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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1933
Page
4
The 1933 general assembly’s work cannot be judged safely now as months or years of testing lie ahead. Revenue act and sales tax must be evaluated in calm light, with alternatives understood, while public school funding and a new constitution may endure as major items.
In Raleigh the legislature passed an act offering relief to delinquent taxpayers by wiping accumulated penalties and interest from 1926 to 1931 and extending a five year period to amortize principal. The measure also absolved taxes for 1926 and earlier years, with many counties subsequently exempted.
New machinery for delinquent taxes abolishes tax certificate sales and trims foreclosure action to a clerkly task. Local officials pressured the legislature, leading to a repeal that postpones certificate sales and foreclosures, moving 1931 delinquent foreclosures to October 1934.
The General Assembly enacted beer legalization without a popular vote and a referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment. It cut the divorce waiting period from five to two years and passed race track gambling referendums. It largely resisted workmen's compensation changes, though two wins stood. One exempted saw mills with 15 or fewer employees. another let injured workers choose their own physicians with industrial commission approval.
A historic legislative session saw a record number of bills proposed and a large fraction enacted. The assembly operated amid wide uncertainty and extended through the economic period.
The General Assembly streamlined government to save costs during a political and economic crisis. It reduced the eight month school term budget from 23.5 million to 16 million and removed the 15 cent ad valorem tax for six months while offering relief on about 20 cents per 100 for school funding. Informal educators note the blow to the school system is severe, and public reaction remains uncertain until the changes take effect.
The piece argues North Carolina's year faces greater fiscal challenges than any state, with debt second to New York and a large operating deficit. It notes the budget is balanced and reflects that bonds have advanced since adjournment, suggesting improved business confidence and payrolls may offset heavy tax burdens on merchants.
A critical take on beer depicting it as a weak stimulant that provokes moralizing by the Southern Baptist Convention. The piece argues alcohol content is minor, bootleggers struggle, and reports show little riotous use, challenging the demon rum campaign and suggesting the public knows beer well.
The spring furniture market in Jamestown North Dakota reported a sellout for the first time in five years as local manufacturers boosted output and likely raised prices. The note signals improving demand and cautious price adjustments ahead of better economic times.
The note argues better health needs more demand and clear pricing for restoration services to fund improvements and sustain operations. It stresses aligning pricing with effort and market needs.
An essay arguing for nonviolence inspired by Gandhi and a call to adopt the law of love over destruction. It contrasts Gandhi's methods with Christian and non Christian views and urges daily life toward peaceful, truth guided action.
A World War memorial appeal urges Americans to wear the red poppy on Poppy Day. The message honors veterans and calls for sacrifice against economic enemies, praising the American Legion Auxiliary for distributing flowers and supporting disabled veterans and orphans.
The North American Review profile by Ray Tucker extols Virginia's Senator Carter Glass as a seasoned statesman. It highlights his debate skill, banking knowledge, energy, and willingness to stand by his own judgment against a veterans bonus petition.
A Jamestown family obituary recounts the death of Aunt Tish Causey Robbins at 95 in Westwood Massachusetts. The piece links her to Jamestown and Greensboro relatives, notes her role as High Point postmistress, and includes a verbatim letter from J. B. Field detailing ancestral lines and early Guilford County history.
Contemporaries discuss Frederick G. Eberhard’s The Skeleton Talks a thriller where a physician is found dead and a suspected murder by the author appears. detective Braley Holmes investigates, uncovering an underground lab and chilling science driven crimes. Ian Greig’s Baxter’s Second Death follows a rejoined lieutenant turned killer’s death chain as Inspector Swinton piece together clues.
The column surveys G. K. Chesterton's The Queen of Seven Swords praising its balance and saints as national types. It also reviews Nell R. Brasefield’s Mention Seven on venereal disease, James Willis Hembree’s Smoky Mountain Songs with mountain dialect, and Atlantica magazine pieces on Italy France balance of power.
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