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From 2 Diseases,
Statistics Show
By Wb. H. RICHARDSON
(N. C. State Board of Health)
Ralejgh--"—Well over one-half
of all the people who died in
North Carolina during the first
quarter of 1949 were victims of
just four diseases; namely, di
sease of the heart, apoplexy, can
cer and nephritis.—These four di
seases killed 4,502 people during
January, February and March of
this year, according to reports
compiled 'by the State Board of
health. Deaths from all causes
totalled 8,081 which was 493
fewer than the 8,574 total for the
corresponding period of last year.
The four diseases above refer
red to as the chief killers in
North Carolina at the present
time fall within the class of what
is known as degenerative di
seases, as they take their hea
viest tolls among people of mid
dle and late life. There is rarely
a period In which diseases of the
heart do not show an Increase.
However, there were 113 fewer
deaths from heart disease In
North Carolina the first quarter
of this year than during the cor
responding three months of 1948.
Nephritis deaths also showed an
appreciable decrease as » d i d
deaths from strokes, but cancer
fatalities continued their upward
trend.
Deaths from automobile acci
dents, according to the State
Board of Health's method of
computation, Increased from 180
to 226 during the period under
consideration. JDeaths from acci
dents, other than those associat
ed with motor vehicles, dropped
from 405 to 349. All accidental
deaths are classed as preventable
by the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Sometime ago it was pointed
out that there was an increase in
the incidence of measles in
North Carolina this year. This
.increase has been reflected in
vital statistics reports from
January through March of this
year. Twenty-six persons died of
i measles, 16 of these deaths hav
ing occurred in March alone. No
[deaths from measles were report
ed during the first quarter of
1948.
Much has been said recently
about North Carolina's case-find
ing program designed to eradi
cate tuberculosis, through early
detection and treatment. Deaths
from what used to .be North Car
olina's No. 1 killer, numbered
214 during the first quarter of
this year as compared with 233
for the same period last year.
There was an increase in suicides
as well as homicides. Through
March of this year, 81 persons in
North Carolina had taken their
own lives. The total for the cor
responding period of 1948 was
72. This year's homicides num
bered 104 compared with 98, last
year.
During the period under con
sideration 133 babies in Nortn
Carolina* died as the reBult of
prematurity. This total reflected
a sharp decrease under the cor
responding period last year when
prematurity was the cause of
335 deaths.
During the first three months!
of 1949, there were 26,766,
live births reported in the
State which was 1,446 fewer than
were reported for the same per
iod a year ago. There is npthing
especially significant about this.
It does appear, however, that the
upward trend in births which
was maintained during the latter
part of the war and the early
days of so-called peace may have
been checked temporarily.
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Mrs. L. T. Barnard
Memorial Tribute
On Monday, May 1?, 1949, our
friend and neighbor, Mrs. Minnie
Barnard was called to her heav
enly home. For sometime she had
been In poor health, but serious
ly 111 only a few hours. Her pass
ing: was a shock to the entire
community. The clubs of which
she was a member, the churches
as well as many friends and
neighbors will miss her In vari
ous ways.
To the immediate family, con
sisting of her husband, L. T.
Barnard, her daughters, Mrs.
Claude Caudill of North Wilkes
■boro, R. P. D. No. 2, and Mrs.
John D. Hines of Arlington, Vir
ginia, we express our deepest
sympathy.
Much could be said of her
quiet, unassuming, Christian
life, but those of us who knew
her will remember her loyalty
and devotion to her community,
her family and her God.
As she was beautiful in life
she was beautiful in death.
The funeral at Union Church,
conducted by Rev. Clate Brown
and Rev. C. J. Winslow was sim
ple and impressive.
The many beautiful floral tri
butes were borne by the mem
bers of her clubs. Interment was
in Mount Lawn Memorial Park.
Edgar Guest reminds us that
"When sorrow comes and come
it must,
In God a man must place hi*
trust;
We who would be his friends are
dumb,
Words from our lips but feebly
come.
"We feel as we extend our hands,
That one power only under
stands ;
And truly knows the reason why
So beautiful a soul must die."
—Cricket Club Reporter.
Perserverance Wins
Oxford, June 4. — Albert
Vaughn, resident of Nelson, Va.,
successfully concluded a one-man
endurance test when he was
graduated with the Senior Class
at Oak Hill High School, near
Oxford, last Friday night.
Vaughn attended school daily
at Oak Hill and since June of
last year has worked regularly
each day from 3 p. m. until 11
p. m. in the Clarksville Finishing
Plant, a textile enterprise, some
10 miles from his home.
"Working while attending
school has cost me plenty cf
sleep, but I guess I'm none the
worse for it," Vaughn remarked.
