| Show THE SPIRIT OF INCIDENTS OF 01 missionary experience IN THE SOUT imN inn STATES statts this morning we received a call from a party of nine missionaries who wiio returned last evening via the D and II 11 G railway from me the Sou southern thein states they were john styler of deseret millard county charles call of willard box elder county W ia II 11 crandall of pleasant view weber county A cazier and J linton of nephi jul juab county joseph morrell of lo 10 gan gau an cache Cou county rity joseph belnap of hooper ic weber county it 11 A crump of fort herriman salt lake co county anty and J A mower lower a of fairview san pete county they left chat chattanooga danoog a tennessee on the dinst with a comp company ny of eighty immigrants seventy of whom were bound for manasseh colorado and the rest for utah there were twenty others to have joined thein them at st louis but they failed to connect and are three days behind in charge of elder J G kimball kimbau all bound for colorado the immigrants were from several of the southern states but mostly from tennessee and mississippi over twenty were cane creek refugees compelled to flee before the murderous of the tennessee mrs condor and her two another oth e r family are the only saints left on can cane creek brother condor is said to be in colorado having been forced to leave home like or mr Ga garrett frett who went to illinois sister condor condor is not yet et able to move z still 8 suffering rl ng f from rom ier ker her wound which Is more serious than at first reported the elders named above represent the thet following fields in the southern states mission mississippi Aia ala alabama barna tenne tennessee north carolina and georgia all were released within the last month th they report variously upon the dondl dondi condition tion and feeling throughout the mission in some parts parta since the late tragedy in tennessee the spirit of has abated and in other parts it is than ever elder styler left here january 24 1883 and labored all the time ilme in inVest west tennessee lie ile was wag well treated most of the time baptized one and assisted in baptizing six others lie ile helped to hold elgh eighty dt n meetings and walked about miles e lie lle did not preach much after august keln aein being keing notified by elder roberts w who i is in charge of the mission to keep quiet after the massacre on bauc cane creek this order was gendral general throughout the all the elders have have been withdrawn from his late field neld elder crandall went from here december 1882 and traye traveled led entirely n southern mississippi ile ilu ile baptized ix is persons helped to baptize tiya twp others and confirmed five ile he walked 4 aso miles rode horseback miles and and assisted in holding meetings I 1 ng gs ile ho met with much opposition and aclid some violence on the of january 1881 1884 himself and elder john januari W gai gal galley I 1 ey were met and threatened by two men la in jasper county miss who followed them two miles pointing a pistol at elder crandall and threatening his life the robbers compelled the brethren to go into a store stori and eat din dinner nen ner and then kicked the them m 0 out u t and warnel warned them never to return n th there ere on peril of their lives in jones county counts hebr february pary nary while he and elder thomas davis were seated round the fireside of brother mill ulli I ard valentine a pistol shot was fired through a crevice near th the chimney the ball passing unpleasantly close to elder Cran dalls head and sister valentines foot this was followed b by twelve rapid shots against the side of the house the assailants staid round the house till after midnight firing at intervals killing the dogs knocking down the door shooting boards off the side of bf the house and tearing down the garden fence this was the extent of 01 the damage done them elder crandall after wards labored in shady grove jasper county where he was threatened and annoyed but not moles molested ted any more the prospect for making converts ver was good when he left the state elder belnap left home on the of december 1882 and while absent labored in north carolina and virginia ginia he baptized personally six souls attended about twenty five other b baptisms and blessed five children lie he traversed on foot miles and rode eight miles on horseback ile he was well weli treated part of the time but mostly otherwise ile he and elder elde r R A robinson went without food three days being refused it repeatedly heatedly peat edly even when offering to pay for it simply because they were 11 mor mons 11 they were also aiso also aiso hunted by mobs one of which was about to whip them and had brought r a gourde f ull full of ashes and cayenne pepper with which they intended to rub the bleeding backs ot their victims after scourging them they were persua pers persuade nade deil dell d by the brethren to forego their cruel intent and finally decided not to whip them as proposed but to delegate two of their number to eive give them a fist list and skull th thrashing the latter having walking hitt c canes a nis ois and n d showing a disposition to use them their assailants thought better ot ol this design also this thia was on D dincan 6 nean creek rutherford county N the second sunday in may 1883 B fore that elder belnap with brothers robinson and clayton was hunted by a gang of three negroes and three white men the latter J C copland and his two sons they escaped by taking to the woods while the were consulting about attacking the house hous 1 e they were in this was in burke county N C the last sunday in march 1883 the last two months elder belnap labored alone and