The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-30
KILLED ON TRACK.
White Man Ground to Pices Near
 Gadsden

| noon about o'clock the Rome and Decatur west bound freight train ran over and killed d Wnite man supposed to be Buck Anderson of Rome, Ga, between Anderson crossing and 1urKeytown Station, ten miles above Gadsden. The engineer states just as he rounded a curve no saw the man, who looked like a hog When ne discovered his mistake he reversed the en- zine and went four car lengths before stopping The man was struck and literally Eround to pieces from the stomach up. His arms and head were severed from his body. A pistol watch and bottle of whiskey were found on his person It is presumed he was drunk. He worked at the furnace. His remains were picked up in a sack and brought to Gadsden Robert Amos, marshal of Boaz, made an i'm portant capture last Thursday afternoon when he arrested Bob Duncan and W. O. Swindal on the charge of using the malls for fraudulent purposes. The facts related to your corre- spondent are as follows: It is alleged that Bob Duncan secured the servecis of a young man named W. O. Swindal, age about 23 years, who is uneducated and ignorant. who claims his home is in Riddles Bend, in Etowah County and takes him to the section ot> the county surrounding Boaz and introduces him to the people as Mir. Chadwick. Then printed sta- tionery is secured with the firm name of Chadwick & Co.,. dealers in general merchan- disc, Snead, Ala" They gave their freight and express office as Boaz. Then goods were ordered from various parties and some of 1t was shipped in, which was called for by young Swindall, who signed for 1t as Chadwick 6 Co.," There is a gentleman living in that sec tion by the name of J. T. Chadwick who is rated as being worth S4.0oo. He soon began receiving letters asking about the standing of Chadwick & Co. and in this way the officers were posted. and on last Thursday when young Swindall called for the gods and signed for them he was placed under arrest. At first he denied all knowledge of the batter and claimed that his name was Chadwick In fact, he told J. T. Chadwick that that his mama Soon fter being placed in prison he broko down n1 confessed to Officer Amos that ms name was Swindall and that he was nur suaded by Bob Duncan to do as he had dora ana plm himself of Chadwick. So far over s|Oo worth of goods have arrived at Roa1
 oroerea in the name of Chadwick G Co When arrested Duncan had in his possession printed stationery and memorandum book of ooo6s ofoered The two men were brought to Gad.- den and placed in jail ~ 0eu'o % ane pokS or assessments for Etowah County nave been completed and they show remark
 Aole gains over the last year. In ta0o tha taxable value of Etowah property was sA
 S2@9l6 and in 1903 1t is SS Al. oaI mat. na ms . net gam Of S6l6,366 over 1902. The county commissioners made raises to tLs amount of $40. 1000. The personal pronertv Ia assessed at $27I52s2 and real estate at 90 ISo'O49. From present indications inc tax ooo,o "0'
 The large ore mines of the North Alabama Mining Company at Attalla have again re- stunned opertions after being idle about fen oays' ouring which term of likeness a large ore crusher has been put in and together wtth other improvements the company has snart some S6.OOO This company has many orders ahead and the demand is very great for ore so large force of men are at work and several new crushers put in. The demnd for crushed ore seems to be on the increase.
 
 The ninth annual meeting of the Etowah County Sunday-school Convention, which held a two days session in the First Methodist Church in this city. has adjourned, after the election of the following officers for the conn ing year: President, s. w. Riddle; Secretary and Treasurer. L. H. Lee: Superintendent of Home Department, Judge John H. Disque; Superintendent of Primary Department, Mrs T. c. Banks; Executive Committee, T. C. , Banks, chairman; A. D. Goodhue, A E. Whit w. R. Dortch. W. T. McCord, J. H. Richard son and R. M. Phifer.
 Sligo, the little mining village on Sand Mountain. on tine N, c. and St. Louis Rail- road, Is fast coming to the front as a coal l mining centre. The coal mines of the Boyd Coal Company will soon be ready for opera tion. Benjamin T. Boyd of Atlanta is presi- | dent and general manager. MT. Boyd is just completing the job of putting 1 nthe head ings in his mines and expects to be able to commence the shipping of coal not later than
 
 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 1t is expected to run the out | put up to 500 tons daily in a short while after | the mines opened The necessary spurs | and side tracks being put in this week | by the N, c. and St. Louis Road. This same | road is also putting fin sidings to the property 1 of w. E. KnKox of Anniston, who has some | fine coal mines at the same place. and who | will also erect a battery of fifteen coke ovens. l
 W. C. Rayburn of Guntersville is interesting | capitalists in the project of erecting a canning factory in his town, which he claims would | pay handsomely. Mir. Rayburn has been ex- | perirnenting along this line in a small way and | has this year caned some 800 three-pound | cans from one small orchard It is very likely 1 that the plant will be erected J. w. Morris, | a nearby farmer, has small orchard which | will yield this yer over 2,5oo bushels of ap- ples. Sand Mountain is fne fruit country | and there is no reason why a canning factory l should not pay the promoters.