The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-05
ANOBLE MEMORY.
3 Monument E:scsad to R.zcic Youpz
Lady.

= Monument E:scsad to H.zcic Young
LadF.
4 ucra pathetic story was never
toi& lhan lh.t which is related by Mr..
~. G Fia!d The incident is the he
,0;c death CT Mrs. Frances Heaton
FFcoCaca, 10 whose msnory a marble
a,orun.euG as beea erec!ed in Spar.
a0urg county, S. c., with tie in-
sarip:ioc: ''Sle died IL defense of Her
Nirlae " i4r. Field says:
,'FylUnes have been written on the
ives ana deeds of good and great men
no have lived and died; of other
leeds ii charity. CT valor, of honcr,
q pa!fiotism, OF sacrifice, OF success,
&c, acd by rone OF them has more
oeea done 10 distinguish them for
leeds of Gariag or of greatness, or en-
Tile them TO more lasting monument
mar is Mis2 frances Hta:on Woodard
Che victim Of Devil" John Moore,
Of SgartanoUcg county, 8. C,) who
ditd N defense OF her virtue. From
chl:G Of S years she lived with, as
oae q the family, the clerk OF court,
sheriH, judge OF probate and the treas
urer Of P.ckens county, s. c., and the
i&st twG years OF her life with the wri-
Ter. My ultimate acquaintance with
6as and personal knowledge Of her
character prompts me to write of her.
''While living with US an older SIS
ter came 10 our house to get heI to go
si:h her and younger brother TO
Sfacaneurg county, whera they had
some rei2ives with whom her sister
proposed to her that they should make
1heir hcme and all be together, as
they were a4d had been living sepa-
rate the principal part of their lives.
Frances entered a strong protest
against her sisters plan, but finally
yie.5cd and consented to 60, telling
Ter sister that she mad a good home,
was well satisfied and did not wish to
leave Us. I told her she could remain
;ith Us as long as she wished to and
.aat I 1ould treat her just as I did my
daughters. She was honest. industri
Gus and always pleasant. I met her
at EAsIey, s: O.. the day she left the
courlry, paid her s24, a balances I was
t;ue her. She vas travelling alone and
VAS &foos. She expected to travel
twelve miles that afternoon and COM
piete her jouraey the next day, some
thing over 80 miles in all.
On Der way about noon the next
day she called at the residence of the
man: Moore, 10 get directions on her
Eay. Moore told her of a near way
through large body CT forest timber.
&C land 10 toe road leading to her 6es,
lnA.lon and proposed to accompany
Ger 10 the road, rs there was only s
dim, unused trail through there. She
Indignantly refused 10 allow him to
accompany her, told him positively
mat he should not go with aer, and
as tie proof goes to show tnat was the
last sen et her, except by that demon
Until her dead, robced and nutilated
oody was found by the buzzards.
Wnen found her money and ie Helry
were gone. a reliable man who So n
the oo5y before it vas removed, aud
VIC also took part in the lynching,
iolu me- that her dead, mutilated form
win ner lair pulled out and scattered
around and her clothing torn to
snceds, Was the most horrible sight
as eyes evsr Oeheld. All the sur
rouadiygs went to prove most conclu
slveiy tna! she fought till she died
Suspicion a: once rested upon Devil
Johu Moore, as. he was kco1n, and
&c, Hhen caught, carried conclusive
proof OF his guilt, Of the struggle or
oa!tte ne lad been engaged IN with
ler.
The entire country turned out to
assist 10 Capture and lynching of
tae demon. l! was some tWenty-four
or tnicty six hours before he was cap
:ur=d. Her body had lain about three
ieys oeio:e being discovered. When
caught he was carried to the battle
ground and thers without any dis
guise, il the presence OF Thousand
witnesses, he paid the penalty, which
was heartily approved by everybody.
02a died among strangsrs, get among
ttiends VINO gave her body q decent
6Gci4i and erected a marble monument
20 Ter memory as one who Died in
DateDse OF H,r Virtue.
~ no has done more to entitle them
70 3 great name, Or to lasting monu-
me1i2 Size joined the Baptist church
Wills living with Us. That Wss one
case Of deserved lynchiag justified by
every body. Moore Was a white man
Rith family-wife and seven chill
drea. The murder and lynchlng toe K
place in Spsrtanourg county, South
Carolina, il 1879.