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8 B TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA . SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1013. The Tranquil Life By CAPTAIN GEORGE STEUNENBERG SIMM'S ON CARNEGIE Captain Who Called Atlanta Ox- Cart Town Writes Poem Lam pooning Laird. Captain George Steunenberg has again leaped Into tha very renter of 1 he spotlight, and again his vigoroos trenchant and well-known pen is the cause of his attaining this coveted position. This time he goes after An drew Carnegie with a poem in which he ridicules Carnegie's attitude as an enemy to war. Captain Steunenberg wears a sword for a living, but he has ever prac ticed in the belief of the theory that the pen is a mightier weapon. A little more than a year ago. Cap tain Steunenberg was gracing the barracks and parade ground at Fort McPherson as an officer of the Sev enteenth Infantry. Little was known of him in Atlanta and this seemed to hurt his sensibilities. Wherefore he drew his trusty pen and began to see that Atlanta should notice him. Atlanta Object of Wrath. He got the notice. When he had laid by his writing paraphernalia tem porarily he had said things about At lanta. and the things he said were Have ye heard the glad tidings, ye comrades in arras? Rejoice for our troubles are past! The prize we have struggled so long to attain we hold in our clutches at last. Like mists of the morning our cares roll away and vanished are sor row and strife; Our troubles we ll toss to the rol licking breeze. And pursue an existence, of indolent ease. So writ#* to your relatives, tell all your friends, and convey the glad news to your wife. For th • Congress of Peace has dis covered the fact that we re lead ing the tranquil life! Have you ever done time at the Leav enworth schools and thought you were earning your pay When you buried your face in the leaves of a book for some seven teen hours a day? Have you had to change station three times in a year and pay fare for your children and wife? Have you blistered your heels and grown weak in the knees? Slept in wet blankets and swore at the fleas? Have you sprung from your bed in the gray, early dawn to the sc ream of the reveille Are. And double-timed out to receive the reports? That’s part of the tran quil life. It was once a hardship to sleep in a tent, with the rain dripping through on your bed; When the tightening guy-ropes would . pull out the pins and collapse the whole on your head. Or to pant through the sweltering afternoon with h hot wind at tempting your life-- Du • rolling in from the company street— Tent-fly flapping a lullaby sweet, ■While with poison oak, chiggers and < us.H words rare the tropical air was rife— No hardship at all! Just passing events in the course of the tran quil life. Who dreads the long years in the Philippines now? The fever, the hea f and the dust? And th** long nights on outpost through tropical rain that turns all the rifles to rust? Or the endless pursuit of the festive lj&drone, who has evil designs on your life— Chunks of lead humming through the trees— (Trifling events in the life of ease;) And if we would forfeit a Juglar vein to the swing of the murderous knife— What of it! ’Tis but a becoming fl- ■ i ♦tit tlug the timnquii life. No more will we swear at the long, dusty hikes—they’re nothing but pleasure trips now— No more will the parting of family ties bring a furrow of care to the brow; And the rifle, the bolo, the home-made spear—once handy in shortening life— The barong, lantaka, and sinuous kreese Are friendly and safe as the dove of peace. And though the dark war clouds may hover apace and betoken interna tional strife. Have never a fear, for the sun shines clear in the path of the tranquil life. not of a nature to please the proud spirit of Atlantans. He went after the city itself, and when he was through it was but a country village, and not any country village, to brag on, either. According to his description, the principal meth od of transportation here was the trustworthy but obsolete ox team, while mud, hub deep, was decidedly the most attractive feature of the civic scenery. Then he went into a discussion of inebriate, and while he admitted that some of the folks could read and write, they must have had extraordi nary talent, for the educational facili ties were about in keeping with the rest of the things around town. The raptain had difficulty in get ting his story printed, but he finally landed it in an obscure little daily paper in the mountains of Montana, it took several weeks to reach At lanta, hut when it did there was a Negroes in Sleepers Stir Official’s Ire Head of South Carolina Railroad Commission Threatens to Make Appeal to Congress. A protest against allowing whites the climate, and long before he was through the Sahara Desert was com paratively a garden spot and the at mosphere of the village was so ener vating that the people hardly had the energy to fan themselves with the thermometer 102 In the shade. From the climate, he switched to a discussion of the people. According to the gallant captain, they were hardly worth discussion He admit ted that they were wonders at chew ing tobacco and whittling soft pine sticks in front of the livery stable, but that was about all to them, ex cept that they’ had considerable abil ity when it came to making the night hideous and doing more wicked