The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-19
GETTING READY FOR CENSUS.
BOOKS OF INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN OUT
TO ENUMERAToRs.


Things the EnumeratOrs Will he
Expected to Find Out-Must Look
for Farms and Live stock Inside
Savannah as Well rs People Who
Are Deaf, Dumb or BIind-NIessrs.
r. n. Douglass and j. w. Davis
for the City.
Mr.. Henry Blum, Jr., supervisor of the
census for this district, has sent out a
large amount of literature during the last
few days to the enuemerators in the coun-
try districts Notices viii be mailed to-
night to the cfty enumerators to call at
the office of the supervisor at the Custom
House Monday 70 obtain books of instruc-
lions and the blank schedules upon which
they are to take the census. The enumer-
ators are expected to study these instruc-
tons and to fit them selves for the work.
1t is to their interest to do so, as no enum-
orator will receive his pay until his work
is properly done.
Four enumerators, all from country dis
tricts, have stated that they would not
be able to undertake the work and other
appointments have been recommended.
There are still twolor three appointments
for Savannah which are unconfirmed.
The books of Instructions TO be furnished
to the enumerators are very explicit and
there viii be no excuse for the enumerator
who does not know his book" Besides
The regular population schedule, to which
the enumerators will chiefly give their at
fhnp al -ia1
One of these is the mortality schedule,
upon which the enumerator is expected to
state the name, age, cause of death and
other information desired concerning every
person who has died in his enumeration
district during the year ending June l,
1900. The. year beginning June l, 1899 and
ending Pune 1, 1900, is the census year for
all information 10 be obtained by the emu
merator and June 1,1900,is the census day.
and all Information obtained by him is
to be as of that date. For instance, a
person who was living in the district on
June !, but who dies June 2, win appear
on the enumerator's schedule as living al
though the information may be gathered
a week after the death If the death oc-
ours on June l or on any day within a
year previous to that date, the information
is to be entered upon the mortality sohed-
ule. An infant born and dying within the
year will be entered as a decedent
There is also a special schedule for the
enumeration of ell persons of defective
sight, hearing or speech, a special sche-
dule for the enumeration of all live stock
not on farms or ranges and an agricul-
tural schedule for the enumeratio of
each garden and truck farm. Any gar
den or truck patch within the city limits,
from which the produce is marketed, will
appear on the schedule as farm.
The census does not include the enum-
GRAFTON n h11f Win
tically be done by the enumerator noting
The number of each house visited in the
order of visitation. Each separate house
hold will be considered a family, even
though having only one tenant. On the
other hand, several families living OF
boarding together in the same house will
be counted as one family. However, should
these families have separate housekeep-
ing arrangements, they will be counted
separately, the test for the enumerator
being whether they eat at separate ia
bles. The number of persons in each
house visited and the relation of each to
the head of the house will be noted. II
a member of the household is simply a
hoarder his relationship will be noted as
that of "boarder."
Mr.. Blum was asked If he did not think
the enumerators would have considerable
difficulty in getting the desired Informal
ton, as It is practically certain that many
OIL tne occupants Will De absent when the
enumerator calls. He replied that the
enurnerators were expected to obtain the
information from the members of the Fam
lily present. If this could not be done ne
would leave blank forms to be filed OUT
by the parties, and mailed to the super
visor when they will he credited to the
enumerator of the district, to which they
belong. Should they fail to do this the
enumerator will have to call again.
Although they will only have two weeks
work in the city, the enumerators will ge;
pretty fair pay. Mr.. Blum estimates that
the city enumerators should average s.. 80
to 81. so per day. The records of this dis
trict for the last census, show the average
pay for the entire district TO hove been
from SO to 500 a day. The rates of paw
are the same for this census as for the
last, and there is no reason why the enum-
orators should not do equally as well In
the county districts the enumerators will
be allowed a month in which to get over
the ground. The enumerators win make,
their returns to. the supervisor, who will
compile the statistics whiAh have been
gathered before forwarding the returns to
Washington.
Mr. Frank X Douglass and Mr.. James
W. Davis have been appointed special
agents to gather the. industrial statistics
for Savannah. They will make their re-
ports direct to the census director at
Washington. In the country districts the
regular enumerators will gather the in
dustrial and agricultural statistics as well
as the other Information required. The
Industrial statistics will include every gin
house with the number of bales of cotton
g.nned during the year.