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Senior wide receiver commit

Christian Zachary

of St. Matthews (S.C.) Calhoun County had a busy last week.

Zachary, who was a Virginia commit, officially visited NC State from Friday-through-Sunday, and then he followed with a decommitment. Zachary finished off his recruitment by verbally committing to the Wolfpack on Thursday, becoming the fourth wide receiver in the class.

Zachary committed to Virginia on June 6, 2023, but has been open to NC State overtures since then.

“NC State has always been a school that I’ve looked at and I’m a big fan,” said Zachary, 17, last week. “It’s almost like a dream school, up there with Clemson. It’s close to home and it’s always a school that I’ve looked up to.”

The. 6-foot-3, 190-pound Zachary watched the “condensed” game of NC State at Virginia from last month on YouTube, with the Wolfpack winning 24-21.

Zachary and Anderson (S.C.) Westside High senior wide receiver commit

Jimmar Boston

don’t really know each other at this point, but they will be teammates at the Carolinas Shrine Bowl, playing for the South Carolina squad. NC State commit

Jonathan Paylor

of Burlington (N.C.) Cummings will be on the North Carolina team. The fourth wide receiver commit is

Terrell Anderson

of Greensboro (N.C.) Grimsley.

Zachary plans to early enroll at NC State and get to work. Wide receiver coach Joker Phillips has been the point man on Zachary.

Zachary hopes to major in sports management.

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FORT MOTTE — Lovers of history gathered at a hilltop near the Congaree River to remember a Revolutionary War battle that might have turned on one woman’s sense of patriotism and sacrifice.

The gathering in Calhoun County on May 15 focused on the Battle of Fort Motte when a British-held fortified home, which held key supplies for their campaign to subdue inland South Carolina, was taken by Patriot troops.

The newly built home belonged to Rebecca Motte, who had been displaced just before the battle in May 1781. Motte not only told Patriot forces that they had permission to set fire to her home to smoke the British out, but she even provided metal arrows that could help set it ablaze.

British troops, seeing the house afire, were forced to surrender but managed to douse the flames before the home was destroyed.

Motte’s stance was in line with her long support for the American Revolution and typified how Patriot women were eager to help where they could, said Margaret F. Pickett, author of a soon-to-be-published book, “Rebecca Brewton Motte: American Patriot and Successful Rice Planter.”

“These were women who wanted to serve their country, and when an opportunity presented itself, they were going to take advantage of it,” Pickett said.

About 150 people heard from Pickett and archaeologists about the history that has been uncovered at the privately owned site and the significance of the victory there.

One year before the battle, the British captured Charleston and Camden, giving them strong bases on South Carolina’s coast and inland. Motte, recently widowed, moved her family from occupied Charleston to land she had inherited overlooking the Congaree.

A series of Patriot victories across the state, including at Fort Motte, would weaken British control in the months before George Washington’s victory at Yorktown in Virginia would ensure independence.

“Rebecca Motte is a heroine of the American Revolution,” said Dianne Culbertson, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution service organization who came to the battlefield tour. “It’s just wonderful to stand at one of these sites,” she said.

The many battlefields of the American Revolution in South Carolina are opportunities to tell the stories of the patriotism of the country’s founders, men and women, Culbertson said.

Women had to keep families together and run farms while men were off at battle, she said.

The battle site now is an open field with a historical marker; the house burned down in the first few decades after the war.

Archaeological digs there have unearthed hundreds of items that tell the story of the battle, including musket ammunition and a fire arrow, the type of projectile that might have been responsible for the fortified house catching fire.

Digs at the site have unearthed everything from the configuration of the house and its British-built walls to the location of Patriot trenches, dug to safely get troops close enough to attack the defenses, said Steven Smith, a University of South Carolina archaeology professor.

Sources from the time and archeological research have created a much more detailed picture of the events of the siege and battle, Smith said.

Luther Wannamaker, whose family has owned the land where the house once stood for the past century, said they had refused requests to develop the property and instead cleaned up the site.

“When I came here, that monument was on its side,” Wannamaker said.

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He has preserved it and invited Smith to do archeological research as part of his own curiosity.

“What I’m into is learning the truth about history,” he said.

The immediate aftermath of the surrender of the house by British forces in May 1781 shows how the American Revolution was both a courtly affair and sometimes a brutal civil war.

To show her hospitality, Motte hosted a dinner for both British and American officers at the nearby house where she had taken shelter after being evicted.

The cordial meal was interrupted by news: the Patriot forces had hanged three Loyalists — Americans who fought for the British — near the battle site.

The Calhoun Times, the small weekly newspaper in South Carolina that announced its own impending death last month, is back among the living.

The Times, based in St. Matthews, South Carolina, said in its Jan. 12 issue that the Feb. 2 edition would be its last. But the Times has been acquired by another newspaper, The Aiken Leader of Wagener, South Carolina. The Times will continue to publish each week.

