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ROBBED PUBLIC ; Bin tbe Bet f fust Held Dp aid PIbb^ dared Peeple ii T?ld. 1 ?? BARONS FIXED PRICES i ^ According to the Testimony of Henry % Vecder, Who Acted us Secretary of the Combine, the Different Packers Kt/or* Wnolr in Hnr>rni JTl^TK W1IW J*-* w ^ WV VX/M MM M -vw Session. Direct evidence that a packers' pool was in existence from 1893 to ^ 1896, and that, after suspending operations two years, it resumed control of the country's fresh meat business, Friday was given in the packers' trial at Chicago by Henry Veeder, who 'admitted that he acted as secretary of the organization. It was the first positive testimony offered regarding the existence of the old pool which, it is said, met under the name of "Postoflice Box No. 247" every Tuesday in Chicago to fix the 0 price fresli meat, agree on the price to be paid for cattle, and allot among its members the amount of meat to bo shipped into the different centres of distribution. f Ilenry Veeder, who is a son of Albert H. Veeder, attorney for the pack? ers, followed his father on the stand as the second witness called by the government. 11 is story of tho inside workings of (lie old packers' pool was not half finished when court adjourned. lie admitted many of the material allegations made^by counsel for the government in their opening addresses to tho Jury. Between 1893 and 1 896, the pool members were Armour & Co , Armour Backing company, Cudahy & Co., G. If. Hammond & Co., St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company; Morris & Co., and Swift & Co., according to Henry Veeder. In 1 898, Schwartzchild & Sulzberger entered the combination the witness said. Tie ^ described the meeting held every f Tuesday at which, ho said, reports ^ of the past week's business were re ceived and shipping allotments arranged. The witness said the country was geographically divided into five sections, each known by a letter of the alphabet, and that each of the members of the alleged pool was similarly designated to prevent publicity. He , testified branch houses and weekly ^ statements were sent to members showing the cost, average price received and the maigin of profit on fresh beef in the different cities. The witness gave a minute description of the intricate system used by the alleged pool in keeping its accounts and transactions. Attorneys for the defendants made an unsucp cessful effort to prevent the witness from answering questions regarding the inside workings of the pool, but Judge Carpenter overruled every objection. After four days on the stand, the examination of Albert H. Veeder, attnrnnv fr?r Kwift Xr Cf>.. thfi first Wit ness called by the government was l v ' concluded. ^ Although practically all the facts ho testified to referred to business transactions by the packers prior to 15)07, a period not covered by the indictments, the government considers him a valuable witness, i The younger Veeder described the geographic division of the country used by the packers as follows: Territory A?All east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river (except Illinois) including West Virginia. Territory B?All south of the ' Ohio and Potomac rivers and east oi ithe Mississippi river, except West Virginia. Territory C?Chicago. Territory D? St. Louis and all ot ^ Illinois, except Cook County, and all of Iowa except Council Bluffs. Mr. Veeder said Colorado was known as territory E. Other sections of the country were not included in the alphabetical list. 4 In reply to questions the witness said: "Representatives of Armour & Company, and others met in the Cauncilam building about every other week betweeh 1893 and 1895. "The companies at these meetings were Identified by letters. Armour & Co., was known as A, Armour or rinmnftnv ftft OudallV & i nv?n>o v ? ?w Co., as C, G. H. Hammond & Co., at 1); St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company as E; Morris & Co., as F; and Swift & Co., as G. "In 1898 Schwarzchild Sulsberger joined bho meeting and were designated by the letter G and Swift A Co., became known under the let| ter H. "The meetings were held on the ^ sixth floor of the building. There were nine or ten rooms. There were no signs on the door. The meetings were not held between May, 1896, and May, 1898, but were then resumed. "I leased the meeting rooms under the direction of either Gustav S. t\ n Uflrfwfiii Af Swift A Co.. iy? w. V ?f W W ? ^ , or E. Martin of Armour & Co., continued Mr. Veeder. "All