The Christmas Tour of Churches, sponsored by the Edgefield County Historical Society, will be held on Sunday, December 10th, beginning at 3:00 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Buncombe Street. As in prior years, the Tour will proceed to the First Baptist Church on Church Street, from there to Trinity Episcopal Church on Simkins Street, […]
4 Way Stop Coming at Weaver and Bland Baptist The Advertiser was notified by SCDOT that the intersection at Weaver Road and Bland Baptist Road is getting more stop signs as it is to become a 4-way stop effective Dec. 18. That intersection is currently a 2-way stop. This was described by a DOT official […]
Four teenagers and a 22 year old have now been arrested in connection with the Sept. 30 death of 35 year old Makenzie L. Williamson of Ward. According to broadcast media outlet WJBF in Augusta, Kartel Smith, 19; Larry Thomas, 18; Erik Albany, 17; Aimen Elroy Stewart, 22, all charged as adults; and a 15 […]
One of the programs that President Obama signed into existence by Executive Order was DACA – Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals. This program addressed the problems faced by young immigrants who grew up as Americans because their parents brought them here, but who were never documented or whose visas expired while still children. Such people […]
Mrs. Marian E. Harling, “Nookie” 93, wife of the late James T. Harling, Jr., entered into rest on Tuesday October 31, 2017. Funeral Services will be held Thursday November 2, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Edgefield First Baptist Church with burial in Eastview cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM […]
When the National Football League player, Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, first dropped to one knee when the National Anthem rang out at the start of a professional football game, I noted the debate that erupted regarding his actions and found it mildly interesting. Kaepernick, like many others in the African-American community – […]
Last week I wrote about Echo Chambers, (http://www.edgefieldadvertiser.com/2017/10/echo-chambers/) and how difficult it is sometimes for individuals to break outside of the sounding boards they feel most comfortable. I shared “It is almost as if millions of American are being trained to hear what the other side is saying, before the other side even opens their […]
A few weeks ago this column addressed the draft American Health Care Act, the most recent “Trumpcare” attempt to replace the Affordable Care Act with one that for many was less caring and less affordable. It cited 34 religious organizations opposed to Trumpcare who had joined in a successful effort to prevent its passage in […]
October is National Bullying Prevention Month (An essay well worth reading to the Young Ones in the Family.) A Hero in There…. By: Laura Taylor, author of E.E.Otter & Bullfrog Bullies Maybe you’ve noticed the way the girls turn their backs on her and laugh as she approaches her locker. Maybe you’ve seen the look […]
Mrs. Sandra Quarles Bledsoe, 66, of Slide Hill Road, wife of Ralph Bledsoe died Friday October 20, 2017. Funeral Services will be held Monday October 23, 2017 at 2 P.M. at Rocky Creek Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield. Mrs. Bledsoe was born in Aiken, S.C. and was retired from […]