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CONFtSSESKILLiHGHUSBflND
MRS. TAYLOR CONFESSES
KILLING HER
HUSBAND.
Aided by Her Daughter, She Chop
ped His Body to Pieces, Burned
Them in the Stove, Ground
the Bones and Fed Them
to the Chickens.
Monticello, N. Y., Feb. 9. Mrs.
Lafayette Taylor, of Centervilla, Sul
livan county, confessed to having
killed her husband, Lafayette Tay
lor, and burned the body on January
26, to escape detection. Taylor dis
appeared on the night of January 25,
and ij;pc?sci! Ac hr.v: ''--crt"?
his faruily. On February G, JMrs.
Taylor attempted to sell a horse to a
Centerville man, who would not buy
for fear Taylor might come back and
claim it. Mrs. Taylor told him to
rest easy on that point, for she had
killed him and burned his body.
The 14-year-old daughter of the
Taylors was asked about the story
her mother had told about having
killed hew father. She said the story
was true. Mrs. Taylor was arrested
and to-day made a full confession.
Her story is that her husband, who
was a hard drinker, came home on
the night of January 25, very drunk
and began to abuse her. She secured
a revolver which she had purchased
a few days before and tried to fright
en him. He attempted to take it
from her and in the struggle it went
off, the bullet striking him over the
eye and killing him instantly. She
was so frightened for fear of being
arrested for murder that she decided
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to cut up the body and burn it. Her
14-year-old daughter witnessed the
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shooting and helped her to cut up the ,
body in small pieces with an axe ana
burn it m the kitchen stove together
with the clothing of the victim. The
burnt Loaes were ground fine and fed
to the hens. The blood spots were
covered with paint
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The Taylors lived on a farm a mile
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mi tue iiiain road unti uie chances j
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discover v were few. Mrs. Taylor
is about 10 years old. She says she
confessed because the crime haunted
her. She was brought to the Monti
cello jU to-night. The daughter has
not been arrested yet.
NOTHING TO SAY.
G rover Cleveland Sees No Occasion
for Talking Out.
Cincinnati, Feb. 9. In response to
a direct inquiry as to whether he was
a candidate or would accept another
nomination for the presidency, the
following has been received from
former President Grover Cleveland:
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 6, 1903.
To the Editor of Times-Star, Cincin
nati. Dear Sir: I received your letter of
the 4th instant, asking on behalf of
the Times-Star for an expression re
garding my intentions as related to
the next Democratic nomination for
the presidency.
I cannot possibly bring my mind
to the belief that a condition of senti
ment exists that makes any expres
sion from me on the subject of the
least importance.
Yours, very truly,
Grover Cleveland. -
all
las, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney Huns
Bone, Stifles Sprains, all Swoolen
Throats, Couphs, etc. Btve $50 by use
of ona-bottle .wwraur
.Warranted ho mestj
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Er glish Spavin Llnement rem
wonderful Blemwn u orrr
Sold by M. B. Robinson & ro,. dm
fflsta. Goldaboro. 15:0.
ANCIAL SHOWING.
The Bank of Wayne Declares a Five i
Per Cent Semi-Annual j
Dividend.
Elsewhere in this issue we publish
the statement of the Bank of Wayne,
the directors of which have just de
clared a semi-annual dividend of 5
per cent, and in mailing the dividend
checks to the stock holders, the
cashier, Mr. Walter E. Borden, has
sent them the following letter, which
we have been permitted, by one of
them, to publish, and which breathes
of the patriotism, appreciation and
conservatism that have ever charac
terized the administration of this
splendid financial institution, that
through all the years of its history
has been the unfailing bulwark of
Goldsboro's progress and is the pride
of our town :
Jpnnary 31st, we find that yorr
Bank has earned daring the past six
months something more than twelve
thousand five hundred dollars, or an
equivalent of more than twenty per
cent per annum upon its capital
stock. The deposits of your bank
have more than doubled during the
past five years, and its total assets
to-day stand at three quarters of a
million dollars.
"These conditions have been;
brought about by an earnest effort on
our part to build up this community,
and to meet every reasonable de- i
mand of the public. We endeavor !
to make a friend of every depositor, j
and to make his account on our books
! of value to him as well as to our
selves. With the showing made as
above stated, your Directors have
thought it not unwise to pay to you
a semi-annual dividend of five per
cent.
"I take much pleasure in handing
to you herewith our check to cover
same.
Yours very truly,
W. E. Borden,
Cashier.
There is nothing we can add to
this letter, except that, coming, as it j
does, as an official statement of the j
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bank, it sustains what the Argus
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knowledge, had to sav in reference,
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in
etter, and comparing it j
j with the statement in this issue, we ;
find in that statement (1898) the sur- j
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plus was i?40,0i0, the undevided !
profits $8,081.87, and the deposits!
