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01A Have vou givei +* w voles your subs along? Give y CI F.VFl MoriH Mtamtm W SIX CYL TOURIN( I 1920 I ^ /th -a Value $1 SECOND PI BRUNSW PHONOGR j VALUE $1= Purchased from an J hibition at i m i. waner Ritnaruioi Every subsc times as ma your subscri J1 KENNETH GOSSETT GIVEN FORTY YEARS Motion for New Trial Refused and Counsel Will Appeal Case to Supreme Court. News and Courier. Abbeville, April 10.?Kenneth Gossett, seventeen-year-old youth, " * ' ? U..* "W11J MHVC to Serve wiiai is yien. HLaut> a life sentence in the State penitentiary for criminal assault on a sixteen-year-old girl, a native of Abbeville. After being out for four hours and fifty-five minutes the jury which has k been hearing the case of the Honea --.i . *th youth returned at f> o'clock a aaJV ;ct of rape with recommendation mercy of the court, and Judge S. Sease immediately pro H,- ?f thp AV* l' Pooled *.. "ea,S "npnsonment at Jaw?for(l hard jabor * 'u> jury and the prorr, \ ^ ' sentence were nour n in^r" l- e by the youth. ? oun oment of f>. the prosecu. T-v, f" ' tears ran t, ?f the n tnx were 1ow>i it, who u cnei-K of ... since . v., * neys for ijcse- dt^Pettnia. inhaa foujrht the cbitd "last Monday in thv face of pu!.0;c . digiiaiion against the crime appeai't for a new trial o:t< the grounds tha!* the court was illegally constitute,1 and |\ that the venire was not drawn ac-i'-thi x iu? in r'Mrrfrrnv^ntiort ' cording to mc to both the comsritirtions of South t T Carolina and of the United States. J brill * The motion was overruled. They will ffon .appeal to the State Supreme Court, jsolio Hopes It Will Be Lesson. j for ' In passing sentence, Judge Sease j Gen said that he presumed that the reason j and" why the jury recommended mercy lion was because of the extreme youth of the Kenneth Gossett. He hoped that the ! man lesson which has been taught in the j Elev court this week will have a deterrent i the j flummm mtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmrnammm * . i your new subscript scription yields to yoi our subscription nov LAND ran 1nder -Jrn a car (w 3del jjj RIZE fill ~v- ^ WWW ick { %} :aph ps >0.00 \jj id on ex- ^k_ s s Store S if I ription taken b> ny votes as will iption NOW, an HRF effect on others v^ho commit like crimes. He said that, in passing the sentence, he did, which was in effect a life imprisonment, he hoped that the prisoner would contemplate on the wronjr he had done. There was no demonstration when - J the verdict was annouiu-eu. mere was some surprise that the youth shouJd be found guilty. It was "thought by many that there might be an acquittal, and it appeared when the jury stayed out as long as it did that there might be a mistrial. When it became known that the ! jury had agreed the courthouse be; gan slowly to fill up and there was a hush of solemnity as the jury filed in and announced its verdict. OOn the same verdict which con; demned Kenneth (lossett was written ' the verdict, at. the direction of the j court, which cleared ,ionn uosseu. i his twenty-two-ycar-old cousin, who was his companion on the automobile ! trip of March 14. The jury could have found Kenneth (Jossett jruilty of criminal assault or attempted Criminal'assault : which would have meant rhe death j penalty. or attempted criminal assault vith recommendation to mercy. . which ?ould have carried' a sentence tfrom live t<> forty years, the same as in the first count, or of assault of a highly aggravated nature, which --ould have carried a verdict of from ee momns to u-u ycaia. Arguments Are Brilliant. arguments this morning- were effort? by all counsel, he . Hckwell, of Laurens, innt . ':<rhth circuit, opened ier SI _BK - was followed by itor of ti;e h. of Anderson, the staf e,-t:nd ht Proctor A. . M. L.