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Show WAS FOND OF THE SISTERS. Captain Tabor Kxpelled From Church Because Be-cause of His Affectionate Mature. Little Rock, Oct. 17. Captain H. S. Taber, United States army engineer corps, bas been the subject of much gossip for the last year. , He was , superintendent sup-erintendent of the Congregational Sunday Sun-day school here, and haviug had charge of the government river improvements and the disbursion of congressional appropriations ap-propriations for tho rivers of Arkansas and Missouri, was looked upon as a prominent man. A year ago stories to tne effect that the captain had a habit of showing fondness for the female members of the flock began to be circulated. cir-culated. At first, 011 account of the deep piety of the captain, little attention atten-tion was paid to them, but they would not be suppressed and finally" became the gossip of the town. His s'ster-in-law, a pretty girl of dark style of beauty, is a typewriter in his ollice.and she was mentioned time and again in connection with the captain. Last night the church held an investigation, and as a result the captain was expelled from the church. A military investigation investiga-tion may follow. |