the firms who attended paid their proportionate amount of the rent and oth RACES IN THE SCB901S WHITE AND COLORED CHILDREN 1 ENROLLED IN THEM. State High School Inspector Hand J Shows Striking Difference in' Attendance by Two Races. "The following figures taken from the census reports of 1900 and 1910 ( and from the reports of the State superintendents of education for the * years 1900 to 1911, Inclusive, may ' be of interest to the peoplo of South Carolina," says W. H. Hand, State inspector of high schools in this annual report to the State high school board. This section of Prof. Hand's report follows: "In 1900 the white population of the State was 557,807, and the negro population 782,509. In 191.0 the white population had risen to 679,162, while the negro population had risen to 835,843. The decennial increase in the white population was 21.8 per cent. The increase in the negro population was but 6.8 per cent. "The public enrollment for the years 1900 to 1911 is as follows: Year. White. Negro. 190 0 126,289 155,602 1901 127,230 157,976 1902 129,995 130,466^ 190 3 134,330 154,883 1904 135,527 1 56,588 190 5 1 41,391 1 61,272 1906 147,053 171,022 1907. . .... . .144,668 1 69,731 190 8 146,647 172,967 190 9 153,007 1 80,095 191 0 156,051 184,364 1911 160,830 193,440 "In 1910 the white school enrollment was 26.6 per cent, of the total white population; for the scholastic year 1910-1911 the white school enrollment was 23.6 per cent, of the total population. 1910 the negro school enrollment was 1 9.8 per cent, of tho total negro population; for tho scholastic year 1910-1911 the negro enrollment was 2 8.1 per cent, of tho total negro population. "Tho white enrollment for 1911 shows a gain of 2C.4 per cent, over tho white enrollment for 1901; the negro enrollment for 1911 shows a gain of 22.4 per cent, over that for 1901. "These figures show a striking contrast between the decennial Increase in per cent. In tho white and negro population and in tho white and negro enrollment." er expenses which was determined by tho volume of business done in fresh beef in territry A." In response to another question Mr. Veedor replied: "Tho ofiices in which the meetings were held adjoin the law offices of my father, A. H. Veeder." "What were your duties as secretary of these meetings?" "Tho preparations of statistics," was the reply. "What was done at those meetings of tho packers?" "1 read two statements every Monday fro meach of tho firms." Mr. Veeder replied. "One showed tho total shipments in territory A made by each firm for the week. Tho other statement gave the prices received for the fresh beef sold by each firm. I tabulated theso figures into one statement for use by the packers at tho Tuesday meetings." The witness said he prepared a weekly statement showing the cost, average selling price and margin of profit on all beef sold at each point in territory A. These percentage statements, ho said, were mailed to representatives of each firm Monday night, in envelopes marked "per\ sonal." "Was there anything else on these envelopes excepting the name and address?" , "Yes, there was a return card in one corner with the name Henry Veeder, 240 LaSallo street.* For a ( timo we had a postoffico box number stamped on the envelopes, but that was abandoned, as it proved unsatisfactory." "Was there any other statement regufarly mailed to the members?" "Yes, every Tuesday after the weekly meeting I would send a letter to each member notifying them of their allotment in pounds to be ( shipped during the current week." "Can you give us the form of those letters?" "They read about like this: 'Dear Sir: Your shipments into territory A for the coming week will bo 90 per cent, or your maximum allotment, or 8,000,000 pounds." "Did each member receive a copy of what the other was to ship?" "Yes. You talk like you had seen some of these letters." "Well, maybe I have," replied Pierce Butler, the special counsel, with a smile. , , ? Death of a Young Lady. At Greenwood, Miss Mattie Nell Moore, a student at Lander college, died Friday night at 10 o'clock, af ter an illness of two weeks. