Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-19
CHESTERTOWN AND VICINITY.

Special Cores pondence OF Every Evening
Chestcrtown. Md. Aug. ~ Cover
nor Harrington has appointed State 5
Attorney Harrison W Nickers Inspector
OF local draft boards throughout the
state Mr. Nickers Will assist the Federal
government IN the unlhcation of the work
Of the draft boards The salary OF the
position Is $1,000 per year and all expenses
Of travel Mr. Nickers has named his
brother-in-law, Herbert + Perkins, 10
serve as State 5 attorney IN his absence.
William 7. Newman and family are
spending a month at Ocean City, Md.
Miss VI Adele France, who has been
an instructor In st Marv's Seminary, st.
Mary's county, for the past year, has been
appointed supervising principal of pri-
mary schools in Kent county in place Of
Professor Louis G Robinson, resigned
J. Romie Byron has sold his farm IN
Quaker Neck section TO Townsend An
thony for So, 200
The School Board of Kent county has
made the following appointments Of
teachers Miss Stephanie Ford, principal
Of Worton. Gilbert Aloffett TO scholar
ship IN Western Maryland College; Miss
Nheatman, teacher OF WortOn Point
School; Rev Mr. Fay principal OF Locust
Grove Miss Katherine Gilpin, teacher Of
st Pauls The following designations
were accepted Miss Daisy Ford from
Roca Hall High School Miss Bessie
Jewell from Locust Grove
Walter X. Pippln, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter + Pippln OF this town, has en-
listed III the nited States Navy.
Miss Annie Copper teacher Of domestic
science in the Chestertown. High School,
has opened community kitchen i'll the
domestic science room Of the high school
for the purpose Of teaching the housewives
Of the town and county the art OF drying
fruit instead of canning it The kitchen
will be in charge Of number of ladies Of
the town each day during the week, and
Miss Copper Will give demonstrations Of
the art Ii various parts Of the county
Miss Eva McCauley of Galena has been
visiting her brother, Granville Me
Cauley IN Clayton
Mr. and Mrs George KING Of Vii
mington are visiting Mr.. and Mrs Thorn
as Caldwell, In Galena.
The number of personal property sales
III this county has eclIpsed all records
Each sale Is attended by unusually large
crowds, and prices for everything is be-
yond the average One farmer who had
not attended q sale for many years went
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look on When he saw that cows were
selling all the way from 800 TO $500, he
exclaimed: Il never heard of the like be
fore IL my life. Why when | used to attend
sales regular, COWS sold for only $50
apiece, and everybody thought that was a
good price. 1t must be on account Of the
war
Herbert Matthews, postmaster at Nor-
ton, has resigned and will enlist In the
service Of his country
-Four young ladies have enrolled as
war nurses as q result of the recent drive
IN this county They are Misses Maud
Walbert and Eulah lmogene Kelly of
Chestertown; Misses Horace Wilson and
Doris Ashley of Rock Hall The appor-
tionLnent of Kent was 10.
J. Waters Russell and wife Mrs. A
NJ Cup and Miss Lottie Russell are en-
joying an automobile trip to Ocean Grove
IN D1r Russell's car
Herbert Usilton, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John Gale Usllton of this town left this
week for Richmond, Va, where he has
entered the government wireless school
Mrs. Clifton l.. FARRELL and daughter,
Emma, have been spending a part Of
the week in Ocean City, Md.
Mrs Fannie UsiltOn and daughter,
Miss Clara, are spending sometime with
DIR NJ Earle Usilton and family at their
cottage in Ocean City, n. j.
James Blaekiston, a Negro of Viii
mingtdn, who sought to evade the draft
law, by not registering, was arrested by
Sheriff Carter in Quaker Neck, last week
and lodged in jail, awaiting the action of
the Federal authorities He was working
on farm, and thought that by 50 work
ing he would escape the draft