The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-06-15
S0L0NS FAv0 0 R
A BETTER|NG Of
ALL CONDITIONS
BUT REGRETS THAT UNDUE
PUBLICITY HAS BEEN GIVEN
EVILS EXISTING HERE--SlT-
UATION is DISCUSSED.

City council, as a committee of the
whole, last night submitted at the reg
ular meeting of that body, "a report on
the recent petition filed by some $50
citizens, urging council to cooperate
with them in stamping out all blind
tigers, public gambling houses and
lewd houses in the city. The council
committee, in its report, went fully in
to the petition, pointing out that, as
has been previously stated, there Is
not now in existence in Brunswick a
public gambling house or club. The
committee went on record as favoring
the reforms as suggested by the com
mite, and voted its support in the
matter.
In reference to lewd houses, how
there was no antagonistic sentiment
to be decided, as neither the council
committee or the special citizens com
mittee has arrived at any tangible
way in which this problem can be
solved. The report of the committee,
which is interesting, is as follows;
Hon. Mayor and Council,
Brunswick, Ga.
Gentlemen:
The committee of the whole, to
whom was referred the memorial
signed by $50 citizens, its subject be-
ing, to carry to a successful conclu-
sion, a movement for the suppression
of the Illegal sale of liquor and Of
disorderly houses and public gambling
acl ho Of N
mayor and council, begs to make the
following report.
In the outset, this committee desires
to go on record as being second to
no man or men or body of men, indi-
vidually or collectively, in bettering
the moral tone and conditions of this
community We know that along the
lines above set out, these conditions
have shown a steady healthy improve
ment in recent years, and taking par
donable pride for bringing these condl-
, tons about, we regret that such wide
| publicity has been given of the citi-
zens' intention in respect to these
vices. magnifying conditions to such
an extent as to bling uGdeseryed crit
1 icism on our community, regarding
evils that unfortunately exist more or
less throughout the state.
| AS to the illegal sale of liquor, our
police force and court have been stead
| lily putting these places out of bust
ness until II is now almost about re-
duced to a minimum, and the senti-
| ment of this committee is in full ac-
I hn nIt
| stamp it out entirely; at this time
there Is not a club operating in the
city, and as to public gambling houses
there are none in existence known to
the police or this committee
Individually, your committee is di-
vided In opinion as to remedy pro-
posed regarding houses of Ill repute,
that is, to abolish the district, sending
| such inmates as will go to homes of
refuge, and shunt the rest of them off
on to other communities.
In the exchange Of views with q
committee from the citizens, commit
tee on Thursday, May 27, it developed
that we, as a committee, could not
reach a unanimous conclusion with
them on this subject, and deem a
discussion Of these differences Of
opinion as unwise We believe that
part of the citizen committees plan,
to eradicate and minimize these evils
by education to be the most practi-
cal and humane, and in this we are
/. in hearty accord with them and will
at all times be pleased to cooperate
with the committee along practical
lines towards elevating the morals Of
the community