Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1899 Page: 7 of 8
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They Took an Active Part in the
•• Civil War •
for the development ofJ', MAY
tivatiou in a few of the.
The rice crop*
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vegetables, melons and berries."
Apply Grafting Wax.
William Lomas of Dallas says:
t person will
have noticed that very many fruit
lirlev’s Texans.
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Fast Trains and Vegetables.
Thomas S. ttutfri uf Wucu.a
gardener of experience,
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AND RESPONDED WITH ALACRITY
’ _______ ’ of the late (‘apt.
I Brown of Dallas.
When Called Upon to Go forth and Bat A-,
Under the Bonnie Blue tlaq of the
■ Southern Confederacy.
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where I A. J^r-
q train ted with W®*
rice culture tnl
said Mr. Moore^
here do n6t seem tc
O. H. Leland. ]
Col. Battle sends Mr. J*idcocke ]
in addition to the above a list of 1
many of the Gurley partisans, liv- 1
ing apd dead. He also sends
among Other data an account of a ]
battle near Fort Smith, Ark., in 1
which the Gurley partisan rangers* |
bore a gallant park The account J
,• c appealed in Texas papers in Aug- i
1 'M
At length the boy pished at it In earn-
est and the mouse darted under th#
woman’s skirts and she fell to (the floor
Insensible, only to lose her mind when
at length consciousness returned to'
her.
Deepest Welle In the World.
The following are some of the deep-
est wells In the wbrld: In Europe, one
at Passy, France, depth 2,000 feet; at.
La ClufpOlle, Rafis, depth 2,950 feet;
at Grenelle, Paris, depth 1,793 feet;
Neusalwerk, near Minden. depth 2,288
feet; at KIssingen, Bavaria, depth 1,878 * J
feet; at Sperehberg, near Berlin, depth
4,190 feet; at Pesth, Hungary, depth
3,182 feet. The well at Sperenberg.
near Berlin, is the deepest well in th# -
world. In the United States there af#
wells located at St. Louis, Mo., depth'
3,843 feet; at Louisville, Ky„ depth
2,084 feet; at Columbus, O„ depth
2,776% feet; at Charleston, S. C„ depth
1,250 feet. r* ''
-'Ach l* The Dawes commission la taking »
the Lone Star line ships Matte-
wan and Miami to parties for ser-
vice in the trade between San
Francisco and Honolulu. After
the Miami unloads at New. York
she will proceed around Cape
Horn to San Francisco and enter
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The McKinney oil mill has shut
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ust, ISsd. A brigade of Union
troops engaged the Texans, com-
manded by Gen. Bankhead. The
Gurley rangers suffered severe
losses and inflicted serious dam-
age on the Federals. Amofigtliose slightest degree the
mentioned for gallantry are: Cbl.
Gurley, Lieut. Col. Battte, Act- |
jn'g Adjf Gen. Phillips and Julius I counties. The rice crop* nox"
K. Brown. The latter was a son j year in theTounties east of'Hous-'ru.5<
John' Henry- ton wiiLbewert.lt not 4e»s than
$2,000,000. It is a conservative
estimate to say that every acre of
“Work
‘The will soon commence.’’
mat- —-—--
wide board, and as high as to the j
branches on the south side of tlie '
trees, and about one foot away 1
’ from the stem. Keep the board
Mr. W. C. Moore, immigration in place till the branches shade 1
will be
a neat sum’. “1 am certain, “he
that 200,000 acres of land
aeo und Marlin will be
1 ear
. . x . 1 v^iuni I' 1 III ”i 111’11 ••xiit,
applfclP’ jf tfie men’ftrtemtet
Louis, where he organized the
Trinity Rice, land and Irrigation
company, with a capital stock of
$250,000. This company has al-
ready purchased 13.000 acres of
land in Chambers county,and pro-
poses to lease 10,000 acres more
all of which will be cultivated in
rice.
“I tried to organize this com-
pany with Houston capital that
our own people might reap the the new service,
profits, hut I could do a thing —---
here. I had no trouble in organ-
izing the company in St. Louia. (down for the moms.
