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On November 29, 1906, Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway Company, died in a violent collision on his own railroad. Spencer, a Confederate veteran and influential businessman, accompanied guests to Wake County to hunt quail. His private car, and several others, became detached from the engine due to a faulty connection and came to a dead stop on the track about 14 miles south of Lynchburg, Va.