| Show SOUTH S 0 U T H CAROLINA C A R 0 L I 1 N A A bountiful M missionary J Es i 0 n a ry a and n d hil hia partner head a TIC T IC sion of twenty three men we called at the house of H floyd and asked for drink a lie ile invited u i in to sit on the piazza we accepted his invitation and sat anti and talked till dinne rAfter having dinner lie he aided us to stay slay the afternoon and all night which we did retiring earlier than usual that night t between ten and eleven we heard some someone one whistle no noone one answering it was repeated they then called hallo ballo twice mr air floyd got up and went out and met a man at tile the gate who handed him a letter aletter and said I 1 this is for your preachers the caller then turned and walked off two or three rods and started to run after ruu running nino 0 about two hundred yards about t wenty twenty shots were fired mr floyd came in laid the letter on tile table and went to bed elder lee and myself heard the whistling shouting and shooting brit did not get gel up on ari sing shim 0 next morning mr floyd handed us its the letter on opening in it we ive found it to contain a pistol hall a charge of powder and a gun cat cap besides tile the following notice elders J S lee D 0 willey and your uncle leagues we give you twenty four hours to get out of this township if not you will abide the consequences and they will be fatal or if you are caught in here agai n nwe have one hundred men in readiness and as many more as we call for avail this chance signed sample copy after breakfast we bade mcfloyd Mr Floyd good bye ind and thanked him for his hospitality going by the house of mr price with whom we stopped one 0 lie he asked us its where we stayed last night 12 we told ii him where and also what happened said he 1 I was afraid of something g of that kind if I 1 had known where to find you I 1 should have come to you lie ile invited us to stay with him that day and night we thanked him ind and told him we would lie ile said lie he saw a man go by the night before with a gun on his shoulder and suspected mischief mr price then sent word out that the mormons cormons were there and if sample copy wanted some fun to come and try to get them when night came Mr Price insisted on our going to bed which we did and lie he sat up all night with his gun on his lap brit no one came the next night we stayed at mr daniel Floyd sno relation to M mr H 11 floyd the next night being saturday night and having an ail aal appointment ointment across the little peedee river in marjan marian co we left Ga livant township we crossed in a boat the water was so high that it hill had avei flown the river banks necessitating a boat ride of two miles in the woods I 1 will wil not soon forget that ride it was dusk when we started by the time we lye lind had crossed the river and reached the hie woods it was pitch dark elder lee and the boatman each held a paddle I 1 sat in tile the prow peering into the darkness ahead trying 0 to keep them from running into some tree trec the careless manner in which the boatman handled his part of the boat made me feel a little uneasy I 1 care for a ducking at that hour I 1 L dont oil t believe c t the e boatman oa man care cared it dill did not add to ruy my comfort any when I 1 thought ft I 1 heard him laugh after being 7 in marion county two weeks and from head quarters tars as long 0 as we had expected we started back by way of Gali gallivants Galivan ls ferry As we had received no mail since into marion co we thought we would get our mail anti anil travel through Ga livant township us is it was between us anil and headquarters thinking binkin n sample copy anil and ilia his gang t would let ui travel through us any other people do going hack back wv we crossed the river in m the same boat we w had coule come over in we asked for our mail lint but they told US ui it hail had leen been forwarded to on oil leaving tile the P I 1 0 we met a man who gave us fri friendly enIly turning which hall had we head oil ed I 1 would have saved us its some twenty miles tramping wo arrive at aro prices house 0 K after afler dinner we started oil afu will qa 1 of so sumo we threats that had flat been twide inide if ye we ever cagne back to liis his place lie he said if we va would stay he would send out word we wr war e there letold we told him we did not wish 0 to o g get e t any one into trouble so we lye abor started ta rt e d for daniel floyds floyda who received us its kindly he also told u us 8 of some threats that had bad been made and said they had better not come there between seven and eight two men rodo up and asked to see the mormon preachers we went out to them Weli we have ave come said they to have a talk and warn you to leave here or you will get into trouble what have we lone done that we are compelled to leave here well they say you preach false doctrine you preach that women have no souls that men have seven wives in utah and one man who went to utah had his wife taken a