The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-01
Keep Cool. Mr.. ROwell.

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Our esteemed brother, Mr.. R. w.
d. Rowell, editor of the Denmark
Times, should keep cool. In these
DAYS of smallpox. berri-berri, bubo-
nlc-plague and other dread diseases
it behooves us all to keep both our
minds and bodies clean and our
blood at its very minimum of heat.
Nothing is 50 productive of con
tagiou as a cboleric mind, and a
body '.sweating with injustices una
vengcd," whether the same he real
or imaginary. In the last issue OF
his paper, Brother Rowell, fortified
bv affidavits, and in language that
bristles with fiery but harmless IN
tiignatiou, attacks THE BAMBERG
HERALD for having perpetrated "an
injustice" by publishing in recent
issue of this paper, the following
news paragraph:
The Denmark Graded School has been
closed on account of the smallpox scare
and the teachers have gone to their homes.
Many of the citizens have refugced to the
country with their families, and every
one shuns the plague spot. Had the Town
authorities adopted drastic measures al
the outset of the epidemic, and prompt,
" ouarantined infested houses and
liersons, instead of trying to deceive the
The people, the disease would have been
easily controlled and business would nave
suffered as little as ii has in Bamberg anu
other up-to-date towns and cities.
If there is one thing that THE
BAMBERG HERALD prides itself up
on it is the reliability of its news,
and it has grown to be an axiom
among its rapidly increasing circle
of readers that "if you see it in !HE
BAMBERG HERALD, it is So" We
never take our news second hand
and we investigate an! thorough.
sift rumor before giving itpubllc'
ity. The information upon which
the above quoted article was based
was thoroughly reliable, and was
written in as moderate and conserv-
ative tone as possible, because
even the truth, mighty and invlncl-
BILE, should not be told at all times,
and We are here to build mp this
country--including the town OF
Denmark-not to decry it. The in.
formation given us by Mr.. Hand
concerned himself and his family,
and there should certainly be no
doubt as to what he actually did say,
for his remarks were made in the
presence of several. But we were
not thinking particularly of Mr..
Hand, nor of what he SAID, when
this article was penned. Others
had used similar language in dis
cussing the situation at Denmark
and those particularly Objectionable
words: "Everyone shuns the plague
spot" were used by gentleman
whose character for truth is 80 pre-.
eminent thata dozen affidavits would
not effect it in the least.
We still contend that the authorl-
ties of the town of Denmark were
negligent of their duty as guardians
of the public health, when they al
lowed even a remotely possible case
of smallpox to BE- publicly adver-
tised in their town paper, with the
affidavit-of physician to back it,
as not smallpox. We don't do things
that way in Bamberg, and this paper
prints the news, whether it concerns
4 case of smallpox or the devilment
of a negro d sporadic. When the
disease first appeared here this paper
Immediately published the fact at
length, and, although there has been
only three cases in the town up to
the present time, The BAMBERa
HERALD has devoted three times
more Space to the smallpox situation
in BambeIg than it has to the dis
ease in Denmark, and that town has
had more than twice as many cases.
This paper has no fear and it shows
no favor, 1t gives credit where cred
it is due, and is as glad to see and
chronicle an evidence of advance
ment and material progress in Den
mark as it is similar matters of news
happening in Bamberg. Our part
Ing advice to Brother Rowell is to
print the news and keep cool.