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Show HE M GOOD 8 STAKE CONFERENCE ' stake conference was held here i Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12 and j3. Present of the general authorities authori-ties were Elders Oscar Kirkham and Robert L. Judd, Sisters Robinson, pee-ley and Young. The, conference wa; very well attended, the tabernacle taber-nacle being crowded at the Sunday afternoon session, and at the closing rowing Sunday evening all could not lie seated. At the Saturday forenoon session Pre?. Jos. K. Nicholas welcomed the Saints, after which Elder Kirkham explained the objectives of the convention con-vention and expressed a great desire to be of service in our community J The stake and ward officers then I adjourned to department work. I Pres. Thos. P. Cot tarn made nien-I nien-I tion of the great progress being made J in the work of the Lord, which is be-I be-I tog carried to many nations. I Eider R. L. Judd spoke of the op- I porumities of ward workers and the I I influence of example. Made mention I I of his early training in St. George I I and the influence of the good men I I who taught him; great credit is due I I those who set good examples. Urg-I Urg-I I ed attendance at Union meetings and I I told of their helpfulness. Told of I I the growth of the .Church since its: I I beginning, and gave some percent-I percent-I I ages of attendance. We must not fail I I in our duties toward the youth of I I Zioa. Spoke of the divinity of Jesus I I Christ. We should follow up the I I lessons given our. children I I At the afternoon session, Saturday, 3 I Elder Hortou C. Miller compared the I Swiss-German mission before the I J war and now. Also spoke on the I I Word of Wisdom. I Elder Kenneth Cannon wondered j if we are one hundred percent effici-I effici-I ent in our religion. Told of Joseph J Smith reading from James the Apost-j Apost-j I le and the effects of his prayer to I Ged and profit therefrom. God I hears and answers our prayers. I Sunday forenoon, Supt. Leo A. Snow conducted the session, and wel-I wel-I corned the Saints present. I Under direction of Miss Mabel Jar-j Jar-j vis -At the Cross Roads" was given I by the children of the Sunday school. I A demonstration of four-part sing-I sing-I in? was given by the East St George I ward I The S. S. as a Character. Builder I was given by the West St. Ward. I Eider Judd spoke of Our Spiritual I Aims. Told a story of two men, one I of whom was wayward from child-I child-I hood and became a bad character; I the other lived an exemplary life and J became good and noble, and was hon-I hon-I ored by all who knew him Spoke of I the splendid work of the late Elder I Geo. Goddard wih the boys and girls I of the Church, especially with Presi-I Presi-I dent Grant when a boy, of keeping I him in Sunday school. Urged all to J be good, true and virtuous. I Pres. Cannon said, we should take J pride in our work and love it, illus-I illus-I trating this by a story of three stone I cutters. We should love our neigh-I neigh-I bors as ourselves and perform willing sarvice. Urged all to attend Sunday I school. Supt. Snow urged wholesouled I singing, and loyalty to our Sunday I school. I Sunday afternoon the general and J local authorities of the Church were I unanimously sustained. I Elder Judd made mention of the I great growth made in the Church, and spoke on Science and Religion, saying there is no need of controver-sary controver-sary between them. Urged all to I hold fast to the faith and do our duty I at all times. Elder Joseph Hinton, of Hurricane, a returned missionary from the Canadian Can-adian mission, made a report of his mission, saying it had been a most happy experience for him. Sister Robinson of the Gen. R. S. presidency spoke very highly of the Relief Society of this stake. Made mention of the use of R. S. funds, its distribution, etc., and the work done by the society. Urged a greater effort ef-fort to train the children in spirituality. spiritual-ity. c Sister Beesley of the Y. L. M. I. A. said we sometimes do not know how much we are blessed; we should all be happy now; see beauty in al things and contemplate the wonders of nature that surround us. We should see the beauty of a proper study of God's works, and take pleasure plea-sure in service. Sister Afton Young of the Primary Assn. made mention of the great work of the pioneers: we should all strive to have the same faith these pioneers had, and teach our children to have faith in God. Elder Kirkham told of our Enterprise Enter-prise quartet winning the prize for singing at the M. I. A. convention. Read some statistics of the American home and conditions, and said ,o percent of deliquency was tracahle to : the home. We should exercise care- fl,l watchcare over them and instruct ; them in things concerning life. Our : children should attend school regu-. regu-. larlv Success for our hoys means great team work at home; we must make family life vital. The evening session was thorcugh-- thorcugh-- iv enjoved by the great number pre-l pre-l get. the musical numbers drawing 1 forth praise from the visitors. 