Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-02

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Walhalla on other occasions and the
three are being welcomed by numer-
GUS friends here.
w. II. Cobb, steward of the Oco-
nee aims house, killed snake on
the steps of his home one day last
week, but was unable to name it,
having never before seen a snake Of
the same kind. He brought it to
The Courier Office to be identified,
hut 1t was a new one on us. w. p.
Powell, who is familiar with all
kinds Of snakes, states that it is the
horn or hoop snake. The snake Is
about 30 inches in length and has
Il very horny end to it's tail. this
horny tip being about an inch and
! a half in length. Mr.. Powell states
that the snake travels in the shape
of hoop, taking the end Of it's tail
in its mouth. thus making n perfect
hoop Of it's body. These snakes are
expert in the matter of striking OBJ
jccts. AS they roll swiftly in the di-
roction Of the object Of attack, they
measure distance very accurately,
turning loose the tail horn just in
time for the horn to be jabbcd into
the object against which an attack
is made.
w w Iiuci, tHt
Southern Bell Telephone Co., spent
the first OF this week in Walhalla
going over the lines and property OF
the Oconee Telephone Company with
4 view to purchase of the local COM
pany'S property by the Bell. Mr.
Wiider's work is of Il preliminary
nature, and he will report to the
Bell Company his findings and make
| recommendation as to the value Of
the property. After his report has
been considered by the Bell people,
they will take up with the local tel
ephone people the question Of pur-
chase of the system complete, which
includes number Of exchanges. If
a sale is effected it will be transfer
Of the entire system. There is at
the moment no information relative
to the proposed change in ownership
that can be given out. The transfer
depends entirely upon the report Of
Mr.. Wilder and upon the further
question of agreement between the
Bell and the local companies as to
purchase price. There is. however,
no question as to a deal being on for
transfer Of the property. The Bell
peoples investigation Is made with
view to purchase in the near future
If an agreement on price can be
made.
The people Of Oconee will regret
deeply to learn Of the death Of Mrs.
opearman, Of the lower part Of our
county. Mrs. Spearman was the wife
Of Rev. w. J. Spearman, prominent
minister Of the Baptist church in
Oconee, and was about 65 years Of
age. Mrs. Spearman died suddenly
last Sunday morning at Mount Pleas
Doy f{cf nh,,rn Of xty1,i n1, n, rnh
an all-day singing was being held.
Rev. and Mrs. Spearman had but a
row moments before gotten to the
| church, and Mrs. Spearman suffered
I severe stroke of heart trouble,
"rom which she died in about twenty
minutes. Immeditely after she suf-
'arcd the attack she was taken out
sd" the church and made comforta-
hle i'm the shade Of the trees in the
hope that the fresh air Of the open
would revive her But the end came
peacefully and quickly. Practically
all of the family were present at the
church. Of which Rev. Mr. Spearman
is pastor. Besides her husband, Mrs.
~pearman is survived by six sons
and two daughters. The sons are
Lee. June. Clarence. Carl. Biemann
and a young boy whose name we are
unable to learn. The two daughters
are young children also. All Of the
older sons except Clarence are mar
ricd. Rev. and Mrs. Spearman came
20 0Cnnee some II or 90 years ago
rom "ickcns county and bought the
"'d Sh"lhOn Mill place. where they
have resided continuously since. The
deceased was q most cStimable lady.
Il dcvOut Christian, and will he sadly
missed in church and other circles
Of the county. Funcarl services were
held Monday at II o'clock in tho
morning. and the intcrmcnt was
made IN tho Mount Pleasant ceme-
terry. The Courier joins with host
Of other friends Of the deceased and
the bereaved ones in extending to
the sorrowing family sincere sympa-
thy in their hour Of afIliction.
Other OconccanS DISCHARGED.
Following is the latest list Of the
names Of Oconec boys honorab!y dis
| charged from Camp Jackson:
Hnrgcss. Ruglas W.. Salem.
Wood, Horace f., Seneca.
Pitts. Oscar, Westminster.
CrOwther. Jas. L., Clemson Col
lege
Childress, VIM. Franklin. Walhalla
Nicholson, Frank. Walhalla.
Sanders, Cullen O., Seneca.