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GOSSETT TRIAL
RESUME]
Four Motions By Coi
Are Overruled?Che
Illegally Constitute
Venire and Cc
Motions A
emiilii
The trial of Kenneth and John tria
Gossett will be resumed here Thurs- as
day morning at 10 o'clock, motion seci
for a change of venue having been
denied Tuesday evening by Judge
Sease. 1
jJud
it is understood that General Mil-^3?'
ledge L. Bonham, former inspector ni?t
general, and native of Abbeville, has "**'
been retained as attorney by de- i*"e
fense in the Gossett case and is ex-,nou
pected to arrive tonight from And-|so^
erson. j1'00'
General Bonham is one of the! Il
best known and most distinguished
lawyers in the State and hi? addition silO1
to counsel for defense will be of in- mill
terest not only to his many friends a Cl
here, but will be a matter of statewide
interest. jrea<
|
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Four Motions Overruled 'felt
Four motions were argued by at- han
torneys for defense before Judge' 017
Sease Wednesday morning. All were'
overruled.
star
The first of these motions wasl t
that the court was unconstitutionally l_ea]
constituted and the second to quash '0f t
the indictment on the ground that jje
the court, ordered by the governor be .
was unconstitutionally constituted feit
in that the governor had exceeded his wou
constitutional powers and invaded; S
the judiciary in ordering a special ]ast
term of court. Counsel for defense be i
maintained that only the Chief Jus- to 1
tice of the Supreme Court had this wou
authority, while the Supreme Court gua
was not in session. onlj
In overruling this motiotn Judge in t
Sease said that it was his opinion jj
fViot tVio (rnvpmnr HiH not have the ,
authority to order a special term of beli,
court, but that Chief Justice Eugene jCoul
B. Gary had sanctioned the order by Cou
appointing a judge to hold the court |of i
and had thus recognized the order of firn
the governor. ;Abt
1 see
Motion to Quash Venire I
less
The third motion was tc quash
venire on the grounds that the court T
for which the panel had been drawn (was
was not legally constituted, because fort
unconstitutionally ordered by the c
governor; in that notice of the^*101
drawing of the jury had been pub-^or
fished March 19 for a panel to be^011
drawn March 24, 5 days intervening, 1ue
when the law provided that a ten,?011
day notice should be given; further |^en:
that the jury commission had illegal- |ac^
ly thrown out from three to six :ven
names in the drawing, when it had|?e*
WA rtiifl* 1. _ i M 01
iiu ciuunvii iujt -lu reject names drawn <
unless the persons drawn wereious
fer<
known to be disqualified. This last
motion was overruled. I
tria
The fourth motion was for a con"'^ea
tinuance on the grounds that the de-'g
fense had not been able to get local
counsel; that sufficient time for the!
preparation of the case had not been i,
;fer<
allowed and that the defense thought I .
'tria
that thev could eret material wit-j_
' 1C01
nesses ;f they were given further!
time. This motion was also over-1
rule.!. j>>ut
. squ
A Public Trial , Ties
Oeorpe Bell Timmerman, one of Sov
counsel for defense, raised the ques- pus
tion as to how the testimony of bev
prosecutrix in case should be taken,jcon
asking the court to allow it to be|injr
taken by the clerk of court and .wil
broutrh; by him into court. This was tv
di. allov.ed bv court and in rloinf sn der
rn-jrt ?iid tha*" it 'Intended that the Tin
TO BE
) THURSDAY,;
msel For Defense iwi
/ if I
inge ot Venue,
P Court, Illegal ?
)ntinuance
11 Lost
I DETUNED .
?? th
1 should be as open and as public w]
possible; that nothing would be fj,
:et.
Two Questions Decided iga
* IT.
"wo questions were decided by;11
ge Sease Tuesday in the Gossett,^
The first was the denial of a^'
;ion bv counsel for defense forlne
i
nge of venue. The second wasjw<
definite and clear cut pro- P*
ncement by the court that no
lier would come into the court;
m during the trial. 'rrj:
I
a making this last statement no
ge Sease said that he wanted no Ft
at nf Pvusiiianism. no sitrn of sr>
tarism with bristling bayonets in'ni:
ivil court; that the tendancy to- g';
d such an order of tilings has al-'
ly progressed too far. !q?
. Od
Ik* court further said that he of
certain that Sheriff Burts could j in
die the situation with a select ca
is of civilian deputies. ilai
,
udge Sease, in fact by his firm a
id on this question placed the j^c
ter on the high ground of ap-j*0
I tell
;ing to the honor and integrity!