# Bonham, "^Rel f?r his son,,State Senator-, '^er' ham of Greenville of couu defend?. George Bell Tim, ? VI I- un, solicitor of thk enth jfudicial circuit, closed for * statx1 The case went to" th? .fury nig^ I I i ion, cr paid your ba< ur favorite contest an 7 and thereby help y< GRAND CAI fifes m TuiDn P* |||g|< ' i liiil&r i i i Purchased fro ~~jk on exhibition a ^ ' Gilder & Weeks I T the contestants be allowed dun d D cnnii -.r juiyi \ i i at 1 :Ui? o'clock this atternoon ana the verdict was returned at 6 o'clock. The jury was tied up so long because it was divided as to whether it should find a verdct of guilty or one j of guilty with recommendation to the j mercy of the court, it is rumored, i Mrs. Gossett, mother of the defend i ant, held up throughout the trial. ' but when sentence had been passed upon him, she threw her arms about ; her boy, kissed him and prayed over him. His father threw his arms ! around him and cried. ^ The defendant's father and mother ( when homeward bound in an automoj bile, passed him as he was being car! ried to jail. i The defendant left for Columbia | on the 7:10 o'clock train in the cusj tody of United States Deputy Mar! shal Charles J. Bruce. Deputy Sheriff i T. L. Conn and Special Deputy Burt , 1- erguson. Aooui a uozen people i wore at the station, among them two i brothers of the prosecutrix. ; PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE Kenneth Gossett Declares He Is Not Guilty. Columbia, April 10.?Still protest ing his innocence and claiming that 1 he had been unjustly convicted, Ken i neth Gossett, convicted of criminal I assault with recommendation to the j mercy of the court this afternoon at ! Abbeville and sentenced to forty i years' imprisonment, was brought to ! Columbia tonight at 11:30 o'clock, j The prisoner was immediately taken to the State penitentiary. j On the train coming down, the con| victed youth made the following j brief statement: ! "I am innocent. I hope my God [ will strike me dead in my seat if I I 1 _ I 1 rrll-l j nau l^linroiici" inauuiia >viti. men r believe that if she were asked toif I did that she would say that j. r\ VAI T1 U I UUJ :k subscription to the t, or ave you waiting our favorite contesta: ?ITAL PRIZE WE | HM11 ^ ^ Complet raphic i m and j a t I Draugks Bu< wUg Co. j Columbia, i on or before , ng the closing w EONE \ I did not. I believe that she was ordered to say what she did." , The Gossett youth maintained the ! same impassive demeanor on the train j hat characterized his behavior durI inff the trial, occupied his time in ooking out of the window and chatcins? with the guards. At only one rime did he show emotion, and that was when he stated that he never had an idea that he would be convicted. Then his eyes filled with tears. Kenneth Gossett, in addition to having driven a public service car in Anderson and Greenville, stated tonight that he was employed by a j Columbia transfer company and drove ' ^ corvipp rar in this city for I CI jJUUliv I five months, during the latter part of 1 11)18 and the first months in 1919. ! ' ? i HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IS ' STRICKEN j ? i | i Congressman Kitchin Stricken With j ; Paralysis Soon After Speech on Peace Resolution. ; I I j Washington. April 9. ? Representa- j ' '*- * 1 - f'-rn. I ! tive ( lauue i\u</iun w? .wim , lina, Democratic leader In the last j i Congress. was stricken with a sJijrht! ' attack of paralysis on the left side j , today shortly after he had delivered ; ; a speech in the house opposing the Republican peace resolution. Physisicians said tonight that he was resting easily, but that the seriousness of I his condition could not be determin: ed for ten days. j The paralysis resulted from a clot -i--? u;? on the right Dram, an ec ting uis .en, j side, with a slight facial paralysis. | It was produced by a high blood presj sure and the unusual exertion inci<k*rt to delivering his speech, his phy; sician declared. j Mr. Kitchin became ill several J minutes after his speech. Going to | the Democratic cloak room, he told Representative OMfield of Arkansas. : Herald