The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
ROBERT [. BARBER
 DIES AT SELMA His Death Is Result of Blood
 Poisoning WAS PINNED BY CATFISH Had Been an Employe of the Southern Railway for Many Years and Was
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WAS PINNED BY CATFISH

Selma, July Se-(special) )-Death came
 to Robert T. Barber about midnight last
 night and one of Selmas best known and greatly esteemed citizens passed into 1 the beyond. He was born 6l years ago on July F in Rome. Ga. He was big of heart, big of body, companionable, true to his friends, upright in eharac- ter. good man in all the words im- ply went to his reward when the death angel summoned the soul of Bob Bar Der.
 The deceased when but boy of b en- listed in the war between the. states and served the last two years of that con fict with bravery and distinction. Com ing home he entered the service of the Southern Express company as a messen- ger and afterwards became baggagemas- ter and then conductor on the old Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad. He remained with the successors of that road until his death refusing time and again to accept the position of master of. trains. the stepping stone to higher positions
 As train conductor Captain Barber was in several fatal wrecks on the rail He was in charge of the train that went down in Waxahatchie creek near Shelby Springs, the wreck that caused the death of Judge William Byrd of this city. A recent wreck was the one beyond De- mopolis, in which Engineer Charles Vim ing lost his life. Captain Barber was himself seriously injured In that wreck and suffered up to his death from the fall he received
 About the first of July Captain Barber paid his annual visit to Biloxi, Miss, being exceedingly fond of fishing. On July while swinging catfish. the lat ter struck against the calf of his right leg, the fin of the fish penetrating the flesh. Not thinking anything about the slight wound, little attention was paid 1t until about a week later fever set In and 1t was then ascertained that blood poison had infected the member. Captain Barber was brought home Thursday morning last and his condition has been critical ever since, there being little hope held out for his recovery.
 Captain Barber married Miss Cora AL win, who with three children, R. Deans Barber, Mrs. F. L. Davidson and Miss Belle Barber, survive him. These and other relatives have the deepest sym pathy of their many friends.
 Work on Mixing Plant. | Work is soon to begin on the mixing plant for the Selma Guano Co.,. which lately purchased a railroad site on St. Ann street and Incorporation papers for which concern were recently filed in the probate court The plant will be ready by October and will commence opera tions about that date.
 Will Issue Trade Edition.
 The Selma Times announces that on September it will issue it's first annual trade edition and already quite num- Der of interesting articles bearing on the possibilities of the black belt section are in course of preparation. page will be devoted to the Alabama river and it is expected that J. M. Dewberry, vice president of the Birmingham and Gulf Railway and Navigation company, will contribute an article. MT Dawes. secre- tary of the state commercial association. will also be one of the contributors To Attend Home-Going Week A. D. Summers of Marion Junction, who came to Dallas county 19 years ago and bought a splendid farm, left today for his old home in Le Claire, Iowa He has been chairman of a committee get ting up a Home Coming Week" be- ginning August in Le Clair, and a great time is expected.