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. J. II. ? Moore ot the South Carolina confer ence and a sister of Jerry Moore. > 'Miss Moore was a charming young woman, of strong character. Her age was about 20 years. f ^ A A |? V * % f FOUND DEAD IN STOKE DAVID HUTTO BKUTADLY BIURDEKED IN ANDEIISOX. ? Deed Was Evidently Done Monday Night.?Sign Found Tacked on Door of Stove. David Ilutto, a Confederate vetBran, about 65 years of age, who kept a Bmall store on the extension of Greenville street, just beyond the city limit? of Anderson, was found dead in bis store room Friday, with tho left side of his face and head mashed to a pulp. The last time he was seen was on Christmas afternoon, and judging from the decomposition of the body the murder must have been committed Monday night. Mr. liutto was eccentric, and the fact that he failed to show himself since Monday among his friends and relatives did not occasion alarm, and no search was made by his family to locate him. A negro woman who went to the store Friday morning to purchase some groceries noticed that blood had trickled through the floor of the little building and a sign reading: "This man dead on inside" tacked on the front door. She notified Sheriff King and ho, with Deputy Martin, forced the door open, and in a crouching position partly on the cot in the rear of the store and partly on tho floor was found Mr. Hutto's body. The lick on the head must have been a terrific one, as his brains and blood were spattered all over the cot, the floor and the walls nearby. There were evidence of other licks, also possibly after Mr. liutto had fallen on the cot. A blunt instrument, nossiblv nn axe, was used by the murderer, but no instrument has yet been found by the officers. Evidently robbery \yas the motive, for no money was found by the officers in the man's clothing or in the cigar box in which he was accustomed to keep some change. Mr. Hutt.o was probably called from his cot after he had retired Christmas night, for when found ho was in his bed clothes. The man who committed the deed evidently called for sardines and creckers, for on the counter were found two boxes of sardines, which had been opened, and in the arms of Mr. Hutto was found a bag of crackers. The cracker box was set near Che cot and the first blow must have been dealt from his rear, as he was leaning over the box in the act of placing the crackers in the bag. Mr. Ilutto's body was removed to a morgue, whore Coroner Ideasley began an inquest Monday afternoon. The inquest was adjourned Sunday until Monday, when the taking of testimony will be resumed. The officers expect to gather evidence before that time. At the inquest Friday afternoon two negro children testified they saw two young white men go up to the store door about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon and write the sign which was found tacked on the door Friday. It is believed by the officers that the young men intended this as a joke, having no idea that Information given in the notice was correct. This clew is being followed, however, but developments Involving other parties are expected to occur soon. IM'r. Tlutto is survived by a widow and several children. ? ? ? GIRLi POSING AS A ROY. Roomed With a Holiness Preacher at Spartanburg. "Oscar Owens" who was known as a boy laborer in the Spartan mill at Spartanburg, and at Saxon mill for a year or more, has turned out not to be "Oscar" but Mary Ownes, a very comely young woman, who says by way of explanation her disguise, that she adopted men's garb in order to better trace a husband, who deserted her some time ago. The discovery that "Oscar" was not a boy came about when "he" decided to become "she" again, abandon the search for her husband and return to her dress as a woman. She made the change without attracting suspicion at the mill village, but after she reached the city persons who knew "Oscar" notified the police that he was down town masquerading as a girl. When approached by the officers she denied that she was "Oscar" saying "Oscar" had just gone to Tennessee, and that she, his sister, had Jiiiet arrived in town. It developed that "Oscar" Mary roomed with a holiness preacher who claimed that he was not aware that he was really a girl. He has noc been seen for two days. The girl and her family have been ordered to leave Saxon, but j there will bo no prosecution In the case. ? ? Thousands of Cattle Drowned. More than 1,000 head of cattlo have drowned in Cameron Parish, La., during the past few days because of floods and submerged lands, according to Morris Rosenthal, a Lake Charles, La., hide dealer. He said that C. F. Henry, one of Cameron's largest cattlemen, had lost nearly 1,000 head and that other stockmen had lost large herds. KAb? UUati SlilTiUS SOUTHERN FARMERS SHOULD DO r THIS NEXT YEAR. * Thus Keeping Millions of Dollars at < lloino and Raising Cotton