and News ; for the right conte nt win one of these \ mi Purcha uAnnnK Si CLEVEl Im4 run * I PRIZE | FIF e Stenog- ' course 7 If it isn r .. It isn't ;mess lollege S. C. S00N1 i ' April 17th ave eek of the camp l/TM Y II1. that he felt weak, but that he simply wanted to go to his office for a brief rest, planning to return to the house chamber to vote on the resolution. / Representative Lazare, ftf Louis- j iana, a physician, examined Mr. i kitchin and declared he had a slight j paralytic stroke. Dr. Lewis J. Battle, J the family physician, was summoned i and ordered Mr. Kitchin removed to ; his home. - j * ( The illness of the North Carolina member was mentioned in the closing j hours of the peace debate. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the Kitchin was unable to carry the opposition fight to a final vote. Representative Longworth, Republican, of j Ohio, one of Mr. Kitchin's friends in j the house, took the latter's pair and ; on the final vote answered ''present." j Dr. Battle said tonight ihat Mr. I I Kitchin's condition was net serious j and that he had slept during the j early evening. Mrs. Kitchin. who has \ been at her home in No^h Carol'na.: ! started for Washington tonight. j rr t- - u/\ tfni ir Mr. I lilt 1/lMi i? V %-s .. t Kite-hin has suffered, the first oceurvj rh -x i:;.-1" December, wlu-n h?s speech j was i'/Iected for a sho-'L time SAYS REPUBLICANS PURCHASED MAJORITY VOTE TO KiLL TREATY j Palmer Says "When I Saw Him j Attacked and Vilified I Determined ; to Carry the Flag of Woodrow j Wilson to the People. { Macon, Ga.. April 8.?"Threequarters of a million dollars killed the J... ? -P nnnnd O nflip of treaty ui j?cov*. ? >? ? ?c ? nations covenant," charged Attorney J General Mitchell Palmer here tonight in an address in behalf of his own candidacy for the presidential nomination. "With the majority vote purchased :n Michigan," he said, "Senator and given the jstant to come raluable prizes. I v sed From i aiita rn il i nu lv vv. | j ributors r s .AND AND \i iMM FR M Uli/JLlUll s TH PRIZE | 5DAK n it an Eastman- I. a Kodak. i ON EXHIBITION ' s v f : i _______________ ' rages three mign, so give ' f 4 *> *< 1 ? Lodge organized the foreign relations committee and refused to report the treaty. If the Democrats had carried Michigan?if the Republican party had spent, say only a* couple of hundred thousand dollars ?the Democrats would have organ ized the Senate and the foreign relations committee would have report^ ed the treaty and it would have been passed. It took months of struggle to get these .Democrats to desert the party." He declared that the purpose of Senator Smith and Senator Reed and others was to repudiate President Wilson, embarrass the administration and to change the Democratic policies. "They say I cannot carry Pennsylvania," said the Attorney Genei^.' "If the party will nominate so^L man who can carry Pennsylvania Pll^^ be for him. But he must be a better TB Democrat than has yet announceJ^flBB Mr. Palmer referred to the cati^^B ( isms of his Quakerism. "Far be it from me to deny the faith of my fathers," he said. "But I was for this world war. Every boy in mv fnmilv and everv hov in mv wife's family, all Quakers, wore in the war i from the first to the last." 1 "If you want references to my I fighting; ability I refer you to several 8 battle-scarred Republicans. ra "When I saw him attacked . and 8 villified, and no one willing to defend . him, I determined to carry the flag fl of Woodrow Wilson to the people." fl NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT M I will make a final settlement of ? the estate of M. M. Long, deceased, 9 in the Probate Court for Newberry jfl County, S. C., on Thursday, the 15th ? Am- nf Anrjl 1Q9fl S?+ 1rt 1T1 M uaj Vi ^ AlyA **> ?. V w -w-W the forenoon and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as administrator of said estate^ ^ ' jflflj Administrator. flB Newberry, S. C., March 13, I92(X^H n