The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-24
INJURIES WERE FATAL
DARBY HOLT DIES IN THE GEN.
 TRAIL CITY.
Albert Mcdonald, an Lmploye of the Southern Crushed 70 Death
 Between Two Engines
 at Randolph.
Advertiser Bureau,


 Selma, Oct. 9. Darry Holt, who fell from the top of q box car and was injured at Demopolis yesterday. died at { o'clock this mornipg in an infirmary in Selma. vertebra in the neck was broken and he was, not conscious after his fall.
 Mir. Holt was an employe of the South ern Railway, and was flagman on a freight train at the time he was hurt. The train was switching in the yards at Demopolls and MT Holt fell from the top of a moving box car to the track, the back of his neck striking the rail. He was brought immediately to this city where medical attention was given him. From his shoulders up, MT. Mott was paralyzed. The blow rendered him uncon- scious and he never regained his senses. Death came at 1 o'clock this morning. Mr. Holt was 21 years of age. and the son of MT. and Mrs. W. L. Holt of this city He leaves several brothers and sisters. He was popular young man and his death Is universally regretted. His remains were shipped to Tilden for burial. Darry Holt was the third member of his family to be injured on a railroad in the past year. A few months ago atral- most the same place in Demopolis, his brother, Will Holt, broke his leg; and a year ago his father, W. l.. Holt was run over and permanently invalided by a street car. Albert Mcdonald Crushed to Death.
 Albert Mcdonald, an employe of the Southern Railway, was crushed to death between two engines at Randolph this morning at an early hour.
 Mcdonald was brakeman on a "dou- ble-header" freight train and he was coupling the two locomotives, which had been separated in order that some switching might be done. when the acci- dent happened.
 The details of the occurrence are not known. As the engines came together the brakeman was caught between the draw head of the tender of the forward locomo- tive, and the drawhead on the pilot of the second locomotive. His body was hor- ribly crushed and his death was instan- taneous.
 MT. McDonald's homo was in Wilton, where he leaves his parents and several brothers and sisters His funeral takes place in Wilton.
 Cotton Receipts Large This Season.
 Notwithstanding the lateness of this seasons cotton crop. the receipts to date are noticeably larger than to the corre- spending day last year and the receipts for the week closed last night are nearly double the receipts of the corresponding week last year. And with this marked increase is to be noticed an immediate absorption of the cotton as rapidly as 1t is marketed.
 The total receipts last season were 67,- 1H and the fact that 33740 bales have already been received in Selma is taken as an indication that the receipts this season will be several thousand bales more than during 1902-19OS. Of the 39,740, N,6Og have been shipped leaving a stock of only 6.1S4.
 The weekly receipts, too. display the same features. The receipts for the week ending last night were 6,03S against S,9l9 for the same week last year; the ship ments 5,365 against 317S for the same week last year. The increase In the num- ber of bales marketed in Selma has. there fore. not more than met the demands for the staple, the cotton being disposed of very easily after its reception here.