| Show georgia mission ROME may 15 editor deseret ahrews As I 1 have been chosen to act as a president of this conference I 1 will hero bero give you a report of tile the progress of the latter day work in this empire state of the south where innocent blood cries from the ground for vengeance upon all those who will not repent and turn from their w wicked ways at Atthe April conference 1880 1 I was called to togo logo go on a mission to the southern states so I 1 left my home and family in provo and took train for this conference where I 1 found branche brandies 4 of saints 3 traveling elders 6 local elders 6 priests and teachers 3 members 48 total of olli officers cers and members 54 during the last year we b havo have avo ave organized branches 3 received traveling elders 10 ordained local eldra riden 7 ordained priests and teachers 3 baptized 69 60 children blessed 8 making a total of IM souls who have espoused and helped to spread the principles of the true gospel in this state during the last year out of this number 9 have emigrated to colorado 2 deaths have occurred and 9 1 raveling elders eiders have been released and transferred to other states at present we have 11 traveling elders ano are laboring in different parts of this state J B keeler and J carter are iu in white county where they are meeting with wl t h much success in preaching distributing g tracts and baptizing elder W H adams of fannen fannon co has just been joined by elders eiders 8 E metcalf fand and J Goff from zion they report several baptisms and much interest taken and prospects rood for many cor eor corome p into the fold during this tin s sumna summer E elders eiders iders at M P F cowley and J AV taylor are traveling in clayton and other in southwest south west georgia where they have 0 opened PC ned some bome new fields and baptized some few eiders elders VV IV J packer and S bills are laboring in haralson and other count counties les ies south where whore they are now eauva eino eing the lower counties and Z making connection with taylor and cowley and anti opening up the gospel to many who have sent word that i they would like to 0 o hear bear our peculiar doctrine preached this will give us abarge a large field for our members are scattered through north middle and southwest south west georgia I 1 have just been joined E elder eider ider lder geo goo C parkin son of franklin he ia is feeling well and looking haie hale and hearty bearty I 1 have been traveling alono alone in floyd eloyd polk haralson Har alson alaon and sur suk surrounding rounding counties I 1 have met with much success in getting places to preach inand in and people to listen to me for nearly all are anxious to see an elder and to hear bear of the peculiar people called mormons cormons Mor mons at present we have six branches brandies organized in tho tile state and our nine local elders preside over these branches holding meetings sunday schools schoola and preaching and teaching and help other elders to spread forth the true principles of the gospel in the dili dill lerent brent districts where they reside our members are scattered through nearly all ote the counties in northwest north west georgia they are mostly heads of families and have many children which will add many to zions cause when their parents which nearly all want to as soon as they embrace tile the gospel but many aro arc poor and U ort M it i t iff 61 TI T I arr nen aa r o ah jr rno roo 11 road fare C aud and 1 u d 0 others to t ilat that have property and homes cannot sell them so they stay here and furnish homes homeer forthe fort for tho the hr elders and assist in carrying the gospel to oil 11 parts even unto the backwoods wo have quite gulte a largo branch of sainty saints in haralson county and we have built bulit a meeting house there and we will hold our annual conference there july 22 23 and 24 president john morgan will meet with us its and we will celebrate the in georgia the file rile NEWS is a welcome and reliable informer of the progress of zions cause both to the elders and saints so ever praying for zions ziona progress I 1 remain yours truly WALTER SCOTT fitingof the rayson layson bee keepers association PAYSON may 26 1881 editor deseret mews news after the usual opening exercises roll was called and 12 members present the vice president spoke on the subject of queen rearing bearing and sald said that the best way to raise queens queeni was to take the old queen away from a full stock and let them build a lot of queen cells then select your cells from them to put in your nu nucleus eletis cletis stock the queen will bo loe longer lived than by dividing ho he baida saida paid raid a queen thab that will fertilize within from four to six lays days after being hatched is more prolific and longer lived than those that do not fertilize lizo so 90 young good remarks on bee culture were made by some of tiie the members 1 1 two members member sti sli ere received into the association meeting adjourned for two weeks P M gristi ori OKI GO president t G Q cor secretary |
