The courier-index., 1917-10-12

Pearl Rainwater of Morrilton. for
 the organization of society among
 the school children of the state, to
 be known as 'The Builders of the
 Beautiful"
 In his endorsement of the move ment Gov. Brough voices beautiful
 sentiments that should appeal to all. He declared that
 Tt is the opportune time to teach
 our children to see what God has | given us in wonderful Arkansas l "Our fields of cotton and waving | grain, vocal with the praises of the
 happy husbandman and replete with
 the gratitude of the rewarded toiler: "Onr forests, That like giants
 stand to sentinel an enchanted land; Our marvellous undeveloped re-
 sources. and some of the most won
 derful water ways and lakes in the l world;
 "The burning bush of Moses may be read in our autumn leaves, and the glories of Pisgah and Sni are reflected in the beautiful landscapes to be seen from such mountains as Nebo, Magazine and the peaks of the Ozarks.
 I think your idea a slendid one and l shall do everything in my power, personally and officially, to encourage the idea of the State Beautiful :"
 It is proposed that this shall be made matter of education, begin ming with the children in the public schools, training up new generation in the new way of thinking, as was done with the question of prohibition.
 It is long process, but it is the only | certain one.
 | The city of Shreveport, La has a | hard fight in progress over the ques- | tion of abolishing the segregated vice l district. There is the same thing in 1 New Orleans and nearly every city where large bodies of troops are sta | tiOned has to deal with it in some | form or another The government
 has placed it's stamp of disapproval upon protected or regulated vice, and | declared that it must go; that while ] there may be some evils due to it's 1 suppression. they are not as great
 as the evils that follow in the trail
 of protected vice.
 The Morals Committee of Shreve-
 port are well organized, and declare
 that while they ''are going to have a | fight, it will be a fight to a finish" l The committee has written to the 1 government agent in Little Rock | for information as to the effect of
 the suppression here, saying that it is reported there that the con-
 ditions in and around Little Rock
 are worse than they have been be | fore'
 l Answering the inquiry, Mayor Chas. l E. Taylor cites the fact that on Aug
 ust 25, 1913, he gave the order which abolished the segregated district in
 this city. This was done following the report and recommendation of
 the vice commission which had de- voted several months to a study of
 the question The Mayor says: "That commission was appointed | by me and my action was entirely voluntary, being actuated by a desire | to do away with the miserable con- | ditions which had existed in this city up to that time. or at least to make them better Antagonism was ar
 oused against me officially and per
 sonally because of the action taken.
 and the matter has been fought out
 in two campaigns for the Mayors | nomination, in each of which I was | successful by increased majorities
 I am now serving my fourth term. ] I mention this fact to show that the
 voters of this city who have been
 called upon twice to express their
 approval or disapproval of the pres ent policy have given it their sane | tion and approval"
 Mayor Taylor then proceeds to | give in detail the results of the l campaign that has been waged
 against vice The conditions were
 most hideous in their moral aspect. | He says:
 | The old red light district had
 been blot on the face of ne busi-
 ness district for many years. Under
 the old suctome of bonds for appear
 ance, which were invariably forfeited, amounting to practically license by the city, these places had been per
 mitted within few yards of the best retail sections of the city extending several blocks east toward the whole ! sale section. A few property owners who owned old buildings in that sec tion held up these miserable women fnr ttfs {nIa