Saturday, July 19, 2025

Link-Pickens Publishing Starting Newspaper in Statesville, July 20, 1925

Statesville to Have Another Daily Paper

Statesville, July 18—Statesville is to have another daily paper, published by R.S. Pickens and H.W. Link, who are coming to Statesville from Hickory. A new company has been organized under the name of Link-Pickens Publishing Company, with a number of local citizens as stockholders.

The name of the new daily has not yet been announced, and no definite statement has yet been made as to whether it will be an afternoon or a morning paper, according to James A Hartness, who is one of the local stockholders. The company has been incorporated with $40,000 paid in, with privilege of increasing the capital to $100,000. Messrs. Pickens and Link own a majority of the stock.

From the front page of The Concord Times, July 20, 1925

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