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CONTINUED: PROTEST OF
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i i.<m 11 <!urr has bren reconstructed.
“These unfortunate women, wheth- i
• r prompted by their own Inclina
tions or the victims of misplaced trust j
in man. or brought into being as the j
result of the vice and crime, the sin
end shame and suffering incident to
life in a great city, will find some
j.Ih e to live, either a place set apart |
<*r elsewhere.
Now Scattered Over City.
•It is a well-known fact to hun
dreds of citizens of Atlanta who have |
communicated with me in person. b>
\U-ner and by telephone since yester-
<!a> that they ate now scattered in I
great numbers throughout our city.
If this fact is unknown to the po
ll, e. it is hut proof conclusive that the
situation is not so well in hand as
when they were located in one dis
trict.”
Chief Beavers made a somewhat
unexpected and surprising proposal
as a rejoinder to Mr. Adair’s refusal
to furnish information of the spread
of illegal houses on the ground that
he was not a "vice squad” or an of-
fl< er of the law The Chief proposed
that Mr. Adair give his information
to Colonel Paxon.
"Colonel Paxon.” said the Chief,
"is as pedal officer in his own store,
and as an officer of the law I know
that if he had the information Mr.
Adair claims to have lie would give
it to me. So I urge Mr. Adair to
give his information to Mr. Paxon.
who will pass it to me—and I will act,
you may be sure of that."
Mr. Grant Scores -Bulletins.
John \V Grant declared that al
though he has no intention of taking
an active part in the fight against the
propaganda and bulletins "of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement, he
is thoroughly in accord with the
views of Colonel Frederic J. Paxon
and Forrest Adair.
I approve of their criticisms.” he
sa d. “The bulletins have gone too
far and are doing Atlanta a lot of
harm. Certainly they have a tenden
cy to keep people from coming to At
lanta. and they also frighten away
investors. Nobody likes to come to a
city that is being constantly adver
tised as a place of exceeding immo
rality, ind nobody likes to have their |
children read such stuff as has been j
printed In these bulletins from time |
to time
“Some of the language used has
been unfit for transmission through I
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reading in the home Many of the
bulletins have been of such a charac-{
ter that no one possible could be ben-■
efited. notably the one that told of the!
>filing woman at Martha’s Home dy- J
ing from a disease she contracted !
from an inmate of the place.
"That bulletin did no one good, and j
It certainly did the young woman’s
memory irreparable injury. The pub- .
lication of the bulletins In their pres’- j
ent form should not continue, unless
they are confined to a discussion of
the things for which the movement
was originally organized.”
George W. Parrot Among Critics.
<} orge \V Parrot, president of the
Piedmont Hotel Coin pH ny and a resi
dent of Atlanta for more than 50
years, also Indorsed the criticisms
made against the movement by Folo-
nel Paxon and Mr. Adair.
“I am with Mr. Adair and Colonel
Paxon in this thing,” he said. “I am
glad they have taken the stand they
have. The bulletins have been doing
Atlanta much more harm than good
and it is time they were stopped.”
Ft. R Blackburn, well-known at
torney and member of the State Leg
islature. indorsed the plan of L J.
Daniel to call a mass meeting to pro
test against the continuation of the
bulletins and the propaganda of the
Men and Religion Movement.
“Such a meeting, conservatively
conducted,” said Mr. Blackburn,
"would undoubtedly result in a lot of
good, in that it would bring out the
sentiment of.tbe entire city concern
ing tires * bulletins and their effect on
Atlanta. I would certainly be willing
to attend and take part In such a
meeting, and believe it wotfld he the
best thing that could he done at this
t ime.
"The continual agitation of im
moral subjects and the constant ad
vertising that Atlanta reeks with
wickedness and vice is doing the city
great harm all over the country, and
should be stopped. The entire agita
tion of the Men and Religion Move
ment has been detrimental to the
city, and I do not think the recent
vice crusade whlcH the movement
started and carried through had any
appreciable effect on the morals of
the people. Intelligent men have
recognized through all the ages thai
man is imbued of both good and bad
passions, and the only way to handle
these passions is to control them, for
as long as men are human you can
not eradicate them.
Given City Black Eye.
\The Men and Religion Movement*
should begin soon to realize that we
are all human beings, and teach
things that can he accomplished by
human beings, not things that only
angels could hope to accomplish.
