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rVHXfE ied to Ca Gossett >ry of The# trial of ^Gossett, charged P was begun "nere morning. Both not guilty to the e selection of a j\ry begun. This was until 4 o'clock this af venire having *o be sides exhausted its full J ges, the State five and 0. .When court ad journ ock this afternoon four the. State had been ex ^Phe trial will be resumed at ^tomorrow morning. The house could not accommodate half the crowd here. All linder 16 years old were excluded, if alleged crime was committed afternoon, March 14, when -year old girls, on their way to prch, were invited by the Gossett ^ptb take a ride. When they got r^the church the boys would not stop '.car, driving to the country instead, it is alleged they kept the giris hourSw Only one of ^the giri> is g charges. prosecutrix was the first wit this afternoon. She was* en !he stand one hour and S5 min and was subjected to a mos$ jjg&ing. cross examination by Pr-*c fl&hhani, representing the defense, wept much of the time she w is iirying, and her mother swooied e and had to be taken from the and given med ical aid. Climax of Testimony, .ony of the prosecutrix reach ?lt? climatst when sfie said Ken ieth t threatened to kill her if she again to her girl companion, o was leaving the car an.l thrc.^t *?j?gr to walk back to Abbeville. VvThe-.c-ar bad been drivoc. between f^t and five miles into the country. 3*Be first stop was? made on a bridge ^rhere the party stayed five or ten minutes. . Here the girls appealed to th$ boys .to drive back and one of the i j^fe attempted to crank the car her ?itt but she testified today tnat Ko::? &?th Gossett removed the switch key t?d put it in his pocket They then iroVe about a mile further on and t&rnied into a side road. Hero a stop TjfaS- made and testimony was given b>*.both girls today that Kenneth Cos i&tt /threatened to keep them there until,_jii?dnight if the prosecutrix did n?t set out- and walk with him down th<i rc&d to find a . place to turn the car arounti.. it was at this time that tie younger girl started to walk back t?^ie city. John Gossett followed her, the'etwo. returning, to the car in five or %tr\ ^inutes, -according to the testic jTicny: ..When they got. back to the car ?fennejth is .said to have told them he TEas 'not yet ready to go back. The jo anger; girl started to walk home Cigain. and went a short distance down the;: fcad, out of sight of the automo Wite: John Gossett followed. They r^stained away 15 or 20 minutes. Re turning to the car. the prosecutrix came running to meet them, crying, and told the other girl, "He has ruin ed me.", > y'^'The "prosecutrix testified that Keri ; ,^e?'Gossett had cursed her and held her in the car. She swore she resisted fiini-until she was. exhausted. She is" I subject to spells and she testified that she became so frightened that one of these spells came on during the strug gle and she became 'unconscious. In fighting her alleged assailant she tore fcer clothing, her waist came from un der her belt and her hat was crushed. She' cried all the way back to Abbe ville, and told her sister what had happened as soon as she got home. J. Olin Sanders, sheriff of Anderson county, was a witness for the State. T/be Gossett boys were taken to An derson when' they were arrested March 17. The young women were al 00 taken there to identify the boys, the prosecutrix fainting that day when she walked into the jail and came faco to face .with Kenneth Gossett. Sher iff Sanders said Kenneth Gossett told him in the presence of three other ? officers that "he took the girl out for this purpose and thought if the girl "woilld go riding with him that she was crooked." Sheriff Sanders also testified that Kenneth. Gossett in answer to the question if he had put his hands on the gir? said of course he had. when he went out for the purpose he did. W. A. C*amp. deputy sheriff of An derson county, testified in substantia tion of what Sheriff Sanders had sworn. Both Are Sixteen. Both of the young women are 16 years old, reaching this age last full, one September 8th and the other No vember 25th. Only one juror. M. E. Link, is a, single, man. Mr. Link is a young far axter and was the last selected. The other juorors are married and tho larger proportion are below middle age: They are: T. M- Cheatham, foreman: m.