Show f 1 t 4 r kO SOUTHERN STATES MISSION HISTORY For or Two Weeks Dec 9 1909 EI Elder tr J J Curtis prest dent lont box ox No 75 0 Montgomery Ala Aln DurIng the two weeks ending Dec 2 Elders H K IC and Jaa M 1 held three well attended meet in ings s and baptized three Into the Church of 01 Jesus ChrIst Christor ot or SaInts at FInchburg f The Tho wedding of JUlio Julia and Wm m M Morton took place at the tho homo home o of the tho brides parents Dee Dec 1 the ceremony being per pel perI j I formed b by Elder II H K Maxham Both f the brido and the brIdegroom are faith ul members of the Church and the elders members and friends all wIsh them a happy lIfo life Elder Eider J W pres Ident No 20 9 Connally St Atlanta Ga Our annual conference In iii the theL L 1 D S church at No Nov 27 i antI alid 28 Three Irle and three meetings were rho fhe public meet I Jn were vere cr ery well attended b by both and nonmembers PresIdent Chas A Callis was In attendance and delivered ellered Interesting and nud instructive ad addresses dresses at the meetings and at the tho dose cloe of the tho conference the tho Atlanta Constitution an dall daily of this cIt city of pub fin an extended account ot of hIs re remarks marks Elder John W Y Blazzard who Ith hi his wife has iia recently arrived from his home In Thatcher ArIzona was sas appointed to preside over oer the confer conference ence succeeding Elder O 0 VT Hyde who wa was sometime a ago o released to ro re turn to his hia home in the tho west Enst Elder Old roYd president lOX box No LexIngton While In Lexington Elder Eldor H IL E B Bunker Dunker met a gentleman who had paid a vIsIt to Salt Lake City and I who spoke Very er hl highly or of Utah and the tho President d Is a tour tom of th the conference visit visiting t tIn In ing and holdIng meetings wIth the eld cId cIders ers cis and with the members DurIng the week ending Dee 2 Ed Elders s J M 1 Ward ard find and Seamon Merrill held heid a series selles of seven seen well attend attended d meetings at Fork Foik The of that neigh neighborhood I seemed cr ery much Interested In Inthe inthe the gospel opel and Invited the elders cIders to re remaIn remain maIn longer among them Florida Elder Eider L L Myers presIdent president dent 1198 Highway avenue Jackson Lorin Ta Taylor lor and Ear Hur Earrison rison Keyes report having reorganized the ihie Sunday Sunda school at Newburn Elders i Nelson and Lorin Mericle re report port having haing held a very ef successful street treet meeting In the little town ot of oti i n having about In at attendance atI I rhe elders succeeded In dis posing of three Books Dooks of oC Mormon umon among other literature distributed i c One baptism is 15 reported durIng the week ending Dec 2 b by Elder Eider Joseph Joeph JosephL L Ar Argyle le Four baptisms are report reported ed for tIm tho week ending Dec 9 two In count county b by Elders Th D T Ad and George H 13 Carr one by Elders Eldors Joseph Beeston and Cecil A Call and andone one b by Elders Ed Edgar ur Mecham and Jo Joseph seph L Ar Argyle lo ut at EngIne Fla Fia I Elder A Theo Thorup president box 51 Sun Sunda Sunday da day was organIzed In Trigg count county Dee Dec 5 i hy by Eldors Charles C Longhurst and J L baptisms were in III Trigg b by Elder Jesse L Molen during the endIng Dec 9 I milking making a total Po tc 22 baptisms In that county durIng the past year Saturday and Sun SUII Sunday day C Dec 4 and 5 j a conference was held at Elkton In Todd county by Pros Pres PresIdent Ident Thorup and three other elders I Four public meetings were held and notwithstandIng the Inclement weather er the tho house was filled to overflowing The Tho death ot of SIster Rachel Law lenee lence or of Ironton Ky took place Nov 29 She Sho leaves n a husband and seven children to mourn her death These have the tho heartfelt s sympathy of the elders and of the conference 4 us as well as ot of the tho many friends ot of the MIddle Elder Ehler Thomas president Box MemphIs Skull Done Bone Gibson county Elders Smith and Peterson were grant cd 01 the uw use of the tho Christian church In to preach durIng the week end and lug lag Dec 9 Bandley antI and Janson report hoMing holding five well attend i ed cd meetings In ry county during durIno the tho week ending Dec 9 beIng asked by the to preach to them un and having lL a house furnished In which to speak Elder Geo J Gray pres ples presIdent 1 Ident lent Mississippi t Elders Gibb and Bates report two well vell attended meetings at Nov 27 and 28 At a cottage meeting appoint appointed ed ad b by Elders Ernest Koepsel and S SA SA A Ka ICay No NOv 28 so 50 man many came out to hear the tho remarks o of the tho elders that It to hold an all air meeting so that all alI might bo be able ablo to I 4 the speakers At Cruger Elder Leo C NIelson had a very pleas j ant eon conversation wIth the postmAster who at the tho close of the Interview hand handed ed Cd him l 50 in cash ash to help In spread spreading Ing the tho gospel Georgin Elder Eldor A E B president GOi 07 Plum street Macon Ga President with seven even other othor elders held a conference Nov O 27 i and ands s 8 In Butts count county whIch was vas well at attended attended tended Three public meetings were held heIl Foul ministers wel C Cin in attendance having haIn theIr Bibles with them ostensibly for the purpose of oC con confounding founding the elders rs At the tho close ot of thc tho Conference the they congratulated tle trIno and one or of then them purchased a 3 Book o of Mormon and fi a Pearl ot Great Price and also cordially Invited the elders to visIt hIm at his homo home North the regular an annual nual conference ot of North Carolina held at Doc Dec 4 and 6 5 two prIesthood and three public meetings were hold held President Chas A CallIs was In attendance and was the tho prIncipal principal pal speaker at the servIces The meet meetings ings were ere well attended and the lie lis listeners seemed med vel very much interested 11 In the tho discourses or of our mission pres pree presIdent Ident Elder Robert Andrus who has ably presIded over this conference for forthe or orthe the past sIx months waR wan transferred to South Carolina to take charge or of that conference Elder Wm D CrId CrIddle lie dle was appoInted to succeed President ent Andrus OhIo Elder Eider C D Gray president Box 41 Sta D Columbus Ohio Elder Eldor Jas A Do Boyack aek who has labored In Ohio for tOl the past two years has been honorably released to return to hIs home In Spanish Fork Utah Dur DurIng Ing the tho last 11 months ot of his stay here helo Elder Boyack has abl ably presided 1101 the tho XenIa Kenia branch HIs many friends there thoro as well as the tho elders and the members wIsh hIm Godspeed antI and antIa anda a pleasant journey homo home A short time lime ago ngo Elder Drown Brown met a highly cultured lad lady In the tho cIt city ot of Colum Columbus u who claimed to have hae made mado madea a stud study or of the tho various religIons In the tho world In her remarks to the tho elder she stated that It if Christianity Is on the tho elders on teaching so much sound flee doc I earth today It Is taught by the Mor Mormons moos mons South Carolina Elder L M 1 Bel Belknap Belknap knap presIdent Do Box Columbia S SCOur SCOur COur reports show four our children blessed during the past two weeks Elder Eldor G C Knudson who for some Mme time past has been een confined to hIs bed wIth typhoid fever Is now able to bo be around and has been hon hen honorably released to return to his home after 3 32 months ot of faithful labor In inthe the tho mission field R E B PORTER Secretary |