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f~- ; Wm gttt SftiU PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS. WM. R. BRADFORD. Subscription price $ I per year. Correspondence on current subject* la Invited, but wo do not ugreo to publish communications containing move tlinn :J0D words, and no responsibility is assumed for the views of correspondents. As an advertising modi em far Charlotto, 1-inevjlie, Fort Mill, anil ltoolc Iliil hu-inesH houses The Times is tuisnr;*tRscd. Pates nindo known on application to the publisher. Local Telephone No. 20. NOVEMBER ?, 1IXVJ. McKlNLEY ELECTED. New York, Nov, 0, midnight.? It boon trio evident r.t an early lionr i this overling thnt the election of McKiuley and Roosevelt was as- j sured. At S.30 o'clock roturus front nearly two-thirds of lite elocti >n districts in Greater New York had been received, indicating beyond question that Bryan and Stevenson could not expect more than 25,000 or 30,000 plurality iu this Democratic stronghold. In Illinois, ns in New York, the Republican plurality of 18% luis I eon greatly rod need, but it is still far too largo to bo overcome. Indiana, Michigan, the two Da kotos, Utah and Wyoming, ns well as Nebraska, seem to have given Republican gains over 18%. Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia bave given docisivo Republican pluralities. The couiit in soveral of the far j t Western States was naturally so delayed ns to givo little indication " of the outcome there, but they lmd ceased to have a determining effect, and before 10 o'clock the Demo' :# j eratic leaders had given up the contest and it was announced that Mr. Bryan had gone to bed and was sound asleop. The whole story is easily and briefly told. The Republican ticket will a larger electoral vote than four ^cars ago, but in the larger Suites of tho East nntl Middle VVeat the pluralities have been greatly reduced. Returns up to 3 o'clock this morning indicate that MoKinley will have 200 votes in tlie electoral college and that Bryan will have only 158. The Fifty-seventh Congress will probably bo Republican. In North Carolina F. M. Si Minions is nominated tor tho United States Senato over .1. S. Carr, ro- 1 i ceiving 45,000 majority. The Reapportionment of Congress. The new census makes necessary a new apport ionment of Representatives in Congress among the Sfates, says the New York World. The Hons ? of Representatives now consists of J157 members. The basis of representation is one representative for each 17)1,901 inhabitants, or majority fraction of that number, in every State. On the pime basis tlio House to be elected in 11)02 would have loO members. it has been generally regarded us undesirable to increase the number of representatives proportionately to the increase of population shown at each c< nans. Therefore it is most probable that the basin of representation ^ill be changed and that the Congress after the one we are about to elect will consist either of .T/8 members, each representing n district of 200,000 inhab- j1 it ants, or members (an increase of only one over the prenent , (Intac b ? a 1. y ? -nb:. < 210.000 j? i i ?' |]}o J J'(l ir. %v i! ^rofovbly be strong / 1 serious loss of representation by many S: fifes if the basis of rej re- 1 senlntion is raised to 2l0,0CiO inlie. bit ants will also be earnestly J opposed. The final settlement of the m ilter will depend largely j upon the politicul complexion of | the Llouso elected Tuesday. The members of the electoral college of ll'Ol will of course bo j in ere used in proportion to the ineroase in the nietnborship of Con- ( gross. And whatever basis of reapportionment may be adopted the Republicans will make some gain, because the increase of papulation,' analyzed by States, shows a net balance in favor of Stascs now in j R. publican control. ? ? Our Population Increases 190,000. The census returns show South 1 Carolina's population to be 1,310.