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ORDERS ACQUITTAL FOR JOHN GOSSET1 Kenneth Denies That He Committei an Assault. News and Courier. Abbeville, April 9.?Direction of i verdict of not guilty for John Gossett one of the principals in the allege* criminal assault case here by Judgi Thomas H. Sease late this afternoon cmphatic denial of Kenneth Gossett the other principal, that he had crim inally assaulted the prosecutrix, bu acknowledged that he had become un duly familiar with her, without pro test from her, were the outstanding features in the trial here today. Dr. C. C. Gambrell of Abbeville, i physician of twenty-two years prac tice and a distant cousin of the prose cutrix, was the first witness for th< state in the Gossett case. He told o1 being called in to treat the girl or the morning of March 15, following the alleged criminal assault. He described the condition of the ?young woman, he told of her suffering from chorea better known as St. Vitus dance, which lowered her vitality and made her exceedingly nervous at times. On cross- examination James H. Price reading from medical text books and works on medical jurisprudence, brought out from Dr. Gambrell that although there are four recognized tests for criminal assault he had used only one and that was the most unimportant and liable to inaccurate diagnosis. He described the condition of the girl as such that it might have been duo to other than criminal assault. He claimed that he did not find any bruises on the girl's body such as if she had been choked, treated roughly or been pulled around by the arms or limbs. The sister of the prosecutrix, who had received nine months hospital instructions as a trained nu^se, told of finding her sister in their home cry ing and that the prosecutrix told her of what she said had happened to her. She described the dress the girl wore on March 14, as torn and ripped. It was exhibited in court. On cross-examination the witness denied that home medical treatment was given the prosecutrix until after the visit of Dr. Gambrell on the morning of March 15 at the instructions of "the physician. This was in direct conflict with the testimony of Dr. Gam brell this morning and tended to impeach the allegations of the prosecutrix as made on the, stand yesterdaj afternoon. Treatment of Prosecutrix. The witness admitted when pressec by the defense that the dress her sis ter wore could have been torn by hei lifting her foot to some high step oi jumping a ditch, as it was very tight Under gruelling fire from the defense the prosecutrix's sister admitted that she had not given her sistei antiseptic to prevent possible con lamination, bad not bathed her, had not called the physician until nexl morning wfien her sister appeared to be in pain because her controlling thought was to get the author of the alleged crime, her mind crying out for vengeance. Charles J. Bruce, United States deputy marshal, and T. L. Cann, deputy sheriff of Abbeville county, who arrested the two Gossetts, substantiated the testimony of Sheriff J. Olin Sanders of Anderson, yesterday in which it was sworn that Kenneth Gossett said in the Anderson jail that when the youths were being taken to Columbia Kenneth Gossett at Spartanburg voluntarily told him that he had not assaulted the girl buz had merely put his hands on the person of the prosecutrix, which, he said, was not resented. Thomas P. Thompson, master of Abbeville county, gave a detailed der\f thp " rnn.l 5>nrJ Qfpnp where the allegad crime waj committed. The state rested its case at 12.25 o'clock this afternoon when J. I. Perrin, clerk of court of Abbevills county, was disallowed by the court to answer a question put to him by 1 the plaintiff. Asks for Directed Verdict. The defense, before it started presenting its witnesses at 12:40 o'cloclasked that the court order a mistria! in the case of John Gossett. This was temporarily overruled until aL the evidence was in. W. L. Tullii and P. L. Hutchison, first witnesses for the defense, who were riding along the road on the afternoon oj March 14 in a buggy, saw John Gos sett and the prosecutrix's girl com panion on the bridge and they appear ed to be on the friendliest of terms Later an automobille passed then with the Gossetts and the girls pair ed off on the front and back seats o: a Ford, according to the story o: these witnesses, ard they heard talk ine and laughter from the car. Tnl stated that he looked into th( faces of the man and the girl in th< front seat, Kenneth Gossett and th< prosecutrix, and said that if the gir was crying, or under any undue emotional stress, he did not notice i1 {and he believed that he would have, r I Thife testimony was in contravention ?to that of the prosecutrix and her J girl companion that the prosecutrix ! cried all the way back to Abbeville i and continued to shed tears until she | reached her home. The cross-examia | nation of the State failed to shake ' the testimony of Tullis and Hutchii son, who did not know the couples in ^ j the automobile, nor could they iden,*tify them, but it seems to be accepted by both the State and the defense - that the car contained the