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Show It was on the fir s t day of June, 1883, t ha t Elder John T. Al ex-ander who ha d only a rrived i n the M issio n~ f ield on Apri.l 9, 1883 and wa s l oboring n ea r Ada irsvi l e , Ba rlow County, Georg i a , was atta cked by t h ree ma s ked men and driven i nto t he voods , bruta lly kic ked and bea ten and t h en shot a t by a l l t h ree of t he mobbers . Thi nk i ng Elder lexJnder dea d, t hey .t en f led but , fortuna tely , t heir a i .:. s_ hud not been go9d . On e bullet pas sed t h rou gh t he cro ·, n of h i s ha t :;1no t her \v ent t · rough h i s co a t , n e a r his left side nr d t he third one miss ed h im entirely . the It app ear s t ha t a t "time t h e s 10 t s -,.re re f ired, El der 11lexande r lo s t cons ciousness . On reco vering he made his way to _t he home o f a Brot her Reid . about a mile and a half dist nt where h i s bruises were ... tre a ted . Later he wa s t aken to raywood Valley by Elder 3amuel J . Pa rr i sh and Brother Bc:i rber, a local Elder but no.t apps.aring to . rec over he wa s brought ~to Chatt anooga and from t here on June 7, 1883 rvas t ake n home t o Ut ah in cha r ge of ~lder 3amuel J . Pa rris · . Th ey re a ched home{\on t he ev ening of June 111 ,.;Ln saf ety. In t his mon th, the VI i ss iss ipp i Con ference convered nt C~ n tr a l Jl. Cademy, anola County, Mi s'=> iss ip p i on t he 1 s t , 2n d. and 3rd da s of J u ne , 1883 . There were eleven. El ders pre sent f r om Ut ah and a f a ir s i zed c ongre ga tion . The f irs t p rinci p l~s o f the Gospel w~ t he su b~ rli~ cu s~~on . On June 4 El der T. H. Merril l of t he '."/e s t Tennes s ee Conf erence was honor bly rele as ed . .t· re t urooa home . On t he l oth, 1 6th, and 17th of Ju ne, the il l a bama Confer.ence vas i n se s s ion n ~ ~ r Springvil l e , 3t . Cl air Coun t y, nl obama . Ev eryt h i ng was .tranqu i l , bu t t he me etings · ere SJTI<:ill dUe t o t he i dnot "bein a dvertiz ed . Th i s was beb aus e viol ent t 1re a t s h ~ d be en mc de agai ns t t he Elders . T1e r e vere "i ftee n El de rs f r om Ut ah p r esent and much go od vas a c compl i s he d . |
