| Show IN THE returned missionaries report their labors of the eleven missionaries who re turned from the Soli southern thern states state s on monday have had calls from quite a number who agreeably with the usual custom cust in have reported their labors jabors while abroad upon this their first mission in the case of most oi of anem it was their first absence from the territory too having been born and reared in utah As a who lethey they were a fine looking and intelligent lot ot young men and worthy represents representatives of the church Charch of which they are me members bers and tile the doctrines chev were sent forth to expound LDER GEORGE J woodbury who was in charge of the com company alyre resides in st george Georg when ewhen at joine home and was only in his year when he went upon his mission mig sion anich was in oct 1883 on arriving arrivi in the south he was assigned to the west un 1 ast tennessee conference on which includes the middle and western co counties bales and labored for the first six months in company y with elder J J fuller during dialog this time they succeeded in opening a new field for missionary labor in lawrence county and baptizing about 20 persons sons in april elder T rh H robins became kis his companion and they continued together about a year in august 1881 at the time odthe of the massacre of elders berry and gibbs they were in the next county and one week subsequently went to td lauderdale Laud ordale county to attend a two days meeting while there elders fuller and woodbury went to the house of a friend to stay staf over night and about 11 pm m after having retired to bed and kalea fallen asleep they were set upon by a inoa 0 of nine or ten armed men the first tile the elders koew knew of their presence they were rudely awakened awake Hed presence by y the mob who surrounded their bed brandishing theu weapons and ordered them to arise aress fesa themselves and accompany them to the woods the brethren proceeded to obey at the same time asking what they had done that they should be thus disturbed cherepy Ther the reply epy 3 was bothi nothing ug only preached 01 old joe oe smiths doctrines but they proposed to stop th sm bm from doing that the th elders having baving dressed tue lae mob started to take them out ot of the house bouse each being led by two men who held them by the wms arms while others receded them just as elder fuller faller reached the thedoor door a gun was fired by one of tae outside to frighten away a woman whom jae he saw aw approaching and the men who bold beld elder woodbury inside the room roam start startled lad at the report loosed their hold hoad and he quick as thought sprang through an open w window ladow at the back of the room ah and hed fled to the woods two men stationed at the window to guard gaud against escape escobe were apparently paralyzed zed by the sudden suddenness nOsS of his bis movement and maddio made no attempt to prevent olin him elder tuler T uler was as taken by Ms bu captors to the woods and there garea 60 lashes wit with persimmon s sprouts outs supple switches about the thi thickness qa A ones fiig finder ger alwi aate i he was ii rarned to leave the and never jB etuin the leader declared that path er than have tle mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 preach and balze zd between cypress and shoal creek ha wo q 1 I die and go to hell hel 1 and afterward barned Jar rne ned d to his chagrin that they lidd had dope both and that too within half a mile of his house hooe elder fuller returned ret urrea to the me his flogging atta fouad foun cl elder woodbury he having previously ye returned turned from the woods and they rested undisturbed the rest of the ight dight tic 1 j veral attempts were subsequently loada to 0 o waylay the elders in iii that region but without success ta in november 48 1884 elder fuller was vas Ter released eased to bettin rettin home and afeld he was me in the presidency of the conference by elder woodbury who soon afterwards in company with alder T H robins robin s attempted to open adrew fields in marshall and odbre coan aes with good bood results in the latter E elder lder woodbury woodbur y greatly enjoyed his labors and gained a valuable experience peri ence he saw the power of ueva asyet displayed splayed dT in various ways calculated to strengthen streu erthen his own feitli and that of others and mentions as gi special ecial instances several rather remar remarkable kible cases of healing following f 01 lowina agns g which are the A man in lawrence county about 75 age who ever since the war had been troubled with spells of de and who had been hunsuc ces cos fully treated for the same and evja the most mo t skillful doctors cured athe was effectually aud bet aae althy man after being b kal d zed jad administered to by the eluters Eld r A lad Jady 10 wayne county who had beoo beech ia invalid for several years ve arsand and keiff W a larbe UM which she was unable to us gusej waa M anade dis and healthy on and confirmed er lad lady ladyga yia in lawrence chuny a mgt tho 31 1 w and was afflicted with a healed on being was Instantly fitly ae lever and had adra the elders ev ever since tb be baptized hut but bad 1 1 ey Q by her friends D u 11 9 4 91 I 1 s ste th t the e south elder y q W meetings mee traveled