;he people of Abbeville County. en
did not believe that there would
my mob violence and that he;m
sure the citizens of this county ac
Id bear him out in his attitude,
heriff Burts when interviewed mc
night said that no attempt would soi
iiade to "slip" the two Gossetts^be
Abbeville for trial, but that they:all
Id be brought here openly under;it
rd of a few deputies; and that'pr
r a few deputies would be keptcu
he Court House during the trial. (ac:
1 denying the petition for change lw^
renue, Judge Sease said that he ^0<
eved Kenneth and John Gossett ^
!d get a fair trial in Abbeville|^e
i ,
nty; that there was no danger Ke
nob violence and that he was|^(
lly convinced that the people of jW?
eville County did not want to jon
the two Gossetts punished un-|cu
they were guilty. I '?
isai
he motion for a change of venue ,
argued Tuesday afternoon be-!
D(
i Judge Sease, court convening.
5 o'clock. From that hour until i
rtly after six o'clock attorneys
defense and prosecution spokeJ
. .i. , dn
pling cogent reasoning with elont
appeal. Proctor Bonham, of.
iham and Price, attorneys for de-,pr
se, made an unusually masterly'
ress in his appeal for a change of i
I of
ue. He was answered by George ""
CO
1 Timmerman, of the prosecution, j
su
re than 150 affidavits from vari-l
1C'
sections of the county were of-1 4
id to sustain the plea that the |
Gossetts could not obtain a fairjtl(
1 in Abbeville County. A great i 'e:
'M
1 was made of the fact by Mr. j
I fp
lham that local counsel could not,
obtained. !so
^ 'St
he prosecution in reply also of- j
sd affidavits to show that a fair j
.1 could be obtained in Abbeville
inty.
Deputy Sheriff T. L. Cann, De-'p;(
y U. S. Marshal C. .T. Bruce ami a' -jad
of picked deputies left Wed- jp]
day morninjr on the 10:00 o'clock p,
ithern train for Greenville. This |
1
se will brintr the Gossetts to Ab-.
ille in time for the opening of
rt at 10 o'clock Tnursdnv morn-!
'
. During the trial tln? Gossetts'G
1 be kept in the Abbeville Coun-|th
jail under a rruard of civilian jc<i
>uties. Anions the cleput ios wercli;
. T7: 11 1 TT r m
ruiui?\ ann \v. i. i.asoi). w
EWARD FOR FINDING
OF BODIES DROWNED
SUNDAY IN SAVANNA
The latest news from Harpe
rry concerning the unfortuna
' AiimSnrv f a? rvnfPAM P TMAof
VWXIUJg, VI 1 OVllOj
iiom were children, last Sundi
ening brings the tidings that noi
' the bodies has been found, thouj
e river was carefully dragged f
ro miles below the ferry Tuesd;
ternoon.
One thousand dollars was raisi
the Lowndesville section Tuesd;
be paid as rewards for the findii
the bodies. $100 is to be given
e person finding one body and tl
hole amount will be given for tl
nding of all the bodies.
Several thousands of persons we
ithered on the banks of the riv
lesday, while many were draggii
e river. People from Greenwoo
cCormick, Anderson r.n.! oth
arby towns were there. Mai
?re relatives of the drowned pe
e. All came to assist in the sear<
r the bodies.
\
An undergarment of one of tl
rls was found late Tuesday afte
on about five miles below Harpe
rry. The garment had caught on
ag near the bank and was reco.
zed by the mother of one of tl
rls.
The ferry was one of the typic
vannalj river ferriers, consistir
a flat bottom boat, which is he
place by two strands of wi;
ble connecting the boat to anothi
ger cable which extends from or
nk of the river to the other. Tl
>w of the river furnishes the powi
propel the flat. The front cable
ken up and the rear cable lengtl
ed, making the flat present c
lique surface to the force of tl
*er's flow, thereby propelling
ross the stream.
The main cable which is usual:
jored on each side of the river i
Tie large tree or post which hi
en especially constructed is gene
y fastened to a spool and ratche
being highly necessary for tl
inicpal cable to be kept taut to s<
re the flat and to make it trav
tj. *1.
LU35 tuc rivci. xi waa .1/1IC apw
lich gave away Sunday afternoo;
>sening the big cable and causir
i boat to sink. While the cab
Id tight, the loaded boat natural!
pt itself ^suspended, the force <
b river bearing it up, but when
is loosened, the "flies" of swee]
the side of the boat caused tl
rrent to dip the upper end of tl
it under water. The flat quick
nk out of sight.
