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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
TRYING TO WORK UP A CASE OF
SMALLPOX IN CLEAN, N. Y.

The Health officer Of Olean and the State
officers are straining the medical diagnosis
of case Of something in Olean, they are
half inclined to call mild case of small
pox. Well, call it what you have mind
to, the people of Olean won't fall into a
panic or have fit for they are scare proof
on smallpox frame-ups Perhaps it would
be advisable to have little itch to offset
the efforts to have this law repealed.
IL DR.. Biggs, state health officer and the
state board of education wish to enforce
vaccination or Withhold our public money
in Olean now is their opportunity, for a
case Of that scare bug disease is right here,
they say, and this sacred diseased-calf and
foot-and-mouth plague distributing law
was primarily enacted to be used only
when smallpox was in the district.
These officers should be removed for
gross neglect Of duty-a duty they owe to
the vaccine combine and the poor vaccine
doctors. If you don t like to enforce, then
help the public repeal it and assert your
manhood even though you lose few dol
lars or lose caste with the medical profiters.
Olean children are unvaccinated and pro-
pose to remain so, for foot and mouth dis
ease and the many deaths throughout the
state are all the evidence the parents need
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
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tenable. In other words, Creighton says,
"Jenner's position-the tracing of cow
pox to the grease of the Horses hooks
is crude fancy" and that when Jenner
says that cow-pox and smallpox are the
same it is just as arbitrary and untenable.
Creighton continues cit was elaborated
by Pearson In 1902 and has often been con-
firmed by subsequent writer's that the
vesicle of inoculated cow-pox even while
it remains a vesicle is quite unlike single
pustule Of smallpox"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
JURIES REFUSE TO ENFORCE A
BAD LAW.

Roger A. Ryan, of Cuyler, N. Y, was
arrested and tried for not having his chill
dren vaccinated The jury deliberated Is
minutes and brought in verdict of not
guilty and no cause Of action.
This has been the result in number of
cases, in fact we have had no report of a
conviction by jury
Selected from 'sThe Peril" of December
Is, 1914
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

membership Of 1,400, had an attendance Of
Is men, so women, and 8 children.
A Presbyterian Church, with 500 mem
bers, had an attendance Of AZ men, SO wo-
men, and children.
A Methodist Church, with a member
ship of 760, had an attendance Of So men,
153 women, and 4 children.
A ALutheran Church, with 1900 members,
had an attendance Of 38 men, 103 women,
and II children.
A Baptist Church, with 600 members,
had an attendance Of % men, SIS women,
and children.
Four-ffths Of the members were not in
their places.
Selected.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
An Appeal to Fathers and Mothers

for God nor man and apparently no sense
Of fairness or self-respect.
Let the people Of Zion City know and
never forget the following facts:
Voliva and his supporters cleaned out
the accursed pool-room and tobacco shop
on Twenty-seventh Street.
Voliva and his supporters have cleaned
out several houses of ill-fame.
Voliva and his supporters have made it
possible for women and girls to walk the
streets Of Zion City in safety at night.
Voliva and his supporters have put a
stop to the rowdyism, the shooting OF guns,
the terrorizing Of the people by gang of
hoodlums.
You will find in this number Of "The
Theocrat'' the Tobacco Ordinance, and we
propose to keep up relentless warfare
against tobacco; and, as sure as God sits
on His Throne, we will win in the long run.
No one but low-down, dirty dog would
invade Zion City, smoke and chew tobac-
co, knowing that thousands Of people came
here to escape the dirty, filthy, disgusting
practice.
Ii you want to see a sight that will turn
you sick at your stomachs, make you hang
your heads in shame and cause you to cry
to God, take a look at the bunch in front of
the Drug Store on Saturday nights. You
will see there a gang Of low-down, dirty,
beastly degenerates, reveling in their filth,
with not half the decency Of dog or a
skunk.
Fathers and mothers, are you asleep I?
and do you propose to feed your boys and
girls on drugs and tobacco? God will
hold you responsible.
Whatever you do, we propose to go for
ward and fight the devil and his hosts to
a finish.
A drug store is worse, any day, than a
saloon; and saloon in Zion City could
not do the damage that drug store can
do
Do not excuse yourselves by saying,
"God will save Zion City" God will
save it through men and women.
Let all those who want to join in this
fight against this drug store and tobacco
shop be prepared to attend meeting
which will be announced in the near
future We will find out whether the
rights Of thousands Of people can be de-
liberately trampled under foot.
May God touch your hearts and arouse
you to sense Of your responsibility
WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

