Revenue bill sparks battle in Raleigh legislature
The house finance committee will unveil a sales tax plan this week, proposing a half percent tax on retail up to 10,000 and one percent above, with exemptions for manufacturers and certain dealers. A Senate bloc opposes sales tax, seeking luxury tax instead, as lawmakers warn the session may stretch two weeks or more amid this fight.
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House Finance Committee
Raleigh
Senate
Assembly
Princess Signa Serene entertains 1500 readers at Paramount
An itinerant clairvoyant calling herself Princess Signa Serene appeared at the Paramount theater last week. She answered many intimate questions from about 1500 readers and audience members, but not all queries could be addressed due to time and space limits. The entertainer, billed as world famous and of Danish royal lineage, drew varied hopes and cautions about supernatural powers.
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Signa Serene
Paramount Theater
Signa
Jim
Mary
Ruth
Poey
Signa Serene Aids Entertainment Yet Warns Against Payment
The article cautions readers to view Signa Serene as an entertainer rather than a clairvoyant. It urges skepticism about star readings and warns against paying for unproven advice, promising that no exploitation will occur and asking listeners not to pay for answers unless seeking entertainment.
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Signa Serene
Uses of Bonus Money Put to Work for Veterans
The article notes that federal bonus funds are being used to retire mortgages and fund productive ventures for World War I veterans. It highlights Uncle Andy Mellon's alarm as overstated, cites earlier debt relief as genuine and profitable for the treasury, and credits Capt. Bruce Carraway of the American Legion for fast local disbursement, with High Point receiving funds ahead of others.
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Andy Mellon
Republic
American Legion
Bruce Carraway
High Point to Adopt New City Charter This Week
The High Point charter will become law this week unless delays occur. It limits debt, strengthens city manager control over personnel, and expands the council to eight members with a mayor. The plan includes a party ticket provision and a partisan primary, with potential amendments possible in 1931.
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High Point
Partizan
High Point votes on new charter and home rule plan
The editorial discusses a 1933 election framework in High Point, requiring 500 voter petitions for referendums within 18 to 24 months after May. It explains why the initiative provision replaces mandatory reference, and notes the future application of home rule after two years. It calls for competent candidates and party responsibility in a broader council, stressing prompt, quality nominations despite party lines.
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High Point
Every Member Canvass Sunday for Presbyterian Pledges
The 1981 Every Member Canvass in the Synod of North Carolina urges all Presbyterians to pledge support for the church year beginning April 1. The campaign may involve church members pledging in afternoon sessions or deacons visiting homes. The message emphasizes money as a spiritual concern and calls for wholehearted participation in stewardship in line with biblical teachings.
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Synod of North Carolina
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Kingdom of God
Presbyterian Church
Church of the Living God
Malachi
Jesus
Roswell C. Long
Long
Paul
No title provided by readable text about church stewardship
The piece argues that regular stewardship studies are vital for Christians as God needs money for world redemption. It notes rising wealth in America yet pervasive low mood and excess consumption. It cites Calvin Coolidge and Mark Matthews on expenditures, and links declines in church giving to personal faith, urging Presbyterians to steward time talents and money for missions.
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Church of the Living God
Calvin Coolidge
World Congress On Missions
Chattanooga
Mark Matthews
Seattle
Washington
Foreign Mission
America
Wall Street
Presbyterian
Equal rights push for High Point mayoral race
Editor letter urges negro voters to organize civic clubs for High Point election. It criticizes inadequate Negro schools, low pay for Black teachers, absence of Black police and fire personnel, poorly lit and few paved Negro streets, and water-meter charges. Voters urged to register and vote intelligently for men and principles.
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Enterprise
High Point
Civic Clubs
D. BE. Bell
Sheraton Barber Shop Names New Associate
J. M. Campbell and B. C. Rogers, co proprietors of the Sheraton Hotel Barber shop, announce the engagement of John L. Byrum, formerly of the Commercial Barber shop in the Commercial National bank building. Byrum, with seven years of High Point experience, will begin tomorrow and will join L. G. Lee. The shop will then boast four leading barbers in the city.
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J. M. Campbell
B. C. Rogers
Sheraton Hotel
John L. Byrum
Commercial
Commercial National Bank
Byrum
High Point
Sheraton
L. G. Lee
Questionable guidance on love and marriage from a newspaper column
A serialized advice page answers readers on love, dating, and marriage, listing names like W. E. T and B. M. W. with playful, cautionary guidance. The column urges jealousy, persistence, self reliance, and action to secure work, marriage, or reconciliation, reflecting a bygone era’s social norms.
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A narrator recalls a philosophical late night talk among peers about marriage. The piece explores why married friends, celebrating others weddings, feel elated yet later cheated as youth fades and single life ends.
Printing of Questions Continues in Tuesday’s Paper
Readers are assured that remaining questions will be printed in Tuesday’s edition. Anyone wishing to submit a query should address it to Senor Carene, care of the Enterprise in High Point, and answers will be provided free of charge.
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Senor Carene
High Point
Jamestown editorial muses on copycats and advertising
A fragmented Jamestown column riffs on copycat behavior and the ethics of advertising. It jabs at loud street-ballyhoo and carnival promotion, contrasts dignified ads with raucous tactics, and lauds restrained publicity for major residential development.
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Mgr
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Brunswick Building
Park Avenue
New York
People’s Gas
Michigan Boulevard
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Sheraton Barber Shop
Ans
B. BE. J
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Reid Marsh
Jamestown
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Humane Society
Weu
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Mother Hub
Hell
Bosco
Count Comonson
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Ballyho
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