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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
FATAL SHOOTING SATURDAY NIGHT.
Richard Campbell, COIOred, Killed and
Ex-POliCeman Hardy Maeee Shot.

A deal of excitement was Great
ed in Brookhaven Saturday night
by the murder of a young negro
man named Richard Campbell by
two negroes named Loss Benla-
min and Wes Holloway, and the
serious wounding of Ex- Police
man Hardy Magee by Holloway
while he was trying to arrest him
after the murder. The main facts
in the case, as gathered from eye
witnesses, seem to be about as fol
lows:
Richard Calupbell was standing
talking with two negro women
opposite the dago shop in Peters
burg, near the colored Methodist
church, about 1880 p. m., when
the party were approached by
Wes Holloway and Loss Benjamin,
under the influence of liquor or
cocaine, and Holloway took hold
of one of the women and endeay-
ored tn get her to 60 with him
down the street. This was resent
ed BY Campbell, who took the
woman's part, when both Hollo-
way and Benjamin turned on
Campbell, Holloway seizing him
and shooting him in the back and
Benjamin firing a bullet into his
breast and, one which missed its.
mark. Some of the witnesses say
that Benjamin snatched the pistol
be used out of Holloway's hand
and handed it back to him again
after the shooting Campbell fell
in the street and died about one
hour later, making a dying decla-
ration to the effect that Benjamin
was the one who gave him the
mortal wound in the breast.
The two murderers separated
very soon after the shooting and
Wes Holloway came up to the
principal business part Of the city,
went to Noodles Hardware Store
and bought ten 45 pistol cart
ridges, made one or two small
purchases at another store and
then started out West Monticello
street toward another negro sec
ton of the city.
By this time Constable Chas.
Hardy, who had heard of the
murder in Petersburg, was close
on his trail and but little way
behind him. Constable Hardy,
accompanied BY Ernest Blue,
turned down the south side of
Monticello street at the new Cen
tral Bank corner, about the time
the negro reached the middle Of
the block on the opposite side.
Ex-Polioeman Hardy Magee was
standing in the street between the
Bank corner and the corner Of
Perkins new furniture store, when
the negro passed him, and. learn
ing few minutes later that Hols
loway was wanted for the shoot
ing IN Petersburg, he started out
on the north side of Monticello.
street after him.
When Constable Chas. Hardy
reached the corner at Heuck's s
Opera House be and Ernest Blue
were Joined ty Joe Blue and
Prot, Brueck and the party con-
inusd westward On the south
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
Farmer Lem Dlekey Kills Himself.

Lem Dlckey, 80 years old,
prominent farmer living about 6
miles west of Rrookhaven, shot
and killed himself at - O'Clock
yesterday with double barreled
shot gun.
Dickey had a company of neigh
bors at his house fol a log rolling
and all had quit work and gone to
the house for dinner. 9 Dickey
told them to wash up for dinner
and left them on the gallery and
went into his room in the house,
closing the hall door and the room
door behind him. Almost imme-
diately there was the mutfled re-
port of a gun and on rushing into
the room he was found in a dying
condition. the load of bird shot
penetrating his breast just below
the heart. He lived for about 90
minutes, the only words he utter
ed after the shooting being to tell
his wife to take good care of the
children. Mrs. Montgomery,
who was in the kitchen preparing
dinner for the company when the
gun fred was the first to reach
him.
Mr.. Dickey had lately had a
severe case of grippe, since which
time he had gotten behind with
his farm work and it is said had
grown quite Respondent, and if be
Intentionally took his own life,
the condition of his health was
doubtless the cause. 1t is stated
that the hammer had been snapped
on the other shell in the gun, but
it failed to explode.
Mr.. Dickey was married about
a year ago to Miss Luella Mont
gomery, of this county, being at
that time widower with three
children. His young wife and
these three children survive him.
He also leaves several brothers.
The bereaved ones have our sin
cere sympathies. The funeral
will take place today.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
Secretary Greenwood Receives an I'm.
pOrtant Letter from Pres. Harahan.
he Enters a Courteous Protest and
Proposes to Erect New Depot 100
Feet South of Present Site.

