Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The supreme court has affirmed
the decree Of the court below In the
case Of Joe Bates, q former policeman
of Spartanburg, who was convicted In
the circuit court for Spartanburg coun-
ty and sentenced to be hanged for the
murder Of Docia Bolter. a young white
woman on August 20, 1909. Bates is
said to be insane, and every effort will
be made to save him from the gallows.
Governor Blease on last Friday
commuted the sentence Of death of
John Pendergrass, who was to have
been hanged in Williamsburg county,
to life imprisonment. Pendergrass
was convicted of the murder Of H.
Harrison last year. Execution was
stayed pending an appeal to the SUI
preme court. Governor Blease said, In
his official Communication, that he had
given executive clemency for good and
divers reasons.
- Columbia Record: Lawyer John ].
Jones, held in the Orangeburg jail, un-
der sentence Of ten years and one
month at hard labor. for the killing
last December, at Branchville, of Abe
Pearlstine, merchant, Monday aban-
doned his appeal to the supreme court
and hence intends serving his sentence
without further ado. Jones will prob
ably be brought to the penitenitary at
once and there enrolled and clad In
stripes. He Is a man Of family. The
been expected that counsel for Jones
would make application to the supreme
court Monday for bail for their client
and the abandonment Of the appeal
created some surprise.
- Columbia special to Greenville
News: Gov. Blease did not reappoint
four members of the commission
charged with the administration Of the
affairs of the Confederate infirmary.
He has announced the following men,
bers of the commission: Robert A.
Tompson, Walhalla; D. A. Dickert,
Newberry; T. B. Crews, Laurens; H.
w. Richardson, Barnwell, and F. E.
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son is the only member of the old
board to be retained. The members Of
the old commission who were not re-
appointed are Gen. M. L. Bonham, E. b.
Cantey, Judge Fuller Lyon and Willie
Jones. w. F. Blackburn has been ap-
pointed as official stenographer to
Gov. Blease. The salary is $500 per
annum.
- Columbia, January 20: To give TO
the Medical College of South Carolina
state aid to the extent OF $4,000 an
nually and fourteen scholarships in that
institution, Is the object of a bill today
introduced in the senate by Senator
Huger Sinkler of Charleston. The
bill provides that the state shall ap-
propriate for the year commencing
January l, 1911, and annually thereaf-
ter the sum of $4,000 to the Medical
College of South Carolina, the money
to be paid upon the application of the
dean and upon the warrant of the
comptroller general. The bill also pro-
vides for fourteen scholarships to be
divided between the two departments
Of medicine and pharmacy, seven in
each. This would give scholarships
free to young men from seven con-
gressonal districts, two from each dis
trict. The appointments to scholar
ships would be made by the governor
If there are no applicants from certain
of the districts, the governor would be
enabled to appoint from the state at
large. The following, by bill, are made
members of the board of trustees OF
the Medical College of South Carolina:
The governor; the state superintend-
ent of education; the chairman of the
ways and means committee OF the
house of representatives; the chairman
of the finance committee of the senate.
It is also provided that the college
make an annual report to the governor,
as do other institutions receiving state
aid.
Columbia 2ecord: Attorneys fees.
expenses and salaries aggregating
nearly 100000 have been paid by the