-ung er of oil mill: J. D. Mundy. farmer: Cr M. Kay. farmer; Paul Link, busi ness man; J. P. Gibert. merehfit: L. G. Sotts. mechanic: J. W. Little. Ct?c tric power plant engineer: C. A. Smith carpenter. The defense entered 20 challenges, the slate five, and the fcourt excusing for cause or setting aside 14 for different reasons. the majority of these being occause of re lation by birth or marriage Cf> the families of the prosecutrix ;-r the oth er young woman. Some of the jurors who were reject ed were frank in their statements aS to having formed opinions. V. P. Jones, insurance man. of Abbeville, said he could not give an impartial trial in so far as one of the defeni lants was concerned. The jurymen were examined c:i their voir dire and while W. D. Wil son was being questioned it was de veloped that soon after the crime was committed he had said if on? of the defendants was* guilty as charged *4he PRESBYTERIAN COMMITTEES MEET No Announcement Made On Church Union Louisville. April 9.?Committees of four branches of Presbyterians who \ conferred here to formulate plans for closer relations and possible unifica tion of the churches refused to say what recommendations they would make when they adjourned. ! PUBLIC MARKET I FOR BROOKLYN Municipality Enters the Fight! Against High Prices _ ? I - Xew York. April 9.?Brooklyn, as a i means of fighting the high cost of liv | ing, will inaugurate a public market la quarter of a mile long on April !20th. SENATE INTER FERES IN STRIKE Proposed to Investigate Rail road Strike Washington. April 9.?The senate ! has ordered an investigation of the I unauthorized strike of switchmen and I railroad employes. I JOY RIDERS ARE DROWNED I . ?? i Four Women Plunge Into Beau mont Ship Canal ? j Beaumont, Texas, April 9.?None of the bodies of the four women who i were drowned in the ship canal when an automobile plunged through an ; open bridge have been recovered. EMBARGO ON EXPORTS Strike at New York Has Tied Up Business on All Lines New York, April 10.?An embrago on exports has been ordered, as the railroad strike gains ground in Xew York, further tying up of freight and crippling passenger service on many lines is probable. It is reported that a freight embrago might! be required before the end. WONDERS NEVER WILL CEASE Members of Legislature Refuse to Accept Extra Pay Columbia, April 9.?Two SenatorH and four members of the House of j Representatives have declined to ac cept the extra pay voted for legisla tors by the recent general assembly. The Senators and members have dub bed themselves in a few cases, "con scientious objectors" They opposed the appropriation of additional pay for legislators ouring the general as sembly session and they take the posi tion now that they do not feel justi fied in taking the extra checks. They have returned to the clerks of the two branches the checks sent them as "over time." It is understood that Speaker Coth ran and Representatives Mower, of Xewberry, Meares. of Fairfield and Buckingham, of Aiken. have return ed their extra checks. Senators John stone, of Nf.vberry, and McColl. of j Marlboro, are the members of the up | per branch who saw fit not to accpet I the money. STARVATION AT ODESSA j Withdrawal of Allies Leaves Russian Port In Des perate Straits j Bucharest. April 10.?Odessa has been facing starvation since the with drawal of the Allies. Great disorder and distress reign in Southwestern Russia. ! THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND IDLE I V I Railroad Strikes Spreading From Chicago To All Sections j Chicago. April 10.?Despite the as sertion of the Railroad Brotherhood j officials of a break in the ranks of ! Chicago strikers, presaging a return ! to normal, unauthorized railroad j strikes throughout the country have [assumed serious proportions, with re j.ports indicating that nearly 35,000 ! men arc idle. Xew York. April in.? The series of unauthorized railroad strikes which have virtual.y paralyzed the freight transportation system of Xew York and vicinity has spread today to pas senger lines. ought to be lynched." Mr. Wilson arV mitted saying this, but explained ih.ii he had said it when the community was first swept by passion aft???? ihe crime was committed. He di i :io1 be lieve in mob law and .