The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
ENGINEER KILLED
 IN TIE COLLISION Frank HutchingS Meets Death
 at CoIumbiana WAS UNDER LOCOMOTIVE Another Freight Dashes Into the Stand Ing Train, Causing the Instant Death of Hutchngs-News
 of Selma.

Selma. November 23.-(Special )-About 9 o'clock this morning Engineer Frank Hutchings, running train No. 72 in charge of Conductor Mcdonald, was killed at Columbiana, on the Southern railway His engine had broken down and Mir Hutchings allghted from the cab and went under the engine to see what was the trouble While under the engine extra freight No. ' came bowling along and ran Into No. 72 smashing things up considerably and pushing the engine wheels over the body of Mir. Hutchngs
 The body of Mr. Hutchngs was very badly mangled. His remains reached tHe city on No. 15 this afternoon, which was late, as the main line was blocked from the wreck caused by the collision.
 The extra freight that ran into En- gineer Hutchings' train was in charge of l Conductor Boswell. with Engineer Pearce at the throttle It is stated that No. g had not put out any flag when it stopped for repairs, and hence the collision.
 There was no one else hurt by the collision, and the wreck. while delaying traffic for some time, will not result in , great deal of damage.
 l MT. Hutchings was a well-known and popular Selmian. He leaves a wife and l five children to mourn his loss. They have the deepest sympathy of their many friends in this their home city. He was an Elk and member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
 Will Entertain Visitors.
 Last night at the council chamber held an enthusiastically attended meet ing of the Commercial and Industrial as- sociation, called principally to provide for the reception of the Chicago Commercial association, consisting of fourteen repre- sentative business men of that city, who will be in Selma Saturday.
 Remarks were made by several mem bers present and resulted in the appoint ment of the following committee to have charge of the visitors while here and pro- vide for their entertainment:
 1 J. F. Hooper charman A. G. Parrish, l.. M Hooper E. c. Melvin. w. R. Pea cock D. r. Ullman, V. B. Atkins, F. M. Abbott, k. II. Mangum, J. H. Nunneee and J. H. Schuh.
 E. F. UIllman and L. M. Hooper were appointed committee to look into the feasibility of establishing freight bu- reau to cooperate with similar bureaus in other cities to secure lower freight rates
 The election of officers did not take place but was postponed until some other date and a committee of twelve was ap- i pointed to lay the advantages of such an i organization before the merchants of the city and secure new members. This was done after President J. r. Hooper had been nominated for president and refused to accept. The nominating committee named J. F Hooper for president, w. K. a-fl l.taf IGfd Ia n for secretary and M. L. Worrel for treas urer. Upon Mir Hooper's decllnation the honor was rendered Mir Peacock and he too declined Then it was decided to post pone the election until some future day in the hope that the committee would se- 1 cure many new members, among whom suitable timber for the executive head of the organization might be found.
 Engine and Six Cars Turn Over. l At Ellawhite a station at a cotton mill one mile this side of Uniontown on the | Southern railway. occurred freight wreck today which resulted in the delay 1 ing of traffic for many hours.
 The engine of the freight train with six i cars were turned over and the main line was blocked for many hours. the train l from Meridian being delayed until this l afternoon. No one was hurt but the damage done was considerable.
 Big Sale of Land. Today in front of the court house there l was sold at auction a tract of land on the ''Southside" consisting of about 20OO l acres of land located on Cedar and Little Jordan creeks, the sale being for parti- | ton among the owners of the place known as the Stoutenborough place. It consisted of twenty three tenant houses, a brick 1 residence of thirteen rooms, gin house. store and out buildings, The lucky pur-
 
 $15000 for the place and secured it. The