The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-09
HONOR MEMORY OF
CHIEF JUSTICE POPE
DEAD JJ-RIST ETLOGIXED IN ST.
PRENE COURT.
Tributes Paid Deceased Chief justice
OF South Carolina by Prominent
Members OF State Bar.

Columbia. June 1.--IM the supreme
court this afternoon memorial SER
VICES were held in honor Of the late
%l;ef Justice Young John Pope, who
resigned his seat IN January, 1908,
Ard died a few weeks ago at his home
n Newborrv. Resolutions presented
by Attorney General Lyon, in eulogy
OF the dead jurist, were seconded IN
brief addresses by leading members OF
the bar. and remarks approving their
spirit we're made by members Of the
court. after which the resolutions and
addresses thereon were ordered
spread upon the minutes and the court
was adjourned until Tuesday.
Among those who paid tributes to
the memory of the late Chief Justice
were Messrs. r. T. Jaynes, Of Walhal-
Ia; D. S. Henderson, of Aiken; .. R.
Brooks, of Columbia; James Simons,
OF Charleston: R. w. Shand, o. Co.
lumbia. Chief Justice Jones and AS
sociate Justices Gary, Woods and Hy-
drick added heartfelt words
Col. Henderson said that as a jurist
Judge Pope excelled in the law of real
property; Col" Brooks thought him at
MS best in equity-"the greatest
equity Judge South Carolina has ever
had" Mr.. Shand dwelt especially up
on his association with Judge Pope in
the War Between the Sections, when
their regiments were brigaded togeth-
er and Judge Pope received seven
wounds. Afterwards Mr.. Shand was
for four years reporter Of the supreme
court, when Judge Pope was an as
sociate justice. It was Mr.. Shand who
nominated Judge Pope as one Of Cne
counsel for the State in the fraudulent
bonds cases, litigation which saved to
the commonwealth more than $780,
900 at time when it was much
Strengthened financially.
Col. BroOks's Tribute.
The following is Col. Brooks's s
eulogy on Judge Pope:
Infrmities of age and wounds caus-
ed him to write the following to his
exce1lency, Martin F. Ansel, governor
OF South Carolina:
Columbia, S. c., January 6, 1909.
Realizing that my time of active
service is drawing to a close, and con-
eei7ing it to be my duty to retire from
office, I hereby tender my resignation
rs chief justice Of the supreme court
Of South Carolina, to take effect April
Is, 1909.
With love for all the people of our
State, yours truly,
{Signed} Y. J. Pope.
He was "a honor to the highest Of
Gee within the gift of the people OF
. Ehe greatest State in the greatest ma
non that he sun shines on.
Our hero belonged to Natures no
osIity.
On the Sd of June, 1854, at second
Cold Harbor, when night and silence
held united empire over the field which
was so soon to run red with blood of
ihe martyrs of our righteous cause
which made the country great, our
hero, the subject of this sketch, was
sleeping with the armor Of war buck
FED around him. In fact. all the mer
Of these two magnificent armies slept
or their S~rlor. save few who watch
ed now calm and still lay now these
a:3en whose blood was so soon to make
the ground red beneath a cloudless
sky.
Each moment the darkness fed ant
The splendor of the dawn Increased
The sun was not yet risen. But thu
east blushed with a roseate purple
and the morning star was melting
into the depths.
It vas then that Grant ordered hi:
mighty army to charge the army o.
Sozthern Virginia, that Incompatible
zrmY which never had, and never vii
haTe, an equal.
was thrilled by the startling pea
sf the bugles, the roar Of cannon, tht
rattle of small arms and the shout:
and groans of the men.
On this bloody occasion was whe1
ggc hero behaved with such gallantry
IN the fatal charge $4,000 of Grant:
nen were shot down in 80 minutes
<hi1e the. great Lee lost three hun
w7d: Grant ordered another charge
5uI his grand army refused to move
For three days his dead and woundet
1av wTrSra they were shot down be