$242,613.50, and the round totals
$4iJ0,449.3o.
Our readers can make their own
comparisons between the two state
ments and incisure the -progress
achieved within the intervening five
years, and from this realize the
steady growth of Goidsboro as a city.
In fact, we doubt if any other bank
in the country can show such a rec
ord. All of which goes to yet further
sustain the claim of the Argus that
we've got the best town in the State.
Statement of the eonditioa of '
BANK OF WAYNE.
At close of business, Jan. 31, 1903.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. .". . $488 664.54
Orerdrafts 6,741.78
Stocks and Bonds 27,000.00
Premium 6,000 00
Real Estate 21,761.00
Cash in Vault and due from
banks, 223,60709
$773,774 41
LIABILITIES.
Capital . S125,000,C0
Surplus 50.000-00
Undivided profits, net. . . 26 925 11
Due Depositors . 571.849.30
$773,774,41
$100 Dr. E. Detclion's Anti
Diuretic may be worth to you more
than $100 if you have a child who
soils bedding from incontinence of
water during sleep. Cures c Id and
young alike It arrests the trouble
at once 91. Sold by M. E. Robin
eon &Bro. druggists, Goidsboro.
Washington, Feb. 4. The Senate
to-day confirmed the appointment of
Daniel W. Patrick, Collector of Cus
toms, district of Pamlico, N. C.
This ARGOs oer tie people's rlct
Doth Hr atoma! vtirj ireei';
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"OVERCHARGE" BILL.
III
TO CONVERT THE PENITEN- !
TIARY INTO A HOS
PITAL. To Vaccinate All Public School
Children Mr. Erwin's Substi
tute Bill to Prevent Over
charges in Freight Rates
Resolution About
the Peabody
Fund.
Raleigh News & Observer Feb. 9.
The House yesterday passed a
joint resolution introduced by Judge
Graham to investigate the cost of
converting the penitentiary building
ir to a hnsTtital for criminal irigane
or oilier useful purposes.
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It is claimed that, as so few pris- j
oners are kept at the prison here in !
Raleight, the room thus apparently j
wasted should be utilized.
Another resolution by Judge Gra- !
ham was adopted. It concerns the I
distribution of the Peabody Fund, i
and requests the trustees of that fund
to set aside for educational purposes j
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i lxunu varuiiua, me sum lo wmcn
the State may seem to be entitled
under the deeds of trust of 1867 and
1869.
This resolution is on the strength
of the statement in the press that the
trustees contemplated closing the i
trust and concentrating the fund in
the several States.
A bill requiring all public school 1
children to be vaccinated was intro
duced by Judge Graham. It pro
vides that no child or person not
vaccinated shall be admitted into
any of the public schools' of the
Siate. The school committee may
adopt a resolution excluding children
not vaccinated until they are vacci- j
nated, and post copies of the notice j
at legist ten days beforehand. Within
two weeks after such announcement,
it shall be the duty of the county
superintendent of health to visit the
school and vaccinate ail children not I
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previously vaccinated. The teacher j
of the school shall furnish to the '!
vaccinator a list of the children en
rolled, and within ten days he shall
report on the vaccinal status of the
school to tho county superintendent
of instruction, the county sanitary
committee and the secretary of the
State Board of Health.
Mr. Oilman introduced a substitute
for his bill to protect the traveling
public by having capable and effic
ient agents and operators at railroad
stations. The maximum for a day's
work is now set at twelve hours in
stead of ten hours. Otherwise the
substitute is practically the same as
the original bill, requiring agents
and operators to furnish evidence of
proficiency before they can be ' em
ployed by a railroad or telegraph
company.
A substitute introduced by Mr.
Erwin for his bill to prevent over
charges in freight rates makes a
number of changes in that important
measure, but in no way weakens it.
In the first place the roads are
given fifteen days instead of ten in
which to refund any excess due to an
overcharge.
Then the fine for violation of the
law is put at $50.00 for the first day
and $25.00 for every day thereafter
that the excess is not refunded.
; A new provision compels the roads
to move freight within forty-eight
hours after the bill of lading is issued,
and to keep it moving:. It is made a
misdemeanor to hold freight at any
intermediate station for more than
forty-eigUt i.ours.
r-o duiiii ing an aiiis o toaia'?
C-?: lo'lit.fi V, unfit red to
LO! HERE IS UTLEY.
Walks Into Sheriff's Office and Sur
renders Says He Escaped
Unaided, That the Locks
Were Opened By a
' Device of His
Own.
Fayetteville, N. C, Feb. 6. Ed.
