Marshville, July 24—Automobiles carry many strange passengers, but about the most unusual one we have heard off arrived at the Marshville Motor Company Saturday morning and upset things quite a bit for a while.
Pearl Sturdivant, rural mail carrier, drove his Ford into the garage for some repairs and went on about town. Bob Bivins, mechanic, crawled under the car and was lying peacefully on his back working away, while Rheuben, the colored boy of the establishment, did some work at the other end of the car. Presently a mighty yell rent the air, and Rheuben with an almost ashy face, came up like a jack-in-the-box and exclaimed, “Mr. Bob, git out form under dat car, dares a snake a sittin’ right up dare where you is!”
“Where?” inquired Bob unbelievingly, “You don’t see a snake.” But just then the snake turned an inquiring face in his direction and Bob lost no time in moving, for the long black runner was coiled up on the under-pinnings of the car, and was showing a peevish disposition about having his nap disturbed. He was carefully dislodged from his comfortable resting place, however, and all his troubles came promptly to an end, after which J.S. Harrell, manager of the garage, hunted up Mr. Sturdivant and asked him what the law was in regard to mail carriers having passengers on their routes. Mr. Sturdivant claims exemption from all blame as he has no idea when the snake came aboard, nor how long he had been stealing rides.
From the front page of The Lincoln County News, Lincolnton, N.C., Monday afternoon, July 31, 1922
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