Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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 & . 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, | i 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