Telegram-herald., 1888-11-23
MORMON CONVERTS
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Azsat Eezers % lhe Aaosas Cisy AsDpnis
a Birmingham Ral. sag. yestsr1ag Ile1ets-
% Cadsa A1a sall Laks cay Uiaa. Nor
non X! ssrs smith. Richs snt Lee Ana %
converts. xllo came from Csllman county,
A. Of lhs converts IS ssfs zif's sst~sen
~ and - gaSrs of age 10 we're sozn~a De
t~ssa 20 AL 80 ys4Fs. All tie others ssfs
u@a aod bsyA They ssrs Of the poofss.
class of coaBtsy people ana only nins of
the snals party ssfs ao.s 70 read Or "fits.
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We have aos List wilh maes opposition
Ia tn- .oatasra 5tsfss. bat Alsa4ma aad
-, .r.,a-.s@. have been cur most fFuitliL
Tstaa Ne lave been delo-herh ani
f.r-.t~n.i aad = 1gn0er u our leadsss
I've b-sa ~hippsd sa4 tAfrsd snd
f.atharrd. but We 60 "a 4disif
-, eo.,srts. We have elders "a
..-1ao. s.ef.aus oi tbe NOrtAern and West
80 s1.fes I'D Dun Der ia Elrope. o0t re-
e-aflg - have ossn concentrating our
forees in tie 1Carh, a. ~c nsse met Nltn
49,. .r.sfsst alrCess IN this section. v e
t.v. Ia he tW0 States Of Aia0ama and
rs,snes.ss nearly forty norriallaS mission
sauoas Ne 4re adding 10000 converts %
AormonIsm annually, anu tno ated
kl.tes Government VII "a tine De COM
psled b. ave our church seuai rKnts "a
sfher rsIgis sus socislies. We ha7s no idea
of rraas.errlnx tie hsstQ Qlarters OF cur
courcn ID NexIco. W4 are Locating many
converts 10 AlE0aa. ldanO. Montana and
Wyoming ana vii soon b- as a,fons Ia
khose f.r-.- rlrs 50 iu 20 tah.
gaArrASOoaA. Tenn. Nov. 22--F0r three
E..a y.
fnx l.nnessse. uorthsrn Alabama and vest
srn Virginia Two years ago IA middle
Tennessee Two Of these sllers were silled
outright and O. tais day their mcfderers
have never been prosecuted. Altaocgh 10
Tsuuessee theTs IL a az PROHIBITING Nor
mon sldsrs from openly advocating ths
Mormon doctrines yet they have incrsas et
ths.r force 50 that they make Il business
o. visit families Ia persOa and perscsds
them - Accept the Mormon fsiin- ln
Chattanooga there ars u0v ts0 elders Per
nlaDsuty loeated unO nave charse o.
large field.
Tie preliminary work az this point va
done D. Elder Aorgal. one OF the brightest
arrates % ths Mormon church Las
nsght SO converts assembled u this cify
from a. parts Of the Central south. th'
largsr portion OF them coming from th'
mountains OF Fast Tenn essee and Virginia
and we're tsksn 10 Jtah oy Elder operry
The prolific deld for tns most OF the Mormon
elders Is ia the mountainous districts. In'
native m0uurzinesr is usually poor. AID
when he hears Of the great possibilities foi
an essy and happy life n 0,ah. it does no'
tak. lons % convert him % the Mormon
fai.L. The W0cnso. especially, are easily
r.rsnadea. When ones convinced that
hor.sonisrn II right they cannot - turned
..ifs from th.ir purpose 20 seek home Ia
~. ar WesE Ths Mormon elders hsvs
mad over 800 couvsrts AZ this imm edlass
icintv xiL1in the past ten months and
have shei- work 80 well svstemired sl
pr..snt that about every sixty dsys they
ID. from two hundred 90 dye hundred
people 20 Salt Lake City as the results d
thefr IanOrs