Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-14
NEW JERUSALEM
PROPHET FEED LOCATES HIS IN A
 FLORIDA SWAMP.
On Small Island Called Estero-Every One Has Equal Rights yiaitors Are Very Welcome New Disciples Constantly Joining Them.

One Has Equal Rights fiaitors Are Very
 Welcome New Disciples Constantly
 Joining Them.
 The spot selected by Cyrus R. Teed, founder, prophet, priest and king of the Kornshan Unity, as the site of the New Jerusalem, the heaven to be established i'll the millennium, is no longer mat ter Of conjecture. It is not iii the Holy Land, as was for some time promised and believed, but in Florida, on . small island called Estero, in Lee county Here the out of the way creed, which mp 10 two or three years ago had its central house at Chicago, has it's abiding place, and, as "the master, Teed reigns with unlimited power and absolute security.
 It is scarcely five years since the New Jerusalem was first established, but al ready the inhabitants are self support ing, or at least very nearly so The ta- bic is supplied from their farms, and they raise enough over and above their daily needs to supply whatever is want ing through the Florida markets, They own the land, which IS inalienable and cannot be sold under any circumstances. They have their own sawmills and en- gage in ship building and other indus tries.
 The Koreshan Unity is so we'll known ill Chicago that it is necessary to go in- to it's beliefs. It is communistic or ganization based almost exactly on the ideas expressed by Edward Bellamy. It advocates the equal distribution of wealth and labor, with government ownership of every industry and enter prise, and it expects to bring the whole world into commonwealth of this form. With this end i'll view there are numerous rules put forward for the con- duet of all believers aud at the New Jerusalem all these rules are strictly carried out
 The living is in common; sleeping, working or resting they are one large, and, 1t is said, harmonious family Even the children have their own apart ments, and are cared for by sisters" appointed for the purpose. Women have equal rights with men, so that Koreshanity is, i'll one thing at least, more than ahead of the times, even i'll Kansas. The only distinction made is i'll the separation of the sexes necessary to make them "sons of God n But Cy- rus (Teed) has his seat at the women z dining table, by the side of Victoria Gratia, the secular head Of the Kore- shan Unity.
 It is said that Teed courts inyestiga- tion and gives the earnest seeker every facility to visit the New Jerusalem. The railway at Jacksonville and other points conveys the traveller to Punta Gorda, where he takes steamer to St, James, and is met by sloop belonging to the Unity. One may even, if the chance be favorable, sail iii charmed vessel sent from heaven. For Cyrus" (Dr Teed) has taught his followers that the Father (God) will grant all his wishes, and sometimes proves it sub stantially. Having need of vessel he asked the Father for it, and it came. An awestruck procession met it at the wharf and prostrated themselves cry ing, 70 Master, o Masterp' Then said Cyrus: "I can command this vessel to go to pieces and every soul on board will go to the bottom. I can then by the words of my mouth bring all the parti- cles together again and it will be as new
 But the men on board fell on their knees and besought him not to put their faith to SC severe test, and he merci- fully complied.
 After reaching the New Jerusalem the visitor lives exactly as the members do, so that the system and the daily life are open to his gaze and understand ing So subtle is the fascination of the doctrine, the communistic life, and of its great central figure, Dr. Teed, that many guests take away with them an enthusiasm that frequently sends them back again as members.
 The Unity has i'll contemplation a line of fiatboats and steamers to be placed on the Mississippi and it's tribu- taries, and larger ships on the gulf, for the accommodation of Koreshans who | wish to establish themselves at the New | Jerusalem. Poor families will be trans- ported free of charge. ge.-Chicago Tribune