Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-26
CHESTERToWN AND VICINITY.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Chestfrtown, Md Dec. 70 Christmas
was generally observed here BY the usual
holiday festivities The great Christmas
dinner ard family gathering was the order
. Of the day. and there was scarcely n
family in tho town and county that did
not observe the day.
Mrs Manic Dodd is critically III at her
home IN Still Pond with slight hopes for
her recovery She has been great suffer
or for months.
Mrs. Owen G Smith was taken TO the
Easton hospital, Wednesday, BY her
husband, Supervisor Of Assessments Owen
G. Smith, for special treatment,
James T.. Cooper has purchased Of Miss
Florence Grams Of Baltimore the stone
dwelling and stable on High street, Ches-
tertoR-n. Tor Sl,350 Mrs c. Arthur
Bacon has purchased Of Colonel William
]. Nann0rt the building lot on Maple
avenue. lpou which her garagn stands,
for $500
Iesse Medders has sold his blacksmith
shops in kenncdv1-ille 70 Richard Hag-
gerty for $4,000
Announcement has h-ecp usde Of the
harriagc Of Miss Barbara Anthony,
L teacher in the elementary school TO
william II Elliott. hookkesper for the
Peerless Fertilizer Co. The ceremony
will be performed on Saturday, at the
home Of tho brides mother. Mrs Barbara
Anthony. on High street, ChestertoWn.
Rebecca. the five-year-oid daughter OF
Mrs William Goodman Of Fairlec, died
Wednesday morning Of poisoning, caused
nv eating candy Another child Is criti-
callv III from the same cause The Fairlce
school held treat, last Friday, and the
candy remaining from the entertainment
was distributed among the children who
we're unable 10 attend DR.. Frank u
smith. who attended the Goodman child
saws he illness was due to eating this
candy
karl Green, colored, imhibed too freely
Of Jamica ginger. Wednesday night and
tried to do uD the Santiago section OF
the town He went into a store. hit one
of the proprietors on the head with q
bottle. Inf1icting IN ugly wound. went
out III the street and peltered the store
Windows with bricks, breaking the window
and several valuable showcases in the
store. and tried TO do up things IL general
IC was arrested by Sheriff / townsend and
Is In jail. held for court
The directors OF the Peopic~ Bank Of
Chestertown gave Christmas present to
shape OF a bonus Of 5 per cent of their
salaries
Miss Jcunnette Gooding, vIcc-principal
OF Chcstertown high school. is spending
the Christmas holidays il Clayton. Del
AIr and Mrs Frank II. Howard will
leave early III January Tor Canal Zone,
where they will spend the winter with
their SON. Levin Howard
Eugene RolIson, nephew Of hiT. NJ. J.
RoIIlson Of ChesteTtoW =, vas killed by an
automobile truck IN Baltimore, NedHes-
day Hc pas 27 years old
Among residents 81 II iimington y no are
spending the Christmas holidays with
relatives and friends in Chestertown are
Miss Gladys Hatcherson Miss Rebecca
Kendall, Misses Olive and FlossIe Kent
and James Lecates
Mr.. Harry G. Coleman was painfully
burned about the face and head BY a
slight explosion Of her gas stove. few
days ago
Rev Dr Henry b. Martin. rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Chester
town. Tor The past twenty years has re-
signed, 10 take effect the first VI feruary.
Mr. and MIR Wulter Simmons and
children Of Port Deposit arc spending thf
( hrIstmas holidays il ChestertoRn with
his parents. Dr. AID Mrs II 8enge
Simmons.
Harry Bennett and family moved TO
Wilmington this weeb whore he has
secured q position.
Miss Catherine Myers has resigned as
teacher of Chesterville public school
Professor Owen G. Blades and Miss