graveled 01 k toot b 54 16 sides long distances tage es ion oj omorse borse orse taek av by steamboats wad and at inducting ducting Jun into 50 persons blessed 88 9 chil childryan dran madei many any friends to Wh onile feels kindi neat gkent nt never suf fereA for want cried lodging ging not a day days s while away ELDER JOHN A BEVAN of tooele thoele started upon his bis mission sep 4 1888 and during his absence principally in east jeunesse Te tennessee unesse but buc somewhat also aiso in lee vo 0 o virginia lie t le met with fair success sac cess and as a 8 rule received kind and hospitable hospit ablie treatment he was many times threatened by bigoted and lawless persons and in one instance when in company with elder Ito skelly was assailed by a mob who followed and threw stones at them but they escaped without injury A number of miraculous cases ot of healing occurred mccurr id also during his experience peri ence some of which have already been reported to the NEWS in company with other elders he succeeded in establishing establish in branches in campbell union and hawkins counties tennessee and sunday schools in the first two and greatly enjoyed his labors on the whole vh ole he also mentions as a noticeable fact that b ad many of taase in the region where he labored who have in the past mobbed or otherwise been active in opposing the saints Saint have shave died suddenly or had some serious misfortune overt overtake ake them he found a great deal of ignorance as w wll all as prejudice in the south in relation to the character of the saints and their doctrines he talked with one man a representative to the state legislature from hawkins county who ho acknowledged to have voted tor the passage of the antipo anti auti po law in that state and yet did not know what the word polygamy meant ELDER THOMAS DAVIS whose home is in fillmore started on his mission oct 9 1883 and labored in mississippi for tile the first 25 months the remainder of tile the time lie he spent in alabama where there is rather a more liberal feeling in the matter of religion than prevails in mississippi while I 1 his mission was very interesting and enjoyable to himself he feels that there axe are few features connected witti with it that would be of special iii interest terest to others lie he had gad the pleasure of making known the principles of the gospel to a great many people and found a few willing to accept of I 1 is he fared well generally never lacking lackin a friend but of course like nearly dil ail the other elders sent to that not escape the threats ot of ene enemies wiep he did manage to escape actual via lence however though he had some 1 close calls 11 upon one occasion while he and elder eider crandall Cra udall were staying staging at the house of one of tile the saints in jones county mis mias a mob surrounded the buildt building and tired fired a crevice at eldey elder craudell Cra fla udall andall and shot at the house IS 18 times in i n all but without hurting any of the inmates il inmates mates and dually nally ri after remaining about foul houra houi s and being afraid to enter the domicile tools took weir their departure mobs hunted bunted for elder davis da vis and his companions upon a number ot other occasions occasion list but washout being able to find anem ELDER WILLARD E a resident of wilson ward weber county ca u t started upon his mission miss 10 i a 0 october c to b e yi 16 1883 and during his absence labored almost exclusively in south carolina occasionally going 0 over v er tile the border into north carolina when he went into that region it contained only one small branch of the church but since then two others have been established in york and counties and during the present presen winter a new field has also been aaen opened up in oconee county so that hat ha t seven Elder now find employment 11 south Caro carolina lilla in extending a of tile the gospel among those who are brangers grangers Gr angers to it dud and ing ng those who nave accepted of it he labored considerably among amon the catawba indians indiana a small colony of whom have almost universally embraced tn gospel andare making pa progress oress r ore in conforming to its requirements n as well as in the acquirement of general knowis knowledge alize there are now two good sundy sunday schools amons amon them by bv the elders and an well attended and ahe their ar branch branchi organization iq ig in good working order two of the youns young men of this tribe who had bad been ordained to the office of priests were lately sent anio amoos n 4 a tribe of C cherokees erolee er okee living inthe same statland State and who number s some to introduce the gospel among them but were unable to accomplish much owing to the opposition 01 of the sectarian preachers i among them elder bingham Bing hara found many true friends in the south who would lay down their lives if necessary in the defense of the elders had great areat joy in his labors saw the power of god made I 1 manil Luani luany in m 0 own wn behalf as well as in t the he healing of the sick to w whom aiom the elders adminis and returns home feel feeliks fe elins n 9 thankful for the experience he has gained I 1 ELDER ORMUS A BATES of tooele thoele started upon his mission oct 16 1883 and labored almost exclusively