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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
2
A Friday edition published by Herald Publishing House serves Kings Mountain and nearby residents with general welfare content. The brief note lists subscription rates payable in advance and includes a Bible verse from Proverbs 3 31 about envy and oppressors.
Kings Mountain mourns Plato Durham Herndon known as P D a lively one man Chamber of Commerce and city planner who died after a month of illness at about sixty His wide range of public service included crop improvement organizations and the newly created city planning board His death leaves a gap in local forward movement and civic activity Also noted in the issue are the gubernatorial runoff race between Charles M Johnson and W Kerr Scott Ned M Gill’s new employment and the Kiwanis sponsored Donkey Ball game Friday night
A critique of fiscal limits on county and municipal powers in North Carolina. The piece argues that tax caps force short term capital projects, delaying schools and hospitals, and contends for long range plans funded by existing resources. It notes a $165,000 cap for capital improvements and a $500,000 need for a new high school plant, urging decisive action. It also highlights local youth baseball efforts and a mayoral push on school funding.
At a special Monday meeting with nearly all members present except Mayor J E Herndon the Town Council approved removing the overhead bridge railroad crossing at Rail road avenue and King street. Daughters of Wesley Bible class at Central Methodist Church and Mrs E W Griffin hosted Friday event. Mrs S A Lowry led a Col Frederick Hambright DAR meeting. An announcement noted Berger of Concord to Hall S Puonk of Kings Mountain.
A whimsical piece on siestas and naps contrasts French and American habits, laments pew comfort, jokes about church seats, and notes Will Parrish’s porch chair sleep. It shifts to local politics with highway department disparagements, a governor race anecdote, and a push for school funds and stadium site debate in Kings Mountain.
The piece notes small car changes with a Crosley price around 1080 and a yellow Chevrolet convertible in town. It mentions a former Herald editor returning as a landlord, plus a casual reflection on a bank loan policy. It also covers agriculture with 1948 meat output, worm damage to corn and tobacco, land use, and tobacco’s share of NC farm income, highlighting Sampson County 4-H cotton projects focusing on quality and yields.
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