Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-04
CHEsTERrowN AND VICINITY.
Special Cnxrc~pondenc. Of Every Evening

Special Coxrespondcnce Of Every Evening
Chestertown, Md, Sept. 4.--Whilc at |
work ON J. Hall Dcnny's new home IN |
Talbot county, Charles Hynson OF Rock |
Hall fell off scaffold and sustained a |
badly sprained shoulder. He has been |
unable To work since. /
Captain Frank Akers Of Rock Hall has !
been reappointed commander OF the
oyster police boat Kent by the State
Conservation Commission. The oyster
season opened on Wednesday, but very
few tongers are at work, as the weather
is too war m TO make strong demand and
prices are low.
Town BaliT Frank w. Jester Of Rock
Hall. has resigned TO accep. position as
night watchrnan at the ferry pier. William
Wagner, Jr, has been appointed town
bailif
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Coleman and
two children Of Wilmington arc guests
of Mrs. Miller Glenn, in Rock Hall, Miss
Matte Whitaker, OF Wilmington, Is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Ella Whitaker m
Galena; Mrs. Frank Woodside of West
Chester, Pa, is visiting ID Galena; Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Hepbron and daugh-
ters Of Wilmington are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. William Clark in Still Pond; Misses
Anna and Katherine Vansant of Galena
Md: Professor ]. 8. William Jones Of
Washington College faculty also Is at
the latter resort.
Rev. Milton McCann Of Smyrna viii
preach in Mt. Oliyet NJ. +. Church,
Galena, Sunday morning.
c. s. Kaufman, who IS building the
Rock Hall State road. has gone 70 ms
home IN Denton, suffering with sciatIe
rheumatism.
The postoffice building at Rock Hall
narrowly escaped destruction by fire,
| Tuesday afternoon. A IRE started IN the
apartment Of Captain James Downey
| lust over the office, and for q time a
| serious FIRE was threatened A bucket
! brigade extingiished the blaze with no
| damage except a badly charred apartment.
The new rates OF the Chesapeake q
/ Potomac Telephone Company recently
| granted by the State Public Service COM
| mission went into effect yesterday morn
/ ing. There is an advance OF % cents
| month on residence phones, and slight
! increase on party line phones. Business
| houses also are affected by q higher rate.
Whittier Copper, purser on the steamer
| b. s. Ford, and his family lett this week
| for a ten days trip 10 Atlantic Clty,
| niagara Falls and points in Canada.
Chestertown, Md, Sept. AT meet
| ing of the County Commissioners and a
/ delegation of Rock Hall business men,
| this week, the commissioners. agreed TO
/ apply $4,000 of the present road approT
| priation to the improvement OF that part
of the road leading from Rock Hall to the
| ferry pier, provided the State or the citl-
zers of Rock Hall would duplicate the
| amount. The State Road Commission
has no authority 10 borrow money, and
| rather than see the matter fail, the buSi-
ness men have agreed to put UP the
$40 600. The road leading TO the ferry IS
in very bad condition.
Beginning on Thursday, September 10,
the rural carriers from Chestertown post
office will leave to serve their routes at
10 a. 10. instead of noon, as at present,
Postmaster Bowers having secured per-
mission to change the schedule. This Will
give the rural population their mails TWO
hours earlier than at present.
Many farmers in this vicinity are
threshing wheat, and with two or three
davs of good weather the Kent crop Will
be pretty well threshed. The straw Is
very tough, owing to the heavy ralns,
but the grain Is IN better condition than
| was anticipated.
The Board of Visitors and Governors
of Washington College has perfected plans
for raising the necessary funds with which
to establish an additional course in Com
meree and Business at the institution,
similar to the courses In Yale and tiar-
ward Universities IL will require about
So, 600 to establish the course and a sys-
tematic campaign of soliciting contnhu-
tions from the leading men IN the town
and county will be started.
Rev. Frank 5. Cain and family oi
Lisbon, Howard county, are enjoying 8
pleasant vacation with MIR. and Mrs
George r. Rasin and wife IN Kennedy
vile, his former charge.
Professor Arthur Stone and family O
Rochester, Pa, are visiting MIR. and Mrs
Alvin T. Coleman. Mrs. GLADDEN. O
Annapolis also is their guest.
William q. Smythe of Chestertown has
: purchased the home farm of the late
George W. Hatcherson, near Falrlee, tol
SIS, 500 Several weeks ago this farm was
: offered at public sale and was withdraw
ON bid of SI6, 500.
Miss floreree L. kellog of Delaware
Ohio, has been appointed supervisor
rural schools for keut county. froiesso
2 Robert S. A. GLADDEN. of Annapolis hal
81 been appointed principal of Galena higi
school,
I John Hadaway, son of t. G, Hadaway
G had his finger so badly torn IN a nea
T cutter, this week, that it had to be am
G putated at the FIRST joint.
Levin Howard who had been spendinl
three mouths vacation with his parent
here, left for Canal Zore, Panama, yester
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