Category: Special Interest

Locally written columns of special interest to Dillon County citizens

Recipe: Mini Coconut Cakes with Coconut Cream

Mini Coconut Cakes with Coconut Cream are delicious and beautiful, and best of all, they’re quick and easy.

Libby’s Recipes: Chess Pie

How about another easy recipe?

UGLY

I vaguely remember being in Miss Maggie’s 1934 first grade class.  Still, I recall some of the names of my classmates and most surprisingly, can recite from some of the early wall posters used to teach reading skills. 

Libby’s Recipes: Strawberry Pretzel Salad

This three layer salad combines two of my favorite flavors, sweet and salty.

Recipe: Easiest Ever Red Velvet Cupcakes

There has been a recent resurgence of people hungry for Red Velvet Cake resulting in a wide variety of recipes.

Libby’s Recipes: Carrot Cake Muffins

A tasty muffin recipe.

Libby’s Recipes: Sweet Potato Poundcake

As for this week’s recipe, it is back by popular demand. It comes from Lynn Liebenrood and is oh-so-good!

The Hamer Cotton Mill

I assume the location of the Hamer Cotton Mill as it was known when it was organized in 1903 was determined by one of the principal shareholders, Robert Pickett Hamer, Jr. who owned the land on which the plant was constructed. 

A ‘Scare-the-Daylights-Out-Of-You’ Episode

Gun safety is of paramount importance today and rightly so.  But handling guns in past generations was by comparison, relaxed to say the least.

Pineapple-Orange Salad

This week’s recipe is for a light, fruity salad. Enjoy.