The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-02
Religious War in City South
of Kenosha Breaks Out
Anew Saturday.
VOLIvA URGES HIS ALLIES ON
Leader of Dominant Faction Declares
in Chicago That He Will click His
Opponents to FRAGILE Burn and
Daub Zion City Signs.

Members of the independent party
in Zion City broke loose again on Sat.
urday night and rode exultant ovel
the anti-tobacco dictums of Wilbur
Glenn Voliva, successor to "Elijah'
DoWie.
They started out by setting fire to a
new sign Voliva had erected across
the street from the Cook electrical
4 plant, where are gathered most Of the
men who follow Lady Nicotine instead
of Prophet Voliva. After the sign was
well ablaze some of them walked
across town to another bulletin board
lugging bottles of black paint and
decorated that literally.
The signs, II by Ia feet, bore an an
nouncement to all tobacco skunks ::
that they were unclean, and that us
ing tobacco is a dirty, diabolical, de
grading, detestable, disgusting, and de-
moralizing practice.'' Running out Of
DIS which he is willing to use, Volivs
ended by saying that tobacco is Sa-
tan's consuming fire."
A few hours later the prophet went
| to Chicago, and without referring to
the confagration denounced his enc
mics as " dirty, sinking Chicago
bumsH' He said he would rather kiss
hog than a smoker.
The zionites are still looking for the
man who set fire to the bulletin board
| They were quite proud Of the sign
and expected its legends to convert the
rebellious faction. The fremen who
were called sat on the engine and
watched the sign blaze. One OF
them laughed. 4
| A little later Caleb Busick, who led
the anti-Voliva faction in the recent
elections, stepped out into Twenty.
seventh street, carrying a string of
bottles. He and a boy neighbor pac.
ed off ten yards and opened fire on
the signboard there, nearly obliterat.
ing the dehunciation of tobacco users
They were joined by Lawyer W. H.
Fabry, an independent, who chatted
pleasantly with the appalled, zionites
ooroec 4ho etrao+
"Have a cigar?" he asked, and
laughed uproariously. The churchmen
declined and moved down the street.
| Elder F. M. Royal is in charge of the
anti tobacco crusade. He led brass
band and 500 crusaders from Zion
home to the Cook plant on Saturday
morning and mounted platform.
| "What is a man who uses tobaccoa
he asked.
"a stinkpot,'' said a crusader.
GA what?'
"A stinkpot," came from humid
red more.
! A what?'
"A stinkpot," roared all 500.
"Hooray! You're another yelled
the electrical men. Through the re-
mainder of the midday service they as
sisted in unexpected responses.
| In the meantime Overseer Voliva
was in Chicago.
Tomorrow I will be back in my
Office again running this campaign
against tobacco he said at Zion
tabernacle in the afternoon, AND
| I'll lick 'em to fragile.
IN after Lady Nicotine, and hard
I'll lick her. if she is a lady. I'll beat
her over the head with a club and
am looking out for King Alcohol too
1T tell you that it has come to pass
in Zion today that man hardly dares
scratch match, much less smoke.
know that there are gentlemen who
will come there who enjoy smoke oc
casionally, but who will obey our de-
icree because they are gentlemen. The
men I am dealing with at present are
a lot of dirty, sinking Chicago buns
oman is the only animal who vii
smoke or eat tobacco. Why, il you q
lsoak a tobacco user in a blanket. ana
then put a rattlesnake in the same
blanket, it would die-overcome by
nicotine. Then there are the poor lit
tie women who marry these smokers
Why, I'd rather kiss hog than one
of you men who smoke.
ssAnd chewing tobacco is only lit
tile worse than chewing gum. When the
devil couldn't interest women il
chewing tobacco he invented chewing
gum. Now, we have the spectacle OF
a woman ehawing all day, sticking the
vad. under a chair at night and start
ing -chawing early the next day