100 Years Ago This Month

March 1922

March 3

Walkersville Women Get Right To Vote

To give women of Walkersville equal rights in voting at municipal elections and holding office, is the purpose of a bill introduced in the House by Deligate Parsons Newman of Walkersville. This bill was referred to the entire Fredrick County delegation.

Hitching Post Shortage

The hitching post shortage in local towns, is growing worse instead of better, and some action should be taken to provide accommodations for teams. Perhaps there are some vacant lot fronts that might be used, if official inquiry was made. The businessman of the towns, in cooperation with the authorities, should work to solve this question

Milks Cow in 87th Year

Miss Amanda Wolf has returned home after visiting nearly 2 weeks with Charles Hahn and family. While there she milked a cow and would have rode a horse if they had had a sidesaddle, this being the pleasure of her younger days. She is in her 87th year, and is remarkably active

Sentence For Forgery

Alva Wolfe, age 21 years, was found guilty of forgery by a jury, and sentenced to two years in the Maryland penitentiary. Wolfe was convicted of forging a check for $25 at the Emmitsburg Savings Bank in January of this year.

March 10

Moonshine Kills Man

After drinking moonshine whiskey Saturday night, Frank Stroup, about 47 years old, was found dead early Monday morning about 200 yards from his home. Stroup, had apparently taken several drinks of moonshine Saturday night. He was last seen around 11:30 on his way home carrying a basket containing provisions. Half an hour later two young men saw Stroup lying on the ground apparently unconscious. Thinking he had been drinking they took charge of his basket and about $11 found in his pocket for safekeeping. Around 7 o’clock Monday morning a man passing the spot so Stroup’s body stretched out and upon examination found that he was dead.

Stroup, it was said, had got hold of some moonshine liquor Saturday and indulged rather freely. It is supposed after buying his provisions he started home, when the concoction he had drank took affect. It is not knowing where he obtain the whiskey.

Two Horses Drowned

Harvey Trout, who farms near Walkersville, lost two horses to drowning Saturday morning. Elmer Eyler, his hired man, narrowly escaped death by drowning.

Early Saturday morning Trout decided to take a two-horse wagon to the Monocracy River and give it a thorough washing. Eyler hitch the horses to the wagons and drove to the river. Either was on one of the horses and Trout on the wagon seat.

The team and wagon where backed into the river at a place called ‘Sweet Hole’. They backed in some distance and one of the horses took fright and commenced rearing, and was soon in deep water, pulling its mate in with it. Both horses were harnessed tight and were unable to get loose and were drown. Eyler was thrown between the struggling horses. His head was caught and nothing but his feet was visible above the water for sometime. Trout, being unable to swim, could not go to his rescue. Eyler managed to free himself and swam to the shore. He suffered no serious injury from the accident.

A six-horse team was required to pull the two horses and wagon from the river. The horses were between three and four years old, were heavy draft horses and valued at $200 each.

March 17

Daylight Savings Again?

Personally, daylight savings does not interest us. We do not need the clock to be turned ahead an hour in order to fool us as to the right time to go to work; we can get to work earlier in the morning, if necessary, without requiring the clock to perjure itself: so, if the residence of the cities will feel better, work better, and find more time for play, by monkeying with the clock, let them have their silly ways about it.

But, if this daylight savings foolishness, is extended to railroads, or in any way interferes with farmers’ plans or hours for work, or with the preferences of any other classes who stand by sun time, then we are opposed to the specimen a personal liberty stuff we’ve watched the whole country get warped up in

We inclined to believe that the daylight saving is a step towards more time for no work; and that its advocates are ready to go to the limit in that direction. Someday, the state may be asked to pension everybody, at about one dollar an hour, and throw in a lot of extras in order to get them to be satisfied, yet never make then work a day in their lives.

Railroad Water Tank Under Litigation

It now appears that the Western Maryland Railroad may become involved in litigation as a result of the erection of its new water tank near Union Bridge. The water is taken from a pool which has been constructed within a few feet of a stream and the effect of supplying the railroad engines with water from the source is said to be quite noticeable to power users downstream, some of whom are now preparing to enter suit.

A Bootleg Factory

On Tuesday afternoon a raid was made by prohibition enforcement officers on the premises occupied by Aquilla Stottlemyer, in the Uniontown District. The officers found a 5-gallon and a 10-gallon still, and 5 gallons of grain mash. Very little seems to be known, locally, about the case; at least, further information is not floating around. Perhaps there may be further developments at the hearing of the case.

March 24

Martins Return Early

Charles Morrell reports the arrival of the Purple Martins to his boxes on Tuesday. This is just one week earlier than usual, never before in the 10 or 12 years has he been observing them have they appear before the third or sometimes fourth of April. Always one pair comes a few days in advance, then after staying a day or so, leave to return, the following day with the entire flock. Mr. Morrell says his pair is the same that has been the advance guard for three years. He identifies them for particular markings on the wings. There are four other colonies of Martin’s in the area but none of the others have returned as yet.

Murder At Mountaindale

Cecelia Rickets, a well-known and respected colored woman, 50 years old, was found dead with a hole in her head, above her right ear, at her home near Mountaindale on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Neighbors of Lewistown, revealed that she had been ravished before or after she had been shot. Charles Hill, a negro about 35 years old, said to be a relative to the dead woman, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with the murder.

Three Hurt In Runaway Crash

George Albaugh, of near New Midway, and his wife and young daughter narrowly escaped serious injury in an exciting runaway at LeGore recently. Albaugh, accompanied by his wife and daughter, was driving in a wagon along the road leading from the general merchandise store of J. W. Legore to the lime plant of Barrick & Sons, when they met a man coming from the opposite direction carrying a sack on his back. The horse became frightened and ran down a steep road through the plant of J. W. LeGore, throwing Albaugh out on the edge of a precipice overlooking the quarry.

The horse, completely beyond control, headed toward the road from Woodsboro to New Midway, with Mrs. Albaugh and her daughter still clinging to the vehicle. At the road intersection, the wagon overturned, throwing the occupants out. The wagon was wrecked. The three were badly bruised.

March 31

Farmer Still Missing

So far as it is known nothing has been heard from Blaine Hoffman, the young Creagerstown farmer who disappeared from his home some months ago. Hoffman‘s family is running his farm at Creagerstown. Hoffman was a member of the church of God but was not an elder in the church as we stated when it was first became known that he had disappeared. He was married about 14 years.

Pay For Work On County Roads.

The board of county commissioners have agreed to rate they will pay for work on county roads. For road machines and for horses and man driver, 60 cents/hour; for road machines and five horses and man driver, 65 cents/hour; for road machines and six horses and man driver, 70 cents/hour; for a wagon with four horses and a man driver, 67 cents/hour; for a wagon, two horses in a man driver, 40 cents/hour; for a cart, one horse and a man driver, 35 cents/hour; for a plow or scoop, two horses and a man driver 40 cents/ hour; for an able body man, 20 cents/ hour.

Mountain Fire

The first forest fire of the spring broke out in the mountains west of Lewistown at 7 o’clock Sunday evening, and traveled northwards. Firefighters hurried to the scene. By 10:30 it was reported that the fire had been gotten under control, very mild wind making the work comparatively easy. The fire was reported as being a mile long. Part of the woods burned over had been swept by fire before, but most of it is understood to be valuable timber land. No one lives in the region swept by the fire and no houses were in danger.