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to Rocn'ro hi?* pension: nnd provl.loH, th.it no nwwia
grentor feo tlian livr^inaftor provf<]«»<!,shnll■ spy threw up her arms a
---ry.-r.ix. *y ■•##«»<! bv-siiglLMtaEnfJ'JK' TiW£’’ta rushed across the room, and springing
earl h for tL-c ? nptiftyinT. dn-.i Fbe ebuffry G.’it ■; ,,n a roia5; Inra hysterics frain .....
. • • Rhalr fortify to fTie written lUAtnmrnt nt the • — - - • » ___
pvtrtp’hce When tnknti heforo him. nnd tho ! sheer fright. The men of course SUS- .—
eorrmiwloners shall certify to the same j pected her, and rather than be search-
* whon taken befnn* them. Pho npp.lcnt'on. | . , ' • *, . . . ., #
nffldarlt nnd corllth'il Rtatrnient of tho ovl- j e^, sh^ confessed, but by the aid Of
a. tioYtr^. hnvn hron nnprovrd the loj’-nl old-farmer and his 'wife she
by tho conntv J.iulzo nnd by tho com-*- ~TXT’rc . a
• mIssdoners’ conrt *hai) bo forwarded to thp | Tnade her escape in the night. A w$ll-
l comptroller of public ncronntn of tho R‘ntc known woman physician of Chicago
: tn nV^inr"; XXtl^ ’ can do any kind of surgical
wlm Rbnl! be nn cT-Confcrfcmt^Rokllor or work without n tremor, but the sight
■ .aJb.r :»><! who Rhnll be drg'm.nted nrf pen- f t he strangely H] aUd
Rlor. clerk, nnd who Rhnll enter upon bls du- | 0 J
• ties Tpnii'drnteiy nfter Ruch npfi^i tin ent j thoroughly “unwomans” her. Anoth-
»njl thp pAssngr of thjR net nn<1 rtnll take! er woman, Mrs. William E. Phenne-,
rharee of flcpoimts nnd matters pertaining .
r to this act. nnd shall keep r list of the hn- fruk, living in South Marion street, in
. .. . , . . ,, . . pliennls for pensions, snnt to .thp c.nnp- Delaware, Ohio, has such a terror for
IS the time to Stoi) Illl’tner inmrv. trotter, and who shall, with nnd under thei . ., . , . .
t 4 direction of the comptroller, rxafnlre•"jin I mid© that she recently Went ^ijOSaO®^
Hi e Already half applications fnr nenwIonR cRrofniir and thor-| through fright at one of the wee crea-
iped by applying nli'n'<i"''i',V.,.rict"cnn,innnn?.\Phw?tb'’Vho\?rna I lures. Tho Woman was sweeping her
... , . , visions Of this not. nnd s"oh pon.lon t lork.' cellar wlien a mouse darted out from
the wounded part, With "nf\ an old barrel and ran about’her feet.
Efloh female’ anniicant ahall state I She tried to step on it and beat, at it
br(5oftli calling piteously to •
June 1 of the present year. He
returned to Waco about June 20
and called for volunteers. The
aplendid result shews the alaeri-
’ ty With which that call was re-
sponded to. JT°st of tlie com-
panies contain the maximum
number ef men, and all contain
— -more than the minimum. All of
the companies would now <mup-
> tain thelmaximum were it not
that all the officers adopted the
* rule t® reject every volunteer not
sound, and able bodied. The re-
~“Tr -mrit. ©F Ghs ^hIo has. been, that __________________________
•*_ —senra-of-the companies pr&gent an. interest in his'business to_| sjstedjnjicaling
..mZ' L*~”■ s. nV < * eSw*.-nfAwsare nut1 u caupe prey
v teers. • KKve men. and gadun’t rin.tk^g^-nn^fi^rotf(qcjYryrhor^***ftMP*^xAF*c-?S*3-
^exanal. If.you seek a chance fo^by creating a demand forpur sort
glory, now is jour time. The vjccg >■
regiment is mounted and destined , .
to operate in Arkansas and Mis-
souri. It will probably remain «t
■<jamp McCulioch from four to agvnt of the Southern Pacific, has the stem, and the trees
sik weeks. Any person wishing retUrned to Houston’from St. saved.’* 1
LL-'. . —.1*_2 xhifi anlnnzID warrlmAnf. Iv • _ 1____ 1 ___-.1 ' . ...— —
A private telegram received at
Galveston from New York con-
firms the report of the sale ofJ
the Lone Star line ships Matte-
■ - - ..... - - - th**
ont of any
be ap
—’floe. K. The Comptroller of ttrt*. state
shall Cause to be prepare# an# furnished to
the county Judges of* this state noeosvary
blank applications for the use of applicants
for th« beneflta of .this act.
