N. C. Births Exceed Deaths;
Highest Number On Record
If
Health Conditions Better;
Lowest Mortality
Rate Shown
By William H- Richard***
N. C. State Board -of Health
KALKKiH, February 16th. ? The
taw of compen.sta.tion is at work,
as it ever has been and ever will
be. While thousands are dying ojn
land and sea; and in the air, the
doors to this mortaJ existence art*
crowded. Births are occurring in
unprecedented numbers. In North
Carolina alone 90,056 babies were
born in 1942, the greatest number
ever to be recorded in a single
year. With each new soul comes
on added res,pomsibility. We must
feed and clothe our own armies-;
we must minister to the needs pf
our allies, bift we dare not forget
the obligation we owe those who,
not because of their own choice,
but because pf the "will of the
fiesih," are pouring into the world ?
first to constitute a responsibility,
then to taJce our places in a world
that will be unlike that which we
knew in childhood as the tropics
are unlike rhe polar regions.
What are we doing for these
little ones? We can take comfort
even in a p.artia'1 answer to this
question. In the first place, our
infant mortality rate here in North
Carolina last year was th,e lowest
on record. In 1941 there were
5,073 deatfhs among infiants under
a year old, with a rate of 59.4
per one thousand live birthiy In
1<M2 the total was only 4,281, in
spite of the marked increase in the
number of births, and the infant
mortality rate dropped to 47.5 fpr
Jlhc entire year, throughout which
there was a sustained downward
tremd. Can we hold this gain?
That is the .alj important question.
Maternity u?n?c?
We have in North Carolina 308
maternity and infancy clinics, op
erated under tho supervision of
trained public health personnel
These are lpoated at straitegic
points throughout th,e State. Un
doubtedly, the gratifying decrease
in our infant mortality rate is
partly attributable to work done
in and in connection witih these
clinics. But these cannot be ex.
pected tp b,ear the entire respon
sibility for infant care. It must
be shared by the home ? parents
must assume thfc duties that are
incumbent upon them. How can
they do their part? First, by en
lightening themselves and then by
putting what they have learned
v into practice.
For example it is imjwrtant that
every child is immunized against
every disease for \\4iich a preven*
tative has -been discovered. In ful
filling this responsibilty, the parent
must seek the advice of the family
Wood Harvesting
On Farms Ruled
War Necessity
Secretary of Agriculture, Wick
ard, in an effort to prevent a
decline in the production of wopd
products needed in the war effort
as a result of loss of mam-power
on farms, has approved the U. S.
Forest Service's proposal to secure
recognition of woodland products
as war units fo?r the basis of de
ferment of farm workers by seUc_
live Service Boards according to
an announcement by Joseph C.
Kircher, Regional Forester of the
U. S. Forest Service.
Kircher states that through ne
gotiations between Forest Service
officials in Washirigt,on, and the
Office of Director of Food Pro
duction, the harvesting of wood
products from farm w.oods has
bfy^n assigned definite war unit
?ratings along with other agricul
tural crops. Classification of these
items hras been transmitted to lo
cal Selective Service ltoands
through Selective Service Release
175. Any of the following quanti
ties of forest products constitute
recognition of one wax unit :
(1) 10,000 bd. ft. of togs deliver,
ed to local mill (includes piling).
(2) 5,000 bd. ft. of logs sawed
in small mill (on farm or nearby).
(3) 200 hewn railroad tics.
(4) 500 fence posts.
(5) 15 cords of pulpwood,
fuel wood, bolts for excelsior, hand
les, etc.
(6) Naval Stores ? 200 faces.
Forest .Service officials state that
timber production in 1942 was some
6 billion feet under requirements
for Army, Navy and other military
uses, and that with the increased
use of wood as substitutes for
strategic metals in the production
of bombing planes, transport ships,
barnacks and otther construction,
it will place heavy demands on
available sources of wood supplies
during tlie present year. The nec
essity far increasing the total tim
ber production through cutting and
primary processing of timber by
farm labor makes it necessary to
provide war unit credits for guid
ance of selective Service Boards.
Do your part. Contribute to the
Ktd C tow W ar F??d
physician. For those who are un
able to pay, flh t ckx>rs of the 308
clinics above referred to stand
Low?it Mortality Rate
Not only was the infant mortal,
ity rate iim Nprth Carolina lasl
year the lowest on record, but the
same was true of the geneutal
death rate, which wa s 8.1. There
also was a sharp decline in the
total number of deaths, which was
only 29,613, as compared witfy 32,
154, during the preceding year.
We have considered the low
record in imfant mortality achiev
ed in 1942 ? that is, deaths among
children under one year of age.