5BERT L. CADE
CALLED TO RES
Mr. Robert L. Cade. 45 years ol
sd last Friday morning at his hon
Lisbon. He belonged to an old ar
ominent family of this section ar
is one of the most lovable men
e state. His remains were burii
Friendship church in Wilk
unty on Saturday. Mr. Cade
rvived by his mother, Mrs. L. i
ide, to whom he showed a love ai
votion that challenged the admir
)n of all who knew him. He al
aves one brother, John >S. Cade,
t. Carmel, S. C. Hundreds <
iends will learn with profoui
rrow of his going away.?Elbert*
ar.
LAND SOLD
L. M. Tolbert, of the Dixie Lai
sold this week to J. A. Shan
T> acres of the Gordon WTii
ace, four miles south of town. t:
ice paid being about $-">0 per acr
Mr. McKissick in Town
Mr. Rion McKissick, editor of t
roenvillc Piedmont, arrived he
lis morning to handle the Gossc
iso for his oant'i'. 'Mr. MoTv??-ji
is many friends in Abbeville \v
ere clad to se<* him.
?! BOLL WORM MOST
-| SERIOUS MENACE TO j
:l COTTON INDUSTRY
ne I Department of Agriculture
yL | 9
I Alarmed Over Failure to!
or |
Control the Pest
iy
I Washington, April 6.?Re-ap!
pearance of the pink boll worm in;
? I nnrl Hlcnnvor? nf the inRAPt '
0?j ' ? DAUt} auu U1UVV T VI J Wfc ?MV ...wwv. .
j in Louisiana present the most scly!rious
situation which has ever con-,
ig fronted the cotton industry of the f
?0 United States, according to experts I
of the Department of Agricultui*. j
"e Unless preventative measures be
lie | immediately taken, a review of the j
situation issued, today said, the boll i
! worm will become a permanent and !
re serious limiting factor in the pro-i
jduction of cotton.
j The drastic quarantine now be-!
igjing .enforced in Louisiana g>ives!
j 'hope of an eradication of the pest
' j in that section, the review said
er:but the "unfortunate result" of the
ly I resumption of cotton growing in
Texas districts where the boll worm
j has become intrenched threatens; to
'"'undo the work of stamping out the
| destroyers.
"As a result of the failure of the
ie state of Texas to carry out the pro<1
gram of control which had been'
1 promised, *if the insect should re-t
rsjappear,v the review stated, "a new'
a1 and very serious phase of the sit-]
_!iiation developed early in 1920.;
Tim nnp drawback to success now is
le: the delay in Tnxas in establishing
i non-cotton zones for the infected
areas, a delay which already has real
suited in the planting of considlfr
erable areas in cotton. Destruction
of this cotton later on, if authorized*
by the state, will simply J
re: mean that much greater cost."
er \ -e
ie More Indictments
ic Expected by N. Y.
Jrj Vice Crusader
1
isj New York, April 6.?Assistant Dish-'
trict Attorney James Er Smitii, vice
crusader, announced today he expect>nted
more members of the police deiejpartmfent
would be indicted next!
tj Thursday when the regular grand
; jury resumed its consideration of
'charges that the tenderloin is "wide
| open." Third Deputy Commissioner
'y i Porter and two detectives already
in | are under indictment. j
j The Fourth inspection disfrftt,
over which Inspector Dominick
r-j Henry has charge, was described by
I ! Mr. Smith as "the skunk hole of New
'[York." He added that charges of:
Je;Rev. John Roach Straton, made Sun-,
e- day in a sermon at Calvary Baptist j
I church, that vice was rampant along,
the great white way were "correct." |
ol!
n.i Palmer Blamed
|g For Sugar Prices
'e Washington, April 6.?Hearings in
ly,connection with the investigation of;
Attorney General Palmer's action in |
| fixing a 17 1-8 cent price for Louisi-i
it j ana cane sugar as figures that would.
pS I govern federal actions against sugar ]
! profiteers was begun today before a
ie ! sub-committee of the House judiciary
le committee. Representative Tinkham, |
]v'Republican, Massachusetts, author of!
' resolutions proposing the inquiry, ap- J
peared before the committee.
He would prove. Mr. Tinkham said,!
.before concluding his presentation!
| that Mr. Palmer's nction cost the peo. j
7 nle of the country $900,000,000 ini
increased sugar prices,
i Representative Tinkham contended ,
d? that the Attorney General was with-J
leout authority under the Lever act
1(j nr nnv other statuTe to fix the price
of sugar.
in i\ q W Plane Will
Cros? the Pacific,
es! Daniels Believes1
is | I
! Washington April 6?Secretary DanJ
iels told the Senate naval committee
id today that he hoped that "in two years
1 or less we will have a machine that
a_ | has flown across the Pacific.*'
so' The Secretary was discussing a proof
vision in the annual naval bill, for the
i preservation of the trans-Atlantic seao^plane
X. 0.-4 in the national museum.
lcj He did not go into any details as to
j the proposed trans-Pacific flight.
