The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-04
PENSIONS FROM
CARNEGIE FUND


New York, Nov. 3.-On the tomb.
stone of the iron master, Andrew
Carnegie, in Sleepy Hollow cemetery,
Is the epitath he wrote:
"Here lies man who kaew how to
enlist in his service better men than
himself"
Documents made public today. and
filed in the appellate division of the
supreme court in support Of an appeal
asking that a 81, 500 900 pension fund
created by Carnegie's will be declared
untaxable, sounded practical over
tone to the keynote of the epitaph.
The documents showed that 900
men and women, most Of them more
than 60 years and many more than
80 years old, were on the pension
list of the Scotch iron master who
died in 1919. Eome of the bcns-
ficiaries receive $40 a month; others
incomes that approximate $4,000
yearly. Some of them are workmcil
grown too old for their trades; some
Of them have been downed by sudden
misfortune. One of them is q via
count of London; another is the
widow Of railroad engineer. But
most of them are "men who were en-
listed in the service of Andrew Car
negie." '"
To Miss Helen Keller, the famous
girl who is deaf, dumb and blind, the
Carnegie pension fund grants an
annuity Of $4,000. Viscount John
Morley of Wimbledon Park, London,
is provided with 1000 pounds sterling
a year, after reaching the age of 80
according to the pension list.
Hundreds of others whose names
are unfamiliar on .ne~s pages, but
which were once written on the pay
rolls of steel mills and plants in
Pennsylvania, receive incomes OF
varying sizes from the fund.
Several letters from Mr.. Carnegie
in regard to the care Of obscure
friends were made public today by
Robert A. Franks, who for many
years directed the disposal of tht
pension fund. One says of an ole
man and his wife: :.
"They are old, no longer able t.
work, and on the verge of losing theil
minds. The arrangemsnt I suggest
| 1 hope, will make tHSM comfortable
to the end"
Another letter concerns an engi
nssr, 1shs, ,=1asss er-ass4A asked AGr
fCarnegie's aid for his family, ONT
of whom was a crippled daughter
The engineer, in his feeble days, haG
been pensioned, and the letter direct.
the continuation Of aid to his family
saying:
"If more is needed to keep the
widow and her daughter, it is to bs
given them, sure"
One letter, directing the enrolment
of the name of woman on the list
of pensions, tells directly of q "mar
enlisted in the service" of Car
negie. 1t says:
"Please say her father loaned mi
s217.5O in order to make my first pay
ment on sleeping car stock. Say tina
he took my note without security
saying, Yes, I'll lend it to you, Andy
you're all right So his daughte
need have no hesitation in coming un
der my wing now, as it were."
The appeal for the ruling dispens
| ing with taxation of the fund-whicl
was granted-was partly based upoI
proofs offered to show that the pen
sion fund was but a small parlt o
the philanthropies Of the iron mas
ter, who gave away, the accounting
shows, $3.50 100000 and died wort
| $23, ,00O, 900.
Andrew Carnegie retired from busi
ness in 1901, the court was told, an
from then until his death was mos
interested in the disposition Of larg
portions of his fortune.
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