The daily banner., 1919-08-22

w. Alvin Linthicum, member OF
the Board of County Commissioners,
successful farmer, lumber dealer and
banker, died at the sanatarium of
DR.. Howard A. Kelly, Baltimore, last
night about half-past nine O'Clock,
after an illness that had extended
over several months. Mr.. Linth1cum
was about forty-eight years OF age,
in the prime of life.
He is survived by his wife, who,
before her marriage, was Miss Ella
Brooks, of Madison; two children,
Louise and Brooks, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Thos.
H. Williams, James Linthicum, Miss
Mollie Linthicum, Mrs. j. Purnell
Asplen and Edwin Linthicum, OF
Woolford, and Samuel w. Linthi-
cum, of Cornersyille.
Mr.. Linthicum was the SON of the
late Judge jeremiah Linthicum. He
started life as a poor boy and by
hard work and constant application
| to his work. attracted the attention
and won the commentator OF the
business men of his community, after
which time he succeeded in getting
all the backing that he needed for
|
ness Judgment was excellent, as a
Judge of standing timber he had few
equals. His foresight into the prob
able development of different Sec
tions enabled him frequently to make
business deals that resulted in sub
stantial profits.
His business connections brought
him into contact with people in all
aR ho county we'll AS
elsewhere, and by reason of his gen
lial manner, his reputation for square
dealing, he soon became a general
fayorite, BY reason of his large
business interests, which brought
him into close business contact with
many persons, vacancy occurring1n
the directorate of the Dorchester Ma
tional Bank several years ago, he
was elected to fill the vacancy, and
when that banking institution was
absorbed by The Eastern Shore
Trust Company, he continued mem
Der of the board of directors.
Practically all of his life, Mr.. Lin
thicum had taken a deep interest IN
politics, and while for several years
he refused to accept any nomination
from his party, in 1915 he yielded
to the demand of his party and ac-
cepted the nomination for County
Commissioner. In the election in
November of that year, despite the
fact that some of the candidates
were defeated, he received a large
majority, polling an exceptionally
large personal vote.
Several years ago he was critically
i'll for several weeks and for time
his death was expected every day
but his strong and vigorous const1
tuition enabled him to pull through
the illness. Since then he has beer
ill occasionally, but has always beer
able to overcome the illness until the
last one, which began several mon
tbs ago; since then, while at times
} his condition had seemed somewha
improved for time, he seemed u
get gradually weaker, until DIR. b
} w. Goldsborough, his physician, de
cided to take him to Baltimore, ,tha
he might be under the constant su
pervision of trained specialists. Sool
after he reached Baltimore it wa
seen that his condition was such a
to make his cure almost impossible
and while improvement was note'
for a few days, the first of the weel
he became much worse and con
\ tinued to get weaker, until the en-
came last night.
, The funeral services will be he'll
\ from his late home below Churcl
Creek Sunday afternoon at tw
, O'Clock. Interment will likely be i
the Old Trinity Church Buryin
ground.