The above tells me something of the character of Mr. Matthews.
"Matthews said he originally was not going to take the money. But he said Petty told him that it would just go to other landowners. "I thought, heck, why should I do that? I wasn't going to give it to somebody else to put in their pocket." Instead, he uses the money to fund scholarships at the county fair and two local high schools, he said.
Mr. Matthews is no better than someone gaming the welfare system, IMHO. And again, what he says speaks volumes...