Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1910-07-19
Voliva Gets Zion City
For 100000 Cash


with interest by those readers of the
Enterprise who have kept up with
the affairs at Zion City
Overseer Voliva has won his fight
for the Zion City estate,
By vote of the investors in Zion
those who originally put their money
into the proposition, it became az
aren't to Judge Lands in the Federal
Court, Chicago, that they we're anx-
ious, by a large majority, to have Il e
receivership lifted and the estate sold
to Voliva for his cash proposition of
100000
The final order of the court was to
be entered today at a o'clock. Judge
Lands having stated just before noon
that he would enter the order at that
hour.
Here are the three proposition s
which the investors had been asked
by the count to vote upon:
1-ShaIl the estate be sold to Cobe
& Nc Kinnon (knoVn to be Voivas
asents) for 100000 CO ST
2-Shall seven trustees oe created
to conduct the affairs of Zion?
3-Shall the estate be sold to VOL
iva on time?
Interests representing $1,772,710
voted that the judge sell to Voliva for
ash, 100000.
Interests representing $1,699,G23
,oted that the seven trustees be
famed to care for the estate.
Interests representing $118,315
voted that the judge sell to Voliva en-
TIM.
In other figures, 1854 persons
voted for the sale for cash; 147 voted
to sell on time; $40 voted for the
trustee plan.
The vote of the investors has been
progressing for the past month, and
all along it had been neck and neck
between those favoring the sale to-
Noliva and the ones against it. the
Independents representing tie latt r
pla-.
VoIiva felt confident that he
would win the verdict of the inves-
tors while the others felt equally
cOnfden+. The returns show that
Volva ha( 1901 person S in his favor
against $40 against him although in
: The m; tier of dollars and cents,
Voliva ad | ut $50 .N87 more in his.
favor Il an the other ,rowd, Votes
were allowed propor,ionate to the
amount person had invested in
Zion.
IS GREAT VICTORY,
The decision OF the court is final
and Voliva will now take tie neces-
sary steps to acquire absolute owr-
ership to the estate of Zion. He
evidently has the cash on hand to
make the deal or he would not have
carried it as far as he has This deal
will give him title to many buildings,
much laad manufacturing plante,
etc, AMI it means the complete
routing of the anti-VoIiva factions
in Zion.
Many have said that, if the estate
was sold to Voliva, the Independents
and others would move out of the
city at once, for, if they did not Volt
va would practically drive them out.
The events which transpired in
the Federal Court, Chicago, today,
were the most important in lions
history. They marked new epoch
in the citys life; they marked COM
plete reversal of things in lions
future.
LIKELY TO RESTORE THINGS.
The likelihood is that Voliva will
restore many Of the old customs in
Zion, established by Dowie which
have in late years, been forgotten.
Voliva is the n an who stepped into
Dowie's shoes while Dowie was on a
trip and, when Dowie returned, he
refused to give up his power and ulti-
mately came to be recognized as
DOwie's successor although others
claim the same power. 1t looks as if
Voliva has beat them all to it and