From Advertiser Files of 2007 By Sigrid Hanson 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. Last week, I heard some details of an unusual pool tournament awards banquet. […]
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. There is a lot of talk going around these days about science. Science, as we usually refer to it, […]
Endorsing Roosevelt Young for Sheriff As the current Sheriff of Edgefield County, I am officially endorsing candidate Roosevelt Young for Sheriff of Edgefield County in 2020. Roosevelt has been serving the citizens of Edgefield County as a Deputy Sheriff since 1995. During that time, he has served as a uniformed deputy, a uniformed Shift Supervisor, a […]
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. There are five or six major ways to come into the Edgefield city limits. North, south, east, and […]
By Sigrid Hanson 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 the President and First Lady test positive for a virus we dread and arm ourselves against, […]
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. Schadenfreude is a recent immigrant from Germany to the American version of the English language; Merriam-Webster tells us it […]
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 Ruth Youngblood Sharrock, Ed.D., age 93, passed away peacefully in her home on October 5, 2020. She was the widow of Rev. W. Roger Sharrock. She was a native of Chattanooga, […]
Ballots received through October 7 will be accepted without a witness signature. COLUMBIA, S.C. (October 6, 2020) – South Carolinians voting absentee by mail must now have their signatures on ballot return envelopes witnessed after the United States Supreme Court late yesterday reinstated the requirement. Under the court’s order, ballots already received by county officials and […]
Edgefield Preservation Association 104 Courthouse Square Edgefield, SC 29824 803-637-4010 EdgefieldSCPreservation@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE Want to add a little haunted history to your Halloween this year? If so, come join the festivities on Saturday, October 24th, at the 3rdAnnual “A Night in Bloody Edgefield.” Before the tours begin,attendees can visit Carolina Moon Distillery (on the Courthouse Square opposite […]
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 Mary Newman Quarles, 83, of Edgefield County, wife of Don Quarles for 65 years entered into rest on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta, GA. A Graveside […]