The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30
GADSDEN.
Two Young Men Are Arrested for
 Swindlinu-Other News.

Gadsden, August 2S- Special )-Robert Amos, marshal of Boaz, made an impor- tant capture last Thursday afternoon when he arrested Bob Duncan and w. O. Swindal on the charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. It is alleged that Bob Duncan secured the services of young man named w. o. Swindall who Is uneducated and ignorant, and claims his home Is at Riddles Bend, in Etowah coun- ty. Swindal took him to the section of the county surrounding Boaz and introduced him to the people as MT. Chadwick" k." Then stationery was printed bearing the firm name of Chadwick & Co, dealers in general merchandise, Snead. Ala" They gave their freight and express of flee az Boaz. Goods were ordered from various parties and shipped in, which was called for by young SwiudaH, who signed for 1t as Chadwick & Co.," There is gentleman living in that section named J. T. Chadwick He soon began to receive letters asking for the standing of Chad wick & Co.,, and in this way the officers were posted. On last Thursday when young Swindal called for the goods and signed for them he was placed under ar rest. The two men were brought to Gads- den where they were placed ill jail.
 The books of assessments for EtoWah county have been completed, and they show remarkable gains over the last year. In 1902 the taxable value of Etowah prop erty was $4,S24,915 and in 1903 it is s5,- 441221, making net gain of $6l6566 over 1902. The county commissioners made raises to the amount of $40,000. The per sonal property is assessed at $2, 15,232 and real estate at $2,726049. From present in dlcations the tax values in another year will reach nearly $S,O00,O0O.
 The large ore mines of the North Ala bama Mining company at Attalla have again resumed operations after being idle about ten days, during which term of idleness a large ore crusher has been put in, and together with other improvements the company has spent some $6COO.
 It seems that the people of Attalla and Alabama City have become unduly excited over the fact that some one has reported that Gadsden wants to make sub-stations of Attalla and Alabama City. So far 1t seems certain there is nothing in the report whatever.
 Sligo, the little mining village on Sand mountain, on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, is fast coming to the front as a coal mining center. The mines of the Boyd Coal company will soon be ready for operations. Benjamin T. Boyd of Atlanta is president and gen. eral manager. MT. Boyd is just com pletlng the job of putting in the head ings in his mines and expects to be able to commence the shipping of coal not later than September 15. Quite num- Der of houses for the miners and other employees of the company are being erected When the mines are started the output will be about 100 tons daily, but it is expected to run the output up to 500 tons daily in a short while.
 W. c. Rayburn of Guntersvlle is inter esting capitalists in the project of erect ing a canning factory in his town. MT. Rayburn has been experimenting along this line in a small way and has this year canned some 800 three-pound cans from one small orchard It Is very like ly that the plant will be erected. J. w. Morris, d nearby farmer, has one small orchard which will yield this year over 2500 bushels of apples. Sand mountain is Q fine fruit country and there is no reason why a canning factory should not pay the promoters.