at a Good Profit. The government prediction of a crop of 14,885,000 bales of cotton has caused no consternation, nor even surprise. The crop was the logical outcome of conditions the most, favorable that have ever been known. aiiu, uiuruuTur, me ci up wan xuuuw in response to a reasonable and urgent demands of the commerce of the world which had been suffering from the greatest cotton famine since the civil war. The crop of 1904 approximated nearly the crop of 1911 than any other, with a total 13,43 8,012, exclusive of linters, was grown. The crop of 1910, which was 11,6 08,616 bales, with a value of $963,180,000, was a world-beater as regards the amount of money it brought to the country. The crop of 1911 was made under conditions as near perfect as could be. From the llrst day of January of that year there was scarcely a day when the active operations of the farm were interrupted by the weather. Consequently there was more land broken by the first of April than the entire years before. The land was put into prime condition, was highly stimulated by fertilizers applied in the most scientific manner. Intensive methods of cultivation were employed and the highest results obtained. The demonstration trains of the agricultural colleges went touring round the different states, teaching the farmers the best way to do exactly what they did?how to get the greatest yield from the smallest acreage. They also taught hog and hominy in abundance. This the more provident have done and located their corn cribs and smoke houses on their own premises and that class is now in good financial condition and holding a portion or their cotton crop till it brings better prices, which it is sure to do. The less fortunate are at the mercy of the hears and still keep their supply deposit in the West. Thus it must be seen that the much advised and greatly railed at cotton planter has made no mistake. Nature has given a grand demonstration of tho potentialities of the soil and the crop that they produced was too bulky and unwieldy for the banks and warehouses to handle and market conservatively. Hut there is nothing in this to dishearten tho South or set her back a particle. On the contrary, there Is every reason for her to take heart I and go at it with greater determination than ever, now that they see plainly their limitless possibilities as well as where their danger lurks. It is said that the total value of the South's agricultural production for 1911 will exceed the total value of the agricultural production of the Union in 1 890 by $100,000. It is also true that the present cotton crop will bring more money than any previous crop with the exception of the crops of the two previous years. Tho British spinners know that cotton is too cheap and they are just now laying in a supply that will last them two years. American mills that curtailed their production by shutting down for four and six months threw tho hands out of employment, who were consequently forced to go into tho cotton fields and swell the enormous crop then making. Both the British mills and the American mills ware after cheap cot ton. They had been suffering from high-priced cotton as well as no cotton at all. They went after plenty of cotton and low-priced cotton and they got both. And now they are making goods at a profit and enjoying a season of great prosperity. When they got through spinning up the stock of cheap cotton they are now buying, the) will boubtless has improved their financial conidtion to such an extent that they will bo ablo to pay the advanced price for cotton that is ihevitable. i The world was clamoring for a big crop \yhen this crop was pitched. Nothing was said about the price, which was at that time 15 cents. But after it was found that the crop that had been made was too big for the South to manage, they knocked the price down to nine cents, and lower grades still cheaper. There are two lessons for the Southern farmers which are emphasized by the experience of 1911, and they are: A T-* - 1 - 4 1. 