Gossett t?boys and the two girls. -j Kenneth Gossett, the principal in . i the alleged criminal assault case, > went on the stand at 1 o'clock and his testimony was not completed i when the dinner recess was taken. _ lie is DUt i < years ui <mu w&o . born near Honea Path. His age was > substantiated later in the testimony E by both his father and mother, Mr. i and Mrs. M. T. Gossett. The incep, tion of the automobile trip to Ab. beville on March 14 was due to Kenp neth leaving a Peerless car in the , road five miles from Abbeville about . a week previously, and he and Johnj I Gossett were going for it in a Ford car. When they reached the Peerless they decided to go to Abbeville and take a "joy ride." Kenneth Gossett told of meeting the prosecutrix and her companion on the outskirts of the town and inviting them to take a ride. They accepted without saying anything, the prosecutrix getting in the front seat with Kenneth. He stated that neither said anything about going to church until he asked the prosecutrix * ? j I what their destination was ana sne said that they were going to church. "I asked her," said the youth, "if she didn't want to go to ride instead of going to church," and that she replied, "Mamma might get me." Got Out of Automobile. The Gossett boy further said that when they passed the church the prosecutrix did not make any serious | objections against rot getting out and testified that there was no com | plaint as to a further trip until tney | got to the first bridge in the Long 1 Cane creek section when the girls asked that they be taken back home, i He testified he started the car and i went down the road to find a place ; to turn around but as they made np further objections he went on for . about a mile and a half further. He . told of the companion of the prosecu. trix leaving the car and going down . to the bridge saying ?he was going r home. She was followed by John Gossett, but not at his suggestion. The prosecutrix, he declared, made . no effort to stop them. ' He em; .atically denied that, after . the other couple had left, he had ' criminally assaulted the prosecutrix, but admitted that he had become fa' miliar with her, and that she did not repulse his advances. * He declared that it would have been impossible for him to have assaulted her in the ^ Ford car. . He said that when he saw John ' Gossett and the other girl coming up . the road he got in and cranked the | car and that the prosecutrix left the machine and went up and met her girl companion. When the trio reached the machine the prosecutrix got into the front seat with him, without his suggesting it, he declared, and the other girl in the back seat with John Gossett. On the way back to town they were jolly and laughed and talked together, he swore. When they reached town he suggested to the prosecntr;x that he lake' hf.r home, he said, and she refused because "mama might get you." On arriving at the postotfice the girls did not want to leave the car because of the crowd, some of whom the prosecutrix spoke to, and he took ihen to the school house and let them out. I , He emphatically denied thai there was any conspiracy between him and his cousin for the commission of a crime. Gruelling Cross-Examination. A gruelling cross-examination by the State failed to shake his testi. mony in essential particulars, but he j did deny that he made the statement attributed to him in the Anderson inil nhout John Gossett and the oth "fer girl and the second bridge, where . the assault is alleged to have occurI red?if they didn't take a walk he , would stay there until midnight? I and that because the .-^irls who were , strangers rode in his car he did not , think them virtuous. r John Gossett, the next witness for I the defense, told substantially the - same story as Kenneth Gossett, ex cept that the. latter asked the prose. cutrix to take a walk up the road . when the automobile stopped, and i she refused. He said that when he - and the other girl, who got out of f the car crying, stating that she was f going home and asked him to accom pany her, were returning from the - bridge, where they stopped ten min v i tviov enw Kpnnftth cranking ud i the automobile and the prosecutrix i coming1 up the road. When tlie latter I replied tho other girl she put her ^ arms around her neck, crying. When t asked what was the matter, she i e plied, "You know." The witness, like a his cousin, testified that both girls d seemed to be in the best of spirits on the return trip home. Both John and a Kenneth Gossett testified that there p was no switch key to the machine and 0 they both swore that they did not * i see the dress of the prosecutrix torn and her hat crushed in the back, as] alleged. John Gossett testified that he saw i h accounts in the paper of the alleged ft assault, knowing it was in the section E where they had taken the girls, and it hearing the name of his girl compan- ir ion mentioned in a barber shop as T one of the victims, he thought it was B time for him to get away, particular- g ly as he had done nothing for which lc to lose his life. He had heard that k there were mobs scouring the coun- t< tryside