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Food assistance is available during government shutdown News

By Andy Brack

Even without a government shutdown and the threatened cessation in federal food assistance benefits on Nov. 1, more people around the Lowcountry have food insecurity than in a long time.

The Lowcountry Food Bank (LFB), which distributed 46 million pounds of food for 33 million meals last year in the state’s 10 coastal counties, says the need is increasing. In 2024, the food bank helped about 200,000 people, said the food bank’s CEO, Nick Osborne.

“In the last year, we are seeing on average about a 10% increase in need,” he said this week. “We’ve seen a 30% increase in food needs in Charleston and Horry counties.”

What’s more worrisome now, he said, is the impact on demand by laid-off federal workers and cuts in funding for 160,000 South Carolinians who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on the food bank and its 230 partner food agencies. About half of SNAP household recipients in South Carolina have children.

“The scariest thing for us is to be able to continue to meet the needs of our neighbors,” he said.

If you need help

If you need to get nutritious food, Osborne suggests that you connect to the food bank’s

website to search by zip code for places and hours that you can get help to keep your family fed. Find a food pantry or “Buddy Box” online: lowcountryfoodbank.org

You should be able to find a broad variety of food, including pantry staples, canned goods, perishable foods as available and more, to be able to offer nutritious meals for your family.

If you want to help now

Perhaps the best assistance to give is money — either directly to the food bank (lowcountryfoodbank.org/donate) or to the state’s One SC Fund (yourfoundation. org/impact-initiatives/one-sc-fund), which was activated Tuesday in anticipation of growing food needs.

Osborne said monetary donations give assistance agencies the flexibility they need to buy what they’re not getting from donations.

Other ways to help

Give your time. Volunteers are always needed. They provide 4,500 hours per month, for example, at the area food bank. Contact the food bank or a partner agency if you want to give time.

Host a food drive. LFB officials say every dollar and can of food helps. Check out its website to learn how to host a neighborhood food drive or a virtual food drive.

Give food. You can give dry goods (rice, whole-grain cereal, pasta) and low-sodium

The Rundown

Tuesday is election day

Area voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in several municipal elections, including half of the council seats in Charleston and Mount Pleasant as well as mayor of that town. Five of six Charleston City Council races are contested with only longtime council member Mike Seekings not facing an opponent. Races include:

• District 2 (West Ashley): Incumbent Kevin Shealy faces newcomer Abraham D. Champagne.

• District 4 (downtown): Incumbent Robert Mitchell faces Aaron Polkey and Luqman S. Rasheed.

• District 6 (downtown): Incumbent William Dudley Gregorie will meet Ben D’Allesandro.

• District 10 (West Ashley): Incumbent Stephen Bowden takes on William Connor.

canned vegetables and fruits, as well as anything protein-based, such as peanut butter, canned fish, chicken or beef, all of which help balance nutritional needs.

And then there are these items which you might not realize are really appreciated by those in need:

• Boxed milk (kids can use for cereal, which they get a lot of)

• Powdered milk

• Sugar, flour, cornmeal

• Cooking oil in bottles

• Spices, from salt and pepper to powdered forms of garlic, onions and chilis

• Tea bags, coffee

• Dishwashing detergent

• Feminine hygiene products

About bread, recipes

Peanut butter isn’t much good if you don’t have sandwich bread to put it on. While the food bank gets a lot of donated bread from retail partners — up to 10% of its annual donations — bread is perishable.

Rather than spend money buying loaves of bread, it might be more cost efficient to make bread from its four major ingredients — flour, water, salt and yeast. Check the web for countless recipes on making bread.

The food bank also has more than two dozen handy recipes in English and Spanish to help you stretch food supplies and make nutritious meals. Visit this link: lowcountryfoodbank.org/recipes2022

• District 12 (downtown): Newcomers in the race are Leslie Skardon, Deanna Miller and Annette Begner.

In Mount Pleasant, incumbent Mayor Will Haynie will face newcomer Curt Thomas. And nine candidates are running for four council seats.

To view an expanded version of this story, read candidate surveys and learn of other municipal races, visit our online story at charlestoncitypaper.com. City Paper staff

1 in 7

The number of South Carolina residents struggling with food shortages, a reality exacerbated by the loss of federal assistance due to the ongoing government shutdown. Source: Cuisine Rescue

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Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Sources: Most recent data at ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com

Food for millions of meals comes annually through the Lowcountry Food Bank

Blotter of the Week

Human remains at Courier Square to be reinterred

By Skyler Baldwin

A total of 74 gravesites with no known grave markers that were discovered at a King Street construction site earlier this summer will soon be relocated to the historic Bethany Cemetery, officials said. Charleston City Council on Oct. 28 adopted a resolution required by state law that authorized a move of the remains from a climate-controlled facility where they are currently stored to a final resting place at Bethany.

Workers discovered the remains in May during the second phase of construction at Courier Square at 635 King St., previously owned by Evening Post Industries, the former parent company of The Post and Courier. The discovery, which appeared to have been kept quiet in local media, is said to have followed a warning by local historical advocacy groups that the site was once home to the St. James Methodist Church, founded in the late 1700s, and a likely cemetery.

According to the city’s Oct. 28 meeting agenda, project leaders conducted an archaeological study, including ground penetrating radar, a scrape of the site and historical research, but found no evidence of remains on the site until construction began. Earlier this year, the College of Charleston came under fire for having bought land a few blocks away on Coming Street to build a new dormitory on a site that had been home to a centuries-old burial ground for poor and enslaved people. Radar scans were reportedly inconclusive on whether human remains were under the

“This situation [on King Street] is instructive for future projects. Clearly our technology for sub-surface investigation is not sufficient to provide a clear view of what’s there.”

—Anna Alexander, Preservation Society of Charleston

106 Coming St. site, according to a Sept. 18 story in the Charleston City Paper.

“This situation [on King Street] is instructive for future projects,” Anna Alexander of the Preservation Society of Charleston said at an Oct. 28 public hearing on the Courier Square remains. “Clearly our technology for sub-surface investigation is not sufficient to provide a clear view of what’s there.”

Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal said she was notified shortly after the discovery during construction so she could determine whether the remains were of forensic interest. Two deputy coroners responded and evaluated the site, she said. They found the remains were archaeological in nature and released jurisdiction to the city of Charleston,

which did not provide details to the public at the time.

The process is driven by state code, O’Neal said, adding that this situation has been typical of downtown Charleston projects.

“If we had determined that they were current and had concerns about the circumstances, we would take jurisdiction and take the remains into our custody,” she said. “It can be difficult to know how best to handle the remains, especially if it is not possible to identify the descendents, their family members and determine their wishes.

“The involved stakeholders must make the best decision they can based on the circumstances.”

Since no relatives of the deceased are known, city officials found it necessary for the remains to be removed and stored in a climate-controlled facility for preservation until a permanent resting place could be determined, according to the Oct. 28 meeting agenda.

Alexander added that she thought the city and project leaders had done the “necessary due diligence” when determining Bethany as the remains’ final resting place. Project leaders received letters in support of the reinterment from the St. James Methodist Church, Bethany Cemetery and historic preservation groups.

The outcome is in stark contrast to the College of Charleston’s dormitory in September. After facing stiff opposition to the construction, college President Andrew Hsu told the public that the timeline for the project would be “reset,” according to a Sept. 26 report.

A North Charleston man told police on Oct. 17 that someone slashed the four tires of his car while it was parked at his Azalea Drive residence. The man told officers he suspected the culprit to be his “current romantic partner.” We don’t often use the Blotter to give relationship advice, but you might want to consider making this an “ex-romantic partner.”

Coworkers, amirite?

A West Ashley woman on Oct. 17 told Charleston police that while driving home from work after a heated argument with her coworker, they pulled up in the lane next to each other at a red light. Her coworker then reportedly threw a bottle at her windshield, cracking it, before speeding off. Well, at least no one overreacted.

Panic room

A Mount Pleasant man on Oct. 19 reportedly stole a suitcase, a 200-count bottle of men’s vitamins, a pack of water bottles and a 60-count bottle of vitamin C supplements from a Long Grove Drive department store. Sounds like the early days of the pandemic all over again — but it’s probably just a cold. Store owners did not press charges.

By Skyler Baldwin

Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Oct. 17 and Oct. 19.

Illustration by Steve

Ashley Stanol

Project leaders at a construction site at 635 King St. found 74 gravesites with no known markers in May

Charleston leaders to head to Europe for ideas for Union Pier development

By Andy Brack

An eight-day November trip to three cosmopolitan European cities will help Charleston leaders better understand how to develop Union Pier so it fits in and deals with rising waters, according to those who are going.

“It’s the furthest thing from a junket you can imagine,” said Charleston City Council member Mike Seekings, who went on a study trip a few years back to Amsterdam to understand how the Dutch deal with water. “It is literally a research trip.”

Later he emphasized, “If you can do it, why wouldn’t you take the opportunity to see what’s been done so you can maximize your opportunities here?”

Winslow Hastie, president and CEO of the Historic Charleston Foundation, said his goals for the trip were “to see exemplary projects and learn from them to see what ideas can be imported to Charleston and then finding alignment amongst the group about the overarching civic values and vision for Union Pier.”

Few details made public

Details of the trip, however, are murky with the city of Charleston releasing only general information, no itinerary, no travel details or numbers about costs. It is clear, however, that non-government participants are expected to cover their own costs, including commercial airfare. Seekings said he was paying his own way.

The eight-day trip to London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen starts Nov. 3. According to sources, participants will include Hastie, Seekings, Charleston Mayor

William Cogswell, Special Adviser Josh Martin, City Planner Christopher Morgan, Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brian Turner, architect Christian Sottile and Miller Harper, who is leading redevelopment efforts for Beemok, the company that owns the Union Pier property. A representative from the Coastal Conservation League was invited but reportedly had a travel conflict.

“We are going into this very independently, kind of like the Dutch Dialogues was last time [when we were] trying to learn more about this stuff,” said Preservation Society of Charleston spokesman Sam Spence.

According to a press release, the trip will focus on sustainable waterfront development, resilient infrastructure and responsible tourism management.

In early 2026, Beemok will convene follow-up meetings to review findings and identify practical applications for Charleston’s ongoing waterfront planning efforts.

“Our team has been studying Charleston in detail to inform the planning of Union Pier,” said Beemok’s Harper in a statement. “We are excited to also look at examples from around the world and learn how others have integrated incremental growth in established historic neighborhoods, built resilient communities and created vibrant public spaces to bring the best ideas back to Charleston.”

While an itinerary was not available at press time, participants said they expected to tour places along waterfronts that used smart development strategies.

“We’re touring a variety of sites in London, including Poundbury outside London,” said Hastie, referring to a new experimental urban extension about 130 miles southwest of London. “Then waterfront development and resiliency projects in Amsterdam, and then lastly water-

front projects in Copenhagen.”

Also in London, the team is expected to visit projects around Old Church Street, Baker Street, St. Vincent Street, Somerset House and near the King’s Cross rail hub. Added Seekings: “What better way to see it than in three dimensions?”

Impact of the Dutch Dialogues

During the first term of former Mayor John Tecklenburg, Dutch experts visited Charleston to discuss how they deal with water. City officials also took a trip to Holland to better understand European solutions.

As reported by the City Paper ’s Herb Frazier in an award-winning 2024 story, the collaboration yielded a lot of results for the Holy City:

“The Dutch solution to flood control is not confined to its iconic 17th century crescent-shaped network of canals lined with skinny houses and flat houseboats that form an inner-city drainage and transportation system in Amsterdam’s historic core.

