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-_ g_1 MOST HORRIBLE MURDER. Boston Woman's Dismembered Body Found in u Trunk. Boston. Mass., Sept. 3.-The most brutal crime committed in Greater Boston since the death of Susan M. Geary, a chorus girl, four years ago. and one much resembling it In its details, was disclosed to-night by the discovery of the torso of Mrs. Hon orah Jordan*, an actress, aged 23 years, of Somerville, In a trunk at No. 7 Hancock street, or Beacon Hill, this city. Later the bead and bones of the limbs were fouud In the fur naoe of the Jordan home at Somer ville, and the scalp, hair and other grewsome remains were taken from the kitchen range of the house. Chester Jordan, aged 20 years, an actor, of Somerville, is held by the police charged with the murder, and to-night, according to the officers, he made a complete confession of the cr* A*? According to Jordan's confession, he accidentally killed his wife Tues day nig) i In a quarrel at their hon-e, and becoming desperate over what he did he bought a butcher's knife, razor and shears cut up the body and placed the torso In a trunk. He then planned to take the steamer Harvard last night for New York and throw the parts of the body over board. The fact that the Harvard was laid off, owing to an accident, disarranged his plans, and he was obliged to hire a hackman to take the trunk to a Boston house to await a more favorable opportunity. Discovery of the Crime. The discovery of the crime was due to the suspicions of tho hack man. Geo. W. Collins, who had in mind the numerous robberies which have taken place about Boston re cently, and surmising from its weight that the trunk contained silverware, notified the police. Collins reported that he had taken the trunk from the North station this morning, It having come in from Somerville on a local train. The hackman stated he left Jordan and the trunk this afternoon at No. 7 Hancock street. Sergeant Michael Crowley was de tailed to go to the house and investi gate. Jordan was not in, but the offi cer was shown to the back room on the second floor, which Jordan had engaged, and found the trunk. At this time the trunk was not open. About 5.20 Jordan returned and was commanded to open the trunk. Jordan did not appear nervous or alarmed, but hesitated to open the trunk and it was not until after con siderable argument that he produced the key to the trunk and inserted it in the lock. Turning his head, Jor dan threw up the cover of the trunk and then sank back on his knees, burying his face In his hands and Bobbing. Sergeant Crowley staggered back aghast at the disclosure, for In the open trunk before him lay a sick ening mass of hacked flesh, a wo man's torso filling the greater part of the trunk, while pieces of flesh from other parts of the body were stuffed into the corner. The entire Interior of the trunk was bespattered with blood. There was no covering of any sort over the remains. Jordan submitted to arrest without protest, and was led to Station 3 and locked up. Giving his name and ad dress, he declared the body In the trunk was that of his wife, and said he was perfectly willing to tell every thing concerning the case. The Horrible Details. For more than four hours Jordan was closeted with the police offi cials, and time after time went over the horrible details. While profes sing that ho was dazed when the crime was committed, yet, by the clearness and conciseness of his tale, it seemed nijparent that whatever preceded the actual killing, the most careful plans were laid for the dispo sal of the body and the covering up of the crime. Jordan's story of the murder was substantially as follows: He stated that he was married In September,. 1904, to Mrs. Honorah Eddy, whose malden namo was O'Reilly, and whose homo was In Somerville. He did not know who hu wife's first husband was or what had become of him. The couple went on the vaudeville stage, Mr. Jordan taking the part of a tramp and his wife that of a nurse in a sketch. They went first to Butte, Motu., four years ago, but only re mained three or four weeks. Lnter they went to Chicago and appeared in some of the smnller theaters there, remaining three months. About three years ago they returned to Somerville and took a flat In tho house at 5079 A Medford street. Mrs. Jordan, according to her husband, had taken to drinking of late, and he claims, was associating with other men, mid he became jealous. It was in a jealous quarrel that the trouble started which ended In the death of the wife. Jordan declares that his wife struck him first; that he then knock ed her downstfirs and was terrified to find that he had killed her. This A WAY TO SAVE DOCTOR m M.S. Physicians Give Free Advice by Which Parents May Profit. - It's a matter ot general interest just now how one's physical condi tion can be got into shape to best re ceive the benefits of the summer sea son. Especially is this true ot the children. They have become run down by a winter of unnatural man ner of living because of ill-consider ed food and much time spent in doors. Spring comes with its sun shine, its fresh vegetables and all else Invigorating, but the children are in no condition to receive nature's remedies. Many parents call In the family physician. Many other parents take advantage of what the physician told them when he was