According to a press account of the transaction, members of the Morris family, which had owned and operated the paper since the 1920s, will continue to work at the paper.

Edwin C. Morris Jr., the third-generation publisher of the Times, will continue in that role. His 87-year-old father, Craddock Morris, had been editor; he now will be a free-lance writer for the paper.

Andrew O'Byrne Sr., owner and publisher of the Leader, will become the owner of the newspaper, which will be renamed soon as the Calhoun Times Leader.

"A newspaper is important to the health of a community, and we are happy that we will be able to keep a paper in Calhoun County," O'Byrne told The Times & Democrat of Orangeburg.

"A local newspaper facilitates dialogue between local government and the citizens, and we are committed to bringing the community the news it has relied on for so many years from The Calhoun Times," he added.

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Wagener is about 40 miles west of St. Matthews, has about 800 residents. It is about 40 miles west of St. Matthews.

The Leader has a weekly circulation of about 10,000, according to the South Carolina Press Association. Presumably it serves all of Aiken County, which borders the state of Georgia and is part of the Augusta market.

The Times, located in Calhoun County, is in the center of the state is a part of the Columbia market. Its current circulation is about 1,500.

The name change will be one sign of new ownership; O’Byrne didn’t articulate what others might be in the press coverage of the transaction.

At this point, neither the Times nor the Leader has a website. The Leader is a free giveaway newspaper that presumably makes its money on advertising or other types of promotions. The newly minted Times Leader could follow that model.

The Morrises have been the newspaper family in St. Matthews since the late 1920s. Small-town papers rely on stories about local sports teams, town expenditures, booster organizations and their projects, and other staples of day-to-day living. Such a paper relies on local people having trust and confidence in a paper’s reporters and editors, so there is business sense in keeping the Morrises on the payroll of the new Times Leader.

In an interview about the transfer in ownership, Craddock Morris said, "We have tried to serve the public with good news and trying to keep the public informed on everything by trying to cover all the activities, schools, organizations and clubs."

Spoken like a true small-town journalist.

The playground will be located at the corner of Butler Street and Richland Avenue. The land was formerly used for tennis courts that became dilapidated.

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ST MATTHEWS, S.C. — Construction of a new playground is underway in the Town of St. Matthews. The project is being spearheaded by the Calhoun County Parks and Recreation Department.

“I think it’s gonna be a great addition for us," said local parent Joseph Fairey.

There will be slides, monkey bars, and swing sets for children to enjoy, and picnic tables for families. According to the Calhoun County Department of Parks and Recreation, this project has been a few years in the making.

The playground will be located at the corner of Butler Street and Richland Avenue. The land was formerly used for tennis courts that became dilapidated over the years.

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“You have a lot of people in this area, in St. Matthews that are looking for things to do with their kids. On a nice day like this, this would be a perfect day to bring your kids out, use the playground, get rid of all of that energy that these kids have after a long day of school," said parks and recreation director Zachary Tarrant.

Joseph Fairey is a local parent in St. Matthews. His daughters are active in Calhoun County sports programs.

"I remember growing up this was a tennis court and I had a lot of good memories out there," he said, "Over the years it had just kind of become not used and not functional for the community.”

He moved back to St. Matthews last year after living in Columbia for a while.

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“This is a great family, friendly community but not having a playground is obviously something we needed. Just excited for my kids. I’ve got a one, a four, and a seven year old so obviously we’ll be using it a lot and lots of families that are out here will take advantage of it and it’ll bring the community together," said Fairey.

The park is being funded by a grant from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, in addition to money from the Calhoun County penny sales tax. It's expected to open at the end of May.

BAMBERG, S.C. —

UPDATE - Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024:

The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-2 tornado with 125 mph winds is responsible for the major damage left behind in Bamberg, South Carolina, after Tuesday's storms.

The NWS also confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit Catawba County, North Carolina.

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What South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are calling a tornado brought down buildings and powerlines and caused other significant damage Tuesday in Bamberg.

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The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning before 3 p.m. for Orangeburg, Bamberg and St. Matthews until 3:15 p.m.

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Lance Cpl. Brittney Glover posted photos of the damage on social media after the storm blew through Bamberg. That's about 60 miles north of Beaufort and 45 miles east of Aiken.

One showed tons of debris under a water tower.

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Another showed a warehouse near what appeared to be the same water tower severely damaged.

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A photo Glover said was taken on the city's Main Street showed bricks and rubble in the road from damaged buildings.

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Another photo showed a tree snapped and downed trees and power lines around it.

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"If you’re out on the roadways today, please stay safe," Glover said. "A tornado just landed in Bamberg County."

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The National Weather Service will dispatch a team to the area to evaluate the damage and issue a report on the likely tornado.

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