"The Carolina Spartan" Issue: September 7, 1881 Last Sunday morning the east-bound fast mail train crushed the arm of a German shoe-maker, name RENNAKER, from Wellford. The arm was amputated during the day by Dr. Russell. During the night the watchman heard a drunk man about Walker & Fleming's ware-house, and just before the time for the train he examined the track all about the platform. The man had wandered up the track to the bridge to Church Street. And was lying near the bank with his arm across the rail. The engineer did not see him as he was in the side-ditch, until he was too close to stop. This is another strong argument in favor of prohibition. Mr. Editor:--A man who does a noble act ought to be remembered. At the Pomona Grange on the 23rd of August, at Unity, Mrs. RAVAN and her six children were riding in a one-horse wagon. In turning to go down a hill her little boy turned two short and the front wheel threw the body over the standard against the mule, which commenced to kick and run down the hill. Mr. James COOK about twenty-one years old, ran and caught the bridle, which broke. He then caught the mule by the nose and held on to it for about forty yards going down hill, when the shafts broke, and all rolled out on the ground. Mr. COOK succeeded in stopping the mule. None of the persons received serious damage. Issue: September 21, 1881 Misses St. Lawrence and Sarah FLEMING, daughters of Dr. C.E. FLEMING, left for the Augusta Female Seminary at Staunton, Va., about two weeks ago. Miss Alice WALKER, daughter of Col. Jos. WALKER, will leave Wednesday for the Wesleyan Female Institute at the same place, and Miss Ida THOMAS, daughter of D.A. THOMAS, Esq., will leave the same day for the Wesleyan Female College at Macon, Ga. We hope our young friends will abound in health, contentment and hard study during their absence from home. Issue: September 28, 1881 Mr. Monroe WALLACE, a native of Union County, ___ for a long time resident of Mississippi, was in the county last week. He went to school here about forty years ago. The name of Miss Mamie EVINS should be added to the list of the young ladies who have recently left Spartanburg for distant schools. She has gone to the Augusta Female Seminary at Staunton, Va. Tuesday night of last week the colored people had a festival and ball in Sevier's store. Everything went on smoothly until John WRIGHT became boisterous, and a colored marshal requested him to be quiet. This seemed to infuriate WRIGHT, and then he got in the wrong more than ever. Marshal KING, the chief, went in and attempted to settle matters, when WRIGHT resisted. Others came to his aid, and a lively time followed. WRIGHT was imprisoned and then Starling JOHNSON, and then Marshal KING arrested Lewis McDOWELL. When he opened the calaboose door to put him in, WRIGHT jerked the marshal in and a hand-to-hand engagement ensued. WRIGHT was shot in the leg and bruised about the head. They were before the Mayor next morning. WRIGHT and McDOWELL were bond over to court, and JOHNSON was fined $15.00 or 25 days in the guard house. Doc WESTFIELD and Charlie MILLER, colored policeman, behaved well and acted bravely during the disturbance. They deserve much praise for their conduct. CONFESSION OF B.W. HICKS The following confession was written by HICKS sometime before his execution and published in the Sunday News. I was born the 11th of June, 1848. My father died in 1858, when I was only ten years old. My father was a sickly man. He was not able to work much. He always taught school for his living. I was very small when he died, but I node I had to live some way. There was eight of us children, the five oldest was girls, and the only brother I had was the bulley WOL [sic]. I tried to farm at home for two or three years. I wood work at home some, and hire out some for support. I commenced working out at fifteen cents a day, and was glad to get that to carry home to my mother. I node that would help her. I would work hard all day and go home at night to see how tha all was. I done this for several years. I was a poor boy and had to work for my living, but it all went well with me. I was glad to get something to carry home to them. I always was tenderhearted to nearly everybody. I had heard tell of a Savior that would bless us all for kinness hear on eath. When any of them was sick I always wish that it was me in the place of them, for I had ruther suffer as them. I left in the year 1865 and went to North Carolina and stade tell I thought I was grown. I always sent my mother the earnings of my work, for I was the only chance for her support, and the only won she had to look to for much help. I always thought thar was nobody like mother tell I got led astray by keeping bad company. I had a good mother and a good father, to, I recon. I don't remember much about him, for I was small when he died. If I had taken my mother's advice I would not been in this condition to-day. I was grone before I ever node how a drunk man felt. I becom to think I was smarter than my mother, I thought she was old and childish and did not no what was best for me to do, so I thought I would get married and be somebody, and so I was married to Adaline FERGUS the 25th of August, 1871, then my trubles first begun. I often thought what my mother said, and thought if I had only had taken my mother's advice, that I now wood not been in this trubels. I lived with my wife from 25th of August, 1871, tell some time in March, 1872, then I quit her and went back to my mother. I saw then that her words had all come true; that all the advice she had given to me was so. I saw then that I was the foolish man in place of her. I saw to the deep love and warm affection that lay in a mother's heart for her onthankful son. I often think now of the tears she had for me then. My trubles was great then. I attempted to kill myself, but God forbid it, so I weared on in my trubles tell long in '76 I was tending a protracted meeting at Green River Church. I saw myself a siner. I was a morner from Sunday tell Wednesday. Mr. CASE was suppling that church then. While he was praing for the morners, I saw no chance for me. All the advise my mother ever give me come up before me then. I could see her and all my friends leaving me behind. I saw tha was on thear way to heaven and I was on my to hell. Just as I give all hope up I saw my blessed Lord standing with his pearly white hands over my head. I can't tell how happy I was. I loved every sole on earth. I felt like I had wings to my poor body. My tears was all dried up and I only wanted to praise God. I only wanted to shake hands with every sole on earth then and do today, but I have commited a awful sin since then-the 9 of May, 1881. I cause myself to be hung. I parted the life of my on dear won, the one that I even loved. I was married to Mary A. CLEMENT March 18th. I lived a happy life with her tell January, 1881. I then saw the rode she aim to go and the life she aim to lead. I never thought she would ever come to that. I bore my trubles, and did not say anything about it. I saw that she had come to a conclusion to have more lovers than one. I talk to her mildly and good about it, but it done no good, she had gone to far then to stop, so trubels ran me crazy. I thought on the 9th of May, 1881, that wee both wood bee better off ded than alive. I didn't think of doing this one before it was don, but trubel and love broat it on. I aim to cut her throat and choot myself, but the gun went off and chot her. I then cut her throat and run one mile and cut my own throat; but God has sparred me to prepare for death. I now feel willing to dey. I feel like the Lord has pardon me. I have prade to God day and night to save her soul and mine together in heaven above since I have been hear in prison. I was reading the 11 chap of St. John whear it said Mary and Martha weept over Lazarus and whear it said Jesus wept; the tears was flowing from my eyes freely. I saw a light around me and I was made happy. I felt like I had wings. I felt like tha was nothing holding me to this earth, I wanted to go to my blessed Savior above. {I wonder what happened to the first wife?} free post Lisa