Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-19
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Mrs. Milton o. Rouss has contracted
for the erection of new barn on the
'Beckham farm, northwest OF Charles
Town.
Miss Geraldine Funk, who was gradu-
ated from the Washington County High
School last spring. is the first woman
from Hagerstown TO enlist in the United
States Navy. After passing the regular
examination in Washington. Miss runk
was ordered TO report for duty as a yeo-
man in the Washington Navy Yard. She
has enlisted for four years. Her father
was in the navy for number OF years.
The Standard Tie and Timber Com
pany have put large motor truck In ser
vice. hauling ties from the river to the b.
& o. station at Charles Town. In doing
such work the truck has horses outclass-
ed. Six trips a day can be made to the
Shannondale ferry and back TO town.
From forty TO fifty ties are hauled every
trip. II would require about eight Jour-
teams TO do as much work.-Adpocate.
George B. linn, wide-awake farmer
near Charles Town, has just sold the last
carload of cattle he had been feeding for
the market the past winter. The record
of feeding, its cost, and the purchase
price show a handsome profit. Mr.. linn
bought "a OF the cattle year ago at seven
and a-half cents pound. Fifty-three
were bought in September in Chicago, at
SIS. Is per hundred. Seven OF them were
killed by lightning. for which $50 per
head was paid by the insurance company;
two were sold in an odd lot for $4,000,
and one car load just sold is yet TO be de-
livered. All the cattle sold in car-lots
brought him ten cents pound. The
first car, containing 10 steers, averaged
1 1854 pounds; the second Is an average
weight OF POT pounds the third had Il
head that averaged | ,l65 pounds. Those
TO be shipped yet are about as heavy as
the third carload. Mr. Zinn's expert
ence with ensilage as stock ration has
convinced him that the Silo will solve the
feed problem. His feeding cattle did
we'll on it this winter, and while corn is
high, ensiage is the only effective feed
that remains anything like normal in
price. The corn fed to the cattle was
home-raised except ll9 barrels, which
was bought at $365 barrel.-Adpocdte.
Five men in Ford touring car perform
I'd miracle on Main street, Thursday
afternoon. A blowout in the tire caused
the machit 10 turn bottom upwards
while going at lively speed turning the
corner from South Samuel street into
Main. JIM. Trapnell, the owner ofthe car,
was at the wheel. The other occupants
were Maitland RELY, of Charles Town,
Herman Fleming, Bowles Lippitt and
William W. Mcdonald, OF Clarke county
Messrs. Trapnell. Fleming ard Mcdonald
sustained slight injuries, the first named
having shoulder dislocated, while the
other two had decorations and bruises
ABOUT the head and face. Mr.. Trapnell
was pinned under the machine. When
the report was heard, giving a warning
that trouble was coming, Mr.. Rely rose
from his seat, and when the machine
turned turtle he was standing on the side
walk calmly viewing the scene He
can't explain how he escaped; there was
not even speck of dust on his clothing,
Mr.. Lippitt was almost as fortunate,
though the machine had him down gooo
and hard. Damages 10 the machine were
a broken Windshield, battered top and
few broken spokes. Within minute
after the accident the men turned the car
upright. Upon being cranked it started
off as though nothing had happened TO it.
The Ford is a modern miracle on wheels.
Advocate.