5 Altogether it was an exceedingly ; enjoyable conferenc. red, did not show that Perkin's death was the result of the acts of John Lawson. but rather was caused by his own excitement and exertion acting on a weak heart. The Court denied the motion. Whereupon Atty. Soule made a statement to the jury of the case for the defense, before the taking tak-ing of testimony began. Mrs. Mary A. Perkins was the first witness for the defense. She was the wife of William T. Perkins, the deceased, de-ceased, and a sister of John Lawson. the defendant. Her testimony was along the same lines as that given at the preliminary hearing. But on cross examination' by Atty. Luni. she was confronted with the record of her testimony at the preliminary hearing, and she declared that the record was not accurate, and did not truly show her testimony at the said hearing. The cross examination was long and severe. The examination was not completed when Court adjourned. On Tuesday the examination of Mrs. Perkins was completed, and Mrs. Maggie Cragun. another sister of the defendant, was sworn and examined. exam-ined. Her testimony was similar to that at the preliminary. Miss Ann Lawson. anotheT sister of the defendant defend-ant was not called, and the defendant himself did not take the stand, as he did at the preliminary hearing. The d "fence prenied as exhibits, and had road to the jury, 'he deposi tions of Drs. Tyndal and Middleton of Salt Lake City. These consisted mainly as answers to hypothetical j questions propounded to the doctors, supposedly setting forth the circumstances circum-stances of the death of Perkins, or rather of the condition of his body as shown by the post mortem conducted by Dr. Woodbury. The purpose of the exhibits was. apparently, to show' that the death of Perkins was due to his excitement and physical exertion during the struggle, resulting in heart failure owing to the weakened condition condi-tion of his heart. The defense rested, and the state called R. A. Morris in rebuttal. The Court read his charge to the jury, and the Court adjourned to 7 p. in., at which time Attorney Cox opened the argument for the state, occupying upwards up-wards of an hour and a half. Attorney Attor-ney Bagley addressed the jury in behalf be-half of the defendant. Court took an adjournment to o'clock. Wednesday. Wednes-day. Attorney O. P. Sou!- made I tie final plea for the defendant, and the Dist. Atty. made the final appeal for the State. Whereupon. the bailiffs were sworn, and the jury reured to agree upon a verdict. The case v.as givfn to the jury at 12 o'clock noon Wednesday, Dec. 16. The jury had net returned a ver- (Continue-.". Pas.'" Six) LAWSON ACQUTTTED (Continued from Page One) diet at 9:30 Wednesday night, and the Court ordered them locked up for the night, to report the next morning if they should reach a verdict. ver-dict. At 10:30 last night the jury sent word to the Court that they were agreed on a verdict, and upon being brought into the court a finding find-ing of "not guilty" was given. State vs. Grant Schmutz; Resisting Resist-ing an officerer. The carge grew out of an attempt on the part of the defendant de-fendant to take from an officer a bottle bot-tle containing liquor, which had been seized during a raid of the Schmutz premises at Midjdleton. qefendant was arraigned, and on request of his attorney, W. F. Knox, he was allowed until Thursday, Dec. 17, at 10 a. m. to plead. Sate vs. Sydney Thompson. While the jury in the Lawson case was out deliberating, the Court proceeded to select a jury to try the Thompson case, from those jurymen not engaged engag-ed in the Lawson case. The jury for the Thompson case was selected during dur-ing Wednesday afternoon, and the taking of testimony will begin this morning at 10 a. m. A large number num-ber of witnesses are here from La Verkin to testify in this case. The defendant is charged with a statutory offense. Names of jury: Duncan McArthur, Levi Atkin, Wm. E. Tob-ler, Tob-ler, Albert F. Mathis, Jesse Gifford. Randolph Audrus, William Harrad-ence, Harrad-ence, R. A. Morris. St. George and Washington Canal Company, a corporation, vs. Hurricane Hurri-cane Canal Co. a corporation, et al. This is the case involving the water rights of all the claimants of water from the Virgin river. The state engineer en-gineer had heretofore investigated the claims of all the various parties, and had filed his proposed findings. After some corrections, and some compromises the right of the various parties were stipulated, with the exception ex-ception of a question between R. A. Thorley and the Virgin Canal Company. Com-pany. The Court rendered a decision on that point, and ordered the decree to be entered fixing the rights of the various claimants to the waters of the Virgin river. This was a happy termination ter-mination of a case which might have given rise to endless litigations, had not the. parties been able to reach an agreement. The Court will retain jurisdiction of the case for the period of five years, for the purpose of correcting cor-recting any errors which may have crept into the record by inadventonoc, and also for the purpose of more definitely de-finitely determining the duty of wat er in various part of the water basin. Edward Bardsley vs. Adah Copper Company. This case is being tried in the Court without a jury. It involves in-volves the possession of some mining claims- west of Leeds, Utah. J. M. Moody was the principal witness examined ex-amined at the evening session of Court December 16th. This case was not concluded. The court excused all jurors from further attendance at this time, except ex-cept those on the cases now before the Court. |