Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-06
.s Fortune of Million Dollars.

c..-,es Garland, the young man who
,,unced his right TO a million
NJ 4.i,,, legacy left him by his father,
-S.,ss 4 Garland, who was wealthy
''s.,.n and yachtman Of Boston, re
III, made a formal statement Of his
..soos for rejecting the money. Hia
cement, he said, was due 10 the fact
-, the many reports Of his failure
,.,ert the legacy had failed proper
l.. 70 present his position.
81 refuse TO accept the money be-
,ss i is not mine," was young Gar
- summary of his action. "A sys-
80, which starves thousands while
sn,5re5s are stuffed condemns itself
, system which leaves a sick woman
hs,rless and offers its services to a
".,,,by man condemns itself. 1t is
.ucb system that offers me million
3ollars," he continued.
eli is blind to the simplest truth
krovn TO every child, the truth that the
hungry should be fed and the naked be
.Io,bej. have TO choose between the
hiss OF private property and l chose
the one which believe to be true"
Garland. who has stated that he re-
,opnced his claim TO the million dri-
lars because he thought Christ would
have done the same continued.
AZ believe | could CO nc good with
me money. II is the man who gives
food TO the hungry WHO does good. not
the dollars given in exchange for tire
fcod. would be happy to be the man
i'll had the food to give, but cannot
lend myself to handling the money that
is not mine even though the good that
might be done is possibly great"
MANY people have written to tell
him what could be done with the mon
~ he said. "They seem almost proud
10 point out the power that have in
NY hands, but it is the most pitiful
thing they could pcin; to. "You can
not serve God and Mammon." So
many people ready to serve the dollar
means many less to serve God. There
| are great opportunities to DO good, but
| the are in mems hearts not in my check
book. a preacher in the name of
Chris, said this million should have
been turned to good. He thinks that
Gods work is paid for in dollars. Gods
,,..n no
that this theory is untrue.
Mr.. Garanl's statement was made
from his home, former inn of stage
coach days. The young man, who is
p Years of age, is living at 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 larder full
He plans TO go to work eventually, he
said, but year at Harvard College,
which he left to get married and pre-
paratory schooling in this country and
in England fitted him for no work
ready at hand, and he said he thought
1t would be spring before he found
anything. His wife joined with him
in his remuneration of the million, Gar
land said. His mother, although not
holding the same views. has told him
to CO what ne thought right.
In another house on the estate.
lives James A, Garland, who has &C.
cePted his share of his fathers estate.
made larger by the fact that the mo-
'HeF OF the boys abandoned her rights in
order to marry Francis c. Green after
the death of her first husband. At
harvard College is Hamilton Garland,
thiTd son who lacks several months
Of reaching his majority. HIS brother
UnaFIeS said today that he understood
Ha'ni'ion also was considering refusal
10 TAKE MS share when he became of
age. their ideas on the subject were
sOI'I"ha. similar, he said, although the
influences Of education and environ
mems were not identical.
Garland indicated that his refusal
To- TAKE the money was not based on any
cu'S' n attached to the origin of the
1'''ahd .ortune, saying he did not
""o" rom what source it was derived
w ne re eyed it came down from his
grandfather.
h0nT d Tudor, managing trustee
VI "e Nl.25O,000 estate, declared in
I tnat ne thought young Car
% ,4''1 ac'u red his ideas regarding in
r''''Shs- from associations formed in
,''sh"ich Village, New York's "Bo.
"''''..h quarter" where he passed four
months few years ago.
MI Tudor, who is president of Com
IO''"ea.nt Finance Corporation and