“In the Netherlands, half the size of South Carolina with a third of it below sea level, the Dutch have devised modest, innovative ways to channel and capture water. Some of these basic ideas are being used today in Charleston’s flood-prone neighborhoods.

“Dutch water-control experts came to Charleston in 2017 to consult with city officials. That led to a 252-page ‘Dutch Dialogues’ report released in October 2019. Since then, it has guided Charleston’s planning as sea levels slowly rise.”

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Destruction of East Wing at White House is Trump’s latest act of civic vandalism

ometimes a thought experiment does the work of a thousand arguments.

Imagine the pretty picture of Charleston’s city hall rising over Broad Street in all its classical glory — the winding marble steps, the oaken solemnity of its council chamber, the echoes of ancient debates from generations under its cavernous ceilings.

Now imagine the right side of that historic people’s house lying in rubble on the ground. And not because some act of God took it from us. But because a mayor of Charleston decided on his own, without notice to citizens or council members, to demolish a section to build something he liked better — say, a ballroom.

Does anyone think this person would still be mayor after the inevitable emergency session of city council? Does anyone doubt a criminal prosecution would soon follow?

This brings us, of course, to the images we all saw last week of the entire classic East Wing of the White House reduced to shards of stone, glass and steel — a great heap of American junk that stands in sardonic tribute to a presidency defined by lawlessness, vainglory and manic unreason.

Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump’s faintly comic praetorian guard of toadies, mountebanks and half-wits has rushed to the microphones to defend this latest act of civic vandalism, each pledging fealty with an argument more preposterous than the last.

First, there was the claim, deeply rooted in the president’s to-the-gilded-manor-born aesthetic, that America “deserves” a 90,000-square-foot ballroom to rival the great palaces of Europe. Never mind that the White House already had

a small ballroom and that our nation’s founders rejected ostentatious displays as incompatible with our republican form of government. Or that the ballroom, when complete, will be nearly twice the size of the 55,000-square-foot White House it’s attached to.

Next, these nimrods tell us not to worry about the $300 million price tag, since it will be borne by “private donors” — which is to say wealthy individuals and corporations bent on currying favor with the favor-granter-in-chief. Folks, this is nothing more than solid proof of naked corruption — and another indication of what Trump really thinks of his supporters’ collective intelligence.

And finally, our favorite: By casting aside prudence and just ordering the demolition done, Trump is striking a blow against the annoying not-in-my-backyard hordes who systematically try to stop their fellow citizens from developing their own land. Which might at least qualify as an interesting provocation if Trump actually held the deed to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But the last time we checked, that impressive capital property and the republic it symbolizes, belonged to all of us — not just the temporary occupant who’s currently living over the store.

So go back to imagining Charleston City Hall in tatters. While we have differences with childishly thin-skinned Charleston Mayor William Cogswell, it would never occur to us that we might wake one morning to find City Hall torn asunder by bulldozers and bad intentions.

So what does all of this mean for America and the world that relies on her? It means it’s a pretty damn sad state of affairs when we have higher expectations for the mayor of Charleston than we do for the president of the United States.

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.

3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.

4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

Norman may be in catbird seat in governor’s race

By Andy Brack

You wouldn’t be alone if you felt South Carolina’s C teams are running for governor.

For years, Democrats controlled stuff throughout the Palmetto State, but they started fizzling in the mid-1980s when challenged with good leadership, new ideas and strongarm politics by the late Republican Gov. Carroll Campbell. By the time Republicans hogtied Democrats in a 1990s redistricting battle, the S.C. House changed to GOP, followed by the Senate a few years later.

What’s happened since is that the enthusiasm and dynamism of the 2000sera GOP in South Carolina faded as early leaders aged out, the culture wars took on new significance and Trumpism transformed the party from seeming to care about governance to making sure people had enough red hats. So now comes the 2026 gubernatorial race. At least five prominent Republicans — none possessing the caliber of a Campbell or the acumen of a Nikki Haley — are in the hunt for the mansion. On the Democratic side, there are now two declared candidates. Overall, no one really stands out. There’s a lot of milquetoasts.

Republican candidates include:

• S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, who seems to hit headlines mostly when joining others to sue to fuel the culture wars.

• U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, the aggressive Lowcountry congresswoman obsessed with finding television cameras so she can comment on anything.

• U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, the grandfatherly Rock Hill area congressman who touts how conservatively he’s voted for eight years in Congress, even though he was a stumbling block for some efforts pushed by Trump.

• Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, the Greenville businesswoman who is still introducing herself to GOP voters after seven years in office.

• State Sen. Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, who is facing a civil lawsuit from a former business partner over company money.

If you believe the latest October Winthrop Poll of registered Republican voters, Mace and Evette lead the race with a tepid 17.1% and 16.3%, despite media buys in lackluster campaigns so far. Evette is trying hard and burning through money early, but it’s not clear it’s really working. Meanwhile Mace, who blasted out of the starting blocks with lots of media presence, seems to have cooled in public — perhaps a sign that her negatives are starting to rise because of an obsession to talk about transexuals and other culture war issues.

With Kimbrell’s business problems hampering his serious consideration and Wilson now in fourth, that leaves Norman in third at just 8%. But at this point in the race, he may be in the catbird seat for next year’s primary as an alternative to all of the noise. He emphasizes he’s got the most money on hand and is building enthusiasm across the state.

“What I’m going to do as a businessman with a background is I’m going to fix the roads and the bridges,” Norman said recently. “It is unacceptable to have infrastructure in pieces in South Carolina.”

He’s got a pretty good bunch of lines, such as talking about getting rid of corruption and implementing term limits. But they don’t exactly sync with reality when you consider most of the people he would want to limit would be fellow Republicans, who have been in control here for 25 years. And if there is corruption, whose watch would that have been under?

Meanwhile on the Democratic side, S.C. Rep. Jermaine Johnson, R-Richland, has just announced a gubernatorial bid, joining Charleston lawyer Mullins McLeod. But McLeod is facing calls to drop out by Democrats over a disorderly conduct arrest earlier this year, and Johnson’s campaign hasn’t yet taken shape.

So far, no candidates impress. What South Carolina needs is a moderate populist who would put a chicken in every pot and fight for the people on pocketbook things like growing jobs, boosting education, improving health care access and protecting the state’s special places. Hmm, a good government populist. Remember former Gov. David Beasley? He could do it.

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

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What your favorite Halloween movie says about YOU

Happy Halloween, readers! There’s no better holiday tradition than turning out the lights, cozying up on the couch with a bucket of popcorn — and inevitably spilling that popcorn all over the floor at the first jump scare of your macabre movie marathon.

Everyone has their go-to favorites for the spooky season. We chatted with some of our favorite movie buffs in the Lowcountry — College of Charleston professor Scott Poole, Charleston City Paper writer Kevin Young and horror writer Grady Hendrix — and asked them a single question: What does someone’s favorite Halloween movie say about them? Be prepared to be spooked.

Slashers

Friday the 13th (1980)

• “You know that at summer camp you will die if you go swimming, drink beer, dance, take off your shirt in front of a mirror, smoke a joint, have sex and/or are a young Kevin Bacon. You also have complicated feelings about your mom (see also: Psycho).” —Poole

Halloween (1978)

• “Babysitting makes you nervous but so do small towns, mechanics’ jumpsuits, leaves on sidewalks, laundry flapping in the wind, closets and kitchen knives. You are very jumpy, all the time.” —Poole

• “You take your work seriously. You aren’t flashy about it, you don’t go on about it constantly, you don’t get worked up over it. You’re not trying to impress anyone. You just have a checklist, and you go down it and cross items off one by one. Michael Myers is your spirit animal.” —Hendrix

Halloween 2 (1981)

• “Beneath that seething cauldron of arrested adolescent angst, you’re truly a complex and layered human because you can enjoy the excessive profanity and exhausting pretension of Rob Zombie’s remake sequel equally.” —Young

• “For you, life mostly feels like an inferior sequel to something cooler that happened before. Alternatively, you are a competitor and chair the Jamie Lee Curtis Fan Club.

You are the only horror fan still mad about the Michael Myers-free Halloween 3: Season of the Witch and wish it had been entitled Halloween III: Then the Next Day, This Happened.” —Poole

Trick or Treat (1986)

• “Owning a copy of the Fastway-laced soundtrack (the only heavy metal tape you own) is based solely on your love of watching a resurrected Sammi Curr slaughter a bunch of people in a high school gym. You’re no rock god, you’re false metal.” —Young

• “The Satanic panic was a really tough time for you. It was really hard to explain to parents, teachers and preachers that an album called Number of the Beast featured love songs and celebration of Native American life or that Ozzy’s ‘Suicide Solution’ was kind of a PSA about as dangerous as an after-school special. You feel numb when someone expresses 80s nostalgia. It all really sucked.” —Poole

Comedy horrors

Hocus Pocus (1993)

• “You are a mom! You subscribe to Disney+ and wish the Hallmark Channel would produce spooky meet-cutes and family-friendly Halloween fare. Ironically, you also believe it’s morally

acceptable to eat children under certain circumstances.” —Poole

• “You only ever have two drinks and never hard liquor. The speed limit exists for a reason. You like dogs wearing costumes. You wish there was more positivity in the world. Your other favorite Halloween movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas.” —Hendrix

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

• “You believe there is someone out there for everyone. Even if you have to help a mad scientist build them out of cadavers.” Hendrix

• “You are W. Scott Poole, historian of pop culture and politics at the College of Charleston.” —Poole

Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)

• “You are a former knife-wielding masked maniac. On your last kill spree, the Final Girl brained you with a shovel, and ever since, you’ve only been able to sit in your padded cell watching your favorite film on an endless loop. Or maybe you just like films that are, um, not very demanding?”

Poole

• “Having an adoration for this film. or any Ernest film for that matter, tells the world one thing. You’re an easily amused troglodyte.” —Young

Night of the Demons (1988)

• “Sometimes the movies you rent from the Video Station on James Island steered you wrong. Like that part in this flick where a possessed Suzanne (aka scream queen Linnea Quigley) easily inserted lipstick into her nipple.You actually tried it yourself, and surprise, it didn’t work. You dimwitted clod.” —Young

• “You are a person facing debilitating social anxiety. This could be because the last

party foul you committed involved raising an ancient evil that killed all your friends. But it’s OK! Get back out there and … wait, why are you drawing that weird symbol? Oh God. No, no, no!!!” —Poole

WNUF Halloween Special (2013)

• “Put simply, your adoration for this still very underrated mockumentary/horrorcomedy and all the other films by Chris and Melissa LaMartina have made it abundantly clear that you have an unhealthy obsession with this dynamic duo. Leave those poor people alone!” —Young

• “You are pretty old and remember when Geraldo opened Al Capone’s vault and the day Kurt died. You agree with the phrase, “Nostalgia is a hell of a drug,” but don’t understand that as a criticism. You have a Stranger Things T-shirt and when you watch that show with friends, you tell them, ‘It was just like that,’ even though you know you are lying to yourself and others. At least you aren’t a boomer?” —Poole

Monster movies

Jaws (1975)

• “You avoid the beach, you don’t fly, you would never go hiking and leaving the all-inclusive resort in another country is a hard, ‘No.’ When people ask why, you put on this movie.” —Hendrix

• “A horror fan who loves the sunshine instead of the shadows. You are probably not afraid to go back into the water. You may also spontaneously yell, ‘Shark Week!’ in late July.” —Poole

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

• “Plain and simple, anyone who loves this film is a great person in my warped book. You likely find it criminal that George A. Romero never got to really cash in on the genre he helped usher in.” —Young

• “Crowds make you nervous, and you really wish no one would ever invite you to a concert again. You want to delete Facebook. Traffic stresses you out. So do

neighbors. You want to move to a remote farmhouse with a rock solid basement and live there for the rest of your life.”