first called In con sultation. All good family physi cians say: " Give . the children Castorla." Healthy parents know this remedy of old, for they took lt tl ?unselves as children. It was more Ui i tWrty. years ago that Castorla mude a place for itself In the house hold. It bore the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher then, as lt does to-day. The signature is its guarantee, which is accepted in thousands of homes where there are children Much is printed nov,, teys about big families. Dr. William J. Mc crann, of Omaha, Neb., Is the father of. one ">f these much-read-about fam ilies. Here is what he says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have, in p\y years of practice, found Castorla a popular and efficient remedy in al most every home." Chas. H. Fletcher has received hundreds of letters from prominent physicians who have the same esteem for Castorla that Dr. McCrann has. Not only do these physicians say they use Castorla in their own families, but they prescribe it for their pa tients. First of all lt is a vegetable preparation which assimilates the food and. regulates the stomach and bowels. After eating cones sleeping, and Castorla looks out for that too. It allays feverishness and prevents loss of sleep, and this absolutely without the use of opium, morphine or other baneful narcotics. Medical journals are reluctant to discuss proprietary medicines. Hall's Journal of Health, however, says: "Our duty is to expose danger and record the means for advancing health. The day for poisoning Inno cent children through greed or Igno rance ought to end. To our knowl edge Castorla is a remedy which pro duces composure and health by regu lating the system,'not by stupefying it, and our e?ders are entitled to the informat i 1." A clever, popular Candy Cold Cure Tablet-called Preventlcs-ls being dispensed by druggists everywhere. In a few hours Preventlcs are said to break any cold-completely. And Preventlcs, being so safe and tooth some, are very fine for children. No quinine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor sickening. Box of 48-25 cents. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. Not that Joshua. (Washington Post.) Judge Speer, of Georgia, whose re pent railroad rate decision has stirred things up down that way, ls well .known in Washington, and nearly everybody who comes from that sec tion of the country has a story or two to tell about him. Capt. Cromwell Flbbons, speaking of the Florida House of Representa tives, and one of the leading Demo crats of the South, who was here re cently, tells this one: "I stopped off nt Savannah and while there dropped Into the United States Court, over which Judge Speer presides. The pro ceedings were moving along monoto nously until there was called before the bar an aged darkey, a type of the real old Southern darkey, black as night and with a fringe of kinky white hair covering th lower part of his head. " 'What ls your name?' demanded the judge. The old man's teeth were chattering, but he managed to say between chatter: 'Mah name, jedge, mah name ls Joshwa Jenkins, sab; Joshwa Jenkins, yo' bonah.' " 'Joshua? Joshua, are yoif the Joshua who made the sun stop shin ing?' "The old darkey was scared to death. He Imagined he was charged With another and more terrible crime.? and he could hardly speak. But he finally managed to say, stutterlngly: " 'N-n-n-no, jedge, yo' bonah; jed,,?, A-a-a-Ah's not dat Joshwa dat made de sun stop shining; Ah's de Joshwa dat made de moonshine.' " 'You are discharged,' said Judge Speer, 'get out of this court.' " Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner? Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com plexion sallow? Liver needs waking up. Donn's Regulets cure bilious at tacks. 25 cents at any drug store. happened at 7.30 o'clock Tuesday night. Fearing discovery he con ceived the Idea of cutting the body up, taking lt away on one of the steamers and throwing the paris overboard and then reporting to the police the fact that his wife had left him. g Jordan, according to his confes sion, went out and bought a heavy bulcher knife. ?With this and a razor and shoal's he severed the head from the body, and after putting the scalp and ? air in tho kitchen range, placed the skull In the furnace In the cellar, "'he legs and arms were cut from the body and then flesh sliced off In strips, leaving the hones of the limbs practically bare. The bones were placed In the furnace and the chunks of flesh plied In a trunk with the torso. The trunk was taken to tho Somerville station nnd shipped to Boston some time Wednesday. M Spark of I ii fi ii i r. Germ of nu mit Fire of Prometheus, sh Doomed to mor Prey to fatality, Child of eternity, worm Mind, which tan compass t Creature of mystery! Man Molded In purlt Quenched In oh Tossed like a waif o'er ' Heir of Salvatioi Or dark conaen Destined an Angel or E Eagle! whose pinions might Groveling in mire which a i Heart, with a v Nothing can sat Filled with some pitifu Pleased by vari? Palled by satiet; Groping for happiness, Steeped In iniquity, folly, ar Thrusting \U Monarch and : Deity bled for tl Pitied thee, plea Proffered His treasures Bulk of humani Cursed with ines Trample all offers of gn Thinking it wiser their God Shrouded in dark degradatlc Arch o'er immei Thronged to int? O'er the vast myriads o Endless their nu For death never O! 