Sec. 8. The comptroller Ts hereby vested
with power and authority, after the examin-
ation with the pension clerk, to approve or
reject the application qf any applicant for
a pension, an to Mm nj^eara advisable, and
If approved ha shall Issue his warrant a*
to cnlitt in this splendid regiment
■will report to Got Gurley or
Lieut. Battle.
Address Waco,McLennan coun.
ty, Texas.
for superintendents. 'to thtThorth and east, but to the
‘•There was a time .when some bigd’anadian cities.
■ looked upon
or ... _ .
its object the creating of a uni- in’ApriHf
fprin^standard of wages for sup- portation.
eriute. nd tints. This isageievous railroads v..^ , , - . ,
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error, for with eh that matter is development of the garden region- omploy uiuTFr nfr'crmTWct^ rrrrntnTmnnt-
.. jfteyer dtol’Uss^d, each individual hereabouts, in my opinion sur-
nian at Little Rock, Ark,, 'member fiavmg’the right-to make, pa-sing any country
such terms with his employer as
best suits him; and while we look
upon these unions as having th^ir^
own field of usefulness to each
other and to employers, being to “Every observant
attain as high au education as 1
possible along the various lines and shade trees have the bark
useful to us as oil mill suporin- badly split, and the wood injured,
.tendents, believing, likq, the Na- on the south side of the trees,
tional association of Stationary ; The cause is sun scald, and now
Engineers, that by advancing our- i
selves wc advance the interest Such trees ns i
of our employers, we believe killed can be helped by applying
that employers will give prefer- grafting wax to the'wounded part,
cncc to the.man who will take- so that the two barks will be asf+
~ , [over. Such trees
wotJiet aylit ciuibe prevent^
Oil Mill'Superintendents. I land cultivated in rice will bring
The sixth annual convention of $40.
the Oil Mill Superintendents’ as-• “The Trinity Rice, Land and
sociation will, meet in \\’.acd June Irrigation company will build a
13, 11 and 15, under a call issued canal for the purpose of irrigating
{ by George T. Park house, the from -Turtle Ivey ou -rsr+m+ng east-.- an.i.-wT- iwaaiuiua jsiuiu j ’ tt'‘;'h\h5a:'Sf
; president, and Gustav A. liaum- hard towaid W innie. 1 ho < anal amount appropriated tor that year,
bpiirten. the, secretary. will have a capacity for irrigating s"’ ’’
The subjects put down on the at least 23,000 acres of land.
programme for discus-ion are as “To give an idea of how out-
follows: - side capital is taking hold of the
1 ; “Filtering and settling.of crude rice idea, the real estate firm with
: - ,T . oil,’’ by M. A. Koerner; “Press- which I am connected has sold'' reserved in the Confederate navy, and Ilme'tigate; and such copies, with their correct-
opvrtit ioii3 th that . .. , -* —*- - •*- - ■ i- - -• * —xi- 1 —*-•* »— ♦*-———*—
. ... . ,,___ . Z, . I C1OL
Jrefhhttnt In thM"SUUtfnvcst. -
BatM’s attention was...attracted ?-°r ■ - - . - .
, i i „ (pressure and over, and trie
to Mt. Pidcockc s work by an ar-| l
tide which was published last ®,n
summer. He forthwith hunted
up his venerablttp scrap book.
aud cbpipd a number^tf articles
on engagements in which th% reg-
iment took part and an account'
of the organization ,of the regi-
nieat. Tlie following appeared
—■—v-Mini .‘n I..o0oc "I. la-1 rroigl.i
.. a r i state convention of oil mill su-
... ., of partisan rangers, the firs of ; (
its kind, perhaps, to lye raised nr *
—Texas, was organized on the l'SH|
inst. by the election of E. J.
