Upward Trend In
Births Reported
in State Recently
Noticeable Drop in the Infant
Mortality Rate Reported
For Last January
Raleigh ? The upward trend in
North Carolina births, which haa
gained in momentum with the prog
re* of World War No. 2, continued
unabated in January, IMS, the sec
ond month of America'* actual par
ticipation in hostilities. Last month,
according to official figures compiled
by the State Board of Health's Di
vision of Vital Statistics, there were
7,162 babies bom in this State, as
compared with 6,071 in January,
1941, a gain o 1,061, or 18 per cant,
for this one month.
Births for the calendar year of
1941 totaled 83,366, which waa 4.398
in axes* of the number reported In
1940. Only two months, January and
November, showed a decline under
the previous year. During the re
maining ten months substantial
gains were reported. A decline in
deaths has accompanied the sustain
ed gain In births.
An encouraging feature of the Jan
uary, 1941 report, the first issued
during the present calendar year,
was the decline reflected In the in
fant mortality rate, which dropped
from 68.7 in January a year ago to
60.7 last month, a decrease of eight
points, while the downward trend in
the maternal death rate continued.
Although there were 7,162 live births
reported in the State last month,
there were only 30 maternal deaths,
aa compared with 32 during the cor
responding month a year ago, the
monthly rate having dropped from
3.3 to 4.2. There were no death* from
puerperal septicemia. Four such
deaths occurred in January, 1941, and
33 during last year, but this figure
was decidedly lower than the 1940
Average Labor Income
Shotv* Large Increase
An ??))<? of records robmitted
by Haoderson County demonstration
(aimers showed that the average
labor inoome (or 1041 was $760
compared with $402 in 1030.
total) which was 112. This marked
decline is attributed by physicians
to new methods of treatment, which
has proved highly successful.
With 1,802 chalked up in 1941,
deaths from preventable accidents
continued to mount with the advent
of 1042, the number reported in Jan
uary having been 107, as compared
with 149 in January, 1941, which
ushered in a year marked by an all
time high.
While vital statistics for a month,
a year or even two or three years,
cannot be taken as absolute, it is
pointed out by public health officials,
yet these reflect trends; and, during
the war period, these trends are be
ing studied closely for danger sig
nals.
As yet, there have been no signs
of any epidemics in North Carolina,
but carefully-laid plans to prevent
these are under consideration by the
State Board of Health and, in due
time, these will be officially an
nounced.
Last month reflected a sustained
downward trend in the number of
pneumonia deaths, with a total of
228, as compared with 262 the cor
responding month a year ago, while
suicides dropped from 18 in January,
1941, to 14 last month.
The January, 1942, homicide toll
in North Carolina was 21, against 30
during January, 1041, while there
were 7 fatalities resulting from air
plane accidents, as compared with
none in January, 1941, and only 12
for the entire year. There were 14 in
1040.
Six persons were drowned in
North Carolina last month .against
2 in January, 1941. The number of
influenza deaths dropped from 147
in January, 1941, to 38 in January,
1042.
British Parachute Troops Raid trench Coast
C. P. Radio photo
British parachutists and heavily armed infantry carried out a successful surprise invasion 100 miles across
the English Channel, raiding the German radio station at Bruneval, near Le Havre, France. British soldiers
are shown searching the Nesis for hidden erticles of military value. It was a combined Army, Navy and
Air Force operation. This picture was dashed by radio from London to New York.
Koreans Seek to Join Pact
Formal application of the Korean Provisional Government requesting
that it become a party to the Declaration of United Nations has been
indorsed by the Korean Liberty conference being held at Washington,
D. C. Above, a few of the fairer Koreans as they appeared at the confer
ence on anniversary of the 1919 Declaration of Korean Independence.
(Central I're$s)
Interesting Bits of
Agricultural News
?
Cheese
A new method of cheese-making
developed at the Virginia Polytech
nic Institute cuts the customary
time in half and has been selling at
a premium on the market.
_ Cotton
Domestic cotton consumption es
tablished a new daily record in No
vember, and consumption may go
even higher in the next few months
If labor and equipment are available.
Conserve
Farmers, dairymen, stockyard op
erators and livestock producers have
been asked by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture to make special ef
forts to conserve buling wire.
Protection
Vast strides made since World
War I have caused forest lands of
the United States to be better de
fended against fire than ever before,
reports the U. S. Forest Service.
John Paul Jones
r John Paul Jones fights for
American liberty one hundred and
rixty-eix years after his famous
ancestor made American naval his
tory. This one is a lieutenant on
doty at the Corpus Christi Naval
Air 8tation where he is shown atop
a flying boat. His brother, a naval
?Samara flier, was killed in the Phi
lippines.
r ?' (Central Preee)
IN MEMORIAM
In memory of Orlce M. Hardison.
Little Orice, you've left this world
of strife,
To enter that home of eternal life;
You were so friendly and always
bright.
Love had made your little heart
right.
