Williard Taylor, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Milliard Taylor was perhaps fatally burned Tuesday morning as a result of an explosion of turpentine which was being heated on the stove. Both parents were badly burned in their efforts to save the child's life and the house in which they were living and the contents were totally destroyed by the fire.

The family lived on one of Dr. L.S. Lacy's farms north of Milton known as the Fred Ottwell farm, which joins on the cornor of the William Perry farm. Mr. Taylor was heating some turpentine with which to treat a lame horse. He was going into the house to get the turpentine and the little son ran in ahead of him. Just as they neared the stove the turpentine exploded throwing flames over the entire room. The little boy's clothing caught and the parents made a frantic effort to put out the fire. Two-thirds of the child's body was burned and the burns were so deep that he suffered very little from pain. The little body is burned from the knees to the neck.

Mrs. Taylor had both hands burned, but her injuries are not serious. Mr. Taylor has one hand that is very badly burned. They were taken to Milton where Dr. Doss dressed their injuries and made them as comfortable as possible. They later came to this city were Dr. Lacy examined the child. He stated that it was very doubtful if the child would live more than two or three days. The family went to Time where they will make their home with Mrs. Taylor's parents for the present. Two of the children were in school and there was a baby at home. The house was a one story building, Dr. Lacy stated that he thought the house was insured. The terrible accident happened about 10 o'clock