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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1928

Page

19

Prisoner Davis Appeals County Roads Sentence In Lexington

May 5 Watt Davis longtime Lexington figure in prohibition cases was jailed with seventeen months on county roads suspended and under $300 bond awaiting further hearing. Judge A M Stack heard legality of Lexington recorder court imposing road sentence. Stack did not rule on lower court authority. Davis's appeal, first of its kind in Davidson county in years, will be revisited as Monroe judge presides over next week's superior court. Davis is represented by Martin and Brinkley and Don A Walser.

Enterprise Lexington Watt Davis Lexington Recorder’s Court Olive Davis A. M. Stack Greensboro Davidson Stack Davidson County Monroe Superior Court Martin and Brinkley Don A. Walser Walser and Walser

Car dispute turns to family massacre in Kansas

Owen Oberst 17 confessed to shooting his parents and five siblings on April 20 after arguing over use of the family car. He killed Herbert, Hugh, Ralph, Edith, Dorothy, and Elsie before setting the Burns farm home ablaze. Police report he took about $41 and later planned a guilty plea to first degree murder.

Eldorado Kans Owen Oberst Oberst Burns George J. Benson Stanley Taylor Herbert Hugh Ralph Edith Elsie Oberst Dorothy William Oberst Owen Florence

Insurance Real Estate 403 Commercial Bank Building

Insurance and real estate listing for 403 Commercial Bank Building with contact phone 2627. Provides a terse reference to property services and inquiry line.

Company to Move into CNB Building Office Space

After May 1, the firm will occupy offices on the fourth floor of the Commercial National Bank Building, marking a new location for operations.

Commercial National Bank

Five room bungalow with attractive design and large lot

Hood Bank Bidg. Phone 2 No. 128. Recommends this property for consideration. Five room bungalow about 15 years old with lights bath hot and cold water and a grassy yard 50 by 165 feet. Owner will take a good car or vacant lot as down payment and offer easy terms on the balance. Call for particulars.

Denny Street Woodrow Avenue Emma Blair Thomasville Road City C. E. Mendenhall Wachovia Bank Thompson

No. 118-A Modern 5-Room Bungalow Ad

No. 118 A offers a modern 5 room bungalow with gas heat oak floors and warm air system. Outside city limits the home sits on a large lot with tin grass and a front yard. Bus service within 200 feet, trade possible for a vacant lot, money down 45 dollars and 45 dollars monthly.

Trade in for a remodeled Long Street house

A real estate promo urges buyers to upgrade to a redesigned Long Street home, one block off North Main, arguing home ownership brings civic pride and cleaner living. It claims no one in High Point should rent and invites readers to discuss with the office, open every night.

Main Street Mechanicsville M. C. Rowland Rowland Real Estate Co North Main Street Randolph Street Farlow Ins. & Realty Company Askin Long Street North Main High Point

Prodigy Kreiger Demonstrates Arithmetic Feats

Samuel Isaac Kreiger, 25, described as the king of logarithms, visits from Germany and claims a simple formula lets a ten year old compute. He multiplies 31 416 by 363 in five seconds and says alcohol hinders his calculations. He quickly squared a 20-digit number beyond a machine’s capacity. CINCINNATI reports movies by a negro company to elevate actors from clown roles. London notes Russian actors will walk off if spectators are seated during performance.

New York Samuel Isaac Kreiger Pole Germany Cincinnati Albuquerque N. M London

Tree Top Bottling seeks filling station at Wiley and English

Public notice states Tree Top Bottling Company filed for permission to erect a filling station at the corner of Wiley and English streets. The Council will consider the application at the next regular meeting on May 15, 1928 at 8 p.m. City Manager P P Pilcher signs the notice dated May 1, 1928.

Tree Top Bottling Company Wiley and English Streets P. P. Pilcher

Sealed bids sought for High Point Fire Station constructions

Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and City Council of High Point North Carolina until 8 PM May 15 1928 for brick veneer fire station construction on the north side of East Davis Street between South Main and South Hamilton Streets. Bids must be in sealed envelopes marked Proposals for Fire Station Construction with a 5 percent certified check. Bid bonds not accepted. The city may reject bids or award contracts as deemed best.

High Point North Carolina East Davis Street South Main Hamilton Streets W. A. Davis P. P. Pilcher A. B. Horney South Wrenn Street

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