Show mississippi conference JACKSON miss april ath 1897 As ai it has been some months since the columns of I 1 our highly esteemed paper hg been graced by news from the mis i conference we submit a few mafut notes sin since ce our last rapid and progressive changes have taken place here under the direction of our president elder altas eliass S kimball the me attitude of the world towards us 1 a people is changing rapidly and thus requires new methods to meet them chem but we find the servants of god fe equal I 1 to the occasion prom f rom thirty meetings per week just prior to conference in august we have reached the figure of meetings for the week ending march aoth the last report ort in thus averaging over eighteen per pair we have just returned from a visit to wat esix six fl flourishing auns hing branches and seven sunday maday schools conference was held hed with each branch at which the authorities of the church miss mission ion conference aitse td branch were sustained uta in ed we left bem hem thoroughly organized under the fa fostering care of able presidents of branches with active quorums of teach erso n who are diligently caring for those of a the fold of christ under their surveillance veil lance the elders are enjoy enjoying ing good health and and are manifesting a spirit of amity arid and activity the follo fol lowine winit are the names and ad of the mississippi elders F T pomery and george B cox jr jackson miss S H jones and J W chi chipman arnan jackson jazon jackson george eo ge dunbar and C A parrish H S sanders and W W buchanan monticello lawrence county george E maycock and pa M E kent jackson C H johnson and ID wheeler morriston perry county D M paddies faddies and william R P holmes bay st louis Hanc hancocks Hancoc ocic ls county hyrum and W 0 bunting ellisville Ellis ville vil ie jones county A T rose and sidney sego williamsburg Hams liams burg covington Coving too toya county william G palmer and william N eyre evre westville simpson county L C woolley and J B roles coles louisville winston county R F jardine and L 11 hampton macon noxubee county george W robbins and ah H p F kirn kim ball carthage leake county S T baker and A B porter scooba kemper county W 1 L openshaw and M 4 caldwell canton madison county C J black and J A batsman bateman kosciusko attala county R W brown and J R coombs phil phi adelphia neshoba county william N dve and Bel benjamin liamin johnson county FRANK T POMEROY president 0 of conference GEO B cox JR clerk |