Mr.. Henry G. Greenwood, sec
retary OF, the last citizens mass
meeting which was held Friday
night, March 1st, to further con
slider the location of the new I. G.
Depot, has received the following
letter from President Harahan in
answer to communication adyis-
ing him of the action taken at the
meeting:
Chicago, March 5. 1907.
Mr.. H. c. Greenwood, Secretary,
Brookhaven, Miss:
Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of
your Communication of the End
inst, relative to the construction
of a new passenger depot at
Brookhaven, with which you en-
closed a copy of the resolutions
adopted at mass meeting of your
citizens.
1t would appear from these
proceedings, that the company,
which is spending its money, is
not to have any say-so as to where
this depot shall be located. This
is not fair to us: there are other
things besides the location of the
depot about which we should be
consulted. Weshave, at all times,
endeavored to consult the wishes
of your people, but apparently you
all are divided as to what is really
wanted; therefore, in order to get
this matter Strengthened out, /
will agree to construct a brick
passenger station at Brookhaven
IN the same square with the pres
-ent depot, but | propose to put
the new building about 100 feet to
the south Of the present structure
so that in stopping our trains at
the station we will uncover one Of
the street crossings and not block
both of them at the same time,.
which your proposition would
make us do. This will be done
with the understanding that you
will deliver t. o. b. cars at Brook
haven, common brick at 81. 90 per
thousand, first class pressed brick
at $500 per thousand and second
class pressed brick at $1,000 per
thousand, it heing understood that
all of this brick is suitable for
such a structure as we want to
erect in your city. As above
stated, my reason for wanting
change. in location Of the depot IS
in order to uncover at least one Of
the street crossings when our
trains are making the station stop
Instead of blocking them both as
ii now the case. Please let me.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13

side of Monticello street, Consta-
BILE Hardy being the only member
of the posse who was armed.
Across on the north side of the
street it was so dark they could
not distinguish a white man from
negro, and nohe of Constable
Hardy's party at that time knew
that Hardy Magee was following
the negro on the opposite side.
Their object was to reach Jackson
street as quickly as they could
and try to discover III the light of
the electric lamp If either of the
persons going west on the north
side was the negro murderer.
The Laird brothers had started
out Monticello street for home
| just little before this, and when
they stopped for two or three
minutes at the McLaurin seed
shed, they were passed by Yves
Holloway, followed quickly by
Hardy Magee, both moving at a
brisk gait. Neither spoke as he
passed the Laird brothers and
neither was recognized in the
darkness, but after Magee had
passed them a few yards, they
heard him call to Yves Holloway
by name to stop. The desperate
negro answered by turning quick
ly and firing four shots point
blank at Magee, the Laird broth
ers, in their surprise and excite
ment, thinking both men we're
shooting.
1t turned out, however, that
Hardy Magec had essayed the
dangerous undertaking of arrest
ing the fleeing murderer without
being armed, and of the four
shots fired by Holloway in quick
succession, one broke the ex-
policeman's right leg above the
knee, one tore the flesh under his
left shoulder blade without enter
ing the cavity aid two passed
through his coat sleeve. Magee
says the neelo did not stop shoot
ing until he jerked a picket off
the fence and attempted to strike
him with it. The shooting occur
red at or very near Frank Parsons
yard gate.
Constable Hardy and his party
were taken by surprise by the
fusilade diagonally across. the
street, and the constable hurried
toward the corner at I. Fl. Per-
kins' residence hoping to arrest
the negro, but Holloway ran and
turned up Church street at Frank
Parsons corner and made good his
escape by going up that street and
turning into an alley near In
grams.
The Laird Brothers and others
soon placed Elk Policeman Magee
in hack and carried him to the
King House, where his wounds
were dressed, and we are glad to
be able to state that he has been
doing as we'll ever since as could
b. expected.
A number Of citizens WHO had
knowledge of the, shooting to-
gether with officers, spent nearly
all Saturday night searching for
the two negro mnrdeIers. Con-
stable j. d. Blue succeeded in
finding and arTesting Loss Benia-
min about 8 o'clock Sunday morn
| ing and lodged him in jail. Yves
Holloway IS still at large and his
unknown.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
hear from you as soon as possible,
whether this is satisfactory
Yours very truly,
j. T. HARAHAN,
prnci1ont
President.

