The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-08
CHATHAM'S CENSUS TAKERS.
THE LOCAL APPOINTMENTS BY
SUPERVISOR BLUM.


VIII Be 46 Enumerators I'm the City
and Ten In the Country - The
Lucky Ones VIII Receive Their
Commissions To-day-onIy 90 APP
pIicants FILLED Ont the Test Blanks
Furnished Them on Application.
Three of the Appointments Held
Up by the Census Director-TweIve
COlored Enumerators on the List,
Including One Woman.
Capt. Henry Blum, Jr., supervisor of
the census, received authority yesterday
from Census Director Merriam to make
public the appointments for Chatham
county. The appointments Of the other
counties of the district were published by
the Morning News some time ago. There
are forty-six city appointments and ten
county appointments. OF these two city
appointments and one county appoint
ment have been held up by the director.
for what reason Capt. Blum does not
know.
The entire First Congressional district.
as the Morning News announced some
time ago. is divided into 1877 enumeration
districts. OF this number Sc are in Chat
ham county, 46 of which are in the city
of Savannah. The city divisions are
numbered from 30 to rs. beginning on the
western side of the city and working
southwark, a certain number of wards or
other local divisions being included in
each district. The enumerators for these
districts are as follows:
Ihirtieth district, James NJ Washington;
Thirty-flrst, Archibald j. Josephs: Thirty
second, John f. Meincke; Thirty-third,
VIM. L. Geary; Thirty-fourth, Thos. B.
Fuller; Thirty-fifth, Daniel Simmons;
Thirty seventh, John F. Andrews; Thirty
ninth. Juliet G. Monroe; Fortieth, VIM.
II. Logan; Forty-first Sol c. johnson:
Jas. H. Small; Forty-fourth, Geo. w.
Drummond; Forty-fifth. Chas. w. Nc
MILAN; Forty sixth, Howard Stiles; For
1y-seventh, Ignatius Black; Forty-eighth,
John G. F. Rendant; Forty-ninth, Annie
Garrett; Fiftieih, c. N. Roberds; Fifty
first, Wyly Woodbridge; Ffftyssecond,
Henry Gallager; Fifty-third, John
Wright; Fifty-fourth, David V. Lebey;
Fifty-fifth, ]. NJ. Baker; F1fty-sixth, Geo.
C. Goebel; Fifty-seventh, w. S. Adams;'
Fifty-eighth, VIM. Fl. Kent; Fifty-ninth,
Frank C. Purdy; Sixtieth, Read Silva;
Sixty first, Edmund w. Brown; Sixty-sec-
ond jeremiah F. O'Connor; Sixty third,
r. H. Cole; Sixty-fourth, Thos L. C.
VAIL Jr.; Sixty+ffth, James E. White
man; SiXty-sixth, Henry Hillbrath; Six
ty-seventh, Richard F. Baker; Sixty
eighth, Vernon C. Page; Sixty-ninth, An
drew P. Jones; Seventeen, Demere Cum
bingham; Seventy first, NJ. S. Baker, Jr. !;
Seventy-second, Chas A. Gradot; Seven
ty-third, Henry S. Hymes; Seventy-fourth,
John A. NJ. Doscher; Seventy fifth,
Emanuel F. Molina
The county enumerators are as follows:
Fifth militia district, Horace B. Mitchell,
Augustus Bonaud, Samuel B. Pelot; Sixth
district, Osceola Butler; one more 10 be
appointed; Seventh district, Francis A.
Murchison James r. Bashlor; Eighth dis
triet, George B. Oliver, Fred W. Oborn,
S. L. Parker.
There are twelve colored enTmerators
out of the fifty-six in the county OF the
two female ennmerators, one is white and
the other colored. When asked about these
appointments yesterday, Capt. Blum said
the appointments were made strictly ac-
cording to the results shown by the test
examinations. The number of applicants,
both of white and colored who complied
with the requirements in submitting their
| applications. was much less than was ex-
pected. All told there were 210 applica-
lions from this county, all of whom were
furnished with test blanks to be filed out
and returned. Of the 30 test lists which
were furnished only ninety were returned
to the supervisor, and OF this number
there were barely enough who performed
the work with sufficient accuracy to fill
out the list of appointments for the
county.
| Capt. Blum expects that there will be
| some kicking because of the fact that coll
ored enunIerators have been appointed.
If such be the case, he says, the whites
| have only themselves to blame, as there
was a much smaller number of white APP
| piicants than he had reason to expect. In
| passing upon the test papers, there was
nothing to show as to whether the appli-
| cant was white or coiored, the applicants
being rated according to the accuracy
with which they had performed the work
required of them.
The commissions for the eppointees
were signed by che supervisor, and mailed
| to them last night They will be expect
ed to begin at once their work of prepa-
ration for taking the census. Capt. Blum
| has twelve boxes full of census literature
| at his office in the Custom House. Each
enumerator will be furnished with book
of instructions, as well with other lit
| erature. The work of taking the census
is to begin June 1, and must be completed
| in two weeks in the city. The country
enumerators are allowed a month in which
| to perform their work.