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Hello, Boy Here is an offer that wil 1 in and girl can get a pair of roller It is a simple, straightforward .Inst call at the office, secure a ca subscribers to The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday Amer ican, return, and we award ease you a pair Call or telephone Circulation Depart i n cut HEARST’S Daily Georgian and Sunday American 20 E. Alabama Street Phones 100 TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS MORE BUSINESS MEN DECLARE VICE WAR HAS SPREAD EVIL Conference Planned for Campaign Against Men and Religion Bulletins Scores ! nine < bit in I)el by Colonel Paxon a Pledge Nup)x>rt in Id I Continued From Pago 1. tn her practices be placed there also? If so where w.ll we eret enough met. to keep these in prison? “This Men und Religion Forward Movement, in one of its articles, *a> While she is at large, v/hhv the win;- slaver is permitted make other- like her by the tolerated' brothel, lit tle can be doue in solving the problem of the social evil/ None White Slaves. He Says. God! How man' of them are while slaves? Not a one. Ir is a worn!, r that the joke of slavery among this class of women would not some dav cease to be discussed. They are not slaver any more than \ ou are. my dear read* t l pl«-<lge yon as faithfully a* I know how that tu y are no more slaves than you an The writer does not mean to sax that we should license those women and thus say to the *orW that \ve approve of the vice. That would be a wrong step Christ did not license it. but He did tolerate it He had to tolerate it. Now. is there anything accom plished b> chasing women of th< c: derworld from one place to anoth. r ’ If so. what is it Does it cause them to stop their practi- es? W here ire they to be chased to? “Vice has not been diminished >n ft iota by closing the district in an., aige city. Go t<» any city where in district has been closed and make a quiet effort to find women of thk < lass and find how easy it i Scattered Over the City. Where will you And t • < m ' IVliv, in the downtown district. a- well V Mattered through tin ve«idence se t -.ns Ask any hack driver or publV auto driver. i!e knows where the\ are. They are loci ted a hoarding houses where ary young girl from the country might come to ?-• * k hoar ' "This organization stale?* that ’tv* evangelical ministers (they seem '<• take no credit themselves), by spend- ng a, little over $?,00b ended a ^ibn. noo-a-year Infamy. Actually ended vice In Atlanta! Do you believe it? Ip addition to this *2.000 tlvat they claim it cost to ehminate vice *n Vtlanta. it also cost the life of one of the inmate*, but this is not all. H scattered those women all over the city, and they are .n Atlanta now. and . ver will be here Now as to the accomplishments >f the Men and Religion Forward Move, ment, the report was heralded broad cast that they rescued 11^ inmates of brothels of Atlanta and that 116 p mained firm and embraced ;« pure Ilf If an organization realty Is striving m do something for the glory of God. why are such exaggerated statements given the public’* "Crusaders Do Not End Evil." •d consid< r a liar a gbomina the sight of God ns in a wonoin •( the underworld I do not kt «>w t; * the Men and Religion Forward Mov ease of Altitude Taken nd porivsl Adair and ‘fort to Curb < Yusaders. ment is respons iblt* for the statement, but it appeared in one of the city'* leading; dailies and I have never seen w nere it was corrected. 1 'oes the wiping OUt of the segre- gited district euro the evil It cer tain does not. Thf solution »o tha soda'I evil can be found only in the | divine teachings. If these are not ac cepted by these women, as well as bv the men who patronize them, there < in be no hope for them. If the scarlet | woman is with us to stay fand she certainly is), is it not better to have her and her sisters where they can he out rol ed and here I he j oung an l innocent can he kept out of the r sight ?" Many Praise Paxon. Colon Al Frederic ,1. 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 day scores of letters and telephone calls from business men and well-known citizens congratulat ing him on the stand he has taken. Kwi\ letter, he -dated, is an enthu- sbtsiic indorsement of his attitude in the fight, and many offers of aid and co-operation are contained In the comm unicat ion s. Among the prominent business men who telephoned Mr. Paxon Wednes day morning was Richard M. Jones. ;» well-known lumber dealer with of fices in the Fourth National Rank Ihiilding. 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 aitd fostered bj the bull®* tins and the propaganda of the Move ment. is very had. He declared that the city is consid ered the worst town In America, and that business men of other cities told him they 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 where the agitation of similar subjects is never more than spnsntod ic. In Richmond. Mr Jones said, a prominent hanker said he would be willing to donate to the treasury of the Atlanta Movement if they would continue to publish the bulletins, characterizing them aa doing Rich mond more good than any one other tiling of recent years. Detriment to Business. J. 