100 Years Ago This Month

August 1924

August 1

Weather And Crop Conditions

This was the third successive dry and sunshiny week in a row, and was favorable for harvesting and thrashing of grains, cultivation, haymaking, and harvesting tomatoes, potatoes, early fruits, etc.

Farmers have about all completed harvesting, and thrashing has begun. Some report fair yields, while other say, the grain is not turning out so good. Early oats seem to be good, while late oats have been be hurt by the dry weather.

Corn, generally, is rather common, and if strike weather conditions continue, will be a poor crop. The growth varies generally, owing to the wide range and dates of planting. The early corn planted is tasseling and silking.

Due to the lack of rain, gardens are suffering and vegetables will be scarce. The tomato crop like all others, have been badly affected by weather conditions; early plants have made a fine growth. Early potatoes however are a complete failure.

Pastures and grasses are showing the effects of the long dry spell. They are now but poor to fair. Picking of early apples is now generally in progress. Early peaches and early pears are ripening; picking of those fruits have begun in some localities.

Fugitive arrested

Ellis Carty, about 21, of near Woodsboro, who escaped from the House Of Corrections last Monday, was arrested early Friday morning by Sheriff Albaugh, at his home, and is being held at the jail pending word from the officials at the penal institution. Carty was sentenced to 18 months in the House Of Corrections on charge of larceny, growing out of the robbery of George Lewis, of LeGore, as the latter was asleep at a local hotel.

Encouraged Not to Marry Boyfriend

Miss Elizabeth Carpenter was given a shower at the home of Mrs. Harry Reindollare on Thursday evening; about 25 of her friends were there. Miss Carpenter, who is in a ‘family way,’ was encouraged by all her friends not to marry her deadbeat boyfriend, ‘Clyde", one of the leading boozers in the community. Everyone insisted that she would be better off with just one dependent child, vice two, which would be the case if she married that imbecilic boozer.

Many of her friends said a 20-year-old blind dog with three legs does more work in a day then "Clyde" has done all his life.

"Clyde" is currently in the ‘lock-up’ after he was found passed out in the gutter on Main Street last week, for the sixth time in the past two months.

Mount Tabor Park Opened At Rocky Ridge

The new Mount Tabor Park in Rocky Ridge opened officially on Sunday evening, July 20, with Dr. Tombaugh preaching the opening sermon in the large, open air, breezy auditorium to almost 500 people.

Services will continue to be held in the outdoor pavilion every Sunday night up until the first Sunday night in September. Arrangements have been made for Mount Tabor’s annual Sunday school and community picnic to be held in the park on Saturday, August 9.

The park offers swings, seesaw, slide boards, and sand pits for the entrainment of the children.

August 8

Drought Broken

The drought of the past month was broken early Sunday morning, by a heavy general rain. The downfall was followed by cool, clearing weather. The rain had the effect of breaking the drought and flushing mountain streams from which local water supply is derived.

The drought was beginning to effect crops and vegetation. Corn was particularly in need of moisture and pasture fields were drying up. The precipitation was slightly more than half an inch. The rainfall was steady and soaked into the ground. The fall was the heaviest for the past two months, and covered all sections of the County.

Bitten By Copperhead

Miss Madeline Lightner, 15, was bitten in two places on the forefinger of her right hand by a copperhead Tuesday morning, while picking huckleberries in the mountains near her home. Madeline, accompany by her mother, had been at work for sometime in the mountains, near her home, where snakes of all kinds are known to exist.

The young girl had just moved from one huckleberry bush to another, and had thrust her hand into the bush to pick some berries, when the copperhead struck twice in rapid succession. Both bites were close together on the forefinger of the right hand. So quickly did the snake strike that the girl wasn’t able to withdraw her hand.

The girl screamed, and her mother, who was picking berries nearby, went to her daughter’s side. She saw the copperhead in the bushes and killed it.

The victim was taken to her home and the doctor was summoned. Upon his arrival, he cauterized both wounds and gave the girl other medical treatments. The doctor

said he would not know for several days how serious the condition might become. He said if her system is able to throw off the snake’s poison, no serious complications would be experienced.

Work Horses On The Farm

On a farm horses are often given extremes of work and rest that are very hard on them. If they have not been doing a full day’s work, they should not be put to the plow for 10 or 12 hours at a stretch. They should be given light work for at least two weeks before being put into steady Spring and Summer heavy work, and they should be grained well.

Even greater care should be taken with horses that have been on pasture. A horse coming in off the grass will go to pieces in a few days of work in hot weather, and easily may be permanently injured. Neither is it a good plan to keep a horse on pasture and working it half days.

In matching up horses, pair those of about the same gate. If a slow horse in a fast one or put together the fast horse will do all the work, besides pulling the slow one along, and will, fret. The slow horse will be hurried out of his natural gate. Both horses will go to pieces. Never hurry a working horse team out of its natural gate.

