Show RETURNED ELDERS elder eider JH henry nry I C taylor of salt lake city and 1 rlando bradley of moroni county called at the NEWS office today boh having returned return eu yesterday march 81 31 from the tolD noid rider elder taylor left on an sept 19 1894 and has bae been labor og in new york aad west Virgi virginia nip rider elder bradley has baa been in wt wet virginia tie he ten len on april 14 1894 both bom state that they have enjoyed good health during their and met many baim hearted friends in their respective fields fieldi of labor prejudices prejudice against mormon elders are gradually melting away as aa people learn to know them hem aud the cause wey they represent re elder bider hugh W rf this city who left home january 20 1895 atoo also returned from the 8 jethern state s mission field march 81 31 the tint first year of his absence was wac spent in ID the of west virginis virginia after which he was wac called to so preside over the north carolina conference confer euce in which capacity he be served thirteen months til recently there were thirty laboring in the conference but three thre have returned home and one has bae been added making a total of twenty eight now preaching the gospel goepel there the people are kind ann and hospitable and although there Is nu great amount of inquiry being made with regard to mormonism Mormon lem the elders aldere are tre treated ted with respect an i some gome converts are being made the work of the ministry mini etry Is ig extending into the larger cities of the south and many baoy of the well to do are being made ac with gospel principle elder dougall has enjoyed excellent health as do nearly all the missionaries babir irig in that vicinity elder alex A lex B S campbell of this city is ia another recent arrival from the southern stated he too left home on OB january 20 1894 and upon arriving at the mission headquarters in chattanooga awas was assigned to labor inala in ala bame and shortly thereafter was transferred to the state of texas after nine doutha time in the field ht he was called to the office at chattanooga where he be spent the abe remainder rema luder of his hie time like his bia tellow enow laborers he had be enjoyed late bis mission immensely aud is loud to iu his bis praises of the among whom he labored they displaying much kindness to the elders as they visit them hem from time to time elders 0 0 M Sand San deron cron 0 fairview walter christenson ot of redmond sevier county J M allen alien ot of T qu erville washington county and isaac W west of washington city and county arrived io in this city from the Sout southern berD states mission all have been laboring in we tennessee conference and report having had bad a pleasant plea pant time amoul a people who are now dow filled with kindness kind for the me mormon elders A vast change in sentiment towards the latter day saints is visible and abild where a feeling of much hatred existed when those these brethren bettered the held nothing but respect and hospitality nf naw w elder sanderson left on feb 1 1894 and has presided pre bided over the tennessee conference fur for the past year eldar christensen left ou jan 1894 elder allen alien left on june 29 1894 ui his early return was icca stoned atoned by sickness in bis bl family elder west jett jelt on feb 3 1894 they all return in the be best beat of health and spirita tp and ana expect to remain in the city untie botu after conference elder W B H ingham of salt bait libke lake city wag wae among the missionaries who returned home on tuesday march 81 31 he has hai been laboring in north caro una line for or which field tf 10 labor he be left on january 20 1894 he says he has enjoyed good health during his bis absence and reports the mission in a prosperous proa condition the rio grande western train arriving jre at noon thursday bore to this city elders eldera robert bobert H fire fife of IOUs ima idaho and william cutler of west weal jordan both bath of whom have been laboring in the virginia conference of the southern states mission ml Bilon they left this city on dec 80 1693 and have labored during their whole ab bence in the state above named they report the inhabitants of virginia as ae being a kind hospitable people and say that gobbel principles are bein beenk gated by a great number of people some of whom have recently joined the church new fields are being befog opened up end and the Elder aare eare enjoying the best of health brethren left the city of richmond on their return trip last saturday morn elder james jamea tucker of morgan who let led home on april 21 1894 to take up a missionary naty labor in great britain has baa recently returned the time ot of his bie absence was spent in the chelten ham conference england where tak U elders are genera generally fly treated withie sped although not dot much inquiry i manifested with regard to elder tucker io good healthy healt kj and with the satisfaction 01 ol N that he be has been iu in the line of duty I 1 elder bird murphy of sugar haine ward this county called at the newl office friday atter nooD stating staling t that 84 16 returned from jooa alabama on the of march he lias bas been laboring soa a Z Z missionary in north alabama confer since ence over which he presided td alow junel june 1 1 1894 he left jett for his hie field of at labor on Jr january juary 20 1894 and says saya n h has bag enjoyed good health during aft absence as ad well as met with wilh much cess the elders are well treated trea teda lik that part ot of the ibe country and find mary friends among the people elders william M holt of south jordan arid and P P of f lei lekan legan kan gan gave the NEWS a call MolA 0 sr and reported their return fr from the th southern dout bern states mission field whither they went on december 16 1899 kuok tn i former labored the greater part of hit time in the confere conference nm and the latter spent all ail his time there tiler tJ rhey have nothing but words of tw the highest big heat praise for the people residing iu in that state and the treatment they have received has greatly encouraged a ahem in their labors labore elder holt has been in the Loul louisiana 1 conference since its ite opening on october I 1 28 1895 be having gone therein anere in pany with elder william A kerr of 1 ogder commencing the work of the ministry in the city of new Orle orleana Orlea alle nr the prospects for the spread lof in tb abat at state are very encouraging the citizens taking kindly to toe ane mormon missionaries aries and treating them with much respect the returned bretti brethren fels J speak very highly of the young elder J now out in the th e field and state that thai they j are doing m much uch good among toe the people 3 elders eidem holt and lechtenberg liecht Lech emberg waft with elder barton banon of kaysville Kays Kay ville eville ches his bis death occurred some time ajo ago la IS mccomb county miss they return in the best beat of health elder E W robinson ot of Amer american toka fork arrived to in this city after fin an a absence from home of nearly three I 1 earb 1 duration he left here in june jaue 1898 1893 to take up a missionary labor in switzerland and germany but after spending about six months in that thai field be was called to accompany elder john B R clark of farm ington to turkey elder clarks death occurred dortly alter arriving there which elder robinsons Robins Bob insoo onys laboring aloa for some time he was president of id 1 the mission and as such traveled over the he greater part ol of the turkish empen dispensing gospel principles wherever via an opportunity unity afforded itself not much freedom to is extended tu mission arles arise in that abat coun consequently pro progress griets is very slow alow but three ur branches auches are at present established there the consisting mainly of armenians Armen ians although the climate of turkey is as to render reader sickness almi st at elder rob bob inson has eri enjoyed joyed good health during his whole absence aud and returns looking physically perfect and enjoying the satisfaction sats eat faction of knowing that behan fulfilled lul filled a duty |