)n | Mrs. C. B. Alexander of Ware Shoals, |
i is spenuixiK uie ween wuii utrr bisieia,
I Mrs. Engles Mrs. Middleton and .Mrs.!
CSreene. ,
Plan to Raise Red
Flasr in the East;
Moscow. M;srch 2H.?At a meeting |
to of tbe Persian communist party held.
;le Mirch 27. a manifesto was issued:
:--a\ ii i :
j "The time is not far distant when j
th<> Pod fla.ii of (lie free proletariat |
J will be raised in the e.'-st." according j
i to ."d vices received here.
he Ordered to Restore
Street Car Service!
t Toledo O.. A?>ri! 'V ?Fed"r;'l .li'dce j
CK Ki'!ii< todj-.v ordered I'.ih Toledo llail-1
ho v>';:ys I'nu I.igli; ?nniiK'ny hi restore;
street cor service Thursday morning.'
i thr?:itenir.fr to name a receiver if the
Southern Freight
Rate Association
Is Now Organizes
Atlanta, Ga? April 6.?Organizatio
or tne soutnern rreignt Kate uommii
tee, with offices in the transportatio
building at Atlanta, has been complel
ed, it was announced today by Lincol
Green, vice president of the Souther
railway and chairman of the execi
tive committee of the Southern Freigh
Rate Association.
The committee is composed of th
following:
G. K. Caldwell, formerly assistar
freight traffic manager. Southern rai
way system, Atlanta, chairman; S. I
Mitchell, formerly assistant to th
freight traffic manager, Louisville <
Nashville railroad; Louisville, Ky,
C. McD. Davis, formerly gener;
freight agent, Atlantic Coast Lini
Wilmington, N. C., E. K. Bryan, foi
merly assistant general freight agen
Illinois Central, Memphis. Tenn.; (
S. Rains, formerly assistant genen
freight agent. Seaboard Air Line, Noi
folk, Va.; L. E. Chalenor, Atlanti
formerly chajrm^n of the Old Soutl
eastern Freight Association, secretar;
The committee will have jurisdictio
in the entire territory south of th
Ohio and Potomac and east of th
Mississippi rivers.
Opposition to the
Government General
Throughout Irelan<
Dublin, April 6.?Opposition to th
government never has been so genei
al throughout Ireland as it is todaj
Some critics protest against the sc
versity of military regime but thei
attacks are met by demands from otli
ers who assert that steps taken hav
not been sufficiently drastic and tha
measures intended to be coerciv
have failed in their object.
Inability to discover leaders of re
cent disorders and failures to gai
information as to plans for raids i
future has resulted in sharp criticisr
Government agents are apparent 1<
often victims of misinformation an
some military raids seem to hav
been based oi> data given by person
who are desirious of embarrassing th
administration. From time to tim
raids result in the capture of arm
and ammunition but very often th
soldiers take only quantities of sedi
tious literature.^ So much is printei
adverse to the government that man;
homes quite innocent of sympath;
with rebellion contain pamphlet
that might be easily classified as se
ditious but possession of such litera
lure is in liseu a crimmai uuense.
Palmer Attacks
Smith and Backs
President Wilsoi
Gainesville, Ga., April 6.?Openini
his campaign to obtain the st&port o
Georgia's delegation to the Democrati
national convention, Attorney Genera
Palmer in an address here today at
tacked the candidacy of Senator Hok
Smith for the Democratic Presidentia
nomination, assailed the record of th
Republican majority in congress am
upheld the position of President Wil
son in the treaty controversy.
The attorney general at the outse
of his address said he had enterei
the Georgia primary because "certai:
enemies of the administration propos
ed to enter a candidate'' with the in
tention 'only to secure a delegatio:
to the San Francisco conventio:
which might be controlled by the crit
ics of the administration.''
"The change in the plans of the op
ponents of the administration whic'
has resulted in the entering of th
name of a distinguished citizen c
Georgia as a candidate does not mater
lally alter the situation nor chang
my duty with respect to it.
Toledo Officials
Plan to Restore
lraction kervici
Toledo, 0.. April 6.?Following r<
fusal last night of city council to r(
cede to cover a wage raise deraande
by striking street carmen, Mayor Coi
nell Schreibet. Judge John M. Killil
of the United States^district cour
and Henry I. Doherty, head of the Tc
ledo traction interests, planned a cor
ference today in which an attemr
will be made to restore car service.
