Pocahontas star herald., 1926-04-29
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ABOUT PIONEER CABIN

Everything is coming our way now
except one thing and that will be Just
as soon as / explain. have the doors,
shutters of clapboards, wooden lock
and key, wooden hinges all made and
on display at JOhnston's Drug Store.
But we have changed the program
some from what / gave out
We had a conference of the COM
mittee and myself last week and unan-
imOusly agreed that it would be vastly
more satisfactory to all concerned to
ask for cash donations instead of free
contributions Of material So | coun-
termand the call for subscriptions for
material.
l am very anxious to start it right
away and the logical way is to get
cash enough donated to buy the mater
ial and get it on the ground at once.
To wait until August to begin collect
ing the materials one would not know
what anyone else had contributed and
possibly the thing that would be need
ed first would be the last and visa
versa; some items would he left off
entirely and it would be an endless
chain of confusion. The time would
be up and we might fail altogether.
But we are going to build it and
want everybody to have a part in it.
Now, | am going to ask everyone, far
and near, who have an interest in the
enterprise, to make a small cash dona-
| tiOn-not enough to hurt anyOne-frOm
| 10 cents to 10 dollars. Some have al
ready told me to put them down for
$1,000, tO-wit: Our genial big-hearted
Joe S. Decker wrote me from Florida
to put him down for that amount. and
told me today that he is in for that
much and more if we need it, Any
one can contribute one dollar or 80
cents | am sure.
! want to give the children a chance
and the schools in the county as it will
be county project. l will suggest to
the teachers that they give their
pupils a chance by asking them to
bring 10 to 20 cents and by so doing
make up little purse to the credit of
| their respective schools. You may en-
roll the names of the pupils and
amounts donated by each if you 50
desire and l will keep a record of all
such donations so the children OF to-
day, who will soon be the men and
women of the morrow, can find this
record with the Fair Association and
have the happy remembrance that they
helped to build the old log cabin in
the lane.
am asking everybody to take part
i'm this enterprise and contribute what
you feel like doing. l will keep the re-
cord and account for every penny that
comes to my hands and report from
time to time just who has contributed
and how we are progressing. Bring
or send all contributions to the John
stOn Drug Store, where your dona-
tions will be recorded and properly dis
bursed.
Start your donations tomorrow or
at the earliest convenience as l want
to start the building just as soon as
there is enough material The com
mittee thinks the only satisfactory way
is to get the money right away and
then contract for all materials and
labor and pay for it out of the funds
on hand Then whatever may be on
hand after completing the job / will
turn over to the Fair Association to he
applied on premiums and other ex-
penses. If all will do their best TO
have something to exhibit many may
be able to get back all you donate.
Several have already contributed or
told me to come in and get theirs and
our generous-hearted friend, Dr. Hamil
has graciously donated cypress timber
to make the logs, which is quite an
item. | will say further that | will
he on the job all the time and do all
the work l am able which will take
30 or 40 days.
do know how to do the job and will
do il well so that it will last % or 30
years. 1t may not be thing Of
beauty" but "a joy forever"
am ready to contract with some
one to cut and haul the logs from DR..
Hamils land also to make the clap
boards, cypress If possible, hew the
puneheOns for the floor and such day
labor as l will need to complete the job