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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
5
The Kings Mountain Herald describes itself as a weekly paper founded in 1689, published on Thursdays, with subscription rates and a mission to promote welfare for local citizens. A poetry excerpt reflects themes of humility and charity, touching on loss and redemption.
Shelby Star notes WPA workers in Kings Mountain riding a canvas covered truck to stay warm, with residents warned about odd contraptions and spectral shapes. The piece humorously contrasts safer past scenes and urges safe driving, while King Mountain merchants report brisk Christmas business and shoppers preparing for 1939. It also cites 1938 highway deaths down from 1937 and muses on urban hurry before detailing a re sale notice for Cleveland County real estate in King.
Haywood B Lynch recalls Ben Goforth a Kings Mountain Ford man who rode a R F D route from 1902 to 1933. He used two horses alternating days covering about 25 miles with daily finish around 4 30 PM. He later bought a car but treasured horse and buggy days and traded horses 19 times in 19 years. The piece also notes wartime rates cited by Otie Mull during a Lions Club talk and a Dixie Theatre screening of Brother Rat at V M I where Eddie Smith lived while at school.
Promish The Impossible presents a land sale notice for parcels on the east side of Railroad Avenue in Cleveland County North Carolina. Survey map by B L Campbell accompanies the notice with parcels bounded by Plank Harmon Allen and Herndon and a railroad street. Lots priced with one half cash and the rest due within six months and the option to pay all cash upon sale confirmation. Sale date shown as the 2nd day of Jam.
The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station at State College reports results from Technical Bulletin No. 8 on how fiber length, diameter, strength, fineness, drag and wall thickness affect spinning quality. Findings show that smaller fiber diameter enhances yarn strength while very short or long staples influence yarn quality differently. breeders should favor longer, smaller diameter fibers with adequate strength for better spinning outcomes.
Mr and Mrs D L Wilson and two children of Littleton spent New Year s Day with Mr and Mrs DF Hord Miss Atle Weir of Charlotte spent holidays here with relatives Mrs Edgar Deese of Atlanta spent Christmas here with her mother Mare T C Hardin Mr George Barber spent Friday in Gastonia Mr and Mrs E B Olive of Bar visited her parents Mr and Mrs D J Fulton last week The text also notes a discussion about yarn strength and fiber breaking load per fiber and their relation to grain strength across seasons.
A terse note describes tenants cultivating about two thirds of a grass region in Kentucky. It mentions a church pennant as the only flag allowed to fly from the tame hoist above the Stars and Stripes.
A garbled OCR fragment recalls a ferry boarding incident with a car and water avoidance. Names and places are unclear, but police involvement and a shooting hint at a dramatic late night scene. The piece ends with unfinished lines and a note to continue.
Washington observers describe a late night scramble by “strategy boys” shaping a defense linked armament plan to preserve popular spending. AAA losses spark questions of reform while the National Grange vows to block regimentation of farmers. Also noted are insect studies, geography notes, and a brisk glimpse at large rice crops and London weddings.
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