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o VOL. XXVIII. WALTERBORO, S. C., JULY n, 1906. NO. si- AWFUL TRAGEDY AT RUFFIN tr y W. IRNECAN SLAYS HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN. Killed Them With an Axe While They Were Asleep. This morhing before day break while they were wrapped in peaceful slumber, j W Iruegan took an axe and slew his wife and fonr children. Mr Irnegan first brained his wife, Mrs GliVia Irnegan, and then his son George, age 16 years, and then his daughter, Orrie, age eight years; thek his son Thomas, age four years, and then the youngest, a little gir.S Lihie May, who was only two years old. Wr Irnegan was brought to Wal* terboro this morning by A M Ulmer and B B Ulmer, sons of Magistrate Ulmer of Bells. As soon as Mr irnegan bad slain his family he went to his neighbor, Isaac Salsberry, and reported it to him. Mr Salsberry and Mr Smyly and several other neighbors went to the place and tcok Mr Irnegan in charge and immediate* ly summoned a physician. When seen this morning by a re presen tative of The Press and Stand ard Mr Irnegan stated that he had killea his wife and ohildren, but did not know why he had done so; that he loved them very dearly and that they had always gotten on well to gether. He said when he got through killing them that it was H3ar)y daylight, when be went over to Mr Satsberry’s and reported it to* him / : . £ ■ Mr Irnegan is a well-to do farmer, who lived about one mile from Ruf fin. He kept books for J M Dan* nelly for a long time, bat about ten yetrs ago be quit keeping books and •bought a farm. Mr Irnegan came to this country some years ago from Smtea. Several jews »*o he made an attempt to cut his throat Though c*mbiutb me qualities necessary to ie Three Killings In OM Beaufort. Beaufort, July 5.—A white man, a white boy and a negro ntan were kill ed by negroes hear llardeeVille be tween sunset of the third and sunset of the fourth. With one exception this is the tirst time lor over 30 years that a negro has killed a white 7 man in this section. Hugo Schlegelmilch of Hardee- ville was killed bv a negro field hand at his plantation 17 miles from Hardeevdle at sundown on the fourth. As Schelgelmilch was walk? ing through his field with two com panions and met two negroes who worked on the place. Without warn ing one of them shot Mr Schlegel milch through the breast with a shot gun. Death wss instantaneous. Mr Schlegeltnilch had never bad any trouble with the negro, but one of his companions had. The negro escaped and had not been caught up to this afternoon. . H G Heyward, magistrate at Har- de^ville, received the news this morning and went at once to the scene with a posse. Mr Schlegel- milch was an exemplary young man about 25 years of.age and a general favorite. He was a graduate . of Clemsou and spent several years on ranches in the West Charles Simmons, the 13-year-old son of Mack Harrison, of Prichard- ville, was wounded in the stomach by a negro boy on the afternoon of the fourth. The wounded lad was carried to the hospital in Savannah, aid is reported to be dying. The shooting occurred " about five miles from where Schlegelmilch was killed a little later. The shooting wasdone witn a gun and is said to have been intentional. The negro escaped. On the eve oi the foartb, a .negro carpenter was killed by a negro team ster at Pnrysburg, about two miles from Hardeeville. There was a quarrell over whiskey at a gathering, resulting in a fatal knife wonud in the neck. The same night a negro wss shot in the shoulder at a negro club house on the ontskirts of the tiwn, but not fatally injured. WitHelt-Duvatl. Another wedding of interest to a number of people of Walterboro, was that of J M Witsell and Mies Rdith Duv*ll, which took place in Cheraw Tuesday evening, Julv 3. The cere mony was performed by the groom’s brother, Rev W 1* Witaell, iu St Davids Episcopal church, in the presence of a large concfinrse of friends and relatives. The bride was given away by her father, H P Duvall. C S Anderson, of Walter boro, was the best man and Miss liouise Coit, of Washington, was the maid of honor. The church was prettily decorated and made a beauti ful appearance. A delightful reception was tender ed the bridal party by relatives and friends on the evening before, at the home of the bride’s father. They received quite a number of hand some presents. • Mr Witsell is the youngest son of Dr Chas. Witsell; was born and raised in Walterboro and only left here a few yean ago to accept a posi tion with the American Snuff Co. He h«8 many friends here who will wish for him much happiness in his new relationship. Miss DnVali ie one of the most popular and accomplished young ladies of that town. The happy couple left on the U.15 train over the Sea Board Air Line for Virginia Beach, where they will spend several weeks, alter which they will go to Paragonld, Ark., where the grfiom is associated with the firm of Witaell Bros.',"in the wholesale gro cery business. in prosperous circumstances, >fr "irnegan seems to fear that his wife *nd children would be put out of bouse and home, and he is said to 0 * have stated to others that this was^ the reMon that he bad killed them.? 1 ^ tK,D 8 b ' oot , ,he basine “ of C A - There * -little doubt but that the ^ftoraoTab^. Mat ' man wai insane Before her marria£e wUI command attention. Iteve the ci uch mid porg* the system of cold. UoutaiUB ao opiates. Sold by Jdo -M Klein. Notice. The public will please take notice that Mra Irnegan was Mfcs draws, of Williams. Olivia An/ Modest Claims Often Carry the Most Conviction. When Maxim, the facu ua gun inven tor, placed his gun Iteforc a committee of judges, he stated its carrying power to be much below what he fell suie the gun would accomplish. The result of the trial xas therefore a great surprise, in stead of disappointment. It is the same with the manufacturers of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diairhoea Remedy, They do not publicly boast of all thla remedy will accomplish, but prefer to let the users make the statement. What they do claim. Is that it will positively eare diarrhoea, dysentery, pains in the stomach and bowels and has never been known to fill For sale by John M Hein.' . COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. J CHARLESTON, 5. C. ' , 121st Year begins September 28.. Lett ere, Science, Engineering. One scholarship, give free tui lion to each oounty of South Carolina. Tuition 140. Board and furnished room in Dormitory $11 a month. All candidates for admieaion are termitted to compete for vacant Boyce scholarship which pay $100:; a year. Fog catalogue, adrete iBarrieon Randolph, Pfejident. Respectfully, * W. T. Wa-ren. ' TO OCRE A COLD IN ONE DAY take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists, refend money if is fails t# cure. E W GROVE’S ture Is on etfiTi box. 25c. signu- Notice; the same to Penrifoy Bros, duly attest ed and those indebted to said estate will make payment to Penrifoy Broe, Walterboro, S O, or to N Godley and W 8 Godley, Executors. R F D No .3, Savannah, Ga. June SO, 1W6. 6 20 It How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Core. P. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry ont any obligations made by his firm Walding, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure i* taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and muoous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Bold by all Dgaggists. Take Hail’s Fi tion. amily PilUfor constipa- Houae Struck by Lightning. During the thunder tdorm last Thursday afternoon, the house of Mr. A. 0. VonLehe was struck by lightning, though no serious damage was ddne. The course of tho current, v^as peculiar. It struck tho china closet in one corner of the dining room find' broke up the crockery and tbei jumped across the house to the bath room tearing of the facing ta the door and hurling it into the adjoining room, but without in juring any portion.of tho house between. Mrs. vonLehe was sifc- All persona having claims against the i n the hall Way and did not. estate of W wiii present know her house had been struck until called to her attention later. Fortunatley therar was no one in that portion.of the house and no one was injured. Notice. By virture of an ordinance of the town of Walterboro I will proceed to sell on Saturday, July 14, 1906, in front of the conrtboote in Walter boro, at five o’clock in the afternoon, one red heifer, said oow* being no- marked and unknown. The dwner of oow can get same by identifying her •»d paying oosta. J 3 Jackson, July 6, 1906. Chief Martha]. Children like Kennedy's Laxative Booty'and Tar. pleasantest and best syrup to taka, becanso h contains — t Hold by John M JEW*. no It la always well to hr<ve a box of salve in the bouse. Sunburn, cats, bruises, piles and boils yield to DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Salve. Should keep a box on band at al, times to provide lor emergencies. For years the standard, hot followed by maay imitators. Bt sure yon get the genuine DeWitt's Witch Basel Salve. Mowey Oivew Away. Following is* list of persona drawing »ah prizes offered by Colleton Mer can tils A Manufacturing Co: Charles Goodwin, A. H. Herndon, Mrs R. F. Hoggin. WHhe O’Qais, Mrs Elias Tufi Miss Bertha Es G O. Letter From Adams Run. » , Editor Frees and Standard: Rain! Bain! I think Longfellow never ex perienced such a rainy time, or he would have called his poem "Rainy Days.” Some of our prominent planters look so cloudy 1 am in con tinual fear they will dissolve into showers and we’ll lose them. But anyhow, in spite of the rain and gloomy outlook, the boys under the leadership of Bruoe LaRoche, got up a very pleasant danco last Friday night. The hall was filled with youth and beauty—even the juveniles were out. The chaperones were handsome, smiling and watchful over the pleasures of all. The music was furnished by the local band, and ex celled itself on this occasion. There were visitors from a distance, among whom I noted Miss Edwards of Wal terboro and Miss Bailey of Wadma- law. The Misses Bteinmeyer of ChArles ton, accompanied the Misses Behling to the danoe. Frank Clement was present also. Dancing continued until the sleepy chaperones declared “enough,*' and carried their charges home to watt until the next dance, which they hope won’t be too long coming. The Fourth was very qnietly spent by ns. The colored element gave numerons picnics, and offered up the usual amount