"These bulletins, and their contin
ual agitation of a matter that can
not be prevented, have given Atlanta
a black eye all over the country. Peo
ple are prevented from coming here
to live because they get the impres
sion that the city reeks with vice,
when as a fnatter of fact is is prob
ably the cleanest city of its size in
the. country. The language of some
of the bulletins has been unspeak
able. and the most vicious thing that
was ever done in Atlanta was the
publication of the fact that a young
woman, the matron of the Martha’s
Home, had died of a disease contract
ed through kissing one of the inmates
of the place. That certainly accom
plished no good, and its publication
was a disgrace to the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement.
“1 heartily approve of everything
that Colonel Paxon and Mr. Adair
have said, and am with them in their
fight."
Move tor Maas Meeting.
Agitation for a mass meeting of tire
citizens of Atlanta to protest against
the present propaganda of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement was
given new impetus Tuesday when L.
J. Daniel, president of the Daniel
Bros. Company, and a leader in mu
nicipal affairs, enthusiastically in
dorsed the plan.
Mr. Daniel declared that such a
me* ting of protest had become al
most a municipal necessity, if Atlanta
Is to continue on the upward path of
progress, unretarded by a nation-wide
reputation for wickedness and vied
with which he declared the bulletins
are branding the city throughout the
United States. He declared that he
would attend the meeting} and, if nec
essary. make a speech against the
bulletins, and expressed his willing
ness to be one of any number of men
to call the gathering, at which ill
citizens, on both sides, would be it
.liberty to express their views. B. J.
Wiseman, secretary *>f the Kisem tn
Bros. Company , declared Tuesday that
J he favored the idea of a meeting, and
that he would attend
“The agitation against the hu’ie-
tins has reached such an acute stage.*
declared Mr. Daniel, “that a meeting
of protest appears to be almost a ne
cessity While I do not care to lake
the responsibility of calling the meet
ing alone, 1 will be willing to sign i
call with three or four other reputable
business men of the city, for some
thing must be done 1 11 promise to
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attend the meeting and take part m
it, and to do my part toward lifting
Atlanta out of the ruck and mire- *>f i
wicked reputation into which sh»
fast being pushed by these bulletins
and by the propaganda of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement.
Movement Plane Meeting
The Men and Religion Forward
Movement leaders, it wan learned on
Tuesday, have engaged the fgrand
opera House for the second Sunday
In January, and a mass meeting has
been (ailed to which ail the citizens
of Atlanta have been invited Al
though it Is generally understood that,
the meeting was arranged before t He
controversy over the bulletins and th»-
work of the movement develop* • it is
probable that the row will result in
changes in the contemplated pro
gram.
Mew Bulletin Issued.
Following its usual custom. the
i
tM ie< mother bullet Ln
and significantly enough entitled it
thus: “The night is far spent. The
darkness is passing away and ' he
true light already shineth.’ «
taken from John.
The bulletin makes no dire* refer
ence to the recent attacks that have
stirred the entire city. It flings in
direct del: .nee at foes of the bulle
tins by referring in no uncertain
terms to “children blinded asylum?:
crowded jails overflowing as the re
sult of vice and alcohol."
The only part of the bulletin thai
seems like a direct reply to the va
rious criticism^ reads as follows:
"Christ has shown the way to block
the f.. of < ertain sins light tl#
light of His love—the light of know!
edge. And thioughout the wgrld light
in His name is being brought to bear
upon the evils that blight and mar
the lives of men and the children of
men Christ has said, ‘You shall know
the truth and the truth shall set you
free.* ”
The bulletin continues with an at
tack on the liquor evil and an appeal
to the “social clubs” to curb the liq
uor evil It declares that any sale
whatever of liquor Is a violation of
the law, and declares that “judges on
the bench, jurors in the box, gentle
men in their clubs have no option. ’
“1 am rTot opposed to the Men and
Religion Forward lovement as it was
originally conceived and outlined in
Atlanta/'* said Mr. Daniel, talking of a
public meeting. "The work for which
it was organized was work of a con
structive nature and had my hearty
approval and aid. Rut it has wan
dered from the paths into which its
feet were placed, anti has undertaken
to run the city and be a censor of the
conduct of the entire citizenship.
Says City Has Been Harmed.
“It has done incalculable harm to
Atlanta all over the country, and mer
chants feel the effect it has had on
their business. During the recent
holidays, although most of the local
merchants, Including myself, had the
best season of their history, the ab
sence of one class of trade was ap
palling That class was the young
men of neighboring towns who usual
ly come to Atlanta to purchase their
holiday goods—there w’ere very few of
them here this year
“The damage done to Atlanta out
side of tin* city and Georgia by t ie
bulletins is tremendous. Many peo
ple have decided not to send their
boys and girls to Atlanta schools oe-
cause they have read the bulletins and
obtained the impression that Atlanta
simply reeks with wickedness. Tho
city has a reputation for being wicked
that extends from one coast to he
other, and it is due to the constant
agitation of immoral subjects ln these
bulletins of the Men and Religion
Forward Movement."
