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man nature ha« been reconstructed
These unfortunate women, wheth
er prompted by their own in< lina-
tlone or the victim- of misplacrd trutf
in man. or brought into being as the
result of the vice and crime, the sin
and shame and suffering incident to
life, in a great city, will find some
pla e to live, either a place set apart
or elsewhere.
Now Scattered Over City.
"It is a well-known fact to hun
dred* of citizens of Atlanta who have
communicated with me In person, by
letter and by telephone since yestcr
day that they are now scattered in
great numbers throughout our city.
"If this fact is unknown to the po
lice, it is but proof conclusive that the
situation Is not so well In hand as
when they were located in one dis
trict.”
Thief Beavers made
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
ficer of the law. The Thief 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 1 know
that if he had the information Mr.
Adair claims to have he would give
it to me So I urge Mr Adair to
give his information to Mr. Paxon.
who will pass it to me and 1 will ai t,
you may be sure of that.”
Mr. Grant Scores Bulletins.
John W. Grant declared that al
though he has no intention of taking
an active part in the tight against tin-
propaganda and bulletins of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement, he
is thoroughly in accord with the
views of Colonel Frederic I Paxon
and Forrest Adair
"T approve of their criticisms.” he
said The bulletins have gone too
far and are doing Atlanta a lot of
harm. Ortalnly they have a tenden
cy to keep people from coming to At
lanta. and they also frighten away
investors. Nobody likes to com* to a
city that is being constantly adver
tised as a place of exceeding immo
rality. and nobody likes to have their
children read such stuff a.* has been
printed in
to time.
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been unfit for transmission ihrough
the mails, and decidedly unfit for
reading In the home. Many of the
bulletins have been of such a charac
ter that no one possibly could be ben
efited. notably' the one that told of the
young woman at Martha’s Home dy
ing from a disease she contracted
from an Inmate of the place.
“That bulletin did no one good, and
If certainly did the young woman’s
memory irreparable injury. The pub
lication of the bulletins in their pres
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.
G*orgc W. Parrot, president of the
Piedmont Hotel Company and a resi
dent of Atlanta for more than 50
years, also Indorsed tlife criticisms
made against the movement by Colo
nel Paxon and Mr. Adair.
"I am with Mr Adair and Colonel
paxon in this tiling,” he said. ”1 am
glad they have taken the Htand they
somewhat have The bulletins have been doing
Atlanta much more harm than good
and it i? time they were stopped.'’
ft. B. Blackburn, well-known at
torney and member of the State Leg
islature. Indorsed the plnq of L. J.
Daniel to call a mass meeting to pro
test against the continuation of the
bulletins and the propaganda of the
Men ami Religion Movement.
“Such a meeting, conservatively
conducted," said Mr. Rlackburn.
“would undoubtedly result In n lot of
good, in that it would bring out the
sentiment of the entire city concern
ing thes<» bulletins and their effect on
Atlanta, f would certainly be willing
to attend and take part in such a
meeting, and believe it would be the
best thing that could be done at this
time.
“The continual agitation of Im
moral subjects and the constant ad
vertising that Atlanta reeks w-lth
wickedness and vice is doing the city
great harm all over the country, and
should he* stopped. The entire agita
tion of the Men and Religion Move
ment has been detrimental to the
city, and T do not think the recent
vice crusade which the movement
started and carried through had any
appreciable effect on the morals of
the people. Intelligent men have
recognized through all the ages that
man is Imbued of both good and bad
passions, and the only way to handle 1
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 ran be 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 nil 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 matter 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-
id 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 Mas* Meeting.
Agitation for a mass meetlhg of the
citizens of Atlanta to protest against
the present propaganda of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement was
given new impetus Tuesday when L.
.1. 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
meeting of protest had become al
most a municipal necessity, if Atlanta
is to continue on the upward path <>f
progress, unretardod by a nation-wide
reputation for wickedness and vice
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, .11 which %ll
citizens, on both sides, would be nt
liberty to express their views. B. J.
Kiseman, secretary of the Eisemnn
I Bros. Company, declared Tuesday that
he favored the idea of a meeting, and
that he would attend.
