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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 12, 1879

TEXAS

By Editor

SOME years since there appeared in the REVIEW a description of the advantages of the State of Texas as a place of residence, from one who had recently moved there. Some statements we had withheld, and greatly modified the one published, but yet it seems that it was too highly colored and overdrawn. Some worthy persons have been deceived by representations from these parties into the enterprise of emigrating to that section, resulting, in the end, in loss of health and financial embarrassment.

Bro. White has just returned from that State, where he has witnessed the misfortunes and penury of those who have been led away by these deceitful statements, according to his article in the REVIEW of May 29. He has advanced hundreds of dollars to relieve their wants and to help them to better locations; and it is but justice to him to state that he is in no way responsible for the representations by which these persons have been misled. If any regard him otherwise they do him a great wrong.

We here take occasion to caution our brethren everywhere against being imposed upon by such glowing accounts from those who have recently moved into new States; and also to warn those who make such representations of the responsibility they incur by so doing.