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Show l.;t~ dunday, there were not many p r e s ent . 11t t he p on ference , t he followi ng c h unges ,vere mtJ de: El der 1~ e wel l ,, . Ki mball and Joseph .Smit were 'if:' a s s i gned to th~ part of , e s t Virginia and J ohn E. Joolley and I • • Geor ge ~ . ~ . Bi glo ¥ were as s i gned to t he .s . E. pa rt of Virginia wit i ns tructions to op en up new fields of l obor . On AUgust 2~ , El der J ames ll · Taylor a rrived i n Cha ttanoo ga from aude rdale, .A l ubama ~ it El der I srae l 3ennion who was ve r y weak fr om chil l s and fever . The day f oll ow i ng, El de r Jemes ~ . Ta ylor r eturned to his f ield o f l a bor . On AUgust 30, Elder Benni on s ta rted f or home , having be en rel ea sed b ec au s e of poor h ea lth . During this month t here app e a red a number of editoria l s in t he i Chct tt a nooga T i~ ~v;~~i fes~ much b i tternes s . epl i es f rom t he ~ lder s only r e s ulted i n mo re vicious edit ori a l s . The re sult of t eae untrue tir ade ~ on t he pcirt of t he p ress , made the work of the l ders mo re difficult a1 d dangerous , but t hey did a rouse intere s t and accomp li s h1 good. in s-om.e,- r,.......:...· There was only one Elder c alled and set apa rt f or t he vi ss ion . in J-\Ugust f-t vva s J ames A · .dos s who was set apart on AUgu s t 31, 1883 . On d eptember 1, 1883 t hey met t he 3a ints of Emery dt ake in on- -:t~ fer ence a s s e r bled in t wo m e etin g s/'~ were address ed by a number of Bis h ops , Pre s ide nt s of Quorums , Pres ide nt Fr anci s M. Lyman and Two meeting s were held on September 2 ; one a t 10 a.m . and one a t ~ 2' p .m. After reports were heard fro m Bishop s and Pre s i de nts of Quo;; A.(),, rums , r- re s ident Lyrnanf\and ) ad res se d t he d3 ints . Bishop Ro berts on ' s horne , a fter which an even ing meeting was h eld in t he Or ang ev il l e p.Da embly rla ll , an excellent s p irit p rev a i l ed. The t ·1en retu r ned t o Pre s iden t C. G. a rs on ' s horne at Ca stle Dale fo r the ni ght . ,t l\ t 9 a .m. on ' ep t em ber 3 t hey started for hunti 1gton and had |
