100 Years Ago, Women Won Right to Vote

100 Years Ago, Women Won Right to Vote

The photo above tells the story of The Edgefield Advertiser and its backing of the 19th Amendment, voted on in 1920.  This photo was made in 1918 during a parade in Edgefield when the Advertiser publicized both its age and its stand on Women’s Suffrage.  Examine the wheels to see written: “For Women Votes.”  Seated in the driver’s […]

Helen C. Corley of Modoc

W. Thurmond Burnett                                                                    David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Helen C. Corley of Modoc, SC, wife of the late John H. “Pete” Corley entered into rest on Thursday, August 27, 2020 just one day before she would have turned 89. […]

Mrs. Edna Winn Smith

Mrs. Edna Winn Smith, 87 of Hwy 220 East, Lincolnton entered into rest on Friday, August 21, 2020 at University Hospital Summerville. Graveside services were held on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 4 pm at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery, 2896 Key Rd., Plum Branch, S.C.   Mrs. Smith, daughter of the late Lewis and Gertrude Culbreath […]

Clear Vision

Clear Vision

By Blaney Pridgen 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 The Advertiser.  I recently had a very successful cataract surgery.  Perhaps I have recovered the eyesight I enjoyed forty years ago!  There’s […]

Politics and Health, 2020

Politics and Health, 2020

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 The Advertiser.  As we get closer to Election Day, we often hear from candidates that they and their family are […]

ATE: Covid, Students and the Penny Tax

What are your expectations as teachers or parents/guardians regarding being notified if a teacher, another student or a teacher or student’s family member is COVID-19 positive and that student or adult attends your child’s school, grade level, or class?     The answer to this question was already in the works. SCDHEC is now publishing COVID-19 […]

Martha Pearl Quarles- Edgefield, S.C

W. Thurmond Burnett                                                                    David T. Burnett Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home PO Box 389 – 801 Columbia Rd. Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 Phone: 803-637-6536 Email: david@edgefieldmercantile.com Martha Pearl Quarles, 91, went home to be with the Lord on August 21, 2020. A native of Edgefield, Martha Pearl was born November 14, 1928 the youngest of eight children […]

Media Advisory:

Media Advisory:

MIdlands Region COVID-19 Testing Opportunities, August 24-30 COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is providing weekday morning updates for COVID-19 mobile testing events and permanent testing sites at the regional level.COVID-19 testing opportunities in the Midlands (Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda, Richland, and York counties) include […]

Merriwether Fire Dept. Aids Chester County

Merriwether Fire Dept. Aids Chester County

Merriwether Fire Department responded to a call for assistance from Chester County, Aug. 24 to help contain a fire at Carolina Poly, Inc. off Lancaster Hwy in Chester County.  MFD sent one truck containing 615 gallons of foam to fight the fire.                According to the broadcast station WBTV, officials believe the fire started around 5 a.m. […]

Tour of Edgefield County Jail

Tour of Edgefield County Jail

Kitchen for Jail Brown Water, Mold, Tight Quarters             When one speaks of “the jail,” one is usually referring to cells that hold inmates.  Those cells, however, are only one part of the Edgefield County Law Enforcement Center (LEC).  Also housed at the LEC are dispatch/E911, office staff, jailors, and all law enforcement personnel from road deputies, to […]

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