though ened much was disturbed but little elder mower left here april 10 1883 and his time in the abate state of georgia after being there six months he was called to preside e over the conference ile he met with all kinds of opposition himself and elder kirby were driven away from the post office in hurd county count by a man and his hla two sons and afterwards aTter afterwards wards had to abandon the county on account of opposition they were followed by threatening placards in many places and were often refused food even so much as an ear of corn they laid out in the woods seventeen nights eider elder mower blower traveled miles afoot and baptized seventeen of them re baptisms and assisted in performing the caremon ceremony for twelve others he traversed tw twelve er ve counties bounties and held 97 public meetings besides bearing his testimony many times in blacks blacksmith gaith Faith shops carpenter shops stores and wherever lie he could get a hearing the press was very hostile and after ane tennessee massacre threatened him and his fellow laborers with similar treatment if they chev remained there christian preachers prea preachers chefs cheis told their flocks that the elders were the cause of the cyclones coming which had devastated the country and exhorted them to feed them nomore no more they were stoned away from a Metho methodist disi schoolhouse school house in 4 coneater Co weater county and had their meeting broken up it having been circulated that they were baptizing their converts naked and taking the women to to is a general f feeling of hostility throughout the ille region where he labored lie ile and elder kirby were the last elders in the state and the latter is now in colorado etwas thought prudent to abandon that field for the time being elder call left utah december loth 1882 1881 and proceeded to montgomery county miss ile he labored in that and ada adjoining 0 aniu counties about sixteen months there thero was not much opposition and the work made but slow progress the remainder of bis his ministry was in calhoun and pontotoc Ponto toc counties the oli position opposition was bitter there occasionally sio nally he baptized five tive in this latter neld field and seven in panola county up he assisted assi in baptizing fourteen others the following notice indicates the character of the op opposition directed position met with it is given as directed to the brethren including peculiarities of spelling etc to the mormon elders the best thing youcan you can dols dois to leave this country aney is a great bomber of men that is just weighting to see if you yon will take a hint I 1 tell you they will use you rough you had beter take a fool advice and leave beave this country you had beter be in utha with your wives you would be beter of you can disten ji to this if you ou want two or you can let it alone iut tut but you had beter here theas words I 1 warn you agan you hod beter never be seen in this country eny more this is a plain hint to you elder cazier left here december uh to labor in alabama where he operated three months month sas as traveling elder and the remainder of the time as president of the conference that field Is comparatively ively quiet there being rittie or no opposition at hresc present mt and ana but little inquiry regarding the gospel about 40 have been added dur in the last eight no wever some time s since ince some of the elders in that neld field were mobbed elders israelson boyce a and nd shumway having been fired at in and driven out 0 of marion county but escaped unhurt there are no elders in that particular localio locality kiil now as the populace threaten to kill any of the br brethren ethren who I 1 might appear among them elder eider cazier had a good time generally speaking and excellent health ile he baptized 15 persons and assisted in administering that ordinance to the same number elder morrell left home february 26 10 1883 ile he labored in south mississippi I 1 all the time of his mission ile he met with almost incessant opposition and persecution with brief intervals between the assaults he lle is the elder who was seized by a mob last july taken out ont of bed by them and whipped ild iid severely as reported in the NEWS shortly after the occurrence he baptized nine persons walked miles in the course of his ministry the first eight months he was associated in his labors with elder W haran H cran dall and the latter part of the time with elder joh johnw galley he his labors greatly and was per much experience elder linton left here hera december ath 1882 lie he labored in lauderdale county alabama the whole period of his bis absence he had a good and prosperous time the deonly only opposition he encountered couter ae being ng in the form of threats but he suffered no violence he baptized four persons and assisted in inducting eleven others into the church he walked waned miles during his ministry a and nd held public meetings asty be besides de explaining the principles of the gospel to many people in a private way elder crump left here may 15 IW and went to wayne co tennessee where he labored during the whole of his ministry he was somewhat hampered in his operations on account of suffering from a severe attack of chills and f feer eter wh which I 1 c h lasted fo four ur mont months is he met many kind friends he assisted at the baptism of fifteen persons alad and performed other ordinances of the gospel such as the blessing of children etc ile he was subjected to considerable opposition having been forced to leave his lodgings several times in the night and spent several nigh nights tsin in the woods the were generally led by sectarian preach ers |
