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GKEENSBORO DAILY NEWS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER I", 1921 Dr. Taylor and Miss Saunders Are Not! Guilty, Jury Declares Immorality Charge Finis In Superior Court; Jury Deliberating One Hour and! 40 Minutes Repudiation of Former Testimony to Prosecution's Case Other Case "Hanging Fire." Dr. J. W, Taylor, Greensboro .optom estrtst, knit his former secretary, Mist Clara Saunders, tried In Guilford Supe rior court on a oharge of Immoral con duct Vere acquitted Saturday after noon, "the jury returning- the verdict after one hour and 40 minutes' delib eration; . , i - The verdict of not guilty came as the climax of a legal struggle begun Thursday morning;.- fhe case had been appealed from, the Greensboro munici pal court, where the oo-defendants were found guilty. The state had to rely en the testi mony of Mrs. Thelma Linker, daughter of Dr. Taylor, and Minnie Reeves, a ne- a-reaa. a former cook of his, for evi dence against the defendants covering a perioa or me iasi iwo years, -xney both testified at the municipal court trial that they knew of nothing wrong In the relations of the defendants. They repudiated that testimony In the trial Just ended, slating that they did know of Immoral relations between the two, but their having sworn differently on two occasioned ruined the state's case. There was other testimony, for and against, covering a period of about 10 years. That could be viewed as giving light on the two-year period. Judge James L. Webb, presiding, ruled In hla charge to the Jury. He stated that to be convloted the Jury would nave to And that the defendants had been guil ty f Immoral acts in the last two ye rs. Another ease of a similar nature. In A Christmas Suggestion Can you think of more desirable and lasting gift to yourself and family than a home? Let "us show you plans to . hang on the Christmas tree a week from today. Our Quotations Talk For Us (Watch Us Crow) Phone 231 Pennsylvania Lumber Co. Houston and Cedar Streets and Southern Railway ! CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER f (tTBtvenallat) , Bijou Theater Sunday Night 7:45 . ' Rev. R. S. Kellermari, Pastor. 'A . . i . Subject i "Which Way I Your Course? Special Note: Rev. Kellerman will be located in Greens-' f boro after January 1st, and will Rive his full time to this Church., ' Watch for our notice of morning and evening 0 services. . p If the Cross is the Ground Plan of the Universe, How Many $ Are Standing On Their Heads and Seeing the jj v v . World Upside Down? , 6 ' Stand tcfore the Cross and consider. i We need not take the crowd too seriously; It was Just like any hu man crowd, curlouH, led by the nose, shouting the catch word of the moment, stampeded Into madness by men who should have known better. But there are two companies In the multitude you will do well to bserve carefully; .';! The first Is a group of eodleslastlcal personsgrave, severe, resolute, wfco look on with a grim satisfaction. Their authority has been shaken by the subversive doctrines of the Galilean fanatic and It was their business as the custodians of sound religion to suppress him and put him out of the way. They set the appropriate machinery In motion; and this troubler of Israel would trouble them no more. ' The second Is a groun of political persona, officers, soldiers, repre sentatives of tho Homaii power, symbols and custodians of law and or der. You can say nothing much about them except that they went about their task with passionless effioiency of government officials. But this man of Galilee threatened to break the peace and make trouble; and the mills of law were grinding him to powder, - That Is the wisdom of tills world, with Its blind belief In punish ment suppression, reprisal, ita sad Illusions. Its tragical self-deceptions, its fatuous error that you can get a quiet life by force and coercion. "' and the man that was crucified, what of hlmT ' He looks down on these men with a pitiful eye. And as he looks, he prays: FATHER FORG1VK THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY I),0. . . -.. . - . Perhaps some day we shall believe, and until we do believe and live It, we shall go on making a mesa of God's world,. Christ said: ''I, If I be