Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-12-18
Notice to Pensioners.

will be at the Court House on
eacf Saturday in January, 1908, to
take applications for pensions for
l9OS. Those already on roll need
not attend, as no new application Is
required. - -
The following are the rules to gov
ern county boards, and persons who
cannot come clearly within the re-
qr'1ements will please not make ap-
plication:
BY act approved cath day Febru-
airy, l906-see Section 10S5--a PEN
sioner Is allowed to certify as a Wit
ness.
Glass A. Those who as result of
wounds received in the WEI are phys-
1cally helpless, or who while in such
serVic" lost both arms, or both legs,
or are totally blind, whether the re-
suit OF service or not, or who are
isabled by paral. sis and arc unal,ll,
10 make living. and whose income
or his wffe's does not exceed $50.
This does not include soldiers whose
disabilities arise from diseases and
causes arising since the war, except
those totally blind.
Class b. Those who have lost one
arm or ,3ne leg and whose income
or his, ,.tSife's does not exceed $50.
-. ,<G.ass G, No. /. Those soldiers and
sailors disabled by wounds received
during the war, whose income or his
wife's does not exceed SIS.
Glass G, No. 2. Those soldiers
whose income does not exceed SIS,
irrespective of age.
Glass C, No. 3. Widows of those
who lost their lives while in the ser
vice OF the State or Confederate
states and whose income does not
exceed SloO. Where widow of q
confederate soldier marries after the
death or her second husband, she j.,
entitled to apply and draw Il uen-
sion on account of the service of her
first husband, provided she Is enti-
tied under the other provisions of
the pension law. Such widow must
apply In her own proper name, but
at the same time state that she is
asking for pension as the widow OF
her dead husband, giving his name,
company, regiment, etc.
Glass G, No. 1. Widows above the
age OF sixty 600 years whose in
come does not exceed 500, or If
not sixty years Of age, can receive a
pension Ii married at close of war.
County boards cannot be too care
ful in these matters of "income" or
physical condition"
Physicians are urged to state not
only nature of wounds, but disability
resulting therefrom.
lie Is very poor man whose gross
income from labor, rent and other
sources does not exceed SIS, or UoOr
lands, If any, that will not produce
this amount gross.
Property sufficient to produce $75
In applicants or his wife's name de-
bars him.
Where soldiers or widows dispose
OF their property by giving or selling
to their children, they are debarred.
Pensioners who move to another
State are not entitled to pension,
The pension law provides that this
fund shall be distributed April 1st:
therefore it is very important that
YOU mail the pension lists. with the
approved applications OF your coun~
ty, promptly on the first Monday in
March.
Let county boards act promptly
and fairly, giving the State board full
information, with complete reports
for each county, using pension report
for those already on roll, and making
a list OF those approved 1907.
In making reports to the State
board, the reports should be signed
by each member Of the County Pen
sion Board, who can sign in report,
and then list for 1907.
Signed: A. w. Jones. Comptroller
General, Chairman; d. r. Flennikin,
w. II. Hardin, DR.. B. NJ. Lebby, DR..
VIM. Weston, Surgeon. Attest: Miss
Kate +. Maher, Pension Clerk.
j. W. Holleman,
Pension Commissioner, Oconee
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