1 _ V /x ^ rirst nuisu evuryuun^ at uumu possible that is needed for consumption, for the maintinence for the home and farm and make cotton a surplus crop. Second?Ho careful not to make more cotton than can bo gathered, readily and economically. Those Southern farmers who have adhered to these two principles are now luxuriating in plenty. Some of them have their cotton stacked around their gin houses waiting for 15 cents, while they with their familes are living on tho fat of the land. Religion does not consist in a man's belief in what he does with his belief. liiiS U3 VLk\l ? rURNING OP CRIMINALS TjOOSE IB DOING US HARM. Governor B1 ease's Wholesale Pardoning of Convicts Commented on by Richmond Paper. The Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch says Gov. Blease of South Carolina, celebrated Christmas by pardoning 30 prisoners, establishing a record for setting lawbreakers at liberty. Eleven of these prisoners were life prisoners. Nine were convicted murderers. One was convicted 011 the charge of burglary and larceny, another on a charge of arson. Seven were convicted on a charge of manslaughter, the sentences ranging from live to twenty-six years. Samuel ltoe was among those pardoned. He killed his wife as she lay sleeping in her bed at home. A jury of his peers said that he should spend his life in the penitentiary?a sentence ii?ne too light?but lilease, in the heavy rule of the chief pardoner, wills that this man shall go free and wander about the community, a living monument to the kindness and politeness shown to a wife-murderer ir South Carolina. Murderers, burglars, incendiaries thieves, gunmen, drunkards and second-story men have been loosed bj I31ease to inspire the people of th< State with respect for justice aiu order and to encourage them to up hold the law of the land. Convictec criminals go back to their communi ties to laugh in the faces of jus judges and conscientious jurymen and, incidentally to vote for Blease That was what the governor of tin o J ^ rv# o /-v..^1 oiute ui omiui ^luunua uiu UM < Christmas gift to criminals. In strik ing and significant contrast stand out the refusal of Gov. Mann of thi commonwealth, *to pardon any con vict on Christmas day. This is i law-abiding State, wherein the peoph believe in the law and choose magis tratcs who will exercise their autliori ty on the side of justice. Gov. llleaso thinks that it is tin function of the chief executive to re hear and retry cases; Gov. Mann doe not. Extreme ill health is practicall; the only consideration which nov moves Gov. Mann freely to pardon i man who shot his wifo as she lay ii her bed; Gov. Mann refuses to par don wife-murderers. There is a vast chasm between th< law as it is administered in Soutl Carolina and the law as it is admin istered in Virginia. Judges and ju ries here are swifter and more sever than they are in South Carolina, am the chief executive of Virginal wouh never dream of freeing convict wholesalo as this man llleaso ha done. In South Carolina, criminals 01 whoso hands the "damned spot" wil not out, walk abroad with proud car riage; in Virginia, they die in tin chair or spend their lives in cells. Ii South Carolina, the pardoning powe is used in such a way that if is no exemplary; in Virginia, it is. Crinu is encouraged in South Carolina whei almost every day infamous lawbreak ers are freed, while in Virginia tin minimum use of executive clemen cy is a wholesale deterrent to would i t i ue criminals. In the final analysis, peoplo alon< art responsible for the administratioi of justice. Tlio law-abiding peoph of Virginia would not and could no elect a man to the governor's cliai who would abuse tho pardoning pow er, but the people of South Carolini are not so careful as to their choice Once in South Carolina the law wa a thing sacred?but the times hav< changed and the governors witl them. The administration of justice in South Carolina is a shame am reproach upon tho South and th< nation, but whether tho people o that ancient State will destroy till ever-flowing cornucopia of pardons b; their votes next summer seems i doubtful thing. Justice is swift and terrible in Vir ginia, and the law is a luminous, liv ing thing. It is so, because Vir ginians are a law-abiding and law fearing people, and because they wil elect none but high and henorabh men as their magistrate. There wai a day when tho righteous wero ir authority in South Carolina, and foi a return of that era its people ma: well and fervently pray. 8EXT THEM A Mi TO JAIL. Eor Violating an Injunction of th< United States Court. At Snantanburg. Hall Caines. Ed die Roberts and Arthur Lambert white men of Georgetown, were sen tenced by Judge Feter C. Pritchan in the United States district court sitting in Spartanburg Friday, t< servo eight months in the George town jail for contempt of court, hav ing violated an injunction agains shooting game on the Branch estate Caines was the only one of tho de fondants at the hearing. Judg< Pritchard