Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-30
HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN
STATES MISSION

| Ma hdnld-h. I, peterson, president,
! Box 705, Montgomery, Ala.-After
! holding successful series Of meetings
| in a Christian (Campbellite) church
| in Marshall county. Elders F. l..
! Bangerter and Edward Stromness re-
| ceivcd a standing invitation to preach
| there whenever they passed that
way. BY lending books tracts,
| and journals Sister Alice Russell has
! convinced three Of her neighbors that
Joseph Smith was Prophet Of God.
| At Tatum Cross Roads, Elders II. X.
| Markham and W. T. Burnham made
! some warm friends when they ex-
| planned 10 congregation of two
| hundred the plan OF salvation as laid
! down by the Redeemer . At Hope
well Elders ]. W. Dalton and Jas. NJ.
Swapp have arranged 10 hold a
protracted meeting which is to last
one week. Elder Edward Wat
I kins has baptized two more honest
souls at Este. Fla.
Atlanta w Blazzard president
Box 20, Connally St, Atlanta, Ga
on June Is and 49, a successful con-
ference was held near Fayetteville.
The meetings were held under "A large
oak tree and we're well attended, many
people being present who had never
before heard the gospl from a Mormon
standpoint Elders c. II.
Tucker and Geo. II. Blezzard were
lFlAfh IL Eltdh W a bphN VI NAuh'iAN
and travelling men in a hotel In
Union city. After meeting some of
their hearers purchased a copy of the
Book Of Mormon and said they want
cd to know more Of the Moymon peo-
pie and their religion. After in
yiting all the audience to get up and
bear their testimonies at a Holt
ness tent meeting at Palmetto. the
minister denied Elder Obed A. Nell
son the privilege after he arose At
the close of the meeting the people
asked the elder to come back later and
them one baptism was perform
ed in Atlanta, June %. by Elder g.
II. Tucker.
East kcntuclSy-Wm. r. Smith,
president. Owingsville. Ky-East Ken
tuCky's annual conference was held i'm
Carter county July and 10, all the
elders In the conference being present.
Three hall, two priesthood and two cot
tage meetings were held and two hap
tsms We're performed. The presence
and valuable Instructions Of Prest j.
w Blazzard OF the Atlanta confer
ence were appreciated.
Fast Tcnncss cc-Geo. w Stephens
president, BOX. Az. Chattanooga Tenn
Supt l. NJ Foster. OF the Oakhill sun
day school in Pickett county. has been
hiuhlncu 10 tne ofuCe OF an elder ana
will do regular missionary work for
few months. He already reports two
baptisms ana a child blessed Elders
W. +. Fullmer and W 4 Pardoe also
report two baptisms near Cleveland.
tlorida-Robert Andrus. president |
1lO Highway avenue. Jacksonville !
Fla Thirty-two persons have gone |
down into the waters Of baptism in this 1
conference in the last two weeks OF 1
this number Elders q. Il. Wilde and 4
u. r crystal baptized seven at Hope
well, Fla: Geo =. Riggs and Geo n.
Carr eleven in Coffee county. Ca mine
~ one family, Edgar Meacham and /
Ernest wilkins one In Franklin coun-
ty Fla. Geo b. Carr and NJ. H. Tracy
six in Coffee county. Ga Jos Palmer
and Geo. 7. Riggs ono In Coffee county.
Ga; Lorin Mcrkley and a. \ Nelson
two In Jcn Davis county Ca: Jos.
Palmer and Nj. n Tracy four in Coffee
county. ia. Elders W. NJ
Jones and John Tout were recently en-
iertalned at "a hotel H.. Aexandersvtlie.
They were given the hotel parlor in
which TO hold meeting and a nice
crowd OF townspeople assembled and
listened very attentively to their mes
sage In the city OF Apalarhi-
,ola Elders Edgar Meacham and Ernest
wilkins met with splendid success mar
icularly among the business men They
made many friends. held forth on the
Itreets a number Of times and were in