--poke hastily when he thus spoke. Kenneth Gossett is only is years old, but is married. Like his father, lie is a brick mason and is said to be an efScient workman. W. T. Gossett, Kcnnth's father laid brick on the court house in which his son is now | on trial for his life. Both parents were at his side today. D. E. Gossett, father of John Gossett, is also here, as well as a sister. Mrs. McCulIough. His mother ?? dead. JOHN GOSSETT ? IS FREED Judge Sease Orders Verdict of Not Guilty for Older De fendant in Criminal Assault Case Abbeville, April 9.?Direction oZ verdict of not guilty for John Gossett, one of the principals in the alleged ciiminal assault case here, by Judge Thomas S. Sease late this afternoon; emphatic denial by Kenm-^h Gos.se,t. the other principal, that he nad crim inaliy assaulted the prosecutrix, but acknowledging that he had become unduly familiar with her without pro test from her were the outstanding features in the trial here today. There were several differences in tes- j timony, particularly in the cross ex amination of the sister of the p?v.se c'utrix. The testimony of ?he prose cut rix as to the medical treatment ~>? her at home before the visit of the physician on the morning of March 13, about 20 hours after the alleged crime, was contradicted by the prose cutrix's siser. The prosecutrix, in her direct tcseimony yesterday, said that she had received medical home rreat-i mcj.t on the night of March IV. The bister said that this treatment was sicti administered until after the physi cians visited h?'r on the morning of March 15. Dr". Gambrell admitted! I thai the treatment could have pro duced a physical condition whiclvj would appear from criminal assault.! Jn directing the verdict in the case [Of John Gossett, Judge Sease took the position that the testimony yesterday j of the prosecutrix's girl companion, when she admitted that neither she. i the prosecutrix, nor Kenneth Gossett had requested John Gossett to leave the automobile at the Long Cane Branch bridge completely exonerated the older youth. He said that thej [fact of John Gossett. going to Green j,vi!lo under an assumed name, on which much stress was laid by the1 prosecution, is explained by the nat ural feeling any youth when excitc-j .mrnt was rife because of the alleged '?rime anc* his life might be jeopardy, lie said ?hat the prosecution had fail ed to * . oducc. one vestige of evidence to show that the youth was aiding and abetting in the commission of the crime of criminal assault Spirited Away. As soon as the judge announced his decision the lad was spirited but of the court room by Charles J. Bruce, United States deputy marshal, placed in an automobile and when court ad journed he was out of Abbeville county. His father, Dolph Gossett, and his sister. Mrs. Lula McCulIough and the father and mother of Kenneth. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Gossett, were in j che court room. Tn addition there I were 75 relatives of the two youths in ! the court room. Members of the fam I ily of the prosecutrix and her girl I companion likewise were in the court i ? room. j Five other differences in testimony I other than' outlined in the foreging iare: 1. The prosecutrix, in her prelim inary examination which was ma.'o a part of the record today by the de fense, swore that she was unconscious at the time of the alleged crime and ? did not know if she was assau'ted, but j yesterday in her direct examination, declared that she was conscious of what was transpiring and that Ken neth Gossett assaulted her twice. 