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Show "Holy "Rolltr." Ill-Oat of "Bit- H jah" "Dottiit. M "niljah" Dowle and the healing H nosta of Zlon havo a formidable rival H In "lllshop" Uaitman and tho "Holy H Hollers," who aro now causing great M excitement In central New York Tho M "Holy Hollers" are fM o called from M their practice of Jff ""S ft rolling upon tho ', M ground In spasms (PT St of religious eo CS A M stasy, Often ths J v ( sH "saints" of t h o yS-Tp-" church, after to flL'L jH rolling, becomo ap- Yvsjlfca. parcntly lifeless ll H and He for hours 3iS j I n a cataleptic. B s t n t o. "lllshop" H Kastman, tho head of tha "Holy Itoll- gH ers," was a country teacher when, ten B jeara ago, ho became a religious do- M rotoo and organized tho strange church M which now has several thousand' B members Their services are usually H held out of doors, and preferably on a hill top, and are marked by much H shouting, leaping, and kissing among H the men They practlco ' dlrlne heal- H Ing," and claim to havo mado most re- H markabls cures At almost all ot their M meetings people who claim to bo help- H less paralytics -and bed-rlddon rbeu- matlcs are prayed over and annolnted H with oil, afterwards throwing away jB their crutches nnd rising from their ! beds to Join In the wild shouting and iWaH leaping which Co on all around them raWaH Tho "Holy Hollers" have many strong HaVJ churches In tho rural communities ot (nHH Now York and Pennsylvania, and are ItgjrVj fast spreading Into other states They r&mi havo also orgnnlezd a Canadian rSIiR branch, rPJB. |