The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-30

| are the great, black, undermining
slough and slum of any community. He
who transgresses the least of Natures
laws. from ignorance or whatnot, pays
the fun penalty of that law. The laws
of Nature must be obeyed The aver
age negro, unframed as he Is. has so
much confidence in himself as doctor.
After a liberal but futile use OF pare
goric, laudanum and castor oil. many
negro has consigned his future to the
fates, and wrapping himself in the nlu-
sion that Ibis time has come" lay in
wait for death-and that grim angel has
not yet disappointed those of this faith
Last year 10 whites and 1S5 negroes
died in the city without having had ply
sicians IN attendance. For I'VE years,
1S95-1900 inclsufve, III white citizens died
without medical attention, land for the
same period, and under the same condi-
ton, 1873 negro deaths are reported.
1.-The city of Savanna has provided for
the care of its INDECENT colored sick, two
negro physicians of recognized ability,
who stand ready to answer the calls Of
the poor and needy as promptly as they
would hasten to the sick room of the
well-to-do in their private practice. And
yet, some negroes viii sicken and die
rather than send for them; and some
others will send for the doctor just be-
fore death that a certificate of burial
may be easily obtained. Why is this so?
Is it because we are members of some
society or lodge? This high death rate
can and must be reduced by those who
think and act in accordance with the
rules of health and common sense.
Another thing which needs our care
full study and close analysis, but receives
little of either, is the nature or com
position of the foods with which we expect
to sustain sound minds and strong,
healthy bodies.
ut is the quality and not the quantity
of the food that gives growth and devel-
opment to the body, and furnishes the
blood from which ell the tissues derive
their nutrition. There is no comparison
between ten cents worth of good sound
meat and a dimes worth of the blue
streaked. germ-propagating variety. In
other things, as In meats, the best is the
cheapest. Get the best and you shall
not only save the doctors bills, but you
shall likewise defer indefinitely your in
PRODUCTION to death, the twin sister Of
sleep.
Much has been said and written about
the coming negro;" but do you not know
that while you are reading this,
that thousands of negroes have come and
thousands have gone? Statistics prove
this to be a fact. Why, we are dying
every day, every hour, every minute!
Negroes are dying now, who have never
died before.
But let US get serious in considering this
important matter Let us pause a mo-
ment in our careless trend in the path of
death, and seek the reasons of this un-
natural death-rate and perhaps, some
practical remedies will suggest themselves
to US. Could the death-rate among us
be reduced to normal proportion, during
the present generation, would 1t not be
a work worthy of the highest aspirations?
give warning to the girls and boys
around us, e'er they fall into the bottom
less pit Of the vices, where manhood and
womanhood sink down into an almost
hopeless annihiiation. Friends. let us
be guided by that divine EDMONTON by
which thousands have prohted, Look
and Live"
An eminent writer, advises the whole
human family-negroes not excepted
ITO look up and not down.
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not in. and
To lend a hand"