The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-07

8 promise made is Kept to the letter.
But at this point the eulogy ceases and
the speaker adds that all this is not the
result of conscience, but is the method of
shrewd hypocrite., Mr.. r. O. Hutchins,
d travelling man connected with an At
lanta house, whose trade calls him into
nearly every county of alabama, Georgia
and Tennessee, says the depfedatiohs OF
these wolves cannot be measured by
figures. The numbers who go to Utah
are but 1.-THE of their victims who are
found In cabins of the mountains by the
hundreds and in larger places by scores.
Their trail is seen in broken families,
estrauged neighbors and disgraced homes.
at all points where their methods are
apt to attact attention the elders are
exceedingly circumspect; they ignore
polygamy or freely denounce 1t, say little
about the sacred plates, but become
largely immigrant agents for the Utah
Eldorado. Religion is putin the gallery,
and the harvests that ripen on the plains
of Utah, its fruits and herds, are put
in the orchestra chairs, and big apples,
immense wheat yields, and the price of
the grape are made to do service in
recruiting the army of the deluded.
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But in mountainous countries and the
rural retreat 1t is different. The women
areapproached. Their fears, their little
ambitions, weak vanities, and ever pres
ent and potent superstitions are worked
upon, and soon the wife, the mother, the
sister, are converts to Mormonism, and
discomfort and chickering's become fre..
quent at the rude fireplace where har.
mony, virtue and content ruled before.
If the head of the family remains stub.
bornly outside the fold, then trickery
comes in. The daughter is pursuaded
to seek place in family at some rail
road town. Soon she goes to Utah.
Judiciously handled, she pulls the strings
and the mother follows; perhaps the
father, too, and the whole family feloni-
ously taken from its ignorant innocence
in the tains is as deeply buried in
the hell whose other name is Utah.
Innot few instances the Mormons
openly urge the women to leave their
husbands and fathers, butin most cases
strategy prevails. eff" continued MIR.
Hutchins, "a careful investigation were
made it would be found that three guar.
ters Of the girls who come down from the
hill counties of these three States to work
in towns along the railroads soon leave,
with little or no explanation, as Mormon
converts, bound for Utah. I have my
self within the last eighteen months been
cognizant Of nearly fifty such cases.
"Tragedies," said Mr. Hutchins, "are
far from infrequent, though the outside
world never hear of them because of the
paucity of news gathering and trans
mitting facilities. Every year there are
suicides and homicides for which Nor.
monism must some day answer. Even
now the avenger is born, and his growth
will be swift and mighty. a secret
organization, composed almost wholly OF
young men, is being rapidly though
cautiously formed to fight Mormonism.
1t is founded solely on moral grounds,
and churches have nothing to do with it.
I doubt if dozen editors in all the
South know of its existence. I know
that in several towns not soul outside
It's membership is aware that there is such
an organization.
"The Friends Of Honor" as they call.
themselves, do not propose to resort to
violence, except in cases of great need.
But whenever they find Mormon OF
work, that Mormon will be urged to leave
the community Of his own good, assisted
to depart if he does not 60 of his own
volition. This is simply the preparatory
word Of the Friends.' Immediately the
neighborhood will be flooded with infor..
nation regarding the poisonous nature OF
Utah physically, morally and socially.
The orders headquarters are at Gunters-
Vile, a river town in Marshall County,
Ala, though it originated in the hill
countryback of Brookville, in Blonnt
County, in q tragic affair, which is still a
live topic.
1"About two years ago a Mormon elder
came into that neighborhood and began
his work. Among his first victims
was Myra Hutton, the daughter of a
small farmer. She was rather pretty,
unusually intelligent, and great favor.
lite. She was engaged to q young man
Huston, who looked with great displeas.
ure on her beIiefin the Mormon doctrine.
It was the old story over again. The
girl left home and with large party
left Huntsville for Utah. The lover
became moody, and when some months
later it became noised about in the
neighborhood that Miss Hntson had
married Mormon elder, Huston conn
mitted suicide. a few weeks later the
girl, who had grown disgusted with what
she saw, arrived home after weary
Journey, most of which had been on foot.
When she learned her lovers fate she
became insane and 80 remains. Brothers
of the dead lover and insane girl banded
together to fight Mormonism, and ont
of this compact has sprung the Friends
of Honor.
"On spiritual line the Mormon has
never had marked success with the ne
gro" continued Mr.. Hutchins. "Thia
may have been because the Mormons did
not really care for the negro in Utah and
his conversion to their faith, and remain
ing here would initiate against their
SUCCESS among the whites. But within
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