Survivors include two daugth-ers, Mrs. Leonard (Eleanor) West of Bowman and Mrs. William R. (Janet) Delk of Dunwoody; a sister, Dr. Martha Yow of San Diego, three grandsons; and five great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials be made to Shiloh Community Historical Association, co Farmers and Merchant Bank, Bowman Corrie Shuler Corrie Shuler, 17, of P.O. Box 24, Smith Street, Branchville, died Friday.

Funeral plans will be announced by Simmons Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. John M. Sutcliffe LEXINGTON, S.C. John Marion Sutcliffe, 56, of 226 Betty Boulevard, Lexington, died Friday at Providence.

The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, in Columbia. Burial with Masonic rites will be Woodridge Memorial Park. Honorary pallbearers will be officers and members of Cayce Masonic Lodge 384 and members of The Jamil Choo Choo's. Mr.

Sutcliffe was born in Norway, a son of Bernice Clay Douglas Sutcliffe and the late Dewey Gordon Sutcliffe. He was a security guard in Columbia for 10 years and owner and operator of Kar-Kare on Rosewood Drive for 12 years. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Orangeburg. Mr. Sutcliffe was a U.S.

Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 384, The York Rite, The Jamil Shrine Temple, and Jamil Choo Choo's. He was also a member of the VFW post 2779. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ann Ray Sutcliffe of Lexington; three daughters, Martha Marie Clark of Beaufort, Dorothy Kathryn Lyday of Elgin and Suzanne Rene Sutcliffe of Columbia; his mother of Lexington two brothers, Dewey Sutcliffe Jr.

of Orangeburg and Robert G. Sutcliffe of Lexington; and seven grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. a.m.

Thursday morning, someone pried open his garage door, entered and stole $1,420 worth of golf clubs, a golf bag and other golf equipment. The thief also took about $467 worth of lawn equipment, including a push mower and a Husqvarna chain-saw," Smith said. He said the complainant explained that his garage and house are under one roof and that the burglar entered his house and stole his wallet, which contained about $540 cash and a number of credit cards. "The complainant said he was at home, but that he didn't hear anything," the sheriff said. "We are investigating that burglary." In a burglary at State Temple Church on Sugar Hill Road in Holly Hill, someone broke in through a rear window and stole an Westinghouse window air conditioner valued at $700.

A General Electric VCR valued at $300, a car stereo worth $100, a blue steel pistol valued at $150 and about $110 in cash (mainly pennies) were stolen by someone who pried open the window of a home on Route Neeses. The thief ransacked the residence and left through a sliding glass door. five community action agencies in nine counties may be affected. Attorney General Travis Med-lock, in a June opinion, said, "The State Constitution would likely be violated if the State were to provide vans at a rate of eighteen cents per mile and insurance premiums on vans as described above, to a for-profit vendor for provision of public transportation services to a portion of the state's indigent population." The community action agencies' contracts with the state were to expire June 30, but the contracts are extended while the decision is under appeal, Wright said. Last 'Outlaws' fugitive caught in the Upstate ANDERSON, S.C.

For seven years, Benson "Hobo" Thompson, wanted on racketeering charges for his part in South Florida's Outlaws Motorcycle Club, eluded federal authorities. Then a drunken-driving arrest led them to him. Thompson, who was arrested Wednesday, worked as a machine repairman in South Carolina's Upstate. But federal agents knew him as an alleged cocaine and marijuana distributor. He also was accused of extorting money from an ex-girlfriend and helping two other club members murder an off-duty police officer during an attempted holdup of a Fort Lauderdale, convenience store in 1977.

Thompson was the final fugitive from a 1986 raid on the club in Miami in which agents arrested more than a dozen club members and seized millions of dollars in property. The chase ended when FBI agents arrested Thompson on a Greenville County Road. They had followed Thompson from a subdivision near Hartwell Lake where he had been living with relatives, said Senior FBI Agent Tom Donohue. "He admitted who he was," said Agent Paul Miller, the FBI's Miami spokesman. "I think he was shocked he'd been arrested." The law caught up with Thompson in March after police in Augusta, Ga, arrested him on the suspidon of driving under the infb-ence of alcohol.

