Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-01-15
NEWS FROM CONEROSS.
Account OF NJ. Il. A eNandcr's Death
Family Seriously Ill.
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hope that they will all be up again
soon. Mrs. Maggie Robbins and
daughter Anda, OF Walhalla, are
with Mrs. II. j. Hesse and family
during their illness.
Miss Jessie Barker returned last
week to Salem, whore she has taken
up her school work again.
Miss Oracle Abbott resumed her
work as teacher at Oakway last
Monday, after spending the holidays
with homefolks.
Miss Eva Arve left last Thursday
Tor Greenville, where she has taken
up her studies in Draughon's Busi-
hess College after spending the holi-
days with homefolks
c. e. Dubose. OF Greer, spent the
weekend with his family, who are
Cn an extended visit at the homes OF
the Messrs and Miss Barker and Mrs.
Clara DuBosc.
MIR. and Mrs. w. Fl. Arve and
daughter, Miss Ora, spent some time
recently visiting relatives and friends
in Atlanta and Toccoa, Ga
Misses Ora and Esther Arve ar.
back at Flat Shoals, where they have
taken up their school work again
after spending the holidays with
i,omefolks. These young ladies have
,'een teaching at this place for some
TWO or three years, and this proves
they arc liked and appreciated by
the people there.
The community was shocked last
saturday when telegram came an
nonncing that NJ. l.. Alexander Of
Oklahoma. had been killed We cX-
tend our sympathy to the family and
10 the brothers and sisters Of the de-
ceased. May God help them in their
hour Of sorrow, and may this dispcn-
sation draw them nearer to Him aud
caus" them to carry their burdens
to God. the only one who can help
them.
Tho hhu' FOR Sunday school or
the first, third and firth Sundays will
he | o'clock, and on the second and
;ourth Sundays 1890. Let all men,
hers Of the Sunday school bear this
in mind
\ Newspaper Account.
The Following account OF the kill
ing OF Marshall Alexander is taken
from an Oklahoma paper that was
1,,a, ~, y
cd:
"Thc details Of the killing or NJ. l..
Alexander. which occurred on his
farm. eight miles south Of Wilson,
yesterday morning, was learned
when Russell Brown and others, who
had been hunting out there, return
cd to the city last night
"Mr. Brown said that yesterday
morning he and his brother, Will
Moore Brown, and Ben Mobley were
::hnting about mile from where the
killing occurred and never heard the
shots and knew nothing Of the TRACE
ty until Just before noon, when
son Of a tenant named Russian and
another man came to them AMI told
EN- Mr.. Alexander had IN shot.
They at once went to the place and
found him lying on his side, one hand
under his head and his right hand,
without a glove. in his oyercoat
pocket. His pistol was in his hip
pocket and had not been touched.
"On finding that Mr.. Alexander
was dead they placed the body in
wagon belonging to a man named
Tyne. who had driven there, and
took it to the home Of Mr. Russian,
onc Of the tenants. From there 1t
was placed in another wagon and
started toward Wilson and was met
on the road by an ambulance sent
cut from Ardmore, and reached here
about 10 o'clock last night. The trip
vas necessarily slow, as the roads
are in very bad condition.
Shot From Ambush.
They learned that the tenant Rus
sam and two men from Davis, who
we're there looking at the farm with
/; view to renting, we're with Mr..
in an Oat field. all stand
Ing close together. They were quite
:. distance, 300 or 100 yards from
the timber proper. but between them
and the timber there was ridge
covered with small brush and hav-
ing on it one large tree Mr.. Brown
said it was evident that it was from
this ridge that the shots came. but