for the alleged criminals and ei Ithat he was afraid of being lynched, sc 1"" -t- i - JM- - ?tl ? J ? rne nigrit alter Hie aiicgcu biiiuc, March 15, he drove'to Abbeville with yi a man who wanted to catch the SeaJ fi board train and tried to get a room o1 in the local hotel, but failed. t? George Page, chief of police of- w Honea Path, A. W. Stepp of Honea 01 Path, and Herman Moore of Abbe- h; ville, witnesses fdr the defense, testified that they knew the Ford auto- ? f mobile driven by the Gossett boys on March 14 and that it had no switch L key. It had to be choked down to be L stopped and had to be cranked to 1* start. Chief of Police Page, who was ? at Anderson when the Gossetts were N I identified, testified that he did not hear the statement allegted to have | been made by Kenneth there about [staying in the woods until midmgnt, I although he was present at the interview. Mr. Stepp said he was with w | John Gossett when he made a trip to Abbeville on the night of March 15, F when the youth tried to get him a s* room in the local hotel. Saw Girls Leave. ^ E. F. Arnold, automobile dealer of p' Abbeville, saw the two girls get out ^ of the Gossett car when it reached the school house here and, according ^ to his testimony, he did not notice j anything unusual in their demeanor, u' nor their personal appearance. He ^ heard one of the boys tell the girls good bye and heard one of them reply in kind. After the father and mother of Kenneth had verified his age the de- __ fense rested at 5:25 o'clock and a request for the acquittal of John la Gossett was made. Judge Sease di- C rected the verdict at 5:45 o'clock, when the arguments were begun, the |j State being alowed two hours and b; the defense two hours. There wilf be three speeches on both sides. ? mm TO RESUME WORK r/%n rvtf 11 Duiunu run vil Plenty Casing Has Been Bought in Texas?Shipments Now on Road Expected This Week When Op- * erations Will be Pushed as Rapidly as Possible. Sandersville (Ga.) Progress, 7th. The work of boring for oil in the Beach Field in this county, which had been temporarily suspended on account of inability of manufacturers to supply casings, will be resumed as oon as a shipment arrives from Texas and Louisiana, where Mr. A. J. Ross has bought $14,000 worth of casing. It is now rolling in this direction and < j -Li- - i : ?ill i as soon as 11 arrives ine uurmg win start and continue until that pool of oil which we have been reading about is reached, and it is hoped that a tremendous gusher will be the result, just as has happened in other fields where the prospects were not as good as here. If the expectations of the promoters of this enterprise are realized there will be a grand rush of people here from all directions and Tennille and Sandersville will soon outstrip Macon and Augusta in population and run Savannah and Atlanta a close second for first place in the number of people. Business will be on such a boom that merchants will be unable to supply the demands of ustomers, and values which now seem j high will look like thirty cents in I comparison. A telephone message, ! just received from Mr. Beach in the 1 11 1 ? ?II j: ? ? -? A cf ofoe ! i .F icltiron UUllUlIlSi ill miama otauv.o | that the work will be pushed as j rapidly as possible, and all who are in- j terested are watching the develop-; ments with eager anxiety. Capt. M. M. Buford represents this company in Newberry. PPPOPT THAT Oil. HAS "been found 'near "metter in candler county It is stated that Georgia bids fair to become the oil producing state of the union. The Texas fields, while still productive, yet they must sometime cease to flow, and then the ques-j tion will be where the supply of oil will come from. Oil experts of long j experience, believe that Georgia is ' T1--1? .c-u r? ! J tflG rnosr. iiKeiy iieiu iui uevciuynitui-.; The Middle Georgia Oil and Gasj company are drilling- a well near Sandersville at the present time. Now J conies the report from Metter, Ga., j that oil has been found --n Candler' county. The report is that land hasi ju: ipo 1 by Je. o* rr-J bounds ?ince theI diVovwy, that $80,000 has been re-| fused for one tract containing 100. eres and $100,000 has been turned; own for another farm. 'I hose who are acquainted with the ; il producing regions of Oklahoma | nd Texas say that Georgia is aj romising field, anil that when these ther wells have ceased to flow the j rorld will look to the Empire state ! f the south for gas and oil. Jones.Boazman. Cross Hill, April 5.?News reached ere this morning of the marriage of! Hss Mary Jones, and Mr. Ernest oazman, both of Cross Hill. They lotored to Newberry and were tarried at the home of Rev. Croker. heir only attendant war- Mr. Tole ! [ill, friend of both the bride and room. Mrs. Boazman is a girl of vable disposition. Loved by all who now her. She is one of Cross Hill nvnship's most efficient young teach-: rs, having taught the Pine Bluff :hool for two terms. Mr. Boazman is a prosperous oung farmer living just two miles j *om Cross Hill. While the friends I f Mrs. Boazman hate to give her up j ley rejoice with Mr. Boazman for inning the girl he has. They have J ar very best wishes for a long and i appy life. "A Friend," in Laurens Advertiser. 