The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-23
CENSUS TAKING
WILL START
MONDAY
Census Enumeration R. C. CaId.
we'll Has Appointed a Number
of Deputies for City
and County.

The work Of taking the census OF
Escambia county viii commence to-
morrow morning. Preparations for
this important work have about been
completed and a number of deputies /
have been appointed, though the Is
Gambia enumerator has not yet CON-
pleted his list.
Mr.. Caldwell received his blanks
and instructions recently, and stated
last night that he expected to start
bis deputies out Monday. The census
will be he most complete ever taken
in Escambia county, and will include
population, manufacturing and farm
ing interests, railroads, telegraph. and
everything that could be suggested for
such a record.
The city inspectors so far appoint
ed are J. O'DOnovan, Mr.. Wilkerson
and Joe Jacoby, with one vacancy to
be filed. 1t is probable that Messrs.
F1llingim and Brewton will take the
census of the country.
The questions to be asked those
who are 10 be called upon by the
enumerators are many, and il will re-
Quire some time. First on the list
will come the location. Under this
are the street. number Of house. num-
Per of dwelling house IN order of
visitation, number of family in order
of visitation. The next is the name
/ Of each person, relation of each person
I to the head of the family, whites. ne
] grOes. other races, sex, date of birth.
/ age az last birthday, whether single
or married, widowed or divorced, num-
her Of years married, mother of how
many children, number of children
/ living, place of birth. place of birth
of father. place of birth of mother,
year of immigration 10 this country,
number Of years in the United States.
number Of years in this state, natu-
ralization. occupation, education, own
] erShip of home.
! All of these questions are properly
classified under these heads, and the
sheet upon which these question ap-
pear is twenty-One inches long. In
addition 70 this there are important
/ instructions to the enumerators, cover
ing several pages of circular. The
gist Of these instructions, and those
which most concern the public is as
follows: --...-.
Instructions to EnUmerstors.
In gathering the information re-
uuired 70 ill out the blank census
forms sent you herewith. it must first
be understood between the people who
are TO furnish it and yourself, that all
matters or questions pertaining to
the business are strictly confidential;
that neither personal or family SEC
refs, or the business affairs of indis
vidUals, firms or corporations will be
divulged or exposed to the public.
You will therefore, permit no one
10 scrutinize or investigate your work,
for anv purpose, while in course of
preparation by you, but this does not
refer to persons in you employ. No
employee should be permitted TO make
any statement whatever concerning /
IL. for publication or otherwise, act
even yourself
The information returned on the
manufacturers schedule should cover
the business year Of the establishment
nest nearly conforming TO the year
ending December 81, 1904.
All answers will be held absolutely |
confidential No publication will be
made m the census reports disclosing
the names or operations of individual
establishments in any particular, and
the information will be used only for
the statistical purposes for which t |
was given.
Amounts and values must be OBJ
tanned from book accounts, il such &C
counts are available. Each question
is 10 be answered. II any question IS
found not applicable and no amounts
are reported. write the word none.
IF a mercantile, mining, quarryiog,
Or other business carried on in con-
uection with manufacturing. the capt.
1al. employees, wages expenses, pro-
ducts. etc. reported nus; pertain only
TO the manufacturing.
Vital Statistics.
Poll list OF males twenty-one years