MCCORMICK, S.C. – Huguenot descendants and other persons interested in French Huguenot history will gather at John de la Howe School in McCormick County on Sunday, August 3rd to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the Huguenots at New Bordeaux in August 1764. French reformer John Calvin (1509-1564), born Jean Chauvin, preached that […]
Find The Advertiser and Dave in this new novel Reviewed by David Marshall James This emotionally expansive, visually lush novel would have been irresistible as a screen project for producer Ross Hunter and director Douglas Sirk, fifty-plus years ago. Although Margaret Bradham Thornton’s first novel takes place during the early 1990s, it could have been […]
The Advertiser is celebrating a new writer coming on board. She is Kortlyn McPeek, who is fairly new to the area, her parents having moved to this county a year ago. Kortlyn is an articulate, vivacious young woman, two years out of college, and eager to use her writing skills for this newspaper. Our meeting […]
Family and friends gathered at the Greene County Historical Society’s Vaughn-Morrow House in Eutaw, Ala., on July 19 for the retirement of COL Cheryl Ann Elliott-Dawe from the United States Army Nurse Corps following more than 30 years of service. COL Elliott-Dawe and her husband Dr. Lloyd A. Dawe who is an employee of the […]
The Little Miss & Teen Miss South Carolina Pageant was held recently in Hartsville, SC, with 126 contestants from across South Carolina competing during the week. Over $30,000 in scholarships were awarded along with other prizes. The pageant also presented a check for over $30,000 to Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. For more information, please visit […]
Tuesday morning found Highway 23 near Strom Thurmond High School lit up with flashing blue lights as law enforcement agencies converged on two burglary suspects that had been pursued by sheriff’s deputies before daylight. The suspects had abandoned their vehicle near Highway 23 precipitating the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Department to deploy bloodhounds and SLED helicopters […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Memorial Services for Mrs. Sylvia McElmurray Norris, 78, of Trenton, SC, who entered into rest July 29, 2014, will be conducted Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the Harmony United Methodist Church, Johnston, SC. Rev. Steven Keck officiating. Mrs. Norris was a native Beech Island, reared in Aiken, having made Trenton her […]
Cupcake/Lemonade Sale: Pink cupcakes and pink lemonade will be sold in front of Park Row on Friday, Aug. 1 from 10 to 2 by the Taste of Pink Club to support cancer research. Car Wash & Fish Fry: Moores AME Women’s Missionary Society will have a car wash and fish fry, Saturday, Aug. 2, from […]
Opinion – By G. Miller Thompson – News broke recently that 350 illegal immigrant children have been received in South Carolina. These children have come to live with relatives and other sponsors while they wait for their day in immigration court (this is a process that can take many months). The fact that these children […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – The Edgefield County Hospital board met Monday night, July 28, for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. After Chairman Tim Williams called the meeting to order, Chief Financial Officer Kelly Cox informed the board, “June was a very good month for us.” Ms. Cox went on to say that “operationally, we are […]