lifted up from the earth, will draw alt men unto me." . "THIRTY-THRER MILLION PEOPLE PASS FROM THIS EARTH EVERY YEAR" in the solemn, silent exodus we call death. Among that number, It may be, are some neur and dear to us, whose going left us to walk alone with aching heart. At last each of us, all of us, must Join that vast, Inevitable emigration. What shall we say to the fact of death and the fate of the soul of men? Not only our own souls, nor yet alt who are now upon earth, but all who have walked our human roads! We do not know their names. Like us they were pilgrims, and had to pass on. Hut they were men and women like ourselves, with faiths and fears and hopes like our own. They were on the land or on the sea. In the city or in the field. Death stopped them. Suddenly a hand put forth from the unseen touched them, and they vanished. Whtthsr did thsy go? Is dust the deatiny of our piteous, passionate, and pathetic human life? Only aa we think of men as Jesus thought of them, setting a value upon them equal to his estimate, is there light on this mystery light all round the sky. Finally, and at bottom, it Is a question of values. If life la worthless, so is immortality. The life of ' any man, of every i ' man, Is worth the good it has done or can do, Its moral value actual or potential. Faith in a future life has an unshakable foundation In the conviction that the value of life the value of love, or moral personality, of character are real, and whatever haa valus of Ood is exempt from decay and death. They are treasures which time cannot rust nor death break through and steal. Otherwise all la vanity and chaos In the crown of cosmos. Jesus lived in the world of moral and spiritual values, lyrically confident of God and the eternal life. The doubts that depress us seemed, to never darken his mind. From that center of light and truth he uttered those words which are themselves Immortal, telling us of the LOVE OF GOD, THE WORTH AF THE SOUL and the power of an endless life..; ; To come flnajly to the heart of the whole matter, something some where haa gone wrong with the common Christian thought of Ood. - if you Were univbrsalist you would believe in the progress of mankind onward and 1'pward in this world as .well, that to com k a8 go intended. this being so, you would not believe that you inherited from adam his sins. crimes and endless punishment. nor the degen eracy of children, nor the corruption of the flesh of human nature., , you would not believe in the hatred, cruelty and vindk'tivkn'ess of god, nor that he has prepared a hell or unending woe and punishment and suffering for any man, woman or little child. that such is unchristian and against every purpose of ood. hum alt y and nature. ' you would practice good works in your daily life and apply the "golden, rule" in all your deeds. it will make you happier and more content. , " - try ttniversalism for a while and see if it does not make you happier and more content. - come to church this sunday night. ' . KOTB Communications or requests for literature Valversallsai ru kr, nusr to Unlversallet Society, Box 185, Greemaboro, N. C, Kla- slue, K. C. ( listen, N. C. . , which Dr. Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Harrell r.t Gteensboro, are co-defendants, alao docketed. Solicitor J. C. Bnwrr stated Saturday after court had ad journed that he did not know what would be done with that case. It it now "hanging fire," was the way hi expressed its status. It was also slated by Solicitor Bower that Dr. Taylor would ba brought Into court next week In order that Judg ment might be pronounced against him for assault on his wife, to which he pleaded guilty. He was found guilty bs Judge D. H. Collins In municipal court last July It, tor assault on his wife and sentenced to 1 months on the county roads. He took an appeal lo Superior court, pleading guilty. Judg ment was suspended by Judge Webb until trial of the other Taylor cases. Saturday was taken up In the com pletion of argument by attorneys, the judge's charge and the deliberations of the jury. 8. 