The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
NEWS or OPELsKA.
Negro Man Narrowly Escapes Death
 From swIth Engine.

Negro Man Narrowly bseSPe"
 From swith Engine.
 Capelika, Dec. Especial. )--LAge Baker. a negro man, who lives near Marvyn. came very near having ser Ious accident befan him, while at tempting to cross the railroad track, at Tenth street crossing In Opellka with his mule and wagon.
 Friday afternoon as the switch en- zine and train of cars struck his wa gon. breaking it into kindling wood' Iige Baker jumped from the wagon and escaped injury. It Is supposed ne misjudged the speed of the cars else he would not have attempted 10 cross the track in front of a moving train. | 10. I,ocI<hart. one of the oldest cit izens of Lee county, ,Cdied at the home of his son law, x. T. Floyd, on Ge- neva street in Opelika Wednesday evening, at 11:30 o'clock Mir. Lock wood was born in South Carolina, De- cember 1s,1s18. He married in October 1889. and in 1851 he moved to Alaba- ma, and has resided here ever since In 1S45 he joined the Missionary Bap- list church, and since that time he mas been a consistent member of that church.
 During the war he championed the nause of the South and he fought as
 
 defense. His remains were laid to rest in the city cemetery. Friday morning at S:30 oclocks
 The funeral exercises were conduct ed by Rev. J. P. Hunter of the Sap tfst church at the home of x! T. Floyd Messrs, J. H. Thomson, H. c. Floyd T. II. Glover, Porter Betts, Wood DoS- fer and J. c. Luncford, acted as pail bearers.
 The deacesed is Survived by his wife, and three sons and daughters Mrs. B. F. Meadows of Columbus Mrs 1 T. c. FloydVof Opelika; and T. E. LOCK- hart. of Atlanta.
 The members of Trinity Methodist I church while hating to give up their former pastor, J. Fl. Holloway, are preparing to give Rev. Otis V. Calhoun their new pastor, a warm and hearty | welcome. Mir. Calhoun Is recognized aa A young man of ability, consecra- | tion and eloquence, and he will be strong factor in accomplishing and pro- | noting good in opelika-
 1 Hon. Henry P. Merritt promising Eyoung attorney from Tuskegee and senator-elect from Macon and Bulloch counties. attended chancery court in l opelika Thursday.
 Rev. G. A. Nunnally, of Newman, Ga, who has been visiting Gen. and Mrs George P. Harrison for several days left Opelika for Atlanta, Ga, Thursday evening.
 On January 1st. the branch office of Edmund and Charles Randolph, cotton brokers, now located at Atlanta VIII he moved to Opelika. These parties | have been in business about twenty years and have direct wire connections with several exchanges in the large cities.
 tendent of Education, has announced that there will be held an examination of applicants. who desire to teach in l the public schools of Alabama, at the court house in CpelIka, Monday Jan
 Dr. J. N Mccormick. of Kentucky | official representative of the American l Medical Association, delivered short l sneech in the court house this morn ing. to the doctors. and others who as sembled there. owing to misunder' l standing there wes not very largt audience present. and consequentlS l the doctor, cut his speech short Those 1 present were much interested Tn Wna | the earnest physician said, and were sorry he could not deliver his ehttS lecture to them.
 | Dr.. Mccormick was accompanied tc OneIika by Dr. Sanders. the State Health officer At 11:3O o'clock, pr Mccormick, in company with Drs san l ders and Palmer, and Hon. H. NJ. Will
 son left opelika for Auburn. where nr Mccormick spoke ot 2 o'clock in tho afternoon.
 Buster Lee. a negro man, was arrest
 ed and placed in jail Friday mornins on charge of assaulting F. L. Work man. He will be given a hearing be fore Judge Lyons, of the county court
 on the fourth Monday in this month,
 Mrs. Blackmon, wife of Chiet Of Pc lice F. P. Blackmon. left opellka to' Roanoke Thursday afternoon, wher' lkbe was called by the serious illnes of her brother, w. R. Wood
 Herman Longshore. a travelling sales