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

sister States in amply providing 1cr
and maintaining that important arm
of the State government.
CONFEDERATE RECORDS. ~.
The Adjutant and Inspector General
in whose department the Confederate
Rolls are placed for preservation, in
forms me that almost daily he is called
upon by old soldiers or their klnsmsn
for permission to examine the rolls IN
search of the names Of relatives and fer
correction and for various ether pur-
poses. Such daily examination and
handling naturally results in tho wear
of the rolls and the fading Of the
names. These rolls are very incomplete,
il is true. but an appropriation should
be made for printing them in book
form so as to preserve in permanent
shape that part Of the record Tor Wh!ch
the State has already made considerable
expenditure. AS testimonial or gE'ati-'
tude for the patriotism O. those who
served their State so well IN this COR
hict South Carolina should no longer
defer 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-
4! cord. @a@..,@.
The organizations of Veterans, Sons
of Veterans, and Daughters Of the Con-
federacy are agitating the question and
| making preparation to undertake the Z
work, in a systematic way, OF COM
pleting and perfecting these records,
and in their efforts they should have
youC encouragement. But to preserve
and put in permanent shape what Wo
have, 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 Legislature,
the Act to provide for Pensions for cec-
tain soldiers and sailors, approved Feb
ruary 19,1S00, was amended. SO as to
appropriate s15O,OO000 annually to
pay the pensions provided by this Act s
| The appropriations bill, however, car
ried only $100,00000 for this purpose
That raised doubt in the mind OF the
State Treasurer as to whether $500, ,0a9.-
! 90 or $3.50, 100000 had been appropriated
foc pensions, and he refused to honor
! the Comptroller Generals warrant fer
! $3.50, 0,0O0.00.. Under this condition OF
| affairs mandamus proceedings were IN
stituted to settle the question. ItVWaS
! argued before the Supreme Court aad.
decided by the Court that the amoanf
appropriated was only 500, 900. 0.09.s The
distribution Of the fund was therefore
! based on the appropriation OF Slee,-#
> 0O0.00. .-.. ...t.
! If it was your intention to. pay the
: pensioners in 1901 $50, ,000.00,an appFo-
/ priation of $5G,00000 for this purpose,
. will be necessary at this session. There
were CT the rolls last year 6,503 pea
+. sioners. In Part Q of the Comptroller
+ Generals report you will find an itene-
! lied statement of the distribution OF
this fund, together with list OF pen
! sioners on the roll.
! In this report the Comptroller Cen
eral calls special attention to the iacI
that in distributing this money, sol
/ der go years OF age who was not
wounded or injured in service, fares
/ the same as the wounded soldier, ana
the widow whose husband was killed
in battle&or died while in service and
! who was not remarked, shares equally
! with the sixty-year .old widow, Who.
! lost her husband within the last tWs
! years. s
He also submits a suggestion as TO
! classification and the amount TO pc
! paid. AS the Comptroller General IS
familiar with this subject, his sugges-
ton should have your, careful attention
UNWILLING OF THE CHICk3AMLtAU-s
/ - GA MONUMENT.
The monument which through your
generosity. has been erected at Chaski-fs
amauga to commemorate the beroism
displayed by the. Confederate soldier
from South Carolina on that battlefield
was unveiled with appropriate sxeF-a
! cises on the 9th of last May. Inc
monument is one Of the most beautlfula
and appropriate on the field. It Is made
4 of South Carolina granite, and on tne
. one side is a bronze ife-size ConTede-s
rate infaNryman, and on the otheT
Confederate artilleryman. The top
! of the monument is a graceful bronzs
Palmetto tree, the emblem Of the Pal-
! ne+tn State. On cne side is Tbs in :
! scription: "To her faithful soas at
Chickamauga South Carolina erecG
| this monument to commemorate 0ns
! Yalor they proved and the lives tney5
gave on this battlefield On the oIner
are the names Of the regiments
which represented South Carolina III
! this battle, and to the memDeEs oI,S OF
which this monument was erected to-
gether with the number Of killed ana
wounded from each.
The exercises at the unyeilins we're
most appropriate and were largely at
. tended by veterans and citizens fFop
! South Carolina. For a detailed as-
. scriptione Of the monument and accoSnf
!; of the exercises refer you to tho paD-
! iished report of the Commissioners.
All true sons South Carolina re-
ioice that she has at last done her
! duty to her sons who fought and fell
! on this historic field.
REDIsTR1CTING.
AT your last session you had before
Won for consideration several bills: rore
redistricting the State. None was pass !
ed and the whole subject will come up
for consideration at this session: FheTe
NO longer exists any reason: for the
shoe-string districts which we have IN
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