- j 000, nn increase of 100,000 over 1 1800, when it was 1,151,000, says j The State. To us this is more j than satisfactory, for we had not hoped for more than 1,850,0C0 and would have accepted with philosophy 50,000 less. The percentage [ of increase in the decade has been 10.7 against 15.6 between 1880 and ! 1800. South Carolina in tho last ten years has lost a good many negroes by emigration, but very few ' whites. When the figures by race? are given it will be seen. The State thinks, that the,white population has gained oh the colored. In 1880 the population of the j State was 1)1)5,000; in 1S0O it was 1.151,000; in 11)00 it is 1,340,000. ! The present rati1 of increase is but i little below that of the United States as a whole, notwithstanding the foreign immigration, which has gone wholly to other quarters. Tho .1 1 ?I1 1 ? new ufcauo win Biiowa mucn greuer j percentage of increase, as the rapid 1 growth of our cotton manufacturing interest will compel South ' Carolina to draw 011 other Slates j for labor. Instinct of he?f-dt fense. The New Orleans Times-Democrat says that the vicious attack of the New York Sun upon the memory of (ion. Iv IS. Lee is but "another expression of the instinct of self-defense; for the lustre of Lee's glory is the negation of all the ideas for which The Sun stands, in common with the worshippers of the Almighty Dollar." And it adds: "Tin re is no need at this late day to retrace the Btory of one of the noblest bods of men. Of n lineage which puts the Four Hun- ; dred to shame, tha protagonist of the lost cause possessed personal beauty of the ideal kind and accomplishments which perfectly lilted him for the high station which was his from the bright beginning to the sombre close of his caseer. At the call of his native State he sacrificed wealth and ambition to battle for n cause which, to his keen professional eye, was predestined to failure. And when all was done this mighty apostle of the religion of duty refused the most tempting pecuniary otters and retired to a quiet Virginia town to spend his few remaining years in the education of the battle scarred section's rising youth. Such i in nidation of self is, of course, ah- ; surd, when judged from the stand- i point of the crass commercialism which nlllicts this nation today, hut this fact simply serves to bring out the ennoor of greed in nunc I revolting and instructive realism. If we are to achieve our larger destiny as a people it will he only on condition that every right-thinking Auiovican glory in the greatness of him who sleeps his last sleep be- , neath the shadow of the mountains j he loved." National Bo>cott Threatened. A national boycott is now threatened against the goods manufactured by the twenty cotton mills in Alamance county, N. (T, where a shutout has been in force since _ October Jo, when tjie mills suspended and about '2,500 union cmployees were thrown out of work. The number now idle is reported to bo marly 5,000. An agent of tho National T? x-} kilo Union is ' U tho fioKi nt??i i.il it-pain^ pr vi ons f?> :1 ? nt li. of lh?iij r in neo!. Ii ?! ' ' ''?o union men f.r> do* 1- :1 ' i a finish, and to > ;ik ?-;>d to, Vjki*. i v 's who ate out will be rated for possibly all winter, according to a report, should the management of the mills stand out against the demands, of the union. It is now reliably stated that unless the mills come to terms with the union shortly a national boycott of all goods made by the mills will follow. The men demand that. the union shall be recognized be- ; fore they will be willing to listen to any overtures from the mill ov/novs. There does not seem to be much prospect of un early set- j tlenu-nt. Meet of the mills are j running, though with short labor.] The idle union men of Alamance : i who have endeavored to obtain ] employment at other mills in the j Slate say that union men will not be received and claim that there is ' a kind of blacklist kept by the I mills on the section against the men wherever found. Tallest Han Alive. The biggest man living is Lew's Wilkins, v ho is now arousing! great interest in the scientific circles of Pin rope. Wilkins was born j on a farm near St. Paul, Minn., in 187d. When he was but 10 years old he measured six feet in height, | and now has grown to the (ronton- j dens height of 107 1-4 inches?i just three quarters of an inch less than nine feet?e.ml weighs 1104 pounds. There have been other tall men j and women before Wilkins, and . scientists have striven in vain to account for theso freaks of nature.: (July lately a plausible story has i been put forward by a French I physician, Dr. Marie, wdio says that giantism is nothing more nor less than u disease. This disease generally occurs in patients be- I twcon the ages of IS and 35, and is ! first called aeiomcgnly (from tv.oj] Greek v.