A small two-seater experimental airplane crashed at the Trenton Airport late Monday afternoon, Dec. 2. According to an official at the scene who spoke with The Advertiser shortly after the crash, the pilot, Larry Putt, of Augusta, took off from the Trenton airport where his plane is reportedly kept. Sometime after take off the engine […]
Another fun night in Edgefield this Saturday, December 7, from 5–8pm. Chili Dinner & Movie Night on the Square. Sponsored by Antioch Baptist Church.
Just a few of the things to look forward to in this week’s print edition of The Edgefield Advertiser, available Wednesday, December 4 at local convenience stores and boxes: Orange peels – great uses for them in Dolly’s News, page 4, sect. 2 Your Child’s Face – if he/she played soccer, sect. 1 page 6 […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Rev. Charles Loney Dunn 87, died peacefully at home on Saturday, November 30, 2013. He was born October 15, 1926 in Conway, SC to late, Loney Calvo and Mary Ettie Dunn. He served in the US Navy during WWII, graduated from Conway High School, Campbell College, High Point College, and received his […]
While sitting down to enjoy turkey during the Thanksgiving holiday, remember that although wild and domestic turkeys are genetically the same species, that’s about where the similarity ends. “The wild turkey in a sprint can outrun a galloping horse,” said Charles Ruth, Deer and Turkey Project supervisor for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR). […]
Johnston Farmer’s & Artist’s Market every Thursday, from 4 – 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse on Calhoun Street. Pecan Sales: Festively wrapped chocolate covered, cinnamon glazed and glazed pecans will be available this year by the American Legion Post 30. Same price as last year. For advance ordering while supplies last call Bill or […]
OPINION – By G. Miller Thompson – Nearly 400 years ago, European colonists in Plymouth and Wampanoag Indians came together at one table to enjoy an “autumn feast” which many today describe as the first Thanksgiving in the colonies. When considering the mistreatment of the native population by many of the colonists, this first Thanksgiving […]
RIDGE SPRING, S.C. – Funeral services for Mr. Willie G. (Bill) Jones will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday, at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest Gordon, Pastor. Rev. Willie Conner will preside. Interment will be in the church cemetery. He is survived by: four daughters, Lelia Deloris Brown and Willie Mae Glover, […]
This weekend marks the beginning of the Christmas season with the Biggest Shopping Day of the year beginning Friday, November 29, and the Christmas tree lighting and snow on the square. The Mayor’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting tradition will be Friday night at 6 p.m. on the town square. Mayor Durham invites everyone to join […]
Christmas pearls (donated by Tidwell Jewelers) for Joan Timmerman King, presented at the Sunday afternoon fundraiser for Wesley Spires Medical Fund. The program was built around a fashion show by Mercy Me! and Caroline Bland (owner) and a book signing for Bury Me With My Pearls, a new book by Edgefield County author Jane Jenkins […]