The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
TRUCK FARMING
 IS APPRECIATED Tobacco Is Promising Product
 for Dallas COMING SOCIAL EVENTS Announcement Ie Made of Approach Ing Marriage of MIsa Katherine Randolph to MT. Thomas
 H. Jones.

Selma, March 2s.-( (Speclal)-Th possl- bilities of this section for truck farm Ing Ia rapidly becoming appreciated. In addition to truck farming there are now in cultivation eighty ncres of tobacco and MT. sehraeder, tho government expert who has Just finished tour of the coun- ty, declares that there k land enough within seven mil. of Selma that will gro7 ns beautiful sumatra tobacco as any place in the world. The party owh- ln-. th!s land has two acres planted this year and if this is successful will put forty acres in tobacco next year.
 As to truck farmr- MT Theodore Wade Is shipping ten and twelve bar rels Of radlshes every day from Minter to Louisville and Cincinnati. s. A. Key holds of Mlnter is shipping 200 boxes of strawberries nearl. every day, besides supplying the local market, and is re- ceivins 30 and 35 cents a quart. The Agee truck farm located within three miles of Selma is also shipping strawberries in abundance, as well as supplying the local market
 ..As shows what can be. done on the fertile soil of Dallas county.
 Coming Social Events.
 ext week will see the opening of the social season after the forty days re- cess O. Lent. Already a number of af- fairs are being talked about and it is Ii ely that several homes will be thrown open for entertainments of larger or smaller character.
 The following invitation announces the first D, st-Lenten affair of the season
 ITS Josep Harlan Stanfel, at home, Hotel Albert Wednesday afternoon, April 3, at :; clock Please reply. Euchre.
 The following wedding invitation has been received by friends of the contract ing parties in Selma:
 MT. and Mrs. Allen Cadwalader Jones invite you to be present at the marriage of their nlece katherine Erwin Ran doph, to MT. Thomas Hamilton Jones. Wednesday ev aning. April 3, 1907. at o'clock st Paufs Episcopal church, Greensboro, Ala.
 The Dixie clubs Easter german is be- ing looked forward to with anticipation of much pleasure. The affair will be quite brilliant as the committee is mak- ing lavish preparations.
 Invitations have been received in Selma to the celebration of the crystal wedding anniversary of Mir and Mrs. Levi w. Reeves of Cartersvile Ga, on April 6.
 The Tuesday Card club met with Mrs. Arthur Loeb yesterday afternoon and q most enjoyable time was spent by the fortunate members. The trophy, mon- oeram comb. was won by Mrs. Herman Elasberg A two-course luncheon was served at the conclusion of the games
 Mrs Charles Dunlap of Eutaw and Mrs. Edward DeGrafYenreid of Greensboro are the guests of their sister, Mrs, A D. Pitts, on Laudordae street.
 Dies Hero.
 That J. D. Fitzgerald died the death of hero there is little doubt Nr. Fitz- gerald was the engineer of the iilfated train on the Birmingham Southern and New Orleans division of the Louisville and Nashville railroad wn.cn left here at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and when about a half mile beyond Thomaston was completely wrecked, the engineer being caught beneath his engine, death ensuing instantly.
 As the biz engine left the track, in- stead of immediately jumping and escap- ing from all harm except perhaps few bruises, Mir Fitzgerald shut off his en- zine and applied the emergency brakes Then he evidently started out of the cab window on the running board, but the time consumed in stopping the train and saV- ing fEe crew and passengers from death prevented him from being able to jump in time and the whistle dome caught
  went over and the escaping steam scalded his face and body in a terrible manner
 Galt Sees Danger.
 Will Gait, baggage and express messen- ger on the train, was sitting at the desk counting d hundred dollars that had just been paid him at Thomaston, when he noticed the engine Jumping on the ties. He started for the door when the ener- gency brakes went on and he vas felled to the floor by trucks soda water cases etc For ten minutes he lay unable to extricate himself suffering from q badly mashed foot and bruised leg. Finally just as he thought he would faint or suffocate if he did not get release he managed to attract the attention of w. A. Autrey, one of the passengers. and the latter with Conductor AldredSe, succeeded in liberating him.
 The wreck occurred about o'clock The fireman, who escaped unhurt, stated he saw a piece of iron on the track. A freight train en route for Selma had met the passenger train at Thomaston. having passed over the illfated curve about ten minutes previous. The theory is that some part of the brake rigging of the freight train fell and 1t was this that caused the wreck. It is not thought the piece if iron was placed on the track by any malicious person.
 Mir Fitzgerald's body was brought to his home in this city last night and the funeral took place this afternoon. He was one of the best men that ever lived. All today might have been heard expressions of sorrow, ending with the words: Jim Fitzgerald was one of the best men of the country" He is survived by two