Coupled with this, there was also
a sharp decline in deaths from
diarrhea and enteritis among chil
dren under two years of age, the
1942 total having been only 464, as
compared with 692 the preceding
year, bringing the rate fipm 19.1
to 12.6 i<n twelve months.
Altogether, last year's vital sta
tistics are highly gratfying and
show that our people are gener
ally healthy. In this connection,
attention is called to the fact that
the number of deaths from pellag
ra, a nutritional disease, dropped
fnom 139 to 110. Throughout the
State'; moreaittention has been paid
to nutrition than ever before. Nu
trition is a very important subject
at this time and the ill-effects of
malnutrition cannot be pver-empha_
sized, especially in view of increas
ed rationing and prospective food
shortages. We must learn to util
ize advantageously those foodstuffs
which a?re available and, if neces
sary, tp change some of our food
habits, to ?accommodate the neces
sities of the times. This can be
done ? ieven to our % advantage ? ii
we know how.
Heaping idc r mi?
All the gains we have made can
be swept awtay, if we relax our
efforts. Even as "eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty"? so it is
the price pf health. The fact that
we made and iheld gains through,
out the first calendar year of our
participation as a belligerent in
fhe global war, which now seems
to be fast moving to a bloody
climax, is encouraging. But we
must *njot lose sight of what we
actually are fighting for ? the pre
servation of the United States of
America ? its "way of life" ? and the
health of its people. Though we
win brilliant successes on a dozen
btattlefronts overseas and lose our
fight on the home front, we wHt
have lost this war.
On the other hand, we must not
lose sight of the fact that if we
fail in our duty toward those oi
other lands with whom our men
are fighting, we will have failed
in our duty to ourselves. Disease
knows no national or continental
botindaries. Most of us recall, all
too vividly, how, in 1918, what Was
Navy Recruiter ?
Here February 26
ASHEVILLE, Feb 16.? Chief
Petty Officer, W. S. Baskerville,
of the Asheville Navy Recruiting
Station will be at the Post Office
Building in Franklin, N. ('., on
Friday, February 26. 1<MJ. to in.
terview and examine applicants for
the U. S. Navy
Enlistment is now open to all
men who are 17 years of age and
between the ages of 38 and SO.
Chief Baskerville 9iid yesterday
that the Navy has recently added
several trade schools and more
recruits tham ever before are now
being sent to trade schools and
and excellent opportunities are
.now open to ambitious young men
who desire to prepare themselves
with a trade which they can use
after the -war.
Women who desire to be enlist -
in the WAVES or SPARS, the i
woman organizations of the Navy ,
and ("oast Guard, respectfully, rr*av
see Chief Baskerville for informa
tion concerning requirements and
other proper procedure for com
pleting enlistment.
Oak Dale
We ar,e Retting aJoni; nicely
with our B. T. U. We have
chamged it from Sunday night to
Sunday afternoon. A larger crowd
attends, especially the older folks.
We ore glad to have icheni and
hope more will oon\e when the
weather gets warmer.
Miss Louise Roper is spending a
few days with her sister, M<rs.
Howard Higdon, of Iotla.
A high school in Hazelton, Pa.,
started a tin can collection con
test between rooms land wound up
the week with 29,000 <nns.
Pvt. Howard J. Roper, who was
stationed at Camp Butler, has been
transferred to Sain Francisco, Calif.
Rev. N. E. Holden attended his
regular preaching service here Sat
urday and Sunday. A Urge ortjwd
attended.
Want to help? Sign up for the
m R?4 Crwi w?r Fund.
FIGHTING FRONT IN AFRICA ? Additional news from North Africa makes more impressive
the success of operations against the enemy. One well executed landmp and occtiputx n was at Fedala,
French Morocco. Above, landing anti-tank batteries on the beach near Fedala. B. low. first U. S.
flag over the beach head at Fedala Harbor in token of a successful operation. It wntfe* over a
machine run mounted on packing cases.
Government
Seeks Better Distribution
Of Man Power
Last year Food for ? Free<lom
sounded to some people
little to most of us in our daily
lives. It had to be explained and
supported by figures and statistics.
The following information comes
from Albert L. Ramsey and Carl
Slagle. Count v RK supervisors for
FSA :
Now food production is some
thing that is personal with all of ;
us. Empty grocery store shelves
prove that food is, in fact, i4a
munitiom of war". Food is one of
the essentials ? the farmer is on the
"production line".
More food is needed in 1S43 and :
it must be produced. We are told
farm Labor is short ; labor must |
be used effectively and in some
places must be supplied. In th.e !
mountain sectkyi many farmers are
not fully occupied on their small
farms. Majny mountain farmers
have poos land, steep land, but
little surplus of food is grown to
go into market channels. It is the
product that goes to market tfiat
is used to supply the Army, our
allies and our civilian jneeds.
