The Washington times., 1908-07-11
Miss Anna S. Cammack,
Daughter of Millionaire,
Will Not Contest Will.
Has Worked Nine Years
for 5000 a Year, ard
Will Continue.

81. 600; heir, in fact, by her fathers s
4 will TO $4,000; refusing to contest that
document and content and determined
| to continue her labors, as for nine
years heretofore, as a $3.50 per annum
Government clerk, the attitude as
sumed by Miss anna S. Cammack.
daughter of the late Washington mil
| lionaire, John Cammack. Is, perhaps.
without parallel in the history OF the
/ local courts or departments.
! Seated in her modest apartments to-
/ day. Miss Cammacl. formerly Mrs.
Anna Cammack Hardesty, until marital
/ troubles overlook her and the courts
| granted her a divorce and restored her
maiden name. discussed iH & most un-
| assuming and unusual manner the pc
culiar stand she has taken.
I shall not contest my fathers will
she said. Il have never had any such
| intention. He left me $4,000 in trust,
the income from which l may use dur
| Ing my life and which reverts 10 the
! estate when 1 die
Will Not Contest Fathers VIII.
| 1T is true that he left to T1y step
mother and step-brother the residue Of
] the estate, estimated at from s., 10000
/ to 100000. 1 presume he had reasons
/ OF his own for dividing the estate and
/ I have not inquired into them Father
/ had a mind of his own. 1 shall not
/ got into court and attempt 10 contest
/ his Will. although L have beel told by
my friends that my attitude is, 20 say
! the least, very peculiar.
| Instead. 1 intend 70 continue my
/ work at the Postohice Department.
/ where 1 receive $3.50 a year for dis
/ tribLting money orders. have worked
/ as a Government clerk at this salary
/ for nine years. But few Of my asso-
! ciates knew that 1 was the daugh--r
! Of John Cammack, the millionaire.
| did not tell them At times 1 have hoped
I that 1 might receive a promotion, but
/ it didn't come. Promotions are not
( rapid under the civil service.
During this time my father has never
/ offered me money and have been too
/ independent TO ask for it. worked be-
cause I had to. I have become accU5-
toned 10 IL now ana will continue 10
work"
Publicity Not Worth Million.
do YOU mean to say, Miss Cammacl,
that you VIII let the desire to avoid
publicity stand between you and the
81, 0OO 0OO2" she was asked.
4 certainly shall If you want to put
II that way" she replied, laughing
That IS not unusual, is it2 Wouldn't
you do the sdme2' she asked Size was
diSillUsioned. We'll, We are all made
different and we look at things from
different viewpoints" she explained.
That is the way I feel about II. some
Of my friends feel that way. others ad-
vise me otherwise. 1 have been told
In g Z
cared to take IL there, but I shall not;
my fathers VIII is TO be probated with
in few days and there will be no OBJ
lection on my part"
rs It true that your father objected
TO your marriage?' Miss Cammack was
asked.
Never FOrgave Her Marriage.
I believe there was some objection"
she replied evaslvely. Miss Cammack
continued that after her fathers sec
ond marriage and after her own. the
two branches Of the family we're on
fairly good terms and eXchau- visits.
Those acquainted with the his
tory Of the elder Cammack's displeas-
u-e at his daughters marriage, say that
the will is evidence that he never fully
forgave her.
The late John Cammack was a retired
florist and occupied a magnificent home
near Brightwood. His death occurred
June Is last. When his viii was filed
it was found that he had left practical
" all Of his fortune to his wife Eliza
beth Cammack, and a minor son, John
Edmund Cammack. Miss Anna Cam
mack is the only other direct heir Mr.
Cammack married about three years
after the death of his first wife, twen-
Why Is ii that your father. noting
that you were struggling along all these
fer TO aid your Miss Cammack was
asked today.
Too Proud To ksk His Help.
"I don't know. Perhaps there were
other influences Father was deter
mined and independent. So was L.
Nothing could have persuaded me 20
ask him for aid; maybe the same spirit
actuated him in failing TO extend It, "
she said. simply
Miss Cammack is a prepossessing
woman of about thirty-five years. mod
est and retiring apparently in disposl-
ton. yet talking cheerfully and resign
edly of a situation in which but few
women have been placed. The manner
in which she has met its latest phase is !
typical of the independence with which
she has buffeted the trials of a worker's |
life for nine years.
She has moved unOstentatiousIy among
her own little circle of friends, saying
nothing Of her troubles. her outward
demeanOr portraying nothing of the
heartaches within, her head aloof and
willing TO take the consequences of any
act She talks entertainingly. sensibly, F.,
and no one who listens to her story re
luctGntly told and heard only after
much questioning. can leave her pres
ence without the consciousness of hav-
ing seen an exhibition Of true grit"
Wins Praise As Worker.
The daughter Of q millionaire. she
has worked uncomDlainingly side By
siGe for years with others whom her
family might buy ten times over. For
sight years she operated . perforat ting /
machine at the Bureau Of Printing and
Engraving. She was content to be one
Of the best operators. a year ago she
came to the mOnoy-order asserting /
division at the Postoffice Department |
The task required OF the workers is |
that each shall distribute nineteen ana |
e half pounds of orders per dav. Miss |
Cammack. Tor the sake Of work. has
distributed as much as fifty pounds. I
and the praises of the chief of the III /
vision have been hers as she broke the !
records.