Li. Utley's voluntary surrender to
the authorities this morning caused
a sensation equal to his escape. His
insanity is now generally conceded.
Utley says no outsider assisted him,
that the locks were opened by a de
vice of his own invention. He ex-
oneaates the jailer fully, saying that !
he simply let himself out and walk
ed away. Near Wakulla, in Robe
son county, he bought a horse to be
called for later. He returned at
night, and having read a newspaper
account of his escape, realized that
the jailer, who had befriended him
in rrvsov ivps A terraced. On this ac
count he rcuide himself known to his
host, a farmer named McGirt, gave
him his pistol and a large sum of
money and agreed to pay the ex
penses of both back to Fayetteville.
Utley says he walked out of the
jail at 10 o'clock Monday night and
traveled on foot all that night. The
next dry and night he spent in a
swamp. He is silent as to his where
abouts on Wednesday night. Thurs
day he spent in a swamp, and that
night he stayed with McGirt, from
whom he bought the horse.
At eleven o'clock to-day, while
the sheriff and a posse were out on a
supposed clue, he entered the sher
iff's office and entertained Colonel
Cook and others for an hour before
the officers returned. Utley is now
in his old cell, which has ' been furn
ished with new locks. McGirt, who
accompanied him, does not claim
any reward, although a total of $1,
000 was offered for Utley's arrest.
FRUITS OF FULLER BILL.
Southern Gives Winston New Sta
tion, by Order of Corpora
tion Commission.
Raleigh News & Observer.
The Fuller Union Depot bill has
done some good even before it is
passed.
Winston has just gotten a new pas
senger and freight depot from the
Southern Railway.
Some time ago the Winston Board
of Trade sent a petition to the Corpo
ration Commission, asking for a new
freight depot and passeDger station,
and additional side-track facilities for
handling freight. The petition was
granted and yesterday the Southern
Railway answered through Col. A.
B. Andrews, first vice-president, that
tiie matter was now in the hands of
architects, and that the station would
be built as soon as the plans were
completed and bids secured, and that
additional tracks tor sidings would
be laid as soon as the rails were re
ceived. YOUNG LADY DROWNED.
Miss Ethel Royster Swept From a
Buggy Into a Creek.
Oxford, N. C, Feb. 4. Miss Ethel
Royster, daughter of Mr. L. A. Roys
ter of this place, and a teacher in one
of the county schools, was drowned
this morning in Hatchett's run while
on her way to school. In the buggy
with her wTere a young man named
Tilottson and his sister, who escaped
similar fate by clinging to bushes
overhanging the creek. The horse
was drowned. The body of the
young lady has been recovered.
Relief iu Six Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Diseaf? relieved in ix hours by
"New Great South A mebican Kidnet
Cuke It is a great surprise on ac
count of its exceeding nromptneps
in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys
and back, in male or female. Re
lieves retention of water almost im
mediately. It you want quick relief
and cure this is the remedy Sold
by M. B. Rob nson & Bro druegiatf,
Goidsboro, N: C
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ITEMS OF. INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
The Latest Telegraphic News of the
Day Boiled Down to a Focus
For Busy Readers.
,K.t,A. J- wuuno UU 1,1 J.V7 V iXL 1 U.
South Africa have been published.
Practically half the population of
Wales is to be found in Glamorgan
shire. A chimney of 115 feet high will,
without danger, sway ten inches in a
wind.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Feb, 10.
The Episcopalians here have bought
a four thousand dollar lot on which
they will erect a handsome stone
Ui oil.
Lexington, N. C, Feb. 10. A case
of smallpox developed in the western
suburbs of the city yesterday. The
patient is a colored woman, and the
disease is in a rather mild form.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 10. All
the warships in Admiral Glass squad
ron sailed from this port for Hondu
ras to-day. -With the New York are
the Boston, Marblehead and Ranger.
London, Feb. 10. The steamer
Watchful, of Liverpool, to-day sank
the steamer Arthur, of Cardiff in a
collision off Barry. Most of the crew
of the Arthur were asleep at the time
of the accident, but eight men were
saved. Five others were lost.
Durham, N. C, Feb. 10. At a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
here to-night the Fuller Depot Bill
was the greatest consideration. They
requested that every one in Durham
interested in the union depot will
write a letter to one Senator asking
for his support of the measure. A
list of Senators was given out to the
people so they could select any one
they wished to. Fifty-one copies. of
the illustrated souvenir, recently
published in Durham, will be sent
down to Mr. Fuller to be placed on
the desk of every Senator. This will
be done that the Senators may see
he progress of our city. These reso
lutions were signed by Aldermen
McCade, H. M. Snow, W. II. Rogers.