-----—- -Gurley, colonel; N’lP~W\.'.Battio, j
lieutenant colonel, and J. H.Dliv-
enport, major. C<>1. Gurley ap-
pointed the following statf am.
regimental officers! John Abney
of Meridian, quartermaster; Dr.
J. H. Seats of Waco, surgeon;
^■^Tfbfr’OT'i^raTnrdT’WnTi
taiA; W. W, Slaughter of Waco,
'‘k*‘ fc* d^ipl'ain ______in G'j^and other southern states transit for tlmit product, not only
This regiment of brave', patri-
otic men 1
WHY MICE CAUSE WOMEN FEAR
Inatancefl Where the Little Auimala
Have Caaned Great Trouble.
A mouse has long been known to
vuumy ronin i^ii’Ufi w <-i ms iiouuiv iti u , ■ -
regular ti-nn of tholr cnnrt. nfi<l Rhall l-e ap- be the bitterest enemy of womankind.
i... ♦».«.„ •«.. » tt: v nro hereby nn-
iff rrnrfiTrfn’APTnTnsfi-'Tr- ’
helpless. TamfleSs
nutsblo of those •
judg»* as above provided fnr. If In their
Judgment nny fact materially nfleeting ihe*
nppl'I'-a^t’s Rtateinrnts are not rjenrly ? t
, nnt nnd proven.' 1
counit judge and of th< ciMrindsRlorers’
' evliloFff In writing
of nil vrltnpRRPR nxiniHncd by them, or either
of Hi' Hi. whieh shall bo done under the
direction of the eonfity judge- when taken
Irt-frm«Mtlni nnd intder the dlreethth
cofiiinLaHlonej’s.2 when taken before TTi^n. •
wh4'-h shall b^ paid f*»r by -t-* ■
thn rate of five eenta per hnt ,.t
■provided, -that the applicant Is ,authoriz< d '
to’hirve such evldohee Jaken down by .his
for superintendents.
has been raisoef in less1
71 *”’‘tMne than any in the G»mfe*k*rat&
Bervuce from this state, a fact
speaking volumes for devotion to
-country »nd liberty. ol. (i urley
received lis authority to.raise the
- partisans from-Maj. Gen. 11i11d-
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wit iesRrR who 4iiran:4allv Kn.twlhTt he <‘fi-[nn(1(.r provisions of this act. and the
Urti.l In tliA r<t\ ie«> nnii Performed the au . ... >■ _ ..i. .n ...... r..~ n.o
and berries "in ' Chicago, New York
pthe~‘managers ;of oil mills -now and Boston three weeks ahead of istcit stany
. ____ , pro**! O’.’ a TPpUl M rmy > ''iim »>u iiif <:un
look upon our association for their any. other territory. * Mr. Green showing his promise physical condition
r- 1 i r • • J Innhllltv to labor nt nnv work or cal
^superintendents, not only irum sent beans’ last month nnd c
’ this state, but from the majority
of the cotton.growing states. Not said,
a member of our association has between W
truck far,ns “ext ■'
.r’vv...... Th® association now has >
tions from quite a-number of mills departure can be assured of rapid
fHirtey’s Texas Laialrj'.------------
R. G. Pidcockc of Waco, his- !
torian of Col. Gurley’s regiment
of Tefcas cavalry, of which Mr.
Pidcocke was au officer, received
from Col. N. W. Battle of Seat-
tle, Wash., a batch of documents
to )ie used in the preparation of a
book on the
L am
[cloth and* what additional cost siiiqj; Dec. 1 27,000 acres'of rice
! per toil by using JXOt) pbundsT laudT
1 ’ ) ac- “AIT of the country between
panying results;’’ George C. Houston and Galveston is admir-
. L; “Tests of oil and meal, ably adapted to the cultivation of
' oil for free, fatty acid, and. meal rice, and I 3o not know of any
| for percentage of oil loft iu it,’’ other crop that will yield as much
R. M. Schumacher; ‘•Cooperagol money as rice.
, and what constitutes. good coop- “Work.on the irrigating $anal
erage,’’ M. F. J\ Thcissen;
pfcope'r handling of refuse
ter,’’ Yieorge T. I’arkliQusc;
He Q 4* ni* A*-
, three mou. . their v R, M g I W,
circumstances, who have n?Vvr w
and who-hate been boua tide resldeu^ "
the state of T* x’as since March 1, 18MJ, anu r
who w»3x* married to such soldiers or sailors !