2. Kenneth Gossett denied today that he made the statement in the Anderson jail, when incarcerated there, that he told John Gossett and the prosecutrix's friend if they didn't leave the automobile that Sunday af ternoon he would remain out until midnight Sheriff J. Olin Sanders and [his deputy, J. W. Clamp, cf Anderson, swore yesterday that he did make it. [and they were substantiated today by j Charles J. Bruce, United Stales depu ty marshal, and T L. Can*i, deputy sheriff of Abbeville county John Gossett today substantiate! his cou sin's testimony and George Pag?;, chief j of police at Honea Path v.-bo war present at tho interview, but didn't I hear him say it. 3. The prosecutrix. her companion and iho prosecutrix's sister alleged ! that the prosecutrix's dress was rip ped and this was denied b* both Ker nc*h and John Gossett. rnd IZ. F. Arnold v.'ho saw the girls get out of f an automobile after the rib. dhl n-M j notice anything unusual in their ap ! pearancc. j 1. The prosecutrix and her girl Companion testified that the former I cried all the way from the time the i automobile made its return trip until she reached home. This was denied today by the'Gossett boys and W. L. Tulhis and P. L. Hutchinson, farmers, who wer.- passe I that Sunday evening by the car on its return trip, and t hey statcl that the occupants were laugh ing and talking. Tullas maintained thai ho looked into the face of Ken neth Gossett ami the prosecutrix and j he s. w no tears or signs <>f emotional stress. ?". One of ilie most important con ftra dictions whic h appeared in the. tes timony today was as to whclh< r Ken neth Gossett possessed a switch key to tl i Ford automobile on March 1 f. George Page, chief of police of Ronen Path; A. W. Stepp of Honea Path ami I Herman Moore of Honea I'.'i'h testified J thai the car did not have a switch ! key. but when necessary i<> stop lh< fear U must be. choked down, and to be started musl be cranked. The proso | cutrlx alleged in her testimony of yes terday that Kenneth Gossett when h< stopped tlm cav at the Lone Can" <"(?<?'?!; bridge put the switch keyj in his pocket. Both .lohn and Ken-j ncth Gossett denied that there was ai switch key. The tsetimony wras concluded all 3:25 o'clock and the arguments were begun at t? o'clock. Senator J. How-: ard Moore, of Abbeville, opened for! the State, and he was followed by1 James H. Price, of Greenville, for the defense. The court adjourned shortly ! after 7 o'clock until 0:50 o'clock Sat urday morning, when solicitor Homer C. Blackwell, of Laurens. and George Bell Timmerman. of Lexington, for' .he State, and Gen. M. L. Bonham, of rlpdorson for the dcfen.se. will com plete the arguments, n is estimated that the ease will go to the jury to morrow afternoon about 5 o'clock. An Easter Party. One of the most charming of -.-'i, Lhe Easter parties ivas the one given' Monday afternoon by little Miss Mary Martha Whined for her Sunday. School eiass and teachcrvand friends. it the home of her parents, Capt. and ; Mrs. C. F. Whitted on South Main! street. The little folks gathered at 3:30 1 and were entertained with many { games. The most unique was the I fishing pond. The children were told j to wish, and the fisherman would' bring each a basket of sugar plums, j When the pond was drained they were, invited into the" dining room where! ice cream and cake was served. The, favors were little white rabbits. Those present were Horace Harby, Jr.. Edna Lamb, Ashteigh Mood, Jr., Laura Hester. William Cox. Jr., Mar garet Bradford, Annie and Elizabeth Rpwland. Dorothy Allen. Samuel iCoI crider. Jr., and baby Coleridcr. Annie and Iris Nabers, A. A. I Towel I, Jr.. Edith Rivers and Baby Rivers. Henry Grady, Sarah Belvin. Elizabeth Lem mon, Wilbur and Selma Bcrm?house, David McLeod, Mary Martha Whitted. Miss Maud Bradham, Mesdames J. William Cox. W. P. Rivers. Samuel Colerider. G. C. Lamb and Mrs. C. F. Whitted. Sumter Lyceum. After strenous efforts, the Sumter Lyceum committee has been able to! have Mr. Opic Reed come to Sumter j on the ening of April 13th. Tt wiil be reine" ibered that Mr. Reed came here during the influenza ffuarantine1 and. of course, was, therefore, unable to speak. Believeing that very many people in Sumter are exceedingly anxious to hear Mr. Reed, the committee induced the bureau to send him back. Ke will appear at the Girls' High School building at 8:30 on the evening of the 13th of April. Party in Honor of Miss Brcnnan The boarding pupils .