The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-09

were filled with Zionists some walking, others riding in carriages but all head cd in one direstion-Shiloh tabernacle
 When Overseer voliva accompanied by Mrs. Voliva and their litt.e daugh- ter reached the meeting house, the place was, full to overflowing.
 On the platform with voliva were Mrs. John Alexander Dowie, Judge Barns, head of the law department or Zion City and Overseers Speicher, Ex- cell, Cantel. and Granger.
 At the conclusion of short prayer by Overseer Speicher the newly ap- pointed head of Zion clad in robe of simple white and black. decided departure from the gaudy raiment as- sumed by the first apostle on similar occasions, announced in calm and studied voice that he was going to take advantage of today's meeting to tell them few truths about the man who they had so faithfully followed for years. He told in the first few words he uttered of the "perfidity" of John AL exander." There was no one in the ta- bernacle who showed more approval of his remarks than Oversser Jane Dowie. the wife for thirty years of John Alex ander Dowie. and the mother of his three children.
 When voliva, in angry tones, ex- claimed e'T will see that all the costly furniture and expensive library adorn- ing Dowie's Zion City residence and which were purchased by that hypo- crit while many of his people were in need of food. are sold and the money turned into Zion City storehouses" Mrs. Dowie half rose from her seat and with voice and hands applauded she speak CT.
 Overseer voliva told how money had been spent for Dowie's own comfort while the creditors and the people of Zion were demanding money. Voliva cited as his own experience that he had been compelled to keep himself and a family of five on $50 a month and that of this he had been compelled to turn over a tenth in tithes to the church. Voliva declared that he had been sending the store house at Zion City an average of s1,70o a month and that the other deacons doing the same kind of missionary work. had done fully as well for the church. He informed his listeners that the greater portion of these funds had been squan- dered by Dowie.
 In bringing his Announcement to a close. voliva said:
 Alexander Granger owns this tab ernacle. This church owns this entire estate. What want you to do is to send all tithes and offerings to Zion in the name of Overseer Granger instead of in the name of John Alexander Dowie. Make all checks and all com mercial paper of every description pay able to Alexander Granger. The day has come when you ought to act as men and women. I don't want you to do anything by constraint.
 q want to be calm and straightfor- ward and present these matters in such a way that none can truthfully say that you were excited or acted on the impuse of the moment. If you want to stand for downright lying, hypccri- cy, shameful misuse of money, keep your seats, but all of those present who are tired of his lying. his exag- geraticns, his interpretations and his inconsistencies, his gross ignorance of all business laws and principles. stand up as an evidence of their de- nouncement of Dowie and his meth ods."
 The reponse was instantaneous. ev- cry one in the building rising to their feet. sk away from the railway station next Tuesday when Dowie is expected to reach Zion City.
 q don't want you to so down there and listen to his egotistical har- angue." said Voliva, If he should try any of his spectacular antics on his ar- rival here we will soon put a stop to it."
 After the meeting, the 250 Zion guards. or policemen, were sworn in- to support Voliva in all his undertak- ings and all except one took the oath of allegiance.
 A message was received from Dowie during the afternoon stating that he would arrive here Tuesday morning and ordering Shiloh house. his resi- dence in Zion City. to be prepared for his homecoming. Voliva, after reading this message. stated in emphatic terms that Dowie would not be allowed to enter even the door of what was for merly his home.