The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-06-30
AN EXPLANATION
To the Soldier and the Widow Who
Were Refused Pensions.

Will you kindly permit me through
the columns of your paper to inform
those to whom this communication
is addressed, the reasons assigned by
State Pension Board for rejecting
such a number of those new appli
cations sent up by our county
board!
Learning from our clerk of court
that twenty seven out forty six had
been rejected, no reasons up to that
time were assigned for such urheard
of proceedings. l wrote Comptroller
General A " Jones, who is Tex Off
cio) a member of the State Pension
board, requesting him to furnish
me with such information as to the
action taken by mis- board which
would enable ME to explain the mat
ter fully to those who were losers by
such decision of State Board.
With reply General Jones en-.
closed list of names of those rejected
with reasons which influenced State
board, | will select few of these,
which will serve to illustrate.
On the case Of Jr Cox, class G l,
they explained that the evidence OF
disability as the result of wound was
insufficient. Attached to the appli-
cation vas the certificate Of our sur
peon, DR. W l. Wallace, accurately
describing nature of wound. In the
cases of b X Mouzon ard Capt W d
Fitch, for both of whom recommend
alton for transfers from class G 2 to
C l were made, motives which IN
huenced the county board were as
signed, also having attached Sur
geon's certificate of disability. Re-
quest refused. Saageon's certificate
ignored by State board
We will next take the case of Mrs
Joe Duke. State Board assigned
reason not 60 years of age. There
is no age qualification. That clause
was stricken out when in 1902 the
pension code and act were amended.
In ssme cases of rejection the ex-
.cust was made that the applications
did not bear the affidavlts of old SOL
diers (non appllcants).
Dissatisfied with the reasons as
signed by State board, again wrote
General Jones, requesting him to re-
turn to our county board every re-
iectsd paper from Williamsburg. In
reply he stated that all rejected
papers were required to be filed in
Comptroller generals office. We
knew that we merely wished to bor-
row them long enough to show to
the pensioners that the errors
charged to county board did not ex-
iSt.
In conclusion, having served tol
more than ten years as member OF
county pension board and not hav-
ing had until the present year a
sing lie application rejected, induces
me 20 believe that there is something
"rotten in Denmark" Can trace it
in the breeze that blows from the
Capitol.
AS to nv competency for the pos
ition | hold, my zeal in helping khe
cid pensioners, let others attest. Gall
On sheriff, clerk of court, auditor or
any person who has in antassy ee
connected withsme in the pens!
business and hear what they have 70
tell you.
Resen ting the insult offered us by
the State board, | hereby affirm that
each of every member of Williams
burg county board has done his
whole duty, not actuated by the
mele pittance received as compensa-
tion to perform the workout a de-
sire to honor and assist those who
fought for the Constitutional Rights.
Our dead soldiers have left US their
widows-woe to him who would de-
fraud them.
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
H II KINDER.