Mass Meeting Likely.
Mr Daniel’s suggestion that a
meeting be called to protest against
the bulletins has met with the ap
proval of many of the men who arc*
supporting Colonel Paxon and Mr.
Adair. The latter said he would i>e
willing to attend and take part in
such a meeting, and Colonel Paxon
declared that such a gathering seemed
the logical outcome of the agitation.
Others declared themselves in favor
of the meeting, and it is freely pre
dicted that the suggestion of Mr.
Daniel that the meeting be called by
half a dozen responsible business men
will bear fruit within a few days.
Although more than a score of busi
ness men. including Robert F. Mad
dox. of the American National Bank:
Ivan K. Allen, chairman of the At
lanta Convention Bureau and the man
who put the Oglethorpe proj ct
through, and John K. Murphy, vie*
president of the Trust Company of
Georgia, have enlisted ‘with Colonel
Paxon and Mr. Adair ln their fight
on the bulletins and the present prop
aganda of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement, statements made by
various members of the Executive
Committee Tuesday indicated that
they are in full accord with the pol
icy outlined exclusively in The Geor
gian Monday by John J. Eagan, chair
man of the movement, of ignoring all
critcisms directed against the com
mittee and continuing its work along
the same lines as heretofore.
Those memb rs who consented to
make public statements regarding
their attitude in the controversy
warmly indorsed the bulletins as writ
ten by Marion Jackson, and declar'd
that they have done and are doing in
finitely more good than harm. By
Harry Etheridge, one of the members.
Mr. Jackson was called a “genius.”
"He and John Eagan are the great
est moral force that Atlanta has ever
had.” declared Etheridge.
Jackson Has Silence Policy.
Marion Jackson declared Tuesday
morning that no statement of any
kind would hereafter be issued by his
committee, and that the policy of the
movement leaders would he to take
no notice of the criticism While he
refused to be quoted. Mr. Jackson
reiterated the statement he made to
The Georgian Monday that the work
of the movement would continue as
though nothing had happened. A bul
letin will appear in Tuesday s Geor
gian. but Mr. Jackson declined to
state what subject it will discuss.
In indorsing the bulletins that al-
readv have appeared and approving
the language in which they were
'clothed, members of the executive
committee stated that the work would
go on and bulletins appear regularly
despite thn criticisms and attacks b\
Mi Adair, Colonel Paxon and oth
ers
I will engage in no controversy.”
declared J W. Patterson, one of the
members, “but 1 will sa> this much—
Obfl Y ONE 'Bromo Quinine" that is
[^native firomo Quinine
Cure* ■ Cold in 1 Da.v. Grip in 2 Dava
the* work 'Will continue as though we
had never been criticised.”
Dr. John E. White, pastor of the j
Second Baptist Church and prominent I
in the movement, declared that he ;
thoroughly approved of the bulletins j
as they have recently appeared.
Praise by Dr. White.
“They are. the greatest educational j
force at work in Atlanta to-day," he J
said. “They call attention to our j
municipal ills and offer the cure. I j
heartily approve of them, and am sure
that they can not be stopped merely
because some citizens do not fully
agree with our ideas.”
H. V. McCord, of the McCord
Stewart Company and a member of
the committee, aid:
“I have never attended a meeting
of the executive committee, hut the
work it is doing has my approval.
The recent bulletins that have ap-
p*-.ire<l, aird which seem to have start
ed this controversy, also are in line
with my ideas. 1 think the lan
guage Mr. Jackson used is O. K. These
bulletins are doing more good than
any movement that has been started
here in the past decade, and they do
the < ;ty good all over the country. I
am sorry some of our best citizens
see fit to criticise these bulletins and
the work of the committee, and can
not conceive why they should do it
unless it is that they are afraid the
agitation will eventually result ln a
strict enforcement of the prohibition
laws.”
Dr. C. B YVilmer. prominent Epis
copalian minister arid member of the
committee, declared that l.e had noth
ing to say for publication.
VV. W. Orr, of tlie ^leorge Muse
Clothing Company, who also is a
member of the committee, likewise
declined to make any public state
ment.
J. K. Orr. of the J. K. Orr Shoe
Company, also indorsed th bulletins
ond declared the work should con
tinue.
Lauds Vice Crusadj.
