Show conference IN centre ky dec 17 1897 on the of the present month the forty nine elders of the kentucky conference including three local elders met with the saints and friends at the junction latter day saints meeting house bouse in the capacity of a special conference le rence we were favored with the presence of f elders F M lyman and mathias y P cowley of the apostles quorum as well as our mission president elder ellas elias S kimball and elder john woodmansee from the headquarters at chattanooga tennessee on saturday dec alth the meeting was called to order by the conference president ident who made a few remarks I 1 aad nd was followed by elders thomas fil 1 1 martin dix tin and E J merrill 11 others of the elders then spoke as the spirit gave them utterance be tug bag allotted five minutes each the apostles also made instructive remarks The afternoon meeting was conducted in about the same manner on sun aay morn morning ng elder ider ellas lias S kimball ond and elder woodmansee occupied a portion of the time in the afternoon atter noon on sunday the aties apostles delivered the final sermons at time the church was filled to overflowing the council meeting of the elders was held in the meeting house from a m until about p m without intermission the time being occupied principally by elder lyman 1 in giving instructions to the elders the A he statistical report of the conference and the report of labors done was julao rendered by the conference president and the sunday school work was represented by superintendent wm king biag elders cowley and kimball each b spoke a short time council meeting reconvened on tuesday ax at 10 a m without the presence of elders kimball and woodmansee Woo Wco mansee as they went back to the office this in interesting and beneficial meeting closed early in the afternoon so 00 that the apostles could start tor for the railroad A business meeting was held on wednesday tor for the purpose of regulating the work for the winter after which a ge general eral handshaking hand shaking was commenced nor prior to the separation and departure of the elders tor for their several fields of labor every one seemed to filled as it were with a new heart and a new spirit the saints of the junction branch performed a noble part in showing their hospitality to the elders and the visiting saints ants and friends following is the list of elders and their post postoffice office addresses jno F wakefield jr and jno M bunker owensboro Owen daviess co ky thomas martin and N Maxtin martineau eau danville boyle co ky 10 J merrill and D J blake owensboro Owena Owen boro daviess co ky W wm king and F P F ballam dan dihe boyle co ky J J bowen and C A udy bardwell carlisle co ky alata ipson and wister wallace christian co ky joe JOB T pond and P P eldredge pulton hickman co ky raymond partridge and new companion elkton todd co ky A B P whitehead and david smith kl greenville muhlenberg co ky 11 E jensen and martin P brown anderson Mn derson henderson co ky J J croshaw and wm B Hall Cadiz co ky J J tanner and 1 I 0 canfield clinton hickman co ky L 13 pace and U B wallace princeton caldwell co ky D G miller and B B wallace madisonville Madi madison sonville ville hopkins co ky G A and P A autzen Haws ville hancock co ky D B E jones and wm E stoddard eddyville Edd lyon co ky wm anderson and P A rodgers marion crittenden co ky G E miles and R M Owen Mayfield graves co ky C A cobbley and jos later smithland Smith land livingston co ky willaid hansen and jno N jensen benton marshall co ky wm crosby and barton arton brough morganfield union co ky josiah call and wm petty murray calloway co ky jas R bodily and P T bateman owensboro Owen daviess co ky M E roundy and F R hayes kaduka mccracken co ky D A affleck and alma peterson wicklied Wic klief ballard co ky thanks for receipt of the news JNO F WAKEFIELD JR president kentucky conference conference Conf wrence |