<AlXtPrior to March 1, 1N6G; provided, that] (hat‘
said aid Rhitll not exceed eight dotittrs*pf’r*"H)ia]] he r<q
month; and providtd further,'that In-the be otlierwise’-
event the .ipproprlation made by the state now exists, regu .
legislnture for any’Jjjp;jvar sTratTprovc tn-t jhdgefi and prortrieci; *
suH.dent to pay in full, said pensions, that <,f two doilnrs shall bp 1
thereby shall not be created -a deti< leney I to the counfr Judge for Ki.
outstanding as a- \alld claim against the formed by him In obtaining a
*’V«’VC—~n—rww, Itii'i wsvu- pcixaluixul’ akuu , .. ,ScC. 11. .11 .tilAli Q£ VUty
only receive his jfro rata according to’ the troller, nt least once in’eacn j.«,
amount appropriated for that year. , wan’fto the county judges a prluted^h.
Sic. 2. Each applicant for a pension un pensioners In their respective count,
dor this law shall make application in writ- which list shall be posted In a’cofasplcuoti
lug and under oath.'for the sanje^to the t place Ja* the office of said'Judge. It shall*
county judge of the county of• his or her; also belthe duty of the comptroller, on the.
resldein e. Sit< h application shall state the I application of tlie grand jury, to forward to
narr.o, and residence,* of tho applicant, j the district clerk of the county in .willch'the
nnd his nr her occupation. If able to engage' grand jury is convener! copies o< any or all
In one; his or her pltv.sh I condition, as well h original papers on file in his office con-
ns the company und regiment in Which he nected with an application -/or a pension,
enlUrM la jlw aroiy. or which <raftd jury-may deirirr to inveu------
of ftervlee in each ease, whether or not. the ’ ness attested by tiie ccmptroller, shall have
applicant‘TVceiml any jiehskm or veteran ’ the same force and value In law that the
donation*land cervtlicnte under any previous - original papers woul^i have had.
law; a list of the real and personal pfop-• Sec. 12. No' person shall, while an Inmate
erty owned-'bi* the applicant, und the oics- the Texas Confederate Home, nor Shan
ent value of 'be same, and v.bat property, "ny person while confined in any^ of the
nnd the value thereof that quell applicant! asylums of this state at the expense of the
has sold or conveyed within two yvac$ prior state, or confined In t)>e stale penitentiary
to the date of such, application; or what to satisfy a judnnent of conviction, receive
4 Income'he receives,*if nny; aud shall fur- n pension under this act, and ary person
thor stnr6 that the dppHcHut Is In iudigi-ra . hrrring been granted a pension under the
circumstances and is not able, bv his or her provisions of this act and after becomes an f---
labor, to <arn a support;' provided, that the Inmate of said home, shall, while such In-
word .“Indigent.” withiu tlie moaning of this mate, forfeit hiS pension, it being Intended
law, shall b»* cotiHtrued to moan, one who isi that no person shall at the same time re-
In actual want and-rtcltute of-property <*lve benefits from both sourcest and no
and m-ans of stfSMsimn-e. and that the ap Person, while tf resident of any other state
plfcnnt lias nut. Xia ns for rod to others any • or territory, shall draw a pension under this*'
property or value «>t any kind, for tho pur- a<J- ’ v 1 1
nose of becoming a b neSelnry under tliH ?°.E..
law, and thfit such applicant never d 3ertedTK13!Lj!JJL£"<11ns’ 3ft. 1900. there 1»
the c.mf.sleraej-, bS if shall not be Wes- nppWfiHaWThc sum of one hundred1 th<m-
M>rr to pro.lu.-e k (.uM,im-at.soI ta-j
order to receive iinenslon under tils art: n tT. Is «’HL «'' J W;the
•in 1'wTi th iHr
,avft if ►«" raibbml'Htlz^ ^e'hnndred'nnd lifty thousand dolla’rs, th.
