Edgefield County Council to Meet on Budget Requests
Edgefield County Council will meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Governmental Building council chambers to discuss funding a float for the Edgefield Christmas parade. The agenda also includes approving expenses payments to McCormick and Lexington counties in the Perry Bush Smith trials. In Jackson, investigators pursue facts in a weekend shooting death ruled a homicide by Sheriff Sue Townsend. Jimmy Lee Purvis, 23, was found shot in the head. his tan pickup was later found abandoned on Sand Bar Ferry Road in Richmond County Georgia.
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Edgefield
Edgefield County Council
McCormick
Lexington
Perry Bush Smith
Aiken County
Carrol Heath
Jackson
Jimmy Lee Purvis
Sue Townsend
Purvis
Sand Bar Ferry Road
Richmond County
War renville man found shot to death near home
Paul Alexander Scott twenty of Warrenville was found shot to death in a wooded area near his residence after leaving home Friday. The body was located Saturday afternoon by a family member. A shotgun was found near the scene. An investigation by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department and Coroner Sue Townsend is ongoing.
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Paul Alexander Scott
Warrenville
Aiken County
Scott
Aiken
Sue Townsend
Aiken county notices and events schedule
The Aiken County DSS Board meets tomorrow night at 6 30 with general counsel in the Food Stamp office on the U S 1 Bypass. Aiken Salutes the Constitution starts at 7 30 a m at the Etherredge Center USC Aiken with essay and poster winners and remarks by Harry M Lightsey Jr and Charles Simons Jr. A play On a Pedestal about women and substance abuse runs 7 p m at Millbrook Baptist Church gym with USC actors and 20 service tables. free. The board of education referendum study committee meets 7 30 p m Tuesday Room 5 Educational Center 843 Edgefield Ave N W.
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Aiken County Department of Social Services Board
S.C. Department of Social Services
Food Stamp Office
U.S. 1
Aiken
Etherredge Center
USC Aiken
Harry M. Lightsey Jr
College of Charleston
University of South Carolina
U.S. Commission
Charles Simons Jr
U.S
Millbrook Baptist Church
HCA Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Aiken Center For Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Aiken County
Aiken County Board of Education
Educational Center
Edgefield Ave
N.W
Local Parades Set Throughout County With Grand Marshals
Multiple parades are planned across the county this weekend. The Aiken Jaycees announce the annual Christmas parade with Man of The Year as Grand Marshal at G H W Thurlow. Other events include Jackson Town, New Ellenton, Wagoner Town, Graniteville-Vaucluse-Warrenville Fire Department parade, North Augusta parade with Mrs Strom Thurmond as Grand Marshal, and Midland Valley Christmas Parade sponsored by L B C Post 153.
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Aiken Jaycees
G. H.W. Thurlow
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Union Street
Park Avenue
Park
Laurens Street
Laurens
Barnwell Avenue
Wagoner Town
A.L. Corbett Middle School
Wagener- Salley High School
Josephine
Ma Jo) Matthews
Wagener-Salley
North Augusta
North Augusta Plaza
East
Martintown Road
Buena Vista Avenue
Strom Thurmond
Midland Valley
Langley Shopping Center
Plans Still Uncertain For Ellen Pattis Return From Tehran
Ellen Pattis remains unsure when she will return to the United States after visiting imprisoned brother Jon Pattis in Tehran since November 17. Her mother reports no definite plans or word since a recent phone call, despite praise for Iranian officials and observations of her brother’s seemingly good condition.
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Carol Woodward
Ellen Pattis
Jon Pattis
Tehran
Ellen
Catherine Pattis
Ms. Pattis
Iran
Rajash Khorassani
United Nations
Evin
State Department
Khorassani
Kathy Lewis
Aiken
Ms. Lewis
Islamic Republic
Miss Pattis
Train Hits Empty Truck Derails 25 Cars in Ridgeland
A CSX freight train derailed after hitting an empty pickup truck at a Jasper County crossing. No injuries were reported. The truck stalled on the tracks and the driver, Emila Curtis Swinton, faced traffic-related charges. Damages totaled about 467,000 dollars and Amtrak and freight trains were rerouted until the site is cleared.
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Ridgeland
CSX Transportation
Jasper County
CSX
Norm Going
Going
Highway Patrol
L.W. Kelly
Emila Curtis Swinton
Kelly
Swinton
Amtrak
Weekend Toll of 16 Dead in South Carolina Accidents
The Associated Press reports sixteen weekend fatalities across South Carolina from traffic crashes including Columbia man Bruce Haskell Millhouse 28 who died when his car struck a bridge on Old Bluff Road Richland County. Others killed include Ronald Boals Sr 72 of Wanda Douglas E P Chisolm 26 of Ontario and several residents from New York North Carolina and local towns in crashes on U.S. 17 U.S. 51 and other roads during the Thanksgiving holiday period.
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Columbia
Richland County
Bruce Haskell Millhouse
Old Bluff Road
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Ronald M. Boals Sr
Wanda
Douglas E.P. Chisolm
Ontario
U.S
Sheldon
Delorise
Elizabeth Frazier
Rochester
N.Y
William J. Nelson
Stamford
U.S. 51
Georgetown
Erich Martin Nelson
Area fund drives seek to help needy families this Christmas
Christmas fund campaigns in Aiken County aim to surpass last year’s totals. The Salvation Army seeks at least 50 000 via kettles and mail appeal with gifts for families and nursing homes. Aiken Jaycees plan a Shopping Tour funding 60 children with about 75 dollars each. Valley Empty Stocking Fund targets 25 000 with a 14 December cutoff and multiple local post office addresses for donations.
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Aiken County
Salvation Army
K Marts
Wal-Mart
Rose’s
Correctional Institute
The
P.O
Aiken Jaycees
Jaycees
c/o the
P.O. Box
Aiken
Valley
Jack Holley
Langley
Three S C Firms Make Forbes List
Fourteen private firms in North and South Carolina made Forbes annual list of the nation’s 400 largest private companies. Burlington Industries tops Carolinas firms and ranks 20th nationally with 3.3 billion in sales. Milliken & Co. of Spartanburg follows at 29th with an estimated 2.4 billion. Belk in Charlotte is 52nd with 1.68 billion. Other companies include McDevitt & Street, Cone Mills, Builder Marts of America, Greenwood Mills, Merchants Distributors, Hendrick Management, and Investors Management with sales ranging from 381 to 810 million.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Forbes Magazine
Burlington Industries Inc
Greensboro
Carolinas
Forbes
Burlington
Milliken & Co
Spartanburg
Belk Department
McDevitt & Street
Cone Mills
Builder Marts of America
Greenville
Greenwood Mills
Greenwood
Merchants Distributors
Hickory
Hendrick Management
Investors Management
Raleigh
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Edgefield County
Aiken Dss
USCA
Jackson Town
Jackson Middle School
Silverton Street
Ellenton
Graniteville
Will
G.L. Sims
Associated Press
Sengers
Anthony Tony Carson
Mark E. Ellington
Huger
Joshua Littles
Bennettsville
Marshall and Kinney
Marlboro County
David Montrose
Marty Dean Sanders
Barnwell
S.C
Warren Emory Rouse
Hemingway
Williamsburg County
Kevin Pope McDowell
Inman
Betty Giles
Seneca
Thomas Giles
U.S. 76
Oconee
Pete C. Leventis
John K. Bates Jr
U.S. 321
Adella W. Godwin
Lake City
Gray Road
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