| Show EDITO PETALS refutation OF THE MC mill LAN LAM SLANDER THE falsehood has been told boldin a great many public places in the united states and lias has been repeated in the public prints that at a meeting held in sanpete San pete some years ago president brigham young and sever several alof of the twelve apostles assailed a young presbyterian preacher from the public stand and that president young urged the people to kill hill mcmillan that mhd tho presbyterian went to that part of utah to establish schools which had not previously existed there and that the 11 v ormon leaders being opposed to edu cation desired to put him out of the thi way also that when he went into the pulpit to preach he had to carry a bibie bible in one handor hand or pocket and a pistol in the other to defend himself against 0 the mormons Mor mons thre tire whole story was fabricated for effect upon good christian people in the babet eau to induce them to 9 give lve ive money in aid of th the thu brave r av men who had to fac face such dangers and to establish schools schoola and churches churched among a pe people ople opie supposed to have no none ne I 1 II 11 lacked even the merit of originality being first used by a disreputable disreputably methodist preacher named lyford wit with h the same object at firel no notice was taken by tte tt e cormons mormons Mor mons of the silly story but credence and though it was known here to be utterly false and BO to admitted by men Meb mcmillan lillan himself it has been made to do duty over and over again add and is still repeated from the pulpit and the press preas the following affidavits have been obtained from reliable persons in sanpete San Sari pete some of them non noti all of them respectable men of stand ing in the community the false hoods of the charges is here established but while this may convince reasonable people who read these affidavits we do not expect that the tho scoundrels who have pub alg r l ta r w peat for pelf the utterly groundless slander which has so largely served their purpose ten OF UTAH 1 88 88 county of sanpete han San pete j on this day of november r AD 1881 before me james C brown a notary public in and for sanpete county utah territory duly commissioned and qualifier fled flea personally appeared william T beld id who boj boo being duly sworn according to law jaw says that thai he wah wan superintendent of common schools in and for sanpete county ulah utah ter from nov 1857 1887 ti I 1 august 1877 that in the year 1867 there were 1130 pupils enrolled in said schools with wi til an average dail ai at of while in in 1877 1577 the number of pupils enrolled was ibao 1660 with nn an daily attendance of 1312 that these schools during his were in session eight months during each year that about the year 1875 while visiting in said county in the performance for mance mauce of his duties as such su perin and anti accompanied by 0 H riggs then territorial superintendent in of common schools for utah we met one duncan dunean J mc abllan in the city of mount pleasant that said meeting took place in the hall where the Latt latter erday enday day saints usually assemble for worship that on said occa ocea occasion siou the children of the latter day saints residing in daid dald haid said mount pleasant had assembled in the capacity of a sunday school that the said duncan J mcmillan addressed said children that affiant makes thia affidavit for tim tho object of showing to all whom it may concern that the statement made by 0 C goodwin in harpers new monthly magazine of october 1831 page in relation to the schools of sanpete county ia is not true said statement being bein as follows he a young presbytery Presby terl ian lan lan ian min ister meaning duncan J mcmillan went to valley where there were ere no schools I 1 WILL WILLIAM TAIr 1 REID sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written tames JAMES C brown notary public TERRITORY OF UTAH county of sanpete San pete I 1 f Ss on this day of november A D 1881 before me lauritz laroen notary public in and for san pete rete county utah territory duir duly dul dui commissioned and qualified personally liy appeared the undersigned undersigner under signed who being duly sworn according to law says bays that they were present at a public meeting held in mount pleasant county utah terri tory referred to by one 0 C good win in an article published in ibar bar perg new monthly magazine of october 1881 page where brigham young should have instructed his hearers bearers to kill the offending I 1 minister meaning the young pres prea by terlan minister rev duncan J mcmillan declare that no such orders were given in the meeting referred to neither has haa there to the best of our knowledge ever beeri made any attempts upon the life of said D J mcmillan Mo Millan while here ani ano the statement of C 0 goodz goodwin in relation to these things is utterly false and ank wit without olt hout foundation in truth Aff lants lanta further declare that at a public meeting held at mount pleasant rev duncan J mcmillan voluntarily made the statement state ment that certain articles published in the eoe roe rocey rocky mountain oun cain tain christian s an advocate and copied into other ib astern eastern journals where among other things it was stated that he had