Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-30
CHESTERTOwN AND VICINITY.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Chestertown, Md, Jan. 30.--The
Circuit Court here has rendered an inn
portant decision in reference to the will
of the late Judge James A. Pearce. The
case was brought by Mrs. Gooding ct al,
heirs of tho testators wife, now de-
ceased, against Mrs. John M. Toulson
ct al, heirs of the tcstator, to determine
the disposition of the $4,000 life in
surance' left by the testator to his wife,
who died shortly after his death. The
court decided the case in favor OF the
heirs of Mrs. Pearce, and Mrs. Toulson
and other heirs may take an appeal to
the State Court of Appeals.
Mrs. Claude +. Parks, widow of
Claude Il. Parks, has made an offer TO the
creditors of both herself and husband
to pay 100 per cent of the claims except
on those claims where she appears as n
co-maker or endorser with others; on
such claims she offers to pay 100 per
cent on her pro rata obligations and
gives until the third day of February for
creditors to accept the offer.
Captain Columbus Ashley, one of the
expert shots in the county, fired four
shots one day this week into flock Of
wild ducks and killed 65. canvasbacks.
This is a record for the COUNTY.
An interesting case affecting residents
of Chestertown and Hartford county,
was decided in the Court of Appeals,
last week. r. Hynson and Mrs. Guy
Henry sometime entered suit against
Ford Dorrance of Hartford county to
recover on the sale of farm by Mr..
Rogers and Mrs. Henry TO Mr.. Dorrance
for S50,0O0. The purchaser paid a for
felt OF, So, 900 and finally defaulted in the
balance. Suit was brought in the Har-
ford county court before Judge Harlan
to compel MriDorrance,to fulfill his part
of the contract. Judge Harlan decided
the case in favor of Dorrance, and MIR.
! Rogers and Mrs. Henry took the case
to the Court of Appeals with the result
that Judge Ilarlan's decision was re-
versed and Do 2 nee was ordered to pay
/ the full purchase price amounting to
! $4,000 besides all costs in the case.
Thomas G.. Wroth has been selected
as Kent county treasurer for the Wood
row Wilson Foundation Fund, In place
of Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard, who de
vlned.
W nlle en- loltc 10 florlua 10 spehu wv
winter, Colonel and Mrs. John II
Evans of this town were caught in ,
severe storm on their ship in Hampton
Roads and for &c hours all of the pas
scngers were ordered below decks o.
account of the severity of the seas
Mrs. Evans was rendered quite i'll, bu
they have reached their destination i
Tampa, where they will stay the remain
der of the winter.
A. Parks Rasin, of this town forme
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Ken
county, has been appointed acting chic
field deputy in the Office of Inferno
? Revenue Collector Galcn II. TAFT,
, Baltimore.
During Friday night and Saturda
snow blocked roads, making travel III
possible. Rural mail carriers froi
the Chestertown postofiicc experience
the greatest difficulty in making the
tours and some of them were unab
TO serve their entire routes. Star Rou'
Carrier Thomas Hogans was maroone
at Fairlee, a distance of six miles frol
, the postoffice, and was compelled to n
, turn to Rock Hall for another col
veyance.