-ovds meaning enlargement j, of the extremities). If the patient is not attacked until after he is IS the ends of the bouos in the urine and logs aro enlarged and pro longed slightly, but if this disease' has attacked a child ator soon after ! birth giantism is the result. The bones ure prolonged all along their length, grow unnaturally and the j result is n giant. Tiilinan Stumping; in the West. Senator Tillman has been making some hot speeches in the West during the Presidential campaign. At Joliet, III., the other day he is reported as saying: "I am not here to moke any apol- j' ogies for South Carolina. We aro giving the negro just such a shar in tin' government of our State as; he is capabe of exercising?and 'v that i.s (1 little. We were ; forced to do some wrongs, perhaps, and I admit it. There were more colored people in South Carolina ' than there were whites ami we i were forced to get down the shot- } 1 gun when they attempted to lmvo i, these blacks dictate to us what 1 form of government wo should have. You men of the North would * not have stood it one year. "How many men are thero in i this audience who believe that | there is a black man living good enough to make laws for a white I man? If you people want to see black heels on white necks then you try it on yourselves first before you try to force it on us. There is not a colored man living that should | dictate to the white citizens of this country. I 1 "Yes, we occasionally lynch a | nigger down our way. The only difference between nnr w?w < - J ,,,,w yours up liert* is that when one of . those niters outrages a wife or ' daughter we hunt him down until we are sure of the right mau and then we shoot him down as you would a rattlesnake or a wolf. That's our way. I'p here you pcopie get ex ited, as yon did at Ak- 1 ron, Ohio, and kill a couple of in- i, nocent. spectators and burn up a ' couple of millions in property. Some of you make a lot of noise about our not giving the hlacl; ' < man a 'fair trial' down our way. NVhy don't we h t the courts try the ease? 11 aca use we nuti of the , South are not white-livered < nough to permit our wives ami daughters to go before the court and publicly . rc!i ii.ra**. the details ??f the crime; that's why. And we are going t< 1 ko-'p right on doing just we have ,i done a.> lou w? l ave any ' .? qtrtwa Ah S t U ?' \\ 111: \ any in -re r.i trk mi n i< t.:-'-- c e.u? i .'wh.-.? . ? tliosr we- bn ' vc <s?. i. *2 Now Ycrk's Leadership. There if) one kind of apparel v*herein New York's pre-eminence is established the world over. That is apparel f<?r hoys. Pronounced us the leadership of Paris for women's wear and of London for men's, it is universally admittou that New York lias evolved h dis?..i ...I ... ..e >- r - it- - ? ? t/jiui uiucl ui ai wr lur iis you ill everywhere admired. Crescent Clothes for Boy's are the product ?>f the beat known makers in New York. They are the pi election of lit, fashion, and fablio. They are the only boys* clothes made that will retain slmpo. Any woman whose purse allows the least, leeway in the gratification of pride in dressing her boy wil ho delighted with the style and positive economy of Crescent Clothes. In .all ages from up and for young men to 'J.j chest n.ensure. This beautiful line of Boys' apparel will be found only at ? I1D. W. KELLOX & CO/8, CIIABLOTTE, N. C. Mail orders promptly filled. The Center ol Attraction for those who are especially particular about the laundering of their Summer garments is