Attorney Harry Etheridge, a mem
ber of the committee, declared that
he approved of every bulletin that
h:-s been published, with the excep
tion of one that appeared during
Mayor Woodward’s last campaign,
which, he declared, was worded in a
manner calculated to do"Mr. Wood
ward more good than harm
Colonel Frederic J. Paxon declared
Tuesday that he is more than ever
convinced that the majority of the
people of Atlanta are disgusted wRh
the bulletins that have been appear
ing recently signed by the Executive
Committee of the Men and Religion
Forward Movement, d declared
that since his .interview criticising
them appeared exclusively in Sun
day's American he has received more
than 200 rnessag s of congratulation
on the stand he has taken.
“Monday more than twenty wom
en, some of them among the most in
fluential in Atja.ita, called me up and
expressed their approval of my ac
tion in taking a stand against the
disgusting bulletins Issued by the
movement," Colonel Paxon said. "One
of them told ine she had found it
necessary to have the newspaper in
which they were appearing discon
tinued because her 12-year-old daugh
ter had formed the habit of reading
them and of asking questions that
could hardly be answered.”
Colonel Paxon showed a Georgian
reporter a stack of letters a foot high
that had come in during the day, all
from people indorsing his stand. On
his desk were half a dozen telephone
oalls that had come in during a few
minutes’ atysence from his office. t
Mr. Paxon and Mr. Adair both said
T lesday that they had received huh- J
dreds of telephone calls from people |
praising them for their criticisms and !
h suring them of their support. Bo*h !
i f-Ived a call from A. W. Elliott, su- i
I* rintendent of the Southern Rescue!
M -sion, w f ho declared that he was I
heartily in accord with their views, |
especially with those of Mr. Adair,
who declared that the vice crusade
had scattered the social evil instead
of exterminating it. Mr. Elliott, Mr.
Adair declared, told him that he had
not even gone far enough in his state
ments.
Ivan E Allen, chairman of the
Convention Bureau, and one of the
city’s most influential leaders In civic
Affairs, declared that the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement is trying to
cover too much territory, and de-
ptored its attempt to regulate *he
liquor business of Atlanta. He also
declared that some of the language
used in many of the bulletins should
never have been printed.
Robert I* Maddox, vice president of
the American National Bank and one
of the city’s leading men, declared
that the Men and Religion Forwaru
Movement has wandered greatly from
. OI final aim of the movement as
it was explained when the movement
was inaugurated in Atlanta.
The movement as first organized,"
said Mr. Maddox, “was intended to
develop Interest in settlement work,
associated charities work, public hos
pital work and similar things, as I
understood it, and T do not believe
fbe movement in Atlanta is following
the plans outlined at that time.
“I doubt the wisdom of what the
movement is doing, and I do not be
lieve they are accomplishing the re
sults at which they are striving On
the other hand, I think some of the
bulletins have injured the good repu
tation Atlanta has always enjoyed.”
The criticisms directed against the
bulletins by Colonel Paxon were
heartily indorsed by Charles Winship,
president of the Continental Cotton
Gin Company.
Mr Paxon has the right idea,’
said Mr. Winship, "and I indorse
every word he says. The bulletins
are read by young people who do not
understand them, and the resultant
discussions lower the tone of social
intercourse and are decidedly harm
ful."
B. J. Eiseman’s Views.
R J. Elseman, secreta^v- of the
Eiseman Brothers’ Company and ftne
of the business men who have at
tended the informal conferences held
recently, at which the question of
agitating a protest against the Men
and Religion Movement and Its bul
letins wan discussed, declared Tues
day that he agreed with Colonel Pax
on and Mr. Adair that the bulletins
and the propaganda of the movement
are harmful, both to the city and to
its inhabitants.
"I most certainly approve of Colo
nel Paxon’s and Mr. Adair’s criti
cisms,” said Mr. Eiseman, “and agree
with them that something should be
clone to halt the publication of the
bulletins. They have worked great
damage to the city in the outside
world, and it is only logical to sup
pose that they have hurt business,
inasmuch as business is tfie life of
any city. They have created the im
pression in the minds of people
throughout the country that Atlanta
is a hot-bed of wickedness and vice.
“Many people have failed to come
to Atlanta who would have come here
and brought their business here and
made their homes here had it not
been for these bulletins.
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MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN No. 91
The Night Is Far Spent'
"The darkness is pass
ing away and the true
light already shineth.”
—1 John ii:8
“God said—Let there be light: and there was light.”
Jesus said—
“The light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light.”
They crucified Christ.
