Fire on Hunters Run – No Injuries

The Edgefield Fire Department, assisted by the Westside Fire Department, responded to a fire on the 200 block of Hunters Run in the early morning hours, Thursday, Jan. 7. The Advertiser has learned that an outside storage building caught on fire and was completely destroyed.  There were no injuries as a result of this fire, […]

Dove Hunter Survey deadline extended to Jan. 15

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is conducting a survey of active dove hunters to determine their preferences for seasons and bag limits along with some requests about their hunting activities.  Active dove hunters can access the survey at http://www.dnr.sc.gov/doves/. The survey is now available and will be open until Jan. 15, 2015. The US […]

12-Year-Old Entrepreneur Starts a Business after a Hardship Turns Hers and Her Family’s Life Upside Down

12-Year-Old Entrepreneur Starts a Business after a Hardship Turns Hers and Her Family’s Life Upside Down

This is an intriguing story of an industrious youth. The article was sent to The Advertiser for publication. The sender notes that Kylah’s “location is Edgefield, S.C.” Also, she is a student at JET Middle School. Ed. Note TicTocRings was born after Kylah decided she was going to change her family’s predicament. She began talking […]

“Spike” is Back! Ready for the New Year

“Spike” is Back! Ready for the New Year

A Tale Told by a Local Raconteur According to John Kemp (Sr.), his son Charles owned a woodcarving of a Citadel Bulldog which sat in his front window on Main Street. The bulldog’s name was “Spike” and it was abducted a year ago, in 2014, and various suspects were questioned. No one owned up to […]

Clemson Tigers to Play for National Championship

Clemson Tigers to Play for National Championship

By Jack Reece The 14-0 Clemson Tigers, in front of a large percentage of the population of South Carolina, defeated Oklahoma 37 to 17 in The Capital One Orange Bowl last New Year’s Eve. Clemson’s offense led by quarterback Deshaun Watson and running back Wayne Gallman rolled by 533 yards on Oklahoma’s defense. Watson, the […]

Remembering Vietnam

Remembering Vietnam

The following article is provided as the beginning of a series of articles as part of the USA Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Bill Murrell was 19 years old when he received his draft notice in 1968. He said he was the only person from Saluda to get a draft notice […]

ECYEC Gives Special Holiday Event to Children

ECYEC Gives Special Holiday Event to Children

NFL Mothers and 30 High School Football Players, along with their coaches, teamed up with Edgefield County Youth Empowerment Center (ECYEC) to bring joy and good tidings to financially challenged families during ECYEC’s Annual “Christmas in the Community Festivity.” “The event is geared toward easing the stress of financially challenged families during the Christmas Holidays […]

Religion and our American Founding Fathers by Robert Scott

There has been a lot of talk lately about the prospect of denying Syrian refugees entry to the United States, but only if they are Muslim. Christians would be allowed in, or so some politicians in and out of office have argued. One Presidential candidate recently went so far as to say that, in his […]