The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-01-18
Census Appointments.

Robert Morris, Census Supervi
sor of the Fourth Congressional
District has has completed tn
division of his territory into emu
meration districts, and has for
warded his plan of division to tn,
Census Bureau at Washington
He will be engaged next month
selecting enumerators for the
different counties. He believes
that success depends upon the
selecting of capable enumerators
and his main desire in making
appointments is to name men
who will do their work we'll. He
says:
The simple test which candi-
dates for enumerators' places
will undergo. February 5 does
not take away the supervisors
right under the census law to
designate suitable persons for
such positions.
1T is designed to aid the SUI
pervisors in the exercise OF that
discretion and to enable the Cen
sus Director intellegently to use
the power of approval of the SUI
pervisors' designations conferr-
upon him by law.
1t is very well understood
that Presi dent Taft, Secretary
Nagel, and Census Director Du-
rand, all hold the supervisors re-
sponsible for the enumeration.
There is no doubt, therefore,
that our first and most import
ant duty is to select of honest,
capable and active persons to
make the count.
The census will be taken, not
by the Census Bureau officers or
supervisors, but by the enumer-
ators. They are the ones that
come in contact with the people
and gets the facts. Unless eve
ry single numerator does his
whole and proper duty there can
not be a correct census. There
cannot be anything of greater
scientific value to this country
than acurate statistics as the
basis of study of the existing
conditions regarding our popula-
ton, agriculture, manufactures,
and mines and quarries.
"All persons, unless specially
disqualified, are entitled to apply
to take the test. Only those un-
der Is years of age and over 20,
and those who have not become
citizens of the United States, are
barred.
The test itself need not to
deter anytion of applications is
January %. Those received
after that date will have to be
ignored. Applications should be
addressed in writing to me at
HarrisvilIe, West Virginia, and
not to the Census Director.
will send inquirers the Necessary
form and instructions concerning
it. Afterwards | will send those
on the list, prior to the test q set
of directions for filing out the
test papers. This will enable
everyone to come well prepared
Nothing could be fairer or better
calculated to insure a satisfac-
tory applicant passing the test.
Any person with common sense
and common school education car
pass it. All 1t consists of is giving
the candidates sample populatio,
and agricultural schedules upon
which. are to be written in The prop.
e. co'ums the required detail,
which are found in printed descrip-
irons, IN narrative form, Of typlca
families and farms supposed to T.,
in n district. There will be som,
instances requiring the exercise o.
judgment TO decide whether \ pivcr
entry should be made under on,
column heading or another. You
can see row nipple and elementary
1T is. The test will be held al
over the country and in every super
yisor's district February 3. Their
| will be several places in each dis.
| tiict for taking it. one place woul,
be insufficient. 1t would not hol,
all the candidates As supervise
| shall have The direction Of all, M.
the test examination at each n,