The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-01-08
kn,u& &TlEIne COSTLY.


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~ Un1srsakea IN is,o--some
- 60 E,uuess s,,o~ins ths
m Wogk ~ Government En-
e1ro = Nvssy Ten Years.
= Vosn1ooeou. Dec. s1--A bill win
~ o>e = this seOst,n Of congress
- sor taking the tsls cen.
vhaen. u b estimated. viii cost
vAvsSe5.eee. Bills for this GEN.
r4 NV been prepared by Director
ePeA snd have bssn introduced IN
~ nooeo snd senate.
Ao~nl work OF taking the csnsu.
oeo1a April rs though the
cnoneeo>aoo % populasion does NOT
rpoee uAtil April. 1910. Here
co4v4 ene snunaratlon has beeo
% 81 @uns 4. TAls change viii
4 ~ o1sse oe showing great sain
~ pcDulattsn Of eis,es IKE New
pn1eA and philadelphia d.
~1|1r Nos>h seys that the summer
9oe oogld u attract in May. and
. ~ eensus y delayed unit,
= ehe enumsrators viii fnd
voeant houses.
80 ~ lass census 500 supervisors
o nDloyed. II r proposed 70
o >9e sspsrvisors for the thir-
census. The bin provides
>no1 cRose supervisors shali be auth
y91oo = bssin work on July 1. 1sos,
~ ~ enumeration dissricts can
r. M out and their geosrs phioai
n1D Clearly dennsd and scrutinix-
- @vevy loeslity, wth view to
~ etVveetlon Of Omissions and or
49, ~. North says NJ will make
- @1ore - hnvs high-claa men do
roc1 - supervisors ana to this
- - pe,o minimum compensa-
~ ~ 100 : year. The supervis-
- - - apportion<d By the pres
o41 - = &Ar - practicable and
G,D<obeo ~ boundaries Of the su-
pePS1rote oAstrssts are 70 conform tc
- p>undUsies Of the congressional
4&Ge v11l b. one supervisor for
ogpo(qR Nsw York who viii be paid
. s4Dory spproximasing $4,000
&ocp< r. mesk cases the supervisor
. - - Deld : eompsnsation based
uoon ~ poplation a his district. \
49, aDpropfistions Tor the isth
or1en tnken In 1890 was Sie,s1a.-
~ ~. North, asIks an approprtafion
- $>4eee.eee for the census Of
~ ~ sspiss cost Of ths nrst
- tnhsn M 11ss v.s so1s1s.
~ ~ oapsts sose oe ths csn-
- 1eoe vas s1.1sse. Mr..
Noe(n - n61 think thsrs will BE-
- sHsss>ns' ~ ashS per capsta cot
Of the thirteenth Gems as.
Tnere are no~ s25 cisyhs employ
ed In the. census ofico. About $500
ierss wiz be required for the thir-
Yspth <censua II 10 proposed also
49, (cee shsrl be $4,000 snumsrat-
~ pse1 $4,000. me number en-
u1cUD(tn 1900. This increase in the
onn1<s of snumsr.tors y made nec-
~ ~ ths desirs 20 c6uplsts the
go q ennmsAtson In . shorter Pc
" >oan heretofore. To this end. the
sunznoru>1on distrscts win Be reduced
oo4 t.oee 10 1000 population. In all
elo1qa over 5000 inhabitants. the emu
nsgo>1on y to ~ completed within
tv6, ~es&s AFTER April Is.
. 1sts thsrs was.a grand scram-
~ Or esnsus patronage. Each sem
Scr and representative was permitted
= pou1nate limited number of
s)srta Ths nominses were then sub
o1<>>d 10 : sort OF non-compstitivs
s1aminAttoa which was conducted by
ne oncsa6 Of the census Once. II
- Sonninss proved utssriy unsuita-
- - was not given IN appointment.
cut u there ssem<d TO be doubt a. to
ais qualifications political influence
asA . material bearing On his reten-
Ion or 6ismissai.
Ue. North says that he thinks Il
.1Fiu ~ posssbis ~ compile the statis-
p' % population In three or four
nonths after the close OF enumera-.
don.
u v estimated That an additional
appropriation OF Si,eoo.eo0 will be
rvquirsd ~ Il n desired that "A CEN
E - of Porto Rico and the Philippines
hsll be taken In connection with the
enumeration In the statsa