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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1949
Page
15
The Kings Mountain Herald is a Friday publication serving Kings Mountain and nearby areas. It notes its mission to promote welfare and provide enlightenment for citizens and lists postal details and a Bible verse for the day.
Citizens prepare to vote on two bond questions to fund school construction across 100 counties and a $200 million rural road program. A one cent per gallon gas tax would accompany the road bond, with factions led by Gov Kerr Scott and petroleum interests advancing opposing views amid political maneuvering and questions of state debt. Community events highlight highway leadership and local figures, including Joseph Graham at Bethware, while editorial notes hint that Scott forces may prevail in this preliminary political clash before 1952 elections.
J Roan Davis, noted Kings Mountain attorney, was chosen last Friday night as president of the Cleveland County Bar Association during a barbecue and business meeting at Cleveland Springs Country Club. He succeeds A M Mull of Shelby, who served as president the previous year. A M Patterson, secretary of the Home Building and Loan Association, will join the Promotion Committee for the 36th Annual convention of the North Carolina Building and Loan League, set for Wrightsville Beach June 27 to 29.
The article recalls the role of factual fillers in newspaper makeup and profiles Everette Monard, a former Oklahoma congressman, who contributes biographical snippets via a mailer system. It notes the routine of collecting short paragraphs from a donor in Midland Texas and links the effort to broader newsroom deadlines and trivia quizzes.
The all mite venture? banked Southern States Fair Grounds racetrack near Charlotte will host Sunday June 5 the first AAA big car race of the year in the Carolinas. A seven event sprint program includes time trials four 10 lap heats a match race and a 25 lap final. Time trials start 1 p m with racing at 2 30 p m led by Tommy Hinnershitz of Reading Pa in the Offensauser. Other entrants include Mark Light Hank Rogers Buster Warke Dutch Culp Jimmy Fearick Bill Gouse Dick Fries Leonard Shaw and Freddy Bailes with over 20 drivers expected. Hinnershitz Rogers Lane were runners up in this year’s Easter speed championship won by Ted Horn. A well known Indianapolis driver Hinnershitz placed eighth in the Memorial Day 500. The Fine-Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corp annual meeting will be at State College Raleigh June 24.
North Carolina cotton growers may obtain Smith Doxey classing on their 1949 crop once ginners qualify to sample. County agents prepare applications due in Raleigh by July 15. Bonded ginners can offer the service to members of cotton improvement associations, aiding growers to learn official grade and staple and the price per pound guaranteed under the cotton subsidy program.
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