Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-13

"A oSt icpoitei OtoppCu iuto luc olu
Republican building yesterday and had
pleasant chat with General Frances A.
Walker, Chief Of the National Census Bu-
rcau, in reference to tho progress aud
prospective arrangements for this important
work by the department of which he is the
head.
"What arrangements have you made for
taking the census, Gcncral!" qucticd the
Post representative.
'Tho census Of tho coming year." replied
tho general, "will be taken different from
tho ones preceding, owing mainly to the
fact that tho law gives authority to appoint
special agents, and We expect through this
means to deal with subjects of which it has
been found impossible to obtain accurate
or even approximate statistics through
tho usual system of going from house to
house.
"rho consus day is juno l, 1880, when
tho population all over tho country will be
counted. Tho cnumerators, rs they arc
technically called, will begin on that day
end proceed until tho counting is flushed.
Persons who we're alive Juno l, and died
before tho collectors visit will be put in
tho census. Births subsequent to tho lst
of June similarly will not be taken. The
object is to get the correct statistics up 70
June l, which is the last of the census
year"
elbow will agricultural statistics be Sc
curcd?"
'It would not pay to employ special
agents to take agricultural figures, and this
duty will be trusted to tho onumcrators
This is wide field. There are
probably thrcc million farmers in this
country, and you will sec tho objection
to employing especial assistance when the
ground can be covered as well by the rcgu-
lar force"
"Docs this apply to all granger into
resist"
"No; there arc certain branches, such as
fruit culture, live stock, and important
crops, whcro special agents must necessarily
be employed, and the work will bo done as
never before. The special officers will collect
facts and figures relating to the growth Of
these crops, and fruit, meat transportation
and expectation, and the shipping of stocks
to England. Lumber, honey, becswax,
peanuts and other industries that arc be-.
coming of great Importance, will also
receive tho special attention Of this agent,
and the product of these efforts will form q
valuable adjunct to the census. and show q
vast difference from those of former years.
Heretofore these statistics have been grossly
erroneous and inadequate. The law
provided no special assistance in procuring
these facts, and vas so constructed that
Goldfish, coal oil and mining were placed on
tho samc schedule"
sIs education a class for itsclf?"
cit comes under the branch Of Social
Statistics which embraces education
churches, schools, libraries, newspapers,
wages, wealth, debt and taxation. 1t will
be collected almost entirely through special
agency, as will also special statistics, pau.
perism, criminalty, idiooy and deaf mute
ISM"
"IIow have they been collected bcforc?"
"By enumerators, or else by deputies of
the United States marshals in tho several
districts"
"What force will bo necessary, and when
will it be selcctcd?"
"Therc will bc ono hundred and ifty
supervisors, one or more to each State, ac-
cording to its size. The supervisors dis
tricts will be formed and announced about
the middle Of October, and the appointments
will probably be made at tho meeting of
Congress in December. In January the
supervisors will appoint tho cnumcrators.
Tho special agents will be selected as nc
cessity requires"
elbow many enumerators will bo re-
quircd9"
'I suppose about fifteen or twenty thou
sand and those in tho country will be
required to complete their labors during
tho month of juno, 1880 Those ib the
city arc conGncd to the first two weeks Of
the samo month. The reports will come in
as rapidly as completed"