Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-04-05
JUDGE Y. j. POPE is DEAD.
For u Long Time One of the Fore
most Men of the State.

ioo NISH vi TIC Stitt.
Newberry, March 30.-Chief Jus
tice Young John Pope died at his
residence here yesterday afternoon
at SIS O'Clock. He had been in bad
health for the past two years, and
for the last five weeks had been very
Ill and was confined to his bed. His
wife, his daughter, Mrs. Everard
Blackshear, Of Waycross, Ga; his
step-daughter, Mrs. Geo. tombstone,
and his nephew, DR.. Thos. H. Pope,
had been with him constantly during
his last hours. He was conscious I'D
to within a short time of the end and
passed away peacefully.
Chief Justice Pope rendered his
resignation as Chief Justice to Gov
ernor Ansel on January 6, 1909, to
take effect April Is, 1909. For two
years and more preceding his resig-
nation he had been in wretched
health, and for a while during the
year preceding he was absent from
Wv >itSh Silt dClSll SllC lluel-
ity to duty, however, he could be
found laboring at his post of duty
except when physical disability made
Is absolutely impossible. His letter
brief, but eloquent:
"Realizing that my time Of active
service Is drawing to a close" he
said, land conceiving it to be my
duty to retire from office. l hereby
tender my resignation as Chief Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court Of South
Carolina"
The Legislature Of 1909 elected
Associate Justice Ira B. Jones, ano-
Their native Newberrian, to fill the
vacancy caused by Chief Justice
Pope's resignation.
Following his retirement from the
bench, Judge Pope lived quietly at
his home in Newberry. During the
year 1909 he sold his old home to
the city for school purposes, and
erected a new home on the western
SOticl VI TIE same lOL.
Judge Pope was elected Associate
Justice Of the State Supreme Court
on December 3, 1891, at which time
he was serving the State as Attorney
General. On January 80, 1896, he
was reelected under the new ON
stiiutiOn for a full term Of eight
years. On January 90. 1903, he sue
ceeded Chief Justice Henry McIver,
deceased, as CHIEF Justice, and after
filling out the unexpired term he
was, on January %, 1906, reelected
for the full term Of eight years. His
resignation in 1909 brought to a
close a service Of more than seven
teen years on the Supreme bench.
Educated Mt Furman.
Judge Pope was the son Of Thos.
II. Pope and his wife, who was the
second daughter of John Young Har-
ringtOn. He was born in Ncwbcrry
on April 10, 1914. He received his
elementary education at the New
berry Academy, under the manage
mcnt Of Leonard w. Means and f.
w. Pope. He then went TO Furman
University, from which he graduated
with the degree OF Bachelor Of Arts
in August. 1860. Following his
graduation he studied law under
Chief Justice John Bolton O'Ncall.
but at the outbreak Of the War Be-
tween the Sections he enlisted, in
April, 1861, in the Confederate SER
vice. Becoming a member Of Com
panN +. Sd S. G.. Infantry, he was, in
May, 1862, elected first sergeant, and
was then promoted 80 first licuten-
ant and adjutant Of the regiment.
Al Cedar Creek his left eye was shot
out by a mimic ball, and during his
distinguished service In the army Of
the Confcdcracy he was wounded six
other times, being wounded twice at
gettysburg. During the closing
months OF the war, he served as as
sls,ant adjutant general Of the bril-