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PAGE SIX Babies Being Born At Enlarged Rate,Gains Offset War Losses Raleigh, February 18.—The law of compensation is at work, as it ever has been and ever will be. While thousands are dying on land and sea, and in the air, the doors to this mortal existence are crowded. Births are occurring in unprecedented numbers. In North Carolina alone 90,056 ba bies were born in 1942, the great est number ever to be recorded in a single year. With each new soul comes an added responsi bility. We must feed and clothe our own armies; we must min ister to the needs of ou. allies, but we dare not forget the ob ligation we owe those who, not because of their own choice, but because of the “will of the flesh,” are pouring into the world—first to constitute a responsibility, then to take our places in a world that will be as unlike that which we; knew in childhood as the tropics are unlike the polar regions. What are we doing for these little ones? We can take comfort even in a partial answer to this question. In the first place, our infant mortality rate here in | North Carolina last year was the lowest on record. In 1941 there were 5,073 deaths among infants! under a year old, with a rate of -59.4 per one thousand live births, j In 1942 the total was only 4,281,. in spite of the marked increase in the number of births, and the 1 infant mortality rate dropped to, 47.5 for the entire year, through-1 out which there was a sustained downward trend. Can we hold | this gain? That is the all-impor- | tant questibn. We have in North Carolina 308 maternity and infancy clinics, op erated under the supervision of trained public health personnel. | These are located at strategic, points throughout the State. Un-| doubtedly, the gratifying decrease in our infant mortality rate is partly attributed to work done in 1 and in connection with these clin-1 ics. But these cannot be expect- j ed to bear the entire response-1 bility for infant care. It must b<. j shared by the home—parents must assume the duties that are incumbent upon them. How cani they do their part? First, by en-j lightening themselves and then 1 by putting what they have learn ed into practice. For example, it is important that every child be immunized against every disease for which! i WORK CLOTHES SHIRTS, RANTS, GLOVES AND SOCKS LET US FIT YOU FOR WORKING WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE TELL US n jt, r ?0BR Mm (j rocery Jf_ HAVE YOUR COFFEE- I V CIS RATION GROUND FINE Our modern and large store is amply able to take care of all your grocery needs. Coffee - Sugar - Meats Seeds - Glass Jars : •• v. / Come to see us and go home pleased with your purchases Moored Cash Market In Building formerly occupied by Roxboro Bakery and next to Jackson Motor Co. v a preventive has been discover t In fulfilling! this responsibility, !. the parent must seek the advice i of the family physician. For those e who are unable to pay, the doors e 1 of the 308 clinics above referred % to stand open. i 1 Not only was the infant mor -1 tality rate in North Carolina last - year the lowest on record, but 1 the same was true of the gen r' eral death rate, which was 8.1. . I There also was a sharp decline s in the total number of deaths, . | which was only 29,613, as com i, pared with 32,154, during the . preceding year. t Note the two extremes that t marked North Carolina’s vital > j statistics for 1942—the greatest t number of births on record, and (j the lowest death rate. It is in t! teresting to note that there were J 60,443 more births than deaths ' I j recorded. During the year there were on , ly 21 deaths from typhoid fever, a disease which, during the War i With Spain in 1898, claimed more victims than did Spanish bullets, , while the total number of deaths ! from influenza, which wrought such havoc during the First ! World War, [was only 296, as , compared with 902 in 1941. : There was also an‘appreciable , reduction in the number of deaths from tuberculosis in all forms, the I 1 1942 total having been only 1,578 for the entire State, as ecmpar-! j ed with 1,769 in 1941, the ratej having fallen in a single year; from 48.8 to 43 per 100,000 per-| | sons. There was a sustained de- j | cline in the number of pneu-1 monia deaths, which last year! totaled only 1,677, as compared j with 1,896 in 1941, bringing the: i rate down from 52.3 to 45.8 perj 100,000 inhabitants. We have considered the low record in infant mortality achiev- j ed in 1942—that is, deaths among I children under one year of age. | Coupled with this, there was al j so a sharp decline in deaths from | diarrhea and enteritis among | children under two years of age, i the 1942 total having been only , 464, as, compared with 692 the II preceding year, bringing the rate , j from 19.1 to 12.6 in twelve I months. Appreciable decreases were re corded in the number of both ! suicides and homicides, while the number of deaths from what are ! termed preventable accidents was, j only 1,513, as compared with 1,862 in 1941. This total was ma-j terially affected by the down-j ward tend in traffic deaths,] [which has been noticeable since rationing began and since the j speed limit has been reduced. Deaths attributed to air trans portation accidents, however, in- Hard Hit But Gets There creased from 2 to 104; from ac cidental burns, from 213 to 220; and from traumatism by fire . arms, from 74 to 91, while tha number of persons accidentally drowned increased from 143 to 182. It is needless to discuss the ' causes of the above effects, as these have not' been analyzed. | Altogether, last year’s vital sta- j tistics are highly gratifying and : show that our people are gen erally healthy. In this connection, i attention is called to the fact that : the number of deaths from pel lagra, a nutritional disease, drop- ' ped from 139 to 110. Throughout < the State, more attention has been paid to nutrition than ever before. Nutrition is a very im- I portant subject at this time and the ill-effects of malnutrition • cannot be over-emphasized, es pecially in view of increased ra tioning and prospective food shortages. We must learn to util ize advantageously those food stuffs which are available and, if necessary, to change some of our | food habits, to accommodate the I necessities of the times. This can i be done—even to