Asheville, N. C, Feb. 5. Con
gressman J. M. Moody died at his
ho?ne in Waynesville this afternoon
at 1:45 o'clock. The news of Major
Moody's death came as a shock. Pie
had been ill for several weeks in
Washington before he returned to
Waynesville last Saturday morning.
Part of his time he was in a Wash
ington hospital, and when it was seen
how really serious his condition was
it was suggested by his physician
that he go home and take a rest from
his congressional work. It was
thought also that the damp, cold
weather at the capitol was injurious
to him, and that when he returned
to the high, dry and healty atmos
phere to which he ' was accustomed
he would recuperate.
Washington, Feb. 9. The story
sent out by the Associated Press Sun
day, to the effect that John D. Rocke
feller wired a number of Senators
urging the defeat of the anti-trust
publicity amendment to the com
merce bill, is regarded with skepti
cism in Washington. Not a person
has yet beeu found who will come
forward and say he saw one of these
alleged telegrams and will vouch for
its authenticity. Every member of
the Senate has been sounded, and so
far as it is possible to learn, none of
them know anything about these
much discussed messages from Mr.
Rockefeller. It was pretty well set
tled in newspaper circles to-day that
the story was given out by Mr.
Roosevelt himself at the White
House last Saturday, nigljt. '
It is said that Texas alone mark
ets f 50,000,000 worth of cattle an- '
nually. x
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NO 169
A SAD DEATH.
The Spirit of Miss Florence Tucker
Boylan Quit Its Prison
Last Night.
Raleigh News-Observer, Feb. 5.
Many hearts will be sorely grieved
this morning when it is learned that
Miss Florence Tucker Boylan is dead.
Since Saturday she has been seriously
ill, but none thought that the bright
life of this most popular young wo
man would thus end so suddenly.
The end came to relieve her suffering
last night at 11 o'clock.
Miss Boylan was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Boylan, the
granddaughter of Mrs. Florence P.
Tucker, and the sister of Miss Mary
Kincey Boylan, Miss Margaret T.
Boylan, Miss Katheryne Boylan,
Mr. William Boylan, and Mr. Rufus
T. Boylan, all of whom are heart
broken to thus have their daughter,
grand-daughter and sister so sud-
The sincere sympathy of the whole
community goes out to the grief
stricken family.
Miss Boylan was known in social
circles throughout the State. Her
friends are legion. She was known
as a bright young woman, possessed
of a lovely, enviable character. It
was only to know her to be her
friend. Her presence shed a ray of
happiness on every gathering. Her
short life of twenty-one years is
marked with innumerable deeds of
kindness and charity. It is needless
to say that she will be sorely missed
in Raleigh and throughout the State.
The funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
WiiUton-Salem, Feb. 9. William
Lash, colored, was found iu a gutter
in Salem this evening, unconscious.
He was drinking and lay on the
ground all night. He died a few
minutes after being carried to the
police station.
Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 4 Mr.
Harvey Cox, a prominent citizen of
Onslow county, son of the late Sher
iff Harvey Cox, was found dead in
the road yesterday morning, half
way between his home and Jackson
ville. He spent Monday in Jack
sonville and was drinking heavily
all day. That evening he started
home, driving iu a buggy. ne iived
12 miles from Jacksonville. Yester
day morning his dead' body was
found. It was evident that he Lad
fallen out of the buggy and was drag
ged some distance, there being plain
evidence of the fact along the road.
Washington, Feb. 4. Senator M.
A. Hanna introduced in the Senate
to-day a bill which not only provides
for pensions for ex-slaves, but actual
ly arranges for families, ranging
from $500 to $100 in value. There is
only one interpretation of the Ohio
Senator's action, and that is, lie has
made a bold effort to outbid Mr.
Roosevelt for the negro vote. Every
Republican politician in the present
day apparently trims his sails to
catch the negro vote, and it would
seem tnat Mr. Hanna has fallen in
line.
Letter to F. j7u,
Goidsboro; N. c.
Dear Sir: You naturally want to
make your own and your customer's
money go as far as possible. So in
the general interest, we tell yoa why
fewer gallons of Devoe Lead anJ
paLCts!m PaiUt " housetneinixed
Let's suppose you are usin" lead
and oil. Instead of lead and oil von
putin four-fifths whiting, lime water
and other stuff that dSsnTpaln
all Put that against a gallon oHead
and oil, and what will it do? One
fifth as much. Ufr
How much of your labor is wnw
Four-fifths. HoV good a Job wm?i
make? No comparison. How Such
good will it do you in your business
to turn out such a job? "e&s
And so on.
Devoe Lead and Zinc paints a houe
with fewer gallons than mfxed
paints, and wears twice as long as
lead and oil.
Yours truly,
E. W. Devoe & Co., '
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