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CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD
‘VOL. Xl.--NO. 22.
We are making a Big Discount
for cash. Will save you $lO on
Buggies and give you big dis
count on wagons and harness.
- We sell the American wire fenc-
Ing for 33cts. per rod.
We handle Cypress syrup bar
rels.
Large stock of Buggies, Wag
ons and Harness. |
I A, JONES BUGGY (0,
- Waycross, (Ga.
HOUS! 81LLN0.69
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By Foster, oF Coss.
A bLill to be entitled an act to
amend paragraph 1, section 1, ar
ticle 7. of the constitution of this
state so as to provide for the pay
ment of pensions to Ex-Confeder
ate Soldiers and the Widows of Ex-'
Confederate Soldiers and for other
purposes.
Section 1.
Be it enacted by the General As-|
sembly of Georgia, and it is is here
by enacted by the authority of the‘
same, that paragraph 1, section 1,
article 7, of the constitution cf this
state, be and the same is hereby
amended by adding at the end of
said paragiaph the following:
To make provisior for the pay
ment of pensions to any ex-confed
erate soldier, now resident of this
state, wno enlisted in the military
service of this state, or who enlisted
in the military service of the Con
fetlerate states during the war be
tween the states of the United States
and who performed actual military
service in the armi¢s of tke Confed
erate states, or of the organized
militia of this state, and was honor ‘
ably discharged therefrom and to‘
the widows now re¢sident of thisi
state of ez confederate soldiers whof
gulisted in the mililary service of
this state, and who performed acjual
service in the armies of the confed
erate states, or of the organized
militia of this state, who died in
said military service or was honor
ably discharged therefrom.
Proyided thas no person shall be
entitied to the proyision of this
Constitetional Amwendment, the to
tal of whose property of every de
scription, including money and
choscs in action, shall exceed fifteen
hundred doilars, and provided fur
ther that only those ¥ho were mar
ried to such soldiers or ex soldierg
§ TL¥icus 10 the year 1870, shall be
entitled to the provision of this
Constitutional Amendment.
No widow of a so'dier killed dur
ing the war shall be deprived of her
pension by reason of having subse
quently married another veéteran
who is dead, unless she receives a
pensioa on account of being the
widow of such second husband.
Sectior 2,
Piovision for submission to the
people for ratification.
Section 3.
Repealing Clause.
Extract from Foster’s argument
in support of Pension Bill.
“According to the repoit of the
Pension commissioner made to the
Governor, the total number of ex
confederate soldiers and widows of
such in Georgia 1n 1907, was 23, 411.
Of this number, are already on the
pension rolls 16,826, leaving the
number that would be added by a
service pension -bill, .if operative
now, 5,585, but this bill being a pro
posed amendment to the Constitu.
tion, must be voted upon by the
people, and if ratified, no act of the
legislature can be passed putting it
into effect before 19og, and no pen
sion can be had thereunder before
the next year, 910 Said report
shows that the rate of mortality
among those now on the pension
roll is 61-200 per annum, at this
rate 1089 of the 5585 not now on
the roll will be dead when this bill
becomes effective, 1f it becomes a
law. Said report shows further that
under the pension law there are an
nually 1415 pensioners added to the
roll, which 1n three years, by 1910
would amount to 4245. Theretore
in three years of the 5585 not now
on the roll, 1089 will be dead, and
4245 will have been added as pen
sioners vnder the existing laws, leav
ing only 251 of the total number
not now on the roll t> be added by
the service pension bill, of this
number, it will be safe to say that
at least 251 wili be worth over
$1500,00 and not entitled to a pen.
FOLKSTON, GA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1908.
sicn under this proposed bill, It
therefore clearly appears ianat the
present roll will not be increased by
the proposed bill, but it will, ac
cording to the present rate of mor
tality be decreased 3285, reducing
the present roll to 13545. To this
add 4245, according te the rate of
the annual increase of the pension
roll which makes 17790 or only 864
more than are . now on the rolls,
and requiring an increase over the
present appropriation of only ssoo,-
000, leaving the amount now being
$930,000. This increase will not
be due to the proposed bili, under
it there will be no increase, for
4245 of the 5585 not now on the
roll will have been added as pen
sioners under the present law, and.
1039 will be dead and at least 251
will be worth over SISOO.
Therefore the proposition is in
controvertible that no increase will
be made to the present number of
the pension roll by the proposed
Lill beyond the natural increase un
der the pension law now in existence.