In the level country in the East
ern part of the State there are
some farms likely to lie idle be
cause there is no ome "there to
tend the land. This land is level,
productive, easy to tend. land
owners are placing orders for lab
orers, share-croppers and tenants
with the United States Employ
ment Service and these orders are
being sent to FSA County Super
visors in the Mountain Counties.
More thajn one hundred under
employed families have already
been assisted in moving to where
they will b.e able to produce im
eXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix of
Florence C. Bascom, deceased, late
of Macon county, N. C.. this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 5th day of Feb
ruary, 1944, or this inotice will
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 5th day of February, 19(J.
LOUISE BASOOM BARRATT,
Executrix.
Fll? (6te? M'.8
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
Macao County,
North Cmnoitrm,
In the Superior Court.
MACON COUNTY
vs.
Unknown Hoirs of R. C. SUgle
The Defendants, Unknown Heirs
of R. C- Sla^le will take notice
that an action entitled as above,
has been commenced in the Super
ior Court of Macon County, North
Carolina, for the purpose of fore
closing a tax lien on property in
Macon County, North Carolina,
and in which the defendants have,
an interest, and are proper par
ties thereto.
ft is (further ordered by the
court that the defendants, Un
known Heirs of R. C. Slagle, ore
required to appear at the office
of the Clerk pf the Superior
Court of Maoon County, North
Carolina, at his office in Franklin,
on the 9th day of March, 1943, and
answer or demur to the complaint
of the plaintiff, or the relief de
manded in said complaint will be
granted.
Thii the 6th day of February,
1943.
A. R. HIGDON,
Clerk Superior Court.
JONES & JONES,
Attorneys.
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portant commercial quantities of
food. There are opportunities tor
others.
If two or three neigfibors have
small mountain farms it might be
l>ossible for one. man to handle
all the land of three places, if
equipped and stocked with appro
priate workstock and beef cattle
or dairy cows. The thre.e farms
might be combined for the dura
tion in order to release two of
the under-employed farmers so
tliat they could go where larger
acreages and more productive land
is waiting for them. Such an ad
justment would maintain all land
in production and woStild make each !
of the three men more effective
in producing for market food sup- 1
plies .needed
If you have a farm Loo small,
discuss this general arrangement
with your neighbors. Make sure
that your land is fully used and
your manpower fully employed in
a manner that will be most effec
tife in growing th,e food supplies
needed. Your Farm Security Sup
ervisor will assist in arranging for
you to inspect one oi+ the idle
farms a?nd to contract for a farm
to operate for the duration if
you are one of thos^e on a moun
tain farm too small, too steep or
too unproductive to supply a con
siderable amount of food for sale
i.nto commercial channels.
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Potts' Burial Ass'n.
Phone 164
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Maoon County.
Id The Superior Court
Before The Clerk
In the Matter of the Estate :
of Emily Sheffield, Deceased:
To: Troy Sheffield, Mary Reno,
Harold Sheffield and Billie Shef
field arid Eiita Bryson :
It appearing to the Court that
Troy Shef field qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of Emily
Sheffield, deceased, on the 9tih
day of February, 19.15, but filed
no account of his acts as such
administrator, and lias sinle said
time left the State of North Caro
lina and is (now (residing in tihe
State of Virginia, and
It further appearing; that on Hhe
22nd ?lay of June, 1939, (iootye
Carpenter was appointed as admin
istrator of said estate, but since
said time lias died without filing
with the Court any accounting of
liis acts as such arministrator :
You and each o i you will,
therefore, take notice that you
ur/e. required to api>car before
the undersigned Clerk Super
ior Court of Macon County
within ten days from the date
of the service oi this notice
and show cause, if any you
have, why the administrator
ship of said estate should not
be adjudged to be vacant and
an administrator appointed.
This 28th day of January, 1943.
A. R. HIGDON,
Clerk Superior Court,
Macon County,
North Carolina.
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.A cow barn is a lot like a tav
ern, Go in either one for half an
hour and everybody knows about
it all the rest of the day.
IN THE
ARMY BOMBER
SQUADRONS
they say:
"LAYING the eggs"
for dropping the bombs
"BROWNED OFF"
for bored
"PIECE OF CAKE"
for an easy job
"CAMEL"
for the Army man's favorite
cigarette
F/XST//V THE SERV/CE
With men in the Army, Navy,
Marine*, and Coast Guard,
the favorite cigarette is CameL
(Based on actual sales records
in Post Exchanges and Canteens.)
' ITS CAMELS FOR ),
ME-THEVVE GOT
. WHAT IT TAKES !
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