GKEESjjfiCRO DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921
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Dollars Are Doing Double Duty k
' At .
SAPFS RETIRIG, SALE
WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING AT REAL SACRIFICE PRICES!
The Entire Stock Marked Down Without Consideration of First Cost!
Wearing Apparel For the Family and Holiday Goods
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Dolls and
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Toys
The Greatest Values To Be Found
In Greensboro!
Never have people been privileged at this
season to buy at prices such as we are gjv-1
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DOLLS OF ALL KINDS
And the greatest assortment we have ever
displayed of
WHEELED AND OTHER TOYS
Tiny Sewing Machines, Velocipedes, Ex
press Wagons, Automobiles, Aero
' ' t plane Coasters, Etc., Etc.
And a great collection of every conceiv--able
smalltoy that brings joy to the heart
.of childhood at Uhristmastide.
Buy Ifere
and Save
feVH.V Money-
A new consignment just re
ceived that we will have but
v a few days. We'd rather
sell them at a short price,
than return them, so we are
giving our customers ad
vantage of selection from,
these at
LESS THAN HALF USUAL PRICES!
Buy Them for Christmas Gifts
Closing
Out All
Hats
New reductions made
throughout our milli
nery stocks make pres
ent values surpass any
thing we have ever pre
viously offered. Select
holiday millinery while
the style range is com
plete. All Wearing Ap
parel At Retiring
Sale Prices
m .jsaw j.-, r ript
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A..Y.-SAPP
"Selling It Cheaper Than Ever"
Savage Fight Over Testimony
In the Trial of Taylor Case
Daughter of Dr. Taylor and Others Testify That He and Miss Clara
Saunders Were Immorally Intimate Defense Points to
Contradictory Testimony Defense Now At Bat.
With the attorneys savagely fight
ing every Inch of ground, with the
witnesses subjected to fiero grilling
and with the testimony nearly alwaya
bordering on- the unprintable, often
getting over the border, line, the cam
against Dr. J. W. Taylor, well known
(IreenHboro optometrist, and his secre
tary, Miss Clara Saunders, oharged
with Immoral relations, was begun In
Guilford Superior court yesterday
morning.
At the outset the case gave promise
of occupying several days' time, but
In the afternoon It gathered momen
tum. The state finished with the pre
sentation of its witnesses and the de
fense made a beginning with Its own.
The defense has a large number to
offer; when they were sworn in a body
they clogged the spare between the
bench and the bar.
The defense showed its line of ac
tion almost at the start. O. L. Sapp
tried to bring out In his cross exami
nation of Mrs. Thelma Ltaker, daugh
ter of Dr. Taylor, that she Is actuated
by hate of her father and a desire to
come Into possession of his nronerty.
' it was also evidently the purpose of
prosecution, relying on the statements
of the wife and daughter of Dr. Taylor,
Is based on the allegations of abnor
mal women.
When the state had finished with
Its testimony a wave of elation seem
ed to sweep over the Taylor part of
the courtroom. There was evidence
startllngly damaging put forward, but
rsome of It was In contradiction to
other evidence submitted at the pre
liminary hearing of (lie case In Muni
cipal oourt here.
Mrs. Linker (married since the be
ginning of the sensational charges
against Dr. Taylor) and Minnie Beeves,
a negro cook for tho Taylor family,
testified that they had stated In'
Municipal court at the preliminary
hearing of the case that there was
nothing wrong In the relations of the
defendants because they were afraid
of physical harm nt the hands of Dr.
Taylor should they testify otherwise.
They. Mrs. S. T. Cogerlns and Mrs. S. T.
Nsvth, all of Greensboro, were free
andirank In stating that they thought
the relations of the two were very
Immoral, covering a period of several
years.
Mrs. Linker wan the first witness.
She answered all questions readily,
both on examination and cross examination,--
In substance her testimony
was: v
That she had 'seen Miss Saunders
and Dr. Taylor In bed together; that
she had seen them retire at night to
gether and that they were waked to
gether In the mornings; that her
mother would kiss Dr. Taylor 'and
Miss Saunders good nighi and leave
them to retire; that she was afraid
to testify to this effect before, stat
ing that . Dr. Taylor had threatened
to kill her If sho dlU so; thut she and
her mother acted friendly with Miss
Saunders because of fear of her father.
She was put through a most rigor
ous cross examination by Col. John A.
