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JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG Mr. Flagg’s pictures take rank among the best that are being done in America or Europe today. ici THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MORE BUSINESS MEN DECLARE VICE WAR HAS SPREAD EVIL Conference Planned tor Campaign Against Men and Religion Bulletins Continutd From Page 1. 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. s wer| Roller Skates Free