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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
MORE BUSINESS MEN DECLARE VICE WAR HAS SPREAD EVIL
Conference Planned for Campaign Against Men and Religion Bulletins
Scores ('onic ( hit in Defense of Atl it u<le Tnken
by ( o I o j i e I Pax on and Forrest Adair and
Pledge Support in Effort to < 'nrb < 'rnsaders.
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in her practices be plaor
If so, where will we get
to keep these in prison?
“This Men and Rr»lig
Movement, in one of its article!
‘While she is at large, while th
siaver is permitted rnak*
like her by the tolerated brotl
tie ran be done in solving the ■
of the eocia 1 <;\ !
None White Slaves. He Says.
God! How many of them are white
slaves? Not a one. It Is a. wonder
that th* joke of slavery among this
class of women w- nld not some day
cease to be discussed.
“They are not Slav* m\ more than
you are. my dear reader 1 pledge \ • i
as faithfully ns I know how that 1 n y
are no more slaves than you mm
The writer does not mean to say
that we should license these women
and thus say to the orid that we.
approve of the vice That would be
a wrong step Christ did not.
it. but He did tolerate It.
tolerate it
“Now. is there anything accom
plished bv chasing women of the tin
derworfd from one pine to another**
If so. what Is it? I >■*» <- it cause them
to stop their practices" Where
they to be chased to?
“Vice has not been diminished
iota by closing the district in an
large city. Go to any city where th
district has been closed and mak**
quiet effort to find women of
class and find how iasv it ;
Scattered Over the City.
Where will you find tium? WM>\
In the downtown district, as well a/
scattered through the lesidcneo ■<
tions. Ask any hack driver nr public
auto driver. He knows when thev
are.
“They are located a boarding
houses, where any voting girl from
tne country, might come to seek hoar »
"This organisation states that the
evangelical ministers (they seem o
fake no credit themselves), by spend
ing a little over $2,000 ended a $700.-
license
He had to
are
me
this
o00-a-year infamy. Actually ended
v ice In Atlanta! Do you believe it "
“In addition to this $2,000 that they
claim it cost to eliminate vice 'n
VtJanta. it also cost the lif* of one <>f
the Inmates: but this is not all Tt
scattered those women all over the
. ity. and they are in 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 IIS inmates *>f
brothels of Atlanta and that 116 re
mained firm and embraced a pure Ilf
If an organization really Is striving to
do something for the glory 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 a woman of
the underworld. 1 do not know that
the Men and Religion Forward Mov<
responsible for the statement
but ii appeared in «*ne of the city**
Lading da:lie* and I have never seen
v. iu re it was corrected.
“Do* i he wiping out of the segre
gated district cure the evil" It rer-
i.iiniv does not. Th* solution to the
social evil can be found only In the
divine teachings. If these are not ac
cepted by these women, as well as by
the men who patronize them, there ca:i
be 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 can be
. ontrolled and where ihe young and
innocent can b< Kept out of their
•sight ?”
Many Praise Paxon.
<'olonrl 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.
Every letter, he stated, Is an enthu
siastic indorsement of his attitude in
the fight, ami many offers of aid and
co-operation an contained in the
com munica t Ions.
Among the prominent business men
who telephoned Mr. Paxon Wednes
day morning was Richard M. Jones,
a well-known lumber dealer with of-
fi< c:; in the Fourth National Bank
Building. Mr. Jones staled that he
had but recently returned from trips
to Norfolk, Washington and Rich
mond. Va , aral that in each city he
found that th-- 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 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
spasmodic.
In Richmond. Mr Jones said, a
prominent banker said lie would be
willing to donate to the treasury of
the Atlanta Movement if they would
continue to publish the bulletins,
characterizing them as 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 Ills
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. ’Hie effect
of the agitation is noticeable.
