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Letter to the editor: the out-of-towner
Abbeville deserves better, not good enough.

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Aug 19, 20203 min read
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The Apples were Green
On May 27, 1926, a 23-year-old newspaper reporter tried to put Atlanta on the aviation map.

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Aug 5, 20208 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Geoff Hult
Considering the times we’re living in, let’s examine the issue of COVID-19 and masks.

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Jul 29, 20204 min read
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Letter to the Editor
It's one thing to have to live w/bad state regulations & an even worse City zoning decision, but quite another to have to pay for them too.

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Jul 23, 20202 min read
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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Due to COVID-19, our City and Council meetings are all but impossible for the public to view, attend or participate.

Lamar T West, Sr.
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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Commentary: Clemson University and John C. Calhoun
University Trustees voted 13-0 to remove John C. Calhoun’s name from the University’s Honors College because he was a slave owner.

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Jul 3, 20203 min read
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Long Cane, 1780: Disheartened and defeated, fall of Charleston
Patriot forces began to march in from the backcountry of the Carolinas to try and rescue Charleston.

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Jun 30, 20202 min read
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I believe in the "Thin Blue Line"
In Abbeville County, we should support our police, our deputies and other law enforcement officers.

Lamar T West, Sr.
Jun 24, 20202 min read
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Letter to the editor
When choosing a treatment that will promote the goal of staying drug free for good is not all about length of time but effectiveness towards

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Jun 17, 20201 min read
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Letter to the editor
Well, to those who may not know, the entire season of the Opera House plays have been cancelled.

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Jun 17, 20202 min read
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Two Revolutionary War battle sites to visit
Our Long Cane Patriot soldiers fought in numerous battles. Here are two battlefields to visit.

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Jun 4, 20202 min read
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Dick, the Slave: Revolutionary War Hero
General Pickens later remarked that there was no finer or braver man living than Dick.

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May 21, 20202 min read
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Letter to the Editor: Jim Irwin
It is time to vote several council members out June 9, 2020 at the primary!

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May 5, 20201 min read
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Long Cane Massacre: Dispersal and starting over 1760
The Long Cane Massacre Site is significant to the history of exploration and settlement in South Carolina.

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Apr 28, 20202 min read
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How life could change after COVID-19
We Southerners are a hardy lot. We have been through much. The Civil War, reconstruction, the boll weevil and the depression.

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Apr 22, 20202 min read
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Colonial times stories from Long Cane 1760-1783 aka Abbeville
Long Cane, South Carolina, as Abbeville was known in 1760, was established by mostly Scotch-Irish settlers from colonies further north.

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Apr 20, 20202 min read
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Life of a Long Cane militia soldier: Winter, 1781
The Revolutionary War was won and lost in the Backcountry of North and South Carolina by tired guerilla fighters, some using only farm tools

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Apr 15, 20202 min read
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Letter to the editor: Jim Irwin
The county director and landfill director need to understand this is not time to spend our money.

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Apr 15, 20202 min read
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Letter to the editor: Jim Irwin
When you are riding down the highway you smell a skunk you don’t see one but you know it has been there!

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Mar 31, 20202 min read
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Letter to the editor: Jim Irwin
Has our County elected personnel lost their minds? The only time the school trustees and county council know you is when they want your vote

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Mar 18, 20201 min read
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