Hendrix

Dracula (1931)

• “Foreign accents intrigue you, the idea of an older European man whisking you off to a secluded villa thrills you and your dating profile says, ‘Loves adventure.’ ” Hendrix

Frankenstein (2025) or Nosferatu (2024)

• “You deleted Twitter before it was cool, you saw John Mayer back when he was playing to 100 people in college cafeterias and you will exhaust all your friends telling them how much better the 1931 and 1922 versions of these movies are. You will die alone.” —Hendrix

Paranormal and folk horror

Paranormal Activity (2006)

• “You don’t use your devices for an hour before bed, you stop drinking caffeine at 10 a.m., you own a cooling gel pillow and your sleep hygiene is still garbage. Clearly, you’re possessed by a demon. What other explanation is there?” —Hendrix

• “Long silences where nothing happens isn’t awkward for you, it’s straight up terrifying. Most of your life’s fears revolve around empty rooms and real estate.” —Poole

Ginger Snaps (2000)

• “You had a difficult adolescence, to say the least. You were bullied for your gothcore persona, but you proved them all wrong! Yes, you transformed into a ravening beast and ate much of your peer group that one time. Yes, your own sister had to call animal control. But that’s not you anymore! Also, you really enjoy movies with clever dialogue paired with incredibly obvious metaphors.” —Poole

• “Your idolization of the late hairy

Ginger Fitzgerald isn’t based on your love of lady lycanthropes but is actually rooted in follicular envy.” —Young

Final Destination (2000)

• “You barely leave the house. There is nothing about driving through a construction zone at 5 p.m. in downtown Charleston that feels OK to you.” —Poole

• “Accidents only happen to people who aren’t prepared, trips go wrong because people don’t do their research and nasty surprises are for others. Therefore, this franchise really stresses you out, but you watch every single installment to study every single worst case scenario possible so you can be prepared.” —Hendrix

Psychological thrillers

Silence of the Lambs (1991)

• “You do your homework and ask for extra credit. If something is worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. You always want to exceed expectations because you know that if you keep over-performing, one day you’ll rescue a senator’s daughter from a serial killer’s torture basement, and then everyone will finally stop rolling their eyes at you.” —Hendrix

• “Congrats, you are a fan of one of the small number of

Oscar-winning horror films. Also, you are exhausted from explaining to normies why Silence is a horror film. Most of the time you just like to listen to true crime podcasts and daydream about being an FBI agent. You never put hand lotions in a basket.” —Poole

Get Out (2015)

• “You recognize great films layered with incisive and thoughtful social commentary. You are deeply suspicious of anyone who eats cereal while separately drinking milk (and so you should be). Unfortunately, when friends want to talk about movies, you are prone to phrases like ‘the most important social document of our time’ and ‘a transformative cinematic experience.’ ‘Can we just watch the movie?’ your social circle moans.”

Poole

Halloween

Hocus Pocus

Ernest Scaed Stupid

Jaws

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What To Do

SATURDAY

1 54th annual Charleston Scottish Games

Don your kilts, grab your bagpipes and celebrate the Scottish community’s historical contributions to the Lowcountry this weekend. The Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering is the second-oldest event of its kind in the Southeast, bringing more than 10,000 guests and immersing visitors in Scottish heritage and history.

Nov. 1. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Riverfront Park. 1061 Everglades Ave. North Charleston. charlestonscottishgames.com

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SATURDAY

Ritual & Release

This Day of the Dead celebration is part performance, part ceremony, part communal unburdening — a multisensory experience blending, sound, memory and healing. The immersive concert and dance features live music, spoken word artists and more. All proceeds from the evening will benefit local organizations Luke 4 Ministries and Yoga Is Us.

Nov. 1. 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tickets start at $22. Cannon St. Arts Center. 134 Cannon St. Downtown. wecoaststudio.com/ritualrelease

THIS WEEKEND

BIG Buxton Book Sale

Fiction, nonfiction, and gorgeous coffee table books — nothing is off limits at the inaugural BIG Buxton Book sale this weekend. The sale includes everything from paperbacks and forgotten bestsellers to signed first editions and more. For Halloween, thrillers, horrors and other spooky reads are only $3.10. Purchase tickets online for the special Halloween sale. No tickets necessary for Saturday and Sunday.

Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. Noon to 5 p.m. $10/ticket. Circular Congregational Church. 150 Meeting St. Downtown. buxtonbooks.com

TUESDAY

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Mount Pleasant Farmers Market

Founded in 1998, the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market celebrates the hard work of local farmers and makers. Head out every Tuesday through September for a local market featuring farm goods, food vendors and live music. Pick up fresh local produce, prepared meals and plenty of other goodies to stock your kitsch.

Tuesdays. 3:30 p.m to 7 p.m. Free to attend. The Moultrie Middle School. 645 Coleman Drive. Mount Pleasant. experiencemountpleasant.com

NEXT WEEKEND

Edisto Blackwater Boogie

Prepare for an eclectic mix of outdoor activities, performances by local musicians, delectable food and drink offerings from various trucks, kid-friendly entertainment and more. Engage in a bonfire jam session, embark on guided tours and revel in the musical prowess of our talented local artists. Guests are encouraged to camp out for the weekend to immerse themselves in the festivities.

Nov. 7 to Nov. 9. All day. $50/weekend pass; Free/ages 16 and lower. Givhans Ferry State Park. 746 County Road S-18-30. Ridgeville. edistoblackwaterboogie.com

Courtesy Charleston Scottish Games

Cuisine

Downtown’s The Pass to open Mount Pleasant location

By Becky Lacey

Chef Anthony Marini might serve the best sandwich in Charleston. Since opening The Pass downtown in 2021, legions have flocked to 207 St. Philip St. for sandwiches like the Such a Nice Italian Boy, Marini’s interpretation of the classic Italian, and the Cacio e Pepe, his iteration of a grilled cheese with three types of cheese and a drizzle of house-made truffle honey.

Later this fall, there will be even more opportunity for area residents to enjoy these sandwiches when The Pass opens a second location at 976 Houston Northcutt Blvd. in Mount Pleasant.

The origin story

A sandwich shop, let alone a second location, was never part of Marini’s plan. A native of Philadelphia, he spent more than 30 years in fine dining restaurants around the country. He worked at Jean-Georges in New York, opened the original Standard Hotel in Los Angeles and owned several restaurants in Birmingham.

The pandemic brought him to Charleston. When he found the location that became The Pass, he had to figure out what to do with a space that didn’t have a full kitchen. The plan was to make sandwiches for a year as he mulled over the eventual concept. And as with many best-laid plans, magic happened in a little downtown sandwich spot.

Location scouting

“It was just the natural progression of things,” Marini said. “We saw a lot of success downtown, and one of the biggest comments that I’ve gotten as people have eaten with me is that they’ve said, ‘Oh, you know where this would go over really well?’ ” And then they would offer Mount Pleasant or Summerville or cities in other states, Marini said.

He said he felt Mount Pleasant was the best place for his second shop. And when the location — formally Kahuna Poke Bar — became available, he went with it. He noted it is close enough to downtown that he believes he will be able to manage both locations effectively.

The Tacony 6931 has prosciutto, hot coppa, roasted garlic whipped ricotta, marinated tomatoes and pistachio-herb pesto on foccacia

The menu at the new location will mirror the one downtown, but he anticipates a slightly different crowd. While downtown sees tourists and College of Charleston students looking to grab a quick bite, Marini anticipates the Mount Pleasant location will see more families. The new space will accommodate about 25 people with additional seating outside, and it will be open six days a week.

Like the downtown location, the new one will also have a market featuring catering, Italian snacks and antipasti platters, beer and wine. Take note for your Sullivan’s Island beach picnics next summer!

The Italian Boy after Dark

Finding a new audience is something that Marini is well-versed in thanks to The Italian Boy after Dark. As some great stories do, this one started with a Maserati.

In February 2024, a Maserati crashed through the front door of The Pass. That resulted in only half of the space being functional for months. While Charleston showed up to support The Pass and its sandwiches served through a window, looking at an empty, dilapidated room started to play on Marini’s mind. He wanted the place to be more active, and he wanted to do something at night after the sandwich shop closed. He and his team started to brainstorm about a menu that would work without a full kitchen. In December 2024, once the shop was fully open again, the Italian Boy after Dark served its first dinner. The dinners are offered Wednesday through Saturday evenings and there is one seating with 12 seats. There are six courses — cheese, crudo, sandwich, antipasti, pasta and dessert. After the last, Marini wheels around an Amaro cart.

A la carte

What’s new

Michelin stars: Colorado-based Fonda Fina Hospitality, operators of two Michelin-starred restaurants in Denver, is opening a Charleston restaurant in the summer of 2026. Located on the ground floor of the Charlee on Cannon, the restaurant will bring Chef Johnny Curiel’s Mexican heritage to downtown Charleston. Alma Fonda Fina was named best new restaurant by Bon Appetit magazine for 2025 with sister location Mezcaleria Alma winning a spot on The New York Times 50 Best Restaurant list. More: fondafinahospitality.com

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If you would have asked me five years ago if I’d be doing this, I would have said you’re absolutely out of your mind.” —Anthony Marini

Highlights from a recent dinner included Pugliese burrata with North Carolina tomatoes, herbs and micro cucumber, yellowfin tuna crudo with spring onions and “hoagie relish” and cavatelli with six-hour ragu alla bolognese. The cost is $100 plus tax and gratuity. Wine is priced at retail cost.

The next chapter

Marini said he enjoys both the sandwich shop and the dinner experience equally. They offer different challenges and while the sandwiches scratch one itch, the dinners allow him to cook the food he’s been doing for most of his career. And the new Mount Pleasant location will offer even more trials and rewards.

“I’m very excited about the opportunity to service a whole new group of people,” Marini said. “If you would have asked me five years ago if I’d be doing this, I would have said you’re absolutely out of your mind. I took a chance on Charleston, but from the reception I’ve gotten from guests, from other restaurateurs, other restaurants and service industry people, I’ve certainly been pleased with the response and will just continue to grow.”

New tastes: The two locations of Baguette Magic have new, seasonal drinks and menu items. On weekends, pick from pastries like the fig and goat cheese danish, blackberry sage pop tart and pumpkin cinnamon roll. New drink options include pumpkin fluff latte and butter pecan latte. These join menu constants that include sourdough (available daily), pain au chocolat, almond croissant and coffee cake. More: baguettemagic.com

What’s happening

Moving slowly: The second annual Slow Fish Festival will take place Nov. 2 at Bowens Island. Organized by Slow Food Charleston, the event showcases local seafood with education about area waterways and sustainable food systems. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources will provide fishing demos vendors will share their wares, and Charleston chefs will provide tasty seafood bites. There will also be educational programming and panel discussions about tangible ways to support the fishing industry. Free to attend. More: slowfoodusa.org

Sustainable eats: The Charleston Climate Coalition will host its second annual Farm-to-Planet: A Sustainable Supper and Soirée at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at Society Hall. Chef Frank Lee will return to the kitchen to prepare a four-course meal along with Chef Sam Goinsalvos, featuring fresh ingredients from Spade & Clover and Holy City Hogs. Proceeds will go to the Charleston Climate Coalition, a local climate action group currently focused on preventing a gas plant and pipeline on the Edisto River. Cost: $150 for one ticket or $250 for two tickets. More: eventbrite.com

Becky Lacey

Courtesy The Pass

Culture

Ukraine trip yields arts-infused fundraiser

By Maura Hogan

Two Charleston friends went to Ukraine. They brought home the seeds of a plan for an art-powered fundraiser.

From Nov. 6 to Nov. 13, some 29 contemporary Charleston artists will join to hold Friends Of Ukraine, a fundraising exhibition in support of those affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The exhibition at Stevenson and Co. in downtown Charleston is chaired by its owner Patrick Stevenson and co-chaired by Richard “Duke” Hagerty and Walter Fiederowicz. The exhibition supports the efforts of Zero Line, a nonprofit providing direct humanitarian aid that will receive 50% of the proceeds. At the same time, Friends Of Ukraine will raise awareness for the country’s ongoing crisis by way of the collective conscience of local artists.

While the ambitious fundraiser sets its sights on a wartorn country far from the Lowcountry, the idea first emerged on Charleston soil.

Last December, Fiederowicz, a Charleston-based entrepreneur and a founder of Charleston Literary Festival, attended Renaissance Weekend at The Charleston Place. There, he connected with Ian Miller, co-founder of Zero Line.

Fiederowicz learned how Zero Line assembles groups of Ukrainians, Americans and Europeans from diverse private sector, philanthropic, military and academic backgrounds to visit the country to supply everything from computers and drones to communications equipment and and vehicles to help frontline workers.

Fiederowicz was sufficiently enthralled to sign up. When his wife balked at the idea, he realized he may need to sign up a friend to assure her, and convinced his friend Duke Hagerty to sign on as well. So she acquiesced.

By May, Fiederowicz and Hagerty embarked on a 10-day, 29-person trip to Ukraine, traveling with a cohort of similarly committed volunteers (among them Ken Casey, the lead singer of the popular alternative band the Dropkick Murphys).

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By way of Warsaw, the entourage ultimately made it to Kiev. There, they eluded nightly drones by heading to a bomb shelter, and staying put there until all drones were knocked down or exploded.

For Fiederowicz, the dedication of the Ukraine people made a lasting impression, one powerful enough that he plans to return in the spring.

“These are people fighting for their country and for their way of life with a big bully,” he said, citing the run up to World War II as a cautionary tale, and the fall out of letting such bullies get away with it. “He’s not going to stop.”

Artful support

On a recent visit to the gallery, Patrick Stevenson walked from one donated work to the next, pointing out the range of participating artists, many identified in his role as president of Charleston Gallery Association.

“The next thing I know I was getting phone calls of “would you consider my work?’ ”

The works span scale, style and price tag, ranging from $500 to $50,000. Some were previously created, such asan outsize, abstracted Lowcountry landscape by Mary Edna Fraser. Jonathan Green donated a collection of posters from the past 20 years.

“Seeing art is always a helping hand that nourishes the heart and soul,” said Green. Other artists homed in on Ukraine. One of the pieces created by Riivo Kruuk is an homage to a hallmark work of Green. In it a lady wears the artist’s signature wide-brimned sunhat, the details blurred as an exploration of memory, and the hat painted by Kruuk in a brilliant yellow against a blue background, referencing the Ukrainian flag. As an artist in Charleston, he feels it’s his duty as an Estonian-American to share cultures, especially when there are attempts to delete them.

Propped near the entrance of the gallery is Hagerty’s donation. Charged by vibrant

swaths of blue and yellow eliding into green, it evokes his own days in Ukraine.

Like his works set in Charleston, which often feature the city’s holy spires, it is adorned with steeples. Domed and golden, they rise majestically from a storied Kiev skyline, circled by fighter jets and a drone. Russian tanks muddy the ground in military browns.

A clock reads 9 a.m., when all stops in Ukraine to honor the memory of those fallen.

A portrait of a woman soldier is inspired by a photograph on a grave, one of the many freshly decorated in the cemeteries. A wideeyed child walks along, cradling a rabbit in her arms.

“I saw her on a rough comic drawing on a piece of tin, but I was so moved by this young girl holding a rabbit,” he said.

While explaining the work, Hagerty is quelled by his own depth of feeling recalling his firsthand experience. After a pause, he composes himself, ready to delve into the meaning of his work, determined to do what he can.

IF YOU WANT TO GO: The opening reception for Victory for Ukraine is Nov. 7, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Stevenson and Co., and the exhibition runs from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13; 50 Queen St. More: stevensonandco.shop/friends-of-ukraine

Charleston’s 19th annual Italian film festival takes over Queen Street Playhouse on 20 Queen St. from Nov. 6 to Nov. 9 with screenings of a range contemporary films, including Follemente by Paolo Genovese, a romantic comedy revealing the inner thoughts of the two protagonists; Il tempo che ci vuole by Francesca Comencini, a drama about a father and daughter; Diciannove by Giovanni Tortorici, a coming-of-age drama; and Hey Joe by Claudio Giovannesi, a drama starring James Franco as an American in search of his son in Naples. More: nuovocinemaitaliano.com

MAKERS MARKET

• Nov. 1 , 1 p,.m. to 5 p.m.: Join Garden & Gun and Penelope Bourbon at the Dunlin in Kiawah Island for the last stop of the Maker Marché . The open-to-the-public event features shopping from Round Top Makers Market artisans and live music from The Bluestone Ramblers. These are paired with creative Penelope Bourbon cocktails served from a bespoke mobile bar. The Dunlin, 6000 Kiawah River Drive, Kiawah. More: gardenandgun.com/events

BOOKS

• Nov. 7 to Nov. 16, various times: Charleston Literary Festival gathers today’s most talked-about authors and thinkers in a 10-day literary extravaganza of discussions, productions and more. Dock St. Theatre, 135 Church St. More: charlestonliteraryfestival.com

MUSIC

• Nov. 1 , 8 p.m.: Gregory Porter, Gaillard Center

• Nov. 1 , 6 p.m.: Little Stranger, The Refinery

• Nov. 6, 9 p.m.: The New Mastersounds, Pour House

• Nov. 7, 9 p.m.: Twen, Royal American

• Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.: The Wrecks, Music Farm

• Nov. 7, 8 p.m.: Tab Benoit , Charleston Music Hall

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From left: Riivo Kruuk, Walter Fiedorowicz, Patrick Stevenson, Elizabeth Middour and Richard Hagerty are some of the folks bringing Ukraine to Charleston in a new fundraising gallery exhibition

Richard Hagerty

Hagerty’s painting envokes his time spent in Ukraine

MUSIC LIVE LOCAL

By Vincent Harris

The New Orleans band The Revivalists is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its breakthrough release, Men Amongst Mountains, at a Nov. 4 show at the Refinery. After a couple of modestlyreceived releases by the band formed in 2007 in New Orleans, that 2015 album suddenly made the band a sensation.

Fueled by the sensual, pulsing rocker “Wish I Knew You,” with its insistent chorus of “I wish I knew you when I was younger/ We could’ve got so high,” the album perfectly framed the band’s infectious mix of brassy New Orleans funk, gospel energy, hard-rock riffs and pure soul vocals.

And when the song was used in a popular TV ad for Blue Moon beer, the Revivalists took off fast.

The “Wish I Knew You” single has been streamed more than 250 million times. And thanks to follow up hits like the aching, horn-spiked ballad “It Was A Sin” and the glowing, joyful rocker “Keep Going,” the “Men Amongst Mountains” album has been streamed around 400 million times and gone multi-platinum.

To celebrate the album’s 10th anniversary and the role it has played in the band’s continued success, the Revivalists’ will play all of Men Amongst Mountains at the Refinery as part of its’ “All in the Family: 10 Years Of Men Amongst Mountains” tour.

Bassist George Geckas, part of the band since 2007, recalled that period around Men Amongst Mountains in a recent interview with the Charleston City Paper.

“We were a band that was hungry and had been basically living out of a van for a decade, and suddenly we were playing bigger rooms and being asked to be on national TV,” Geckas said. “And it was a lot of fun. It was a time when we were checking off all these boxes and achieving these goals we’d had since starting the band.”

The original album had 14 songs, but

earlier this year, the Revivalists released a remastered and expanded version on streaming and physical media. The updated Men Amongst Mountains has 36 tracks, including live tracks, remixes, B-sides, alternate takes and collaborations with Portugal. The Man and Poolside.

There’s even a commemorative book to go along with the reissue featuring neverbefore-seen photos.

Geckas said diving back into the album after ten years was a fascinating process.

“It’s been interesting because we’ve never done any retrospective work before,” he said. “We scoured through old videos and the sessions from that time. It’s been fun, like an investigative exercise. There’s a great feeling of nostalgia in everything about this.”

The fans have been enjoying the band revisiting its past, as well.

“It’s been nice to hear from so many people about what they were doing with their lives back then. It’s been great because we’ve played virtually all of the album every night, so we can dive into the songs and play them now with the ability and crispness that the fans deserve.”

“It’s fun to see people whose lives were changed as much as ours by this record,” Geckas added.

The Men Amongst Mountains reissue is so massive that the Revivalists can essentially fill its whole set with the material each night. Geckas mentioned during the interview that the band has a new album ready to go, but right now, it’s about looking back.

“It was a hell of a rocket ride,” he said of the Men Amongst Mountains era. “We realize how lucky we are to be in a position to perform these songs that people want to hear, because there are a million artists who would do whatever they could to get to that position.”

Alysse Gafkjen

New Orleans-based rock band The Revivalists is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its biggest album, Men Amongst Mountains at The Refinery

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ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Berkeley County, State of South Carolina, known as Unit 103, Building 2, Block E, Parcel R, Daniel Island, as set forth in the Master`s Deeds for 254 Seven Farms Drive Horizontal Property Regime recorded at book 4447, page 1 on January 7, 2005, Berkeley County ROD. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

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Derivation: This being the same property conveyed to the mortgagor(s) by deed of Jane F. Byrne dated 05/07/10 and recorded 05/11/10 in Charleston County RMC Office in Book 8437 at Page 032.

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TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder).

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Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)

B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)

Jason M. Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)

Eric H. Nelson (SC Bar# 104712)

Katharyn L. Sophia (SC Bar# 105541)

Roman A. Dodd (SC Bar# 105612)

Crawford & von Keller, LLC

1640 St. Julian Place (29204) PO Box 4216 (29240) Columbia, SC Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CHARLESTON COUNTY

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-04791

Celia Garcia Santana, Plaintiff, v. Alonzo Heyward and Zozobra, LLC Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

SUMMONS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff, through his Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Carolina, 1976, for the Quieting of a Title after Tax Sale, for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the owner of the said property described in paragraph 5 of the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants have no right, title, interest, claim or estate in or lien upon the said properties.

That said property affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows:

All that certain lot, part, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the Meggett section of St. Paul’s Township, Charleston County in the state aforesaid and containing One-fourth (1/4) acre more or less.

Bounded as follows, viz: North by ditch which divides the lot hereby conveyed from lands formerly owned by Matthews, East by lands of Estate of Lucy Manigault, South by my land and West by a ditch which divides the lot hereby conveyed from land of Anne Marie Frasier.

This Lot measures 2.10 chains on north line ditch and 1.70 chains on East line and about ninety links on the Frasier line ditch.

TMS: 163-00-00-146

ADDRESS:

4935 Kings Path, Charleston, SC

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning

12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407

Phone – 843-766-5576

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: CHARLES M. WATERS 2025-ES-10-1308

DOD: 7/8/25

Pers. Rep: CHARLENE W. BRAINERD 911 TYLER CT., ALLEN, TX 75013

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********

Estate of: FRANKLIN GRANT, JR. 2025-ES-10-1625

DOD: 7/2/25

Pers. Rep: KEBRA K. MIKELL 122 HYRNE DR., GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445

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Estate of:

HEATHER LYNN HALL 2025-ES-10-1720

DOD: 9/3/25

Pers. Rep: AJAY SOOD 126 ST. MARGARET ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29403

Atty: LISA WOLFF HERBERT, ESQ. 864 LOWCOUNTRY BLVD., #C, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

-vsNicole A. Gethers; Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers (Deceased) and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all Unknown Heirs of Deceased Defendants, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe; also any Unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and Any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder).

NO. 2025-CP-08-01139 NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Plaintiff, -vsPhilip J. Lien aka Phil Lien; 254 Seven Farms Drive Condominium Association Inc.; American Express National Bank Defendants

A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded by the Plaintiff, the sale of the subject property will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to Section 15-39-720, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976; provided, however, that the Court recognizes the option reserved by the Plaintiff to waive such deficiency judgment prior to the sale, and notice is given that the Plaintiff may waive in writing the deficiency judgment prior to the sale; and that should the Plaintiff elect to waive a deficiency judgment, without notice other than the announcement at the sale and notice in writing to the debtor defendant(s) that a deficiency judgment has been waived and that the sale will be final, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-inEquity/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Masterin-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 25, 2025.

Estate of:

JEANNINE R. SMALLS

2025-ES-10-0848

DOD: 3/15/25

Pers. Rep:

NEVJA SMALLS WIGFALL 232 TRESTLEWOOD DR., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29486

Atty:

BERNARD MCINTYRE, ESQ. PO BOX 248, BEAUFORT, SC 29901

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Estate of:

PETER JAMES ADAMCZYK

2025-ES-10-1620

DOD: 6/7/25

Pers. Rep: ELIZABETH ADAMCZYK

228 BIRCH AVE., GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445

Atty:

AMANDA M. LEVINER, ESQ.

Estate of: RENEE-LISE KAHN 2025-ES-10-1747

DOD: 9/14/25

Pers. Rep: SEWELL I. KAHN 566 WATER TURKEY RETREAT, CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********

Estate of:

STEPHEN LEROY BLACKMAN 2025-ES-10-1766

DOD: 9/13/25

Pers. Rep: STEPHEN LEROY BLACKMAN, JR. 3806 ADRIAN WAY, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29466

Atty: LISA WOLFF HERBERT, ESQ. 864 LOWCOUNTRY BLVD., #C, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Capital M Financial Services, Inc. dba SWC Financial Services, as to an Undivided 25% Interest, Second Chance Lending, Inc. as to an Undivided 75% Interest vs. Nicole A. Gethers; Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers (Deceased) and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Maurice Gethers aka Maurice G. Gethers, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all Unknown Heirs of Deceased Defendants, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe; also any Unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and Any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe, I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on November 04, 2025, at 11:00 AM, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder.

All that piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 25, Block CC, Forest Hills Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated September 28, 1973, and recorded In the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AC, Page 105, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

Derivation: Being the same property conveyed to Joseph Gethers and Mostella M. Davis by Deed of Marlin R. Poole, Jr. dated December 2, 1987 and recorded December 3, 1987 in Book Wl70 at Page 363 in the RMC Office for Charleston County., and also by Deed of Mostella M. Davis to Joseph Gethers dated and recorded December 3, 1987 in Book W170 at Page 363.

TMS #: 404-07-00-215

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.00000% per annum.

Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County

CRAWFORD & VON KELLER, LLC

B. Lindsay Crawford, III (SC Bar# 6510)

Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)

B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)

Jason M. Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)

Eric H. Nelson (SC Bar# 104712)

Katharyn L. Sophia (SC Bar# 105541) Roman A. Dodd (SC Bar# 105612) Crawford & von Keller, LLC 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) PO Box 4216 (29240) Columbia, SC

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2025-CP-10-05696

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VIAGRA & CIALIS

Attention: VIAGRA and CIALIS USERS!

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of

County, will sell on November 05, 2025, at 11:00 AM, at the Berkeley County Courthouse, 300 California

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.12500% per annum.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on August 25, 2025.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Sections 12-16-10 and 1567-10, Code of Laws of South

207 W. RICHARDSON AVE., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

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Estate of:

JERMAINE TYRESE BROWN

2025-ES-10-1652

DOD: 6/19/25

Pers. Rep:

LATOIYA GARNER

8750 FAIRWIND DR., #17-E, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406

Atty:

D. CRAIG BROWN, ESQ. 149 CENTRE ST., ORANGEBURG, SC 29115

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-02475

M Financial Services, Inc. dba SWC Financial Services, as to an Undivided 25% Interest, Second Chance Lending, Inc. as to an Undivided 75% Interest Plaintiff,

7708 Peggy Drive, Charleston, SC 29418

SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES

Kenneth L. Edwards, Plaintiff,

-vShakeria Sawyer, Samiyah Sawyer, Marvetta Edwards If they be alive, and John Doe, adults and Richard Roe, Infants and insane persons and incompetents, being, fictitious names, designating as a class any person who may be an heir, devisee, widow, widower, assignee, administrator, executor, personal representative creditor, successor, issue, alienee of Ben Edwards, Mary Mazyck Edwards, Sallie Edwards, Idell Edwards Mitchell,

Harriet Cutsy Edwards Brown, Lydia Edwards Newman, Minnie Edwards, Patsy Edwards and Carrie Edwards Brown, Oliver Edwards, Sr. Martha Miller Edwards) Oliver Edwards, Jr. and Blondell Edwards, deceased and all ) other persons and legal entities, in the military or under legal disability, known and unknown, owning, having and claiming any right, title, claim, interest, equity, estate, lien upon the parcel of land, described in the Complaint herein or any part thereof.

Defendants

SUMMONS Non Jury Refer to Master

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 upon the subscriber and undersigned, Kenneth Edwards, P.O. Box 1563, Hollywood, S.C. 29449, within thirty {30) days, after the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Charleston County, SC

Date: 10/6/25

NOTICE NISI

TO: SUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ACTION WHOM MAY BE INFANTS, INSANE PERSONS AND INCOMPETENTS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County, State of South Carolina, an Order appointing you as Guardian Ad Litem, Nisi, George E. Counts, Esquire, whose business address is 27 Gamecock Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29407. THE APPOINTMENT shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last date of publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone in your behalf, on or before the last mentioned date, shall procure someone to be appointed as the Guardian Ad Litem to represent you in the above action.

10/6/2025

Charleston, South Carolina

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the service of a copy of the within NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER upon you, the Plaintiff intends to and will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of adjudication and will move His or Her Honor for the entry of an Order referring to the above entitled action to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, with finality of authority to enter fi al judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master in Equity as aforesaid, that such appeal be directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

Dated: 10/6/2025 Charleston, South Carolina

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, pursuant to the provisions of Title 15, Chapters 53 and 67, South Carolina Code

of Laws for 1976, as amended, commonly known as the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act” for the purposes of determining adverse claims, if any, against the parcel of land hereinafter described; to adjudge and declare that the Plaintiff is the fee simple owner of the parcel of land, with fee simple title thereto, free and clear of any adverse claims of each and every one of the Defendants joined in the above entitled action and that each and every one of the other Defendants joined herein be declared forever barred from claiming or asserting any right, title, claim, interest, equity or estate in the hereinafter described parcel of land and pursuant to Rule 71 SCRCP for the purpose of declaring that there be a free and clear title of the Plaintiff’s name by and through an Order of this Honorable Court.

THE BELOW DESCRIBED parcel of real estate was at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens, and at the time of the commencement of this action, situated, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows: All that lot, piece, part, parcel and tract of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hollywood, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and now measuring and containing two (2) acres, more or less.

Butting and Bounding on the north by S.C. Hwy 162, on the south by lands now or formerly of Ben Edwards Estate, on the west by lands now or formerly of Ben Edwards Estate, on the east by Storage Rd.

Being a portion of the parcel of land that was conveyed to the late Ben Edwards, in a deed of J.O. Mccants, dated August 23, 1904, and recorded on December 28, 1971 in Book F 98 at page 93 in the Charleston County RMC Office; and also being the same two (2) acre tract of land, conveyed to Kenneth L. Edwards from Oliver Edwards, Sr. that was subdivided into the below described parcels and tracts and recorded in Book Y 290 at pages 735 to page 739, dated: October 6, 1997. In the Charleston County RMC Office. TMS# 126-00-00013, 228 and 229.

Dated this 6 day of October, 2025, Hollywood, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR FIRST STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL:

“The court shall provide for the non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested in purchasing the property to notify the court of that interest no later than ten (10) days prior to the date set for trial of the case. The non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common shall be allowed to purchase the interest in the property as provided in this section whether default has been entered against them or not.” 1976 SC Code of Laws, as amended, section 15-61-25 (A). s/Kenneth Edwards, Esquire

10/6/2025 Charleston, South Carolina

NOTICE OF FILING

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to SCRCP 4 e, the original copy of the Summons, Complaint, Notice Nisi, Notice of Filing, Notice of Intent to Refer, Notice of Right of First Refusal and Lis Pendens were filed in the Office of the Clerk, of the Commons Pleas Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for the County of Charleston, located and situated at 100 Broad Street,

Charleston, South Carolina. IF YOU DESIRE TO CONTEST, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings, you must fUe a written response thereto within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this Notice, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings within the time aforesaid, your failure to respond will constitute your consent to the relief requested by the Plaintiff, and you shall forfeit all of your rights and obligations with respect to the subject property.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that you must file with the clerk of this court your current address and you must advise the clerk of any changes in your address during the pendency of the mentioned proceedings.

s/Kenneth Edwards, Esquire P.O. Box 1563 Hollywood, South Carolina 29449 (843) 437-5798 Phone Pro Se Plaintiff

Dated: 10/6/2025 Charleston, South Carolina

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 11/18/2025 10:00 AM

Debrian Rice Clothing and shoes

Sol Southwest Kitchen Restaurant Items

Sol Southwest Kitchen Kitchen equipment

Jeremy Carns Furniture, clothing, household items

Facility 2: 1904 N Hwy 17

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 11/18/2025 10:15 AM

Scott Collins Household items

Facility 3: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 11/18/2025 10:20 AM

Jaime Cardona Furniture

Facility 4: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 11/18/2025 10:35 AM

Annette Lee Household Goods, Furniture, Boxes, Trunks, Suitcases, Toys, Sporting Goods,

Stephen Place Clothing and furniture

Shawn Boynton-Carr Mattress, tables, clothes, bedding

Facility 5: 1426 N Hwy 17 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 11/18/2025 10:40 AM

Seth Young 6 ft dining table chair queen bed dresser night stands

Facility 6: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414 11/18/2025 10:30 AM

Gregory Wooten 1-½ bedroom

Facility 7: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414

11/18/2025 11:15 AM

Shaquerra Nelson Clothes, documents, piano, tvs Cobe Wordlaw Tools/appliances

LaShaun Smalls Job materials

Haley Taylor Household goods

Facility 8: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412

11/18/2025 11:30 AM

Giovanni Richardson Household Item Furniture

Andres Sanchez Small apartment

Facility 9: 810 St Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 11/18/2025 11:45 AM

Brendan McLaughlin Household furniture

Ciera Grant

Contents of one bedroom

Sabrena Sheppard Bicycles and household goods

Eddie Smith Personal items

Thomas Hamilton Household items furniture.

Facility 10: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 11/18/2025 12:45 PM

Vandora Huggins-Edwards Tools, Christmas items and Boxes

Jeremy Grove Household Items

Quadrie Gourdine Appliances, Boxes Furniture

Facility 11: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 11/18/2025 1:15 PM

Charles Miller Boxes, beds

Brian Wilson Furniture, tvs, household items

Chenequa Heyward Household

Facility 12: 2118 Heriot Street Charleston, SC 29403

11/18/2025 12:15 PM

Andre Johnson

Bed frame, bikes, dresses, boxes, clothes

Facility 13: 1540 Meeting Street Road Charleston, SC 29405

11/18/2025 1:00 PM

Melody Brown 15 bins boxes

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.

Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Master’s Sale Case

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Guild Mortgage Company LLC, vs. John Jay Abney, Jr; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Encore Credit Corp,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 18th day of March 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of November 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and being shown and designated as Lot 4, Containing 0.14 acres, more or less, and being more fully delineated on a plat entitled; “Subdivision Survey of Lot 12 into Lots 2 and 4 with Residual of 7.15

AC. Property Owned by James Lee located in the Deer Park S/D in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC.” prepared by Paul C. Lawson, Jr., SC Reg. No 14191, dated July 1, 2003, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book DD, at Page 730. Said Lot having such size, shape, dimensions. buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to said plat. BEING the same property conveyed to John Jay Abney, Jr. from Desmond C. Shaw and Cherron M. Swinton by Deed dated December 23, 2022 and recorded January 10, 2023 in Book 1157 at Page 899, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

2740 Fernwood Drive North Charleston, SC 29406 TMS# 486-06-00-105

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

October 17th, 2025, October 24th, 2025, October 31st, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-02636

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PNC Bank, National Association, vs. Mary K Schneberger; Steven K Schneberger; Winnsboro Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc.,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of March, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th Day of November, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land. lying and being in Winnsboro Lakes Subdivision, Phase I, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 100, Phase I, Winnsboro Lakes Subdivision, as shown on a plat prepared by Hoffman Lester Associates, Inc., entitled, ‘A Revised Final Plat of Lots 1- 105, Winnsboro Lakes Subdivision. Phase I, Owned by Leon, Inc., Located on John’s Island, City of Charleston, Charleston County. South Carolina, dated June 30, 1988, and revised February 21, 1989. and recorded at the Charleston County RMC Office in Book BU at Pages 150 and 151, Said lot having such size. shape, location, buttings and boundings as will more fully be shown on the aforementioned plat. Subject to all easements and restrictions of record. BEING the same property conveyed to Mary K. Schneberger and Steven K. Schneberger, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Deed of William Ashley Easterlin, dated November 16, 2017 and recorded December 6. 2017 in Book 684 at Page 644, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

3546 Hunters Oak Lane Johns Island, SC 29455 TMS# 279-11-00-028

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

October 17th, 2025, October 24th, 2025, October 31st, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2025-CP-10-05337

Kathy M. D. Hamilton and Keith Bernard Delesline Plaintiffs, VS. The Estate Prince Smalls, Abraham Smalls, (D), Frederick Smalls, (D), Stalin Smalls, (D), Leroy Willis Smalls, Louis Alpheney (D), James Smalls, Louis Smalls, Herman Smalls, Florine Smalls Gladden (D), Andrew Smalls Moore, Terrance Smalls, Charlotte Smalls, Naomi S. Jones, Edythe F. Bennett, George L. Prioleau Charlotte Smalls,

Alonzo K. Hampton, Ernestine Richardson, Zenus Seabrook (D), George Prioleau, Edythe F. Bennett, Susie Richardson Smalls (D), Willis Smalls (D) Charlotte Smalls (D), Lewis Alfonzo Smalls (D,) Florine Smalls (D), Aundrea S. Smalls, Terrence Smalls, William Smalls (D), Herman Smalls, Leroy McNeil (D), Mary J. Hampton (D), James Hampton (D), Bertha S. Richardson (D), Clay S Hampton, Saundra S. H. Tisdale, Angelia S. Hampton Jenkins, Alonzo Hampton (D), Florence Smalls (a/ka) Tootsie Saunders), Abraham Saunders, Sr., Ruth S. Saunders, Naomi S. Jones., Abraham S. Sanders, Fred Sanders (D), Rachel Sanders, John S. Sanders (D), Katherine S. Sanders, Martha S. Eaddy, Prince Smalls, Jr. (D), Herbert Smalls (D), Thomas Smalls (D),Marie Green (D), Morris Smalls, Sr. (D), Essie Hassock (D) Betsy Smalls, (D), Lymus Smalls, Edith Middleton (D), Willie Middleton (D), Mary Ann Richardson, (A/K/A) Margaret Ann S. Richardson (D). Cornelius Richardson (D), Cornelius Richardson, Jr. (D) Benjamin Richardson, Sr. (D) Martha Richardson (D), Mable G. Richardson (D), Alfred Gourdine, Darren Gourdine, Frederick Gourdine, Tamera Gourdine, Deboria Gourdine, Martha R. Green, Gwendolyn Richard Goss Morehead, Benjamin Richardson, Jr.(D), Hester Richardson (D) John Richardson (D), Darrell Richardson, William Richardson (D), Emily Richardson, Margaret G. Richardson (D), Marion Richardson, Yvette Sellers, Arlean G. Richardson, Percillia Hughes, Marion Richardson, Randy Randall Richardson, Lymus Richardson (D), Viola Richardson (D), Marleen R. Pyatt, Ephelia R. Robinson, (D), Dennis Richardson(D), William Richardson, Sr. (D), Ann L. Richardson (D), William H. Richardson, Jr., Leon Richardson, Jada R. Bright, Ethel D. R. Holmes (D), Elbert Holmes (D), Gerald Holmes, Earl W. Richardson (D), Marie Richardson (D), Alice C. Richardson (D), Ophelia R. Harrison (D), John Harrison (D), Eric Harrison, Tyria Harrison, Vincent C. Harrison, Carlton, Austin, Sarah Smalls, Richardson (D), Samuel B. Richardson (D), Isaac Richardson (D), Eliza Richardson, Henrietta John Gilliard (D). John Gilliard, George Gilliard, Julius Gilliard (D), Hope Margie Gilliard (D), Debbie Macphaul, Betsy Gilliard (D), Barbara Brown, Joseph Wright, Jr., Clary, Sandra Wright, Gerald Gilliard, Sally Smalls Wilder (D), William Wilder (D), Rosa Murray McNeil (D), Earnestine Richardson(D), Jim Richardson (D), Connie R. Richardson, Ricky Richardson, Maxine Richardson, Cathy Richardson, Melvena Richardson, Cynthia Richardson, William Murray, Sr. (D), Sarah Murray (D), William Murray, Jr., Paulette Murray, Wilmont Murray, Raymond Murray (D), Raymond Murray, Jr., Caamal Murray, Savannah Murray, James Murray (D), Patsy Murray (D), William Murray, Bernard Murray, Roland Murray, Isabelle Murray, Elizabeth Pickens (D), Elizabeth Pickens (D), Isabelle Simmons (D), John Simmons, A. Elizabeth, (a/k/a), Belle Smalls Seabrook, (A/K/A) Isabelle Seabrook(D), William Seabrook (D), Elizabeth Seabrook, Delesline (D), Franklin Delesline (D), Zenus Seabrook (D), Dan Brown (D), June Brown, Dorothy Brown (D), Victoria Merritt, William Seabrook, Jr. (D), Marie Delesline, Geneva Douglas, John Gladden (D), Martha Smalls Wilder (D), Wesley Peter Wilder (D), Rufus Wilder (D), Ralph E. Wilder (D), Mary Smalls Prioleau (D), Thomas Prioleau, John Prioleau, Sr. (D). Mary M. Gilliard Prioleau. (D), James Prioleau. (D), Eutelia S. Prioleau, (a/k/a), Eautilia Robinson, Viola Prioleau Tompkins, (a/k/a),

Josephine Gailliard (D), Thomas Prioleau (D), Mary Prioleau, Celestine P. Whaley Richardson. (D.) Joseph Whaley. (D) Thomas Whaley, Mary Lee Whaley. (D), Daniel Whaley. (D) Lovey Ann G. Whaley. (D.), Lucretia Whaley Wilson, Cynthia W. Cromwell, Regenia Whaley, David Whaley, Daniel Whaley, Jr., Joseph Whaley, Jr. (D), Fictitious Names Used To Designate Persons In The Military Service Within The Meaning Of Title 50 US Code Commonly Referred To As The Service Members Civil Relief Act Of 2003, as Amended, If Any, and the Unknowns Heirs At Law, Devisees, Widows, Widowers, Executors, Administrators, Personal Representatives, Successors And Assigns, Firms or Corporations and all other Persons Claiming Any Right, Title, Estate, Interest In Or Lien Upon The Real Estate Described In the Complaint or Any Part Thereof And The Following Deceased People; Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS (SUIT TO QUIET TITLE AND PARTITION) 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 upon the subscriber, at his office situated at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Commons Pleas for Charleston County, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 53, Title 15, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, commonly known as the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act”, Chapter 67, and of Articles 1 and 3, Chapter 67, Title 15, and Chapter 61, Title 15, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, for the purpose of obtaining a determination of this Court that the plaintiff is an owner of the below described parcel of real estate; to determine adverse claims thereto, if any; and to quiet title thereto in the name of the Plaintiff and others, as tenants in

Vista Thompkins. William Tompkins, James Prioleau. (D),

Eutelia S. Prioleau. (A/K/A) Eautilia Robinson, Yvonne Venice Prioleau, Joan Vanessa Prioleau, Cynthia Marie Prioleau Viola Prioleau Tompkins. (a/k/a) Vista Thompkins. (D), William Tompkins. (D), Sharon M. Tompkins, Russell Tompkins, Ethel Mae Prioleau Gourdine, Laura P. Craig. (D) Arthur Craig. (D), Althea Craig, Cameron Craig, Annabell Prioleau. (D) Catherine P. Malone, a/k/a, Catherine Young, John Prioleau, Jr. (D), Mary Ann Prioleau. (D), Harold Prioleau, Patricia Prioleau, Gloria Prioleau, Mary Elise Prioleau Laurencin, (A/K/A), Mamie P. Laurencini (a/k/a) May Laurencine. (D), Paul Laurencine, Edith P. Bennet (D), Nathan Bennett, William Prioleau (D), Laura BoykinPrioleau (D), Kyle Oliver Prioleau (D), Algernon Prioleau, Osric Malone-Prioleau, Jacob Prioleau (D) Rebecca Prioleau (D), George Prioleau, Joseph Prioleau. (D Prioleau (D. Thomas Prioleau. (D.), Albertha Jackson Prioleau, Florence Prioleau Gaillard. (D), Charles B. Gaillard. (D), Elias Gaillard (D) Henrietta Lemon Gaillard. (D) Elias T. Gaillard, Charles Gaillard, Jr. (D), Mary Gaillard (D), Joseph P. Gaillard (D), Ruthie Mae Gailliard. (D), Laverne Gailliard, Edna Gilliard, Lorence Gailliard, Barney Gailliard,

common, and with fee simple title thereto pursuant to the provisions of Rule 71, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

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 the action, situated, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows:

(PARCEL ONE)

ALL that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot Number Six (6), containing .6897 acres as shown on a Plat entitled “A Boundary Survey and Subdivision of the lands of the Estate of Prince Smalls, Located in the Town of James Island, Charleston, South Carolina” made by Robert L. Frank, Surveyor, dated July 3, 2002 and revised October 31, 2002 to be recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County and said lot having such metes and bounds as are delineated on said plat.

