At several of our conferences the colored people have sent representatives to enquire of the Elders if they allowed "Cullud folks ter come to de meetin's." An answer in the affirmative is always given, and occasionally results in a large number of colored people attending service. As a rule, too, they are very well behaved. They never crowd themselves into the seats which have been prepared, but stand at a respectful distance from the place occupied by the whites. For, although slavery was abolished more than twenty years ago, the colored man recognizes the fact that the white man will not receive him as a social equal, and therefore does not attempt, on occasions of this kind, to force himself into places where he is not welcome. As the negroes form a circle outside of that formed by the white people, we say at such times, we have a conference with a black fringe. But who are those men standing in small groups, some distance from the congregation—so far away that surely they are not able to hear the remarks of the speakers? An ugly frown is on each face; in a moment, we see they are restless, filled with wrath and hatred, but prevented from doing violence through fear. With a half suppressed shout of mockery, they disappear in the woods. Those men were the ones who had threatened to do violence to the "Mormon" Elders if they attempted to hold their conference in the neighborhood; who, to strike terror into the hearts of the Elders, burned the schoolhouse the night preceding the first day of conference. I know of three schoolhouses so destroyed, on such occasions, and for such a purpose. It was such men as these who posted up notices on the trees near our place of meeting, warning us to leave; I here insert a sample of the notices. This particular one was posted on a tree near where we were holding conference in the State of Georgia:

NOTICE.

We give you fair worning to get out of Haywood valley the people in that valley have been troubled with you Devils, a, long time and now we propose to put and end to their troubles, by keeping you Mormon Devils of that part of the country. Now we give you warning to get out of Haywood valley by nine o'clock p. m. July the Ith [sic] 1883 and never to return again.

We mean business to you Mormon Devils, if you want to preach for the Devil go where his preaching is needed we don't want it in Georgia.

Signed good Sitizens

K K K