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Father kills
son after
argument
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AIKEN
An Aiken County man was
charged with the shooting
death of his son after an ar
gument, authorities said.
Anthony Cullum Lundy,
20, of 312 Union Baptist
Church-Road, died after re
ceiving at least one shot to
the head, according to Lt.
Michael Frank of the Aiken
County Sheriff’s Office.
Three shots were reportedly
fired. The two men were ap
parently arguing over a 12-
gauge pump shotgun.
Joseph Fred Lundy, 48,
was charged with his son’s
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versions of conflict
offered in Pizza
Hut parking lot
gun battle.
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
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Although stories are con
flicting, three local men re
ported gunshots were fired
at a pizza restaurant on
Washington Road.
Omar Desean Pickney, 22,
of 3606 Massoit Drive, Au
gusta, told Richmond
County Sheriff's Depart
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murder after calling a 911
dispatcher to report the
shooting.
When authorities arrived
at the residence, they dis
covered Anthony’s body ly
ing outside the front door,
Lt. Frank said.
The elder Lundy lived in
thetrailer along with his wife
Martha Lundy and the
couple’s now-deceased son.
Mr. Lundy called dispatch
about 1:30 p.m. to report the
Tuesday, May 7 homicide,
according to reports.
Mr. Lundy ischarged with
one count of murder and is
currently being held with
outbond atthe Aiken County
Detention Center.
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white men driving a pickup
truck forced him and two
passengers into the Pizza
Hut parkinglot around 3:15
a.m. Sunday, May 5.
While in the lot located at
3031 Washington Road, Mr.
Pickney, who's black, said
one of the men threw an
objectatthe 1972 Chevrolet
Impala convertible he was
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driving and cracked the
front windshield.
The men then pulled out
anunidentified weapon and
fired shots — striking the
side of the restaurant, a
police report said.
In describing his attempt
to scare away the shooters,
See GUNSHOTS, page 3
BLACK BUSINESS
Black Enterprise top firms
rank among nation’s best
M Sales growth of top
black businesses out
performs Forbes and
Fortune 500 rates.
NEW YORK
(AP) -- Top black-owned busi
nesses showed stronger sales for
the fourth straight year, topping
revenues for theFortunesoo and
Forbessoo lists,Black Enterprise
magazine reports in its annual
ranking.
Sales for the nation’s top black
owned businesses rose 11.8 per
cent last year, according to the
magazine’s June edition, which
hits newsstands May 21. A Geor
gia company was fourth on the
list.
Growth for the companies on
the list surpassed the 9.9-per
cent revenue jump reported for
the same period by companies on
Fortune magazine’s list and the
10 percent growth tallied by
Forbesmagazine. The gains came
amid declining unemployment
and a continuing expansion of
the national economy.
The Black Enterprise listing
New health clinic to
boost rebirth of
Laney-Walker area
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
'Thanks to affirmative
votes by the county com
missioners, the Laney-
Walker renaissance contin
ues, and in a healthy way.
At the May 7 meeting, the
Augusta-Richmond County
Board of Commissioners
unanimously voted to ap
propriate $1 million dollars
to the Augusta-Richmond
County Board of Health to
buy land for a new $7 mil
lion health clinic.
The facility will be located
on historic Laney-Walker
Blvd. near Spruce Street.
“The key word for
BE 100 s companies
was innovation --
striving to meet
their entrepre
nevrial mission in
ways that they
may not have con
sidered or at
tempted in the
past.”
—Black Enterprise
executive editor
Alfred Edmond Jr.
reported total revenues for the
100 largest industrial and ser
vice companies and 100 auto
dealerships of $13.1 billion, a
nearly 12 percent increase over
the $11.7 billion reported last
year,
That’s about equal to sales for
Dallas-based Texas Instru
ments, which ranks 89th on the
Fortune 500 list.
Sen. Charles W. Walker
was ecstatic about the com
missioners’ funding vote.
“It’s a significant appro
priation that provides a
much-needed healthcare
center for a blighted part of
Augusta,” he said.
Other possible locations
for the new building were
Regency Mall and Walton
Way near James Brown
Blvd.
