The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-01
OFFICERS AFTER
 SMOOTH YOUNG MAN
CLAIMED TO BE PIANO SALESMAN TO GET SOME NICE ADVANCE PAYMENTS IN ETOWAH COUNTY. NEWS OF GADSDEN.

Gadsden. October 31.-(Special) "A we'll dressed and smooth-talkng young man giving his name as Paul J. Hilton, and claiming to be a member of the flrm or Paul J. Hilton & Co. of Chattanooga, is badly wanted by the authorities ol Eto7 wah and Cherokee counties upon num- Der of charges of obtaining money under false pretense. About two weeks ago he hired a team at Cedar Bluff, saying that he would be absent in the country Tor several days, selling pianos and organs. His good manners and appearance met the approval of the owner oi the team and he was allowed to take It. Alter waiting week for the team to be re- turned, the owner commenced a search and found the team in livery stable Tn this city, it having been left there a week ago. Hilton was easily traced from Cedar Bluff to this city by his transactions. He sold the unsuspecting farmers pianos and organs. for which he required a cash payment of $25 and usually got it. Not single instrument has been received, ana the commercial agencies state that there is no such firm known in Chattanooga
 William Fairley, national executive committeeman of the United Mine Work CTS of America, will speak in this city Saturday night in the interest of the nominees of the republican party Of FLO wah county. The republicans have made desperate efforts to arouse some enthus- fasm for their candidates, but so Tar nave failed, and they will try making a Whlrl- wind finish Saturday night. C. D. kenne- mer, who was invited to divide time with Jesse Stallings has not accepted the mvi- tation as yet, and if he does not the re- x.il1 n get MI. w. Howard to take Kennemer's place.
 A large chemical laboratory will be built by the Southern Steel company at the plant in this city. The laboratory Will be finely equipped with all the latest ap- paratus devised to determine the value of minerals and manufactured products of the company. It will be general lab oratory for all the plants and mines of the corporation.
 News of the marriage of Charles o. Duncan and Miss Nell Hopkins, which took place at Cincinnati last Sunday. has Just been received here. MT. Duncan IS .ae postmaster of Alabama City and his bride is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. ". H. Hopkins, who have recently moved to this city from Evergreen.
 Mrs Sarah Hart one of the most loved and honored ladies of Gadsden. celebrated her seventy ninth birthday yesterday, and fin honor of the event entertained a num- Der of her most intimate friends with an elegant dinner at her home on Broad street. After the dining. some chocie mus ical selections, mostly old-time songs. were rendered. Mrs. Hart has been a res- ident of Gadsden for many years, and is known to nearly everyone.
 Mrs. Katie M. Ford has brought suit in the city court against the Alabama Great Southern railroad for $40,000 alleged damages. Her husband, Oliver H. Ford, was employed by that road as a brake man and was run over and killed near Attalla about two months ago. A piece of lumber was about to fall on Ford. and in attempting to escape he jumped in front of the engine and was killed.
 A movement has been started here to close the saloons at o'clock in the even ing and keep them closed until in the morning except on Saturdays, when they will be kept open until 10 o'clock. It is said the movement was started by the saloon men themselves in order to escape a dispensary fight which has been slowly but surely coming to the front for the past several months.
 The official call for the twenty-second annual meeting of the State Women s Christian Temperance union has been 1s- sued. and the dates are set for Novem- Der IA to 16, inclusive. The meeting will be held in the First Methodist church in this city. he call Is signed by Mary T. Jeffries, president. and l. N. Chatfield, corresponding secretary.