He was booked under his brother's name and released. Five firefighters treated after chlorine gas explosion ANDERSON, S.C. Five Anderson County firefighters were hospitalized after pool chemicals ignited during a house fire and turned to deadly chlorine gas. County Fire Chief Pelham Medlock said all five were released Wednesday, a few hours after treatment at Anderson Area Medical Center. "The gas spread with the smoke, so you didn't have to be right up there to be exposed to it," said Broadway Fire Chief Preston Lewis.

Firefighters stopped the blaze at the pool's utility room, though ft damaged the home's carport. The gas, which bums the lungs, can be fatal, said Steve Shore, operations director at Medshore Ambulance Service. Medlock said the heat and hot midday sun probably did more than the gas to make all five woozy. Firefighters turned a neighbor's garage into a makeshift emergency room, giving them oxygen and monitoring their Wood pressure. Magistrate Cam Crawford, president of the state Summary Court Judges Association, a group of 275 magistrates and municipal judges.

"Bond is not meant to punish a person. It is meant to see they show up for court and are on good behavior" while free, Crawford said. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER GRANDMOTHER -1 MRS. MAYBELL FRAZIER GOLDEN who passed on into the larger life on July tO, 1991. Ho tirm a through The deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers ot sorrow shall not overflow; For I will be near thee, thy troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

Sadly missed by Sons. Grands, Great Grands And Daughters-in-law house. Another of Ms. Patrick's children, an 8-year-old girl, was playing outside when the flames appeared. Boy trying to board train loses part of leg ROCK HILL, S.C.

A 17-year-old boy from York who lost part of his left leg while trying to swing aboard a freight train had improved to fair condition Friday at a North Carolina hospital, a hospital spokesman said. Surgeons at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., had to amputate Shohn Krepps' left leg below the knee. Krepps' aunt, Cathy Porter, said he also suffered a head injury. Krepps was with three friends about 5 a.m. Thursday when they decided to board a 30-car train as it returned to Rock Hill from the Bowater Inc.

plant at Catawba, Norfolk South-em trainmaster Ed Trinkle said. He said three of the boys swung aboard ladders and made it onto a boxcar, but Krepps didn't make it He slipped and went under the wheels of the train. No charges had been filed but an investigation was continuing, police Lt Dennis Taylor said. Water systems told to carry out tests COLUMBIA Eight South Carolina water systems have been told by federal environmental regulators that they failed to do proper testing for lead and copper. The administrative orders do not indude fines but tell the systems they must show that they are doing the proper tests, the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The systems cited include North Myrtle Beach, Aiken, Barnwell, New Ellenton, West Columbia and Bennettsville as well as the Donalds-Due West Water Authority and the Valley Public Service Authority in Gloverville. The original test results were supposed to be submitted by Jan. 12. Jerry Pierce, North Myrtle Beach's public works director, said he had not received the EPA notice and said he knew of no violation.

'We feel like we tested the 60 homes as required," Pierce said. "We're at a loss now as to why the EPA put us on the list." The levels of the metals in the city's water exceeded federal levels so it already is doing a second round of tests to see how corrosive ttie water is and whether it may be leaching the metals out of the pipes, Pierce said. West Columbia's water superintendent, Alton C. Hallman said his system also tested the homes required. with all the city's municipal judges to "make sure this never happens again," Mayor Bob Coble said.

Two municipal judges said they face frequent criticism about bonds they set. "Bond settings are certainly the most open area, the area with the fewest guidelines," said Ann Furr, Columbia's chief administrative judge. "Something the public doesn't understand, and it's fundamental to our system, is that the person is presumed innocent," said Irmo Card of Thanks During the recent death of James Green Jr. Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sent a flower. Perhaps you just thought of us in our darkest hour.

