Show THE WHIPPINGS morum borum elders brn tally scoured scourged urged TRACKED BY i country w where hera law and oraw Orde rare ara set at befi anoa by bv mobs mr H 8 arne has baa permitted us ns to cull the I 1 following from missionary henry J who is laboring in i alabama is I 1 am in happy to sa tle the cause of the scare we had badover over the elders was waa not as serious is aa we feared it happened that two gets of elders chanced to pass the same me place the first set ast stopped the he p postmaster 0 who is ia a friend of the elders they preached in the eve evening and the next morning a mob of 11 about eighty came to the postmasters house and ordered them out but bat the P M told the mob they would have to kill him before they corid cor id get the elders after some tims tho mob left threatening threatening nine if the elders ever came back to kill then them A few days after this elders beecher and brinkenhoff came that way war not intending to preach but to visit the postmaster when they arrived in the evening the tha postmaster post mastor told them what lad bad happened and that the mob would certainly come after them but he be said if you stay atay I 1 will protect you till they kill me but I 1 can take you to a friend bout about three miles further on where id I 1 do t not think they will look for you or ahe the went with him and rem remained ned there all night in the mot ninar chey started out but felt all the time bat the mob was waa after them the el elars ra sought bought to elude their pursuers g by enquiring the road to one pl 0 o and taking the road to another bijj the mob had blood hounds on their back and kept far enough be hind bind to keep out of sight about dark as aa tia elders were sitting bitting down to rest the courtw came up and laid down beside th m the were armed and mount gAlloni ilot i wish to overtake the elders until da dark rk on coming up they chev threatened to kill the elders but finally said they would let them go if they would po go bacs and whip the men ano had kept them over night this the eldera refused to do the threats were kept up for some time until all but about thirty of the moo had bad be come disgusted dis masted and left after a con rul tation those remaining stated they had concluded to whip the elders two men with large hickories came up and parted the elders while two others cocked their guns and the whipping commenced one received twenty lashes and the other thirty thircy the using both hands handa to bring down the switches the elder who received thir thirty t y lashes had on very win thin clothing and was hurt pretty bad but when whan elder snow left both were wera feeling better |