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MORE BUSINESS MEN DECLARE VICE WAR HAS SPREAD EVIL
Conference Planned tor Campaign Against Men and Religion Bulletins
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in her practices be placed there also?
If so, where will we get enough men
to keep these in prison”
"This Men and Religion I >rwarl
Movement, in one of its articles, s,i>
W hile she ie at large, while the whit '
slaver is permitted mnk* others
:ke her b> th< tolerated brothel,
tie can be done in solving the problem
of the social evil.’
None White Slaves. He Says.
‘ God! How main of them are white
Ga\es? Not a one. It. is a wonder
that the joke of slavery among this
class of women would not some da>
cea^e to be discussed.
They are not slaves an' more than
you are. mv dear reader 1 pledge you
as faithfully as I know how That they
are no more slaves than you arc
The writer does not mean to sa\
that we should license these women
and thus say to the orld that we
approve of the vice. That would he
a wrong step, Christ did not license
it. but He did tolerate it. He had to
tolerate it
‘Now. is there anything acrom-
rdished b\ chasing women of the un
derworld from one place- to another”
If so, what is it? Does It cause* them
to stop their practices” Where ire
they to be chased to?
• Vice has not been diminished me
iota by closing the district in any
iarge city. Go to any city where i he
district has been closed and make a
quiet effort to find women of Ihi.*
class and find how* easy it is
Scattered Over the City.
Where will you find them? Why,
in the downtown district, a* well u/
sc attered through the- i e vidence s«
lions. .Ask any hack driver or public
auto driver. He knows where thev
are.
They are located a: boarding
houses where any young girl from
the country might come to se ek hoar 1
“This organization states that ’he
evangelical ministers (thev seem o
take no credit themselve s), by spend -
ng a little over $2,000 ended a $700 -
ooO-a-year Infamy. Actually ended
\ ic e In Atlanta! Do you believe it ?
In addition to this $2,000 that they
claim it cos: to eliminate- vice ‘n
Atlanta. It also cost the life- of one of
the inmates; but this is not all. T t
scattered those women all over the*
citj. and thev are in Atlanta now. and
ever will be here
• Now as to the accomplishments >f
tne Men and Religion Forward Move
ment. the report was heralded broad-
a«t that the.' rescued 118 inmates -»f
brothels of Atlanta and that 116 re
mained firm and embraced pure Ilf -.
If an organisation reallj Is striving to
do’ something for the glorv of God,
why are such exaggerated statements
given the public'*
“Crusaders Do Not End Evil.”
I consider a liar as abominable in
the sight of God as Is a woman
the underworld I do not know that
the Men and Religion Forward Mov. -
ment is responsible for the statement,
but it appeared In one of the city’s j
hading dallies and 1 have never seen
where it was corrected.
Dot the w ping out 6f t ■ ie segre
g.-ited district run* the evil? It ter
mini' does not The solution to the
social evil ca.n he found only In the
divine teachings. If these are not a
cepted by these women, as well as by
the men who patronize them, there can
he no hope for them. If the scarlet
woman Is with us to stay (and she
certainly is), is it not better to have
her and her sisters where they « an be
controlled and where the young and
innocent can be kept on: of their
sight ?”
Many Praise Paxon.
Colonel Frederic ,f. Paxon. whose
editorial in The Welder and his sub
sequent comment in The Sunday
American precipitated the row over
the bulletins of the Movement, de
clared Wednesday that he is receiv
ing every da\ scores of letters and
telephone calls from business men
and well-known citizens congratulat
ing him on the stand he has taken.
Every letter, he stated. Is an enthu
siastic indorsement of his attitude in
the tight, anil many offers of aid and
co-operation are contained In the
communications.
Among the prominent business men
who telephoned Mr. Paxon Wednes
day morning was Richard M. Jones,
a well-known lumber dealer with of
fices in the Fourth National Bank
Building. Mr. Jones stated that he
had but recently returned from trips
to Norfolk, Washington and Rich
mond Va.. and that in each city he
found that the reputation of Atlanta,
generated and fostered by the bulle
tins and the propaganda of the Move
ment, is very bad.
He declared that the city is .consid
ered tl>«- worst town in America, and
that business men of other cities told
him thev hoped the Men and Religion
Movement would continue its activi
ties because they were driving busi
ness away from Atlanta and to the
other towns when* the agitation of
similar subjects is never more than
spasmodic.
