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 Christopher D. “Chris” Spiller, 53, […]
By Sigrid Fowler 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. If silence is a topic of biblical concern, so is sound. First to last, the Bible is […]
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. My wife and I recently visited the Gettysburg National Military Park and Amish country in Pennsylvania. I did not […]
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. When I was living in Edgefield County and inching toward the magic age when I could vote, one of the alleged […]
Brooker Strom playing crowd favorites at Park Row. By Arthur Northrop You are telling your age if you know what Green Stamps are and you most likely are a member of AARP. Brooker Strom, master burger chef, got his first guitar from his mother saving Green Stamps and her ordering it from a catalog. For those who are […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Sept. 10, 2020) — The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has confirmed eight additional sightings of the non-native black and white tegus since the initial report from Lexington County in August.Five of the sightings were from Lexington and Richland counties, two from Berkeley County, and one from Greenville County. Of these, five […]
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 William Boyce “Bill” Sharpe, […]
Clyde Henry Hamilton, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Unites States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, died peacefully at home in Columbia, South Carolina, surrounded by his loved ones on September 2, 2020. He was 86. Judge Hamilton was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, on February 8, 1934, the son of Edwina Odom […]
One Pet Exposure COLUMBIA, S.C. —The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a bat found near Valley Drive (Hwy 387) and McCloud Street in Aiken, SC has tested positive for rabies. One pet was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act.The bat was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory for testing […]
Mushrooms in a Circle Abundant rain, high humidity, overcast skies and a fairy ring. A fairy ring is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. They are found mainly in forestedareas, but also appear in grasslandsor rangelands. Fairy rings are detectable by sporocarps(fungal spore pods) in rings or arcs, as well as by a necrotic zone (dead grass), […]