The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-04-28
Capt. Bradham's Reply.

Mr.. Editor
In your issue OF last week, you pub
lished an article headed "Col. BraiIs
ford raps pension Board" The head
| line is certainly mistaken, because the
attack is on I'D. j. Bradham and one
Geiger who straggIed over here from
Oraugeburg."
Col. Brailsford admits in his artic' e
that be has four mules. The Auditors
book says five, CO.. Brailsford made
application TO the chairman OF the
Board in letter in which he states,
that he understands the rich Can now
draw pension. There was no change
in the law in the last session of the ley
islalure only an addition of 50,000. 90
given to this fund. This did not n.
ut!e Col. Braisford to come in with all
his pomp and splendor nor did it give
the right TO the pension commissioners
to Inquire whether Co.. Braisford had
paid for his mules or not. He then
pitches into half dozen other people
and says: ''Now let US look over the
condition Of those veterans the Board
has clasped to their breast and put in
class A and given modes; lit Z bonus
of $4,000 S. J. Bowman is ahead OF the
class" q better soldier than S. }. Bow
man never entered the Confederate
army, he was shot down twice on the
battle field, u silk handkerchief pulled
through his body at Savage Station,
he is now 78 years old and helpless, and
nobody but Col. Brailsford envies him
the modest little bonus Of S96 90, that
he gets Annually. Next he saws is one
Turbeville, who ownes the town OF
Turbeville and the bank of Turbeville,
when it is fact that there's DO Turbe-
ville,on the pension roll at all, they
have all been laboring, prosperous peo-
pie, and have made their own
living with less mules to work than
Col. Brailsford. He then takes up
some Determinations Of the Board, L.
R. Brailsford his brother, was told by
Mr.. Richbourg that his wife owning d
home would debar him from a pension,
another identical case Was that of Bob
Abrams, who got his pension without
a hitch. This is not true, Mr.. Abrams
made application and was registered
two years ago. So you see Mr.. Editor,
that Col. Brailsford ought to inform
himself OF the truth of h S statements
before be makes them. He theu pitch
eS into W. W. Brai!sfurd ami jeff Ross
two very worthy Confederate soldiers
who are not 70 blame for being TOO
young to enter the war at its COM
mencement. Then he says. Il don't
suppose the Board will have the
teminity to defend themselves on the
conduct OF their Office. I have shown
that they have been negligent, preju
diced, bias, and perfectly Inefficient
If Col Brailsford had done for the pen
Sou Board what he has done in his let
ter and showed his extreme poverty.
the Board would have taken pleasure
in presenting his condition 70 ths State
Board, then the State Board Gould
have required him to return the Two
mules To his brother bachelor. w. NJ.
Graham and the two mules to the gen
erous and consderate firm OF David
Levi Co., but as long as these four
mules remains in his possession, he
will never get pension while the pres
ent law stands if justice is done.
There GENES along iu the thirty
years that have served on this Board
a grunbler, who doesn't pull io the
lead But my recollection of The long
and pleasant years that james E. Davis
and my self performed this labor of love
and then. with Major Land, until his
death, and to b we received the thanks
and gratitude of the great host Of pen
siouers in these years that have re-
ceived almost 800, 100000 I can afford
to take these raps. 1 am sorry for Col.
'Brailsford and hate SO much that he
has put himself in this humi!iatiny po-
sition and want him 10 take back what
be has SAID or to hide his diminished
head.
D J. BRAOHAM.