'tis a sight at whlcl Whence are ye flying, dark i Ask the poor wanderers, anc When shall thii Shrouding man's Burst like a Hash on ou Cut from its cen Can the lost ph Back to its orbit in sple Silence, rash mortal: this se "Shall not the Judge of Cre? FARMERS IiOSE $25,000,000. Damage to Georgia Cotton Crop the Heaviest in Many Years. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4.-Reports from every one of the 146 counties of Georgia Indicate that the cotton crop has been damaged to the extent of $25,000,000 at least during the past three or four weeks. It ls stated that the total production of Georgia will, at the lowest calculations, fall 500,000 bales short of the yield last year. In a word, the total production in Georgia this year will not exceed one and a half million bales, as against a production last year of two million, one hundred thousand bales. Commissioner of Agriculture Hud son believes that even this estimate ls too liberal, and he predicts that the crop will come nearer to approxi mating one and a quarter militen bales. Civil War Raging in Russin. St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-A special dispatch received here from Teheran snys that lt Is reported that Tabriz Satr Khan has inflicted a decisive defeat on the troops of the bhah in which the government soldiers lost 800 men In all, killed and wounded. Civil war ls raging anew in tho Ta briz province. Mother Kills Babes. Elgin, 111., Sept. 4.-Two babies are dead and the mother ls dying this morning as the result of a dose o' carbolic acid given the children by the unbalanced mother. While the husband was away the worner, gave the children a teaspoonful of the acid and drank two ounces of the fiery liquid herself. She sai 1 she wanted to die and take the babies with her. Fatal Massachusetts Fire. Sumner, Mass., Sept. 4.-Practi cally the entire business section of this place was destroyed and one man, A. M. Phipps, lost his life In .a fire of unknown origin here to-day. Phipps was smothered to death while asleep. The property loss ls estimat ed at $100.000. WOOD'S SEEDS. Beat Qualities obtainable. Winter or J Hairy Vetch makes not only ono of the largest yielding and best winter feed and forago croris you can grow, but Is also ono of tho best of soil-improv ers, adding more nitrogen to tho soil than anyiother winter crop. Wood's Desorlptive Fall Cat alogue gives full information babout this valuable crop; alsq about ail other Farm ? Garden Seeds /-\ for Fall planting. Catalogue \rJ mailed free on request. Write for lt. T. W. WOOD ft SONS, Seedsmen, . Rlohmond, Va. A N ! y! rouded in clay; tallty, of a day; he stars with Its span, clous man! y, scurlty, Fiiue'8 tu rim lent sea; ti ?nuil iou ; lemon to be; gleam in the sun eptlle would shun. acancy isfy, 1 bauble or toy; ?ty, y. .. yearning for Joy; id pride, Maker aside. iee ! ? ' d for thee!' eternal in vain, ty, inity, ace with disdain; to defy ?n to die! netty, malty, if wanderers sweep; m be rs, slumbers; ? angels must weep. it oms of clay? 1 what can they say? ; mystery } history ir wondering gaze? iter sun, met run ndor to blaze? mtence indite; atlou do right?" -Unknown. FARMERS' UNION INTIMATES Crop nt 11,500,000 l?ales-Price Not As Yet Fixed. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. '?.-To day's meeting of the National Farm ers' Union was devoted largely to the reports of committees. The union has given out a report on this year's cotton crop, placing the figures at 11,500,000 bales. The government's report indicates a yield of 13,500,000, and this wide differ ence is causing considerable com ment among delegates. President Niell, of the Texas branch of the union, was made chair man of the minimum price commit tee. He Is known to favor not less than 12 cents per pound as the price for the season. Cough Caution Never, positively never poison your lungs. If yon cough-even from a simple cold only-you should always hetti, soothe, and ease tho irritated brou ahlal tubes. Dont blindly suppress-it with a stupefying poison. It's strange howjsome,things finally come about. For twenty years Dr. 8hoop has constantly warned people not to take conga mixtures or prescriptions containing Opium, Chloroform, or similar poisons. And now-a llttla late though-Congress says "Put lt on the label, if poisons aro in your Cough Mixtura." Good I Very good 11 llerealterforthlsvory reason m otho rs. andoUiers, should insist on having Dr. Bhoops Cough Cure. No poison marks on Dr. Snoop . latHils-and none in tho modlotne, also lt must by law be on the label. And it's not only sato, but lt ls RP Ul to bo by those that know lt best, a truly re mar able cough remawy. Take- no chanco then, part .ularly with your children. Insist on having Dr. 8hoop's Cough Cur?, Compare carefully tho Dr. Shoop package with others and note the dlfJTorc.,?e. rio poison marks there I You can always bo on tho safe side by demanding Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure J. W. BELL. 200,000 Piro in Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 5.