1t seems to The Leader that the
slight concession Pres. Harahan
contends for is entirely reasonable
and should be Yielded by the peo-
pie of this city without further
contention; provided the railroad
will agree TO remove the old depot
building entirely when the new
one is ready for occupancy. In
fact, if a handsome new brick de-
pot were erected where Mr.. Hara-
han proposes, it would balance up
and give the square a better ap-
pea rance than a building on the
corner, besides making it more
convenient for passengers getting
on and off all south bound trains.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
LUTHER TYLER,
Secretary.

The following sententious in
dictment of Hartman by Chair
man Hepburn of the house COM
meree committee, will stick: I
believe that Hartman is the liv-
ing justication of all the railroad
legislation that we have enacted
and all that we have attempted to
enact, and, By his own admis-
si0ns, we should have passed laws
much more drastic than we did.
If understand the testimony of
Mr.. Hartman and his associates,
it is possible for one man to in
crease the Indebtedness of rail
road corporation by $92, 1000, 900
without adding to it one cents
worth of visible property. IT it
is not high, time that such condi-
tion of affairs should be ended, it
seems TO me that no evil under
the sun should be corrected.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13

The semi annual convention Of
the Mississippi Louisiana Retail
Lumber Dealers Association met.
at Jackson yesterdaty.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
CALL
For Meeting of the Lincoln County
Democratic Executive Committee.

The Lincoln County Democratic
Executive Committee is hereby
called to meet at Brookhaven,
Miss, at the law Office of Marshall
Mccullough, at II O'Clock a. m.
on Monday, the 25th day of
March, 1907. The chairman hav-
ing become candidate for Office
to be voted for at the coming
August primary election, desires
10 present his resignation as a
member of the committee; and
probably the resignation of other
members will be presented.
These vacancies should be filled
and probably other business prop
erly coming before the committee
should be attended to before the
coming election gets too close by,
and it is desired that every mem
Der of the committee be present.
M. MCCULLOUGH,
Gboiprnops
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13
Negro Rapist Denied Bail Second Time.

Judge &. Il. Lyell, chancellor
of this district, was in Brookha-
ven yesterday to give a hearing
ON writ of nabeas corpus in the
casn of the State VS.. VIM. Holmes,
charged with rape, and remanded
Holmes to jail without the benefit
Of bail.
The crime was committed on
an 1S-year-old daughter of Allen
Smith, about mile west of Bogue
ChItto, about seven weeks ago,
Holmes holding a pistol on his
victim and accomplished his pur-
pose. He was tried before JUS
tice Albritton soon afterward and
remanded to the county Jail. He
will now have to remain Ia Jail
till court meets. The evidence is
exceedingly strong against him.
All the parties are colored
McNair & McNair represented
the defendant and Thos. Brady
appeared for the State.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-13

Crystal Springs is backward
about shipping strawberries this
year They are red ON the sun
ward side and remain green on
the other and are without fIaYor,
says Mr.. g. NJ. Huber, the truck
farming expert.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Make Pencils From Potatoes.

w. r. LEFT, Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Potatoes
are now being used in Germany for
making lead pencils, and it is said
that IN a short time the wooden pencil
will be driven out of the market. The
new product is slightly heavier than
the ced ar wood article, but is the same
in size, form and appearance, admits
of sharpening more easily and can be
made at a nominal price.
A company has been formed in Der.
lin to manufacture the article. The
cost of manufacture is estimated at
S0.OO925. The secoud quality pencil
a be made at the cost Of only go.
OO595.
AT the estimated production of 49,.
900 pencils a day the yearly produc-
ton would be ii, 400, 0CV pencils. Elk.
ports of these pencils from Germany
to foreign countries for a year equa!ed
Is, 1876 tons, or a total OF 3,O33 POO, OOO
pencils.
Cedar wood is expensive and its
quantity limited, while the supply OF
potatoes is unlimited.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
PROUD OF HAVING TRIED
CUTICURA REMEDIES