our advantage —if we know how. I, All the gains we have made | can easily be swept away, if wej relax our efforss. Even as “etem- - al vigilance is the price of lib erty”—-so it is the price of health. , The fact that we made and: held gains throughout the first calendar year of our participa tion as a belligerent 1 in the glob al war, which now seems to be fast moving to a bloody climax, 1 is encouraging. But we must not Legal Notice IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NORTH CAROLINA, PERSON COUNTY . NOTICE The Board of Commissioners of Roxboro, - vs. - j Aubrey Barnett and wife, Em ma Barnett. j The defendants, Aubrey Bar- ( nett, will take notice that an ac-! tion entitled as above has been commenced against them in the Superior Court of Person Coun-j ty, North Carolina, and that the purpose of said action is to en-| force the tax lien against the real property listed in the name of Aubrey Barnett upon the tax books of the City of Roxboro. I And the defendants, Aubrey Barnett and Emma Barnett, will take notice that they are requir ed to appear at the office of thel Clerk of the Superior Court of Person County, North Carolina, and answer or demur to the com plaint in said action within twen ty days after the last publication I of his notice, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint This February 1, 1943. SUE a BRADSHKR, Clerk Superior Court Feb. 4-11-18-25 PERBuW COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. lose sight of what we actually fighting for—the preservation of i the United States of America — its way of life”—and the health 1 of its people. Though we win brilliant successes on a dozen bat- [' tie fronts overseas and lose our, fight on the home front, we will | 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 of other lands with whom our men are fighting, we will have failed in our duty to ourselves. Disease knows no national orj continental boundaries. Most of us recall, all too vividly, how, in 1918, what was then known as: iSlpanish Influenza leaped across: the seas with lightning rapidity —and scourged us. We recall how J the platforms of our railroad st'a- 1 tions were piled with caskets of; those who had gone down under 1 this scourage—how it attacked j the men in our armed camps,' here and overseas, and those who remained around the home fires. 1 | We have no influenza epidem- • ic at the present' time—in fact, I no epidemic of any kind. But this | does not mean we are immune. It simply means that, so far, wej have been fortunate. Further-' more, it means that .we are reap ing the fruits of preventive med icine. . Legal Notice i 1 SALE OF VALUABLE FARM LAND Under and by virtue of the' authority conferred upon me under an erder of sale made on this the Bth day of February, 1943, by the Clerk of the Super ior Court of Person County in a special proceeding in said court entitled “F. H. Carver et al. versus Raymond Monday et al.", I will on SATURDAY, j MARCH 13, 1941, at t'.vebe (12) o’clock noon at] the courthouse door in Roxboro j sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the fol (lowing described tract cr lanl: | Lying and being in O.ive Hill \ , Town;tiip and containing 46: ' acres, more or less, the same be ing bounded on the North by lands of the J. M. Brower estate and lands of F) D. Long, on the j East by lands of F. H. Carver, on the South by kinds of J. C. i Wagstaff and on the West by I lands of the estate of J. M. j Brewer, said lands being known as the dower tracf of Mrs. Bell Monday. This being a judicial sale same will be helc| for ten days for upset bid and high bidder at the sale will be required to de posit ten per cent of bid price as evidence of good faith. This the Bth day of February, R. P. BURNS, Cotwniaskmer Feb. 11-18-25-Mar. 4. THE EPIC OF THE TANKER “OHIO” has I only recently been fully told and these pic j| tures have just reached America. This ship, built in U. S. A., was torpedoed twice and I then dive-bombed in the desperate efforts of I the enemy to stop the last convoy to Malta. But her British master and crew kept her going, got the precious cargo of oil through to Malta as the above picture shows. The gal- I lant “Ohio” is being helped into much bombed Valletta harbor by tugs and a de- I stroyer. At left is the bow of one of the I freighters which got through to Malta with a [ big hole blown out of it. CHEESE Cheddar Cheese makers have 1 < been ordered to set aside 50 peri cent of their production for the Armed Forces, Lend-Lease and other Governmental require ments. Why Not Renew NOW? V If you want your TIMES to continue to come to you, it would be a good idea to RENEW IT NOW Look on your label and you will see the expira tion date. v Your check will be ap preciated. TIMES Musical Themes In Fantasia Os Classic Nature More than 450,000 feet of music I on film was recorded by the Philadelphia Symphony Orches tra, under the direction of Leo pold Stokowskn, to form the mu sical score lor Walt Disney’s new full-length feature, “Fantasia.” The word-famous music record ed included Tchaikovsky’s “Nut cracker Suite”; Du Wes’ “The Sor -1 cerer’s Apprentice”; Strawinsky’s “Rite of Spring”; Beethoven’s j “Pastoral Klymphony”; Ponchiel- 1 li’s “Dance of the Hours”; Mous- 1 sorgsky’s “Night on Bald Moun-, tain”; and Schubert’s “Ave Ma ria.” “Fantasia” is showing Thurs- j ! day and Friday at the Dolly Madison. PEANUT OIL Twenty-five percent of the peanut oil production is being j reserved at refineries to assure i . adquate quantities for essential j | war uses. j | CRATING MATERIAL | Development of new packages' J and packing methods will call ifor about 11 billion board feet of lumber in 143 as compared with 4 1-2 billion feet usually used. \ War Tires - All Sizes Batteries For Every Car ECONOMY AUTO SUPPLY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948 worry , WORRY, WORRY without mflaria* from head- RIKA who, too. Kb CapodiH to J relievo the pain and eoothe /f . X nerves upeet by the pain. Cap inline it liquid —an waiting (1 / , f\\Y for it to diaaolvo, before orllt’ l\\l after taklnc. Dae only as di- )lv' > / ,reated. He, »oe. 60c. A / / CAPUPINE 1 ! Tiie Devil i chuckles whenKesees 0l home left unprotected by fire insurance See us artd ! forget Kim/ THOMPSON INSURANCE A6KN9T lwHfi, n. e. i
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