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BARONS FIXED PRICES
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According to the Testimony of Henry
% Vecder, Who Acted us Secretary of
the Combine, the Different Packers
Kt/or* Wnolr in Hnr>rni
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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..
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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.
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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.
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FOUND DEAD IN STOKE
DAVID HUTTO BKUTADLY BIURDEKED
IN ANDEIISOX.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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*