Barrlnger and O. L. Sapp, for the de
fense. In answer to a question of
Mr. Sapp that after the alleged sum
moning of the pair from the room of
a morning by her mother, "was every
thing pleasant?" Mrs. Linker replied,
"It had to be."
Mr. Sapp ertdeavored to show that
Mrs. Linker had been disobedient to
her father; that she' greatly worried
Llm by accepting the attentions of
Mr. Linker before marriage. She ad
mitted that she had accepted those
attentions against the will of her
father; that she Introduced him to her
father shortly before her father spank
ed her (which, with other things, In
cluding an alleged assault upon Mrs.
Taylor by her husband caused Dr.
Taylor to be tried and convicted of
assault upon a female).
Minnie Reeves, negress, former cook
of the Taylor family, testified that
she, too, had testified at the prelimi
nary hearing- that she had known
nothing wrong because Dr. Taylor had
threatened her. But Bhe Is through
"telling" stories." Mlnnla said; she
"does not Intend to suffer torment" by
telling them any more and she testi
fied freely that Dr. Taylor and Miss
Saunders had slspt together; that she
had purchased medicine for Miss
Saunders, and that the bed clothing
of Miss Saunders was In such condi
tion as she had never seen a "single"
woman's. Minnie testified that Miss
Saunders had grown "stout," that she
had been confined to her room; that
Dr. Taylor had waited on her In her
Illness and that after she got well
Bhe' was not as stout; and that the
bed clothes wore In very bad shape
to have corns oft a single woman's bed
Minnie had hard sledding at the
hands ot defense attorneys. They
brought up her testimony In munlolpal
court; whloh she repudiated; shewas
afraid of Dr. Taylor at the tlm6, she
said. .
MM. S. T. Cogglns and Mrs. B. A.
North, of Greensboro, gave testimony
damaging to the defendants. Mrs. Cog
Kins told of Miss Saunders having been
ill when the family lived on More
head avenue near her. of visiting her
In her room; -of seeing Dr. Taylor
there nursing her; of the pair rldlns
out late at nlghf alone; of the "stout
ness" and "thinness" that Minnie
Reeves testified to; and of the discolor
ed bed clothing. This, she said, occur
red early In 1911.
Mrs. North, an elderly woman, testi
fied as to the stoutness and the thin
ness and the bed olothes also. She
said her home was next to the Taylor
home and that she could hear Dr. Tay
lor and Miss Saunders alone In a room
upstairs In Dr. Taylor's home, laUBh
ing and playing with each other. A
wlndow pane was knocked out at out
auoh time, Mrs. North stated. "'
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Big Lot
$22.5T
Overcoats
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Young Men's
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Values to
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Mixtures,
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Other witnesses Included Mrs. W. T,
Breeden, who testified that she thought
the conduct of the pair in publlo was
too intimate; Policeman Wolfe, of the
Oreensboro police department, who
said MVS. Cogglns' character was good;
Chief of Police George Crulchfleld, who
said that the defendants were often
together alone (Chief Crutchfleld lived
next to the Taylor family on Mclver
street), and who testified, to a pollce-
mn nviug me warrant tuaen out ai
his Instructions; Lorenso Law, a negro
who had been an elevator boy In the
uanner building, where Dr. Taylor ihas
his office, who said that the door Was
fastened at times with Dr. Taylor and
Miss Saunders alone In the office.
Several of .the witnesses testified
as to the good character of Mrs. Thel-
ma Linker and Mrs. Taylor.
Miss Janet McNeely, a witness for
the defense, atatcd that she had board
d at the TiTVlor home while teachins
and had seen nothing wrong between
me two defendant Cross-examined,
the said that she hud been busy with
her work and had not looked for any
thing out of the ordinary.
Miss McNeely's father, J. 8. MNeely,
who lives about seven miles from
Oreensboro, gave Dr. Taylor a good
character: he said that he had known
lilm for several years; that Dr. Taylor
and his family and Miss Saunders had
driven, out to set him and he had seen
nothing wrong between the defendants.
,W. W. Smith, of near Guilford col
lege, also stated that Dr. Taylor's rep
Jtutlon was good. Dr. Joseph Dickson,
of Greenville. N. 0., said that Dr. Tay
lor's charaoter had been above re
proach; on cross-examlnallon stating
that It had been a numbcV of years
since he had seen much fof him. Dr.
