The Abbeville Press And Banner

THIRTY-THREE GET
THANKSGIVING
A Real Thanksgiving Day for Many Prisoners.
THREE FROM ABBEVILLE IN LIST
Stobo Young, of Seminole Fame, Gets Full Pardon—Pardon Board Recommended All.

Of the 32 prisoners receiving clemency at the hands of Gov. Blease for Thanksgiving, three received full pardons, while the other 29 were given paroles. The State's prison doors were swung open Wednesday, and those liberated marched forth to spend Thanksgiving day at their homes. The full list of the prisoners receiving clemency at the hands of the governor follows:

J. Stobo Young, convicted of breach of trust at Richland in January, 1910, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the state penitentiary (paroled April 18, 1912, to October 1, 1912 at which time parole extended until November 15, 1912) was pardoned.

Bishop Bradley, convicted at Abbeville in March, 1910, of larceny and sentenced to five years in the state reformatory, was pardoned.

J. C. McElhone, convicted of bastardy in Richland in June, 1910, and sentenced to pay the defendant the sum of $25 annually for the maintenance of the child until it reached the age of 12 years, was pardoned.

Will Johns, convicted of bigamy at Union, in February, 1911, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment and pay a fine of $500, was paroled during good behavior.

Lonnie Hicks, convicted of larceny of a bicycle at York in July, 1910, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and three years in reformatory for colored boys on State Farm in Lexington county, was paroled during good behavior.

Nelson Hampton, convicted with recommendation to mercy at Greenwood in November, 1906, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, was paroled during good behavior.

Alexander Brooks, convicted of manslaughter at Richland in September, 1910, and sentenced to five years on the public works, was paroled during good behavior.

Knowlton Davis, convicted of manslaughter at Richland, in the spring of 1908, and sentenced to five years imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Wyla Alford, convicted of larceny at Florence in the spring of 1911 and sentenced to two years on county works, was paroled during good behavior.

J. H. Pope, Jr., convicted of manslaughter at Hampton in the fall of 1906, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Rufus Jones, convicted of murder at Orangeburg, in May, 1901, and sentenced to life imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Jake Thompson, convicted of manslaughter at Chester in July, 1908, and sentenced to six years' imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

James Boulware, convicted of manslaughter at Fairfield in February 1909, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Travis Bright, convicted of manslaughter at Cherokee in the fall of 1911, and sentenced to two and one-half years' imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Sam Langford, convicted at Laurens in June, 1912, of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang of the county, was paroled during good behavior.

Jim Lewis, convicted of manslaughter at Chester in March, 1911, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment was paroled during good behavior.

Plumer Ashley, convicted of manslaughter at Abbeville in the fall of 1911, and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Elbert Wallace, convicted of assault with intent to ravish at Aiken, in June, 1907, and sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment in the state penitentiary, was paroled during good behavior.

James M. Center, convicted of assault with intent to kill at Greenville in January, 1906, and sentenced to one years' imprisonment or pay a fine of $300. (Center was absent at trial and sealed sentence left with clerk of court. He was arrested and brought before clerk of court May 30, 1912, and sentence then opened.) was paroled during good behavior.

John Elrod, convicted of obtaining goods by false pretenses at Spartanburg in January, 1912, and sentenced to one year on the public works of Spartanburg county or in the state penitentiary at hard labor, was paroled during good behavior.

Betsy Calhoun, convicted of arson at Abbeville in September, 1910, and sentenced to ten years' in the state penitentiary, was paroled during good behavior.

Hannie Fields, convicted at Barnwell in March, 1903, of murder, with recommendation to mercy and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, was paroled during good behavior.

J. F. Horton, convicted of highway robbery at Spartanburg in November, 1905, and sentenced to ten years' in the state penitentiary, was paroled during good behavior.

Alonzo Camack, convicted of manslaughter at Fairfield in September, 1911, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, was paroled during good behavior.

Will Dunlap, convicted of murder with recommendation to mercy, at York in April, 1908, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, was paroled during good behavior.