way from him and given to another roan man and they gave him an ail old cripple to take care of nr now w you hall had better leave we told them we hall had come to stay all night with mcfloyd Mr Floyd but b ut would go in the morning that we had done nothing wrong that we lye need got gel up tip and run in the night mr floyd became quite angry he told them to go back and tell their crowd that the mormons cormons could stay slay at his house as long as they wished and could preach there too we told them we did not wish to make trouble for mcfloyd Mr Floyd but that we had come only to stay over night they went away apparently satisfied mr floyd then went into the house and loaded his shotgun shot gun we told him he would have no use for it during the evening 0 a Mr Jordon anti and liis his son came each with a gun we sat up and talked until twelve elder lee and I 1 retired and had a good nights rest at five in the morning a white man and a negro came and bought some cider of n 3 mcfloyd Mr Ir Floyd and said said they were going to tile the mill pond to have a swim They inquired however if the mormons cormons were there on arising mr floyd told us its who had bad been there we thought it was wag pretty early for swimming and suspected they were there for sume some other purpose after breakfast we shouldered our grip and left mr floyd said he would go along with us we had gone about a half a mile when we heard a rustling behind turning around we saw a lot of men coming on the run when they got into the road they drew rely their guns on us and called out stand still dont you move dont you move or we will kill yoland came rushing up to us its until the muzzle s of their guns were near the bore of a gun is quite large especially especial when it is within a few feet of conr head pointed at you with both hammers raised and a hot blooded southerner trembling with rage rage his finger a little too near the tr trigger io er they then surrounded us some had bad shotguns shot guns some had pistols and tough hickories about four feet long meantime cursing and swearing and callino calling ta us all the mean names they could think of telling mr floyd they had a notion to kill him and if he said two words they would do so they refused to let us its lay down our valises vali ses until we had satisfied f them that we had no pistols after cursing us its till they had exhausted their store of vulgar language they called to the remainder of their gang who came hounding from the woods like madmen we had to take some more cursing where is old price now tha ilia t was going lito to pro protect ec you they exclaimed why dont you protect them ilium old floyd do you see chii tin s at atlee the same siame time holding 0 up their hickories we pe send you a sample copy I 1 finally one of them said 11 what text next captain addressing in a in mm in about sixty year oti oli rite ras captain asked to preach h yes said we let us see it llie captain we did bo 0 o after leading I 1 it he be asked for a tract which wo gave him together with willi our card after re reading adint 0 the articles of faith lie sat said lie could coald find no fault with that they then held a consultation leaving a f few c w to guard ita m pro delilly lie ile ordered 13 to march along the rout road you yott can take your choice be n shipped hipped or go where we want you to well vell cross your hands anyhow viley then marched us its three mild through a the woods after marching a short distance the min they ca called ald captain came up and walked beside us we said to him some of those me men P seem determined to d di 1 I us violence said he I 1 will not let them hurt you one of them said now you know tile the oath we took iti intimating pritim ati ng they had resolved to do cometh something ing with us the old man kept them off we emerged from the wood and led the band for three miles along the main main road we excited much anxiety people came to their doors and gazed at us twenty three men marching in twos driving before them two tivo men whose only offence offense was teaching tea ebing the doctrine of thu the bible with no other weapon but the bible what a glorious atrium triumph ph what a victory they had gained I 1 never felt more proud in my life the sight was some what ridiculous I 1 scarcely could keep kee from laughing as asi I 1 pondered over the situation they marched us its over the little litt le peedee river into marion county they then wanted us to leave the state we told them we thought im they asked too much the rhe captain said lie he thought 0 that was too M much uch they then wanted us its to promise never to come back into larry harry county we told them thein we wanted our valises vali ses the captain sud stid yea let them get their things out we then took off our shoes and rolled up our pants and left them wo we could get no boat so we hall had to wade two miles and it we washed our feet as a testimony test mony against c that town they made us do it q 15 1892 |
