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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
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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,
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