The question may be asked ¢Then
what 1s the use of the bill?”" My
answer is ““To put our pension sys
‘tem vpon the Dbasis of patriotism
instead of pauperism ”
~ If the figures given in the Com
}missioners’ report are questioned, I
will say that they cannot be far
wrong. Let us see:
In 1910, which is the earliest time
that this bill can become effective
forty five years will have elapsed
since the war, that is longer than
any soldier or widow, even if they
were only sixteen years old when
‘the war ended, 1s supposed to live.
Based on past experience a - person
| v 6 years old has an expectancy of
,only 44 years. Now suppose that
ith.c greater part of the soldiers and
(widows were only ao.yea_rs -old at
‘the close of she war, it will be gcen
;;hat according to the tables of more
'tality, that they w?l have all been
,dead 11 years before 1910, Sup
| pose they were aaly 25 years old at
that time then they will have chn{
ldead 8 years and even if none of
them were over 16 years old t’he,yJ
urffi Il have been dead one year be ‘
foréligoro according to the table of
‘morfality..
T Huote from the Carlisle Mortal
ity tßble on page 848 of the 7oth
Geollgia report which is admissable
h\ e¥idence in all the courts without
pradf npon the question of the ex
pect@ircy of life; and it is upon this
basifiof life expectancy that Life
Insugance Companies do a thriving
business.
N®w it is true that they are not
all dead but it must be trne that the
far greater portion of them are. It
is remarkable that 22411 of thew
yet lige, and it would be more re
‘markable if any considerable por
tion ©f ithem, ' over this number,
shauild, ?’(xxtrary to all human ex
peridnice, *during the whole past his
tory ®f mankind, outlive all other
clasi@s. of persons. The figures
can'@be far wrong. at least to such
an eftent but that it can be safely
assessed, that the bill will not ma
teriafly, if at all, increase the pres
eata@unt appropriated for pensions
~H¢onclvsion I desire to refer to
the 18gislature of 1866. which as
sentifled ten months after Appomat.
tox: § Though the state was an ob
jectPhicharity to such an extent
th’ t took twenty thousand dollars
to p#y the freight on corn and sup
pließ whichut received as contribu
tiond from the state of Kentucky
and. %Alv enevolent societies of oth
er stités, and though it appropriated
$406800, to pay the interest on its
pub ! 'ht;th’t ‘year, 'which 18 over
$108,600.00" mogc than thie interest
g:_ debt héwj yet that|
body appropratéd }30,390 for arti--
ficial lambs for' spldiers, SIOO,OOO
fonleliny and digablede sojchers|
Qfi; s aild orpeans of de
cegfghsqldiersaud S6OOO forecem~
etely 0 " :&%.,theh -iienaited
‘tha®gll maired sdldiers under thr
ty yei ‘sz ' -v,li"d'ifldifbg; educated
”,.,f‘,,”,iz‘f-g,gd colleges of
this slate free ofscharge for tuitien,
boariand ”"“”'”"'Jgtil the com
- The TR =WI ias i
PACIGR PR or ceria i .8
1t diffn®t “bust” the state, for the
next legislature appropriated $44000
for those iastitutions of learning,
for the purposes aforesaid and the
further sum of $2,000 for cemetery
purposes and the next legislature
appropriated the sum necessary to
pay said Universities and colleges
for the collegiate expense of said
soldiers. That was the feeling of
our people towards these soldiers
and widows just after the war. If
Georgia,in her impoverished condi
tion couid make such appropriations
for the confederate soldicr, what
ought she to do now after a prosper
ity of nearly fifty years' and when
to use the language of 2 member of
the House while debating the con
vict bill, she can pay every debt she
owes and then have 15,000,000 in
the treasury.
These would be guardians of the
treasury today would have no stard
ing before the legislature of 1866.
who referred to the confederate sol
diers as patriots, and said that their
acts in making provision for them
were “holy and patriotic duty” and
I am glad to say that they had no
standing before the present legisla
ture nor do I believe that they will
have before the people when they
‘come to vote on this biil in Nov.
At the Annual Reunion of the
North Carolina Confederate Veter
ans last August, a resolution was
adopted without a dissenting voice,
providing that the aext legislature
of that state be petitioned to enact
a law by which every living Confed
erate Veteran would be given an
‘annual pension without regard to
wealth, disability or reputation. ‘
Will the people of Georgia vote
against the Confederate soldier? |
Her legislature by a vote of 138
to rr in the House and a vote of 32
to 4 in the Senate declared for him,
Now, let the people by their votes
say that these old vererans and wid
ows shall receive that recognition
to which they are entitled, and
which has already been too long
withheld. This bill will not effect
any soldier or widow who is-receiv
ing a pension under the present law.,
Pension Office, Oct 17, 1908.