8. Alderman led off speaking for the prosecution, taking about 4S minutes. He was followed by Judge N. L. Eure, Col. John A. Bar rlnger and A. L. Brooks for the de fense. It was about 12:45 When they finished. Then Solicitor Bower spoke for the state until 1:40. The charge of Judge Webb lasted until t:20: the Jury filed out and came back Just as the hands of the clock were at 4 o'clock. The courtroom waa about half filled when It cams back. The verdict 'did not seem to occasion surprlss, follow ing the emphasis put upon the fact that Mrs. Linker and Minnie Reeves had repudiated former testimony. They stated during the trial that they swore that there was no Immorality at the municipal court trial because thsy were afraid of Dr. Taylor. Mr. Alderman urged the Jury to study the evidence. He spoke of' Dr. Taylor as the picture of hypocrisy on the wit ness stand, giving a Bible to Mrs. Har rell and good advice to his daughter, when, Mr. Alderman said, he waa con demned his own admission on the stand that he had been guilty of Immoral relations with a woman . a number of years ago, since his mar riage. Mr. Alderman attempted to dis pose of the flock of character witnesses brought by the defense by citing that admission. That showed Taylor's char acter, he said: Judge Eure, speaking next, remind ed the Jury that the charges had not been sustained by the evidence. He spoke of the good character given Dr, Taylor and Miss Saunders by numer ous witnesses. He said that tha evi dence of Minnie Reeves and Mrs. Lin ker could not be believed and he also attacked the evidence of other wit nesses for the defense. Tne prosecution's witnesses were attacked by Colonel Barringer. He waa severe In his lashing of them. He also laid much atresa upon the cer tificate Miss Saunders had In her pos session, given her by the late Dr. Z. T. Brooks In March, 1914, certifying that he had examined her and found her to be a virgin, a virtuous woman. He stressed the point that Dr. Taylor had tried to make his daughter obey him and that she did not. There was a lot of talk about obedience and dis obedience and parents trying to con trol children. The Jury was composed of married men, with children. A. L. Brooks spoke about tho mob psychology and the crucifying Bpirit. He said that the prosecution tried to show that Mrs. Taylor had put up with Immoral conditions and said If that were so It waa making the Tay lor house one of ill repute. Ha at tacked the testimony of the prosecu tion's witnesses and had a lot to say about girls who are hard to control. He spoke about Dr. Taylor's alleged trouble In controlling hla daughter and said that the man Should be the head of the house. He waa 'not In favor of the women weasing the "britches." He referred ' to the oer J tincate or ur. z. T. Brooks as evidence of the virtue of Miss Saunders. Solicitor Bower spoke ,of a trip to Baltimore by Dr. Taylor and Miss Saunders, of testimony to the effect that they had occupied adjoining rooms there and that Miss Saunders had "waited" on the doctor In hla room. He said that a lot had hap pened since the virtue certificate was given. He 'ridiculed the Idea of Dr. Taylor giving good advice to his daughter. He spoke of the bad ex ample he said Dr. Taylor had given his daughter. Judge Webb'a charge was concise. He reviewed the evidence and the argument of the attorneya. He pointed out what' constitutes a "reasonable doubt" He stated that the real evi dence must be found as relating to the last two years, that the evidence before that time waa admitted only to give light on tha other. Sentences were pronounced Satur day afternoon against several persons convicted at this term of court. They follow. Judson Walker, negro, guilty of receiving stolen goods; Judgment con tinued for two years, during which he must appear and show good behavior. Bond fixed at t200, t Joe Patterson, convicted of highway robbery; two years on the county roads. Patterson was convicted of knocking W. E. Ratcllffe, an oltl man at I'roxlmity mill, village. In the head and robbing him of about 1400. - W. K. Kthertdge, found guilty ' of larceny of an auto; .eight montha, to be hired out by the county commls sioners. ,. , . Walter Moon, W. A. Craven and P. W. Coble plead guilty to manufactur ing whisky: $50 each. Robert Jenkins plead guilty to housebreaking; six months on tho roads. Jim Summers; ISO for retailing. . Lum McLeod, eight months for re tailing liquor, capias to be Issued In three days. , Clarence