The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-31
ANXIOUS To HAVE
PLANT REOPENED
Operation of Car Company
Means Much. for Admission
MERCURY HITS BOTTOM
Minimum Temperature of 9 Degrees
Recorded--Union Club Growing.
Rev. Yarbroueh VIII Be in An
niston This Week.
MERCURY HITS BOTTOM

Admission, December 3d. Especial. -
The Western Land company. temper
airy organization, recently purchased :,
strip of land contiguous to and west
of the property of the Western Steel
Car and Foundry company, with the in
tention of Offering it to the latter com
pany for its use, should they at any
time in the near future start the oper-
alton of their plant and should the old
question of closing Tenth street arise.
AS Is well known the car company has
heretofore contended for the privilege
Glen Addie avenues because of the fact
that its lumber yard lies north of the
street, while the plant is on the south
side. and for this concession from the
city the company is said to have agreed
to run indefinitely. Very little serious
consideration was given the proposition
at the time. and it is now clearly dem
onstrated that the closing of the street
would be impracticable. 1t being the
only street in, the city that runs the
full width east and west. and the for
nation of the Western Land company
and the purchase of this new territory
was made. apparently. for the express
purpose of meeting the proposition
should 1t again come from the car
company 1t is confidently believed
that IL the officials of the company and
the city can get together on the ques-
ton of having the lumber yard of the
company more convenient to the plant
operations will be resumed, and as SO
much depends upon the operation OF the
plant here it is hoped that an agree
ment of some sort may be reached. the
incident merely shows the interest that
is felt by all Admission in the reopen
ing of this plant, nothing official be-
ing given out except the purpose of the
new organization.
Aniston received her share of the
general cold snap last night and this
morning, when the coolest weather
since the establishment of the local
bureau was recorded. A drop Of about
ID degrees was made between sunset
and sunrise, the lowest registration
being 8 degrees above zero. Much suf-
fering on the part of those who could
not or would not heed the warning of
Forecaster Clarke, clear and colder"
and much trouble with gas and water
pipes has been reported.
At the regular meeting of the Union
club, political organization recently
launched here, 1t was announced that
the total memb ership now runs to 13s,
with excellent prospects of doubling
that in the near future. An interesting
talk was mslde bsn<chairman. y. "A. Par
ley in which he Urged the necessity OF
all members paying their poll tax and
inducing as many non-members as pos
sible to do the same.
With two fires on their hands within
the space of half an hour this morn
Ing, 1t looked as though the members of
the local fire departments were In for
strenuous day. The first alarm was
turned In about s:45 from Twenty-fourth
street and Wilmer avenue, which proved
to be easy to manage, the Are being con-
fined to small part OF the roof, and
while this was being extinguished an
alarm come In from Tenth and Quintard.
AS the department was so far away one
small house owned by W. d. Dix OF
Merrellton was destroyed and another
slightly damaged. Both houses at the
latter fire were occupied by negroes and
resulted from more attention being paid
to keeping warm than to safeguarding
the property.
At the trial of H. H. Stewart and Will
liam Newman this morning before Re-
corder Green the former was given a
fine for whipping Newman and resulted
in the two getting mixed up again after
the session was over, plus Bob Craighead
and Jim Newman. Very littis damage
was done by either contestant. and ell
four are due to come up for another
hearing tomorrow.
DIR. w. Y. Yarbrough of Jackson, Miss,
will arrive this week with his family
TO assume his new duties as pastor OF the
Parker Memorial Baptist church here.
The parsonage has recently undergone
repairs and it is expected that D.: Var
brough will preach his initial sermon
next Sunday morning. 1t will be ren1em-
bered that he was called here from jack
son to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of DR.. j. II. Foster, who
moved to Wilmington, N. c., to accept
the pulpit of the First church there.
A. s. Ulman left this morning Cor At
1anta where he will be associated with
his brother, Nat Ullman, in iewelry
and brokerage business. Mr.. UlIman has
for a number of years been associate
manager for the firm OF Ulllnan Brothers,
In this city, and was one OF the most
popular young men in this city and sue
cess for him in this new venture is con-
fidently predicted by his friends.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Mrs. S. l.. Kelly, who died at the fam
ily residence In Ward Five early Wednes-
day morning, will be held at the resi-
dence Friday morning, conducted by Rev