ZION CITY, as is generally well known,
was established by Zion People and for
Zion People only.
Zion City was established, under God, by
John Alexander Dowie, the Founder and
General Overseer of the Christian Catholic
Apostolic Church in Zion, as the Private
Home, the Headquarters of the Christian
Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion.
Zion City and all that it means, is the
God-given Heritage of the officers and
members of the Christian Catholic Apos-
tolic Church in Zion.
Visitors are heartily welcome if they
come in the proper way and splrlt-but
Invaders are not welcome and never will
be-
No gentleman or lady would go into a
Roman Catholic church or any other
church, no matter what they might think
of their doctrines and practices, and at
tempt to harass and embarrass them, and
to rob them Of their heritage.
All well-informed persons in the State
of Illinois and, for that matter, through
out the United States and many different
parts of the world, know that Zion City
was not established for anybody else ex-
cept for the officers and members OF the
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church In
Zion; and no persons with an iota Of fair
ness or sense of self-respect and decency,
would invade Zion City and attempt to
harass embarrass, and to destroy the
things which Zion holds dear.
The question is often asked by visitors
"Why do people who do not believe IN
Zion principles and practices persist IN
staying in Zion City,"
The question is difficult one to answer,
especially in view Of the fact that there
are hundreds Of cities Of the world where
people can go and live; and just why
people who do not believe in and want a
Zion City should remain here and attempt
to destroy it, is a question which we shall
not here attempt to answer.
From the moment the first announce
ment was made that Zion City would be
built, the devil and his hosts have been
busy working for it's destruction.
The devil does not want a city with
every inhabitant child Of God; every
house a house Of prayer; every person
waiting to welcome the coming of Jesus
the Christ to be Lord and King.
The devil does not want city without
saloon, drug store, tobacco shop, a
theater, dance hall, brothel, and the
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
DROP LIKE WoRMY APPLES
David Starr Jordan said:

David Starr Jordan said:
'tBoys who smoke cigarettes are like
wormy apples: they drop long before the
harvest-time. They rarely make failure
in after-life, because they do not have any
after-life.
"The boy who begins smoking before
his fifteenth year never enters the life Of
the world. When other boys are taking
hold of the world work, he is concerned
with the sexton and undertaken"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
TO ENTERTAIN BOYS CHOIR

The Social Committee Of ST. John s
Episcopal Church will entertain the Boys
Choir and the young people Of the Church
with Masquerade Dance in the Guild
Hall, Saturday evening, October 31st The
boys will be the guests Of the Social Com
mittee, but all others will be charged 10c
admission.
The hours will be from to 10 CLOCK.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
CLEAR SIXTY DOLLARS AT
CHICKEN FRY

The Ladies Aid Society cleared Sixty
Dollars at the Chicken Fry in the First
United Brethren Church Thursday even
ing
About three hundred persons attended,
and the total amount taken in was more
than One Hundred Dollars.
The members of the Society were much
pleased with the results.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
25O,O00 PRESBYTERIANS QUIT IN
THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, November 10.
SPECIAL. More than 25O,O0O members
of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States have been placed on the suspended
roll within the last five years. The cause
is given as "the growing love Of pleasure
disregard for the Lords Day and the
Word of God, the increasing craze for
amusement, and the influence Of worldly
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
CHURCH CONDUCTS RUMMAGE
SALE.

The ladies Of the Pipe Organ Society Of
the Central Christian Church commenced
Rummage Sale Thursday morning, which
will continue through Friday and Satur-
day.
The Mothers Club Of the South Side
Mission has decided on December 3rd as
the date for their annual Christmas Ba-
zaar.
Twenty-six children, members Of the In
FAINT Class Of ST. Mark S Episcopal Church
Sunday School, took part yesterday in a
dress rehearsal for Tom Thumb wedding.
The program will include fancy dancing,
beginning at o'clock
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
Selected from various newspapers
from different parts of the country.
SPARSE ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH

