Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20

people is past. That's no epigram; 1t is
fact. When the people of Atlanta ex-
press, as they will and are doing. that
| they want the new charter, you will see
opponents to the plan taking to the tall
timber, as they say.
! Sunday moving pictures? am dead
against them and hope that ! shall hear
] that they have been put out of existence
I when ! reach London. Why? Because
! they serve no large measure Of good
to the community. All this cloaking of
! the move to have open house in Atlanta
on the Sabbath under the guise Of
! charity is the merest flimsy excuse.
Calls Move Opening Wedge.
! Don't think for q moment that the
men behind the Sunday moving pic
ture plan have any philanthropic ideas
in their scheme. They are not philan-
| thropists in any sense of the word. It's
ridiculous to suppose that they viii
keep on operating their places of bust
ness on Sunday without profit to them
! selves. How utterly absurd. Their
stand is to simply get opened up; then
! tll6 ItSl-d ullllSolOllS anu al hhu1 'OA
of thing come easy.
so far as the enforcement Of the law
| is concerned, these men will obey the
I letter OF the law undoubtedly but the
spirit OF the law they win surmount
with the agility Of the grasshopper.
There's another thing I want to en-
| phasize, and that is the accomplishment
of Chief Beavers in stamping out the
| segregated zone. This work must not
stop where It is now. The Martha home
! thank God is the one step in the right
direction following the cleanup that has
proven worthy.
Urges War on Higher Sisters"
There are many steps to be taken
! before the cleanup really becomes
cleanup. Stamp out the pandering and
the solicitation Of women In hotels and
cafes. Drive these willingly wanton
women from the city. Do not allow
| them a haven I'm the so-called respect
able apartment buildings Of the city.
These women are known. It is not
hard matter for the police to put a
quick stop to their activities. Go
straight after these higher sisters Of
| the crimson life and place them outside
Of the city limits OF Atlanta-yes, put
them a thousand miles outside Of the
! city limits,
| Just another thing-then l have Cos
! siped enough. There must be a censor
| Of vaudeville and moving pictures put
to work in Atlanta. I am told on re
! liable authority that some Of the films
shown in certain show houses on week
! days here are unbelievable in suggest
| iveness. There are some negro picture
| houses in Decatur street that are mere
refugees for men and women of loose
| habits. | am informed.
There are some Peachtree and
Whitehall street pleasure palaces that
| have i'm their audiences each day in the
week young girls and boys who have no
/ business in such places at all. The pic
lures shown can not be classed as i'm
moral, but they can be cIassed as detri-
mental to the proper bringing up of
| children and they should be overseen.
pjucked from moving picture programs
and the proprietors Of such places taken
| to task.
( Plans to Sail Saturday
That is all | have to say regarding
/ what Atlanta most urgently needs now.
( There are many things she needs. But
/ il seems to me that the best thing for
| Atlanta 10 do Is not 10 cross hcr. bridges
before she comes to them-to keep up
/ her fight for a Clearly city and stand
! firm in the conviction that the cleaner
! she stays. the faster she win expand
and grow great.
| I shall sail from New York Saturday
on the Atlantic transport liner Mishe-
waka. ! viii arrive in London the fol-
| lowing Saturday.
Il have enjoyed my visit here more
than words can tell. I shall not attempt
to describe Just how I have enjoyed 1t.
| The conference meetings were great
success They were beneficial to me
! personally. l have received great in
I SEPARATION from these meetings and will
take back TO London nothing but the
memory Of having spent two weeks Of
work and pleasure that know will be a
| blessing to me in every way
Just express my love for Atlanta
tell the readers OF The Georgian thai.
| God vf,lins. J shall be here again next
vrar ana that even though miles Of sea
divide rs J am here i'm spirit If not n
flesh. To fight Their battles always 81
the side Of God and the truth"