The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-27

On PENSION NATTERS
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IS her sheriff. Therefore, it will
readily be seen that this institution
IS in the hands of good, clean, honest
men, and they have cone and are
doing everything within their power
10 give TO the old soldiers there all
ne conveniences and necessities that
he appropriation made will, provide
for. However, I think i dhere are men
in that home who shoA not be there.
do not think any Should be al
lowed there draws
FROM home county,
,r at least he is admit
ted theren nsion from mis-
county Sid and go to some
Me nj the home. I do
any oHa lould be admitted
e who has property enough
give him a support. l do
any one should be admitted
home who carries on trade
business Which will give him suf-
Ant means to support himself with
the aid of the home. In other
BIRDS, gentlemen, think only those
II &ou1d ne admitted to the home who
no home elsewhere and have no
r support, and who are entirely
ndent for living. Those men
Id be put in the home, and the
should be given money enough
Sake good, first-class care of them,
I'D the rules of the home should be
Erengthened by act of the legislature
that thoose who are there can be
It, not in prison, not under duress,
lander sufficient restraint
i've order and discipline
I do not think it
h credit to the home or to the
Is for some of them to come on
treets of Columbia drunk and
ering around, and sometimes
to be carried-or are carried
lice headquarters, and the man
ent of the home notified taat
are there, and asked please to
or them. Yet when anything
hind happens, or any serious
b of discipline takes place at the
and the management attempts
rreot it, they are dragged into tee
hy some one for political spite,
in order to try to injure some one
Officially, and made go through
sroceedings which cost lawyers fees
1 md other expenses, which come out
il the appropriation made for the
tome, thus depriving the old soldier,
he inmates, of that mucl of their
honey.
New, another thing: I think there
are too many peop,e between the old
soldier and his appropriation; that is
| do not think any county board
ought to receive any pay, or t1at any
State board ought to receive any pay,
~ that anv county or State ofhci3i
ought to receive any pay for tee SER
vices that they render in disbursiqg
ne fund for these Veterans. 1t ought
o be a labor of love, and every man
in it ought to see that every
dollar that is appropriated by your
BODY should go direct to the old SOL
lier, and have no middle or stopping
point until it reaches there. At the
nome I think the commandant and
MS wife should be sufficient to man
age it and take care of it, unless pos
,ibly it be necessary for them to have
,ne or two assistant helpers. l do not
:hink too many should be employed at
he soldiers home who are to receive
salaries, thereby eating up the ap-
oropriation before it reaches the Vet
Grams for whom it is intended.
Now, I am not saying these things,
gentlemen, by way of criticism of any
9ody, and this message is not intended
% crit;cise anybody, but only to call
your attention to these matters, as
have been requested to do by this
and as 1 called these mat
ers to their attention. Take, for in
stance, the number of inmates in this
nome, and then take the amount ap-
by your body, and divide
his amount by the number Of inmates,
nd see what the pro rata share per man
would be if he. were at his own home;
hen take your pension law and see
what the pro rata share is which the
at home is now getting, and,
n my opinion, you will see an in