City officials were working frant
cally today trying to install an eff
cient motor bus service to tal^j car
of the working- public, many of whin
have been obliged to walk to an
when the carmen walked out.
Snow and freezing temperature
nvo nddfnsr 'n discomforts fm
mer oar ride;*, and downtown bus
ness is said to have felt the result <
the strike.
Albany. . Shows
Henlthv Tncreas
\V,:s! . V?v*il ?: 'YiiiUwiIi >
-tatfsl!. < rr'tioi; < (] lorfav ' the '-r>i
- as l'lireiii inrl'vl <
'<Mi;:nv. fJa. '' mi iiHT<"*as" i
.... ! i . i nver i 11".
p.,r,]>., 1,1 ;,ii! ;in i
I I'.ST or 71.7 per (Viit.
UN PICKETED
! AT CAPITAL UNO
\ 111 DEMI HOUSE
n Irish Sympathizers Now Plan
|t to Bomb British Embassy
With Literature
e
Washington, April 6. Disregard- '
it ing the warnings of the federal gov1
I m nn f ? V? ?-? * ' J *
i- v^auiiicul Luat tiicy w^uuiu ue prose3.
cuted under federal penal statutes,
e two women favorable to an Irish
& republic resumed today the picketing
of the British embassy which
il led yesterday to two arrest,
e. | A few minutes after the women
r-, appeared carrying, banners they
t,! were warned by the police to leave
5-|and when they failed to obey were
*1 j arrested. They gave their names
r*|as iMrs. Honor. Germantown, Pa.,
a> and Miss Elaine Barrie, of Washl"
ington.
L* The second group of women arrested
were Miss Helen O'Brien, of
' 8t. Louis and Miss Kathleen O'Brien
' of Philadelphia. They also were
k"ri to House of Detention.
After being booked at police
he-idquarters on charges of violating
i the federal statute making it a felony
to assault a diplomatic repre,
j sent?tive of a foreign government
lithe women were taken to the House
of Detention. United States District
e! Attorney Laskey, who gave orders
'. for the arrest, placed the amount of
r. 'bond at $1,000. Tt was not furnish.
ed and the women were locked up.
r| As soon as the word of the arrests
i. reached headquarters of the women
e'rt a hotel, two more pickets with
t banners were Sent to the embassy
e vnd it was announced that the pickets
would be sent out in relays as
; rapidly as those "on duty" were arn
rested.
n When two women appeared the
n.ploice stationed at the embassy sum?
ironed the patrol with police women
"to arrest them.
el Later when it was announced the
s | police were interfering with the
ej picketing on the street, it was then
c; planned to send women up in an
s!-irplane to drop literature on the
e; rmbassy. The first flight, it was
" i said, would take >fiace today, at
j 4:30 P. M.,
y\
^ Red Cross Home Section Meets.
3
,_!
- j The Home Service Section of the
I Abbeville Chapter American Red
j Cross held an interesting meeting in
the Red Cross rooms yesterday afternoon.
Reports covering the work
jdone during the past three months
| was submitted, showing that the op%
portunity for service has not def
? creased but is broadening each day.
1j The Section is planning to con"
'duct a "Model Office" during the
?
I month of May. The plan is an educae
tional campaign to increase interest
_ ,in Home Service and to secure volunteers.
Assistance in this campaign
t
? will be given by experts from the
a Division and a great benefit to the
1_; County is expected as a result.
a Miss Annie Doty, Supervisor
n from the Southern Division, is exipected
in the city today to visit the
Chapter and assist in planning for
g he "Model Office."
if Rev. Louis J. Bristow, Maj. J. D.
~ jFulp, Hon. J. M. Nickles, Mrs. J.
Dendy Miller, Mrs. Foster B. McLane,
Miss Eliza Lindsay and Mrs.
jM. T. Coleman were present at the
meeting.
e Republicans Pick
j- Candidates Today
1
d i New York, April 6.?Republican
1 contests in 17 congressional districts
:s j and one in the state at large for delete
1 gates to the national convention fur
? j uisiieu rne principal interest in today's
state-wide primaries.
j With the exception of the Seventh
district in Manhattan, where two in1
dependent candidates for delegates
'-| are pledged to support Herbert Hoove'
er for the Presidential nomination,
111 all of the contests were made by can.
d'didates favoring the nomination of
g I Senator Hiram W. Johnson of Calii
forsia. The "regular" Republican
?s i delegates, by (' " uneflicial
/ state convention last February, will
' }ijO to the convention unirstruetH.
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