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Show ELDER TOLLESTRUP EH WRITES OF HIS WORK H Following His Recall From War-ridden laH Europe Extends Work in Hl y Sunny South. 'fll Elder A. Virgil Tollcstrup, whom it lHI will be remembered was in Europe nt 'Hl the time of tho outbreak of hostilities iflfll in thnt country, writes the Record that jDH ho is now loented in his missionary' " 'll work In South Carolina. Ho is tho son ' 'B of A. N. Tolleatrup. His letter undo' ) BH date lino of December 15, from Green- c HH villc, S. C, in speaking of his work, -flB and conditions there says: ' H "It is with great plcasuro that I look forward to tho coming of tho home ;fl paper, for it tells of many newsy hnp- M pollings which occur at homo that- tM friends forget to write about. So wcl- - ''1 como to the Record. ,-M "Since coming back to America I iH hnvc been laboring in tho South Caro- B linn Mission. Conditions are greatly lH different hero than nt home. Tho Il chief industry hero is cotton and its .iH products. In this city there aro sixteen '1 cotton millB, each implbying from tH 1000 to 1800 peoplo. It is hero thnt tH tho famous and largest cotton mill is , il located. The Woodsldo Cotton Mills. H This mill is tho lnrgest mill of its H kind under ono roof, nnd works from , . il tPOQ to 1800 people. The whole mill " lH is run 12 hours per dny nnd also a jl portion during tho night. lH "Greenville in the tcxtorinl center of H tho south. Within nn nren of 200 mills XHI 'hero nre nbout :i,00Q,000 spindles. . $.. lH Lnst month thcro was n grent textile ,N ',H exposition of the south held in this , iH .ity. Here on display wcro nil kinds X 'H of woven mill products. The cloth' jH wan of very good quality nnd is much 'H cheaper hero than nt home. So one flH lenrns much of the temporal side of H lifo ns well as the spiritual, hero in ' - .h.H thn "Sunny South." . , iH "Tho peoplo are very generous and ' '1 kind hearted, nnd nro looking for tho 'H true Gospel of Christ. Wc have been, 1 having most splendid success in this H mission. Thcro havo been somo 1700 -H souls baptised into the fold of Christ 'H this year. In tho South Carolina Con- H fcrenco thcro have been somo MP H members added to our strength. The H work of the Lord is progressing and H growing in this city, which has a pop- : jH ulntlon of Bomo 80,000 poonlyftiAt .. -4, aiM WSfwO-rnccung hou8o here1.' thank ' H the Lord I am privileged to help1 .grrcct it. Wo expect to have it finished ' fll lWubruary. 'lH "r'fear my letter is growing too, 1 lengthy "so may God bless you all with - V,' a Merry Xmas. and a Happy New . ' jH Year, I amr, xH , "Your friend and brother in the H Gospel of Christ. n - B Elder A. Virgil Tollcstrup." H |