The Brandon news., 1910-04-14

Mr.. H. H. Bullock is the census enume-
rator for the town of Florence. The CEN
sus taking commences April IS. We urge
upon every citizen to readily and cheerfully
answer the questions asked by the census
man. The United States government pre-
pares the questions for the officer TO ask
each and every person. Help the enumera-
tor by patiently and speedily answering
as he puts the many queries to you. The
inquiry will comprise three principal
branches: Population, agriculture, and
mining and manufacturing. The questions
will cover the acreage, the value and the
products of the farms, including an es-
pecial enumeration cf aninals,the value OF
products. Many questions Will be asked
YOU which you-worlen especially-wlll
regard as useless and silly; but no matter
what they may be, tfe government has
found it necessary to have answers to them
in order to full and complete census and
record of affairs, properties, Industries, ma
tionalities, race, language, color, children,
education employment and your age and
sex and name. All these answers are COM
piled and kept in many volumes to be read
or referred to ever and anon by people
in private walks and by people in general
business and public life. The census taker
is sworn to secrecy in all these matters.
President Taft has issued a proclamation
to the people of the country in regard to
this census-taking; and we extract the
following. therefrom: "The census has
nothing to do with taxation, army or jury
service, or with the enforcement of any
national, state or local law or ordinance.
Nor can any person be harmed in any way
by furnishing the information required.
There need be no fear that any disclosure
will be made regarding any individual
person, or his affairs" The census taker
Is liable to a penalty if he discloses any
information impaired to him in his line of
work The President urges upon all per-
sons to answer promptly, completely and
accurately all inquiries made by the census
taker 1t will be wise and helpful TO the
erumerator if every person has MEM
crandum made out and ready when the
officer calls upon him. See the suggestion
in former paragraph.
Editor Silas Morris, editor and publisher
of The Baptist Forum, Atlanta, Ga, was
among the visitors here Saturday and Sun
day, iE the interest of that splendid Bap
fist monthly.
Cur post master, P. H. Hale, showed
this writer comparatively new mail sack
Of the "No. 2" variety-which is 4 rather
large ore and make heavy duck, on the
inside of which are shown many and va
rious post office stamps and some pen
printed names and addresses, showing the
devious ways OF a mail sack in Uncle
Sans service. One name was B. R. Null
laney, Kankakee Mailing Div. Ills, I-I4-oo
Dub" Another was Mailing Div,
Rays Freeland, Blockweli Okla, Dec. 1911
A third was "Edw. H. Menger, El Reno,
Okla, born 1910 died I-2S-ro. Born
again I-29-Io, and now awaits your con-
gratulations, card will do" A 4th one
vas Rhcsa r. May, D'Lo, Miss, and anoth-
or. was, as well as could be made out,
Deceased buried, decayed, and now awaits
Identification at M. 0. Dert." In all these
were about 10 different chiragraphs, and
iEnumerable post Office stamps too dim
to decipher. The stamps indicated
that this sack had gone into and through
Oklahoma, Illinois, California, Missouri,