Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-16
CHESTERTOWN MID.

special spondrrcg of Ever. EstnIug
Che~tcrtown Md Oct II In IN
th,l~iastic Liberty ln,an meeting Was
held in front al { .hriei Methodist Pro-
testant Church. Sunday and notRIth-
standing the epidemic u influenza, !
large number et patriotic citizens At
tended The sum ut Sll 900 WIS con
trihuted. making the largest eontri-
button 1t any onc loan meeting Incre
remains to he subscribed ST., ,oOO before
the Countvs quota Of S5f30u0 Is reached
Jack Duyer builder. and "a Frink
FARRELL landowner and l.rlHer are
critically i'll of pneumonia ,.nd other
complications. following m attach af
influenza, II their homes here
Russell White, Of Wilmington. sl5tlif
the weekend with rela iNgs and friends
IN G'alcnu, prior t. being called to ser
viee IN The Marine orps in which he
enlisted several Week~ 40,
Tic automobile ot Mail Carrier Fred
: E4-7eil ygas badly wrecked. FRIDAY
afternoon when i big CIR driven *
William 9 Spielbcrger eoli4.d with
i oli tie State road near lalrIee Mr
Russell was PINNED under the car and
Wa- considerably hurt about Tire hack
whiIr Mr. Spielherger vas hurt about
the lack In his attempts to rescue Mr.
Russell from under the car
NIrs T.. \ Kennedy hts returned
10 kennedyville iron the MARYLAND
General Hospital. Pdtl.nore. where she
underwent dchctte eneration. She
Is greatly improved
Ensign Philip Aau7ant ot Norfolk
Is visiting at the cliffs near town /.
John Spcirher fell the other eVening
with 4 bottle Of medicine IN his hand
cutting ms wrist quite severely
Joseph \ Nickes. son of tie late
judy Joseph \ Nckes. has heen pro
NOTED 10 the rank oil tirst lieutenant
IN the nited States army.
Newton Bogle. = resident al ne tower
section Of Kent County. died al his home.
on Eastern Nsel. island Monday evening
Of paralysis, aged Us year.. Fer many
years he Mas superintendent Of Roele.s
wharf. on Chester river.
Miss Anne Smith hts accepted ti5-
poraIl position III the Ch.stertontI Punk
OF Maryland during the llGnsSs of y mum
her oil the force
john IltIyer contracting builder, on
of Nj AMI Mrs Frank L. Duset of this
town died. II hl- home oh Cannon street.
Monday morning Il pneumonia, follow
ing IN attack 81 Influenza. aged =, YEARS.
Two Young n.en aueelHnLed Monday.
afternoon To the effect- Of llfutn15
Ono Is the son Of Harry Il I.egg, and the
other the son oi Ir ard Mrs HaHer
Parncs OF Fairiec The Litter hal been at
work in "a shipyari IN Wilmington up t.
u week ago
Harry Rash. oi near Aleltota is shipp-
ing hi tine crop of kciifcr pears this week.
tie will have 100 askets and has sold
the entire crop for 35 cents per basket
the highest price received IN this county
for many years
City Letter Carrier Howard | Reed
who had been housed with the flu" for
nearly two weeks, is able To he on duty
at the postofice
For the first time IN the history Of Kent
county ali The churches IN be county were
closed, last SUNDAY, by order Of the
Health Department
County Agent /. L. Burrel las used
about 500 worth OF hog cholera serum
in the county during the past week in his
efforts to stamp out the disease. which is
PLAYING havoc ;tmong hogs III tie vicinity
of " ort0n station.
Hope H. Barroli received a telep one
message from Atlantic City, Monday
afternoon, stating that his son, Jack, who
had been there conyalescing from an attack
Of hay fever had developed pneumonia.
Mr- Parr0ii lett next morning for Atlantic
1T
Five of tie lradine stotes of the town
V ere closed. Aontay Oh account oi deaths
in the families oi lie proprietars
Iie4rses We're going III all directions and
undertakefs aIc taxed 10 the lint fl
arrange hours u funeral srfs ices,