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. W. A. Horne president of the Home-Fancier Company, wrote: ' I heartily agree with you in your attitude In reference to bulletins of the Men and Religion Forward Mow - | ment. These bulletins have been «»b- | noxious to me for some time. Win n the Bulletin was published in which reference was made to Miss Apple- yard and her untimely end. I was very much embarrassed in having to ex plain the matter to Mrs. Horn* tl ° wa a student at Agnes Scott white Miss Appleyard was a teacher h that institution. Many of others of the bulletins are just as bad, and a void of any moral teaching." Charles M. May, a jeweler. N ' 1 fi 1-2 Peachtree street, v.rot* Mr. Paxon; “Permit, me to convey to yoa my appreciation of the stand y<>'i h.r • t <i k< n w 1th r« fen nee to the 1 which have been published fi time to time under the sanction of th Men arid Religion Forward Movement. While It is no doubt true th. t the great majority of our best ns entertain the same views as ■ ;r ■ s as to the harmful effec t that h ■ been done our city and our people by tic needless and hurtful exploitation of such matters in the manner in wh < h it has been done, it remained for you to exhibit the moral courage of being the first one to publicly enlei • pro test against such methods. Cordial Support Pledqcd. "Rest assured tha 1 I am heartily with vou in the attack you have made, arid many of my friends al «> haw stated to me that, you will have their rrtost cordial supnort in a tv measures you may take to remedy tho evil. R. M. Walker, ;i well-known engi neer, of No. 712 Grant Building, wrote: “I desire to express my sympathy with the "land you have, taken eon- .o.ng th" bulletins published by the Men and 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 to analyze and stud 1 ’ sewage in or der to determine the best methods of handling and disposin'- of it. But this is no argument for oijiptvin® 1 our sewers through th>’ 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 bu«i»ess in Macon, wrote; “I have hist been reading about the stand you take and what you have to say concerning the Men and Religion Movement in ’our cite. At the time this vice war started 1 was living in Atlanta, and being a member of the firm of J. P. Allen Shoe Company. 1 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 be f«nt she advised the salesman to send them to a house in the 800 block of Peachtree street. Everyone who is familiar with At lanta knows what this section of the city is Rots of other instances 1 re member. this is a fair sample. This woman explained how she was making a lot of money in this swe ! residence section.* " M. Fordon. tailor, wrote as fo lows; "Your article against the Men an Religion Forward Movement proinp rm to write you and tell you that I am so glad that we have a man s" straightforward as to make such statements public. I think it th- best move for tho city of Atlanta. "Being one of the old citizens. I hope that you will be successful in your undertaking, for I feel sure will benefit our city. ‘ If my co-operation will help you. I .shall be glad to he called upon." A conference between half a dozen prominent business men w r ho hav taken issue with the Men and Religion Forward Movement and come out into the open in their fight against tho propaganda and bulletins of that or ganization is planned for Wednesdv afternoon. It is generally expected • hat the conference will result in ’he adoption of the plan urged by J-. J. Daniel, president of the Daniel Br Company, to call a mass meeting of the oitzenship to discuss the situati m and to devise means to combat ! he bulletins and the work off 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 ( onferenee, and that some defi nite plan of campaign probably wifi be derided upon. noth 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 ir. 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 take! 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 the bulletins are harmful and that they ought to be suppressed and the activities of the movement curbed. Those who do not agree wdth 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 anther of the bulletins, declined Wed -1 pea red to me they were commercial- Ret I \7. -is the sacred religion I profess." • most nesdav to comment on the agitation I • Reuben Arnold, one of Atlanta's that It is time the bulletins prominent attorneys, declared | stopped. for a mass meeting of protest, indicated that the movement would continue to pursue its policy of ig noring the protests and criticisms j and declared 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 tha 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. R. Daley, chairman of the Board of Education; Chris Essig, of the Ess g Bros. Company: Edward Brown, <f Brown & Allen Drug Company; If A. Maier. of the Maier & Berkele Jew elry Company; Dan A. Walravcn, well-known attorney; Attorney Reu ben Arnold: W illiam A. Ansley, real estate operator; George <M. Hope, cap- tal -1 a nd iram man; W. T. Cos grove. manager « f John W. Grant’s enterprises, and J. D. Robinson, man- u facturer. 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 Assoc iation 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 t,he 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. "I read them first out of curiosity, which quickly changed to disgust, as it an- Boiler Skates Free ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Author of “The Common Law," and undoubtedly the moat popular firtion writer of the present generation. 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