-i" St. Joseph's Academy spent a most pleasant eve ning, Friday. April 10th. at party giv en at the home, on East Liberty street, of Mr. and and Mrs. John Brcnnan, in honor of Miss Lelia Brcnnan. The party began at seven, and ev ery minute of the following two hours was filled with fun and frolic. Tin .merriment began with fhc unusual littic favors some, of which were strangely appropriate to the guests. Then followed : wo contests: Pinning an arrow on a target and a pipe on a rabbit's nose. Prizes were offered for these, which added z<-st to the game. Besides these, there were other games all of which tended to make the eve ning pass happily. Delicious fruits and candies, with ire cream and cake ware served in formally. The girls of St. Joseph's are grate ful to Mr. and Mrs. John Brcnnan for affording them this evening of pleasr tire: and their cordial manner and hospitality will long bo remembered by those who attended, j The hands of the clock showed nine land with a final shower of confetti, the girls of St. Joseph's bade their I host and hostess "Good night." Cheek by Growl. "By taking celo-celery ench morn ing you will wash nil poisons-from stomach, leaving it pure and sweet, u-it'n rosy cheeks."?Dudley (England) Herald. Began the Bastille. April 21 is the anniversary of ths beginning of the building of the has* tiile in 1370 by Charles V, who erected it as a protection against the English. The prison became famous in French history and was finally destroyed by the people in 1789. The. key was sent by Thomas Paine to George Washing ton. Bird Friends of Gardener. Few people realize the value of birds in keeping garden insects under con trol. Even the despised English spar row sometimes eats a worm. T have watched them for hours, busily chasin.? moths which the birds go after with far more *enry lhan'thcy ever dispiay in gathering scads.?Exchange. How to Be Young at 70 or Old at 40, to B? Told Here by Dr. Geisel "An Apostle of Health" is the title bestowed on Dr. Carolyn Geisel ol Battle Creek, Mich., who will lectun at the Redpath Chautauqua here 01 "How to Be Young at 70 or Old al 40." In an interesting manner she makes a sincere, enthusiastic, logical appea! DR. CAROLYN E. GEISEL. to the members of her audience to i keep their bodies healthy, and she gives helpful, practical suggestions to aid them in so doing. Eer lecture aims not to supplant the physician, but to supplement him. Dr. Geisel is a magnetic, dynamic, lecturer. "A perfect dynamo of pow er" and "The biggest little woman in the world" are some of the tributes accorded to her as a speaker. Dr. Geisel returned to this country from a long lecture tour in Australia just in time to go on the big Redpath circuit this spring. - - v Old Nsme for February. The old Britons gave the nickname "Fildyfce" to February, not because it is a particularly wet month, the aver age rainfall being the least of any month in the year, but because the melting snow on .the hills causes the rivers and dykes to overflow. When there is a superabundance of snow *;nd j rain in February there is too much ol ! what would be a good thing in modora j tion. and :!oo<Is where they are ieast welcome. "Writer's Cram?" Writer's cramp has been defined a? ;i disease of those who do too much writing, especially with the hand too tightly contracted. A person with this trouble has not complete control ovei the muscles of the thumb and middle and fore fingers, which are brought into use in writing. The various meth* 6ds of treatment used so far have nol proved altog?: tfcci* successful. Among ? he methods used are surgical opera tions and-application of electricity. The Man and the JL>b. A job may be too easy or toe hard; j it may not appeal as it should to our sense of responsibility, to our am bition, our loyalty, our honor, our self respeet. Let us ever remember, how I ever, that more depends on the ma& j thfin the .iob. We always bring more to the job than the job brings to us. Foundation of True Beauty. i The truest-beauty arises from a