This being a portion of the same property conveyed to Prince Smalls by deed from Sarah E. and Henry B. Grimball, recorded in Book H21, page 34, on February 18, 1893, in the Charleston County RMC Office. This also being the property conveyed to Kathy M.D. Hamilton and Keith Bernard Delestine, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, by Charlotte Smalls, Alonzo K Hampton, Naomi S Jones, as heirs of Stalin Smalls; Ernestine Richardson, as heir of Sally Smalls Wilder; Zenus Seabrook, as heir of Bell Smalls Seabrook; and George L Prioleau and Edith F. Bennett as heirs of Mary Smalls Prioleau.

TMS NUMBER: 334-15-00-002 (Parent)

TMS NUMBER: 334-15-00-015

(PARCEL TWO)

All that lot, piece, parcel and tract of land, situated, lying and being on Grimball Road, James Island, State and County aforesaid.

Measuring and containing .37 acres, more or less, prepared by W. L. Stevens, Jr., dated February 19, 1972, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AA, page 56. Being the same property conveyed to Zenus Seabrook, Julie Brown, and Dorothy Mae Brown by Venus Seabrook as Personal Representative of the estate of Elizabeth Seabrook, the less than by deed dated May 17, 1989, and recorded May 17, 1989, in the RMC office for Charleston County in book K1 84, page 139. This is also a portion of the same premises conveyed to Zenus Seabrook by Jewel Lee Brown and Dorothy Mae Brown, dated June 10, 1992, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County at BK W 214, PG 585 on June 11, 1992.

TMS NUMBER: 334-15-00-025

TMS NUMBER: 334-15-00-026

NOTICE NISI

TO: SUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS

IN THE ABOVE ACTION WHOM MAY BE INFANTS, INSANE PERSONS, INCOMPETENTS and INCARCERATED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Court of Charleston County, State of South Carolina, an Order appointing for you as Guardian ad Litem, Nisi, Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire, who maintains an office at 27 Gamecock Ave., Suite 200, Charleston, SC 29407. THE appointment shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone on your behalf, on or before the last mentioned date, shall procure someone to be appointed as Guardian ad Litem to represent you

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty days (30) following the service of a copy of the within Notice of Intent to Refer upon you, the Plaintiff intends to and will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of judicature, and will move His or Her Honor for an Order referring the above entitled action to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, for the purpose of holding a hearing into the merits of said cause, together with the authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master-in-Equity, as aforesaid, that such appeal shall be made directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

NOTICE OF THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

“The Court shall provide for the non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested in purchasing the property to notify the Court of that interest no later than (10) days prior to the date set for the trial of the case. The non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common shall be allowed to purchase the interests in the property as provided in this section whether default has been entered against them or not.” 1976 SC Code of Laws, Section 15-61-25 (A).

s/Willie B. Heyward Attorney for the Plaintiffs 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200 CHARLESTON, S.C. 29407 (843) 225-8754 wheyward80@gmail.com

October 8, 2025 Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-05577

V2K PROPERTIES, LLC, Plaintiffs, V. LUCILLE BROWN, and if she be deceased, her heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the complaint, commonly known as:

2069 Comstock Ave. Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 466-12-00-003 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith

served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, SC 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule 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.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on October 2nd, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on October 7th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on October 10th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated October 7th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and comprising Lot Number Five (5), Chestnut Avenue, on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights, prepared for the Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company, By J. E. Thomas, CE, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book C at Page 137, and having such size, shape, metes, butts and bounds, as may be seen by reference to said plat; said plat being incorporated herein by reference thereto.

TMS #: 466-12-00-003

October 14th, 2025

Date

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3443 jeff@jeffspell.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff Thank you, Kristin Byars Account Executive Charleston City Paper 843-885-4086 mobile 480 East Bay Street, Suite E, Charleston, SC 29403 (physical) PO Box 21942, Charleston, SC 29413 (mailing) www.charlestoncitypaper.com

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-05474

BARBARA LINDA WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, V. SHERMAN SHAW, a deceased person, his heirs, personal representatives, successors, assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

2720 Junction Lane, in the city of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 466-03-00-071

and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, and BRODERICK SHAW, BERNARD SHAW, JENNIFER FELDER, SALLY HAMILTON and SHERMA SHAW, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, SC 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons and Notice, Amended Complaint and Amended Lis Pendens were filed on September 30th, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on October 3rd, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on October 14th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated October 3rd, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this

Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on Nassau Street, now known as Junction Lane, near the Navy Yard, in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known and designated as Lots Number Two (#2) and Number Three (#3) on a plat by W.C. Bolt, made March 26, 1942, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book F, at Page 42.

MEASURING and Containing Two hundred (200’) feet in depth by forty (40’) feet each on Nassau Street, now known as Junction Lane, as will more fully appear by reference unto the said plat, be the said dimensions slightly more or less.

Butting and bounding to the southwest on Nassau Street, now known as Junction Lane; to the northwest on Lot Number One (#1) on said plat; to the northeast on lands now or formerly of Hamilton; and to the southeast on Lot Number Three (#4) on the aforesaid plat.

TMS # 466-03-00-071

October 15th, 2025 Date

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3443 jeff@jeffspell.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2025-CP-10-05660

RIOTOWN PROPERTIES LLC, Plaintiff, v. STACY L. STURM, a deceased person, her heirs-at-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

1809 Grayson Street Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 469-12-00-316

and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DONNA L. MULLER and CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on October 7th, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on October 10th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on October 21st, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, SC 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated October 10th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL that certain lot of land, with any buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in Chicora Place, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known, numbered and designated on plat of Chicora Place, recorded in Plat Book D, Page 197, RMC Office for Charleston County, as Lot 9, Block D.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING north on Third Street, east on Lot 7 in said Block D, south on Lots 10 and 12 in said block, and west on Carolina Avenue.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING fifty-five feet (55) on the north line, one hundred and five feet (105) on the east line, and ninety-eight feet (98) on the south line, be the said dimensions more or less; the western boundary on Carolina Avenue being a curved line.

TMS # 469-12-00-316

October 22nd, 2025

Date

s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 jeff@jeffspell.com (843) 452-3553 Attorney for the Plaintiff

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1003621

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee on behalf of the holders of the CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS

James Hart, III; Shelmore Surety, LLC; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 12th day of December, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 4th day of November, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the east side of King Street in the City of Charleston, State and County aforesaid, known and designated as Lot No. 5 on a plat of a tract of land on the east side of King Street, surveyed and platted into ninety-two (92) lots at the request of the Carolina Florida Realty Company, by G. M. Howe, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in plat Book C at Page 128; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to James Hart, III by deed of Ethel L. Terry a/k/a Ethel Lee Terry, dated January 24, 2002 and recorded January 30, 2003 in Book U434 at Page 705 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 4631201035

Case#: 2024CP1003621

Current Property Address: 1150 King Street Charleston, SC 29403

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444 011847-05333 2024CP1003621

FOR INSERTION 10/17/25, 10/24/25, 10/31/25

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

U.S.

PLAINTIFF, VS. Bryan A. Seward a/k/a Bryan Seaward, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward, Deceased; Twanda E. Ferrell a/k/a Twanda Errika Ferrell a/k/a Twanda Ferrell, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward, Deceased; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; et. al. DEFENDANT(S).

(251106.00019)

SUMMONS AND NOTICES TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407, Columbia, SC 29204 or P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Charleston 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 Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on May 6, 2025.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley

Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian

Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 6th day of October, 2025.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Theron Seward and Evelyn N. Seward to CitiFinancial, Inc., dated July 21, 2005, recorded July 25, 2005, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book L-546 at Page 365; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to CitiFinancial Servicing LLC by assignment instrument dated March 3, 2017 and recorded March 13, 2017 in Book 622 at Page 980; thereafter, assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC by assignment instrument dated March 3, 2017 and recorded March 13, 2017 in Book 622 at Page 990; thereafter, assigned to CitiBank, N.A., as Trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust by assignment instrument dated December 6, 2022 and recorded January 3, 2023 in Book 1156 at Page 199; thereafter, assigned to Greenwich Revolving Trust by assignment instrument dated November 27, 2023 and recorded December 28, 2023 in Book 1220 at Page 593; thereafter, assigned to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee of CIM Trust 2023-R2 by assignment instrument dated April 30, 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit “A.” Upon information and belief, said mortgage may have been modified by one or more loan modification and/or payment deferral agreement(s).

The description of the premises is as follows:

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in St. Phillips and St. Michaels Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 9, Block O, as shown on a plat of Waylyn Subdivision, Section 4, which plat was made by W.H. Matheny, Surveyor, dated May 22, 1956, and recorded in Plat Book R, Page 117 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as will be reference to

said plat more fully appear.

Plaintiff has contemporaneously filed a Complaint herein, which includes a cause of action to reform the legal description of the mortgage to be as follows:

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in St. Phillips and St. Michaels Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 9, Block O, as shown on a plat of Waylyn Subdivision, Section 4, which plat was made by W.H. Matheny, Surveyor, dated May 22, 1956, and recorded in Plat Book K, Page 117 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as will be reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Theron Seward and Evelyn N. Seward by deed of Irene Kimrey Alexander and Linda Kimrey Garrett (by her Attorney-in-Fact, Irene Kimrey Alexander) dated November 24, 1980 and recorded December 2, 1980 in Book C-124 at Page 258 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Subsequently, Thereon Seward died intestate on September 22, 2010, leaving the subject property to his heirs, namely Evelyn N. Seward a/k/a Evelyn Seward f/k/a Evelyn Nelson; Bryan A. Seward; and Twanda E. Ferrell a/k/a Twanda Ferrell, as is more fully preserved in the probate records for Charleston County in Probate Case No. 2010-ES-10-01750; also by that Deed of Distribution dated August 15, 2011 and recorded August 19, 2011, in Book 203 at Page 221 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Subsequently, Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward f/k/a Evelyn Nelson died on or about February 7, 2023 and no probate case has been opened with the probate court for Charleston County. If any party has any information as to the existence and/or opening of a probate court file for the Estate of Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward f/k/a Evelyn Nelson, it is requested that you contact counsel for Plaintiff immediately with that information. Upon information and belief, Evelyn Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seaward a/k/a Evelyn Seward a/k/a Evelyn N. Seward a/k/a Evelyn Nelson Seward f/ka Evelyn Nelson was survived by her heir(s), Bryan A. Seward a/k/a Bryan Seaward; and Twanda E. Ferrell a/k/a Twanda Ferrell a/k/a Twanda Errika Ferrell (based on her published obituary).

TMS No. 411-07-00-195

Property address: 2711 Kershaw Street North Charleston, SC 29405

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: _/s/Angelia J. Grant

Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996

Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453

Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334

Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530 H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407 Columbia, SC 29204

803-252-3340

Master’s Sale 2025-CP-10-02151

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Ameris Bank, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Joel Valencia; et.al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated August 22, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 4th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that tract of land with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being on the South side of Hara Street, in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and shown on a Plat bearing the legend “PLAT OF 1.58 ACRES, PROPERTY OF J.C. HOFFMAN, ABOUT TO BE CONVEYED TO THEODORE P. BOTZIS, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.,” made by H. Exo Hilton, Reg. L. S. dated November 1968 and recorded January 22, 1969 in Book Y at Page 41 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County; reference to said plat is hereby craved and said plat is hereby made part and parcel of this description.

