The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-12-02
DAD LEAVES MILLION;
SON TURNS 1T DOWN.

Buzzards Bay, Mass, Nov, % -
Charles Garland, the young man who
kas renounced his right to a million
dollar legacy left him by his father,
James A Garland, who was wealthy
club man and yaehtman of Boston
today made formal statement Of his
reasons for rejecting the money. His
statement, he said, was due to- Abe
fact that the many reports Of his fail
>ure to accept the legacy had faaed
properly to present his position.
'I refuse to accept the money be-
cause it is not mine," was young Gar
land g summary of his action. :" A
system which starves thousands. while
hundreds are-stuffed condemns itself.
"A system which leaves a sick woman
helpless and offers its services to Q
healthy man condemns itself. 1t is
such a system that offers me q mti-
lion dollars he continued.
1T Is blind to the simplest truth
known to every child, the truth that
the hungry should be fed and the
naked clothed. have had to choose
between the loss of private property
and the law which is written In every
human heart. chose the one which,
/ believe to be true" !.
Believes Christ Would Have Rejected
Garland, who has stated he rc7
nounced his claims to the million
dollars because he thought Christ.
would have done the same, continued:i
I believe I could do. no good with
the money. 1t is the man who gives
food to the hungry who does good
not the dollars given in exchange for
the food. would be happy to be the
man If I had the food to give, but i
can not lend myself to handling the
money that Is not mine even though
the good that might be done Is pos
sibly great" ~
Many peopl have written to tell
him what could be done with the
money, he said. "They seem almost
proud to point out the power that !
have in my hands, but 1t is the most
pitiful thing they could point to- Yen
cannot serve God and Mammon. 80
many people ready to serve the dollar
means so many less to serve Coo.
There are great opportunities to DO
good, but they are in mems heaTBi
not my check book. A preacher In
the name of Christ said this million
should have been turned to good. He
thinks that Gods work Is paid for In
dollars. God 8 work will never De
done until men see that this theory
| Is untrue
Living at Mothers EXPENSE
Mr.. Garland's statement was made
from his home here, former inn OF
stage coach days. The young MAN.
who is % years of age, is living a.
the house with his wife and infant
daughter as the guest OF his mother
Mrs. Marie Tudor Green, who supplies
them with a maid and keeps their
/ lafder full. He plans to so to work
eventually, he said but a year at
Harvard College, which he left to get
married, and preparatory schooling In
this country and in England fitted
him for no work ready at hand, ard
he said he thought it would be spring
before he found anything. His wife
Joined with him in his renunciation
of the million, Garland said. HIS
mother, although not holding the
same views, has told him to do what
he thought right.
In another house on the estate lives
James A. Garland, tbirdS brother OF
Charles Ga rland, who has accepted
fhis share of his fathers estate made
larger by the fact that the mother Of
the boys abandoned her rights In Or
der to marry Francis c. Green after
the death of her first husband. At
Harvard College is Hamilton Garland
third son, who lacks several months
of reaching his majority. His brother
Charles said today that he under
stood Hamilton also was considering
refusal to take his share when he be-
came of age. Their ideas on the sub
ject are somewhat similar, he said, al
though the influences Of education
and environment were not IDENTICAL
Garland indicated that his refHsaf
to take the money was not based on
any question attached to the origin
OF the Garland fortune, saying he did
not know from what source II was
derived, but he believed 1t came down
from his grandfather.