The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-20
SMALL CYCLONE
 NEAR BESSEMER Three Houses and Other
 Property Damaged NO ONE BADLY HURT Jonesboro Council Receives Petition Asking Another Annexation
 Election-High School Man.
 ual Training Exhibit
NO OlJE BADLY HURT

Bessemer, April 19.-(SpeciaL)- At 6:30 o'clock Wednesday morning cyclone swept through the little set clement of Gordon Heights on the South Bessemer car line about two miles from town and destroyed three frame dwell lings, a waiting station at the car line and tore down five teleph hone poles with wires attached. There were S1 per sons in 1t and not one injured. The first house, the residence of MT. and Mrs. Frank Huey. was lifted from the foundations, settled several feet away on the picket fence and the roof and front porch twisted beyond recog- milton. Timbers and shingles were scattered broadcast, pieces being picked Up over a half a mile away, and a galvanized tub struck the house or W. A. Stephens. At the time MT. Huey was in the rear yard and the COW, standing nearby, was blown off its feet. Every door in the house was wedged windows unbroken and .:ghted lamp on the kitchen table was still burning after the cyclone had passed. Mrs. Huey was slightly bruised from fall caused by the shock
 The next obstacle in the path of the destroyer was the home of Warren Pearson and 1t was also lifted from the brick foundations, floors were bent, windows broken and roof shattered. There were five people in the house at the time but all are unhurt. The house of w. A. Tate was com pletely wrecked but left standing. Mir. Tate was in the stable at the time, and one of the stalls was lifted and carried a hundred feet away. A giant pine tree was blown across wagon filled with 100 dozen of eggs and ev- cry one crushed. The rain was pour ing in torrents at the time but never tLeless Dr. Hogan, who was summoned because of the Illness of one of the Tate children, hurried out when the noise of the falling timbers was heard pet goat. "Shandy," was benaeth the house and killed, but was recovered.
 By the afternoon all three households had secured new quarters and removed all their furniture. The devastation of trees was wholesale and the hill tops surrounding the houses covered with loose boards and exterior portions of the buildings. One tree near the store of W. A. Stephens was split at the roots, but unharmed otherwise.
 Jonesboro Council Meets
 The Jonesboro city council met Tuesday night in regular session with Mayor Smithson presiding. James Horn was granted the money remaining after the expenses of impounding and selling a hog belonging to him were deducted from the amount realized by the sale. J. D. Martin petitoned the council to lower the license of s1O for the city laundry wagon privilege and the license was fixed at $5. Prior to this time the citizens of Jones' boro have been obliged to bring their laundry to Bessemer and then carry 1t back as the firms would not pay the S15 license
 petition bearing the signature of 1O6 voters was presented requesting another election to incorporate Jonesboro with Bessemer. The matter was referred to the street committee and City Attorney Bumgardner. If the attorney decides the petition is legal, action will be taken al once.
 George Scott was the only absentee of the five aldermen and no further business was transacted.
 Manual Training Exhibit
 An exhibition of furniture made in the manual training department of the High school in the windows of the Morton Hardware company is creating no little duIllTdllOI dHu surprise dl tlc SPicuuiu results. This feature of the school work was installed in January. 1910, and the boys of the eighth, ninth and tenth grades are allowed to take this course. Professor Chuchimski is the instructor, and there are no fees attached to the in- struction.
 In the left window is displayed high ly polished library table of standard size, the work of Edwin Brannon; a miniature of Brannon's table by Carl Smith, a mis- sion morris chair upholstered in brown leather, made byS James Fitzpatrick; mission center table by Fay Randall and a mission writing desk with candestick to match made by Joe Bumby.
 The right window contains a mission umbrella stand, stained dark, the work of Julian Erlick: a magazine stand fin- ished In light walnut by Ed Lawson. library table stained dark mission by Will Ragsdale: a mission finished desk with shelves constructed by Davis Batson; light stained writing desk, the work of Roy Owen; dark mission magazine stand made by James Baird and a mission table for a chain swing made by Phil Neal.
 The boys have 40 minutes day for the work but many of them spend their spare time in this way after school hours The mechanical drawing department also has some good specimens on display ani the exhibition will continue a week.
 Police News
 In the mayors court Thursday morn ing Mrs. Eliza Sullivan and daughter, Mrs. Rosa Cahil, will be tried for the offense of interfering with an officer in the discharge of his duties.
 Officer Stoutenborough went to the home of Mrs. Sullivan Wednesday aft ernoon at 3 o'clock to arrest the negro cook, Phoebe, on a charge of stealing lumber. Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Cahill resisted his efforts to carry Phoebe of by force and he was obliged to return to the police department minus the cook but with a few scratches and bruises. Detectives Childers and Lynch were sent by Chief Wallace to place them under Thursday morning.
 Announcements
 The Civic Improvement association will meet Thursday morning at o'clock at the Board of Trade rooms to consider several matters of interest. The meeting was to have been held Wednesday but was postponed on account of the unpleas- ant weather.
 The date for the "Old Maids Conven- tion," to be given by the Roberts School Improvement association, has been set for Thursday, April B.
 Mrs. J. W. Carter will be the hostess for the Neighborhood Bridge club at her home
 Adah Rebecca lodge No. IS, D. of R.. will meet Thursday night at the Odd r elbows hall.
 Myrtle Linton lodge Mo- 130, K. of F., will meet Thursday night.
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