Measuring and containing on the North line, 388.1 feet: on the South line, 281.3 feet; on the East line, 214.2 feet; and on the West line, 227.9 feet, be the dimensions more or less. Butting and bounding to the North on Hara Street (formerly Coosaw Avenue); to the South on lands now or formerly of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company; to the East on lands formerly of J.C. Hoffman, now or formerly owned by Hilda M. Botzis; to the West on the center line of Long Branch Creek.

This being the same property conveyed to Joel Valencia by deed of Debra Lancaster dated July 12, 2021 and recorded November 12, 2021 in Book 1051 at Page 451 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 310-01-00-103

Property address: 2549 Hara Lane, Charleston, SC 29414

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11 a.m. on December 4, 2025.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R Scarborough Master in Equity

NOTICE OF SALE

Docket No. 2024-CP-10-05533

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Woodhill Place Association, Inc. a/k/a Woodhill Place HOA and Woodhill Place Horizontal Property Regime, Plaintiffs, against Charles E. Copeland, Defendant;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on December 2, 2025 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain Unit situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Unit Number 105, in Woodhill Place Horizontal Property Regime, as shown on the plans and specifications attached to the Master Deed of Woodhill Place Horizontal Property Regime, dated August 28, 1984, and recorded in Book G-140 at Page 282, on September 25, 1984 in the Office of Mesne Conveyances for Charleston County, South Carolina. Together with the undivided percentage interest in the General Common Elements of the property described in Section 1 of Article 4 of said Master Deed appurtenant thereto.

This being the same property conveyed to Charles E. Copeland by deed of Security Pacific National Bank not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee or its successors and assigns on behalf of American Housing Trust VI, Security Pacific Plaza, 555 Anton Blvd., SC-071, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 dated August 9, 1991, and recorded August 27, 1991, with the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 205 at Page 623.

TMS No.: 475-16-00-091 Property Address: 6297E Rolling Fork Road, North Charleston, SC 29418

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by South Carolina Federal Credit Union in the original amount of $55,200.00, dated December 17, 2014, and recorded December 30, 2014, in Book 0448 at Page 858 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds and to that certain judgment in favor of South Carolina Federal Credit Union against Charles E. Copeland filed September 8, 2023, in the Charleston County Court

of Common Pleas in case number 2023-CP-10-04414.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean, Esquire S.C. Bar No. 65279 Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE OF SALE

Docket No. 2024-CP-10-3079

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of The Cottages at Longborough Condominium Association, Plaintiff, against Marva A. Black, Defendant;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on December 2, 2025, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

Unit 110C in The Cottages at Longborough Horizontal Property Regime located in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, a horizontal property regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, South Carolina Code of Laws (1976), Section 27-31-10, et seq., as amended, by Master Deed dated June 10, 2009, with appended By-laws and other Exhibits, which Master Deed, By-laws and other Exhibits were recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, June 11, 2009, in Book 0060, Page 715, and which Unit is described in and shown on the plans attached as Exhibit B to the Master Deed. The Master Deed, together with all Exhibits thereto, is incorporated herein and by this reference is made a part hereof.

TOGETHER with an undivided percentage interest in the appurtenant common elements, as more fully described in the Master Deed. The Master Deed, all exhibits attached thereto, and the records thereof are incorporated herein and by this reference made a part hereof.

BEING the same property conveyed to Marva A. Black by deed of City of Charleston, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded August 25, 2009, in Book 0077 at Page 343, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No.: 463-10-02-178

Property Address: 110 Charlesfort Alley, Unit C, Charleston, SC 29403

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require

a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston in the original amount of $115,897.00, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded August 25, 2009, in Book 0077 at Page 344 with the Register of Deeds for Charleston County; and that certain mortgage held by Lowcountry Housing Trust, Inc. in the original amount of $20,000.00, dated August 21, 2009, and recorded August 25, 2009, in Book 0077 at Page 345, with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of the sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2015-CP-10-00377

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust, 2015-2, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not individually, but solely as Trustee v. Grange Simons Lucas, III, Individually and as personal representative for the estate of Mary King Lucas (2014-ES-100682), Renee Jervey Lucas, Mary Catherine Lucas Jakeman, James A. McAlister Funeral Home, and the United States of America, acting by and through its agency the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Upon authority of a Decree dated August 28, 2015, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on November 4, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT

LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IN ST. ANDREWS PARISH, IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT THREE (3), BLOCK F, ON A PLAT BEARING THE LEGEND “PLAT OF SECTION 3, LENEVAR SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.” DATED MARCH 24, 1960 BY A.L. GLEN, REG. P.S. AND L.S. AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK M AT PAGE 113 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS ARE SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON SAID MAP WHICH IS MADE A PART AND PARCEL HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. SAID LOT IS CONVEYED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SAID PROPERTY, WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF THE SAME DATED APRIL 9, 1960 IN BOOK D-70 AT PAGE 634 IN THE RMC OFFICE AFORESAID. BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO MARY KING LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, III AND MARY CATHERINE LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 23, 1989 AND RECORDED MAY 24, 1989 IN P-184, AT PAGE 350, AND RE-RECORDED JUNE 25, 1992 IN BOOK H. 215 AT PAGE 889, AND BY DEED OF RENEE J. LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 7, 1985 AND RECORDED JULY 29, 1985 IN BOOK W-148, AT PAGE 810.

TMS#: 352-12-00-104

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1412 Tara Road, Charleston, SC 29407 Parcel No. 352-12-00-104

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 / File # 21-49077

FOR INSERTION October 17, 24 & 31, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 7209

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2025-DR-10-0385

HARRY CAPERS, SR. Plaintiff, Vs. ADREAN SADE CAPERS, HARRY CAPERS, III AND “S.M.C.” AND “C.S.C.” MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF SEVEN (7) YEARS, Defendants.

SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

DORCHESTER COUNTY

www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

IN EQUITY

Clifton Donald Jones, Deceased, I, the undersigned James E. Chellis, Master in Equity for Dorchester County, will sell on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM, at the County Courthouse, 5200 East Jim Bilton Boulevard, St. George, SC 29477.

The property to be sold to the highest bidder:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Pinehill Acres Subdivision, near the Town of Summerville, in the County of Dorchester, State of South Carolina and being shown and designated as Lot 3, Block N, Section U, on a certain plat of Pinehill Acres Subdivision by Thomas E. Young, Sr. RLS dated July 2, 1967, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County in Plat Book 16, at Page 119; said lot having buttings and boundings and measuring as will fully appear by reference to said plat.

ALSO: 1998 Bell Mobile Home, Model Lowcou, VIN: GBHML30584AB

This being the same property conveyed to Clifton D. Jones by deed of Equity Enterprise, Inc. dba Equity Homes dated September 18, 2003 and recorded October 3, 2003 in Book 3830 at Page 76 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Dorchester County.

Subsequently, Clifton Jones a/k/a Clifton D. Jones a/k/a Cliffton D. Jones a/k/a Clifton Donald Jones died testate on February 5, 2025, leaving the subject property to his devisee, namely Caroleen Stephanie Mello a/k/a Caroleen S. Mello a/k/a Carol Stephanie Mello, as shown in Probate Case No. 2025-ES-18-00350. Thereafter, Caroleen Stephanie Mello a/k/a Caroleen S. Mello a/k/a Carol Stephanie Mello was appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clifton Jones a/k/a Clifton D. Jones a/k/a Cliffton D. Jones a/k/a Clifton Donald Jones (Probate Case No. 2025-ES-1800350).

TMS No. 129-05-05-003

Property address: 115 George Keen Drive, Summerville, SC 29483

The Court in its Decree has further made its finding that this mortgage was intended to and specifically secures and collateralizes that certain Mobile Home permanently affixed to the above-described real estate in the mortgage being foreclosed and is further provided under the laws of the State of South Carolina, the same being more particularly described as follows:

1998 Bellcrest LOWCOU Manufactured Home, Serial No. GBHML30584AB, with any fixtures.

fail or refuse to comply with the balance due of the bid within 30 days, then the Master in Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on Master in Equity’s Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.250% per annum.

The Plaintiff may waive any of its rights, including its right to a deficiency judgment, prior to sale.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record.

This sale is subject to all title matters of record and any interested party should consider performing an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.

The sale will not be held unless either Plaintiff’s attorney or Plaintiff’s bidding agent is present at the sale and either Plaintiff’s attorney or Plaintiff’s bidding agent enters the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this captioned matter. In the alternative, Plaintiff’s counsel, if permitted by the Court, may advise this Court directly of its authorized bidding instructions. In the event a sale is inadvertently held without Plaintiff’s Counsel or Counsel’s bidding agent entering the authorized bid of Plaintiff for this specifically captioned matter, the sale shall be null and void and the property shall be re-advertised for sale on the next available sale date.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

James E. Chellis Master in Equity for Dorchester County

Scott and Corley, P.A. Attorney for Plaintiff

Caroleen

S. Mello a/k/a Carol Stephanie Mello, as Personal Representative, and as Devisee of the Estate of Clifton Jones a/k/a Clifton D. Jones a/k/a Cliffton D. Jones a/k/a

10. Songwriting partner of Stoller

11. Suitcase label

12. Literature Nobelist Neruda

Across 1. Hand-craft?

5. “Get outta here”

10. Burt’s Bees target, sometimes

14. A head

15. Justice Kagan

16. Red-wrapped cheese

17. Wee

18. Used an e-cig

19. “Could ___ ... Satan?” (mid-1980s “SNL” catchphrase)

20. “First, a favorable lottery ticket would be nice ...”

23. Organ with a hammer

24. Words before “the world on a string,” in a song

25. “Next, I’d like something hand-written ...”

31. ___ Sophia (Istanbul landmark)

32. Secret competitor

33. Tennis feat

36. Measure of land

37. Kenneth ___, theater critic and co-writer of “Oh! Calcutta!”

38. Shortstop great Vizquel

39. Boot point

40. Media attention

41. Best Picture of 2024

42. “A little later, I’d like my own aviary ...”

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of said bid is due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding, in certified funds or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. In the event of a third party bidder and that any third party bidder fails to deliver the required deposit in certified (immediately collectible) funds with the Office of the Master in Equity, said deposit being due and payable immediately upon closing of the bidding on the day of sale, the Master in Equity will re-sell the subject property at the most convenient time thereafter (including the day of sale) upon notification to counsel for Plaintiff. Should the last and highest bidder

44. Lunar stages

47. Highway warning sign, for short

48. “And further down my list, a beautiful panoramic view”

55. Gillette razor option

56. Dentist’s directive

57. “Banana Boat Song” refrain

58. Arena level

59. HBO series set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

60. “___ three ships ...”

61. Staircase part

62. More offbeat

63. Calligrapher’s supply

Dermatology concern

___ tire damage (warning sign topic)

Acknowledge the performers

Defaulter’s risk

Over again

Arrived, but barely

13. Refine, as ore

21. Funny response

22. Road-tripped, in a way

25. “Um, [points to an item out of range]”

26. Site of Baylor University

27. Fiend of fairy tales

28. Blanket

29. Physicist Mach

30. Litter

33. Love, in Lima

34. King or queen

35. Times for Swifties?

37. Gives for safekeeping

38. Bowlful at a party

40. Frost or Pound, e.g.

41. Not just ready and willing?

42. Musical neighbor of G

43. Artist known for tessellations

44. Fuel sources

45. “Now play!”

46. Say “My sentiments exactly!”

49. Like some water or time

50. Looked over

51. “My sentiments exactly!”

52. Facility

53. Director Coogler

54. Cries of pain

“MY WISH LIST” —some numbered items.