Frod N. Day, ol Winston-Salem a
former president of the state bAard
of optometrists, testified as to the good
character of Dr. Taylor.
On cross examination, Dr Day stat
ed that he did not remember telling
other members of the board that he
believed that Dr, Taylor Is guilty of
the chartte brought against hlin. He
could neither affirm nor deny It He al
so admitted that Dr. Taylor had con
fussed to him a number of years ago
that he had had Immoral relations with
n woman. 1
There the case rested for the day.
About an hour was consumed In get
ting a Jury. All the Jurymen were
closely riuestloned, especially by the
defense, as to havlnir formed or ex.
pressed an opinion as to the guilt of
mo uennnams; as to their knowledge
of the case. The defense asked each
man If he Is married and how many
children. The majority of the Jury arc
well In middle ago, and all of them
married, with the. number of children
ranging up to 11. For some reason II
cmed to please Colonel lurrlnger the
"re cniiaren a juror had.
The Jury, after seven men had been
excused, some of them for admitting
ni uiey naa formed an opinion that
Dr. Taylor Is guilty, is composed of:
W, R Buslck; L. W. Martin; D. L. Mc
nonald; L L. Klrkmsn; M. E. Futrqlle;
T. K. Fuller; W. W. Fulk; H. R. Wy
lek; A. E. Fryer: W. O. Phlpps; C. P.
Edwards and J. L. Fountain,
Judge n. C, Strudwlck and 8. L. Al
.irman. Jr.. are assisting Solicitor
uwer In the prosecution of the case,
ppearing for the defense are Col. John
-v iwrringer, A. L. Urooks, Judge N
U Eure and O. L, Supp
vii,!,a TAKK I. r:nr.itHiiip
OF AS AlilUHIA.M LEAtiL'G
Mexico City, Nov. 20. Francisco
Villa, one time bandit, has taken the
leadership of an aKrarian league in the
Laguna cotton district In the stste of
Durango. where wide unemployment
has given rise to some disturbances
according to advices received here.
Villa called a cmferotico of all
landowners tni presided at a meeting
In which he rged the i capitalists of
the state to co-citrate In an effort l
relieve the unrest, promising his per
soiin! minport pf any measure looking
0 Ml jpMIIIH null I 111 li'l')l'" SlBssJ
Give Brunswick Records
This Christmas
;'. The problem of your Christmis list Is solved H yoo
give records. And if they are Brunswick, they will
afford double pleasure.
There is a varied selection to meet every tsste in
cluding the artists of today and the dance music of the
moment. ' .
- Packed in attractive Christmas envelopes, any of
these will make charming and acceptable holiday giftt
1004 Slltnt Night (Gruben) Soprano.
Florence Eastern and Malt Trio
214 Hsrkl The Herald Angds'sinf
All Souls' Chokr
It Cam Upon the Midnight Clear
CathedralXkoIr
2149 While Shepherds Witched... AU Souls' Choir
' Angelt from the Realms of Glory
Cathedral Choir
10045 Holy Night (Adam) Ttnot
Mario Chamlee and Chorus
300U Are Marls (Soprano and Violin) In Latin
Florence Esston and Max Rosea
3032 Night Before Christmas (Recitation)
, Ernest Hare
"D Sandman." (Protheroe-Griffin)
Criterion Male Quartet
5001 Wayside Crois (Palmer)
Criterioa Male Quartet
Church In the Wiidwood (Fitti)
Criterion Male Quartet
13002 Chriat in Flanders (Stephens) Tenor
Theo. Karle
The Lord Is My Light (Allit.ien) Tenor
Theo. Karle
5033 Adeste Fideles (Oh, Come All Ye Faithful)
(Portugal) CollegiateChoir
Joy to the World (Handff)". .Collegiate Choir
J053 Still, Still With Thee (Garrish)
Criterion Male Quartet
Son of Cod Goes Forth to War (Cutler
, Criterion Male Qaartet
'5017 Abide With. Me (Monk). Soprano and Con- .
tralto.. Marie Tiffany and Elizabeth Lennox
Almost lersuaded (Bliss) Soprano and Con
tralto. Mane Tiffany and Elizabeth Lennox
5022 Angel's Serenade (Braga) Soprano
' Marie Tiffany
Cradle Song (Brahms) Soprano. Marie Tiffany
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