The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-01-12
TAKING The CENSUS
INTERVIEW WITH THE SUPER
VISOR OF THIS DISTRICT.
Good Men Wanted Everywhere as
EnuEnerators to Ensure an Ac-
curate md Fair Count.

The simple test which candidate
for enumerators' places will underg
February does not take away IA
supervisors right under the censu
law 20 designate suitable persons 70
such positions said Supervisor o
Census Ernest u. DuPre. OF this dis
irict. al his Office il Columbia, S
c.. recently.
u; is designated 10 aid the super
| visors il the exercise OF that dis
cre;ion and 10 enable the Census
! Director in;e!iigcntly 10 use the pow
er Of approval Of the supervisors
designation conferred upon him ,:
law.
1T is very we'll understood tha
President Taft. Secretary Nagel, anc
| Census Director Durard a.! hold The
supervisors responsible for the emu
meration. There is no doubt. there
fore. that OR first and most iupor.
tant duty IS the selection Of honest
capable and active persons TO make
the count.
The census viii be taken. not By
the census bureau officers or the
supervisors. bu; by the enume!ators
They are the ones who come IL con-
tact with the people and get the
facts. Unless every single e1ume..
ator does his whole and proper duty
there can not be correct census.
There can not be anything Of create!
scientific value to this country than
accurate statistics as the basis OF Q
study Of the existing conditions re-
sarding our population. agriculture,
manufactures, and mines and quar-
-ies.
All persons, unless specifically dis
qualified. are entitled TO apply to
take the test. Only those ucde;
IS years Of age and over 20. and
those who have not become citizens
OF the Uaited States. are barred.
Otherwise. all persons. regardless Of
sex and political affiliations. are
eligible. 1t is left to my judgment
whether It IS wise to appoint wo
men IN ny district. They can do
the work. ! have no doubt, especially
in certain parts o; the district.
There were 4 good many employed
ali over the country IN the Twelfth
census.
The time for closing the coasid,
Grafton OF applications is January 25.
Those received after that date will
have to be ignored. Applications
should be addressed in writing to
me at this Office and not to the Cen
sus Director. I will send inquireEs
the necessary form aid instructions
concerning IL Afterward vii!
send those on the list, prior 10
the test. 4 set cs directions for fll-
ing out the test papers. This will
enable everyone 20 come we'll pre-
pared Nothing could be fa!rer or
Better calculated 20 insure salts
factory applicant passing the test
The test itself need not deter
anyone ANY persons with common
sense and a common school edrca-
ton can pass It. All it consists Of
is giving the candidates sample popu-
lation and agricultural schedules.
upon which are to be written 10 the
proper columns the required details.
which are found in printed descrip-
tons, In narrative form. Of typical
families and farms supposed 20 be in
district. There will be some in
stances requiring the exercise OF
judgmen. to decide whether given
entry should be made under onc
column heading or another. YOU
can see how simple and elementary
II is.
The test will be held all over
the country and in every supervisors
district February 5. There will be
several places in each district for
taking II. One place wculd be in-
sufficient II would not hold all
the candidates. AS supervisor. !
shall have the direction OF all. and
the test examination at each. no
matter under what official agency Il
is held. will be that sole and simple
one prescribed by the Census Di-
rector.
II am given until February % TO
rate the paoers in very simple way.
and 10 gain an idea OF the qualifi-
cations OF those rated as having pass
ed. Next will forward the papers
OF the successful candidates. with
my recommendations or designations.
to the Census Director. He will. X
satisfied tina. suitable persons have
been selected. give his consent 10
their appointment. and the, will be
commissioned The middle or lat
ter part Of March should see every
thing settled. and the selected an!
commissioned enume.a.ors will be
sent more circulars and books OF IN
structions relative to the !nterpre-
tation OF meaning Of the questions OF
the two schedules.
April Is the Census Army will
move forward IN the enumeration,
Certainly the Fedora! census
taking is as necessary and as honor
able as jury duty. and. as all good
and useful citizens DO not hesitate
10 respond 20 the call for such duty
therefore ask the same hish-STadt
| citizenship TO come forward and helf
ne have the census taken accu-atei:
and expeditiously.
".As President Taft has said. iht
pay is not large but the work Z
worth doing well. and some day wt
shall all feel proud Ii the conscious
ness that we had part. howevei
| humble. In taking this census.