| Show ELDERS IN INDIANA westminister WEST MINISTER carroll co indiana june aist 1897 As it has been some time since ahad I 1 had the privilege of seeing anything from this part in the NEWS 1 I thought a few lines would not be amiss I 1 left my home at mill creek september 1896 my call being to the northern states left salt lake city in the evening in in company with elder david M guest arrived at kansas city on the evening of october and stayed over there one day which was partly spent in independence on the temple lot and the other part in kansas city going through the slaughter house and othea places which were very interesting I 1 arrived at my field of labor in Alleg allegheny alleghany Alle gEany hany county indiana at a rn on the found several of the elders there who were on the same errand as myself I 1 got goi for a companion elder A M palmer from taylorsville Taylors ville we were sent a short distance to organize a branch of the church and then to go to westminster carroll county we arrived there october aoth and started giving out tracts we traveled together seven months and I 1 ran can say that prejudice is wearing away to a great extent our conference was held in montgomery county in a very quiet little town own where we met with the rest of the elders laboring in this conference and our president brother LA Kelsch whom we are sorry sony to lose but as we were changed over to the eastern states mission we welcome our new pres dent I 1 was sent back into carroll county alone on the ath of this month my companion arrived and we tried to get a place to hold meetings in but the ministers would not let us have their churches and we could not get a hall without money and the mayor would not allow us the street so we could not hold a meeting in westminister West minister but we went through and gave tracts to those who would accept ot of them we are well and enjoying our labors very much explaining the gospel whenever we get the opportunity your welcome paper is is read with interest we send greeting to all our fiends at home and abroad GEORGE M WHITE SAMUELS SAMUEL S FLORENCE |