\V. A. Horne, president of the
Horns-Candler Company, wrote:
“l heartily agree with you in your
attitude in reference to bulletins of
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the Men and Religion Forward M*>
nient. These bulletins have been
noxious to me for t-'bme time. \N i
the Bulletin was published in wli
reference was made to Miss Apj
yard and her untimely end. I was v
much embarrassed in having to
plain the matter to Mrs. Horne. “
was a student at Agnes Scott w
Miss Appleyard was a teacher in t
institution. Many f »f others n
bulletins are just as bad, and a?
of any moral teaching."
Charles M. May, a Jeweler, a
10 1-2 Peachtree street, wrote i*
Paxon
"Permit me to convey to you m\
appreciation *»f the* stand yon have
taken with reference to the bulletin.-
which have been published frm. time
to time under the sanction of th* Men
and Religion Forward Movement.
While it Is no doubt true that tIn
gres t majority of our best citizens
entertain the same views as yoiirseit
as to the harmful effect that ha be* 11
done our city and our people by the
needless and hurtful exploitation **1
such matters in the manner in which
it has been done, it remained for 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 thn* I am heartily
with vou in the attack you have made,
and many of my friends aF<» have
stated to me that you will have their
most cordial supoort in an 1 * measures
you may take to remedy the evil."
R. M. Walker, ;i well-known engi
neer, of No. 712 Grant Building,
wrote:
“T desire to express my sympathy
with the stand you have taken con
cerning th* bulletins published by the
Men and Religion Movement. These
have become so outspoken In their
reference to obscene matters that 1
think they should be denied transmis
sion through the mails.
"ft is necessary for the scientists
t*< analyze and stud’* sewage in or
der to determine the best methods of
handling and disposing of it. But
this is no argument for eruptvip"
our sewers through the schoolyards,
so that our children may beebme 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 I). Greene, former Atlantan and
at present In business in Macon,
wrote:
"I have *ust 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 I was living in
Atlanta, and being a member of the
firm of .1. P. Allen Shoe Company, I
was in th position to also see the
evil of scattering women of question
all over our very fine city.
Infest Be3t 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 ^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. Lots of other Instances T re
member. b”‘ this is a fair sample.
This woman explained how she was
making a lot of money in this swell
rc letice section.' "
M Fortlon, tailor, wrote as fol-
h low.*
author of the bulletins, declined Wed
nesday to comment on the agitation
"Your arti de against the Men and
Religion Forward Movement prompt*
in* to write you and tell you that I
am so glad that we have a man s*
straightforward as to make sue]
statements public. 1 think it th*
host move for the city of Atlanta.
"Being one of the old citizens,
hope that you will be successful h
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 men who hav-
taken issue with the Men and Religion
Forward Movement and come out into
the open in their fight against th*
propaganda and bulletins of that or
ganlzation Is planned for Wednesday
afternoon. It is generally expected
;hat the conference will result in the
adoption of the plan urged by L. J
Daniel, president of the Daniel Rr**s
Company, to call a mass meeting of
file eltzenship to discuss the si tun t i u
and to devise means to coinbat { he
bulletins and the work of the move
meni that will meet with the approval
and co-operation of the entire city.
Adair Leads Meeting Move.
Forrest Adair, whose criticism O'
Police Chief Beavers created a sen
sat ion, is one of the moving spirits in
the calling of the conference. Mr.
Adair said that be expects to ge«
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 even* citi
zen of Atlanta, no matter on which
side of the question he stands, will be
invite*’ 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, althougl
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 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
pea red to me they were commerclgl-
lzine the -sacred religion I profess."
Reuben Arnold, one of Atlanta’s that It Is time the bulletins
most prominent attorneys, declared | stopped.
for a mass meeting of protest. He
indicated that the movement would
continue to pursue its policy of ig
noring the protests and criticisms,
and de- lared 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
movpment 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 fire Hamilton Douglas,
dean of the Atlanta Law School; W.
R. Daley, chairman of the Board of
Education; Chris F.ssig. 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 of 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. WE 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 |
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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
beat known real estate operators, in
terpolates into his defense of Colo- , |
nel Paxon and Forrest Adair j |
an attack on the modern methods of I
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-
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