Martin, negro, receiving atolen goods; four months on the roads. Will Martin, negro; larceny; six months on the county roads. W. L. Walker, bigamy, 60 days, to be assigned to work on the county roads. Court will adjourn Wednesday after noon for the Christmas holidays, WARREN FLORA IS SHOT IN LEG BY W. T. PHELPS Pkrlps, a Tirket Taker la a Rocky Mount Vaudeville Theater, Shoots After An Argument IRlwUI I. Lull! Ncm.l Rocky Mount, Dec. 17. Considerable excitement was occasioned in the business district this afternoon about 4 o'clock when W. T. Phelps, ticket taker at a local vaudeville theater, shot. Warren Flora, a young white man of this city In the leg following a dispute as to whether or not Flora was trying to get into the theater without a ticket. The shooting oc curred In the lobby of tho theater and created ., muchaxciUuiui ,-immf- the Saturday afiernoon crowd both on the streets end In the vaudeville house. According to the story told officers by Mr. Phelps, who is well up in his seventies. Flora was trying to get by him without alcket. There was some argument after which the ticket taker alleges the young man knocked him down. Then it was, ho claimed, that he pulled a pistol and fired, the ball passing through the fleshy part of Flora's leg creating a. painful though by no means a serious flesh wound. The youth. It is stated, gives a dif ferent version and denies knocking Mr. Phelps down. After the shooting Mr. Phelps was, placed under a S00 bond for a hear-' ing next week'on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. nOCKY MOl'NT NOBLES TO ATTF.M) lllli CEHKMQMAL (Spwlil M UUlj Nfwa) Rocky Mount, Dec. 17. "On to New Bern" was the slogan at a special Rhodes Puts Volume of Quality Ahead Of Volume of Mass LlSTEN: A retail store's greatness is no more to be based on volume alone than human greatness Is to be .based 'on worldly possessions. In MEN and their institutions, truth, unchanged and unchanging, still re mains the sole spiritual denominator of intrinsic worth. w HAT a man IS still remains more important than what he HAS, and what a store sells, and the way it sells, still remains more important than HOW MUCH it sells. Rhodes does not despise great volumi. We seek it But we seek only to make volume incideht to value and truth, never to make value and truth incident to volume. OuR mission is to inform; not to inflame; to clarify, norto exploit; to deal fairly, freely, fully with all, and fearlessly on all occasions represent any article to the public, just as we would want it represented to us, and if necessary sacrifice a sale rather than make it, or build on the shifting sands of popular clamor, " If You Agree With Our Sentiments Of Doing Business We Shall Be Glad To Have You For a Customer, . ' . ... The Rhodes Clothing Co. .Wra. S. Rhodes Greensboro John W. Rhodes wiii"ni.mii")iiiiisDii'iiiii meeting and smoker held by the Rocky Mount Shrine club at the chamber of commerce assembly rooms last night when various committees were ap pointed and plana formulated by which the local Shrlners will attend the mid winter ceremonial of Sudan Temple December 29, in full force. Upwards of 60 nohles from this Im mediate vicinity and a large number of cundluutes are expected to make the New Hern trip. At least two and possibly three special Pullman ears will be provided for the Rocky Mount del egation. The exact number to make the pilgrimage, however, will not be known until next Wednesday night, December 21, when another special meeting and smoker of the local club will be held for the purpose of perfecting final plans and checking up on the arrange ments already made. , LEADER'S FIGURE ADORNS CAMPFIRE GIRLS' MED At Copyrltlit br linderwooa Underwood. Mrs.. Oliver llarrlman In tha Rarb she wore while Mrs. Harry Duryea, sculptress, designed the medal for the organization of which Mrs. llarrlman Is national president . The Essex Coach r ;.,T I, $1495 f. o. b. Detroit I. ITsT-TfL !w ; if f jfo Has These Fitter Car Details Dal romroHi'd ventl lutot. . LuitriesiiJ loollockti in ri-ar. Ne'' '. typ j raiy -p.'ra- I'.i f. ir.'iikl;.!i i'riifte on doer windows, r'o'ii hinges, on each t!r. Radiator shutters ant! motnmeler for effi cient motor control. 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