The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1893-10-21


IL declares that eight members Of
X. r. Rice's family, tits asent) are
either i'll Or convaeseing, while 9th
ers at the West Virginia seat of
learning are suffering with the same
disease"
Moreover it announces that we are
trying to conceal this piece Of news,
and it gives us this morsel of advice
free, gratis, for nothing
"The people should not be afraid
of the truth. Many in Morgantown
are i'll, and the fact cannot be CON
cealed. Attempted concealment is
folly"
The significant thing about this
announcement by the Register is
that it is done in. the form of an cdi-
torial.
1t is not news item sent from
Morgantown, or comment on a
news item, but it is an editorial
statement, in the editorial column.
set forth with great gravity, in lead
ed type. as matter not only of local
but State, or maybe, National i'm
portance.
Now, why did the Register do this?
What sinister motive could under
lie an insinnating editorial comment
Of this character, which the Registe,
well knew was calculated to create
the impression that Morgantown was
in a very bad state of health and al
together an unsafe place to be?
Unless the Register could set forth
facts as the basis OF such an editor
ial as tbat-such facts as would JUS
tify it in warning the people Of the
State to avoid Morgantown as dan
gerous place-there was no excuse
for such an editorial as that, for it
was in the nature of a warning and
every reader will so construe it.
Now what are the faets2
1t is true that the family of the
Registers agent here has been mys
teriously afflicted with something
like TYPHOID fever Every member
of the family has been sick, and some
of them are still sick, and some are
convaleseing. Two of them have
died.
Now outside of these two deaths
in the family of the Registers agent,
there has not been a single death in
Morgantown this season from tv-
phoid fever.
There have been few other mild
cases Of something like typhoid fever,
but some of the physicians have de-
MED that it was fever
Now, we would like to ask the
Register whether it knows any other
town in the State where there has
not been a greater mortality from
typhoid fever this season, in proper
ton to the population. than in Nor
gantown?
Can it show cleaner bill of health
for its own city of Wheeling?
So far as we know, there is not
town of any size in this State that
has not had more or less typhoid fe-
yer this season, and more deaths
therefrom than have occurred in
The fact is that typhoid fever is
such a rare disease in Morgantown,
that when case, or a suspicion of
case, does occur, it creates great sur
prise and much talk.
There have been quite number
of cases of the disease scattered
through the county this Summer
particularly in the neighborhood of
the County Infrmory, eight miles
from town; and we are frank to ad
NIT that we have had few, though
number of cases within the
town during the season; but that
there is any such condition here as
would Justify the insinuating editor
ial of the Register, we utterly deny.
We maintain that the Registers
editorial is UNIV arranted and unfair
to the town, and calculated, if it was
not intended, to damage the town
Now will it do us the Justice to
set forth the exact facts, and make
amends as far as possible, for its I'M
Iustiliable criticism.