The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-22
THE NEWS OF SELMA
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURE
 IN A WRECK.

" A WRECK. ts Enwfmser ossea1 Ana The Negro Fire-
 nazn wfEffs Hayes, Are Brought
 TO Selma For Medical
 Treasment.
 Selma, Dec. 1lk--fspeciall -Engineer A. O'Neal and Willie Hayes, a negro fireman. were brought to the city. last night and carried 10 an irfirmary for treatuent
 Both the engineer and the negro fireman were injured in wreck which occurred on the Southern Railway Sun day aftarneon at sunny south. between this city and Mobile.
 Engineer osNeaa left Selma sunday morning with a freight train for Mo- bile. The snwine was doing some switching at sunny south and was backing up to tlie string of cars when . COW was struck. which turned the engine over. Besides being injured on their heads. both the white man ana the resre were slightly injured about their legs.
 A second wreck on the Mobile line of the Southern occurred last night near Thomaaviiie but no members of the train crew were injured A freight train was coming towards Selma and NACA AAN8t AttVAfAn8NtttSs FSCNFA0t 0k NhS ears jumped the track and rolled down an elnbankment
 4 weEre slightly Injured.
 Willie Moose, a negro was shot and slightly Injured by some unknown per- son in the yards of the Southern Rail- way in the northeast part of the city late last night. The shot took effect in the negro's lett thigh and the in- jury Is a painfni one. The negro was found and carried to police headquar- terB early this morning and where he received medical treatfnert
 The negro this moEning stated that he was walking through the Southern Railway yard late last night when he was shot by white man. It is thought that the negro was taken for a car robber and shot by one of the whtehmen fin the yard Willie Moose denied, though. that he was fin the railroad yards for the purpose of roD- ping any of the freight cars.
 AIuntni Chapter Organized. The Alumni chautsryof Kappa Alpha was re-orgnnixed at a meeting which was held In the pariors Of the Hotel Albert Sunday night. The chapter has q large membership and during the meeting 1t was decided that the annual banquet sh6uid be held on saturday night December ze.
 During the meeting the election of officers for the ensuing year was gone into and the following were elected: Colonel craig smith. President: Ldtt- nell Tibbetts, Vice President: Edwin Atkins, Secretary. and c. M. Howard. Treasurer.
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 The preliminary trial of Felix Walker. a negro, who Is charged with murder, was heard before Mayor Atkins in police court this morning. While the evidence against the negro was not very strong he was bound over in the sum of $500 to await the actions of the next grand jury and not being able to make the bond. was sent to the county jail.
 Felix Walker Is accused Of having killed the negro woman Laura Fort on the night of December 5. About o'clock that night the body of the woman with her throat cut was found lying by the Southern Railway track near the Wren Street crossing in the eastern part of the city. Walker was arrested by the police department that night for tile murder and since his ar rest has not danied that he killed the woman.
 whastxey Tnaef Heavily Fined. On the charges of larceny and for violating the liauor laws, Jesse oden. negro, was tried during the ses- sion of police court this morning. On each of the charges. the negro waa ! fined &ioe and costs. Saturday night 1 the negro stole a case of gin from the saloon of D. F. O'FliHn at the corner | of Water and Washington streets John King, another negro, was tried on the charge of having had a com ceaIed weapon and which was found on him by an officer. The negro was fined $50 or 100 days on the streets. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The next meeting of the o'Edipus Card Club will be held on Friday afternoon January s, st S:3o o'clock with Mrs. Charles Anderson. | There will be 10 meeting of the | Comus Bridge Club next week, hut Mrs. W. A. Anderson will entertain them on Thursday afternoon. January I7.
 4 number of Kappa Alpha's will entertain at banquet on next SatuF- day evening,