JOHNSTON, S.C. – Graveside services for Mrs. Annie (Jackie) Bonnoitt Boatwright, age 90, will be held Friday, March 8, at 11 am at Mt. of Olives Cemetery with visitation to follow at Mrs. Boatwright’s home. Mrs. Boatwright, a native of Darlington, SC, died March 4, 2013. She was a daughter of the late Robert Esmond, […]
Friends of the Edgefield County Library have launched their annual Membership Drive, beginning March 1st and ending May 30. Dues are $25 (Family membership $50, Student $5, Sponsor $100, Patron $250, Business/Industry $1000), and tax-deductible. The group meets every month on the third Thursday at 5:00 PM to further its good works. We invite you […]
By Justin Guy – About thirty thousand years! That’s how long humans have been working with clay and making it into objects we need or at least objects we believe we needed. For a generational equivalent that means that about 150 grandmothers ago your “mega” great-grandmother was just figuring out that she could take that […]
Ernestine Brown’s last day at the Edgefield Post Office was Friday when they celebrated her leaving with a party—food and well-wishing. On Thursday Ernestine posed for The Advertiser photographer, reluctantly, and gave the newspaper a little information that helps us to know her better. She is from Charlotte, N. C., originally, and has worked in […]
The Edgefield County Republican Party will be holding a meeting for Precinct Reorganization on March 12 at the County Council Chambers. Please bring your Voter I.D. cards as we will need to verify your information. We will be starting at 6pm. See you then. Submitted
6 March Barnwell Away 7:00 8 March Saluda Home 6:00 12 March Brookland-Cayce Away 7:00 13 March Batesburg-Leesville Away 7:00 15 March Airport Home 7:00 18 March Silver Bluff Home 7:00 19 March Swansea Away 6:30 22 March Gilbert Away 6:30 25 March Batesburg-Leesville Home 7:00 26 March Midland Valley Home 7:00 29 March […]
26 February Jeff Davis Home 7:00 28 February Augusta Christian Away 4:30 1 March Spartanburg Christian Away 7:00 5 March Laurens Away 7:00 7 March Northside/Glenforest Home 6:00 11 March Westminister Away 5:00 13 March Newberry Away 6:00 14 March Augusta Christian Home 5:00 19 March Laurens Home 7:00 21 March Anderson Christian Home TBA […]
5 March North Home 4:30 6 March Silver Bluff Green Jackets 7:00 8 March Williston Home 4:30 12 March RSM Away 5:00 15 March Wagener-Salley Home 5:00 18 March Abbeville Away 6:00 19 March HKT Away 5:00 22 March Blackville-Hilda Away 5:00 26 March North Away 5:00 28 March Williston Away […]
The Johnston Food Bank would like to thank BI-LO and its customers for their generous donation of $7,382 during the recent Hunger Relief Campaign. The Food Bank was able to purchase 515 cases of food with the money that was collected. A special thank you goes to PEPSI for delivering the cases of food to […]
Ranks first among U.S. states in tire exports; Canada, Germany and China top export markets COLUMBIA, S.C. – March 1, 2013 – Gov. Nikki Haley, the South Carolina Department of Commerce and the State Ports Authority today announced the state’s 2012 exports totaled nearly $25.3 billion in goods sold to 197 countries around the world, according to data […]