II had eczema on my hands for
about eleven years. The hands cracked
open in many places and bled. One
OF my fingers was so bad that the nail
came off. l had often heard of cures
by the Cuticura Remedies, but had
no confidence in them as l had tried so
many remedies, and they all had failed
to cure me. l had seen three doctors,
but got no relief. Finally my hus-
band said that we would try the Cuti-
cura Remedies. so we got a cake Of
Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Oint-
vent Pills. Of course l keep Cuticura
Soap all the time for my hands, but
the ON cake Of Soap and half a box
Of Cuticura Ointment cured them. 1t
h IS surely ys = blessing snS tor Tor me- Ser to have have my y
having tried Cuticura Remedies, and
recommend them to all suffering with
eczema. Mrs. Eliza A. Wiley, r. F. D.
2, Liscomb, Iowa, Oct. Is, 1906"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
Indians Allege Fraud.

BILLINGS, June l3.-The Crow In.
dians, who for years have occupied
rich lands in the Big Horn basin set
apart for them by the government,
have asked an investigation of charges
that they have been defrauded out Of
5000 600 by land grabbers. For the
purpose Of Investigating Secretary
Garfield sent his wi private secre.
tary, MIR. Dallsey. who has been on
the ground for two weeks.
Secretary Dallsey we the Indians
q hearing, the tribe being represented
by Mrs. Helen Grey, who recently
went to Washington to lay the matter
before the president. Ia one case she
charges that forgery was committed to
secure possession Of the tract which
forms the Huntley irrigation project.
The tract contains loo. 900 acres which
formerly was embraced in the 5000,
900 originally in the Crow reserva-
ton. Mrs. Grey has been active ir
49, w JIMMY w las AAuk0uS
their rights, aud as q result. she say 8
vas thrown in Jail. She alleges tina
her arrest was for the purpose of pre-
venting her appearance at the iuvesti
CATION.
1t was also charged that a govern
meut officer has been grazing immens,
herds Of cattle on Indian lands with
out paying the indians a cen 70
pasturage. 1t was this which cause,
the Indians to form q secret lodge TO
their protection and to raise afuud :,
send u representative 10 Washington
The officers allege that every efor
possible has been made to brea AK Il
this lodge, bu, they declare they wi,
fight TO the finish TO maintain thei
organization. 1t is expected tina, whe,
Mr.. Dallsey finishes his Investigation
lie VIII make a Sensational. report 4
i:He secretary Of the Interior.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

The clerk is hereby ordered to notify
all road supervisors that commencing
June l, 1907, the maximum price for
8 $3.50 per day.
The board then adjourned until II
o'clock Tuesday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
ITCHING PIMPLES
Resulted from Poisoning. Cured
by Two Sets Of Cuticura
QemedieS

my husband got a blood disease from
wearing wooden underwear. He was
all full Of pimples, and he had an awful
itching. He took a good many so.
called blood remedies. and nothing did
him good. Then we saw in a news.
paper about Cuticura Remedies, and
they cured him after using in all two
sets of Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Oint.
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent, and now
| wouldn't do without Cuticura Soap.
Mrs. Harner, 1850 Benners ST., Reading,
Pa, Jan. rs. 1906
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
sists OF Cuticura Soap (25c) to Cleanse the Skin;
Cuticura Ointment !S0c) to Heal the sS'n G,S ana
late Coated Pills 25c. per vial OF GOD to Purity the
blood. Sold throughout the world, Potter Drug q
Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston. Mass.
or mailed Free. Book on Skin and Scalp.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS,
OF the Board Of County Commission.
ers Of Chouteau County, at Their
Regular June Session,
1907.
FIRST DAY.

FIRST DAY.
Fort Benton, Mont, June ). 1907.
The board met at 10 o'clock a. N.
in regular session and proceeded to
audit hills as fOllOWS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
ECZEMA COVERED
HANDS Il YEARS

Cracked and Bleeding in Many
PIaces-Became so Bad that Nail
Came Off Finger Tried Many
Remedies and Consulted Three
Doctors, but Got No Relief Now
Cured and Is Very
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

The board then adjourned until 2
o'clock p. M.
Board met at 2 o'clock D. m. and
took up the matter OF the Big Sandy.
Box Elder road to Mack's coal mine,
and appointed the following viewers:
NJ. Williams, B. Van Alstine and A.
w. Merrifield.
The following bills were then al.
1Ouo1.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

