The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-20


animals, but must take more interest
in feeding folks, if we would develop
efficiency and exterminate disease.
Eat pulse as Daniel did," he adj
vises, ''in these days of enlightment It
is almost criminal to be sick at ALL
! Parts of tn talk are given below.
Daniel had the right feed and the
right drink-'pluse' to eat, and water
to drink, and with a purpose in his
heart he became an efficient man
There are soul-needs, body-needs, and
all these taken together make one
great need and produce one result
the efficient man. There are not two
lives to live, one spiritual and one
physical, but there is just one life;
there are not two battles to fight. one
Of the soul and one Of the body, but
there is just one battle, and that battle
is a struggle for spiritual growth.
Daniel understood this well, and he
fought it, and he won-for he stood
before Nebuchadnazzar, Darius, and
Cyrus-he was able to hold his job
"The human body Immediately and
constantly needs light, water, heat,
air, activity, sleep and food, and the
one which most concerns us is food,
for it costs more.
Foods and feeding should most
vitality concern the people Of the
South, for they are poorly nourished,
and yet, they pay the highest price for
their feed.
For the last few years Southern
people have felt some interest in feed.
ing pigs, cows and hens, and much i'm
proVement has been made in these do
nestle animals because Of improper
feeding. For the next few years South
ern people must take more interest in
feeding folks, if We would save our PEG
ing folks, if we would sake our peo-
pie from diseases, and develop effici-
ency. Daniels selection of food not
only reduced the high cost of living
by cutting out high living but it also
produced efficiency. 1t is therefore,
exceedingly interesting to us who pay
too much for food, and receive too
little.
Or. Goldberger has declared for
more than two years that it was his
opinion that pellagra is produced by
one-sided dietary-an excess of car
bohydrates; and in Mississippi he has
come very nearly demonstrating his
theory. But we should remember
that not only will such one-sided diet
produce pellagra, but it will also leave
us exposed to all manner Of disease
and in these days Of knowledge and
enlightenment. it is almost criminal to
be sick at all.
There are probably two classes of
carbohydrates which in the South to-
day are the cause of our weakness
when used to excess, one used ito eX-
cess by the poorer people-corn
bread, fat meat, greasy gravy, white
biscuit and coffee with sugar; the
other used to excess by the better
fed'-white biscuit, butter, molasses.
deserts, cakes and candy. Along with
these in both cases go such irritants
as pepper, vinegar and spices, and
such stimulants as coffee, tea and co
coa-all Of these being not only non
foods, but in many cases poisons.
'The pellagra preyentives, and for
that matter the well-balanced and tenn
perate diet, which must be depended
on to give us health, long life, Joy
and efficiency, must have abundance
of Daniels 'pulse-peas and beans
and should have eggs, milk, peanuts,
pecans and such other good things as
may be cheaply produced in the
South"