things than were ever heard of in the naughtiest Parisian cafe. Architecture Doesn’t Please. According to the captain, the arch*- tecture, what little there was, must have been the work of a hopeless howl that reverberated at Fort Me* Pheraon. A diplomatic War Department saw that Captain Steunenberg’s Atlanta days were few and he was transferred to the more salubrious land of Hawaii, where they do the hula hula dance. Captain Ridicule* Kaiser. During the Halkan bickering, he reached for his pen and wrote an ef fusion called "Our Object Lesson.” in which h<* paid his respects to Wil helm Hohenzollern, Fmperor and autocrat of Germany. It caused con siderable of a row in the War De partment, but Steunenberg wasn’t perturbed. He came right back with a poem he calls "The Tranquil Life,” in which he lampoons and harpoons Andrew Carnegie, who is supposed to be worth many millions and can prob ably bear up under the attack, even as Atlanta did. and negroes to occupy the same sleeping cars is expressed in a hot let ter of condemnation written to a general officer of the Pullman Com pany by the president of the South Carolina Railroad Commission, a copy of which has been received by C. Murphy Candler, chairman of the Georgia Railroad Commission. The letter was inspired, the writer declares, by the custom of the Pull man Company of selling transporta tion to negroes admitting them to sleeping coaches occupied by white persons. The letter voices a threat. "The Pullman Company operating in the South is sustained almost en tirely by its white patrons,” the writer declares, "and these do not propose to submit to conditions which will permit negroes to occupy the same coaches." An appeal to Congress is threatened. OR.L E. BRAGG ELECTED HEAD ‘Human Rattlebox’ Whitman Fur nishes Novel Feature of the State Convention. Dr. E E. Rragg, of Atlanta, was elected president of the Georgia Oste opathic Association at the annual convention held at the Imperial Ho fei Saturday. Other officers elected were: Dr. J. W. Elliott, of Cordelc, Ga., vice president; Dr. W. W. Black man, of Atlanta, secretary and treas urer. An executive committee was appointed as follows: Dr. C. L. Har ris, of Marietta; Dr. A. O. Lane, of Griffin; Dr. N. B. Riley, of Rome. Dr. Blackman was chosen State representative to attend the conven tion of the National Osteopath!#* As sociation. w hich will be held in Kirke- ville, Mo., in August. Kirkeville is the home of the found er of osteopathy, Dr. Alexander .Still, and of the American School of Oste opathy, the larges* school of the kind in the world. The national conven tion will meet on the eighty-second birthday anniversary of Dr. Still. The association did not name a city for the 1914 convention. This is usu ally done by the executive committee In the spring. Dr. Elliott invited the association to meet in (’ordele. With the exception of the election of officers, little was done by the osteopaths during their a 11-day ses sion that is of general public interest. During the afternoon a thorough examination was made of Ellis Whit man, known as the "human rattle- box.” Whitman is able to dislocate his joints in every conceivable man ner. One of Whitman’s ”9tunts'’ is throwing his heart from side to side. At noon t|e 30 osteopaths who at tended the convention were guests of Dr. F. F. Jon'-s, of Macon, at lunch eon. Several papers on osteopathic top ics were read at the afternoon ses sion, and a short business meeting clop**d the convention The reports of the officers showed that the organi zation is in a prosperous condition. The retiring president, Dr. W. H. Bowdoin, of Atlanta, declared the members are now’ taking more in terest in the work of the association than ever before. CAM DORSEY ORATOR AT GEORGIA COMMENCEMENT ATHENS, GA.. May 31.—Cam Dor sey, of Atlanta, member of the class of 1903, has been selected as the ora tor to award the sophomore cup on Tuesday, June 17, at the University of Georgia commencement. While in college he w’as a prominent athlete and active in public speaking. Engine’s‘13’Hoodoo 11 Claims Third Victim; I Locomotive Driver Is Fatally Scalded | by Steam Blown Through 1 Firebox. * Dr, Hanscom Holds Baptismal Services Central Congregational Church Receive New Members at Its Morning Services To-day. to ALBANY, GA., May 31. A moment after he had arisen fron his b«*d in a local hospital to-day, R. H. Brower, a railroad engineer, exclaimed, ”1 am tainting,” and fell over unconscious He died a few minutes later. Brower, who was employed on the lumber road of the Flint River Cy press Company, was burned on the back, head, arms and face, when a congested ash pan caused steam, un der 200 pounds pressure, to blow’ through the ’ocomotive firebox, when the fireman opened a blowcock to (dear the ash pan. He was not con sidered seriously injured when brought to the hospital. It is reported that two other men have met death from accidents on the same engine No. 1352 of the Cen tral of Georgia Railroad. Engineers are now afraid of the "thirteen hoo doo” of this locomotive, its number being thirteen and four times thir teen. North Atlanta Seeks Better Car Service Growth of Section Is Pointed Out In Petition to Georgia Rail way and Power Co. New impetus has found its way into the movement among residents in the territory bounded by North Avenue. West Peachtree Street and Hemphill Avenue, to get an extension of the