Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-11


who were present at the conference
were: Governor Hayward, ]. H. Averill,
r. G.. Rhett, Robert Aldrich, A. w.
Love, Altamont Moses, Louis Appelt,
August Kohn and w. E. Gonzales. It
was decided to appoint commission.
to consist Of two men from each con-
gressional district, who are to meet
here next Thursday night at o'clock
for the purpose Of taking further and
definite steps towards getting up a
creditable show for the state. The fol-
lowing are the commissioners: First
district, r. g. Rhett, Charleston;
Louis Applet, Clarendon. Second dis
trict, M. B.. McSweeney, Hampton;
Robert Aldrich, Barnwell. Third dis
trict, R. T. Joynes, Oconee; ]. M. Sui
livan, Anderson. Fourth district, T.
c. Duncan, Union; T. ]. Moore, Spar
tanburg. Fifth district, Leroy Springs,
Lancaster; r. A. Love, Chester. Sixth
district, Thomas Wilson, Williamsburg;
R. P. Horner, Jr., Marion. Seventh dis
trict, Altamont Moses, Sumter; E. B.
Clark, Richland.
Stood of by a Girl.
Columbia State dispatch: Miss Mary
Creech, daughter of the sheriff, still In
her teens, stood off crowd Of masked
men who were bent on lynching pris.
oner in the Barnwell Jail last night.
She knows very little about firearms,
but when the crisis came she grasped
a rifle and threatened in a determined
voice to shoot. The mob took her at
her word and scattered. On Saturday
evening at dance near Barnwell, In
celebration of the Fourth, a quarrel be-
tween Seaborn Moore and Herbert
Sanders, two young farmers, ended In
the drawing Of pistols and Sanders was
killed. There were threats by friends
of the slain man., and Moore rode to
Barnwell, where he surrenderd to Sher-
if Creech, and was locked in jail. Last
evening the sheriff had to leave town
for several hours. Mary was in charge
of his house, the only other occupants
being small children. The jail adjoins
the sherifrs house and he left the key
with his daughter. The young woman
was called to the front door about 1Q
o'clock. She found the yard full OF
masked men, They declared they had
come to hang Moore. Miss Creech said
she would bring the keys from her
fathers room. She was back at the
door in half minute, but the full
moon fell on the barrel Of repeating
rife which was levelled. The girl or
dered the mob to scatter, and they
scattered.
Murder In .Laurens.
John G. Wham killed L. w. Ramage
at Simpsons Cross Roads, Laurens
county, last Thursday. The circum-
stances of the tragedy are Of most
shocking nature. Wham's house Is on
one side Of the road and on the other
side lives Thomas Simpson, a Confed-
crate veteran who has q large FAMILY
Miss Coleman, a sister-in-laW OF
Wham, was visiting at his house. ano
on Tuesday Miss Coleman and Mrs
Wham went to Clinton on visit
During the day a note addressed to
Miss Matte, 16-year-old daughter OF
the Simpsons, was received at their
home. The note was unsigned; but II
advised the young woman Of the alb
sence Of Mrs. Wham and her sister and
invited her over. Mrs. Simpson got
hold Of the note and went with her
daughter across to. Wham's. They
found Wham alone, and when Mrs
Simpson demanded an explanation
Wham told her that Matte and he had
an understanding about the invitation
at a convenient opportunity. Mrs
Simpson told her husband, and he went
after Wham, who refused to come out
The matter dragged along for two days
and grew worse as 1t grew older. The
whole neighborhood became aroused
and there was talk Of lynching Wham
Mrs. Wham took the side Of her hus.
band and called upon L. w. Ramage to
help make peace. Ramage went tc
Wham and tried to get him to go over
to Simpsons; but Wham refused or
the ground that he would be lynched
After awhile Ramage tried to compel
Wham to go at the point Of pisto
and Wham shot Ramage dead with
rifle. The crowd that had gathered
sought to enter the house. Mrs. Whan
screamed and begged, saying that heI
husband would kill them. In this way
she held the crowd at bay for nearly
two hours. The crowd thought that
Wham was standing guard in the house
and everybody was afraid to approach
the body Of Ramage. At length the
sheriff arrived and a search developed
that Wham had skipped Immediately
after the shooting and since he had
been looking forward for two days to
the flight, he was no doubt fully pre-
pared. Had it not been for the killing
of Ramage, Wham would have been
lynched, and had it not been for the
acting Of Mrs. Wham, the crowd would
have discovered the flight Of her faith
less husband much sooner than other
wise.
MERE.MENTIoN.