Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-02-27
Our Jackson Letters.
JACKSON. Feb. q.

JACKSON. Feb. "a.
Editor of the Beacon
Our pension bill came up Yesterday, |
and, as | expected, after q hard fight.
We were defeated on the amendment
striking ou the negro from the pension
roll. The committee had recommended
that they be put in a class to thems elves,
constituting a fourth class and to receive
one half of the pension allowed the third
class. but the house voted this down and
they stand just as they were. Now. of
course, since the Legislature has decided
that this becomes a law and the negro
belongs on the roll, and as Noxubee
county has only fifty four pensioners in
GLIDING negroes, and Monroe 260, we
will put u old negroes on. | got an
amendment raising the pensioners in the
first class from 500 to 5000. This con
stitutes soldiers who have lost both limbs
or both eyes, or the use Of both limbs or
are wholly in%capacitated for making
their own living. There are only fifty
three in the state and / finally persuaded
the Legislature to give this class $780,
Noxubee has two in this class who will
be benefited by this amendment. There
are 206 in the second class. drawing un-
der the present law $50 each finally
got this class raised to SIS. Noxubee
has n in this class. / asked them to
give this class $50. same as is allowed
for The veterans who go to Beauvoir. |
think these two amendments were emf
nently fair and just. These two classes
number only 200 and as we had increased
the pension $50, 900, 81 thought a good
portion Of this increase might go to fur
nish a good living for these unfortunates
for while we may not think that all who
are on the pension roll deserve to be
there. no one questions the right of this
2O9. Hardin Brooks offered an amend
ment creating a state board of pensions
instead Of having county boards. This
was a very wise amendment and ought
to have been adopted. because it will
never be equalized by county boards
The editor of the Aberdeen Examiner
wrote an article stating that their coun
ty having 260. and other counties of the
population only so or 60, showed
that their board was either too liberal or
others too strict, and a state board would ,
have remedied this defect. Every one
the worthy. INDECENT, ex-Confed- ,
crate soldiers to draw pensions. Hardin I
made a fine speech on this amendment
and aided me very materially in every
that started to increase the
efficiency Of this bill, but this was voted I
also. Ed would have helped us, :
was unavoidably absent on account a
If the sickness of his wife. 7
This bill goes to the Senate and Nj. d.
lnnt 10 natttnn rouIp m trxr 10 ,,,t Nl. y
amendments adopted, changing the year h
a widow applicant for a pension had
o be married. / had letter from a s.
ady in Noxubee county who said she
vas the widow Of a Confederate soldier
nd entitled to a pension, but was de
of this benefit because she had
IN 1870 instead of PRIOR TO 1870. il
he wrote me a very nice and intelligent II
atter, but | an sorry she would not !
ign her name to it, but only signed "A d.
oldier's Widow She stated IL the "
that she had belonged to an asso r,
that had received a letter from l..
ne Governor of her state compliment. y,
lg them and stating that that associa 81
on had sent in more clothes and sup- m
to Confederate soldiers than any
blltl ioTO1iiiiont III SIG sdlu l0tY n1u =
ut mp a great many beautiful flannel y
Iesses to make shirts for the boys and
lded. by way Of parenthesis. "Oh,
DIV | wish | had n now" Ash can. :
Of write her a letter | take this means
saying to her that il she will go to
ny merchant in |Shuqualak or Macon,
Brooksville and show this letter, said
erchant is hereby authorized to sell
a nice dress and send the bill to Big Z
nd; he will cheerfully pay the same. \
hope, us she has told me that if | could
It this date changed | shall be daily re- h
embered in her prayers, that | shall
,nceforth be a better man.
are dispatching business very rap.
ly now and hope to get thro' by 10th
March. Every one who comes be-
re us for appropriations asks for an in
ease on last year and it is mighty ha,d
keep the boys from giving it to them,
There was a resolution %euologizing
d inviting old Grover down to speak
US. but | am glad to say that the u,
Ississippl Legislature voted it down cii
o to one. l, for one. will never be of
favor of inviting a man to address us +.
democracy who did not vote for the I'D
of his party and thu w his in -,
ence to elect a republican. ! believe, ~
between Cleveland and Roose
It, | would prefer the former for the :,
ne reason that / preferred Money to !"
ngino-that he is right on the negro tn
a 4,
This evening we passed the insurance 6
| which repeats the valued policy Pl
Y as to all personal property, so that -,
plnies can issue the so-much want. aii
''blanket policy for cotton, and it {
no doubt be passed by the senate
l become a law. The valued policy
is still in force as to realty. One
endment making companies pay ten
It. damages and reasonable attorneys an
8 for refusal to settle claims IN sixty y
Is had to be struck ont, as the Su. i
me Court has decided that this was
constitutional. We could not make We
; provision for irsuranna conr.niao