West Peachtree Street car service to take care of the great amount of traffic in that district. With the large increase of population in this section, plans for a fresh cam paign to induce the Georgia Railway and Power Company to extend its car line there has been inaugurated. In a peti tion signed by W. M. Slaton, superin tendent of schools, and other prominent persons, the growth of that community was pointed out to the car company. The petition asked that the Peachtree Street car line, which now stops at Sixth Street, be extended to Tenth Street, and from Tenth to State, and thence to Sixteenth Street. Request was also made that the Orme Street line be ex tended to Tenth Street. Urge More Senators For Campaign Body Congressional Committee Should Have 21 Members From Upper Chamber, Thinks President. WASHINGTON, May 31.—Increased Senatorial representation on the Demo cratic Congressional Committee was dis cussed to-day at a conference between Chairman Lloyd and Secretary Page, of the campaign committee, and a com mittee of five Senators. President Wilson favors a plan to have on the reorganized committee a Senator from each State where Senators are elected by direct popular vote in 1914. According to the committee’s in formation these States are: Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon, Ar kansas, Florida, New Hampsihre, Okla homa, Alabama, Nevada, North Caro lina. New’ York, Illinois. Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Arizona, Missouri, Colorado and Louisiana. LOBBl INQUIR! President Will Not Be Asked to Tell Who Is Working Against Tariff Measure. WASHINGTON, May 31.—Presi- dent Wilson will not be asked to ap pear before the Senate committee, charged with the duty of lnvestigat- I ing the charges of the executive that | an "Insidious” lobby has been in fluencing Senators against the free- trade provisions of the Wilson-Un- derwood tariff bill. The Judiciary Committee, to whom the Cummins resolution as finally emasculated by the Democrats was j referred, met this morning and ap- J pointed a sub-committee to conduct) the inquiry. J Minority Report Expected. Those who will make the attempt j to uncover the lobby the President 1 New members will be baptized this morning at the Central Congregation al Church, Ellis Street and Carnegie Way. The holy communion will be I administered. Dr. George Loring Hanscom. the minister, will have for the subject of the communion address, "The Mean ing of the Lord’s Supper.’’ At the evening service the subject of the sermon by Dr. Hanscom will be "The Heart of a Spring.” The regular Sunday evening services at this church are evangelistic in char acter. As the church is in the heart of the city, the Sunday evening au diences are made up largely of tran sients, and this gives the church its favorite name, "Sunday Home for Strangers.” The program of music for the ser vices of the day is under the direc tion of Miss M. Ethel Byer. Plan New Factory On East Ellis St, Mrs. Ida D. Fraser Lets Contract for Building—Section Is De veloping Rapidly. says exists are Senators Overman, Walsh and Reed, Democrats, and Cummins and Nelson, Republicans. The presence of Senator Nelson on this committee gives promise of a vigorous minority report. There is a general belief, however, that Presi dent Wilson will Insist upon coming before the committee. Hearings To Be Public. The hearings will be public. A set of questions addressed to each Sen ator was prepared this evening. The first meeting will be in alphabetical Mrs. Ida D. Fraser has adopted plans for the erection of a factory building on East Ellis Street, between Ivy Street and Piedmont Avenue, and the work Is well under way. Ground has been broken on the south side of the street for the building, which will be two stories and a basement. It will be oc cupied by the Jessup & Antrim Ice Cream Company. With the erection of a large laundry building now under way at Ellis and Piedmont, with the Elks’ Club and the Index Printing Company already in this block, indications point to rapid de velopment of the section. Gude & Co. have been awarded the •ontract for the construction of Mrs. 'raser’s building. Senate Committee Indorses Move to Give Government Aid for Vocational Training. WASHINGTON, May 31.—The Sen- ate committee on education and labor to-dev ordered a favorable report on the resolution of Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, providing for the appoint ment of a committee to consider the need and report a plan for national aid to vocational education. This re port, it is provided, must be made by December 1. The committee is to con sist of nine men. who will receive no compensation, but whose actual trav eling expenses and subsistence while engaged on the work will be paid. An appropriation of $25,000 is provided for to meet the expenses. The com mission will be appointed by the Pres ident. Senator Smith stated that President Wilson w’as an enthusiastic advocate of vocational training and that no man was better qualified to appoint such a committee. It is intended that the report ot the committee will form the basis of a bill to be introduced at the next session, providing governmental aid to vocational education. TEST FOR POSTMASTER. ROME, GA.. May 31.—As a result of the new civil service regulation, there will be an examination for post master at Mount Berry on June 28. LIVES? TROUBLES CURED WITH DR. VERDIER’S LIVER EASE Dr. Verdier’s Liver Ease, a Purely Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless Medicine, Has Cured Hundreds of Cases of Liver Troubles Even Better Than Calomel. order. After Senators have respond- I ed, the committee will determine 1 whether It may be necessary to sum- « mon further witnesses. It is understood there is at least one man on this sub-committee who will have to cross-examine the Pres ident, should he appear and fail to submit concrete instances of what he believes to be lobby work, or furnish names of those engaged in the busi ness upon which his charges were based. LOW ROUND TRIP RATE TO BALTI MORE VIA SEA BOARD. $20.85 from Atlanta, correspond ingly low rates from other points, on sale June 5, 6, 7. Through trains, electric-lighted steel sleep ing and dining cars, observation cars. City Ticket Office, 88 Peach tree. Have you that tired feeling so common at this season? Or is it a cold in your head ? These and many other symptoms are due to a sluggish liver. Why not assist nature In working off this excess of bile acid that may cause severe sickness if allowed to go unnoticed. Dr. Verdier’s Liver Ease is the remedy. Get a bottle at your drug store for 60 cents, and take a dose just as you go to bed to-night. You will be so much better by to morrow that you will appreciate taking this advice, and you can best thank us by telling your friends about it. We guarantee Dr. Verdier’s Liver Ease to do the work even better than calomel, without the irrita tion and bad after effects you know so well to accompany that drug. Fifty cents in stamps sent to Liver Ease Medicine Co., Atlanta, Ga„ will bring you a bottle promptly if you are unable to And it in your town. Refuse all substitutes. There is nothing like Liver Ease. Put up in a pink package. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION. THINK of the location. THINK of the conveniences. THINK of the tow interest rate. THINK of the income they are now earn ing; also the help this will be to you. SOLD AT AUCTION. 6 UP-TO-DATE HOMES AND 19 READY-TO-BUIID-ON LOTS Saturday, June 7, ISIS, £T.?,5i£J These are 5 and 6 room houses, with every city convenience and connection, including furnace in several of the houses, but no gas as yet. These houses were built of the best material, under the personal direction of Col. I. N. Ragsdale, who could not be in duced to build a shoddy house. These houses are real city homes, located in the social center of the Tenth Ward, and only a step from the best car service in Atlanta. We urge you to go out and inspect this property. Each house will be plainly placarded, showing cash payment and monthly payments; also the amount of the loan to be assumed.. THESE HOUSES ARE NOW RENTED, and bring in from $18.50 to $30.00 per month. Think of what a help that will be to you, in meeting your payments, should you not be ready to occupy the house. The houses and lots front on the following streets: Arlington Avenue, Princess Avenue, and LaRosa Terrace. Arlington Avenue runs off of Lee Street right at Col. Ragsdale’s handsome home. Princess Avenue runs off of Avon (Oak land) Avenue, between the Baptist church and Capt. E. P. Ryan’s fine home; giving the property two approaches, each of which is a prominent street. This Section Has No Objectionable Feature It is logically the place for the people to live in who are engaged in business, or who are employed among the many indus trial and manufacturing and railroad enterprises around the Terminal Station, Whitehall Street, Mitchell Street, and the Central and West Point railroads, and the adjacent territory. The car service and the way the streets run prove these statements to be true. Think about it, and you’ll see it as we do. The Lots Are Ready to Build On These are the lots to buy, either for home sites or for speculation, because they are ready to build on. In addition to this, every lot is a beauty, with nice young oak shade trees scattered over them. Also, because their location is excellent. They are only a short distance from the business center of Oakland City. Only 2 blocks from the City School and near the churches, and the farthest lot is only 2 blocks from the car line, and best of all, they are socially in the swim, and ALL CITY IMPROVEMENTS DOWN AND PAID FOR THE TERMS ON THE HOUSES will range from $150 to $250 cash, and the payments will range from $22.50 per month to $32.50 per month, with 6 per cent simple interest. Small loans on 5 of the houses, to be assumed by the purchaser. THE TERMS OH THE LOTS are right. Every lot will be sold on terms of $50.00 cash, and the balance $15.00 per month, with only 6 per cent simple interest on the deferred payments. HOW TO GET THERE:—Take cars at the corner of Forsyth and Alabama Streets, marked “East Point,’’ “Hapeville” or “College Park.” Get off at the corner of Avon (Oakland) Avenue. You will then be only a step from this property. HOME AND BE SURE TO BUY—You will never regret it if you do, and you will be sorry if you don’t. Get plans from TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION. THINK of the splendid car service. THINK of the steady growth of this section. THINK of the Easy Terms; then make up your mind to come out and buy either a home or a vacant tot, or both. TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION. 11 EDGE WOOD AVENUE J. W. FERGUSON & SON, Auctioneers