The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-01-26
Ces sus Applications Forms.
Those for Enumerators Received hy
the District Supervisor.

the District Supervisor.
Ernest NJ. DuPre, census supervisor
for the 7th District OF South Carolina,
whose Office is at Columbia, mas re-
ceived from the Census Bureau a sup
! ply of blank applications for persons
! applying for ro>i inns as census EMU
merators. These will be forwarded
to his list of applicants as soon as pcs
sible.
The applications, properly filed out,
must be returned to the Supervisor
not later than January 81, the Census
Director having extended the time for
fling from January 25, which was the
date first set for closing the consider
alton Of applications. The "test"
will occnr February 5, as previously
announced.
The instructions printed on the ap-
plication form state that definite
answers required to each Of the ques-
tions, which are:
care you citizen of the United
States? If naturalized citizen, when
and where were you naturalized?
"Of what State or Territory are
you legal resident? How long have
you been legal resident thereof? Of
what county and of what town or city
and ward are you d resident? How
long have you been resident thereof!
"What is your sex ard color? What
was your age atlast birthday? Where
were you born?
"Whatis your education? (Give the
principal facts.)
"What is your present occupation:
"Wbat IS your professional CT bust
ness experience? (Give The principal
facts, and, if at present an Office
holder, name the Office you hold.J
"Hsve you ever been employed Oh
census work, either national or state?
If so, in what capacity and for how
long period? II an enumerator, for
what territory Or district? Describe
as accurately as posslble.)
Are you physically capable OF a
full discharge CT the duties of a census
enumerator? Have you any defect of
either sight, hearing, speech, or limb?
If so, state nature of defect.
"Do you speak English? Do you
! understand and speak any language
| other than English? If 30, what la,t-
| guage? (specify languages spoken,
as Bohemian, Chinese, Danish, French,
German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian,
| Japanese. Lithuanian, Magyar, Nor
! wegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian,
| Slavic, Spanish, Yiddish, etc.,
Are you member of a political
committee of any party? (Answer
Yes or NO. but do not indicate what
party.)
"In view Of the fact that you may
be required to take test before post
master, state what post-ofice would
be most convenient to you for tnis
purpose. )This test is Of a practical
character, consisting chiefly or wholly
of the filling out of as ample schedule
CT population from information fur
nished regarding typical families, and,
in the case of enumerators whose work
will be in rural districts, the filing out
Of sample schedule Of agricultare.)
"Are the answers to each of the
foregoing questions true to the best Of
your knowledge and belief? Are they
in you own bandwriting?n
Endorsements of each applicant must
be secured from two representative
citizens of the community in Which
the applicant resides. They must be
at least 21 years of age and acquaint-
ed with the applicant not less than
one year. Endorsements will not be
accepted from any person who is in
any way related to an applicant. The
Endorsement certifes that the appli-
cant "is thoroughly trustworthy and
honest person, Of good habits, and, IN
my opinion, is fully capable of dis
charging the duties of a census emu