After a careful esaminarion of
the foregoing statements made by
Mr. Foster, | find them to be true,
and I earnestly call the attention of
every confederate soldier to take
notice that on Nov. 3rd the Consti
tutional Amendment that is to strike
the panper clause out of our pension
sysrem is to be voted on for ratifi
carion. When done you will no
longer have to be apauperized be
fare allowed to draw a pension, but
will be rewarded for your patriotism
for your service without reference
to what you can do.
J. W, Linpsky, Com, of Pensions.
I
!A JOLLY
FISHING PARTY
Last Saturday a party headed by
Mr. D. F, Roddenberry wended
their way to the Okefinokee Swamp
for a day of fun and fishing. Those
in the party were: Misses Ella,
Eva and Clara Roddenberry, Ber
tha Grooms ard Anna Dean, ae
compathied by Messrs. D. F. Rod
denberry and son Robert, Charley
and Thurman Jacobs, Biily Grcoms
and Emory Dean. It is needless
to say that the time was spent pleas.
antly, the day being »11 that could
be desired. Plenty of fish were
caught and to spare for dinner,
which was eaten the bank of the
canal,
The departure for home was made
about two o’clock, when the real fun
began. Billy Grooms, eicher by
accident or the real hero that he is,
upset the boat with himself and
Miss Anna Dean Of course Billir
saved Miss Anna from a watery
grave, (the water peing about two
feet deep.) Aside from a good
laugh which was enjoyed by ail,
nothing more serious occurred than
a good ducking of the pair. 3
My M. H,»Hirsch,»special agent.
for the National Union Fire Insur
ance Co., of Piitsburg, Pa., spent
Monday afternvon here adjusting
claim for fire loss unded policy No.
5025, issued to Mr, Jehu Paxton.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
company, under conditions of the
policy, Las sixty days to make set
tleL it the claim: was psid-on Mons
day, only eight days after the fire.
Savings Department
The Atlantic National Bank,
Jacksonville, Florida.
=
® Interestat 4 J)er cent per annum
s compounded quarterly in
f Savings Department.
EDWARD W. LANE, President,
FRED W. HOYT, Vice-President.
: king i] s a Very Simple Matter,
§:::_B_§p:,,_‘_____‘_bzz_’,,_.__:Nt'_[3__'_l To open):'m acc&ount, send
2 your name and address with your first deposit. The money may
£ be sent by registered mail, postoffice money order, express money
£ order, or draft, or by check on your local bank. As soon as this
g first deposit is received the bank will send you a pass book, in
: Wwhich will be written your name and the amount of your deposit.
i 1t will also send you signature and identification card, which you
é will sign, fill out and return. Your pass book must accompany
= all deposits and withdrawals. You can withdraw money by mail
§ just as easily as though you visited the bank, Your signature to
s a blank withdiawal receipt, which we will send you to fill out, is
E all the identification necessary. We will send you our check for
g the amount you withdraw, or, if you prefer, we will send you the
i cash by express or registered mail. : v
§ When answering this Ad. pleass mention the
i Charlton County Herald, i
SI.OO A YEAR,
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HOMEI.AND. =«
Mr. Fieber and family, of Miune- '
apolis, ariived at the Colony Weu~
nesday. Mr. Kieber expects to
build at once,
Mr. Broy, agent for the Interna
tional Harvesting Company, was in
town this week. :
A representative ot the Farmer’s'
Union of Georgia, gave a very in
teresting lecture in the Colony build
ing on Monday night. He pledd
for organization among the farmers,
Mrs. Dyer, of Ilatt, Michigan,
arrived at the Cslouy last week. She.
comes here for the winter, expect
ing to regain her health, and to es
cape the cold winters,
Ther: will be an oyster supper in
the depot Saturday evening, the
benefits to go w 0 the Union S. S,
organ fund.
Mr. Yarber, who arrived ' here
with his family last week from Ar—
kansas, says this is the finest' place
he ever visited. e
Prof. Waughtel 18 having a new
tin roof put on his house.
W. H. Thompson’s large house
west of town is being completed
this week.
Mrs. John Waughtei celedrated
her sixty-fourth birthday on Susday
at her home, on tee corner of Cot—
ton St, and Ohio Ave., A special
dinner was prepared for the occasion
: SRS s
-~ .FOR SALE
~ The Baile;v Feed and Sales Stables
;of Brunswick, Ga., now doing a
profitable transfer business, wiil, on
account of failing health, be sold at
a bargain, and must be sold within
the next ten days, owing to the fact
that the owner is forced to. seck
ather climate. Sce or write Mr.
C ”‘?t care of Stables, Bronswick,
a, e :
Resources over
Four Million Dollars.
OFFICERS.
THOMAS P, DENHAM, Cashier,
DELMER D, UPCHURCI, Asst. Cashier