to preach in L this thia county with pistol in one hand band and a bible in the other and also that several attempts had been made upon his life were published without his knowledge or sanction and were untrue and he be there and then promised to publish said eaid statement in the journals of this territory which promise however however he never kept I 1 WM WU B S SEELY F REYNOLDS NIELS P MADSEN JOHN WALDEMAR waldenar non mormon 0 J S ANDERSON JENS C nied NIEM EN NIELS johani JOHAN erf EN Elf HAMPSHIRE sworn and subscribed before mr me the da day y and y year ear first above writ en LS lauritz lacritz Ij kubitz AUBITZ LARSEN i notary public OF UTAH n county vt ve arla orla aria J 88 on this day of november r AD 1881 before me Lat lal lauritz iritz larsen notary euln I 1 U ia id it yoe sue I 1 aau oal pete county utah Terri territory torys duly om and qualified ally appeared the undersigned under signed who f neing heing duly sworn according to law lawi ays that they were ot the first first company that settled the elti cit 9 0 mount fount pleasant county lil iii in he spring of 1859 and in the wint winf ter ler following the first school bouse in said baid city was dedicated and a chool school opened in it and from that thai tha imoe irme time iroe to the present from one to td four schools have been in continual pe ration ratton excepting at short intervals and that three schools were r running in the spring of 1875 when one dunean duncan J ble ATe memi llau a young M presbyterian Minister referred to by C C goodwill odwin io in article published in harpers new monthly maga magar cine sine of october 1881 page ar t dived I 1 ved in our city that ann aff lants mahe make this affidavit for the object of ahr wing to all whom it may concern that the article of C 0 woodwin wood win above rare referred tog too to in relation to schools in sanpete county is not true bald said article being as follows he a young presbyterian e rian ter meaning duncan J mcmillan went to sanpete valley vailey where there were no schools WM B S allia AMIA H BENNETT JOHN tidwell ben JOHN joun I 1 lvie JENS JoRGEN sw N P MADSEN JOHN WA ewar non mormon andrew MADSEN sworn to and subscribed before ine lne me the day and year above written LS laurit Ij AUBITZ LARSEN notary public TERRITORY OF UTAH t sanpete county I 1 88 on the day of nov november ember A D ohe one thousand eight hundred ane ant and j eighty one oney before me william T reid clerk of tie the the count county y court of in and for san ban pete county utah territory personal lp appeared hans jensen james crawford and john H hougaard who being duly sworn according to lawon their several oaths do say pay that they have acted as school trustees of mantl school ahoo district in sanpete county utah territory kinoe since the tho year ym 1871 to the pren present tilt time timo that schools have been taught in said eaid district from six to nine a annually during said time that the branches taught were reading writing arithmetic gram marand geography the L earlier part of haid eaid time and latterly book keeping history and algebra have been added the teachers used during said time have been efficient some of them being graduates of the salt bait lake university that in the year 1875 duncan J mcmillan Mo miltan Millan a presbyterian minister vistea two of the three schools which were then in session unsaid in said baid district and expressed himself favorably as do ao the condition of said eaid schools HANS JENSEN JAMES CRAWFORD JOHN joun H hougaard sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above e written insl LS WILLIAM T berd clerk of the county court of sanpete county utah OF utan UTAH 1 gg SS county j on the 22 ad day of november A D 1881 before me willam william T reid clerk of the county court in andol andhor n te bounty utah taht territory rr or per er ap appeared red george P billings ill lii n a I 1 who being in d duly ul sworn accor according in to law ave that at he be came into t the e valley of great balt bait lake on the day of july 1847 Tha that thear he arrived in manti in sanpete valley in november of 1850 that during the winter of 1850 a log schoolhouse wi wib wab was s erected in said manti the 1098 logs of said hoube house were whip sawed and the house was about 20 x 30 feet school was in said house during said winter and taught by jesse W fox now territorial surveyor for utah that with the exception of 18 months he has resided in manti since 1850 1950 that during said sald residence schools have been taught at least six months in each year GEO P BILLINGS BILLINOS sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written LS US WILLIAM T REID county clerk TERRITORY OP OF UTAH 1 county of sanpete San pete j vu UZI xina ima elay clay or AD 1881 before me lauritz ida Iia larsen notary in and for sanpete county came J D page who upon being sworn according to law says that he has been a resident of mount i pleasant in sanpete county territory of utah almost continuously since the summer of 1859 that he be has been in a position to know and does know that schools have been kept in said eaid mount ont oat least during the winter season from 1859 9 up to the time of INIc arrival that statements to the contrary from whatever source are incorrect am dot rot a member of the mormon M ormon