The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-21
HEAD-ON COLLISION
WRECK ON SOUTHERN
 NEAR SELMA.
I've Engines sEossng Slowly Crash Inc
 to Each other and We're Badly E surn uiA-~ Commercial
 Ciuk smek.r. ''f' i''
Advertiser Bureau.

4r Selma, Feb. 20. In the yards of the southern Railway near Bakers switch late last night there was aessd-on collision between zines were badly torn up as was the track but fortunately none of the crew 1 of either train was injured.
 A freight train with Engineer Pier son Hooks on the enslne was Just com. ing into the yard when Another engine
 attached to freight train In charge
 of Engineer Joe Foster was Just leaS- ing the yards. Engineer Hooks was coming in from the north while Engi' l neer Foster was just leaving for trip
 on the northern division.
 It Is said that the enk ne which Mir. Poster had charge of d'd' not have up sufficient steam and that the headlight
 was out and tnat as EngIneer Hooks
 came in the yards he e'd not see the
 outgoing train nor did Foster see the one coming in. Both of the trains were moving very slowly of the collision
 would have been more disastrous than | 1t was.
 At the side door of the compess on Alabama Street this morning early. the Southern Railroad suffered again from an accident 4 long string of ears were being moved past one which was standing upon . side track on the side or the COmpFGSR WHGu UTt Ot tuS Cdi
 Jumped the traek and badly damaged the one which was standing loaded
 with compressed cotton. It took two crews and two switch engines over an hour to pull the cars back on the track. The c. and l.. Smoker. c.s. l. The comm!ttes nf the Commercial and
 Industrial Association setting up the smoker which thA association will give at the Elks Home on the niEht Of March ll are very well rleased with the suc- cess which they are meeting with. AL ready a large number Of the members of the association nave come forward and have paid for thesV plates for that night. Many of the other members will do the same during the next day or so and the smoker promises to be the most. fotapIe event in the history of the association.
 The committee of the association who have the smoker in charge have sent number of invitations to many Of the most prcu,inent citizens of the Stafe. None of these invitations have been heard from yet, but the committee IS certain that many of them will be ac- cepted and that there will be present At the smoker many prominent busi- ness men from the State at large. -
 Boupd over tO Grand Jury.
 Tn Police Court this morning two ne" eroes, Ed Mitchell and Ben Thomas, who Saturday nieht were arrested for having stolen six barrels of sugar from freight car in the railroad yards. were tried O.. charges of grand larceny and at the conclusion of the trial they were both bound over to await the ac- tion of the grand jury in the sum or $500 each.
 Tha neero Ed Safes. who was ar- res.ed saturday night Tor being impli- eate5 in the robbery 'did not appear In Police Court. forfeiture Was taken Against his bonjsmen. Sales. it had been exrected TOT some time. was run- ming q "f3nce" in the western part or the city. and when the two negroes trd Mitchell and Ben Thomas were arr rested Saturday night they implicated Sales. -.e. <