Supporting public policy to fight cancer from Edgefield to Capitol Hill Last week, I traveled to Washington, D.C., with more than 700 of my fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across the country to urge Congress to support lifesaving policies that help people prevent and better treat cancer. I called […]
Peggy Hart, 75, of Asheville, died Friday, September 16, at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock. Peggy was born in Johnston, SC, to Claude Walker Hart, Jr., and Mattie Lou Hart. She lived in Johnston through high school, after which she attended Winthrop University. After graduating from Winthrop, she further obtained a Master of Social […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Judith Prescott Grubbs, 68, who entered into rest September 17, 2016, will be conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock from the Posey Funeral Chapel. Dr. Eleazer Benenhaley and Dr. Paul W. Noe officiating. Interment will be in Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Grubbs was a native of […]
Heritage Jubilee 2016 T-Shirts being modeled by Parker Students Landon and Reece Joyner are available at Town Hall and Seawright Cleaners. Short sleeves are $10 and long sleeves are $15. This year’s Heritage Jubilee is fast approaching. The co-chairs of the festival, Richard Kelly and Keith Coleman, have organized what sounds like a fun […]
Edgefield’s Sean Burch is preparing for a bike ride on Sunday, September 25, along with tens of thousands of distinguished gentlefolk in hundreds of cities worldwide, to raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer research and suicide prevention. These riders will, according to their Web site, don their cravats, tweak their mustaches, […]
In scorching heat, Fox Creek held its first home meet in 2 years. The new course is run on trails, gravel, and pavement making for a challenging race. The Predator boys team scored a victory over new Region 3 rival Eau Claire and perennial nemesis Wardlaw Academy. Although Wardlaw’s Hammond Manly easily won the race, […]
I started this week with a cup of coffee at 6 AM Monday Morning watching CNN’s election coverage. There was a portion of an interview with Hillary Clinton I felt was very honest. The reporter asked, “Are words like destroy and defeat honest words when it comes to the war we face with ISIS?” Hillary’s […]
One of the worst things about this year’s political season is just how divided we have become as a nation. I’m not either a psychologist or a political scientist, so I cannot really say for sure why that is; the analysis that makes the most sense to me is that we are suffering from a […]
Reader, don’t be startled by the photo of Mark Twain, AKA George McDaniel. Twain is not the new writer for the print edition, alluded to in the header– George is. He has played Mark Twain in one-man shows for years, about 400 performances to be exact. The Advertiser asked for the Twain impersonation photo of […]
Guns Stolen From Vehicle The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 3400 block of Hwy 19 in Trenton, Friday, Sept. 9, to find a vehicle that had been broken into. According to the ECSO report, the owner of the vehicle discovered a window to the vehicle had been broken out by a starter which […]