church nor in sympathy therewith makes this statement only jn the interests of truth JER jm D PAGE sworn and subscribed to before me this thia day and date above written L S lauritz LARSEN notary public MOB LAW IN GEORGIA GEOEGIA THE following letter has bas heel beel received from fro oa one of the missionaries in the southern st states ates the first document introduced is of small consequence being anonymous and in any sense toe til e other eing eang being authenticated by seve ral signa signatures turee is to be taken as the voice of a considerable number of persons whose passions have bf been been en aroused by false reports and untruthful made by professed disciples of the savior such anti christian and anti republican manifest manifestoes oes were common in the early rise of this church and are indications that there are honest hearted people in the neighborhood who are likely to obey the gospel and unite with the people of god this makes the evil one angi angl yand it iv his spirit which moves men to the lawlessness and venom ed in the resolutions Of fences must needs come but woe unto them they come WHITE COUNTY december 15 1881 editor deseret febu remu areus following are two notices which we have dand are illustrative of the illiberal intolerant and bigoted spirit that prevails pre vaila in various portions of this state we are per evaded thattie that the originators and ami abet ors of such buch anti christian principles were born too late and anil should have bave ived in the age of the thumbscrew rack and wheel when their corrupt and unreasonable natures could have been filled to satiety some little success nas ilas attended our lubers in spreading the work of the lord and hence this hue and cry yours in the gospel Covena covenant nL J B reener to the mormons cormons of the county of white and everywhere else you are hereby notified not to make any more tracks on this side of the river meaning the chattahoochee Chatta boochee for you on are not fit to pollute the air with your false doctrine we just give you this note of warning to keep from hurting you but if it you ur tir anybody else comes over in habersham telling your big mormon lies any more you will be dealt with almost unmercifully that is you will not get lack tack with all the skin on your youn backs you had better rake up your subjects and leave the th eState state A word to the wise is enough MANY CITIZENS op OF habersham COUX december fth 1881 11 1 1 ceorl georgia lia gla 1 1 habersham county we the citizens of habersham county at bush rush institute assembled to take into consideration the pro propriety briety of stopping certain individuals professing christianity from preaching or advocating doctrines contrary to the bible and the laws of our country adopt the following resolutions that all good citizens and orthodox religious denominations be requested to unite to put down and suppress mormonism niam with all its doctrines and to dis countenance all who favor the same and we kindly advise all who wish to imbibe such doctrine to move to more congenial climes we believing conscientiously that the doctrine doc doe trino of mormonism is calculated to corrupt the morals of the rising generation and we request all of our citizens who have taken any part in giving encouragement to mormonism niam tu tv abandon n abidon the samland same and to unite with ug io to arlve anve the from our midst and we invite all good citizens of the surrounding vuu auntry ury ory to 3 join oln oin us in our el ef lorts lorta and resolved rego Seso sued Sved T that hat the clarksville Clarks ville advertiser be requel requested ted to publish the above proceedings and that the mormon leaders be requested to leave the country within thirty days to joseph A B weder keeler and other mormon leaders YOU are requested to leave this thi section of georgia within thirty days from date take due notice antl anu govern yourselves accordingly n december De 10 1881 issi 22 then follows a list of thirty one names of methodists and baptists baptista some of whom are off officers leers of said denominations it is notor lotia ua too that peace officers and ministers are the prime movers ol 01 these detestable proceedings J B K X WARD DANCING PARTIES WE are in the receipt of the annexed communication on a subject about which there appears to become be some bome mis understanding SALT lare CITY december 20 1881 editor deseret As we have had bad quite recently instructions from the tha first presidency of the church and later from the presidency of the SaIt salt lake stake in regard to round dancing the mode of conducting our parties etc and as there seems to be a difference of opinion in regard to this matter would you please answer the ing questions through the of the NEWS so that all may bo be informed correctly what are we to understand by the term round dancing dod doe it apply only to the waltz galop etc OT does it apply apty to wa wj quadrille parisian Parr sian varieties glide lancers and dancks dances of this type 2nd and was it the instructions to admit everyone to our parties so long as the admission fee was paid or was it the counsel to present a list of all those to be invited to the bishop of the ward for his approval I 1 ak ark these questions 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