All American Summer Market on Saturday

All American Summer Market on Saturday

Another big day coming to the Edgefield Square, the All American Summer Market this weekend, June 8. And this time the Cook-Off Contest is making Peach Cobbler for a $100.00 First Price. Following upon Edgefield’s successful Farmers Market of May 15, this event will also offer vendors who are invited to decorate their booths for […]

D-Day Plus 75 Years

D-Day Plus 75 Years

By: Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of TheAdvertiser. We Americans are the fortunate heirs of geography and of heroism. Between the two, we have been spared the […]

Summer Reading & June Events at Local Libraries

Summer Reading & June Events at Local Libraries

Combat learning loss this summer by signing up for the summer reading program at your local library. Children and teens can lose up to three months of critical skills if they do not read over the summer. Kids and teens keep track of their reading activities over the summer and receive a prize at completion. […]

Sarah Brownlee Fulmer – Johnston, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                        Fax: (803)637-6006   Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com         Sarah Brownlee Fulmer, 92, wife of the late George O. Fulmer […]

Rodger Dale Burgess -Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                      Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com       Rodger Dale Burgess, 58, husband of Janet Collins Burgess of Wigfall St., Edgefield, SC […]

Seeking Abraham

Seeking Abraham

By: Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views  and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of TheAdvertiser. Not many people know that Furman University had its birth here in Edgefield in 1825, relocating two times in […]

EPA Sponsors Tour of Homes & Historic Places

EPA Sponsors Tour of Homes & Historic Places

 Brooks-Tompkins Home   Blacksmith Shop & Pottersville, 7 Buncombe St. Homes The Edgefield Preservation Association (EPA) is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the unique historic properties of Edgefield County, South Carolina, through education, communication, and community involvement.   As a part of this mission, the society is hosting “A Tour of Buncombe Street” on Saturday, […]

Edgefield High School 75thClass Reunion  

Edgefield High School 75thClass Reunion   

 L to R: Vivian Reece, Doris Jovanelly, Ann Connelly, Dorothy Wofford, Deloach Padgett, J. P. Calliham, Lucille Padgett, and Betty Carey. Members of Edgefield High School’s Class of 1944 celebrated their 75threunion on Tuesday, May 21, at the Triangle Restaurant in Johnston. They enjoyed the time of food, fellowship, discussing currents events and reminiscing about Edgefield […]