Commissioner Robert
Zetterberg was satisfied
with his and his counter
parts decision.
“Of the choices, I felt this
was the best location. This
See CLINIC, page 3
“The key word for BE 100 s
companies was innovation --
striving to meet their entre
preneurial mission in ways
that they may not have con
sidered or attempted in the
past,”Black Enterprise execu
tive editor Alfred Edmond Jr.
said in a statement.
Revenues for companies on
the list of industrial and ser
vice companies ranged from
$18.3 million for engineering
company General Scientific
Corp. of Arlington, Va., to $2.1
billion for TLC Beatrice In
ternational Holdings Inc. The
New York-based food proces
sor and distributor main
tained the top ranking it held
last year.
Beatrice sales were followed
at adistance by Johnson Pub
lishing Co. of Chicago, with
$316 million in sales; Phila
delphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Inc., at $315 million; J.J.
Russell & Co., an Atlanta
based construction property
management and real estate
company, with $173 million;
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Southside
‘Mafia’ fights
to keep power
Sconyers feuds
with “reformers”
By Frederick Benjamin Sr.
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
RUGUSTA
Mayor Larry Sconyers
must be wondering why the
honeymoon with the down
town powerbrokers has
come tosuch an abrupt end.
Augusta Chronicle pub
lisher Billy Morris and edi
torial writer Phil Kent are
As the reins of
political power
slipped from the
Westside to the
Southside and
inner city, Billy
Morris discov
ered that he
could no longer
get on the phone
and dictate
county policy.
all over the mayor for trash
ing the proposal to hire an
all-powerful nonelected czar
to run the county — a move
that would directly strip Mr.
Sconyers and the council
commissioners of virtually
all of their power.
The issue came to a head
this week after a stormy
retreat designed to smooth
outthe objectionstothe city
manager concept. Mr.
Sconyers walked out of that
gathering and the next day
Attorney for Ga.
militiamen says
ATF has no case
B Hearing reveals
that undercover
federal agents
infiltrated the
Georgia Republic
Militia, but militia
attorneys cite lack
of evidence of a
conspiracy to
make pipe bombs.
By Don Plummer
ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
MACON
The 75 supporters who
gathered outside the fed
eral courthouse here Mon
day in support of two self
proclaimed militia members
charged with conspiring to
manufacture pipe bombs
were met by twice as many
law enforcement officers.
Local, state and federal
officers snapped pictures
as militia supporters qui
etly gathered in small
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THE DON: Mayor Larry
Sconyers doesn’t think
much of the proposal to
hire an all-powerful city
manager.
attempted to sink the city
manager concept altogether
by supporting a move to
begin advertising for a city
administrator. The admin
istrator concept is more in
keeping with the wishes of
Mr. Sconyers and others on
the council-commission who
would like to maintain the
status quo.
The predictable barrage
from The Chronicle dubbed
Mr. Sconyers and support
ers, including Southsiders
J.B.Powell and Freddie Lee
Handy, “The New Crack
ers.” While the “Cracker”
label is cute, it belies the
fact that, historically, The
Chronicle has never seen a
good ol’ boy network in local
politics that it didn’t like —
See SOUTHSIDE, page 3
groups under shade trees.
Inside the high-ceilinged
courtroom, Nancy Lord,
lawyer for avowed militia
leader Robert Edward Starr
111, argued that the govern
ment did not have enough
evidence to tie Starr to a
bomb-building plot.
Lord grilled Bureau of Al
cohol, Tobacco and Fire
arms agent Stephen W.
Gillis for 2 1/2 hours about
a three-month undercover
infiltration of the Georgia
Republic Militia, repeatedly
goading him toidentify two
confidential government
informants she said were
"the only real conspirators”
to manufacture pipe bombs.
Federal Magistrate Rich
ard Hodge steadily sided
with objections by govern
ment lawyer Sharon Ratley,
who said identifying the in
formants would put their
lives at risk. Starr, 34, and
William James McCranie
dJr., 30, were arrested April
26 after state and federal
See MILITIA, page 2