Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-17
CHESTERTOWN AND VICINITY.

Chestertown, Md, Aug. l7-Airs
/ MAY Beck, truant officer for the public
!: schools of Kent county, Is ID Baltimore
!. hospital for special medical treatment.
: County Commissioners have granted to
the curantors of Chestertown Chautauqua
permission TO use the court house green
! on which TO pitch the big tent. 1t begins
: September 6.
. George D. Lofiand and Alwyn NJ. Culp
, will leave this week for an extended auto
: mobile tour of Virginia, West Virginia
T and Western Maryland.
: Misses Nettie Sutton and Maude
4; Duyer are enjoying a southern trip, ia king
! In Harper Ferry, Washington and other
! interesting points.
! Rural Carrier Thomas Willis has been
absent from his duties for several DAYS on
account of sickness. His substitute,
. Charles A. Skirven, has been running
I the route.
,, Sheriff William c. Townsend has in
: serted a novel advertisement In the local
! papers, stating that he has compl eted
arrangements for catching all chicken
thieves, and the "arran cement" seems TO
be working finely.
+ One peach grower in this county sent
consignment of II baskets to city markets,
the OF her day, and cleared only So on the
entire shipment. The same peaches
several years ago would have netted at
! least SO.
: Mrs. Hope II. Barroll, and son, Morris,
are visiting at Blue Ridge Summit DR..
! J. +. Graham is with his son, j. Jesse
| G. Graham, in Hyattsville. Mr.. and Mrs.
! Leffingwcll, of New York, are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Urie,
Misses Ellen and Bessie Nicholson of
Washington are guests of DR.. James Roy
Micou, on College Hill, Albert Tucker and
! family, of Baltimore are visiting hiss
brother. Captain James A. Tucker. Mrs.
Sidney Manning, of Baltimore is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Harrison w. Eickers,
Sr.: James w. Crouch, teller in the Ches-
tertown Bank of Maryland and wife are
enjoying q ten days trip to Niagara Falls;
Charles Keithley and family Of Chester
spent the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William G. Brown; Lloyd Con-
nelly, of Wilmington is spending vacation
with his mother, Mrs. j. Frank Connolly.
Bush" Wright, one of the crack pitch
ers Of Chestertown baseball team, has
signed for the remainder Of the season
with his home town team, Salisbury, and
has been succeeded here by Archibald, who
recently received try-out with Manager
Jack Dun, of the Baltimore Interna-
tional League team.
Mrs. Joel r.. Clements suffered stroke
of paralysis the latter part of last week,
which involves herleft side and her speech.
Her condition is critical.
Tylden c. Brice, who recently sold his
farm to his son, Tylden G. Brice, Jr., is
negotiating for thepurchase of the Bramble
residence. in Fairlee, where he viii move
the first Of next year.
Misses Agnes Jarman and Mary Me-
Cauley, of Galena, are spending a week in
Atlantic City. Rev. Harry West, pastor
of Mt. Olivet M. Z. church, Galena, and
family are enjoying two weeks vacation
in New Jersey.
Harrison w. Yickers, chairman of the
State Conservation Commission, has been
visiting the tidewater counties Of the
State during the past week, keeping in
touch with crabbers, fishermen and
oystermen.