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Show - 42 - I c om~ng . winte r . We regretted leaving our new t riends, but were forced "to on account of the prepa rations we had to make in assisting in the plans f or emigration . Cotton picking time has come again , and the people are busily engaged in picking their cotton . 'rhe prospect t or hard times, during the coming winter is staring the people in the face . Day by day the poor are getting poorer; drawing nearer and nearer to the final point of misery and want that is slowly but surely overtak ing the pe ople of this land . Their cotton crop will all be t aken to pay their debts and they will still owe more ' than all their property will pay. "No money and hard times" is the cry on all sid es . In this section we have sounded the Gospe l to the people and while many have accepted it , yet the great maj ority have turned a deaf ea r , and will not harken to the counsel oi God , pre f erring to believe •istrong delusions' in !ul:fillment of prophecy. Very respectfully , John Morgan Having obta ined f rom Dixon BAiley a horse and buggy , El ders Morgan and Lisenbee sta rted to drive f rom cassandr a to Beech Creek . They arrived at their destination by evening and .stayed tha t night at the William Manning home . They f ound all well and strong in the ma ith. The next morning they visited with El der J ohn B. Daniels and family and then drove to Rome . Tha t night they returned to the Daniel's home where they stayed :for the night. on october 11 ' they had their buggy t•ixed and then drove to the Bailey Moyer's home where all were f ound well and in good spirit . The next morning ~hey drove back ~o the Armuchie Br anch and visited with the j rethren; holding meeting a ~ the Fr ancis M. Wel den h ome in the |