the laundry. Everyone knows except those who haven't tried mir worlc", how clean; properly starched and ironed every article proves itself to l?e after if has been tlirongh our hands. If you don't know us, let's pet ncipiaiuted. For oase of mind and comfort of body, lie sure that your laundry fjoer, to the Model Steam J-iumtrv. Charlotte. N. C. L:d. L. flcfcLtl \[S'A Y, A sent, Fort wilt, S. ?. Wo Feed the Hungry. When itt town and you want a good moid, vonK'inbov wo food the ) oople. A oor.d meal for 2") cents. Our ileetuuraut is on Depot street. Hand Bros, rock him,, sc. Photographs. The heat i*i the city at the price. Cabinets, s-J.' iM>r dozen. Smaller <iaautir .cs and other sizes I reasonable. ). J. KADtCR. Charlotte, N. l\ No. 1 West Fifth street. CoUoii Warehmi-e. Anyoue wishing io store tlioir cotton :i a clean <lry place will 11ml that we ire prepared to store and insure same u our standard warehouse, near our nill. Our price for storing and insnrng will be la ceucs per bale per month >? fractional part of ;i month. We will ! tdvane.o money on any cotton stored .villi us at x i>er cent interest. FT. M! 1,1, M ANUFACTURING CO. mptembe'r ~it. lit;).). SOMETHING TO EAT. | There is no excuse for the good liotisewifo worrying about wliot to [uvpnro for the dining table. I lime eveiyihing Hint site may t;I........ ---i " " ..in - ? t-n\ v Mim rinicy vcroeerica, Bntter, Clieuso, Country i'roduco, flu., etc. Try my homo-made Sour Krnut, it o cents p?r pound. It is much deer than thnt shipped hero from itlier point. The best Cucumber Pickles at 10 ! vnts per dozen. Tho choicest \pplos and Bnlanns at all limes, "Mica Axle (crease* is the kind fou should in > v.hcn vonr wa^on >ed* ^rreasinpr. It comes in 10 md - ') < ent ciio. f BAKERS vT? ... f -M..: irffayiT } A- Co JOKES, |"TBI OLD M 'NX TvA. T A T' A WANTED, WAN Wanted nv T. B. BELK: Coi j Oats, Potatoes, Chickens, Egos, a : which the Highest Market Pkici i ; FOR SALE, FOR I For Sale by T. 13. BELK: A' $15,000 worth of Clothing, Siioes ies, etc.; also "Old Hickoby" Grain Drills, and other Farm In Call on us for Guano and Ba OUR PRICES T. B. BELK, WE ARE Special inducemo may wish to exclianj Fertilizers. Wo nin for the Seed and sol a basis of small p thing you should im | IN TIMES Our business wr pally to the sale of have expanded till y store very nearly ai This week we (lesi: Youths' and ChiUlre Shoes, Hats, Trunks these goods we are that are worth lookii are nil new and of tl HUGHES i Wo are paying 15 ct II R GRIER, OK A I.Kit IX MATS, SHOES, PANTS, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS, | HARDWARE, TINWARE, * GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, ETC., AND THE BEST LINE OF POCKET AND lABi.n CI' i'i, " ?' IN TO'A V. j % me stoke:A ^A T^A ^A ^A A^ 4 - TED, x * WANTED. rroN, Cotton Seed, Corn, Pear, lNd other Coustby Produce, fob is will re Paid. SALE, FOR SALE. r the Lowest Prices $10,000 to i, Dry Goods, Hardware, Grocerid "Piedmont" Wagons, Buggies, [elements. gg1ng and tles. idp oinuT PROPRIETOR IE OLD RELIABLE 5TORB.** OFFERING n'H to farmers who je Cotton Seed for the highest prices I our Fertilizers on rotit. This is ono restigate. GONE BY is coufmed princi- ' Groceries, but we ou can find at our :iy thing you want, re to mention our ns' Suits, Trousers, and Crockery. In i offering bargains lg into. The goods le wearwell quality. 't YOUNG. b. n doz for eggs. w. rr. iioovek, LIQ 0 OR DEALER, CHARLOTTE, N. C. We look especially after the shipping trade and below quote very close figures. Will be glad to have your orders. Terms cash with order. Corn, per gallon, In )ug (boxed), $1.50, $1.73 *** $3. . . All first'dass goods at $1.75 and $a VERY OLD. Ryes from $1.60 to $i, $3.50 and $3 50 per gallon. Gins from $1 60 to $], and $3.50. Genuine Imported "Flab Gin" at $3 pet gallon. Apple Brandy, $2.35 per gallon. Peach Brandy $3 50 per gallon. No charge for jug and box on above, and no charge ?t these prices for keg whr W3"ted 'n such qu< 'iitira ..i'. "> 1'flvr you/ td: 1 5IJ.! bit;; I, \v " P . ' * l? S< ft > j . u i-,? it IBBHW&IIT1"iSHi