Horses should be clipped in the Spring when, with their heavy coat, they would sweat, and perhaps become foundered, or get the heaves. If you have a shaggy dog, clip him in hot weather and see how happy he will be.

Gypsies

Gypsy bands are reported to be more than ever a nuisance this summer, and numerous thefts have been reported, and various other troubles with town authorities. The best plan is to watch them closely, and order them to move on.

If Gypsies weren’t bad enough, various kinds of "doctors" are reported traveling through the country, with appliances for sale, reported to cure afflictions, and who do not hesitate, when the opportunity seems favorable, to choose forceful methods to make sales. All such cases should be promptly reported to the authorities. Women and old people, who are alone, are said to be especially the victims of such fakes.

New Road From Woodsboro To Ladiesburg

The proposed highway from Woodsboro to Ladiesburg will be built through Woodsboro, the County covering the expense, it was announced. It had originally been intended that the road should begin at the northern edge of Woodsboro, but this has been reconsidered by the County Commissioners.

The highway will start at the southern edge of town. One mile of road from the southern edge of Woodsboro towards Frederick will be built by the State Road Commission this summer. As soon as the highway is completed, it will be taken over and maintained by the State.

The road will be of macadam surface, 15 feet wide, except that the county has made provisions to widen it to 19 feet within the limits of Woodsboro, provided the people of that town are willing to stand the extra expense.

Oiling Of Roads In County Almost Ended

The oiling crews of the State Road Commission have started to work on the Walkersville-Woodsboro State Road. This will be the last highway in the County to be oiled this year. When this highway has been treated, the work of oiling roads in Carroll County will be started. It is expected that the oiling of all roads in this district will be completed by the end of next week.

August 15

Radio And Baseball

Radio is a subject of such worldwide interest at the present time that experiments being carried out by Wired Radio Inc., in conjunction with the Satan Island Edison Company are of unusual interest.

How to cover the cost of providing suitable radio concerts to listeners, has been a problem. It is agreed that baseball did not reach a high degree of development until it was "fenced in" so that an admission fee could be charged which would provide for the best talent. The "fencing in" of baseball has not interfered with the progress of amateur baseball, but on the contrary, has developed an interest, which has made all kinds of baseball more popular.

It is reasonable to suppose the same principle would apply to radio, and that the highest degree of entertainment can only be provided by "fencing in" radio, so that high-grade broadcasting can be supported. Briefly, that is what Wired Radio Inc. is seeking to perfect.

Wired radio, which will be sent over electrical light wires, will not be a competitor of space radio for which no method has yet appeared of space radio on a paid basis. There is room for such types of radio to grow side-by-side, performing their different functions in the respective ways.

Attachments are being worked out in conjunction with wired radio, which can be attached to the regular vacuum table space set. Thus, by throwing the switch, the space set owner can intercept programs, transmitted over lighting, wires or programs sent through the air.

Girls Warned About Bobbing Hair

Girls who keep on bobbing their hair, will eventually have to shave it, it is said. By cutting the hair on the head, it is predicted that it will start to grow on the face. No "have too" about it. They can grow mustaches – and "chew tobacco" - if they want to.

Turkey Gobbler Shows How it’s done

Several weeks ago, a turkey gobbler belonging to Bradley Stitley, of Johnsville, strayed away, and in wandering over the farm, came across a guinea hen sitting on 30 of her eggs. Evidently, her method of incubating did not meet with the king gobbler’s approval, for when found he was proudly sitting on the eggs and performing the duties in line with his ideas, from which he has since hatched a brood of guineas. He is ready to prove his title – a champion guinea foster mother – in a manner that would make Jack Dempsey blush in his pluralistic championship claim.

New Library Books

The following books have been purchased for the public library and will be ready for distribution, on Saturday ; "Sister Sue", and "The Story Of Mares", Eleanor Pastor; "The Virginian", Owen Wesley; "The Trumpeter Swan", Temple Bailey; "The White Sister", Marion Crawford; "Rainbow Valley", Erwin Montgomery; "The Way Of A Man", Emerson Hoff; "Scaramouche", Rafael Labatini; "The Little Colonel In Arizona", Anna Johnson, "Her Father‘s Daughter", Jean Porter; "The Way Of An Eagle", Ethel Dell; "Rills Of Ingleside," Lester Montgomery; and "Under The Country Sky", Grace Richmond.

Farm Accidents

While engaged in cutting wood on the farm of his son-in-law, Walter Crabster, Claudius Long badly cut his right foot by a glancing below of the ax. The little toe was severed, and the cut extended deep into the bone of the instep. He was able to drive his car into town, but upon arrival, fainted from loss of blood. After receiving first aid, he was taken to the Frederick Hospital, but is now at home and getting along nicely.

William, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Foreman met with a painful injury on Wednesday, under unusual circumstances. He was helping his father drive a hog into the pen, and just as his father was using a club to hurry matters along, the boy got in the way and received a blow on his head intended for the animal. The result was a large scalp wound, but fortunately, no worse.

August 22

The Mars foolishness

For two weeks past a large amount of newspaper space has been covered with speculation as to what might be discovered by astronomers due to the near approach of the Earth and the planet Mars.

"Signaling" between the two planets has been named as a possibility, and all sorts of fantastic speculation indulged, as if Mars was inhabited by beings as intelligent as on the Earth, and were themselves watching the approach of the Earth with the intent of attacking us – some are even predicting a "war of the worlds," causing some to dig shelters in which to hide from the attack to come.

Considering the fact that nobody knows whether there is either animal or vegetable life on the planet, all of the speculations are mere idle play with the imagination, and such an occurrence as "Signaling" goes quite beyond the bounds of half-sensible intellectual license.

And, suppose there should be life of some kind in there, and some sort of Martians, what would be the information amount to? Largely another new thing to read and talk about for a little while, but nothing to capitalize for future benefit.

Feds Warn Of Counterfeit $20 Bills

The Treasury Department has sent out a warning about the circulation of a counterfeit $20 bill of crude workmanship has to been detected. It is a bank note of the National Commercial Bank And Trust Company Of Albany, New York, bearing charter number 1,301, bank number 26,594 and Treasury number H26079611.

Officials say the bill looks more like an advertising dodger than money, and should be instantly detected by anyone at all familiar with our currency. More detailed description is, therefore, deemed unnecessary, says the notice.

Accidents

On Monday afternoon, while working in the bakery, Elwood Bumgardner had his right hand caught in the molding machine, which badly crushed three fingers. Fortunately, the loose fitting drive belt prevented his fingers from being torn off.

George Shipley met with an unavoidable accident, while riding his bicycle, recently purchased, when he and Assistant Postmaster Harry Fraser’s auto collided on Tuesday evening at Rifles’ Alley. George sustained an ugly wound above the left eye. Fortunately, George was not hurt seriously, and kept his nerve throughout the accident.

Last Wednesday morning, as Lawrence Hon was taking his milk to the processing facility in Keymar, as he got to the crossroads near the plant and began to turn into it, Paul Koons, was coming the other way, and not seeing each other, they had a collision, both cars were damage, but fortunately, neither of the men was hurt.

August 29

Tobacco Growing In Maryland

Tobacco growers of Frederick and Carroll County’s are profiting by the advance in the price of this commodity. The price was formally from $.02-$.10 a pound; the market price Saturday was from $.10-$.60 per pound.

Maryland tobacco is bringing a record price due to the demand for it on the part of cigarette manufacturers. One after another of the most popular brands of cigarettes have turned to a larger and larger proportion of the Maryland leaf.

Changes to meet the demand have been made in methods of selecting and curing. At the same time there has been an organized effort made to prove to manufacturers that the flavor, aroma, and burning quality now in demand are found in the Maryland product.

Ten years ago, practically every pound of Maryland tobacco was sent abroad, most of it to France, but now this proportion has dropped to 50%. The Maryland Tobacco Growers Association, organized in 1919, has had to rebuild the industry on new lines and is not focused on American smokers.

Tobacco is grown by farmers living in sections of Walkersville, Woodsboro, Johnsville, and union Bridge, known as the "tobacco belt".

Farmers’ Urged To Save Old Corn

The spring of 1924 was unusually backward in many sections, the growing conditions were not good, with the result that the bulk of the corn is extremely late throughout the corn belt in the region. It is so late that most of the crop will be unfit for seed, unless frost holds off longer than usual. County agriculture agents are calling attention to this fact in order to prevent, if possible, a serious seed corn situation in the spring.

The higher prices for corn in the last few weeks are drawing much of the old crop from the farms. Farmers not having enough seed corn for 1925 left over from last year supply should save the best of the bulk crib corn from which to obtain seed, if necessary. If this year’s corn is killed by frost before it is mature, this old corn will provide a source from which seed corn can be selected for planting in the spring.

Speed Cops’ Pay Raised

Among the examinations advertise to be held in the near future by the State Employment Commission are: parole officers, salary $1,000-$,1400 a year; license inspectors, $1,800 a year; industrial inspectors, $1,500 a year; district forest wardens, $1,200 a year; and Maryland State Police patrolman, $100 a month and expenses.

The salary for the members of the State Police Force is an increase over the previous pay and is announced to become effective October 1. The standard for entrance to the force have also been raised. The minimum height requirement now being 5‘ 10" instead of 5‘ 8" as heretofore, and minimum weight is now 145 pounds instead of 135 pounds. Applicants are required to be experienced motorcycle riders, and have in their possession at the time of the examination a valid motorcycle-operating license.