| Show I MOBBING MORMON ELDERS Account of Ceiling Elders In Georgia Grtilljr Exaggerated Hut 91m Vivilly lIIr1 Waii h Visa ly I 011101 tlt It I Ronolnd feel 1001101 a for ter 10 lIonr 1ollolftlf Is I the account given by the Southern Hear publbbed at the head quarters 0 it ties Wotuhem male mission at hattanooca ot the nretit mobbing ot Klder S D lujgen and O M 1or ter and the shooting of Mr Under Oil lard whom husband the Klleri 1 wen meitp of at tile lime ot Ihe lawlw attack tack on big house Lost winter Mlders linger and Kim hall were appointed to ibiir I > AM can venting nitlir dlplrlhiitlng Onpl lit erasure and holding meeting In Jan nary the Rider vlelleil Monllielln anti with Ilm consent of the mayor hell meetings In the court void I Pat IuI lay anti I Bunrtuy eienlng at tile conclusion of the latter meeting egg were thrown rronl Don court house but no on waa hit litany WArm friends Wore fIturnt In I ihe county especially In the neighbor lioud of Hulora In writing of Ih recent trip lo JAN per counly Molar Rogers Bold I No Tiler had been 1 In I the county llnce March when we started for con Terence In Atlanta and no there were tome who I were desirous I of having the oacred ordinance of baptlm erformed < br on having divine authority I reel dent Mm U Itenoher Elder II M 1 tatter R64 myself wont un to nulurn lIuTI Ilipro were Same rumor afloat what oulol Ito don Ir we 111 nol Ireev lon I fare the night of the 111 we did nat h1 I Iho warning but gave out ann an-n polntmenl for mertliur I that night when everything neeed off quietly 1 Anti i A Real ROOT pmalled l In our meeting Threats were ma le If I we l > aptle < l thane who PO delreil but this Wait pupped q U fur I had the privilege and pleas urn ot leading five hrmeel miles Into Onto Alrov river anl bat tiling them In the afternoon we held a Consumption And I ftocrament meeting where the newly new-ly baptised converts received the or mince of laying on ot ban IP for V > Rift of the Holy Oho i Roll 1 partook rf the emllemi ot th body shot blood I of Christ which vo u pencil low all ot Adams race Next morning ITwJdenl lt nrhcr returned In Hull county KId KI-d r Porter and I remained ienlliig the night with n good 1 friend Homer Smith Neil morning letters I were fount left for Hire different famllle telling that n mob wai coming thai night lo lake and whip us and where wo roull IKI I fount lied halt beaten In depth Mr Hmllll pall he was Pours lo protect his household > I It they cattle unit that we were mallemile there lIav Ing decided the night before to gt to Urn II unard we went not desiring any one lo be hurt Me lold Mr l un font of the threats I I and Rodents It I he ha 1 any fear of the mob relining thereto there-to which he pall Come In you are welcome 1 at my houi any time this Is I my home Pilot I will try and Pont tect It W e ate copper and were con raliur 1 anti Pinning when we saw lh mob of men with blackened face title I lo the door mI ler Purser Stepped off of Ihe veranda when pome of Ihe mob sefora11 hold of hilt arm And I ptprled off when Ihe leader Mid little that other nn Two of the mob came lament me 11 fro Cunard uhed them Irk I with 1 a hair paling This In my follow you keep awii > you hate no right here They falls I hold ot my anna and elarled art with ui Our friends retteteil name ophat nM one of the nb IIBId Rh1 that fellow hark there Another nn Moored I will and Instantly a shot onas nrl and the woman began to cry anti weep I Two or three more shot were nreil but an we were being marcheil Allen > ne dl1 I not know the remit re-mit of tile firing but heard crying tin Ill one ere out of the p un1 I nt Ihe voice 1 To our Inquiry the leader paid no ono loss hurl When looked why we were lreale1 Fiat we were sold ery Iminlltely la Shut our mouth for we wer going around breaking 1 up churrhe Uc were hurried through n Hell In word the Newton county line not knowIng know-Ing what our fate 1 could be I At the county line which la I a creek a hUt wan Made an1 1 a votp takln lo Ascertain whether they should I let us Nil without further molestation or not on a rrol neer lo return Ml wh voted I were willing la turn IIP looce 1 Their Ian worda tu 110 were VIII vote return we have an orginisatlm I II f 1M men and are etermlnol to breakup break-up Mormonlm In the crounty we wont he I anymore of It Now If I iTvilll Irom unrimare come back we lll let I you got I I answered If you don t want us there at course we will nol conic back July nth the niders wrote the following follow-ing to I President Itlch Dear Illother We wrote you quit a lengthy < litter Richter a sketch of our labors In Jainer county Including nor leaving thai counly being force out by n mob on the night of July 25 W lira i reeled to Iron Hiring flutes county CIA On July n Brothers J J King Ivy And J U honta kindly went Over nnl got 1 ourgrlia hilt Knit mill u nnl I Iruimht the pal news lhat Unilly unart the wife I of Mllllnm II lunar lun-ar the rifles I when no woo lhu the mob tariff ui wAx Flint by one ot the mob with a ilnutle I irrelel Pilot gun tearing oft Ihe left side ot her face Platting near Ilia center 01 the mouth still < Intllcllng 1 a fearful wound and sly Ing that It would 1 10 I next la Imp iilblit for her lo ml vIL I Understand I that It 1 was promlsnl lor th t ulll Inl about twenty month IMo I to our Hiders coming Into uali that Ihey would be I protected In c mtnon with other ministers Khoul 1 no lot Appeal tu the chief exe utho ot thla State for mere of our grievance cui d protection that the prrpetrat uf stwh crime W brought III Justice Many feel 1 very Inelisnant about It still 1 flint everything every-thing ihould be done la put l down outIt IftwlnHL P II lIumo IIBr thPtA IN I II Moan for KOnli I In Mintlcrlld lo Net UP Iwo I-wo rome that way H n It |
