The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-28
COUNTY AGENT feathers
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Popular Young Farm Expert Had
Been Ill For About Two Weeks
With Influenza And Pneumonia.

Chauncey Ernest feathers, native
of Lima, Ohio, and son of w. C. and
| Jennie (Leslie) feathers, died at the
| Cambria ge- Maryland Hospital this
! morning at two O'Clock, after having
| been critically i'll for several days
with pneumonia. He is survived by
his wife, who, before her marriage,
was Miss Edna Ruth Ringwald, of
Venwert. Ohio, and by an infant
child, about six weeks old
Mr.. feathers came to Cambridge a
little over a year ago, and succeeded
as County Agent Mr.. Gilbert B. Por-
ter Before coming to Cambridge, he
had been employed at the Maryland
State College of Agriculture, where
he was assistant Professor of Ento-
mology, and was considered one Of
the brightest young men at the
school. \ treatise which he wrote
while at the college received wide
spread circulation, and was recognize
ed by the Agricultural Department
of the State and the United States as
being one Of the most thorough pa
pers upon the subject that had been
written.
He had only been married a little
over year, the ceremony being per-
formed August %, 1917. A short
f;p,a lo+ar bo opd bic hrido coma RI
Cambridge. He possessed the knack
CT winning confidence, and in a short
time he had the complete confidence
OF those with whom he was aSsoci-
ated in the work which he loved. He
worked increasingly and untiringly
all during the spring and summer
months, particularly toward the close
Of the summer, when the labor prob
lem became so acute. About the
same time an epidemic of disease
broke out among the hogs of many
of the farmers, and he went day and
night in an effort to save these hogs;
the only trouble he seemed to have
was that the days were mot long
enough for him to get about. He
was up the county during the day,
and down the county at night, or just
the opposite, but no matter from
how long a distance the call for aid
came he always tried to get there as
quickly as possible.
Shortly after coming to Cam
bridge. he and his bride became con-
nected with Grace NJ. E. Church,
South, and Mr.. feathers Joined the
Baraca Glass OF that church. He put
his heart and soul into that work,
as into all other, and the first of last
July was elected teacher of the
class, and at the recent election, he
was again chosen by the members to
teach the class.
His young wife, with her infant
baby, has the deepest sympathy of
the entire community. The loss is
not hers alone; it is shared by the
whole county, for his work had been
of such a character as to win the
commentator of all of those who
had been connected with u. His
life during the short time he was
here was such as to win for hipa-fae
confidence and esteem d all those
who knew him, and while he has
been cut off right in the prime OF
,-oupo manhood haiup 22 wears 5
months and 5 days old, the example
which he has set in his work, in his
religion, and in his whole life, will
live for many years.
The remains will be taken to Van
vert, Ohio, for interment, as his IA
Their is expected on the train to-
night, and the body will leave on the
early train tomorrow morning.