Cereal Millionaires
Charged With Fraud
<’HIT AGO, Dec. 30. -Charging con
• piracy and fraud on the part of Joy
Morton, Sterling Morton and other
milllonalies. the receivers of the
Great Western Cereal Company to
day secured the Issuance of sum
monses for the appearance of these
men in court February 2 and asking
damages of $10,000,000.
The summonses are the second stei-
in the litigation which it is elaimeo
will lay bare all details concerning
the absorption of the Great Western
Company by the Quaker Oats Com
pany.
Contract Lot for
Anniston Hospital
CORRECT, US
ANNISTON. ALA., Dec. 30. The
contract was awarded here to-day for
a *20,000 hospital building to be
erected by St Luke* Hospital Com
pany, oomi>o.sed of citizens of Annis
ton.
The hospital will be open to the
public and in the nature of a city in
stitution. It is very likely that it will
receive a bequest left by the late L.
II. Kaplan, a wealthy Anniston He
brew, which is now in litigation.
Girl Uncle Sam Gave
Hat Sends Him Gift
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Lottie
Lester, the little Seattle schoolgirl
whose pet rabbit ate her father’s
Panama hat and who sent an appeal
for a new hat to “Uncle Ham’s Pana
ma Hat Department. Washington, D.
P.,” and got the hat, has returned
the favor by sending to Washington
a pretty birdhouse made of bark, also
with a letter of thanks for the hat.
Treasury officials to-day forward
ed two $5 drafts to pay for two more
of these examples of her handiwork.
Crews Saved From
3 Sinking Gulf Ships
MOBILE, Dec. 30. Three vessels
are known to have been lost and sev
eral others are missing, although they
have not been given up, as the re
sult of the gulf storm of Christmas
Day.
The schooner George F. Scanned
arrived at this port to-day with *he
crew of the Britisli schooner Lord of
Avon, which went down during th/
storm. The crew of the barks Milwa
and Sirdar were rescued before those
boats sank,
House Leadership Given Ranking
Members Only. Byrnes’ Reply
to Criticism,
Boy Is Blown to Bits
As Dynamtie Goes Off
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Dec. 30. -A
young white boy near Pembroke, N.
was blown to bit.-! by an explo
sion of dynamite, not a trace of him
being found after the box of dyna
mite went off. The boy was holding
| the box while his father was blowing
tip stumps.
Dr. McKelthan, of Fayetteville,
was called to attend the father, who
lost an eye from the explosion.
County Makes City
Pay a License Tax
Washington, Dec. 3u. South
ern members of Congress expressed
annoyance when their attention was
drawn to the interview given by Rep
resentative Metz, of New York, in
which he said he was tired of being
“a rubber stamp” and would not re- ,
turn to Congress after his present
term.
They denied that Southern mem
bers dominated the House and its
committees to a degree greater than
is the natural result of the long serv
ile of the Southerners.
Representative Byrnes, of Tennes-
f see. a member of t he Appropriations
Committee, pointed out that its chair
manship, which ranks next to that of
the Ways Committee in importance,
is held by a New York member, Rep
resentative Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn.
He admitted that a list of commit
tee chairmanships shows a greater
number of Southern men than East
ern or Western men, but this fact, lie
said, was due to the long service of
the Southerners.
In most cases, Mr. Byrnes said,
chairmanships have been assigned to
majority members of committees ac
cording to the seniority rule. The
South, he declared, had been for at
Jong time the only solidly Democratic
section of the country, and it fol
lowed that the number of Southern
Democratic Congressmen who have
served tong periods far overshadowed
that of Northerners or Westerners.
The strength of members from oth
er sections than the South upon the
committees of the House, said Repre
sentative Byrnes, is exactly in keep
ing with the numerical strength of
these sections in the majority mem
bership of the House.
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Underwood’s Auto
Gets Stuck in Mud
GADSDEN. ALA.. Dec. 30.—Oscar
Underwood, candidate for the United
State Senate, after speaking here
yesterday started for Center, Chero
kee County, but he did not get there,
as his automobile stuck fast in the
mud.
Mr. Underwood returned to Gads
den to-day, after a trying experience,
and went to Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, to make an address.
Boy Shoots Preacher
With Christmas Gift
ROME, Dec. 30.—While amusing him
self shooting at passing automobiles
with his Christmas gift, a .22-caliber
rifle, Robert Norman, a 12-year-old boy
put a bullet In the shoulder of the Rev.
