Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-24
CONVERTS TO MORMONIsM.
From East Tennessee and North Georgia
en- ROute 10 Utah.
Nashville World, Wednesday


The Chattanooga train which arrived here
this morning at l 10 brought an elder, the
Mormon agent for Tennessee and adjoining
States, accompanied by about one hundred
and fifty converts. They will remain in the
city until this morning at s O'Clock, when
they will leave for Utah, their future home.
In an interview with Elder Morgan he stated
to a World reporter that these converts con-
sisted of young men and young women al
most entirely.
Where are they from?"
"Most of them are from East Tennessee
and North Georgia"
"Are any of them married."
" Not many
They will be very much married when
they are in the land of Mormonism short
time, won't they?"
The elder looked a little contemptuously
on the reporter when he put this question
and said:
"Our laws do not recognize any such Ian
guage as that, sir"
Il beg your pardon. But tell me if those
converts OF your party, who are now mar
ried, will take any more wives after they
have been admitted into the Mormon
Church.
"Our Church does not force its members to
have more than one wife, but gives him the
privilege of having as many as he desires.
married desire TO take unto themselves more
wives they will have perfect right to do so.
"Then you will have trouble in Utah GER
tain" said the reporter.
why"
"Simply because it is the custom of Ten
nessee and Georgia wemen to fly off the ham
die when they catch their husbands fooling
around other women. You don't know them,
elder"
81 don't comprehend you, sir"
This fiattered the reporter very much, and
as the elder started off he called to him and
asked him what effect the recent action OF
Congress had had on the success of Nor
monism.
The elder replied that the effect, if any at
all, was to increase its popularity. He stated
that they had received more converts per
month recently in this State than they had
ever received before.
"What do you think of the report that
Brigham Young is still alive, and will soon
reappear for the purpose of strengthening
the belief of the incredulousW
A young woman called the elder at this
juncture and he turned away. When he re-
turned the reporter asked him if he would
take a glass of beer. He pretended not to
hear the invitation, and went on to tell OF
his success in this district.
The converts presented the appearance oil
DelOnSIHS " Tue poorer anu medher-Inlnueu
class OF people, and capable of being induced
to take almost any step under the influence
of urgent persuasion. The crowd contained
many young women who looked as if they
had never seen a railroad car or a passenger
depot before. The reporter asked one oil
them how many wives she was going to allow
her husband to have. She blushed and
laughed, put her finger in her mouth and
looked too sweet for anything but soft seal
on a mans lap. But she only giggled and
whined out something which was totally I'M
Ineligible. There were several babies in
the crowd, who lost no time in making their
presence known. They will reach Utah
about Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
The party was chdpeTOned by Mr.. B. F. Ne
vile, the southern travelling agent of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.