The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
PRODUCE MARKET.
Palmetto Briefs.

Palmetto Briefs.
A Gaffney special says:
Tuesday night as No. 3S. the north
bound vestibule, was coming into the
station il ran into M. Charley Driskiil
killing him Immediately. Mr.. Drisklll
vas standing in front Of the store OF
Messrs. Carroll, Carpenter & Byers
and heard the train blow. He was
waiting on No. 40, which was due a
few minutes later He started for the
depot when he heard the whistle blow,
going between two box cars. He did
not stop to see how far the train was
away, but rushed across. He was
caught by the pilot and knocked sew
eral feet in the air and carried about
80 feet up the track. When assistance
reached him he was dead. One leg. one
hand and his skull were broken. There
was a large hole in his skull through
which bis brains were oozing. He was
q young man about II years OF age
and a son of Mr.. James Driskill, who
lives about two miles from town. His
remains will be buried today at Dray-
tonville.
Constables Garner, Irby. McCaskill
and Nettles seized FIVE barrels Of rye
and peach and honey case goods from
the basement of Mr.. Myer Franks
home. at 10C3 Assembly street Colum-
bia, last week When the constables
appeared at the place with a search
warrant Mr.. Frank was at his Bee
Hive store. They were admitted
without any excitement and their dis
covery of the stuff did not seem to in
the least disturb any member OF the
household. There had apparently
been 10 attempt to conceal the goods.
The constables believe that the stun
belonged to a well-known blind tiger
operating extensively in that section
of the city-a kind Of wholesale
tiger supplying sub-tiger concerns.
Manning, Special.-Mr. Charles R.
Haryin, Sir. of this place has almost
completed a cotton picking machine
which. if perfected, will in course OF
time work great changes in gathering
the cotton crop in the south. The
name Of Harvin in this county Is al
most synonymous with machinery. and
Mr.. Harvin has been practical mill
man for the past 25 years. He has
made experiments at picking cotton
with his machine and feels confident
that he is going to perfect it and make
a perfect success. The parts for the
machine which he proposes to put on
exhibition are now being made in. Bcs-
ton and Baltimore, and the expert
ments he has made in picking cotton
were successful.
Saluda. Special.-Saturday just after
dark a pistol shot disturbed the usual
uuietude of our town and the body OF
Bob Crouch. colored. was found lying
In the street, near the corner OF Main
and Church street; bullet hole was
found running from the right to the
left side Of his head. just over the ear.
The negro was alive when found but
was unconscious and died in short
while. An investigation as to the cause
Of his death was begun Immediately
and every one who had been known TO
be in the vicinity was questioned;
number Of negroes were placed in jail.
but no one seemed to know who fired
the pistol.
Messrs. G. P. Irby of Laurens and ].
W. Jeffries of Fairfield have been given
Peabody scholarships in the institute
at Nashville. There were eight vacan-
cies announced last June and three OF
these were filled by appointment at
once Competitive examinations were
held for for the other five and three Of
these were announced some time ago.
The appointment of Messrs. Irby and
Jeffries fills the allowance for South
Carolina this year.
The cotton mills Of Columbia are
now running on full time, six days out
of the week. This includes the >colum-
bia Mills company as well as the
Whaley mills. There we're not many
days on which the mills were forced to
suspend on account Of the scarcity of
cotton, and the new crop is beginning
to come in.
Another important gathering is
scheduled to be held in Columbia. The
South Carolina Lumber association has
decided upon the Capital City as the
place for the fall meeting and banquet.
The date Of the meeting is Friday, Oc-
tober End, the week before the meeting
Of the State Bankers association.