1 666 quickly relieves Colds and sGrippe, Constipation, Biliousness, oss of Appetite and Headaches. 13-10t OTICE MEETING STOCKHOLDERS OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN OIL MILL AND FERTILIZER COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that there ill be a meeting of the stockholders ? Little Mountain Oil Mill and ertilizer company, at the office of tid company, at Little Mountain, in le State of South Carolina, on the ih day of April, 1920, at two o'clock , m., for the purpose of adopting a ^solution to dissolve the Charter of le said corporation and to do whatrer else is necessary for the dissoition of the said charter and in orsr to close up the affairs of same in J ccordance with the provisions of | w. | Little Mountain Oil Mill and Fer-; tilizer Company, . Per J.'C. Epting, Jr., President. \ r I Mil II II I I I 666 bat proven it will cure Ma* , iria, Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever j olds and LaGrippe. 1-13-1 Ot . Rub-My-Tism is great pain killer. ' ! relieves pain and soreness caused f Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, i tc. l-13-10t | IMP] The policy of i i iy pci tcivcu i ed business n policy of giyii pression that This institutic friends and tl the fact that interests as 01 Our efforts a the justifying impression. TU use uauuj Newb b. c Matthews, President. State, Coun Msmbe; Rub-My-Tism ! a powerful antisep* lie; it kill* the poison caused from in- ' fected cut*, cure* old sores, tetter, . etc. 1-13-lQt | NOilCfc OF ELECTION IN EXCEL- | TON SCHOOL DIS- ! TRFCT NO. 19 AND 35. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j County of Newberry. Whereas, one-third of the resident; free-holders and a like proportion of i the resident electors of the age of 21 i years in the Excelsior-Swilton School District, Xo. 19 and 35, the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberrv Countv. South Carolina. petitioning and requesting that an election be held in the said School District on the question of levying an additional tax of four (4) mills on the taxable property within the said School District. Now, therefore, we the undersigned, composing the County Board of Education for Newberry County, State of South Carolina, do hereby order the Board of Trustees of the Excelsior-Swilton School District, .No. 19 and 35, to hold an election on i / J nnocfion a/ lntrtriticr on o tiic oaiu vjuwowivu vtjl i\;v J4115 011 auui j CAN YOU BE CURED? WHAT WILL IT COST? HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? Dr. P. J. O'Neill Carolina National Bank Bldf. Columbia, S. C. GALVANIZED CORRUGATED Have two thousand two hund number twenty-nine gauge Galvai and 10 in. lengths. One thousanc Crimped in same lengths. This : 21st, expected any day. You ought to use our Lead H< ing. Send for circular. COLUMBIA! 823 West Gervais Street any business he t>y its customers, ten know that ai ig satisfaction c: attracts and holt t >n feels that its c le public are im we operate witi ur first consider; re directed cons and strenffthei nal Bank of Qnilfk P 2k Ui y y uvuiii T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. ity and City r Federal Reserve . tional special tax of four (4) m^lls to be collected on the property located within the said School District, which said election shall be held at the Sam Bug Hill in front home of 0. L. Livingstone, in the said school district, No. 19 and 35, on Friday, the 9th day of April, 1920, at which said ~ 1 - - * il- - 11- -1- _ 11 1 J election me pons snail oe openeu-Au 7 a. m., and close at 4 p. m. The memDers of the . Board of Trustees of the said School District shall act as Managers of the sairt*" election. Only such electors as reside in the said School District and return real or personal property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax or registration certificate^ as required in general elections, shall be allowed to vote. Electors favoring the levy of such tax shall cast a ballot containing the worc^ "Yes" written or printed thereon, and elector opposed to such levy shall^l mat a Knllnt. ^nntairnrHr the 1 "No" written or printed thereon. | Given under our hands and sea^Jt this the 25th day of March, 1920. C. M. Wilson, (L. S.H O* B. Cannon, . J. B. Harman, ? County Board of Education, New- 1 berry County, South Carolina. J 1 I treat successfully: PILES. Without operatic!^ pain or loss of time. w STOMACH, KIDNEY, BLAD- ' DER, SKIN DISEASES SB# J NERVOUS TROUBLES. . v f v Special effort made to avoid delay in out-of-town cases. V \ J 1 ; ? v AND V CRIMPED ROOFING red (2,200) sheets Corrugated lized Roofing in 6 in., 7 in., 8in. 1 four hundred (1,400) sheets V is car that left factory Ja .uary , ? m 1 \ ?aded Nails in putting on Roof- [ ' . f '' hippiy m ? mm m www Columbia, S. C. ' ONS ' ; ; ' i -v i * c >use is quick Level-head-; T ti undeviating reatestheimic natfnnaap. L?U ^ V W ' ustomers and pressed with y h their best ition. 1 ' i tantly toward ling of that i A Newberry : rolina W. W. CROMER . Assistant Cashier. | Depository | System ? 1