-A spectacu lar fire Tuesday destroyed the plants of thc Atlanta trunk factory and the Umpire Printing and Box Company, burned a quantity of lumber and damaged a number of small wooden buildings. The loss ls estimated at $200,000. The fire spread rapidly soon after being discovered and a general alarm was turned in. Only a narrow street separated the burn ing factory from many res?u* nces and it was with great difficulty the fire men kept the flames from crossing the street. The burned buildings are located on Madison avenue between Peters and Cnstleberry streets, and run back to the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks. The origin of the fire Is unknown. OABTORIA. Be*T th? The Kind You Haw Always Bougji Two Women Perish in Fire. Gadsden. Ala., Sept. 3.-Mrs. Eliz abeth MeNeal, aged 75 years, and her invalid daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe MeNeai, aged 55 years, were burned to death last night in a fire which destroyed their home on Lookout Mountain, eight miles north of this city. It Is thought the fire originat ed from a defective flue. The two women were alone In the house at the time. All the news for $1 a year in Tho Keowee Courier. Don't If you are sick, don't to make yourself well. r the words of thousands womanly ills, when we sa it wai i For 60 years, this won ?been benefiting sick womci ?of Cambridge City, Ind., s with female trouble, and They wanted to operate, 1 made me feel like a new \ this wonderful medicine, 1 AT ALL DR Card from Rev. W. T. McAllstcr. To the Voters of Oconee County: 1 take this opportunity to express my gratitude to those who voted for me in the primary on August 25th. That number of voters are among the very best citizens of the county, and many of my closest friends would not vote for me on account of ministry. I highly appreciate them and their views, they claiming a mistake on my part, and, after due consideration, I must sny there is not a friend or foe better satisfied than myself. Very truly, W. T. McAlister. Seneca, S. C. Long Creek, Aug. 26, 1008. TO Ail of My Good Customers of Oco nee County: I wish to thank you all for your patronage, and I also ask all persons who ere due me anything to come and settle as soon as possible, as I want to collect and pay all my debts as soon as possible. Yours respectfully, J. H. CANNON. September 2, 1908. 36-39 NOTICE TO DEBTORS and CRED ITORS.-All persons Indebted to the Estates of Fred and Jemima Riley, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the under signed, and all persons having claims against said estates will present the same, duly attested, with in the time prescribed by law, or be barred. J. R. O. McKEE, Administrator. P. O.: Iva, S. C. August 19, 1908. 34-37 REGISTRATION NOTICE. Walhalla, S. C., Sept. 1st, 1908. The Board of Registration will ap pear at the following places on the 'iates mentioned below for the pur pose of registering voters: Salem, Monday, Sept. 14, 1908. Little River, Tuesday, Sept. 15th, 1908. Double Springs, Thursday, Sept. 17, 1908. Long Creek, Friday, Sept. 18th, 1908. Seneca Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 21st and 22d, i908. Westminster, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 23d and 24th, 1908. Madison, Friday, Sept. 25th, 1908. Oakway, Monday, Sept. 28th, 1908. Providence, Tuesday, Sept. 29th, 1908. All persons who want certificates renewed will bear in mind to bring their old certificates *lth them if they have them in possession. W. T. GRUBBS, Chairman of Board. September 2, 1908. 36-39 CHICORA COLLEG Owned and Controlled by tho Presby A HIGH GRADE COLLEGE FOR WO Graduate Courses In the Arts and Gymnastics and Business. Large and able Faculty. Beautlf ern conveniences. Healthful climate, tn City of 25,000. EXPENSES FOR TH (A.) Tuition, Board, Room (B.) All Included In propos Music, Art or Expression Tho next Session oi>ens September For Catalogue and inform?t! 26-35 UNIVERSITY OF S Wide rango of choice in Sc Professional Courses, leading to BACHELOR OF BACHELOR OF LICENTIATE C BACHELOR OF MASTER OF Al CIVIL ENGINE ELECTRICAL I Well equipped Laboratories-Li EXPENSES MODERATE. expenses. NEXT SESS1 Begins Septeml For Announcement write 27-38 worry, but begin at once Co do this, we but repeat of other sufferers from RDM Iclp You derful female remedy, has Q. Mrs. Jennie Merrick, ays: "I suffered greatly the doctors did no good. t>ut I took Cardui, and it vornan. I am still using with increasing relief." (JG STORES NOTICE OF SEIZURE AND SALE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF OCONEE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the property hereinafter described, having been seized on the night ot Saturday, the 8th day of August, 1908, near the town of Seneca, for violation of Section 26 of an Act ap proved the 16th day of February, 1907, entitled "An Act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale, use, consump tion, possession, transportation ai<d disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages within the State,, and to police the same," said property, hav ing been seized while being used by Alfred Williams in the night time for transporting liquors or beverages, will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on the Public Square, In the Town of Seneca, on SATUR DAY, the 19th day of September, 1908, at 11 a. m.: One Day Horse Mule, about twelve years old; one one-horse Wagon, Body, Spring Seat and set of one horse Wagon Harness. Terms- CASH. Hi C. HARBIN. Special Dispensary Constable. 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