Dear Editor: The continuing saga of the Enova Energy Group in the September issue of the Greenville newspaper published on Sept. 19, 2012: the Enova group announced that they were planning to construct a wood pellet facility on Hwy. 121. Construction was to begin in the first quarter of 2013. Obviously, that did not happen. […]
On August 27, 2013 at 5:00PM County Council will hold a work session and field trip to view possible locations for the animal shelter in Edgefield County. County Council will begin at the Council Chambers at 225 Jeter Street and then travel to six different locations to determine the best site for the shelter. The […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Donnie Dudley Pugh, 95, of Plum Branch Rd., husband of the late Iva Booth Pugh, died Thursday August 22, 2013 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab. Mr. Pugh was a native of Floyd County Virginia and was of the Baptist Faith. He was a retired Construction Worker and a World War […]
Strom Thurmond 31, Silver Bluff 15 Ridge Spring-Monetta 30, Pelion 18 Dreher 29, Fox Creek 6 Saluda 28, Gilbert 21 North Augusta 45, T.L. Hanna 3 Lincoln County, Ga. 41, McCormick 0 South Aiken 40, Richland Northeast 12
Edgefield School District “New Hires” School has opened and energy is high. As seen in the faces in the photo of the Parker children on the first school, there is a freshness in the new year, 2013-2014. Teachers have had a nice break for renewing their energies, as have the administration and students. There is […]
At Piedmont Technical College’s recent summer commencement exercises, outstanding students from each of the college’s seven supporting counties were honored for academic achievement. Edgefield County student Henry J. Caines III was honored for maintaining the highest grade point average for his county. He is recognized by PTC area commission vice chair Jane Jenkins Herlong, right. […]
The Advertiser followed David and Linda Padgett of Saluda, faithful subscribers to our newspaper, as they enjoyed a trip to Antigua where David served in the U. S. Navy many years ago. They found the same guardhouse where he had stood guard, recorded in an old photo.
CLEARWATER, S.C. – Mr. Lawrence “Larry” Murphy, 75, husband of Mrs. Betty Wheeler Murphy, entered into rest on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Surviving with his wife, Betty Wheeler Murphy are two children, Tina Johnson (Rob), Knoxville, TN and Patrick Murphy (Jacquerlyn), North Augusta; brothers, Billy Murphy (Patricia), Aiken, Charles Murphy (Laura), Edgefield and Tom Murphy […]
– By Tiffany Ireland – After 36 years in business, Mims Package Shop on Augusta Road is closing its doors. Their last day of business will be Saturday, Aug. 24. Lois Mims, who spoke Friday with The Advertiser regarding the closing, said a lot went in to the decision, but that, ultimately, it was time […]
Phyllis Slocum, former TV anchor with Charley Britt at Channel 12 CBS and my tennis partner (late 70s and early 80s) visited Monday through Thursday from Dallas, TX, after not seeing her for five years. She is now a professor of media at he University of North Texas The highlight of our trip was going to Edgefield. We parked […]