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* - Jmi h i : ill i V I l d t ' tl.j 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. Continued From Page 1. ! menf tr Forw \v u i; >b! 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 th M i 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 | Roller Skates Free Hill US m- Hello, Boys! t 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- Here is an offer that wil I interest you. Every boy and girl can get a pair of roller skates absolutely free. It is a simple, straightforward offer — easy to enter. Just call at the office, secure a card. When tilled with ten subscribers to The Atlanta Georgian and Sunday Amer ican, return, and we award you a pair of skates. Easy, isn’t it? Call or telephone Circulation Department for particulars. 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