Perhaps you sent some food, or just called us on the phone; or said a silent prayer right there in your home. No matter what you did. you did a lovely part and that is why we want to say Thank You with love right from our hearts. A Special Thanks is extended to Dr. Cassone, the staff of the Family Health Center and the R.M.C.

staff. With Our Love, The James Green Jr. Family Campbell suggests tax credit to take place of base jobs COLUMBIA Gov. Carroll Campbell on Friday suggested to President Clinton that he create a $1 tax credit for any business that invests near a military base slated to be closed. The credit could be extended to any business that locates within 50 miles of a facility that will lose or has lost 5,000 jobs.

"I am convinced that job tax credits would result in net long-term savings for the federal government by putting people back to work and reducing demand on government services," Campbell wrote in a letter to Clinton. The president last week announced a $5 billion package of aid to communities affected by the most recent base closings, which include the Charleston Naval Shipyard and Navy Base. The Navy complex will lose about 21 ,000 jobs. Campbell's spokesman, Tucker Eskew, said the governor's proposal also would help the area near the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, which closed earlier this year. Mother charged with neglect in fire death of disabled son EASLEY, S.C.

A mother has been charged with neglecting her disabled 1 7-year-old son who died in a fire while police said she was away. Debra Jean Patrick, 33, was released Thursday on a $1 0,000 personal recognizance bond. "I just think it's wrong," was all she would say about the charge of unlawful neglect of a helpless person. Her son, Lee Stephen Patrick, who died June 28 was partially blind, mentally handicapped and used a wheelchair. Police Lt Jerry Gibson said Ms.

Patrick went to work at a local motel and left her son and two other children alone in the home before the arrival of Robert Lee Raddiff, her 17-year-old nephew who normally took care of Patrick. Raddiff had gone to a downtown Easley restaurant for some food, police said. A warrant has been signed charging Raddiff with neglect in not staying with the youth as designated caregiver. Investigators said Patrick and his 5-year-old brother started playing with matches in a back bedroom just after being left alone. When the fire started, the boy ran from the Outrage Continued from Page 12A five women are important members of this society, then he doesn't need to be a judge." Jenkins did not return a phone call seeking comment Friday.

Some of the victims said police should have publicized the attacks in attempt to warn women. Chief Charles Austin said police would have done that had they not caught someone Tuesday, a day after the first attacks. Jones will come before Jenkins again Monday morning for an arraignment. Prosecutors will ask for a psychiatric evaluation and Austin said additional information will be presented to Jenkins. Austin would not elaborate.

Columbia officials plan to meet In Loving Memory of Kelvin Michael Sandle who departed this life 1 year ago today, July 10, 1992. Each time we look at your picture, you seem to smile and say, "Don't grieve; I'm only sleeping, we'll all meet again some Sadly missed by. Wife Tracy, Mother, Sisters, Brothers, Nieces Nephews tacted authorities at 1:43 a.m. Friday to say he had been beaten by three acquaintances. The 19-year-old said he was riding with a woman when another vehicle started flashing their lights at them.

So the woman pulled her car over and a man and woman from the other vehicle came over, pulled the victim out of the car and started to kick and beat on him, Smith said. A friend of the victim's family took him to TRMC, where he was treated and released. The two women involved were roommates. "The victim knows the three subjects involved, so it will be up to him to press charges against them," Smith said. Also, an 18-year-old Santee woman reported that at 1 a.m.

on July 5, she saw her boyfriend talking to another woman at a club in Vance. The victim said she confronted him and he hit her several times in the face, causing her right eye to swell. The victim, who is 5 months pregnant, told authorities she plans to sign a warrant against her boyfriend, Smith said. The sheriff also reported on a burglary at a Santee home that took place while the resident slept. "The complainant said that sometime between 1 a.m.

and 7 mile savings from transportation and TMS' savings with state insurance will cost taxpayers and give TMS a substantial profit. This is the second time in two years that the state Budget and Control Board has considered giving the contract to an out-of-state firm. In June of last year the state Materials and Management Board Review Panel decided to overturn TMS' award of the same contracts after protests by OCAB and other community action agencies. Wright says OCAB has provided the service for about 20 years in the Orangeburg area. He said.