O. W. Rowe, a Baptist preacher, who
motored’ past the Norman home on the
way to town.
The small bullet passed through the
curtains of the pastor’s car and five
thicknesses of heavy clothing. The
wound will not prove serious.
HIGHWAYMEN GET $10,000.
LEXINGTON, KY„ Dec. 30. High
waymen to-day held up the Bank at
Fred on ia, Ky., dynamited the safe, se
cured $10,000, ami cut telephone wires.
The town Is without communication.
WAY’CROSS, Dec. 30 Ware County
and the city of Waycross are at logger-
heads to-day, due to the contention of
County Tax Collector J. T. Strickland
that the city electrician must pay the
Stale license imposed on electrical en
gineers.
The city claimed that the electrician
was not an electrical engineer, but Mr.
Strickland insisted that Lie was liable
for the State license. Rather than be
come involved, the city paid the license,
but will appeal the ease to the Comp
troller General.
Rule for Vaccination
Bars Half of School
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 30— As the
result of an order of the County
Board of Health that no child be ad
mitted to the county grammar schools
after the holidays without having
been vaccinated, 206 children re
mained out of the Ros9Ville (Tenu.)
School, leaving only 198 in attendance.
The parents insist they will not
have their children vaccinated ail J
threaten to take the matter into the
courts.
Husband and Wife
Die in Like Manner
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 30.—Captain
David A. Bradford, a prominent G.
A. R. veteran, is dead here of heart
trouble. He collapsed into the arms
of his daughter and died in a few
moments.
Mrs. Bradford died in like manner
while at the breakfast table the
morning of October 24.
McAdoo Off for Rest;
Destination Secret
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.—Secreta
ry of the Treasury McAdoo literally
“took to the tall timber” to-day, de
parting for a few days’ re t in a se
cluded spot. Only his immediate of
fice force knows where he is going.
LIQUOR MEN LEAVE ARKANSAS.
L1TTLF ROCK, Dec. 30.—Whole
sale saloon men aro moving to St.
Louis, New Orleans and other cities
so as to be able to supply the Ar
kansas trade after January 1, when
Arkansas practically goes dry.
Durham Architect
Heads State Body
DURHAM, N. C\, Dec. 30.—Hill G
Linthicum, of Durham, was to-day
elected president of the North Caro
lina Architects’ Association, and W.
C. Northrop, of Winston-Salem, sec
retary-treasurer. The next meeting
place will be decided on by the exec
utive committee later. The annual
meeting adjourned here this after
noon.
Civic work will have the attention
of the architects next year.
U. S. Sailor Dies of
Smallpox in Cuba
WASHINGTON, Doc. 30.- Rend I..
Fleming, a musician on t ie battle
ship Ohio, is v ad from smallpox at
Guantanamo, Cuba, according to Navy
Department dispatches to-da>
Fleming came ill about two
weeks ago and was *.t at Guanta
namo when the Ohio started north
ward to be quarantined at Delaware
Breakwater. He was a native of Sul
livan, Ind , and enlisted in June, 1911.
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Roads Get More Time
For Rate Adjustment
WASHINGTON, Deo. 30.—An ex
tension of time until May l to adjust
their passenger rates to conform with
the long and short haul clause of the
commerce act was allowed the Atlan
tic Coast Line and other railroads op-
crating in Virginia and North and
South Carolina by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to-day. The
commission had ordered this adjust
ment to be made by January 1.
Ties Girl to Stop
Elopement: Jailed
WAYCROSS. Dec* 30.—Charged with
tying his 10-year-old daughter to a tree
to prevent her eloping with the 18-year-
old son of John Douglas, a well-known
farmer of Pierce County, K. A Aldridge
was to-day lodged in jail at Blackshear,
pending investigation by officers. The
charge against him is cruelty.
The girl accompanied her father to
Blackshear with officers.
NEW FACTORY FOR GADSDEN.
GADSDEN. ALA , Dec. 30 - John
Birdwell and associates, of this city
and Birmingham, are drafting plans
for a new soil pipe plant for Gads
den Tlie new company will begin
with a capital of $75,000. Ground
will be broken for the plant within 60
da> s.
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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 11:8
“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, planet 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.
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 Vice from their midst.
Throughout the world the alliance between police departments and 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.
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 State 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