In Richmond. Mr Jones said, a
prominent banker said he would be
willing to donate to the treasury of
the Atlanta Movement if they would
continue to publish the bulletin!,
characterizing them as doing Rich
mond more good than any one other
thing of recent years
Detriment to Business.
.1 W. Robinson, general manager of
the Morris Manufacturing Company,
telephoned Mr. Paxon that from his
experience he can state positively that
the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment is very detrimental to the busi
ness interests of Atlanta His com,
pany, he declared, is doing business
over five or six States. * the effect
of the agitation is noticeable.
\V. A. Horne. president, of the
Home-<’andler Company, wrote:
• 1 heartily agree with you in your
attitude In reference to bulletins of
the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment. These bulletins have been ob
noxious to me for some time. When
the Bulletin was published in which
reference was made to Miss Appi*
yard and her untimely end. I was very
much embarrassed In having i«» ex
plain the matter to Mrs Horne,
was a student at Agne* Scott while
Miss Appleyard was a teacher in that
institution. Many of others of the
bulletins are just as bad, anil as void
of any moral teaching."
(‘halies M. May, a jeweler, at No.
19 1-2 Peachtree street, wrote t«* Mr.
Paxon
"Permit me to convey to you m>
appreciation of the stand you have
taken with reference to the bill *'in
which have been published from Jim*
to time under the sanction of tin Men
and Religion Forward Movement.
While It is no doubt true that llie
great majority of our best < 'i/mo
entertain the same views ns your • !i
as to the harmful effect that has been
done our city and our people In tin-
needless and hurtful exploitation of
such matters in the manner in which
it has been done, it remained fm you
to exhibit the moral courage of being
the first one to publicly enter a pro
test against such methods.
Cordial Support Pledged.
“Rest assured tha* I am heartily
with vou in the attack you have made,
and many of my friends also have
stated to me that you will have their
most cordial supoort in arc measures
you may take to remedy the evil."
Ft. M. Walker, a well-known engi
neer, of No. 712 Grant Building,
wrote:
“I desire to express my sympathy
with the stand you have, taken con
cerning tlm bulletins published by the
Men an<l Religion Movement. These
have become so outspoken in their
reference to obscene matters that I
think they should be denied transmis
sion through the mails.
“It is necessary for the scientists
t“ analyze and stud*' sewage in or
der to determine the best methods of
handling and disposin'” of it- But
this is no argument for omptvin®*
our sewers through the schoolyards,
so that our children may become fa
miliar with the subject.
“I trust that your stand will lead
to a movement for a saner and more
temperate handling of the situation.
Ira D. Greene, former Atlantan and
at present in business in Macon,
wrote:
“I have 1 ust been reading about tin-
stand you take and what you have to
say concerning the Men and Religion
Movement in ’ our cit'*. At the time
this vice war started 1 was living in
Atlanta, and being a member of the
firm of J. P. Alien Shoe Company, I
was in th position to also see the
evil of scattering women of question
all over our very fine city
Infest Best Residence Sections.
■ I remember one of these women
came in our store one day and made
a purchase and when asked where
the goods were to he c**nt she advised
the salesman to send them to a house
In the 800 block of Peachtree street.
K very one who Is familiar with At
lanta knows what this section of the
city i8. Lots of other instances I re
member. h”‘ this is a fair sample.
This woman explained how she was
making a lot of money in this swell
residence section.’ "
M Portion, tailor, wrote as fol
lows:
“Your arti'-le against the Men and
Religion Forward Movement prompts
trv to write you and tell you that I
am s*» glad that we have a man so
straightforward as to make such
statements public. I think It the
best move for the city of Atlanta.
“Being one of the old citizens. 1
hope that you will be successful In
your undertaking, for I feel sure it
will benefit, our city.
"If my co-operation will help^you,
I shall be glad to be called upon."
A conference between half a dozen
prominent business m f, n who hav*
taken issue with the Men and Religion.
Forward Movement and come out Into
the open in their fight against the
propaganda and bulletins of that or
ganization is planned for Wednesda'-
afternoon. It Is generally expected
that the conference will result in the
adoption of the plan urged by L. J.
Daniel, president of the Daniel Bros.
Company, to call a mass meeting of |
the citzenshlp to discuss the situation .
and to devise means to combat the
bulletins and the work of the- move
ment that will meet with the approval
and co-operation of the entire city.
Adair Leads Meeting Move.
Forrest Adair, whose criticism or
Police Chief Beavers created a sen
sation, is one of the moving spirits in
the calling of the conference. Mr.
Adair said that he expects to get
Colonel Paxon, Mr. Daniel and half a
dozen more of the men who have en
listed against the bulletins to attend
the conference, and that some defi
nite plan of campaign probably will
be decided upon.
Both Mr. Adair and Mr. Daniel
favor the idea of the mass meeting,
although it is understood that Colonel
Paxon has some opposition to the
plan. If the meeting is called, as ap
pears likely at this juncture in the
controversy, it will be held in the
Grand Opera House, and every’ citi
zen of Atlanta, no matter on which
side of the question he stands, will be
invited to attend and take part in
the discussion. The men who are
promoting the movement to hold a
meeting stated Wednesday that those
who favor the methods of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement will
be given as much opportunity to be
heard as those who are against them.
Time Ripe for Meeting, He Says.
“The situation now has reached a
stage where a meeting would dc
everybody good," said Mr. Adair
Wednesday. “By a calm, dispasison-
ate discussion of the matter we can
arrive at some conclusion as to the
sentiment of the great body of At
lanta citizens who have not yet takei
any part in the controversy, although
I do not think there is any doubt
that most of the people of Atlanta
agree with us that tin* bulletins are
harmful and that they ought to be
suppressed and the activities of the
movement curbed. Those who do not
agree with us could, at this meeting,
have every opportunity to show us
the error of our ways, and an ex
change of views can hurt nobody."
Marion Jackson, member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement and the
author of the bulletins, declined Wed
nesday to comment on the agitation
for ji mass meeting of protest. He
indicated that the movement would
■ ontinue to pursue its policy of ig
noring the protests and criticisms,
and de< iared that this policy of si
lence would extend even to the Men
and Religion mass meeting to be held
in the Grand Opera House the sec
ond Sunday in January.
Mr. Jackson declared that the,
movement would "pursue the even
tenor of its way," unruffled by the
waves of criticism, and that the bul
letins would continue to appear as
regularly as deemed necessary.
Among those who have joined
the opposition are Hamilton Douglas,
dean of the Atlanta Law School; W.
Ft Daley, chairman of the Board of
education; Chris Kssig, of the Ess-g
Bros. Company; Edward Brown, of
Brown & Allen Drug Company; H. A.
Maier, of the Maier & Berkele Jew
elry Company; Dan A. Walraven,
well-known attorney; Attorney Reu
ben Arnold; William A. Ansley, real
estate operator; George M. Hope, cap
italist and insurance man; W. L. Cos
grove. manager * f John W. Grant’s
enterprises, and J. D. Robinson, man
ufacturer.
The bulletins and the work of the
Men and Religion Movement also de
veloped some champions during the
day. Many ministers have rallied to
the defense of the bulletins, declaring
that the good they have accomplished
in ridding Atlanta of vice and wick
edness can hardly be estimated.
T. W. Galloway, who Is here at
tending the convention of the Ameri
can Association for the Advancement
of Science, also has written to the
leaders of the movement expressing
his pleasure at reading the bulletins
and the hope that they will prevail
against he force of Mr. Adair and
Colonel Paxon.
Mr. Galloway declares that Colonel
Paxon and Mr. Adair and their sup
porters are mistaken in their asser
tion that Atlanta is advertised in the
wrong manner by the bulletins, and
declares that the advertising given
the city by the bulletins is the best
thing that has ever happened to it.
Hooper Alexander, United States
Attorney, also rallied to the defense
of the bulletins Wednesday, declaring
that they are doing a great deal of
good and ought to continue. Mr.
Alexander declared that the reason
for the criticisms directed against the
bulletins is not apparent, and ex
pressed the view that the news col
umns of the newspapers, should be
subject to the same criticism as is
given the bulletins.
William A. Ansley, one of the city’s
best known real estate operators, in
terpolates into his defense of Colo
nel Paxon and Forrest Adair
an attack on the modern methods of
the preacher, declaring that the “old-
time religion" is being lost sight of in
“the craze for publicity and the desire
to preach on sensational subjects and
glorify themselves in the preaching. ’
He declared that the bulletins were
commercializing religion.
“I only read a few* of them when
they were first -ublished." he said. “J
read them first out of curiosity, whi< h
quickly changed to disgust, as it an-
pearea to me they were commercial- Keuben Arnold, one of Atlanta’s that it is time the bulletin
izln* the sacred religion I profess." most prominent attorneys, declared | stopped.
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