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the atijAN'i a (iLotaiiAis and news. EE BULLETINS'TO BE CONTINUED: PROTEST OF Continued From Page 1. 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 START THE NEW YEAR WITH AN ATLANTA TELEPHONE 8 l /3 Cents a D a y 1 n Y our H om e Low Rates Splendid Service Phone our contract depart ment, 309, or call at office, Edgewood and Ivy. ATLANTA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY the mails, 11 d deeldi dl unfit for I 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 GRIFFIN Hours: Daily 8 to 7 Sum. 9 to I Special Holiday Prices:— $10;JmVd h 50cup $3; ££&. 50c Dr. E.G. Griffin s $15 Gold Dust Plates Crown and Bridge Work $8 Plates $5 Gate City Dental Rooms 24 1-2 Whitehall Omar Rrotam d Allan’t EXAMINATION FREE 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. 'nramnnj I III**' 1 ' j n The easy Resinol way to get rid of pimples P IMPLES and blackheads disappear. unsightly complexions become clean, clear, and velvety, and hair health and beauty are promoted by the regujar use of Resinol Soap and an oc casional application of Resinol Oint ment. These soothing, healing prep arations do their work easily, quickly and at little cost, when even the most expensive cosmetics and complicated “ beauty treatments ” fail. For 18 years Resin*) has been a doctor's prescription and household remedy for eczema, ring worm. rashes and other skin eruptions, dandruff, bums, sores, etc. Stops itching instantly. 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Alabama St. Phon«,31I ATLANTA, GA. STOVES of All Kinds REPAIRED THE ATLANTA STOVE SUPPLY CO. lfll N Forsyth St. Phono I vs i:40. Stove Supplies of Every Kind 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