"Carolina Spartan" Issue: September 5, 1883 Maj. Jno. A. LEE is putting up a wind mill near his residence for the purpose of pumping water for domestic use. If he succeeds others may try the same plan. The reunion at Burnt Factory on Saturday was a pleasant occasion. About 200 persons were present and they had a nice picnic and speeches and a good time generally. There were 14 survivors of the Cross Anchor Company present and they organized a survivors association with F.N. WALKER as President and Z.T. BOBO of Union, as Secretary. They meet again next year at the same place. Rev. Mr. WOODWARD, wife and two daughters and Mrs. F.C. WOODWARD reached Spartanburg last Saturday. Mr. WOODWARD and family came from Petersburg and will make this place their home. Two of the Misses WOODWARD will be associated with Miss Carson in the High School for Girls at the Female Academy building. Capt. W.L. BRAGG and his daughter Miss Genie, are visiting their relatives Col. EVINS and Geo. W. NICHOLLS, Esq. Capt. BRAGG is a leading lawyer of Montgomery Ala., and is now Chairman of the Railroad Commission of his State. Last Sunday Mr. W.C. HEWITT and Miss Alice HEWITT, of the Windsor House, were married in the city of Greenville. Issue: September 12, 1883 Dr. J.L. WOFFORD's family of Cherokee has moved to town for the purpose of educating their children. They have rooms in one of Capt. GWYNN's houses on Main street. Jim MASSEY, a colored United States witness attending the court at Greenville, was killed last Saturday night. He and several other Negroes visited a house of infamy kept by a white woman named SPROUSE, and they carried a supply of whiskey with them. A row occurred and it seems that MASSEY was put to flight. Next morning his body was found stiff and dead, severely cut on the breast and side. He went from Spartanburg county, near Reidville. It will be remembered that in a street fight at Hendersonville, N.C., about a year ago, Sam and John BRITTON were making an assault on Jim FANNING, when, by accident, they shot Sam CUNNINGHAM, who was looking on at a considerable distance, which wound caused his death. They were tried at the recent term of court and found guilty of manslaughter. Sam BRITTON was sent to the penitentiary for seven years and John for two. In Brevard last week a prisoner was found guilty of horse-stealing. He was sentenced to ten years but in consideration of his delicate health the judge reduced his time to six. The old North State is not very lenient towards her criminals. A vigilance committee was formed at the old Bridge Place on Thickety [Union County] for the purpose of repressing the unlawful whiskey traffic. The following members are enrolled: Samuel JEFFRIES, A.A. SARRATT, J.C. FOWLER, T.M. LITTLEJOHN, Dr. M.J. WALKER, J.B.T. SCOTT, Thomson ROBBS, James OSMENT, J.T. MOREHEAD, John FOSTER, S.S. WALKER, James WALKER, William JEFFERIES, John R. JEFFERIES, J.H. SPEARS, T.A. GOFORTH, Thomas SCOTT. A committee was appointed to wait on Goode & Estes, distillers near Salem Church. After an interview these men promised to abandon the business. Issue: September 29, 1883 The little son of R.M. OTTS was thrown from a mule last week and his arm was broken. If any reader of the SPARTAN has an old revolutionary story called "Herbert Tracy, or the Legend of the Black Rangers," he will confer a favor by sending it to this office. John C. McDOWELL had the misfortune to break his leg just above the ankle Monday morning the 10th inst. He had gone to a neighbor's house and a dog attacked him and he jumped over the fence to escape, and his foot struck a rock which caused the injury. D.H. GRAMBLING & Sons are building a merchant mill on Thickety near the ford at their place. This is a much needed enterprise in that neighborhood. H. PARRIS, Esq., of Martinsville, informs us that Nathan PARRIS a very industrious and respectable farmer in the Buck Creek neighborhood, has been in bad health for several months. Lately his mind has given way somewhat, and he left home last Friday and has not been heard of since. His friends are very anxious about him, and information will be thankfully received. Monday we learned that Mr. PARRIS was found in the woods near home, his mind still unsettled. MARRIED: --FOSTER-DENSON-On Thursday evening the 13th instant, by Rev. J.B. Campbell, Mr. J. H. FOSTER and Miss Minnie DENSON. --HORTON-ELDER-On Tuesday, 11th instant, by R. Earle Johnson, N.P., James Irving HORTON and Miss Mary Ann ELDER, near Parris' Ford. --EDWARDS-TURNER-By James L. Scruggs, Esq., on Sunday evening, the 29th day of July 1883 at the residence of Wm. CHAMPION, Mr. Jefferson D. EDWARDS and Miss Mildred TURNER, all of Spartanburg, S.C. --TURNER-MARTIN-On Tuesday evening, the 7th of August, 1883, by Jas. L. Scruggs, Esq., at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Willis MARTIN, Mr. Samuel TURNER and Miss Mary MARTIN, all of Spartanburg. --STEVENS-BOITRE-By W.T. MILLER, N.P., on Friday, the 14th instant, Hiram STEVENS and Miss Amanda BOITRE, both of the county. free post, Lisa