South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-12-19
South guneh Jntelliaeneer.
RoMNEY. .FaiDAY..DEc. L. 1884

The school population of The u. S. is
100000. Of this 1000, o1eo- ~ eas
rolled in the oslek s6Seis The pu SIC
school sys,em ofslhe co rtry sepek
more than $50. oQs .Oao year> sSd en-
ploys 10000 teachers. ~ ~
Arrangements have been made by
tho navy Department for an expedition
. npspryeythe reats a. the AieyisFuA~
nal. The House Commitjee on public
lands will report favoesbly bill proyi.
ing that no alien or foreigner shall own
lands Within the Unjfd States. cdI sss
y os II spp.afs that South Caroiina is .
avIs State in which voting hps played out
~"N The total vote for the Presidential E:ec-
g'o tors vas only 81. 1858. By the CENSUS. Of
1880 there .weee in $50 ,th Caeolina g..
y, $40 native whites OF the voting age aud
200, ll7.7 90 eolorea men Of tba voting ags
total. 2Ol.709, asonly 81 563 voted
n ,nN 10 evident that l4O,f36 did not vote.
The vote OF South Car DINA was only T..
'H1i 900 larger than that ofDakota Territory
TaE .CoTToN Crop OF 1884, 's5.LAc-
eording to an elaborate investigation
prosecuted by G. L.iGreen & co, OF
New York, the dsta available for an es-
~ innate Of the cotton crop OF iss4's5
Indicate q production of $500. 900 bales.
The crop Of 1883 "a was 5,7l4,OOO
bales; that Of 1928 was 6.992,OOO
~. bales. i,.-.,, t,,n
A. L.
NOW pending before Congress is tho one
providing for national aid to com oa
school education in the States. with a
special view Of reducing the terrible RAJ
ito Of illiteracY among the negroes Of The
south. This bill pessedy tie senate at
the asL session. Tho Charleston Nsws
and Courier urgently recommends the
democratic majority In the house to
take up the bill AMI pass it this winter.
e There is no loubt that such action
t would do much to dspsl the lingering
doubts among noruhera republicans as
to the GOO, faith ipc southern democrats
regardi lc the education of the blacks
The CENT ENAny Of MfTli2DisM The
pulpits Of all the Methodist Churches
in the city Of Baltimore on the l4tb
inst. were occupied By delegates to the
Centenary Conference. In, the afternoon
there was q sunday. School CO sbration
= in which $4,000, children participated.
i! Itrwas held in twenty .one churches if
=. teen white, representing forty three
congregations. aud six colored, repre-
senting thirteen congregations. Pie
orderTof service ;was lsinging and prayer
and two addresses ia each church. Tho
subjects were:' The hand of God as seen
in the Sunday school work of tho past
century and The promise of the Sum
dayschol work for the incoming &c injury,
if Gcd's people ara faithful The &C
casion was one o: much interest TO the
Methodist community.
Ex-Governor FOSTER, of Ohio, ought 10
DC set down on hard by the members Of
both parties. He predicts that Cleye-
land will be assassinated, as Garfield
was. We don't want any predictions of
that sort. 5sa ssi44A .Jr
IT appears chat this State has $40
Postmasters whose salaries are under
one hundred dollars Tho Postmaster
.r. General has the appointments Of all these
f without asking. by yout leave, OF either
the Presi lent or: Senate. Ohio has 1858
OF the same class. -. -Hs b1s
A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly says that the practice of tax.
ing tea or coffee by students, in order
TO work ct night, is downright mad ne IS
especially whepiprepariug for sxami-
nation. More than half of the cases Of
breakdown,lo loss OF memo y. faint NJ, &C.
which occur during severe examinations,
and. far more frequently than is com
monty knoan, are due TO this. Sleep is
the rest of the brain; to rob the brain
of its necessary rest IL cerebral suicide
CREMArIoN.-Crema, is getting on
pretty welt for so marked an innovation.
Our neighbor Washington held The fort
long enough to show thai there was
room for other crematoiies, and now
other crCmators SIS there are and will he
more.
In Italy cremation is OF sisady and
rapid growth. Since 1876 there have
been 4G3 cases, and moro in tho present
than IN any Of the seven. six oities
have cromatories six more arc about 60
bui,d them, and IN ninsteen other citiaa
AM towns there arc ctemafory societies
with an aCpreVate memhcrsLir re q