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Show - 370 - ~~ ~ June 4 ... , 1886 ( ,.B(l'sy answeri ng COI:rEi'a~enttence and M-r mailinc;; out a larg e ~ amount of re ading ~. 1~in spent t h e evening with Broth er Tillman and his family . The weat h er was cool and pleasant •. ., He wrote t his letter t~ s da•r to Bro . ~~ . (,~e Sp e nce , Sec~d ~. Franklin D. Ri ch ards : v Ch att anoog a, ·renn . P~ June 4 , 1886 Dear Brother Sp ence , Owi ng to Broth er Ki mball ' s e ng a g ements in middle 'i'enn ., he has been unable to be in t h e off ice f'or some three week s and may be ab s ent t hree week s long er. I had a r ranged some time since to vis i t Colo . a nd att end their Qu arterly Conf e r ence for t h e p urpose of org ani z i ng a Quor um of Sev enti e s, and shal l leave he r e about t h e lOth inst . for t h at purp ose, consequen tl y t h ere will b e no one at the office for t wo or t hree we ek s . During t his time, it would not be p r uden t to send any Eld ers to t nis mission as the r e would be no one h ere to assi 6n them to t h eir fie l ds of l abor . I shall be pleased to c;;et a line from J OU on my arr ival in Colo . Broth er rleber Rich l~n ded here on the 30th ult . h aving been del ay ed considerab l y enrout e . i t h k ind regards , Yours/ John 1' org an Bro . Rich ards : This letter came to hand ye sterda; morning , Your s , w. c. Spence June 5 , 1886 He rent ed a horse and buggj and drove south to th e Cove in ~~ orth Ueorgi a . He arrived there at t h e h ome of Bart Faucett at ~~·. ~p . m . and h a d l unc h an d ~v h en d rove~ t o t h e Bailey home a t l-b.. Cassandra ·rhere he spent ·an h our., ~ t h en d r ove """"'jW:f*-t o the home of Brother Kil.;ore where he met Elder Thomas h . Robin s A a nd b.e12s ae sta.Jed.A. t h at ni..;ht . June 6 , 1886 This day was Sunda ; . ~ He h eldAme e ting at ll ~ a . m . and spoke t o r: SLJall congr e rati on . ~1 eJ t h e~ spent the aftern oon i n conv ers ati on wi th t h e Si nts . Late i n the even i ng h e drove up to _/\Af \ ~ • brot her Faun Faucett rs h orne . It was ra:i.ning . :! ? |
