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Levin 5. Dali

! Mr.. Levin S. Dali, one of the fore
| most citizens of Dorchester County,
! died at his home on High Street, IN
| Cambridge about $40 O'Clock this
| morning, as the result OF paralysis
with which he was struck about II
| O'Clock. Friday night. Though he
| had bee nunwell for few days, his
! friends had not thought of his con-
dition as serious. and the announce
| ment Of his death both surprised
and saddened the community. The
funeral will take place next Mon
| day afternoon at an hour to be an
| nounced later.
Mr.. Dali was the son of Levin >
| and Sallie f. Dali and was born on
| the 9Th day of January, 1861, at
Linden" the country estate of his
father, on the Choptank river. near
! Cambridge, where he grew up as, one
of a large family. the surviving
members of which are his brother
IL. Wilson Dali, Esq, former
president of the Board of County
Commissioners. and two sisters
Mrs Clara W. Marvel and Miss Sal
lie W. Dali, of Cambridge. He was
q lnedl Inv
side, of Hon. David Hall, the hrst
Governor of the State of Delaware:
Mr.. Dali married Miss Sadie wright
daughter of the late h. I. Wrlsht
and Mrs. Wright, who also survives
him, with two sons. Harold DAN
graduate Of Johns Hopkins ana at
present a third-year law student al
Harvard University, and CALVIN
Dali, member of this years gradu-
ating class of the Cambridge High
School.
His education was obtained in the
public schools Of Dorchester County.
Before his majority. he entered up
on a business career and While a
young man removed to Baltimore 10
accept a position as salesman with
T j. Dali & Co., wholesale grocers
and grain commission merchants,
and for many years Travelled Dor
chester County in the interest, OF
this firm. Later, upon the dissoiu-
ton of this firm he became asso-
ciated, at different times, with.
Schoenwolf G Co., and Wilson, Pal
mer & Co., wholesale grocers trevel-
ing the same territory, where he had
built up a large and dourishing pat
ronage, being one of the most sue
cessful statesmen in Baltimore.
Some years ago, having saved pS
his prudence part of the earnings
obtained by his industry and intelli-,
gence, Mr.. Dali gave up his Balti-
more connections, with it's strenuous
duties, and devoted much of his
time to agricultural pursuits; in
which he was greatly interested and;
very successful, carrying ON, at the
same time, the wood and coal :busr-
ness in Cambridge. in connection, IN
the last few years. with MI. Gran
Vile Hooper. "
Other business activities were in
connections as director in the East
ern Shore Trust Company, the Dor
chester Water Company and the
Cambridge Ice Company. in the.
management of which he took an
active and influential part.
The same care and good judgment
which marked his business career
were likewise manifested in his al
tention to the work OF Christ r. H.
Church, Of which he was a faithful
member and for many years the
Senior Warden. In this work he
was interested, willing and gener-
Gus both Of his time and means.
Mr.. Dali exercised a wholesome
influence in the community and set
a splendid example of industry, in
tegrity and broad public spirit:
Whatsoever was true and of good
report, whether in the business, the
social or the political, world, could
count upon his support, These-hn.
DERIVING, qualities. united with a
genial nature and a cheerful dis
position. attached to" him many
friends, and they. in common with
his devoted family. can look over
the deeds of his three-score years
with affection and with pride.
The funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at four O'Clock.
Interment will be in Christ Church
cemetery