NOTICE OP SALE OF LAND
North Carolina, Wilkes County:
In the Matter of the Sale of Lands
by T. E. Story, Trustee for J.
M. Blevins ana T»ervy Lowe to
Satisfy Note Executed by T.
I E. Bell and Wife, Annie Bell.
By virtue of the authority con
tained in that certain deed of
trust executed by T. E. Bell and
Wife, Annie Bell, on December 11,
1946, and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Wil
kes County in Book 228 at Page
213 to secure the payment of a
note for the sum of $727.50 of
same date and due and payable
two years after date with interest
at 6 per cent per annum, the un
designed trustee upon the applica
tion of J. M. Blevins and Perry
Lowe to whom said money Is due,
does in compliance with the arti
cles in said deed or trust offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
the following described tracts of
land in Wilkes County? Said sale
to be held at the Court House door
in Wilkesboro at 11:30 a. m., Sat
urday, June 25th, 1049:
Beginning at an iron marker,
station No. 76 in U. Sr. Govern
ment Boundary line of Bluff Park
and running north 10 degrees, 15
minutes east 756 ft. to a stake at
Station No. 75; thehce South 81
degrees, 26 minutes east with the
line of said park 66 feet to a
stake at Station Nb. 74; then
south 63 degrees, 37 minutes east
with same 326 feet to an iron pin
at Station No. 73; t»ence south
70 degrees, 17 mnutes east with
same 171 feet to an iron pin at
Station No. 72; thence south 81
degrees, 17 minutes east 289 feet
to an iron pin at Station No 71;
thence south 59 degrees, 55 min
utes east 249 feet to a stake in
said line at Station No. 70; thence
south 49 degrees. 59 minutes, east
341 feet to a stake in said line at
Station No. 69; thence south 45
degrees, 22 minutes east with same
260 feet to an iron marker at
Station No. 68; thence south 26
degrees, 25 minutes east 227 feet
to a stake at Station No. 67;
thence south 49 degrees, 45 min
utes east with same 74S feet to
an iron marker at Station iro. 96;
thence 29 degrees, 25 minutes east
with same 188 feet to an iron
marker at Station No. 65; thence
south 12 degrees, 16 minutes west
with the same 196 feet to a pine
Station No. 64; thence south 44
degrees, 89 minutes east with
same 1161 feet to a black gum at
Station No. 63; thence south 25
degrees, 14 minutes east wth same
335 feet to a stake in Cora Hol
brook's line; thence north 89 de
grees west with said Cora Hol
brook's line 456 feet to a pine, her
corner! thence south 68 degrees, 16
minutes weet 1100 feet with her
line to shop branch; thence same
course continued with Hilrey Bell's
line 1219 feet to a stake at the
old double chestnut corner; thence
south 1 degree, 80 minutes west
with said Hilrey Bell's line 421
feet to a stake in his line, corner
of the F. H. Alexander 67 acre
tract; thence north 04 degrees, 85
minutes west 868 feet to a pile of
stones and chestnut oak pointers
marked at the old pine corner,
Perry Lowe's Lumber Co., corner
of their J Q. Coos tract; thence
north 38 degrees, 80 minutes west
with said lumber company's line
of said tract 726 feet to a stake
at the old sourwood corner,-a south
west corner of T. E. Bell's 6 acre
tract; thence north 62 degrees,
east with the line of said 6 acre
tract 1023 feet to a chestnut and
and stake on the east bank of the
drain, the beginning corner of said
tract; then north 2 degrees, 80
minutes east with the line of said
tract 231 feet to a chestnut, now
down, the northeast corner of said
6 acre tract and also the corner
of the Perry .Lowe Lumber com
pany's J. Q. Cook tract; thence
same course continued with the line
(Of said tract 830 feet to a holly
on the west bank of Shop Branch
[ T. E. Bell's corn«r; thence south
59 degrees, east with said T. E
Bell's line 231 feet to a mountain
birch; thence south 38 degrees east
with the same 990 feet to a chest
nut now down near the John Bell
Spring; thence east on same cross
ing Adams Shop Branch 297 feet
to a sassafras; thence north on
same 896 feet to a white oak and
chestnut; thence west on same 281
feet to a maple; thence north 1287
feet to a spanish oak; thente west
with same 858 feet to a white oak
and hickory; thence north on same
297 feet to a gum; thence west
on same 957 feet to a poplar, cor
ner of the John R. Bell 189 acre
tract; thence north on same 297
feet to the point of the begin
ning; containing 106 acres, more
or less.
This May 19, 1949.
T. E. STORY,
Trustee for J. M. Blevins and
Perry Lowe. 6-20-4t (M)