By Tiffani Ireland – In what clearly came as a shock to the members of the Trenton Town Council at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Wed., Feb. 13, Council was informed that the Trenton Peach Festival’s future is in question. The announcement, which came from Mike Lipscomb who spoke on behalf of the Trenton Community […]
By Advertiser Staff – Four wheelers and lawn mowers continue to be items of interest for thieves as evident by the many reports involving such crime filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. In just four days, from Feb. 11 to Feb. 14, four such thefts were reported. On Feb. 11, a John Deere lawn […]
The Annual Camellia Tea of February 14 was a colorful and festive success. The guests were entertained by a beautiful table laden with tea foods and mantels and tables adorned with 150 varieties of camellias from local area gardens. Over 100 persons attended, 75% of those were from out of town, including Columbia, Beaufort and […]
February 14, 2013, is the 150th anniversary of Dave making this jar. The jar is marked with the date of February 14, 1863. This Valentine of Edgefield Pottery from Dave the potter turned up in Savannah, Ga., and is owned by Paul Blatner, who collects Southern Americana. He may be contacted at (912) 257-8904. […]
The Black History meeting at Macedonia Community Center started with Reverend George Brightharp leading the audience in a wonderful old Negro spiritual, “Swing Low Sweet Chariot,” which set a good tone for his presentation. Reverend Brightharp spoke about Alexander Bettis, the most magnetic and effective leader for African Americans in the Southern United States in […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (February 13, 2013) – In a case of “I’ll have what she’s having,” an Edgefield man picked the same lottery ticket as the woman in line ahead of him at the Palm Pantry 2 on Hampton Ave. in Aiken. Only difference, his ticket was a $100,000 winner. “I didn’t believe it,” he told […]
“There are plenty businesses that have run 60 years, but I am the original owner and still running it,” said J. P. Calliham on Monday. He was saying that on February 1, 1953, he opened his first Calliham’s business – 60 years ago. Congratulations to J. P. for all his years in business and what […]
Security safeguard measure implemented to aid in the prevention of tax fraud COLUMBIA – New for 2013, the SC Department of Revenue (DOR) has implemented a security safeguard measure to help prevent fraud-related individual income tax filings. Through the security program, income tax returns filed in 2013 will be processed by means of a new […]
COLUMBIA – The S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on Jan. 31, downgraded the drought status one level for 26 counties. Twelve counties were downgraded to moderate including: Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick, Greenwood, Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Lexington, Aiken and Barnwell. Fourteen counties were downgraded to incipient including: Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Laurens, […]
The winner of the Downtown Edgefield Wine & Chocolate Stroll Thursday evening is Darlene Abrahams of North Augusta, SC. Darlene said “ever since we moved to North Augusta we try to support South Carolina merchants, especially in Edgefield.” She said she didn’t mind the rainy cold weather but stopped in the NWTF Turkey Shoppe to purchase […]