The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-18
GEORGIA CENSUS DISTRICTS
WILL BE APPOINT
ED FROM BOTH PARTIES.
Districts. Getting Ready to
Take the Census.

Take the Census.
In preparation for the taking of
the census in 1910 Georgia has been
divided into eleven census districts,
at the head of each of which there
will be a supervisor
The Second district is the largest
| in Georgia, and has a greater popu-
lation than any of the other districts.
A list of these districts has been
prepared by the census bureau in
Washington, and The News has re-
ceived from that department a copy
of them. They are:
First District-Populatfo 219,-
453. Counties of Bryan, Bulloch,
Burke, Chatham, bingham, Eman-
uel, Jenkins, Liberty, Mcintosh,
Screven, TauUnall and Toombs.
Second District-Population 237,-
091. Counties of Baker, Berrien,
Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur,
Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller,
Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Ter
rell, Thomas, Tiff, Turner and
Worth.
Third District-Population, 1884,
no. Counties of Ben Hill, Craw-
ford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Lee, Ma
con, Pulaski, Schley, Stewart, Sum
ter, Taylor, Twiggs, Webster and
Wilcox
Fourth District-Population, 1885,
$50. Counties of Carroll, Chattahoo-
chez, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Marion,
Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot and
TrOup.
Fifth District-Populatio Pill
527. Counties of Campbell Clayton,
DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Newton,
Rockdale and Walton.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures, 1884,
S52. Counties of Baldwin, Bibb,
Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jones, Mon
roe, Pike, Spalding and Epson.
Seventh District-PopuIation, 1877
612. Counties of Barlow, Catoosa.
Chattooga, Cobb, Dade, Floyd, Cor
don, HARRISON, Murray, Paulding,
Polk, Walker and Whitfield.
Eighth District-Population, 1885,
1926. Counties of Clarke, Ebert,
Franklin, Greene, Hart, Jasper, Mad
ison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe.
Putnam and Wilkes
Ninth District-Populatio 2O2,-
1856. Counties of Banks, Cherokee.
Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer,
Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackson,
Lumpkin, Milton, Pickens, Rabun,
Stephens, Towns, Union and White.
Tenth District-POpuIation, 1871
295. Counties of Columbia, Glas-
cock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie,
Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Wash
ingtOn and Wilkinson.
Eleventh District - Population,
217,184. Counties of Appling,
Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch,
Coffee, Dodge, Echols, Glynn, Irwin,
Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Lown-
des, Montgomery, Pierce, Telfair,
Ware and Wayne
Each Party Represented.
The supervisors for these districts
will be appointed by President Taft.
He has announced that in the dem
ocratic States he will appoint half
Of the supervisors from the demo-
~ q - anu mall LlOll tie IGDuDlICduS.
These supervisors in turn will ap-
point the enumerators who will serve
under them.
The census bill provides that the
special clerks who will be employed
at Washington will be selected
through civil service examination.
This examination has not yet been
prepared, nor have the dates on
which it is to be held been an
nOunced.
When the eleventh census was
taken 1900 of these clerks were en-
ployed. The number should be about
the same this year They will re-
ceive from 5000 to $1,000 a year.
peclal agents who will receive Sc a
day and do the important work of
the demonstrating will be appointed
without examination. Each state is
to furnish its share of clerks, accord
ing to its population.