On recent Sabbath, record was kept
Of the attendance at church in New York.
There were less than 105 persons in each
Of 33 churches
A Reformed Church, with 600 members,
had an attendance Of 20 men, 68 women,
and 3 children.
A Protestant Episcopal Church, with a
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

numerous other vices that now curse and
threaten the destruction Of the cities Of
the world.
Long before the gates Of Zion City were
thrown open, before single lot was
leased, the following statements were
made, printed and spread broadcast
throughout this and other lands:
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was to replace smallpox incubation by
cow-pox incubation.
Dr. Creighton, M. A., M. D., author of
the article an vaccination IN the Ency-
clopedia Britannica" volume "a, says:
"Jenner's originality consisted in boldly
designating cow-pox as smallpox of the
COW. and in tracing cow-pox itself back
to the grease of the horses hooks. /"
Creighton continues by saying: "The
latter contention was at length set aside by
practical men as a crude fancy; the former
designation is just as arbitrary and un-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
The Apostate Churches

in 557 S. Franklin Street, Saturday even
ing, for the benefit Of the Church of the
Living God. Laughable! The "Church
of the Living God" Gods Church has
to be supported by chicken and fish fry.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

to convince them that vaccination is a gig
antic fraud enforced for money only by
host Of unprincipled medical quacks
This law will be repealed and we chal-
lenge you to enforce it that we may effect
the repeal more quickly. Perhaps you can
make Olean look like Niagara Falls did
after your big chickenpox epidemic, and
what a harvest awaits you with $500
school children and $4,000 people unvacci-
mated and ready to contract foot and
mouth rot, blood poison, hog cholera and
few other diseases spread through your
so-called pure vaccine. Why not cook
these foot and mouth disease critters and
ship them to the army? Just as sanitary
as cattle rotten with tuberculosis you say
will be cheap food for the poor and hum
BILE when cooked.
Yours for the repeal of the cumpulsory
vaccination law.
Geo. A. Robertson, Sec.,
Anti Vaccination League of Olean.
Selected from tThe PERIL Of December
Is, 1914.
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CHICKEN FRY AT HULLvILLE

The ladies Of the Christian Church OF
Hullville will give Chicken Fry at Wood
man Hall in that town Thursday evening,
October 29th.
The ladies will begin serving at 5
o'clock Everybody invited
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

The social to be given by the Ladies
Social Circle Of the Second Presbyterian
Church Friday afternoon was enormously
announced for Thursday afternoon.
Each member is asked to bring two
inch cord and pin
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
FEW SEEK MINISTRY NOW

Only five per cent. of graduates of col
leges become clergymen. Statistics show
that in the early days Of America colleges
about one-half Of the gradutes adopted the
ministry as profession.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
oLD-FAsHIoNED CHICKEN FRY

An old-fashioned Chicken Fry will be
held at the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Dewitt, Friday evening, October 3Oth.
All invited
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
CHICKEN FRY

Saturday evening, October 18th, Ladies
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Sup
per served beginning at o'clock.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

The Woman's Guild Of the Vermont
Street Baptist Church met Friday, MAX
ing preparations for bazaar, which the
Guild will give in the near future.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
CLASS WINNER" ROAST

The Tri Mu Bible Glass cleared Eighteen
Dollars on Wiener Roast and Ham
burg Supper in the Riverside Baptist
Church Friday night.
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Extract from Encyclopedia Britain.
nica," page 634, Volume 13.

Special Note: From the above, readers
will see that Jenner took the position that
smallpox, cow-pox, and the grease Of
horses were simply different names for the
same disease.
Although Jenner failed for three months
to find anyone in London who would be
vaccinated, nevertheless vaccination got a
start, and Eternity alone will reveal the
terrible results Of this demon-inspired in
vention, so widely heralded as one of the
great medical "diskiveries" in history.
Before old Jenner began inoculating
human beings with cow-pox, smallpox in
oculation was practiced-th is, smallpox
virus, taken from smallpox patient, was
put into people in the same way that vac
cine virus is now put into them
s'The Encyclopedia Britannica" page
174, volume %, says In 1910 an act of
Parliament was passed rendering smallpox
incubation unlawful in England. =
May God hasten the day when through
out the world vaccination will be declared
unlawful and it's practice made crime,
punishable by fine and Imprisonment.
The thing which Jenner set out to do,
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

Twenty-f five members of the Brotherhood
of the Woodman Avenue M. E. Church
killed forty-two rabbits while hunting
Tuesday.
Wednesday evening, a banquet was
served in the Parlor for the members anG
their families
Logansport, Indiana.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

The members of the Baptist Church will
give the production of Louisiana at the
Nelson theater November oath and 25th.
The cast contains three hundred persons.
Logansport, Indiana.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

The Help Chapel Ladies Aid Society
met yesterday afternoon. The Treasurer
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NOTE: "I heard of the case last Tues
day and went at once to investigate. It
was pitiful sight The parents were al
most heart-broken. The father said he
knew it was vaccination did it. I have
collected the stories of several cases of peo-
pie who were vaccinated, then took small
pox There is stir among the neighbors
around the home of Bakers against vacci-
nation. From Evangelist Shumaker
Three thousand tracts were Immediately
sent for distribution in Moline.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
Edward Jenner, 1749- 1853