Your dear, sweet voice has now
been stilled,
And your place can ne'er been filled;
Your loved ones here will strive to
gain,
That home with you where angels
sing.
Jesus called you to His haven of rest,
To be with Him forever blest;
Where there's no sorrow, grief or
And ho one there seeks wealth or
fame.
May Jesus fill our hearts with grace
And prepare us for that heavenly
place;
Renew our faith from day to day,
And help us walk the narrow way.
Show us our need of daily prayer,
That we must ask Jesus our burdens
to share;
And may we reach that gulden shore
Where we shall meet to part no more.
By Mrs. Arthur Hardison,
Plymouth, N. C.
NOTICE OF RE SALE
North Carolina. Martin County.
Whereas, the undersigned, acting
as Substituted Trustee in a certain
deed of trust executed by Edgar M.
Long, and recorded in Book B-3 at
page 277, in the Office of the Register
or Deeds or Martin County, fore
closed and offered for sale the land
hereinafter deteribed; and whereas,
within the time- allowed by law an
udvanced bid was filed with the
Clerk of the Superior Court and an
order issued directing the Substi
tuted Trustee to re-sell said land
upon an ? opening bid of One Hun
dred-6i*ty FHe-and 00-100 (?1M.00>
I Dollars.
Now therefore, under and by vir
tue of said order of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Martin County and
the power of sale contained In said
doed of trust, the undersigned Sub
stituted Trustee will offer for sale,
upon said opening bid, at public auc
tion, to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the Courthouse Door of Martin
County, at Williamston, N. C., on
Saturday, the 14th day of March,
11*4J, at twelve (12) o'clock Noon,
the following described real estate,
to-wit:
That certain lot or parcel of land
situate in the town of Hamilton, Mar
tin County, North Carolina, on the
North side of Main Street in said
town, adjoining the store lot of
Slade-Rhodes and Company and oth
ers. and commonly known as the I)r.
It L. Long Drug Store and Office
lot, being the same premises devised
to Edgar M. Long under the Will of
Dr H. L. Long, deceased, which said
Will is recorded in the Office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County.
The last and highest bidder will be
required to deposit ten (10%) per
cent of said bid before closing the
sale.
This tlii' 27th dav of Feb., 1942. - I
HDC.II G. HUKTON,
m3-2t Substituted Trustee
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
North Carolina Martin County, In
Superior Court.
John Oaniel Higgs vs. Major Latham
bty virtue of an execution directed
to the undersigned from the Super
ior Court of Martin County in the
above entitled action, and by virtue
of an order of the Clerk of Superior
Court of Martin County of even
dute herewith, directing the under
signed to re-sell the property here
inafter described by reason of a
raise in the bid in a former sale, I
will on Monday, April 6. 1942, at
twelve o'clock Noon, at the Court
house Door of said County, sell to
the highest bidder for cash to satis
fy said execution, all of the right, ti
tle and interest which the said Major
Latham, deceased, had in the follow
ing described real estate, to-wlt
Eleven (11) acres of land adjoin
ing the S. R Mobley Farm on the old
Williamston^Greenville Road in Wil
liamston Township, Martin County,
and being the same lands deeded to
Major Latham by J L. Bailey and
w ife by deed of record in Book KKK,
at page 557 of the Martin County
Public Registry and being known as
the Major Latham Home Place
This the 28th day of Feb., 1942.
C. B. ROEBUCK,
m3-4t Sheriff.
NOTICB
North Carolina, Martin County. In
?The Superior Court.
County of Martin against Hannah
Coburn and others.
The defendant, Moses Co bum,
above named, will take notice that
an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Martin County,Tlorth Carolina, to
foreclose the taxes on land in Mar
tin County in which said defendant
has an interest; and the said defend
ant will further take notice that he
is required to appear before L. B.
Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court
of Martin County at his office in Wil
hamston. North Carolina, within
thirty (30) days after the completion
of this service of publication by no
tice and to answer or demur to the
complaint of the plaintiff in this ac
tion. or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This the 19th day of Feb., 1942.
L. B WYNNt.
Clerk Superior Court of
f24-4t Martin County.
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WILLI\MSTON, !N. C.
Car Load Flour
Arrived Today
WILL BE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING
SPECIAL LOW PRICES:
AMERICA'S BEST, 24 lbs. .. SI.00
SUN GOLD, 24 pounds 90c
METROPOLITAN, 24 lbs. .. $1.10
Martin Supply Co.
Good News for Home Lovers Seeking Spring Cheer
Of course you want to bring new Spring cheer?and beauty into
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Bed, chest and choice of
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Graceful Modern
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Table and 6 chair* make
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ill piece* in wheatwood.
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NOTICE!
I IIK BOARD OK COIIN H COMMISSIONKRS
Will Med In The Agrieullural Building
WILLIAMS PON, NORTH CAROLINA
Monday, Mar. 16
AT 9:30 O'CLOCK A. IVL, AS
Board of
Equalization
and Review
For the purpose of hearing complaints against
i
values fixed by the list takers for the year 1941
MARTIN County
Commissioners