| Show conference AT STURGES STURGES june 1897 today we bid farewell to the worthy ire representative ot of elder kimball alder wo E who has been with us the three days just past in conference assembly on account ot of illness our beloved president elder kimball was unable to 1 b i 3 with us our conference convened in sturges county this state a beaptis beautiful little town located on the 1 I C R R we found here a very hospitable people ready and anxious to receive the message of peace elder albert matheson Mat beson alabama conference president and his counselor elder joseph A mcgreger favored us with their presence making forty two of us its who were entertained most royally 4 by the doctor mer merchants chanti and leading people of sturges A abarge large tent furnished by oneff one of the gier stadie chans stretched stretch rd underneath the spreading branches of the sturdy oak provided ample protection from the june sun and permitted a gentle breeze to tan fan the eager audience thus enabling them to drink copiously of the word as it flowed from inspired lips three rousing meetings were held on saturday followed by two more on sunday winding up at night by the elders preaching to the families and neighbors who entertained them monday we assembled in council meeting at 8 a m and listened until sundown with but a short intermission lor for lunch that night we bade each other farewell and separated going to our vari varius various us fields to resume the scattering of seeds of truth the following are the names and addresses of the elder frank T pomeroy ani and william R holmes jackson missouri george B cx arand Jr andJA J A bateman jackson george E maycock and W C binting jackson jackon S A jones and C A parrish Parr meridan D M faddies and G R coombs bay st louis hancock county william L openshaw and william jeffreys canton madison county C J B ock and B johnson kosciusko attala county R W brown and A B porter philadelphia Nes bola county william M dye and william mccracken surges county L B hampton and william N eyre macon county S T baker and frank snow scooba kemper county H F kimball and G A macdonald cari carthage hai leake couil county ty leo C wooley and C R hakes louisville winston county W W buchanan and H C atkins montebello Mont ecello lawrence county hyrum and M C caldwell waynesboro wayne county A abrose T rose and anda J B coles leakes vilie green william G palmer and sidney sego Hat lesburg perry county R F jardine and M E kent columbia marion county G W rollins and D wheeler mccomb pike county the news is always a welcome visitor to the humble worker in ia Chris christs vIs vineyard FRANK T prest of con GEORGE B cox jr clerk |