of|t|Ms state, or t.,,t ^,ste.i^ ■ ,.he1:t^ ,
, state convention of oil mill -n- trrn ■ T*- ; ,ltr .1 •!"'i “i1 , 7 ' 5^^^'q<' ; or April ^1 October
ip.ftrintend. ftt, tn part, as follows: the northern market*, the region r»Tte'u.,5-t:m.’.”ihX'vf"r,.hna
“bime our last meeting at Dal- of tvljich'Wac’o is the center will n\^7hni™e"'imony"*of’nt i^is.’tw^erUhMi
las .our associAtio^hw gained in selfi earj^ jegetables and rtraiv- d7] XtrX^
Stl’I’lWth HB(l proprietors find berries in' Olliril^o New York soldier or Rallyr n< claimed by nlm..i amount dun each ponsloncr. All '-pensions ,
»A44 tttra piupnvv 8 DLUius in vuicii^u, h 1 ui k that ,|o H nnnblc to support ldm;elf In slu(11 bel,lu on tbe *ttrst day of October and 1
sort. He sh ill .also* furnish \.,r;] after the tiling and establishment of
proof bv a reput aide, pTiysVIan oflHMflDunrr rfI,pir< •’rt’n<ffiT IrerctiF provided' for.----------
- -- " ’’ ’ Hid j<ce> 14 (j. amrgencji clause). -
Inability to labor at nny work or calling----- --------,. _ r**~
leiWOti suffb-tent tn earn a support for himself, and
If he Is not, sixty years <»ld. when, wherau
nnd how auch ritaitvHty occurred: s*1! 1 proof
to Im*' made before thv county judge of the
county of the residence of the witnesses.
The. papers in the cnse as made by the
roiinty 'judge shall bo submitted to the -
county conm iR^if ners ef his countr at a
on nun or/rfSfn--X’B«V ^st averse run ot -
Txan'fhod by the county should fear such a helpless, narttnsss
._ .u_._ utt]e creature cannot be explalnetj,
says 'Chicago Chronicle. During the
It shall be the duty of th-; civil” war O-iumous female spy was
Wecaj! supl ZS’.a'ud?.«n betrayed' through the instrumentality
• i- , „„ . ., i c 'i t i of all witnesses osiHiUned hy them, or either of a mouse. The woman was maa-——
a uni, in’ApriHf wa can get Xlie tmus- V.wUhlib muiug nHU MR.
It is chiefly to the ’h*! r:,to of five cents per iinnarva words:; m_£n a *arninouse a DiacK
J 1 provided.-that th* applicant Is,authoriz' d mouse Jumped from a cupboard to a
we must look for the ■]y-h .''\l'If’fe taken .lown by J.U tab!e. almost ln the face Of the sup-'
posed boyr- With a shrill - feminine
with nnd »v»4pr thp direction of tho »’omn-<
troll or, sh”H pass noon the validity nf such I
dMms. r ■ r ’ -
the nemo of Tier dcCcnsiM hnsrbffnrt. the date
of her mnrrlnce nrd the date of Ills death: •
•Rhr'brnrrmnrrW. nnd remnlPod edler little boy-tO. help. het. J3ut tfce^ __
time her said docrn»e<! husjwhd rqn<1 “red- woman wnThnever it trfca to
snch forvlce, nnd the rowtmrtnd ho served
In. nnd nny othtjr nrrosslblr evidence that
| may prove or disprove the right of the np-
| pllennt to rlnlm n pension: nnd the county
judge/nay.require other nronf of the state-
ments made In mich application, and If. In
his opinion, the npnllcnnt has not estab-
lished his nr her legnl right to n pension,
then he shall refus" said Rnnllraflon, nnd
f file reasons therefor In his offleb.
Rec. 3. No widow<ahaH.ho entitled to a
pension should her hnsbnnd. If living, be de-
barred by reason of hla Inability to comply
1 with the requisites prescribed In this act. ns
to h.ls service In the Confederet*- arrnv - or
nary: provided, no pebslon shall ever be
granted tn nny soldier nr sailor who over,
deserted the Confederate cause, or to sfleb
deserter's widow.
Rec. 4. The comptroller shall draw
the trensurer, and upon presentation
troRsnrer shall pay the same
money In Ihe treasury which may
preprinted for this purpose.
■*’*Rnr. 5. The comptroller . R<Ur
shall cause to be prepared and furnished to
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Spears, George T. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1899, newspaper, May 18, 1899; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284803/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.