Evening journal., 1908-07-27

have been men Of the highest Chris
tian and business character but there
has. as a general 10 not as an uni
versal rule. always been in that board
some representative of the Original
Springer family, lineai or otherwise.
Now IS IL 10 be said or believed t'i9t
such men. through 50 many years
would systematlcaliy and continuously
SGT themselves TO work "a keen this
lease hid and thus cheat Christopher
Springers hcir82 or what is moro,
could they have for 80 many years
prevented the knowledge Of this lease
from becoming public. howsoever they
might have cndeavored 10 do 80. But
this not all All OF the deeds by or
10 this church: an Of IT'S leases by or
10 H. or whatever the instrument may
have been caaled. which related 10 lind
In which II was Interested is on the
records Of our recorders office These
record books from TIE organization or
this church 10 cay about 1880 or 1890.
arc fun Of such Instruments, deeds,
leases. etc. Now, win Il be believed.
that from the beginning OF these
records our earliest ones. say from the
FIRST York Record. 1924 down 10 177s,
and they are continuously and regular
~ kent. The name of Charles Chris
topher Springer, either as grantor or
grantco, lessor or lessee. nowhere ap-
pears. Other many other. grantors
20 and grantees from the church an-
pear: so OF less3rs and lessooa. but no
Charles Christopher should not
this fact settle aim and put quietus
and end 10 this nonscnaical claim OF
his baronial descondants2 No Mr.. y.
p s.. your man IS a myth. or/if not.
ho did not STOP among "the Z lot Of
Swodcs he found here" Locate hir
elsewhere ana begin again
Charles Springer Had No Land
But there was n Charles Springer
and rather considerable man for that
time. Could read and write. an ac-
cOmplishmcnt. which our records show.
q great many Of his Swedish friends
did not possess He came carly from
Sweden. he did not Immediately buy
1900 acres OF lald. or any other num-
ber; after he hal be0n here for some
years-as tho records show by his be-
ing named as witness &c-hc began
20 buy and sell. and he bought ana
sold M 10 his DEATH which occurred
some time early In tie forties-i74) 10
17i5 Not any great amount but what
the average business man does. His
deeds We're generally in fee nlmple;
sometimes on lease, but few; they were
what we would now call D ground-rcnt
deod-a small sum as yearly rental
for some few years ana then the fee
10 be conveyed FOR a gross sum ana
that a very small one, ana the lcFree
TO build a house in a cec'ain time. etc.
The payment of these ground rents 10
him or his REPRESENTATIVES, certainly
have not been male f,r many many
long years, as ! navo been told by
some OF these incM descondants, ara
this. with the adverse holding by any
one for 20 years from the end OF the
lease. makes a good and perfect lltlc
This settles our lers apparent 10 they
jump from Charles Christopher. 20
rlain Charles ana Try 90 claim UNDER
him. But they win not do this, as
the inducement Is rot enough. Charlea
individually. had no so acres TO lease,
of the fcw lenses he made, the land
ifN|'l wac AAiN|NiHlf ~ I'i'AA'H anu
few at that about small building lot
of the present day Charles Springer
has to-day lineal descendants nero In
this city and county. men ~ business
habits and who. as well as their am
oestors. would have searched this thing
out and II thore had been anything In
II, made Il known. ono Of them some
years ago. being IN Philadelphia. and
hearing there was TO be a meeting of
tho Springer heirs somewhere away up
IA the northern rart of the city com
oluded as he was one OF them. and as
near as anyone could be az this late
day. that he would go; be went. had
some trouble 10 get IN, but did, ana
enjoyed the romance hugely; sat there
for an hour or two. heard Of the i'm
menso sum of money which was right
then down In Wilmington awaiting
their going aftes II. that the city was
ready TO buy them oui, but their price
was too low How the fortune arose
20 a good deal moro, which he knew
was untrue Al las. he arose, toid
them ho was linoal Springer, ono or
the very follows who was AWAITING
anxiously the payment of his share,
but unfortunately for his fellow heirs
he lived In Wilmington, his father and
grandfathers before him had all done