The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
Where They viii All Go Naked
and ~Unashamtld.
THE GOLDEN RULERS
OF All the Grotesque Cults, Prom the
Holy Rollers to the Holy dtcst.
ers, the Golden Rulere, Is by
Par, the Crazlest OF
THIN All.

The Golden Rulers are q new sec'
that, tad by al uncouth, ill-c!ad.
barefoot MAJ VITO say6 he Is Adam is
making his way to THE Pacific Coast
In search o. o modern Elem. A young
OK man, unkempt and mepgeYly clad,
with wild eyes ard StJidept vcice, p
with tho b2nd nnC loudly p rlciatmf
himself as the Savior Of maDFiDd
Following them 10 that which they
expt ct to be u land lowinY IN mi.R
and honey IL o noL,ey sroup IF neL
women and ohildren, f%ootsore, hungr'
aid faint yet uStalntd, htiey dc clare.
by the hidden aroB Ut the Fl )J Gnos.
In fevfncY Of faith, In z:al ahd or
unalterable determination the Guldel
Rulers resemble the ore time Dowiei
tes OF Y on Oily, M ch. In the abar
don OF their rites they are Ike tn,
Holy Rollers whom, until shot by :
freL zitd brother Of me Of his diScip.
les, their leader p'urged into orgies
that made tue band eligible for OIL
In q State prison. The leader Of tbs
Holy r. oilers IL dead. The man Wht
killed him 10 alBo dead, a bulle9 fru.
a revolver In the hand OF the Siatr
whom he had avenged sendii & him to
his death. The sister is In prison, ant
the widow of tho departed. prophet IL
charged with being an accessory Il
the crime. The Holy r oilers IRE scat
tired, ED most Of JnEm are hid
ing. With the confusion Of sohism,
In the ranks OF Il n and the DIFF; s!oi
of the Holly Rollers there has ariser
this nov prophet who proposes tt
gather all the dist, Il ed nee hi,
banner, aud fourd on the PAciH,
OoRst sn Eden where every one wht
loves Gcd and la Of irdependen,
thought nay 1--we III e o: ic simplici
ty.
Che beRlra CT the Golden Ruler,
b cyan last month. icy brCke CAM
Just cut CT Oklahoma CITY, wher,
they hs. econ practising lLel. EI>nic
SIX p,ic!.y for tur,e months, n s.ar
ed on lLeir march to their luturr
hor.c. Where that is :Etl d. 20.
know, but JOIN S!la! p, or 10 ube r.
ecolesiasJIcal ti.lc. A~an, $ va tos
the Holy Ghost wiz leNd hem thloug'
the wilderness and on tLaU bpo. vito
is to be their E"en WI seh M q BIZ
ing tOlon. All tne uweliers IN Okla
hOma Oily McI. OF tnc a.uaHg.lks O.
peered out Of the wirdows to watch
the departure or tho G .lden Rul
band.
At tho head marched the Vail Raun.
man OF nifty Whose gIlzzIsd hair swept
h1s shOui ,e1S I'd Vht C beard saor+
his brcakt, fcr Lnelo arc NJ r, zJis IN
Ellen. lie wore a white COTTON shirt
u brown jeans trousers. To wat
barefoot and hatlsss. Beside him
walked q tall youth Of lighter hair
n no beard, whom nis folio 9eIs pro
claimed With every ores OF he T.
on wheels 'Jlsus Ohrtat, tie Savio
Of Mankind" There IRE foity men
women and children In the band. The
men, CARRIED as their leaGo.s, "..l-d
The women rode, ard In l,ecvy wag
ons, prairie schooners," were Tie ba.
bies and small children. Thore v'or-
seven waROne, for children ara ouo,.
erouB lii Eden, u the Wagons mei,
wen nileu. 1he W~mrp, go~neu IL
1owing robes Of wLiLo. wcl,. ~.
on the fal III hOfsco tLau Esd Tiled the
temporary Eden which va bel, 9 de
serted tor the permanent me- AS unay
marched through Oklahoma Civ 6ne,
sang:
we are marching on to Canaan"
one Golden Ruler remained behind,
gazed OF the procession bote cen pris.
on bars. For be had been dstalned In
the Oklahoma County jail to answer
the charge Of disturbing the pease OF
the community. His name was Thomas
cooper, n he Is the only Gslden
Ruler for whom Adam las nus r1o.
cured ball, when the sect's Ideas xbyu3
dfess ana manners con1icted with the
city ordinances. Five times he WHOM,
the magistrate rudely persisted la call.
ing John Sharp instead CT Adam had
appeared to bail out his followers, and
each time he Sstonished the surround.
Ing cilizsns OF Oklahoma by the
amount OF money he txtric'ed from
his wallet, his trousers pocket and
the mem OF MS trousers H. has NO
bootleg. But Thomas Cooper was ig.
nored. He says the slight Was put
upon him because he had questioned
tho authority Of the moderr Adam.
AT the edge Of The city, before the
Golden Rulers s.ruck out upon the
broad ttail to California, their leader
the back seat OF 4. wagon anu
delivered this farewell address.
Farewell, yo ungOdl> |, who In
my several selves am Almighty God,
aid Elijah, salute and warn
you. Ye are d wiokco city. | find
mine part from you without pain. |
I'M tho Lord God Almighty, and those
who follow me surrender all their
worldly goods, knowing that I will
keep tuem from all harm, and that I
being blessed with divine wisdom, can
Jake much better care Of their worldly
goods than they. l am Adam, who
will establish for these Inhabitants OF
, new world q new Eden. l am Ell.
lab, for | shall not ole, but shall dis.
appear from the aaIth in Q cloud of
re.
We go to found a homo for all who
re oppressed btoauee they usS their
link tanks. We will establish
heaven for ali those who are storm
iriven by falge and Cru3l beliefs in
jhe r&mo OF religion. While medita.
ing enc evening l saw tho ~b1iKhtos,
'taf OF Tie night le& We It's position In
he sky, and, afUer o%soillantDg for
moments, move toward tho , ust
md sink below The horizon. Iiis wss
ne OF o Series OF manifestations |
ave seen OF late, all OF which point
oWard the west. l do not know where