Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-30
CHESTERTOWN. MD.
special Correspondence of Every Evcning

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
| Chestcrtown, Md, Oct. 3O.-Farmers
| in this section are very much concerned
about the safety of wheat from the fly.
| The grain is up and looking fine in many
! parts of the county, but the weather is
: so unusually warm and dry that there is
fear that the fly may seriously iniure it.
| The corn crop is now being husked and he
| Weld is beyond the average
| Edward Newton, keeper of Chester
| cemetery, states that the average number
! of burlalS IN the cemetery per year is 10.
/ There have. been I6 intcrments ,incc
+ October |, on account of the epidemic.
David Agnew, steeplcjack from Balti-
more, created considerable excitement
among the citizens of the town, on Satur-
day by amounting the stecplc of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and repairing
ard painting the big cross Agncw wrig-
glcd around the cross and cut up antics
in the air 10 the CONSERVATION of the
populaCe, but never once was there n
wavcr, lie received 5000 for the job, and
later was employed by the town Water
Board to paint the big elevated tank ON
top of College Hill
Reports from the hospital in Richmond,
Va, where States Attorney Harrison
" Nickcrs is quite I'll with the flu,
state that he is improving
Ensign " Lester Baldwin of the Naval
Aviation Corps is spending a brief fur
Tough here with his parents, MIR and Mrs.
W W Baldwin
Hope H. Barroll spent the wcek-cnd
with his son, Captain L. Wcthered Bdrroll,
at Fort Hancock, n J He reports his
son improving from a severe attack of
pneumonia
The quarantine at Washington Col
lego has been lifted, and classes were
resumed Yesterday morning Charles J
Coleman, member OF the ;. \. L G.,
was sent To kaston hospital tins morning
to have a splinter of glass removed which
he unknowingly stuck in his hand while
AZ work IN a large botthng plant during
the summer
Miss Jane Blackiston has gone 10 Clcvc-
land Ohio, where She will spend the win
ter with her nephew, Mr. 4, !. Blackiston
Miss Allcgra Wood has been spending
some time n Atlantic City, for the bcnc-
fit Of her health Miss Mood has been
a victim Of hay fever every summer hut
her sojourn at tho seashorc has prevented
a serious attack tins wear
Editor l. Bates Russell Of the Enter
prise and Charles 4 Whcatlcy, cashier
OF the Peoples Bank, have been compelled
% take 10 their beds again. because ot
weakness following attacks Of influenza
Alvin t, Coleman, dispatchlng clerk IN
the rpstofiicc. has returned 70 his duties
after an absence Of two weeks, caused
by q severe attack Of the flu
Chcstcrtown, Md oct % Harry !.
Boyd a prominent insurance man and
.3,,4 Ia,
Nard Of his home ON Mil street. about
: O'Clock Saturday evening, Of heart
failure. aged 81 wears Mr. Boyd had only
i short time before his death left LIS Office
where be had spent the afternoon, and had
been in the postofiicc and in the Third
National Pank cunfcrrinC with friends rs
latetast4 o clock He left his Office shortly
after ; o CLOCK for his home, and Just is he
entered the ward gate. he fell 10 the ground.
ara was dead before 4 physician could hc
summoned He icavCsa widow a daughter
ana ono son
4 disastrous fire was narrowly avcrted
At Erool s big roller mills, on the outskirts
of town about + O clock SUNDAY morning.
by the timely discovery Of blaze in the
elevator shaft EMPLOYEES Of the American
mill nearby. extinguishcd the
blaze 4 bag Of paper and rubbish was
found near the scene Of the FIRE and there
vas indications Of an lnccndiary attempt
The damage was slight 4 threatening blaze
also started IL the Kent News otiicc one
day last week, by the explosion Of A can
Of hcnzine, but the quick work Of the
office force prevented a destructive fire
William I Nicholson of Fancy farm.
near town. had two Of his toes on the night
loot badly mashed, Friday. by being run
)ver by dray loaded with COWS, which he /.
WAS shipping
Harvey Brown. son Of William G. Brown
he town dravman. miraculously escaped /
atal injury, one day last week His /
brother was operating the big autotruck, /
md started the car without noticing that /
lis brother was IN front of the machine |
The front wheel of the truck passed over |
he shoulders and chest Of the Young man I
}ut o injuries is other than few bruises
md shock
Miss Jeanette Gooding. vice-prlnclpal !
y the high school here, Is quite III with an
ttack Of the flu, An other patients are
long well andit is believed the disease has
pent IT'S force here
r Lee Robinson, Of Wilmington spent
be weekend here with his family Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson are receiving congratulat-
ons on the recent advent Of q fine boy into
heir family
Word was received here Saturday after
Ioon of the illness Of States Attorney
harrison W Nickers in a hospital at
Richmond, Va, where Mr. Vickers has
'een spending several days on busines
The message said he was quite i'll, and
'1rs Vickers and his sister, Mrs Jane Y.
robinson, went to Richmond by the after
oon train
CECIL COZ N-lIEl,