The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-14

"hAN lhtlt 1iipOildhl
OF the State government. ... #a
CONFEDERATE RECORDS ri
The Adjutant and Inspector General
IN whose department the Confederate
ltollS arc placed for preservation, in
lormS me that almost daily he Is called :
upon by old soldiers or their kinsmen
for permission to examine the rolls In
search Of the names OF relatives and for
correction and for various other pur-
poses. Such daily examination undl
hanallng naturally results in the woari
VI the coils and the fading Of the
names. lhese rolls are very incompetsJ
IL Is true but an appropriation should
be made for printing them in book
lOrm so as to preserve in pcrmancnt
shape that part Of the record for which
'he STATE mas ALREADY made considerable
expenditure. AS testimonial OF grati-
tude for the patriotism OF those who
served their State SO we'll in this con-
met, South Carolina should no longer
dcfcr this important matter, but should
at once take some action to preserve
this link in our history, and make pro-
vision for the preservation of this re-.
cord. -.
The organizations OF Veterans, Sons
or veterans, and Daughters Of tho Con-
lederacy arc agilating the question and
making preparation to undertake the
work, in systematic way, OF COM
pleting and perfCcting these records
AHa IN their efforts they should have
youf encouragement. but to preserve
'nu put in permanent shape what wS
nave, Will IN no way interfere with this
WORK, but will be Of assistance in car-
rying it forward.
PENSIONS. ...
AT the last session Of the Iyoglslaturo.
the Act to provide for Pensions for rer-
tain soldiers and sailors, approved Feb
ruary $4,000, was amended so Gs tc,
appropriate M50,OOO00 annually to
pay the pensions provided by this Act.
ihc appropriation bill, however, car
RED only $1O0,000.00 for this purpose.
Ihat raised doubt IN tho mind of tho,
State Treasurer as to whether 500 Ooo =
W or $3.50 O,G00.00 had been appropriated
loT pensions, and he refused to houon
me Comptroller Generals warvant foH
$lho,0O0.O0. Under this condition OF
analrS mandamus proceedings were in.
Stltuted to settle the question. 1t was
argued before the Supreme Court and
decided by the Court that the amount
appropriated was only $100000.0O. The
lstGtbution OF the fund was therefore
based on the appropriation OF $780,
0O0.00
II 1t was your intention to pay the
pensioners in 1901 $3.50. .0G0 90 an aDDro-
priaticn Of f50,0O0.0O for this purpose.
Will be necessary at this session. Thero
were on the rolls last year G,503 pen
sion@rS. In Part 2 Of the Comptroller
GcEcrais report you will find an itela-
iHed statement Of the distribution Of
this fund, together with a list Of pen
SloncrS on the roll.
In this report the Comptroller Cen
cral calls special attention to tho fact
that IN distributing this money, SOL
der gu years CT age who was not
wounded or injured in scrvict. fares
the same as the wounded soldier, and
the widow whose husband was killed
in hattie Or died while in service. ana
who was not remarked, shares equally
with the sixty-year old widow, who
lost her husband within the last tive
years. $500
He also submits a suggestion az to
classification and the amount to be
paid. AS tho Comptroller General Is
familiar with this subject, his sugges-
t!on should have your careful attention..
UNWILLING OF THE CHICKAMAU-
GA MONUMENT.
Tho monument which, through your
generosity, has been erected at Chick
anauga to commemorate the heroism
displayed by the Confederate soldier
from South Carolina on that battlefield
was unveiled with appropriate exer-
cisos on the 27th Of last May. The
monument is one of the most beautiful
and appropriate on the field. 1t Is made
or South Carolina granite and on the
one side is a bronze lfe-size Confcde4
rate infantryman, and on the othef
q Confederate artillcryman. The top
Of tho monument is q graceful bronze
Palmetto tree, the emblem Of tho Pal.
mctto State On one side is the in.
scription ITO her faithful sons at
Chiclamauga South Carolina erects
this monument to commemorate the
valor they proved and the lives theN
gave on this battlefield" On the othen
are the names of the regiments
which represented South Carolina In
this battle, and to the members OF
which this monument was erected, to-
gether with the number Of killed and
wounded from each. !
The exercises at tho unveiling weGG
most appropriate and were largely at!
tended by veterans and citizens froW
South Carolina. For a detailed 6a4
Scrlption Of the monument and account
OF the exercises I refer you to tho pub
lishcd report Of tho Commissioners:
All true sons South Carolina re-
joico that She has at last done her
duty to her sons who fought and fell
on this historic field.
RnDISTRICTING.
At your last session you had before
You for consideration several bills for
redistricting the State. None was PASS
cd and the whole subject will como up
for consideration at this session. There
no longer exists any reason for tho
shoe-string districts which we have in
this State and 1t Is duty you owe the
people to redistrict the State into con-
gressional districts that will be COM
pact and contiguous in territory This
should bo 6DOn without rnpord 10 fhe