The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-21
WILL CANVASS TODAY
RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF MONT GoMERY WILL BE TAKEN.
Start will Be Made at 10 O'clock Sharp-Districts and Churches. Work of Counting the
 Returns.

The religious census of Montgomery will be taken today. The general com mittee have made such systematic arr arrangements that by noon 1t is expected complete census will have been taken.
 The visitors or canvassers have been headquarters at s:3o o'clock this morning and the start will be made promptly at 10 o'clock.
 The headauarters of the various dis tricts are as follows:
 District l, Highland Park Chapel.
 District z. Perry Street Methodist Church
 District 1. Dextse Avenue Methodist
 District 5. Adams Street Baptist Church.
 District !, First Baptist Church.
 District s, West End Methodist Church. District g, Court Street Methodist
 District 10. South Montgomery Baptist
 District Ii. Clayton Street Methodist The headquarters of the General Com thel. NJ. Cody and M. N. Sweatt. will be at the office of the latter on South Perry Street. The district chairman will make a report of their work to the General
 
 work of counting the returns will be com .nenced at cnce.
 The General Committee requests the readers of The Advertiser to cut the card it ready when the canvassers arrive. In this way the visitors will not be de- tained and the work can be done with greater degree of accuracy. ton to the following three things:
 First-The card should be filled out TOT the family.
 out for each boarder, as the boarders are not included in the family report;
 Third-The record of servants applies only to white servants and they should be placed on separate card. me inlent the colored people in this canvass
 Fourth--Be careful to put the check Tn the proper column showing the denomi- national preference and write plainly the name of the pastor of the church attend ed or preferred. If there are two denom- nations represented in the family, cneck both denominations.
 The following Is copy or the cara re- o,iested to be cut out and filled up: House to House visitation under auspices
 of the Sunday School Associauon' Name ... ........'...''''''''''''''' Residence ... ................''.'.'.'.''' Number of persons included in this rec
 ord ....-....'..'''''':.''' Number under IS years of age.."........ Number attending church at least once
 a month .......................'''' Number attending Sunday School regu-
 larly ....''...''''''''''''''''' UNCONVENTIONAL PREFERENCE. Put a X opposite the Church preferred. Baptist ............''.''.''.''''. Catholic Roman ......................".... Catholic Greek =. .......................... Christian Dlsciple) ..... ................... Congregational ... ... ............"......... Episcopal Protestant ... ................... Refused information ... .................... Jew ... .,........................- Lutheran ..... MetnoulSL EplSCopdi ''s ''''''"''''''''''''' Methodist Protestant ... .................." Presbyterian ............,'.'...'....... Presbyterian Cumberland .. ............... Universalist .............6....... Not at Home ..."...............'....... Vacant Houses ....'.".........."..... If the denomination preferred is not giv-
 en above write 1t here .................. Give the name of pastor of the Church
 attended or preferred. Is this record of a family?. y?................. Servant ... e. ......................"..... Boarder .... ..... .... .....................".