elusively clu in mississippi jc crossing into alabama a few times he toe the people of that region exceedingly hospitable pi table and though they were mere gener 7 illy ally greatly prejudiced against the latter day saints would seldom refuse to entertain the elders elders though they would frequently decline de cline to listen to an anything hing concerning the gos goar pe pel he often succeeded in obtaining a hearing by simply announcing himself as a minister of the 00 gospel wi without bout stating N what hat denomination he was of until cegers hearers hapa nap 0 tito laquire inquire concerning that point gap ina ja o few ing instances tu nees after he bad alp alpar malba favorable able imp impression sion bis entertain eps wele so horrified on lea ing that he was a I 1 mormon Morin nElder bider that they ref refused coed to listen to or allow him to remain remain in they their presence longer but this did not often occur as it generally happened that their prejudice was remove removed dand and their friendship gained instead many of the people of that region are densely ignorant as well as prejudiced in regard to the saints their doctrines and the country they the inhabit and elder bates was some home timea asked who was king in utah since bince brigham young died and what large bodies of water intervened between there and utah and in otte one instance he was asked v aether anether solomon was a Mo mormon 11 ELDER wiley G CRAGUN whose home is in Pl pleasant vasant view weber co left here oct get and had south bouth carolina assigned him as a field of labor where he remained during in i nearly tile the who whole e of his absence 0 only n y go gome ine into north carolina a few times prominent among his interesting in Y experience stands the mobbing to which he was subjected while he and elder fraughton were together amoas among Catawba indians behaving he having abeen there some time and ana awakened considerable sid erable interest in the gospel besides baptizing quite a number they were waited upon by a deputa deputation of seven men with a paper ai signed X 70 names W warning un I 1 ng them to let leave the e state tate the be bearers ar ers of document claimed to be friendly but said they t y would not be responsible for the consequences sequences equen ces if the warning was not heeded they charged the elders eldera with preaching and practicing polygamy among the indians India Indi alis hs this was wa s not boniv only defamed by the indians themselves abut it was shown that these seven men were of the kind who usually heap reproaches pro aches upon the 6 cormons mormons Mor Alor mons for for chev themselves had been livin living in adultery with indian wom women en A few days subsequently subsequent iv on the night of the of may 1885 the house at which chica they were staying was suddenly surrounded by a mob and then their host on discovering the situation yelled to 10 the elders to run elder bider cragun who had taken off his shoes to retire to beil bed ran for the woods and on the way a volley wag wa fired filed at wim lym A bullet grazed his forehead merely cutting through the skin and knocking him him down and as he arose part of a load of shot sti struck uck him on the jaw and came out underneath his chin none of the other shots touched him although their effects were afterwards visible upon the trees ana shrubbery all about where he was lie hi succeeded bucce eded in m hiding in the temoer and remaining there until elder eider fraulis Fra on who was taken by tile the mob into the woods aud and given forty lashes with green hickory y withes returned and found him they remained there the rest of the night too for the family were afraid to have them return to the house they baptized two persons the next morning aud and continued I 1 so to do afterwards though their subsequent visits to the place were made more secretly the man who led the mob in that instance was an old ku klux leader and the others 25 in all were much of the same class the wound brother cragun received in his chin has troubled him more or less ever since sot not hav having ill been properly treated when it was wa I 1 first st received while in greenville county he be and his companion held a meeting one night in a private house where they were strangers stran gerg and without making known to baat waat church they belonged the me audience was and a wealthy man immediately invited them to hold forth the next evening at his house they did so but by this time they had become known however many were still anxious to hear more aua and petitioned for the use nse of the church for them to preach in permission was granted but before evening arrived a prea preacher alier by the tae name of bowers a noted mooD shiner had collected a mob and threatened if they preached it should be at their peril and so they had to seek lodgings in tae woods that brother cragun related a number of gf other interesting incidents connected with ins ills labors illustrating the friendship and kindness of which he be was the alio recipient as persecution received but we have not space to record t them hem one case of healing among a number related however we willi will i mention A lady a member oi of the C church arch had one side of A her body paralyzed and was also afflicted with a very painful |
