The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-07
Mormon Missionaries.
CHRIST CHURCH RECToRY,
GreenYille. S. c.. AnpusL %. 1882

An indignation meeting Of the citizens Of
York County, S. C., and of Cleveland Coun-
ty, N. G., was held at Whitaker, in York
County, on the Dist instant. The meeting
was organized by calling B. F. Logan, of
Cleveland County, to the chair, AMI re-
questing F. ii. Dover to act as secretary
The following resolutions and address to
the PEOPLE were vead and adopted.
We, the citizens of York County. S. c.,
and Cleveland County N. c., protest against
having our community disturbed by the
missionaries from Utah now among us
That we are determined that god society
and morals shalt be protected. That these
emmissaries, styling themselves Elders in
the Church of Latter Day Saints are cnus-
ing disturbance among tho people where
they are operating. That we earn cstly call
on them to depart in peace before the in.
dgnation Of our people becomes uncontrol-
liable and they do them bodily injury
ReSotced. That the chairman appoint a
committee Of eight as follows: b. j. Gold,
T.. Hardin, J. K. dickson and F. H. Dover,
from York County; a. Belts, A. J. Bor-
ders, W. G. Etters and b. F. Logan, of
Cleveland County, to wait upon them and
present copy of these resolutions, and
urge upon them the importance Of at once
leaving the country.
1t is with sorrow TINT we see our neigh
bors and friends being led astray by Nor
mon missionaries, styling themselves elders
in the Church of Latter Day Snints. We
call upon them TO stop and reflect on the
course they are taking. We nsk them TO
turn buck before they ruin themselves and
their families, by connecting themselves
with polygnmous and adulterous people,
accursed by God and denounced by all good
people. We ask them to look at the histo-
nv of this institution, founded in Manches>
ter, N H., on the 9th of April, 1880, when
the people looked upon them with indlgna.
tion at their unparalleled impudence, and
compelled them TO leave
After various wandcrings they established
themselves in Jnckson County, Mo-, where
they remained four years, when their in.
eense and indignant neighbors compelled
then. to move again. Their leader, Joa
Smith, then settled at n place in Illinois,
which they called NauvOo, Or the New Je
rusalem, the future homeSof the Saints
Here their practices provoked the indigna-
lion aid hostility OF the people, and then
their lender, Joe Smith, and many of his
associates were killed.
Brigham Young, who succeeded Joe Smith
in 1887, led the community 10 the territory
of Utah, where they settled in Salt Lake
Valley, and since have been carrying on
their poly gnmous practices undiSLurbed, as
they had gotten beyond the pale of civiIiza-
tion. Recently, the government of the I'm.
tied States has commenced efforts TO blot
out tins stain on civilization
We earnestly call on our neighbors and
friends 10 turn back from among them, and
remember and think what they are doing.
4, II you join them your neighbors and friends
will not associate with you, and you will
probably meet with persecution anu trouble
Remember that the evil has become so
great that the United States Government
has taken steps to suppress it, Yorkvdts
Enquirer.