II bOard then adjourned until 10
o'clock Wednesday.
THIRD DAY.
Fort Benton, Mont, June 5, 1907.
The board met at 10 O'Clock a.. m.
with same members present and spent
the forenoon in examining the county
Jail and inspecting the condition Of
the county poor at the hospital.
The board then adjourned until >
o'clock p. m.
The board met at ? O'Clock D. m.
with same members present and con.
finla0 tho a,,1itipr ~ I'LL. =, R11>....
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19

Fine Book and Job Printing i spe.
cialty a. the RIVER PRHsS oaice
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-04
WHITES SHOULD AID NEGRO
Practical Christianity Offered as So
luton of Race Problem.
President Mitchell, of Richmond Col
IeEe, Discusses the Question at
Mems Meeting of Y. Nj. G. A.

The application of the principles OF
practical Christianity 10 the negro prob
lem is advocated as a solution of that
question by 5. c. Mitchell, president OF
Richmond College, who yesterday after
noon addressed the meeting for men at
the Young Mems Christian Association
building.
1t has been the tendency OF late years, -
he said. Ito worship the God of the Sax
ons, but true Christianity means the
worship Of the God of man. Taking as an
example the teachings Of Christ. as Hits
trated by the story of the Good Samari-
tan, it should be the duty of every man
to endeavor to harmonic the interests Of
the conflicting races. and 10 offer 10 the
negro such aid as viii enable him 10 be-
come a good ana useful citizen. Let US
offer him such aid as is within our power
and thus encourage him in his efforts 10
become a useful citizen.
Having been born In the black belt Of
Mississippi, which contains a population
OF 30 go. Of whom 10000 are negroes.
know whereof l speak when l say that
il is upon the 5000 white depends
the safety and prosperity Of the country.
Ii is to them the negroes must look for
guidance, which will be best assured by
following in their treatment OF the blacks
the teachings of Christ
THE Methods Of Christ in the Building
of a Kingdom was the subject of Dr.
Mitchelps address.
Continual work and effort in the field
in which we are called to labor he said.
lis the only method Of assuring success
which does not depend upon the monetary
compensation received. The work Of
Christ would have immortalized Him. had
He not been divine, and for 1t ali He re-
ceived nothing in the way Of reward, a.
success is accounted to-day. Sunday was
not with Him "a day OF idleness and fol-
lowing the religion Of His Father lie
worked every day in the week. It has
been by profiting by His example in this
regard that the Young Mems Christian
Association owes its success to-day. not
only in Washington, but throughout the
country"
THE Future Of the American Negro"
viii be the subject under discussion by
the Twentieth Century Club. at the Y.
NJ. c. A. building tomorrow night On
Wednesday evening, DR.. L. W. Glaze
brook and DR.. Harry HURT Will lecture
on tuberculosis. displaying by means OF
a stereOpticon a number of photographs
showing the prevalence of the disease.
J. B, Clayton. OF Washington, will ad-
dress the mems meeting next Sunday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-04
LONGFELLOW FUND GROWING
over $4,000 Already Secured for
Monument In Washington.

II is announced by the LongfeIlow Ma
tional Memorial Association that over
$1,000 of the $4,000 TO DE expended in
erecting d statue TO the New England
poet in Washington has been subscribed,
and that there is every indication that
the larger part OF the money yet desired
viii be readily secured. Congress has
granted a location for the statue on
Connecticut avenue near Rhode Island
avenue. and has also appropriated money
for pedestal.
Washington people who have been called
upon are responding with sums ranging
from 81 &c $1,000. A Boston committee is
also sending out letters to prominent per
sons Ia New England explaining the OBJ
ject of the association. President Roose-
welt has also written a letter favoring the
project.
The officers OF the association number
some Of the most noted men in the coun-
try The honorary regent is President
Theodore Roosevelt. Among the regents
are ex-President Cleveland, Prof Frank
r. Bigelow. Rev r. J. Conaty John JOY
Edison Chief Justice Fuller Gen. Adolf
plus w Greedy. Frank W Hackett, Hon
William r. Harris. Hon. John B. Hen
derson, and Mt. Justice White. all Of
Washington.