Here and There – 12-24-14

Here and There – 12-24-14

Episcopal Church of the Ridge: Holy Eucharist, Wednesday, December 24th, Our Saviour Church, Trenton, 6:00pm – staffed nursery available for this service. Holy Eucharist, Thursday, December 25th, Trinity Church, Edgefield, 10:00am. Holy Eucharist, Sunday, December 28th, Grace Church, Ridge Spring, 10:00am. Edgefield United Methodist Church: Please join us this week during Worship as we reflect on the meaning of Christmas and His birth. You are […]

NWTF and SCDNR Work Together to Create Hunters

NWTF and SCDNR Work Together to Create Hunters

EDGEFIELD, S.C., December 22, 2014 – The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) recently hosted the its third successful mentored youth deer hunt through the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Take One Make One (TOMO) program. Local youth, who would not otherwise get the opportunity to hunt, were given exclusive access to pristine food plots on […]

Edwin Loadholt Platts

RIDGE SPRING, S.C. – Edwin Loadholt Platts, 89, of Ridge Spring, S.C., died on Sunday, December 21, at Lexington Medical Center.   Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, December 23 at Ridge Spring Baptist Church at 12:00 noon. Visitation will be from 10:30 -12:00 at the church. Burial will follow at the Ridge Spring Cemetery with […]

Lucille Jones

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral services for Mrs. Lucille Jones were held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Lewis Burt, Pastor. Interment was in the church cemetery. She is survived by a son, Mark Jones, Sr.; a daughter, Harolda “Peaches” (Donald) Wilcox, Rochester, NY; two grandsons, Reginald H. […]

Religion, Politics, and Torture

Opinion  – By Robert Scott – Although very few of us have actually read through the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA interrogations (and I certainly have not), I’ll bet that every reader of The Edgefield Advertiser has read about it, or heard about it on the news. Most of us have an opinion one […]

Accused Murderer Faces Preliminary Hearing

Accused Murderer Faces Preliminary Hearing

Billy Sellars of Aiken County, the accused murderer of Johnny Hydrick, appeared before a magistrate judge at the Edgefield County Court House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 to hear the evidence against him in this case. The judge found the evidence to be sufficient enough to forward the murder case to a grand jury. Sellars was […]

Scouts Hold Court of Honor

Scouts Hold Court of Honor

The Edgefield Troop 30 Boy Scouts had their Court of Honors Thursday December 18th, 2014.   Eleven Scouts earned their next rank badge and 41 merit badges were received for the work they completed through the year. Pictured are Assistant Scout Master Chris Aston, Carter Harding, Tucker Goff, Marshal Smoak, Schump Aston, Walker Harding, Dalton […]

Here and There – 12-18-14

Here and There – 12-18-14

NAACP Meeting: Saturday, December 20, at 9:00 AM,  Macedonia Baptist Church, Macedonia Street, Edgefield Turkey Drive: Dec. 20, 2014, the Dorn Family, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dorn, Mr. Vann Dorn and Mr. Nelson Dorn, will sponsor a turkey drive at Rosa Hill Missionary Baptist Church at 12 noon. This drive is for SENIOR CITIZENS ONLY. For […]

A Lesson from America’s CEOs

Opinion  – By G. Miller Thompson – The title “Chief Executive Officer” carries with it a sense of prominence and perhaps intimidation. These individuals often live in large houses in prestigious neighborhoods and they enjoy the finer things of life. America’s CEOs are an integral part of society. Without businesses and corporations to employ Americans, […]