The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-07-18
THE NEW PENSION LAW.
Grave Error and Great Injustice in the
Law Enacted by the Last Legisla-

ture.
EDITOR GOLD Leaf write to call
attention to very grave error and
great Injustice in the Pension Law
enacted by the last Legislature.
Mrs. Roach, of Tyrrell county, was
married before the war and her hus-
band served through the war honor
ably. \ few wears after the war her
ashland died and some years after
his death she married Mr. Roach who
also served in the Confederate army
honorablv until the end came. Mr..
Roach lived only a few years, and
hence Mrs Ropch is now double
Confederate widow and though she
has double honor she is excluded from
the Pension Roll because she was not
married to her last husband before
the first day of April 1865. The PEN
sion Board of Tyrrell county was
anxious to place this INDECENT, aged
and cminently worthy (double) widow
on the list but the law said no and
hence she must suffer
Had the consideration of the new
| Pension Law been kept under the
control of the Confederate Veterans
Association of North Carolina, this
great I'M Justice to the widows Of the
| men who served their State for fOul
years and married after April /. 1868
| would never have occurred. But this
| was not done and therefore it should
| be known on whose shoulders this
legislation should rest.
The Confederate Veterans Associa
.:o.- aI.....t......i i..e.iev,.i1r, Of th4
| State and every man who served hon
| orably in the army or navy of the
| Confederate States, and is citizen
of North Carolina. is made membel
| without fee. of the Association.
Mr.. Julian S. Carr. of Durham. \
c., is president of this Association
and the writer is chairman of it,
| Executive Committee. which has al
ways had charge Of all legislation re
lating to pensions
On January 3Oth, 1901, the writer
met Mr.. Carr in Raleigh and wa.
assured by him that the meeting tt
be held that night in the Hall of the
House of Representatives was to be
that of The Confederate Veterans
| Association and requested me to draw
resolution, to be offered immediate
| ly after he concluded his address, ad
jOurning the Association until Il
| o'clock the 3lst, to take into con.
| sideration the Pension Law and Sol
diers' Home matter.
The resolution was drawn and the
writer was ready to offer it when
Mr.. Carr finished his address, but
much to his surprise he was not rec
ognized. On the contrary Mr.. Julian
5. Carr, who rose as president of the
Confederate Veterans Association tic
address the audience, became trans
formed and when he took his seat he
was Ma orGsneral Julian S. Carr OF
the United Confederate Veterans
and as such he completely ignored
the State Association of which he was
president and proceeded to contro
North Carolina veterans by anC
through foreign corporation o
which North Carolina is only one O,
many divisions.
1t matters not how worthy and
honorable the United Confederate
Veterans in North Carolina are OF
how anxious they are to promote the
welfare Of their INDECENT comrades ir
the State, or how we'll they are organ
lied and uniformed, one thing is Ger
tain, the commander has no right tc
override the State institution, which
has honored him so long, and super.
ceding it by surrendering, withou,
its consent, its rights, powers and
privileges, and its State and home
prerogativeS to a foreign association
which has never been granted any
rights by North Carolina but derives
all of its powers from charter
granted in another State
1t was this action of Major-Genera
Carr that forced members of the Con.
federate Veterans Association of North
Carolina, unless also members of the
United Confederate Veterans. from
participating in the meeting of Jan
nary 3lst, which took up the Pension
Law.
| Had Mr.. Carr proved true to The
[ Confederate Veterans Association, III
State organization. the errors in the
Pension Act that are creating trouble
and working gross Injustice to many,
would never have been enacted into
law.
The old soldiers of North Carolins
should control all matters relating tc
them and the widows of dead com
rades and at their head should be q
man whose record as a soldier would
be guarantee that their honor and
rights would not be surrendered with,
out Their consent.
w. T. BEASLEY.
Chairman Executive Committee
Confederate Veterans Association.
July IS, 1901.
Jas. u. Amhert, of Della. O.. writes. a..
mad an obstinate sore on my face which