of bnman blood in honor of the occasion, and if the number of pistol shots indicated a nice time, they must have reached the superlative degree of enjoyment . The general exodus to the moun tains, springs and other sntnmer resorts has commenced. The first to leave vas Mrs FitsSimmons and family for Columbia. N The Ravenels and W M Bivens o families leave Tuesday for the moun tains of North Carolina. Others will go later. Some pre- fering to .visit friends in different localities, but all who can, will go for a change during the warm season, if only for a few'tlayi. s/ Of coarse, there are usual stay-at homes, aud the dui’t get-aways—who must get what they cau out of life here in our village, and enjoy the lovely open ai^ concerts given by the frogs, but business must go on, and some one must attend to it. That is a sufficient reason, eh? Mrs Dodd and family visited Cot- tagevilie Saturday. Miss Emily Legare visited Charles ton la$t week, and took in the hop at the Isle of Palms. Miss Mattie Sanders has returned home after a very pleasant visit to Savannah aod other points of inter, eat. Miss Annie Larsen is visiting friends in. the City by the Sea. Misses Carry Larsen and Evie Johnson are away on a pleasure trip. Eddie Allston, of the city, spent the Fourth with friends here. Mrs T J Taylor is spending awhile on Hullivan’s Island. , Mrs Ada Barnwell is visiting her children, who reside in Charlestom- I wish “Cabin Boy” would practice what he preaches. I am. quite sure he would handle any subject he would discuss well. c8et us the ex ample. . S J Rumph visited they city on business' Wednesday. L Wedding bells are to ring out hard and strong in the very near future, but unlike “Country Consin,” 1 will not get any of . the cake. Too'had, eh? What is the matter with the “poli tical boy*” Things •aem slow this year. Wishing those beat fitted for the office succeuil’ll retire for this time. More Anon. COL LUMPKIN QUITS THE RACE, Senator Tillman Is Now Sure to Sue* < cecd Himself. Columbia, July 5-—The jig is up. It was most unexpectedly that Col W W Lumpkin entered the race for United IStatea Senator, and 'just as unexpectedly ^has he dropped ouL Tonight he gave the Bureau this card: “Ou account of the chance of conditions surrounding the b^n-* atorial race, I deem it best to with draw from the contest. 1 have en deavored to conduct my campaign in a manly, straightforward way up to this time, and retire feeling that I have not intentionally wronged any one. Respectfully, “W W Lumpkin.” This was all CoDLumpkin had to say, and it is quite enough. It settles the Senatorial contest* and Beujamiif H Tillman will be reflected to the United States Senate without opposi tion for six years. Whether this wilf change his plans as to« series of personal meetings is not known. Col Lumpkin has acted with dighity in his brief ambition to be Senator. V ' A sweet breath adds (o the joys of a kiaa You wouldn’t want to kiss yoar wife, mother or sweetheart with a bad breath. You can’t have a tweet breath without a healthy stomach. Yon can’t haves beatthy alomteh without perfect digestion. There is only one remedy that digests what you eat and makes tw breath aa sweet as a rtw—atid that remedy is KODOL FOR DYdPEPdlA. It l» a relief f *r sour stomach, palpita tion of the heart, and othet ailmenta arising from disorder of the stomach aid digest iou. Take a little Kodol after yoar meali* and see what it will do for yoa- 8old by John M Klein. ■.« — e • - Convert the Dollars sod Yon WNI Evangelize the World. Quoth the Dollar to the. Cent: “Look at me, how big 1 am, and how shining is my face, and pioor t too, with Una profession of faith printed plainly over my forehead, 'In God we trust!’ X am worth a hun dred miserable little coppers like yon.” “That may all be true,’ v replied the Cent, “but for all that, - although you are so broad and bright and pious, you are, neverthelesa, a hvpo- crit. Where you go to church once, i go a thousand times; aud, moreover, you hardly over get to a missionary meeting, while ^ at ~ Pray for the opnveffimRlijtfe hack- si’ding $. that it way come into good and regular standing; for as Horace Bushnell once so truly said: “The money-power, which is one of the most operative and grandest of all, ia only beginning to be Christianized. What we are waiting for is the coo« secration of the vast money-power of the world to the work and cagse aod kingdom of Jesus Christ; for that day, when it comes, will be the morn ing, so to speak, of the new creation* That tide-wave in the money-power can as little be resisted, when God brings it, as the tides of the'‘sea; and like these, also, it will flow across the world in a day.”--AH the World. ;u u* ■js Old Chronic Sores. Asa dressing for old chronic sores there is nothing so good aa Chsmber- lain’* Salve. While it is not advisable to heal old sotes entirely, they should be kept in a good conditio** for which salve is s pecially valuable. John M Klein. ' ■■ » .... Lee-Ooodwle. William J. Lee add Miss Ellen Goodwin were made one on the HI of June, at the Methodist in St Augustine, Fla. Rev Keenley performed the Mr Lee is ~a .native of Lake City, has been in Florida for several and Miss Goodwin ia owe ef Swamp’s young ladies. H‘«