Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-01-13
CALLS FOR MORE APPLICANTS.
Supervisor Of Gsasus snllh A,rless That
More Persons Apply as ERums!apy.

UI0e0-
as census enumerators has been issued
by Supervisor of Census, John C. Smith.
he urges all persons in this district de-
string to serve to obtain their spplica-
ton forms at once and to file them with
MIN before January Is, when he must
stop considering new applications in
order to prepare for the ''test" of the
previous applicants on February s. Az
ter this he will examine and rate the
papers until about February %, when
ne will forward his list of designations
as enumerators, with their test" pa
pers, to Census Director Durand. who
VIII carefully go over and rerste the
papers of the successful candidates be-
fore giving his consent to the issue of
commissions to them by the supervisor.
BY the middle or latter part of March
all the enumerators will have been COM
mlssioned and in receipt Of detailed in
structions concerning their work.
10 quiet any qualms relative to the
test" OF the qualifications of appli-
cants, to be made February 5, the SUI
pervisor has obtained some information
from the Census Director concerning
the test" of Twelfth Census enumer-
ators. 1t has been officially stated that
the 1910 test" will be very similar to
the one In the preceding census and will
consist in requiring applicants to fill
sample schedules from printed nara
tives concerning census facts. A. the
rural enumerators are to carry both the
population and agricultural schedule.
they will be tested" with sampIea Of
both, but the city enumerators, who
carry the population schedule alone.
VIII only be required to prove their
ability by filling a sample of that sched-
ule.
The test" population schedule mar
rative in 1900 was. in part, as follows:
The enumerator of the forthwith
enumeration district of the ninth super
visor's district of the State of Penn,yl-
vania, in the village of Port ROYAL.
Londonderry Township, SchuylkiIl coun-
ty, begins his enumeration June l. 1900
This house 10 occupied by a single
family, consisting of Patrick O'Leary.
his wife, Margaret, and his son, James.
Patrick came to this country from
Ireland (where he was born of Irish
parents) in May of 1870, when he wa.
just % years old. Three years after
his arrival he was married TO an Irish
girl who had come over from his native
village year before. As soon as DOS
slole he became naturalized. he can
read and write and speak English. and
owns a good house, free of incum.
brance, which he has bought from hi,
earnings as a tesmster, in which occu-
patton he has had steady work during
the past year.
Margaret, his wife, is also of Irish
parentage, and was born in Januarv
and is nearly four years younger than
her husband. She has had two child
rem only one of whom is living. She
can read and speak English, but has to
make her mark for her signature.
James was born in Harrisburg, Feb
ruary. 1875. He has a good common
school education, works at any aort of
day labor, and secured nine month";
steady work during the past year. He
is not married.
I'm the next house, 2O3 Burton street.
the enumerator found an English wo-
man by the name of Mrs. Jane Parker.
widow, occupying a rented house with
her single daughter, Virginia, and her
married daughter, Nellie E., and the
husband of the latter, Albert johnson
MRS. Parker came to this country
"a years ago. has good education, is a
dressmaker by trade, and has constant
employment. She was so years old last
April, and is of Scottish birth on her
mothers side. She has four children.
three OF whom are living and one of
whom has died.
Virginia is of English parentaee.
has been through the local schools and
has been asaleswoman for eight months
OF the past year; she was born in Phila- |
delphia in March, 1877.
Neine 4. was 70 years old last Jan.
uary, and has but recently married. |
She was born in Baltimore. reads.
writes, and speaks English.
ALBERT Johnson, the husband of Mel
lie, was born in New York City, of
Welsh parents. November, 1866. He ia
In the grocery business and keeps his
own books and accounts -
1t seems comparatively simple. &C.
cording to the supervisor, to draw out
Oh the above statement the required de-
1aiis Tor the population schedule and to
enter them under the proper column
divisions relating to location, name, re-
iationship, personal description, nativ-
ity, citizenship, occupation, education.
etc.
About all such "test" can do il to