Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-08-19

lol the civil war has drawn to q close
lt has been continued round of
good Fellowship and fraternal greet
lngs. Only those who have mingled
with the throngs and talked with the
| old soldiers or heard them talk as
they scattered throughout the city
can appreciate the deep significance
of such an event to the old soldiers
| themselves
| Much Of the time yesterday was
| taken up with business sessions, but
| there was the splendid patriotic ad-
dress OF Col. Armstrong, the presen-
taton OF the sponsors and the maids
OF honor, the parade and the event
closed with a brilliant ball to the
| ladies.
As to Pensions,
AT the business session "Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Curtis, of Camn
ilef ward OF Walterboro, offered ,le
Ioiowlng resolutions, which were re-
ierred to the committee on resoIu-
| tions:
Walterboro, S. c., July II. 1908
camp Hayward, No. 462. u. G. ".
OVertures the United Confederate
veterans OF South Carolina in con
Hehllon assembled at Greenville. s.
c., D.
TO overture the Legislature of
south Carolina to pass an act in
cleasihs the pensions Of Confederate
Soluiels similar to the acts passed
| to wit: ''' iu"
TO give every Confederate soldier
over 81 years of age, who has been
| nVlns IN this State ten years. one
hundred dollars, and to every widow
OF confederate soldier, fifty dollars.
%heh over sixty years Of age, resi-
dent also ten years in the State,
| Inc committee on resolutions, af-
| Ter considering the matter, refused
| 10 embody this document I'm the pen-
era! resolutions to be offered. and
| MT curtis took the matter up in the
| shape or minority report, asking
| .he convention in general assembly
10 pass upon the matter. Mr.. Curtis
| maze strong speech in behalf of
| .he resolutions when he called up
tne matter Immediately after the
convention had assembled yesterday v
morning. He declared that great
frauds were being practiced.
| don know what else you would
| can 1t. he declared. but fraud.
iou might use some other name, but
that Is what 1t amouns to. | be-
iieve that there Is lot of fraud in
the pension business I am NOT
charging any one in particular with
iraud, Dut we are satisfied, and our
counties are no exception to the
rules that there are comrades accent
ing pensions who have no right what
ever to them. There are men who
are claiming to be 60 years of age
who are not that old; there are men
VINO nave made over their property
10 their families and are drawing
pensions on the ground that their in
come is or such and, such an amount.
see men wearing crosses who must
have been kids during the war"
Mr.. Curtis declared that the yete-
rams should not only take up the
matter OF the amount OF the pen
sions, but should see that they were
pald only to those who were worthy
or them and who had a right to re-
celVe aid from the people of the
state. He said that in Georgia they
gave $l,OOO,O 600 to the Confederate
veterans every year. South Caro-
lima can give one million a year to
the old soldier as easily as Georgia"
he said
'Can't We reach this question I'm
some way?' he asked. 81 tell YOU,
my comrades, | had rather see less
money given to that Orangeburg
school, and more given to the Con-
federata soldier"
Gen. Carwile in putting the uues-
ton before the convention said: "J
would say that | have also noticed
this matter. and will say that there
are great frauds being perpetrated
in the pension laws of South Caro-
lima. | will also go farther and saw
that the only way to remedy this IL
for the veterans Of each county to
check up the boards Of their respect
i've counties, and see that they do not
give anything to people who are not
entitled to It," Cloud applause.)
A motion was made to adopt the
report Of the committee on resolu-
tions, which did not contain the res
olution offered by Camp Hayward.
This motion was carried, and the res
olution regarding pensions was there
fore lost.
Veterans Request to Pardon.
The next business taken up was the
resolutions offered by Col. w. w.
Lumpkin, requesting the Governor to
pardon Daniel Zimmerman, a veteran
OF the Civil War, who Is now serving
a sentence In the State penitentiary'
The resolutions are as follows:
Resolved, That we, the Confede-
rate veterans of South Carolina, i'm
convention assembled, respectfully
request His EXcellency, the Honora-