Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-04

division is based embraces large field; a
supervisors district being large or small, not
simply according to the density of the popu-
lation, but also according to the ease or diff.
Guilty of communication, the number OF men
fit for the duty of compiling which the dis
trict is likely to contain, and the intellectual
status of the population. Thus far each State
has been assigned its quota, New York hav.
ing eleven of the one hundred and fifty, and
Pennsylvania ten. There yet remains the
difficulty of marking out the limits Of the in.
dividual districts within the States, and tor
this purpose communication has been had
with the Governors and Congressmen Of the
various States. 1t is hoped that this work
will be completed by October Is, and there
upon the selecting of supervisors will begin.
The qualifications for these positions will en-
brace, in addition to general intelligence, a
personal acquaintance with the district, and
some previous experience in compiling statis-
tics. From the time Of their appointment
until the following June, the duties of the su-
pervisors will be slight, consisting principally
in investigating the testimonials Of candidates
for the enumerators' positions When the
enumeration begins, the returns of the va
rious districts will be made to the superinten-
dent through him.
The selection of experts has advanced al
ready to considerable extent, and some of
them have already begun to collect statistics
in their various departments. Both of these
features are new to the present census. Hlth-
erto it has been customary to trust the entire
work to the enumerators, and leave it alto
gether until the close of the census year. The
disadvantage. of this system lay in the fact
that the number of men competent for GER
tain branches in the country was exceedingly
limited, and that the collection of statistics
on subjects like mortality and disease for
year that had passed, was not possible with
decided accuracy. Those great industries
which are exclusively confined to particular
districts, like the cotton industry or the trade
in iron, are now intrusted to experts, who at
tend to the collection of the statistics of those
subjects throughout the entire country. The
cooperation Of the physicians Of the country
has been secured in the matter of mortality
and disease, through the circulation of some
sixty thousand pamphlets of instructions
among them, which, in vast number of in-
stances have already met with favorable an
swers. This method of compiling statistics
while the events are occurring, will involve
much more expense than the old way of do
ing the work at the end of the year in three
months but the good effects, Prof Walker
says, in the shape of increased accuracy, and
in the breadth of the field covered, will more
than compensation this.
ECONOMISTS IN THE SENATE.-Senator
McCreery, Of Kentucky, on salary Of $4,000
year, saved over $4,000, and during six
years in the Senate laid by $25,O0O. 1t is
related of him that he sat up all night once
upon a time playing poker at ten cents linn.
it. In the morning some friend asked him
how he came out. "Come out" said he;
"why l lost fifty cents quicker than hell
could scorch a feather" Senator Davis,
though thrice millionaire, is little close in
his personal expenses. During the sitting Of
the Senate it is his habit to 60 to Aunt Mary,
the pie woman in the corridor, for. his lunch.
Laying his hand on plate Of cakes or ap.
pies, he asks: "How much are these ?" "Two
cents" "And these?' laying his hand on
another plate. "Three cents: "Oh, Mary,
you're too high, too high" Then he will buy
a piece of pie and glass of milk, and stand
ing at the counter Che weighs $50 pounds) he
eats his lunch with tranquility.
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