Edward Jenner is the reputed discover
er of vaccination. He was born at Berk-
ley, Worcestershire, ON May II, 1749.
He first directed his attention to the re-
lations between cow-pox and smallpox in
connection with popular belief which he
found current in Worcestershire, as the
antagonism between these two diseases.
He first satisfied himself that two differ
ent forms Of disease had been hitherto
confounded under the term "cow-pox. .
only one Of which protected against small
pox and that many Of the cases Of failure
were to be thus accounted for; and his
next step was to ascertain that the true
cow-pox itself only protects when COM
municated at particular stage Of the dis
ease.
At the same time he came to the con-
clusion that "the grease Of horses is the
same disease as cow-pox and smallpox
each being modified in the organism in
which it was developed.
For many years, cow-pox being scarce
in his county, he had no opportunity of in
oculating the disease, and so putting his
discovery to the test, but he did all he
could in the way Of collecting information
and communicating what he had ascer-
tanned.
At length, on the 18th of May, 1896, he
was able to inoculate James Phipps, a boy
about eight years old, with cow-pox mat
ter. On the 1st Of the following July the
boy was carefully inoculated with variol-
Gus matter, but Gas Jenner had predicted)
no smallpox followed.
The discovery was now complete, but
he desired to act without precipitation
and was unable to repeat his experiment
until 1898, owing to the disappearance OF
cow-pox from the dairies.
He then repeated his inoculations with
the utmost care, and prepared pamphlet
which should announce his discovery to
the world. Before publishing it, however,
he thought it well to visit London, so as
to demonstrate the truth of his assertions
to his friends; but he remained in London
nearly three months without being able to
find any person who would submit to be
vaccinated.
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Died from Vaccination
At 1922 18th Avenue, Moline, Illinois
Friday, December Il, 1914.

Paul Baker, four years old, only child
of Mr.. and Mrs Baker, died Friday after
a lingering illness of six months. Little
Paul was a robust child, the pet of the
neighborhood In June he was vaccinated
by DR.. Bennett; in a short time he began
ailing. The parents called in DR.. Abel to
treat him, who diagnosed the case as Ar
thrills, the direct result Of vaccination
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

1.-THE covenants of these leases will
provide that upon this land shall be
no saloons, no breweries, no brothels,
no drug stores, no physicians or sur
geons' Offices, no theaters, no swine
feders or swine sellers, nor any Of the
other institutions which curse modern
society"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
Special Notice

There will be no Meetings Tomorrow, Lords
Day, December 10th, but conditions are today
so favorable that we fully expect to resume
Meetings in the near future.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

RUMMAGE SALE-October oath to 31st
by social helpers of Central Church Of
Christ.
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reported that Thirty Dollars was realized
on the recent bakery and fancy goods
sale.
The ladies Of the First Christian Church
are developing their plans for their annual
to be held in the Church parlor, 9th and
Broadway, on Friday, December 4th.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19

Olean, N. Y. has become disgusted and
feels much sighted because the big bluff
ers at the heads of the state departments
of health and education have completely
ignored our challenge to enforce their sick
calf law and have not even threatened to
withhold our public money. We have
over z, 500 children in school unvaccinated.
While many little districts are worried for
fear they will lose the price Of dozen
eggs, (Which is considerable just now), if
the board of education should discover
they were on the map.
Jamestown, Olean, Newburgh and many
other large places continue to uphold
American principle and will never be mo-
Tested by this cowardly bunch of buffers,
holding fat jobs by promoting the serum
graft and changing school books every
new moon
The school boards and people should not
lose sight Of the fact that the local board
has complete power, and that the state
can not withhold money for not vaccinat-
ing school children.
Hog cholera and foot and mouth disease
made fat grave yards when injected into
the veins of healthy school children. How
long will the people stand for this kind of
work If liberty is worth having it is
worth fighting for
The law will be repealed if the state will
not be so contemptibly cowardly as to en-
force law made for the doctors and serum
profters Why do they not enforce this
law like men, in every place at once, and
save the state from annihilation from
smallpox, and help spread foot and mouth
disease, hog cholera, syphilis, consump-
ton, cancer, blood poison, lockjaw and
cripples, then food the country with red
cross stamps and wish the children happy
Christmas and wink at the doctors, under
takers and tombstone makers and strew
the graves with laurels Of victory over
pure blood
No danger Of the New York state off
cials ever taking an open and above board
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-12-19
CHICKEN AND FISH FRY

A Chicken and Fish Fry will be given
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Selected.