noble ! :haraeter. A soul which is radiant J rith love and ''.ruth lights even the j joineliest face into beauty which is not ! transient, but which grows ever deeper tnd more abiding as the years pass on. ?nonnu air; ifq rxrrq uAiOtis opn^rrcjS -m oq; a*q pojo^iqtaa oj9ai sa^ol" jsbi siq 'nmds jo .jaetnezipaBjS -3u oq) joi .vieAODsio pnu noijtuoul -s3 03 pojOAop uooq psq oji[ omq.u s\n 'A^noAes jo eSu oq; iu 'ciudg 'Pliop ?Bn^a 4? poip snquiiqo^ JoqdGjSuq3 '902X jo q+onuo.wi oqj no in ,snqum?oo GOVERNMENT MAY INTERVENE [f Railroad Strike Paralyzes Transportation May Have'; to Act / Washington, April "lO.?Should, the railroad strike threaten paralysis o? transportation, the government would nave to intervene, according to high idministration officials. The strike., is lot regarded as having reached that stage, but officers keeping in close tuoch with the situation believe that leaders of the unions will be able to control them without government in terference. RESIGNS FOR BETTER JOB Representative From Kershaw County Takes Place As County Commissioner Columbia, April 9.?One member-bf the general assembly has resigned. This is Representative Jos. V. Young, of Kershaw, who has tendered >jj?s resignation because of the fact that he has been elected a member of Ute board of county commissioner of Ker shaw county, and cannot hold two of fices. His resignation has been ac cepted by the Speaker. OPIE READ NEXT TUESDAY EVENING The Next Attraction of the Sum ter Lyceum On next Tuesday evening at 8:30 at the auditorium of the Girls' High ; School building Mr. Opie Heed will ap pear under the auspices of the Sumter ' Lyceum. It will be remembered that Mr. Read was to have lectured in Feb ruary.but was prevented from doing ; so on account ol the quarantine inci | dent to the prevalence of influenza at j that time. There are very5 mtt?y who j are interested in Mr. Read's coming [and he will doubtless hare .4 very I large audience. Remember the &me j anJd place: next Tuesday evening at I 8:30 at the Girls' High Scho?l. j VETERINARY ! BOARD APPOINTED I Horse Doctors Now Have State Board of Examiners Columbia, April 9.?Governor C??p er has named the new State Board-Of ? Veternary Examiners, as created .by an act of the 1920 legislature. . The j board is composed of Benjamin Mc j Innis, of Charleston, who will serve I three years! W. A. Barnctt, of Green I wood, to serve two years, and, M. :&< ; Blackstock, of Spartanburg, to serve jone year. After three years all of the i appointees will serve for three years. [ This bard will examine and license,to j practice in the State veternary sur J geons and practicians, in the same, j way as physicians are examined and j licensed by the State Board of Medi I cal examiners. ! APPROVES ENG | LAND'S STAND ! Berlin Officials Express Sa^ifl? faction With English Vjew ! of French Action i ! _ j Berlin. April 10.?England's dh$au j proval of France's action in occupy|pg I the nteutral zone is hailed by the nows ! papers with moderate expression^ of i satisfaction. I KANSAS MINES j ARE SHUT DOWN j Forty Mines Closed and'Forty Thousand Miners Are Idle $ i , , ... Pittsburgh. Kans., April 10.?Four j thousand miners here are idle today, I coal operators announced, involving i about forty minutes. Twelve thousand ' workers are employed in this district. Flooring; Ceiling, Siding:, Casing, Mouldings. Framing Lumber, Cedar Shingles. Pine and C.\ press Shingles. r Brick, lame, Cement, Plaster, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Sewer ripe. Stove Flue, Looks, Crates, aterial? Hardware Paints, Oils Metal and Composition Sl?flglcs,Terra Cotta Thimbles Doors, Sash and Blinds. Mortar Colors and '.Stains Porch Columns and Balkistcrs, Water Proofing Mineral, Beaver Hoard, Corrugated*Metal Roofing, Valley Tin and Kidgc Kol). Asbctos and Composition Hoofing. WIKK FENCING. IHON AND WOOD POSTS l WS, Hatchets. Hammers, Door Hangers. Carpenter's Tools, Paint Brushes, Paints and Oils. Inside Decorations, Calsomincs and Cold Water Paints, EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE ooth r cLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA