Evening journal., 1921-10-05
AGED MAN FOUND
DEAD in BOAT
Death Due TO Heart Disease
Caused by Rowing, Jury
Says
COUNTY TREASURER
IN AUTO CRASH
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
ELKToN. Nd, Oct 5.-John T.
Pryor. aged So years, a retired farm
er. was found dead in rowboat
early last evening in Back Creek.
near the pump-house OF the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal, at "hes-
apeake City. Coroner Magraw held
an inquest at once and the jury
found that death was due to heart
disease brought about by over-ex-
haustion in rowing the boat. Mr..
Pryor took the boat out during the
afternocl 10 fish, and was evidently
returning when attacked while row.
ing the boat He is survived by two
children. Mrs. william Crawford Of
Eikton. and Leonard Pryor, Of Ches-
apeake City, with whom the de-
ceased lived.
Two were injured and the machine
Of County Treasurer George Benson
Of Chesapeake City was wrecked
this morning when Mr.. Benson
drove the car into a telephone pole
on Main street near the bottom OF
Partridge Hill. in trying to avoid
running down James r. Dean. a local
merchant Mr.. Benson with his
wife and Miss Lucy Stats, also OF
Chesapeake City, clerk in the
County Commissioner Offices, with
him in the automobile, was on his
way TO the office when the accident
happened
Mr.. Dean is said 20 have crossed
the street directly In front Of the
car. Mr. Benson was almost on top
Of Mr. Dean with the car when he
first saw him. He swerved the ma
chine quickly to try and avoid hit
ting Mr.. Dean and crashed into the
pole. The car however. struck Mr..
Dean just before # went into the
pole. He was knocked down and
painfully injured and was removed
TO the Elkton Hospital.
Miss Staats was badly cut about
the face and was also sent to the
hospital for treatment. Mr.. and Mrs.
Benson escaped uninjured but the
car was nearly demolished.
Mrs. Ethel Egnor Pierson. wife
Of Matthias Pierson. Jr.. died at her
home near Cherry Hill. last week,
after several weeks illness. aged 26
years. Before her marriage she was
Miss Ethel Egnor. Of Cherry Hill.
Besides her husband, she is sur
yived by one child.
DR. Joseph Brown Turner. OF Port
Deposit. will deliver the charge TO
the pastor. and the Rev. DR.. John
Polk. OF Iawrenceville, y. j., for
merly located in this county. will de-
liver the charge to the people at the
installation service for the Rev. Mr.
Mckee. new pastor OF West Noting.
ham Presbyterian Church. neal
Colora, tonight.
The state Agricultural Extension
Service, the Philadelphia Inter
state Dairy Council and the Inter
State Producers Association, co
operating. held two very interesting
and instructive meetings this week
one at Chesapeake City and tn,
other at Cecilton. The object o.
these meetings was TO inform min
producers OF Cecil county the neces
sity OF producing cleaner and better
milk.
William ], Fenton mas been elect
ed member Of the Board OF Direc
tors OF the Elkton Fire Department
vice Harry Cleaves. who has re
moved TO Newark.
NJ. S. Harber. track foreman a
Elkton, for the Philadelphia. Baiti
more and Washington Railroal
Company for the past ten years
has rendered his resignation. an
viii remove to Kentucky, his form
er home, where he has accepted
position.