The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-04-12
PROPHET DOVIB
WILL NOT SUBMIT
IS RETURNING TO ZION TO CON-
FRONT OPPONENTS.
WILL FIGHT TO THE END
Denies all Of the Charges That are
Brought Against Him by the Rebels.
Produces Evidence to Disprove the
Charges Of Extravaganza.

Mexico City.-John Alexander Dow
ie, the first apostle of the Christian
Catholic church of Zion City, left here
with his party for Chicago where he
will confront the local leaders who
have attempted revolt against him.
Doctor Dowie is in good health and
spirits and indignant at the conduct
OF the men who according to the let
tiers in his possession, were processing
loyalty to him within the past week.
In an interview with the Associated
Press representative given at his ho-
tel he reviewed the history Of Zion
church and spoke of its spread not
only in the United States but in Eu-
rope. His hotel table held many tel
egrams of loyal assurances from Eng
land and the United States and offers
of financial aid if required. These
kilograms were very gratifying to Dr..
Dowie who spoke freely regarding
those who have in his absence organ
lied movement for his deposition,
which he ridiculed as preposterous.
He said he had selected as his best
man Wilbur G. Voliva who had prov
ed unfaithful. The trouble came to a
climax as result in part of his Mex
lean undertakings. His wife and son
agreed with those who made objec-
tions. He added that mis- son, although
not a bad man, did not walk in his
(Dowie 's) ways. He said that his fol-
lowers thought that he was going to
die and in fact seemed little sorry
that he did not and opposed his re-
turning to Zion City. He ridiculed
the idea that those he had appointed
could dismiss him who had appointed
them. One of the points at issue be-
tween DR.. Dowie and his men Of af-
fairs was that he desired to dismiss
his general financial manager, Alex
ander Granger, who he asserted was
incompetent and failed to appreciate
his relations to his superior.
DR.. Dowie spoke at length concern
ing the telegram of April LIST, receiv-
ed Monday, April 2, in which charges
were made against him and in which
was mentioned the action that caused
his immediate preparations to return
to Zion City. He warmly refuted the
charge that he had been extravagant,
by declaring that he owned the major
ity of shares in the Zion City bank
and he declared with much earnest
ness that when the accounts would
be adjusted he would have a goodly
balance to his credit.
He then took up the charge brought
against him of tyranny and remarked
that like all business employers he did
not and would not tolerate incompe-
tency. He had been charged with in
justice but said he had during the
last two years from his own personal
resources made gifts to his people
aggregating two hundred thousand
dollars.
It was said he was extravagantwh when
he had not drawn from Zion City s.
funds one thousand dollars during the
past six months but on the contrary
he had loaned Zion City from outside
resources ten thousand dollars.
DIR. Dowie then took up the charges
of mismanagement brought against
him and stated that the creation OF
assets over and above all liabilities
of twenty million dollars in four
years was hardly to be considered
stupendous failure. Land which had
cost him less than $3.50 an acre he
had never sold at less than three thou
sand dollars an acre and some as high
as twelve thousand.
Concerning the charges of polyga-
nous teachings Dr. Dowie stated that
in none of his literature published was
there any support of this doctrine. He
said he was a sincere monogamist and
had not contemplated introducing po-
lygamy into his Mexican colonies.
DIR. Dowie went into discussion of
this matter from Biblical standpoint
and insisted that he had never upheld
anything but strict monogamE. He RI
diculed the attempts of his younger
men left in charge Of Zion City to
depose him and speaking of this mat
ter showed his accustomed fire and
force.
Nothing, he said, could keep him
from going to Chicago to face crimi-
nal or other charges which had not the
slightest basis in fact.
He humorously remarked that his de
position arrived in Mexico on April