Scenes from the Dam at Strom Thurmond Lake
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
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
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 […]
My New Year’s Resolution is to Read The Bible Through in 2016 – How About You?
By Judy Gibson Holmes Around New Year’s every year, folks bring up the subject of possibly reading the Holy Bible all the way through in one year. Some accomplish that goal, others continue to try each year. Some local ministers have given some advice on how to accomplish that worthwhile resolution goal. “Let’s read […]
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
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 […]
Local Youth On Rob’s Bass Outdoor World Show Sat., Jan. 9
Rob Keck called in to tell us that two local students, Jacob Kemp and Ed Williams, will be featured on his radio show Saturday, January 9, at 10 a.m. on SiriusXM channel 147. They will be on Rob’s Bass Outdoor World Show. Jacob will talk about the gun he used to kill a deer, a […]
Third Annual Border Bowl Saturday January 9th
The best high school football players in the Central Savannah River Area, as selected by head football coaches, will meet at Lucy Laney High School Stadium this Saturday at high noon for the Third Annual “Battle for the Paddle”. Assisting Coach Rick Knight this year will be Coach Antwaun Hillary, Coach Darrell Lilly and Coach […]