The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-15
W|NDSTORM HITS
 NORTH BESSEMER Leaves Zigzag Path of
 Destruction AWAIT EXCISE BOARD Location of Saloons in Bessemer Will Probably Cause a Stir-School Appointments Made-Ask
 Change Car Service

Bessemer, September 14.-(Speclal.) ) zigzagging a path through the north ern fringe of the city along the Johns pike and Nineteenth avenue, the wind storm of this afternoon, about o'clock stripped a barn, blew down the round house and unroofed the hay shed Of the United States Cast Iron and Foun- dry shop, demolished the wrought Iron stock and casting shed of the little Bell furnace, tumbled a tree on one of the section houses of the Louisville and Nashville rlalroad and set aslant the former schoolhouse building used by the pipe shop neighborhood at the present as a church. Telegraph poles and Nashville were bent as if they were so many twigs and the wires twisted and torn from the poles.
 The barn was the first to meet the onslaught. Filled Mith hay it was left standing with the roof and frame on the farm rented by Bill Hicks, just across the railroad track on the Johns road. About a quarter of mile fur ther east the wind tipped the large two story schoolhouse, standing beside the road from Birmingham. and a com paratively new building, from the on one side to the ground. Even the walls were blown concave and convex. The iron sheets, riveted to- gether to form the roof of the brick hay shed in the United States Pipe and Foundry company yards was lifted up and placed on the yard tracks and the was totally demolished. The casting shed of the little Bell furnace, which has been out of oper- alton for the past several years, was constructed of wrought iron but could not withstand the rush of the wind, and toppled to the earth The lightning was also very rampant, but did not do any harm.
 This is almost the identical route taken by a small cyclone of few years ago in this vicinity and the peo- pie residing in the locality were badly frightened for a half nour or more until the rain cleared the atmospnere.
 
 Jefferson county will visit this city in official capacity Saturday, according to the announcement made this afternoon by Sydenham Moore for the purpose of going into the local situation in regard to the location of the saloons. They will confer with representatives before them at that time about the possibility of keeping sa- looms off the main thoroughfare. Nine teenth street. This has been agitated among the citizens for the past few days and a merchant doing business on Nineteenth street stated today that should a petition be started to elim- mate them a counter document would be circulated by the opposing side. No papers were put out for signatures to- day but several men will go before the commission to urge their reasons for not having this street which, they urge, is the only place for boarding the trolley cars, passing to shop and children going to school, free from the retail sale of liquor.
 This afternoon as a result of appoint ments made by the county superintend- ent and the outgoing officers of the Jeff ferson Conty Teachers association Pro lessor Mickle of the Bessemer high school was chosen leader of District No. and Prof. William Morgan, principal of the Jonesboro school as leader of District No. ? in the work for the 1911-1912 session The meetings of the association are held on the third Saturday in every month and the plan of having each district make an exhibit of their manual arts or any other branch of special work has bean adopted, Bessemer being scheduled for the first on october 21. at the Massey Business college in Birmingham and Jonesboro, for the second on November IS at the same place.
 Colonel Harry Firstbrook, representa-. tive to the general military council of the Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. P. which convenes in Indianapolis on Sep tember IS, will leave tomorrow evening for that city. En route he will stop at Greensburg. Ind, to visit the l. O. o. F. home for orphans and indigents of the order and, where. on Saturday a lunch con will be given in honor of the dele gates who will leave on a special tran. Saturday night for Indiana polls. The grand lodge will be in session for week and Colonel Firstbrook will be in com mand of the Patriarch Militant branch of the I. o. O. F. in the brilliant parade to be made by the military departments of the order.
 The Jonesboro patrons of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company are endeavoring to bring to a crisis the movement started about a week ago for the installation of a change of car service that is, 20 minutes schedule instead of the 20 minute in the morning and even ing and 45 minute during the intervening periods as 1t is now arranged. The pas senger travel on this line has greatly in- creased lately besides the means of trans portation used by the residents of Rail mond. Inspector Noble has promised to carry the request to higher authorities for consideration.
 Social News
 The demonstration reception this lft- ernoon in the parlors of the Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Home,