But John, who with Mary Magdalene saw the risen Lord—John before he died
wrote—
“The darkness is passing away—the true light already shineth.”
To-morrow, before the break of day, when the coming sun is only crimsoning the
eastern sky with its rays, go forth and cry—
‘ ‘ 0 night, remain! Dawn not, 0 day! ’ ’
But, when the day has come, cease crying against the sun and know that God rules.
MEN HAVE PRAYED “THY KINGDOM COME.” They have asked wisdom of
God. Yea, they have asked it not alone with moving lips, but with beating hearts and
tireless brain.
To day, man can map the course of star, plamet and sun—He knows the exact
point in space where Halley’s comet goes hurtling on its way—We may not hope to see
its flame again. But our children’s children will know the minute and the hour, long
after we have fallen asleep, that the comet’s mystic blaze will be seen again sweeping
across the horizon of our world.
Man, too, has mapped the course of certain sins.
Made in the image of God, man knows with unerring accuracy how the image of
God in man is marred and defiled by the track of sin.
Men see children blinded—asylums crowded—jails overflowing as the result of vice
and alcohol.
They see the innocent suffering and dying because of the sins of men.
They know. And then they behold the cross of Christ—They hear Him saying—
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
Christ has shown the way to block the path of certain sins—Light—the Light of
His love—the Light of knowledge. And throughout the world light in His name is
being brought to bear upon the evils that blight and mar the lives of men and the chil
dren of men. 4 \
Christ has said:—
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
For freedom God’s children fight.
Atlanta is only a small part of the battlefield.
But here, look—
CHRISTMAS 1912 was the first that beheld every public brothel closed in Atlanta.
They are still closed: none will open them.
And many, many cities as a result have driven Protected Vi<je from their midst.
Throughout the world the alliance between police departments amt criminals is being
broken.
CHRISTMAS 1913 locker clubs and bars in Atlanta were closed for the day.
Mayor Woodward rightly said:—“We should close them on the birthday of our
Savior. ’ ’
All agreed—Drunkenness on that day is out of place.
Yesterday, in a distant State, fifty-seven little children were buried: they were
crushed in a panic: it is said a man with alcohol-laden breath, coming from a saloon,
shouted fire in a crowded hall. Doubtless, he thought it fun, before he saw the frightful
results of his folly.
None desired such a thing Christmas Day in Atlanta.
Men were unwilling on that day of days to have a part in sending drunken men
home to innocent women and children.
Thank God for the results!
A local paper says:—“A perceptible decrease in the violence, debauchery and blood
shed that once was associated with the holidays.”
Mayor Woodward said:—“We should close them on the birthday of our Lord.”
In His name we ask that they be closed every day—that our laws be obeyed. Our
safety depends upon respect for law.
Georgia's Legislature, seeing the monstrous evils of the liquor trade, has forbid
den it.
Judges on the bench, jurors in the box, gentlemen in their clubs have no option—
the law applies to all.
The sale of an intoxicant in a club, whether it be purely a social organization or
one organized simply to cloak the blind tiger, is a violation of the law of our State.
WE APPEAL TO THE MEMBERS of those clubs which are organized purely for
social purposes and for the city’s good—you love Atlanta and your State—you, too,
are trying to obey God’s law of love.
You have no wish to furnish an excuse or an example to men who are committing
crime for gain.
We ask that you do it not—that you see that the law in your club is obeyed.
We beg the men who are committing crime for money to desist
The end is certain. -* r .
You will pay the penalty.
Most respectfully we ask our Mayor—the Police Department—and our representa
tives in Council—We most respectfully petition the State and County officials to see
that the laws of our Stat/are enforced in every place, every day as well as on the
birthday of our Lord.
Followers of Christ are averse to law-breaking and oath-breaking every day as well
as Christmas.
Men are seeing the FUTILITY OF A RELIGION LIMITED TO CHRISTMAS OR
TO FIFTY-TWO SUNDAYS IN THE YEAR—it causes cartoons such as one recently
published in a magazine devoted to attacking the Church and building up Socialism
a group of women and working girls are standing before the door of° a great church
building—one says to another with a sneer: —
"That's right, girls—the cross on Sundays, the double cross on week days.”
Poison distilled and brewed by the deadly inconsistencies of our lives.
The cross of Christ—its light is driving slowly but surely greed and treachery from
our midst.
Men who think rejoice—
Everywhere they see the signs of the dawning day.
THE NIGHT OF "THE DOUBLE CROSS' IS FAR SPENT
"The darkness is passing away and the true light already shineth.”
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MEN
AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT