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Show CARE OF EX-CONFEDERATES. flow the Sootbera State Treat Tleir Disabled irui of the War. Georgia's Confederate pension system, sys-tem, under which disabled veterans re- ' ceive from & to 2" per month, according ac-cording to the disability, is highly creditable to the state, but it should 1 accept and maintain the home near this city in order to complete the good work. It will be of interest to review the situation in other southern states. Virginia led in the movement, and established a Confederate home at Richmond, for the support of which the state expends 10,000 a year. Pensions Pen-sions to the amount of $5,000 annually are also paid. Alabama has no home, but pays $125,000 a year in pensions. Arkansas has a home at Little Bock built by private subscription, supported by state aid. Florida hxs no home, but pays $30,-000 $30,-000 a year to disabled Coniederates who have resided in the state fifteen years. Mississippi is without a home, but has made liberal provision for her indigent indi-gent and disabled Confederates. M issouri pays no pensions, but a movement is on foot to raise $100, 000 to endow a home without state aid. Maryland, has a home costing $40,000 near Baltimore, aided by the state to the extent of 10,000 annually. Louisiana has a home near New Orleans, Or-leans, and the state grants it $10,000 a year. North Carolina not only pays pensions, pen-sions, but has appropriated $41,000 for a home. South Carolina pays about $50,000 in pensions, but has no home. Texas has a home established by subscription. sub-scription. It costs $3,500 a year. Tennessee has established a home at the old home of Andrew Jackson, "The Hermitage," the state having given 475 acres of land and $10,000 for improvements in 18S9. The legislature in 1891 appropriated $25,000 for a building build-ing and $5,000 a year for its support, and in addition $00,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for expenditure ex-penditure annually in pensions, which range from $2.50 to $25 per month. It is thought that $25,000 per year will cover the pension list Of all the southern states Kentucky alone has made rio provision for her ex-Confederates. ex-Confederates. Atlanta Constitution. |