The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-26
Mississipni Curresnondence.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Aprll L

MERIDIAN, Miss, April Is.
10 the Editor of the Dallas Herald;
AS published through your paper
that had located permanently IN your
city, ! deem it proper, through the
same medium, to inform my friends
and the public of Dallas that fully in
tended at that time, and from that
time, to make Dallas my home, and
the field Of my future professional la.
bors, and that | have been prevented
from doing so by circumstances which
did not then anticipate and could not
control.
] regret exceedingly that | could not
cOnsummate my arrangements and nc
complish the change Of my location to
your enterprising and rapidly growing
city and beautiful country, SO rich in
all the elements and resources of
grand and glorious development,
growth and prosperity. know of no
arena throughout the length and
breadth OF our broad land that offers
greater inducements for the profitable
and useful employment of intelligence,
energy and well directed labor, in the
various departments of life and bust
ness,
Dallas being the center of one of the
richest agricultural districts ON the
continent aud soon to be in easy aud
rapid communication with the mineral
wealth of the Wichita region, with SUI
peri0r railroad facilities and other adj
vantages of location, with an intelli-
gent and progressive population from
the south, north, west and lands beyond
the seas, and that population becom-
ing rapidly homogeneous, and iden-
tilted in interests and cndeavor, with
large and increasing capital and bust
ness energy, capacity and talent, and
last, but not least, with goou churches
and flourishing schools, is destined 10
become the great inland city of north
ern TaXas, the like of which has not
been seen on this line of latitude from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
Dallas will, ] predict, command n
commercial position and develop Il
substantial and permanent prosperity
second to no city in the great state OF
Texas, except 1t may be Galveston.
Such is the grand pers pective, ofwhich
Dallas is the central picture from our
outlook. Such is our appreciation of
your proud but not too beautiful young
city and growing country. This is
what l tell my friends, and the down
trodden and oppressed people of my
state.
| shall continue to look with an earn
est, prayerful and happy gaze in that
direction rs my future home, and when
! shall have made such disposition of
my interests here as will justify it, !
shall, with the flight of steam and tide,
hasten with my family to become u
part and parcel of your community.
Permit me to congratulate the good
people of Dallas upon the result ftheir
late municipal election. General Cabell
is not unknown to southern soldiers
east of the Mississippi, and everywhere
known to be admired and honored.
He will make good mayor for Dallas;
for all the people of Dallas. He will
administer the city government with
wisdom, justice and impartiality, and
with u view 10 the greatest good, best
interests and highest applause of the
entire population. I. ]. Keeton's nu-
merous friends in Meridian, his old
home, send their greetings and con-
gratulations to him in his new home
and Office. They rejoice in his we'll
merited popularity and success,
j. III. q.