sentenced him reluctantly saying he disliked to do it, but tha it was the only course open, slnc< Caines has previously been punishet for violating the injunction and knov that ho was doing wrong. Whei ho left Judge Pritchard shool Caines' hand and bade his good-bye bUUN ii? iV?N 1 While Pepilalito tf Ssath Is Makiif the Greatest Strides HOW THE RACES STAND In Ten Southern States the Number of White Persons Increased 24 Per \ WftllA VoiTWtfWAO I^4IP r^iVVlf WJUi'lf If if \/VO JIV A va V/VJWWP 8inc? 1900.?South Carolina's Percentages Are 21 and tf. A preliminary statement of the popnlation of the United States according to races, nativity and percentage, has just been issued by tho Census Bureau. According to It South Carolina has 15 6,000 more negroes than whites, but in this State, too, the increase in white population is far greater than ' that of the negroes. The increase in whites in ten years is 21 per cent., the same as Georgia, while the in1 crease in negreos is but 6 per cent. Georgia out of a total population of ' 2,609,121 has 1,431,816 whites and 1 1,17 6,987 negroes. The increase in tho white population since 1900 has ? been 21 per cent, and the increase " In negroes 13 per cent. There are r 250,522 more white people in Geor gia than in 1900 and 142,174 more 1 negroes. Alabama has 1,228,841 white and 1 908,275 negro population, an in crease of 2 2 per cent in whites and 9 a ?? mi. - ^ per cent, in negroes. 1 no iuiai yyp? ulation has decreased 1 per cent, and white increased 11 per cent, in ten 3 years. i Florida out of a population of - 752,G19 has 4 4 3,6 4 G whites and 3 03,3 GG9 negroes. The percentage of in3 crease of negroes is greater in Flor ida than in any other Southern state, i being 33 per cent, since 1900. 3 North Carolina in a total of 2, 206,2S7 population has 1,500,513 - whites and G97.S43 negroes, an increase of 1 8 per cent, in the former 3 and 11 per cent, in the latter since - 1900. b 'Mississippi has a total population 7 of 1,797,1 14, of which 1S6,119 are v whites and 1,00 9,4S7 aro negroes. * But in that state the increase in i white population in ten years has - been 22 per cent., while the increase in negroes has been only 11 per cent. 3 Virginia has a population of 2,i 061,612, of which 1,389,809 are - white and 671,096 are negroes. The - increase in negroes is but 1 1-2 per, 0 cent., while the white population has 1 increase 16 1-2 per cent. 1 A table of populations of most of 3 the Southern states shows the divis3 ion between whites and negroes a? follows: i State. i White Negro. 1 Georgia. . . .1,431,816 1,176,987 - Florida 443,646 308,669 3 Alabama. . . .1,228,841 908,275 i Mississippi. . . 786,119 1,009,487 r Louisiana. . .. 941,125 713,784 t S.Carolina. . . 679,162 835,843 3 N.Carolina.. .1,500,513 697,843 i Tennessee. . .1,71 1,433 473,088 - Virginia. .. . .1,389,809 671,09? 0 , o Total. . .13,917,360 7,485,092 The following is the total population of the States named: P Georgia 2,609,121' 1 Florida 752,619 ^ Alabama 2,138,093 Mississippi 1,797,114 1 Louisiana 1,656,388 Texas ... 3,896,542 ^ South Carolina 1,515,400 s North Carolina 2,206,287 Tennessee) of the Southern states Q Virginia 2,061,612 9 1 Total 20,817,965 0 Following are the percentages of f increase in white and negro populas tion (in the latter case a decrease in y Tennesse) of the Southern states x since 1900: White. Negro^ - Georgia v. ..21 13 - Florida 49 33 - Alabama , 22 9 - Mississippi 22 11 1 Louisiana ,...29 9 3 South Carolina 2t ? i 3 North Carolina 18 11 i Tennessee 11 ?1 ' r exas 32 11 ir Virginia 16 1 This shows the v.hite population of the ten Southern states named has increased a little over 24 per cent., while their negro population has increased but a little more than 10 per 9 cent. Some peculiarities are found in the shifting white and negro popu_ lation as shown by the report. New TTnm nsli Iro ami Vermont. sister I states in most things, differ In regard j to negro population. Since 1900 New Hampshire's negro population 3 has decreased nearly 15 per cent., _ while Vermont's negro population _ has increased 96 per cent. I Other states which show a marked , increase in negro population are 1 North Dakota, 115 per cent.; South 3 Dakota, 75 per cent.; Idaho, 120; Wyoming, 137; Utah, 70; Nevada, t 282; Washington, 141; California* 3 96; Oklahoma, 147. 1 ? ? r Or. the day after Christmas the * average boy thinks the next Christ* ' mas is ages away, while his parents . have the idea that it is close at hand*