Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-28
A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE.

lpeals not only to the sentiment
every true Southerner, but also to b
sense of Justice. An effort is to ;
made to secure an increase in the per
sions paid by the state of Georgia
the veterans of the Confederacy and
/ bill covering the proposed alteration
in the present law will be introduce
as one of the first measures to com
before the lawmaking body of tn
commonwealth
The legislative discussion and proba
BILE action on the matter will be the re
suit Of the campaign that has bee
started throughout the state, original
ing with the formal request made b.
Tie veterans assembled in conference
a. Macon on April 26th At this gath
|ering resolutions were passed recon
amending:
That the present Law be so
amended that if upon fling of an
application for pension the same is
not approved. but it sent back for
amendment and afterwards said
application is properly amended
and allowed, the applicant may be
awarded his or her pension from
the time of the filing and not from
the time of final approval as at i,
present
That the present law be 81
amended that all pensions granted
to either disabled or INDECENT sold
iers of the Confederacy or their
widows be changed from the pres
ent allowance of $1,000 per year to
the sum of $4,000 per year, and
said payeHats of fifteen dollars
be made monthly.
BE it resolved that the law be
so amended that any widow of any
disabled or INDECENT Confederate
soldier who shall have married be-
fore the year 1890 shall be entitled
to claim a pension under the pro-
visions of this law SO that the year
may be changed from 1870 as at
present to the year 1890.
BE it resolved further. that ali
Confederate veterans who can
show clean record shall be enti-
tied to a pension, regardless Of
what he is worth, but as to his SER
vices in the Confederate war from
1860 to 1866.
At the last session Of the Florida leg
lislature there was no difficulty ex
Iperienced in putting through meas
ure providing for an increase of SO
per year in pensions paid to Confedel
ate veterans and their widows. Ii
stead of receiving $3.50 annually, Flor
ida veterans now receive $3.50 each, tn
new law taking effect on August /, 1911
There is, perhaps, only one featur
LOT the proposed legislation which ma
be criticised-the provision that a
I veterans be entitled to pensions, RI
CARELESS of the amount OF property the
possess This phase of the question
however, will receive careful attentio
at the hands OF the legislators and it
understood that many members
the present general assembly favor IL
iplan to set $500 as the propert
! valuation, the possession of whic
would preyent a veteran from recei'
ling financial aid from the state. Gnd,
the Florida law. veterans or the
widows possessing less than $4,000
property are entitled to receive pen
lions.
It should not be difieult to put sue
Ia measure as is proposed On the sta
ute books of Georgia. The citizens
1.-THE Empire State of the South wi
ever retain their tenderest sympathil
for the heroes of the bloody SOS and
matter Of dollars and cents will n,
b. allowed to interfere with a NOV
ment possessing such strong clai
upon the most hallowed sentiments
our people.