The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-13
RAGE SUICIDE IS
NOT IN EVIDENCE
Census Supervisor Says This City
Has Been Doing It's Duty
Well.
EXPECTS FINE SHOWING

Richmond viii show little evidence
Of race suicide, II the observations
Of Census Supervisor Ridgeway Moore
count for anything.
The supervisor for the Third yir-
ginia district was busy "Wednesday
morning getting ready for the inau-
guration OF the census taking Friday
when he was asked IL he thought
Richmond was going to do her duty
and present fine showing for the
Inspection or Mr.. Roosevelt on his
return from the African jungles.
Il don't think Mr.. Roosevelt will
have occasion to be ashamed or this
city" SAID Mr.. Moore, so far as any
theories of his about suicide of the
race Is concerned. Out In the neigh
borhood OF my home at lark avenue
and Sycamore street. there is every
evidence of Increasing population.
And IL anyone thinks Richmond II
tagging behind he ought to ride down
WITH me on the car some morning
and see the crowds OF children on
their way to school
Children Multiplying.
Before moving out to the West
b, Hive ut Second and Mafm streets and
also on South Third street near Gam
ble's Fill. In both these commnni-
ties rapid increase of population was
everywhere in evidence"
But don't you think the erection
of q number of apartment houses
In the city In recent years viii have
bad effect on the census because
| children are tabooed in these quar-
ters?" he was asked. --
Il have so little experience with
apartment houses that l would hardly
| like to venture an opinion along that
| line" answered the supervisor.
But i will venture an opinion" he
said, that Richmond will show d
population of something over 100000
when the figures are counted"
| How to Get Wonlan's Age
The supervisor smiled when he was
next asked what directions his
enumerators had received regarding
methods OF procedure If "a woman
refused to give her age in the course
or questions put to her.
| That's contingency that will
have to be met as the occasion de-
mands," he said, while several clerks
| in his Office on the fourth door OF
the Mutual building suppressed a
smile. Its likely, though, that To
and IL he failed in his mission
reckon we would have to guess al
| the age, giving the woman the bene'
| fit of any doubt. of course"
What provision have you made
| for the safeguard Of your met
against bull dogs and other dangers
that Turk in some premises :" wa:
asked
"A six-shooter for the dogs" put
4 L., a a fyRawTiter
| the corner of the Office.
Can't Go Armed.
mo, we won't have anything like
| that" corrected the head census man
| None of my men viii go armed, al
Enough they will be at liberty u pro.
tect themselves In cases Of emer'
| gency'
| Present plans of the supervisor con-
template "a separate taking OF the
census OF Richmond and Manchester
although he believes Greater Rich.
| mond will have no difficulty getting
| advantage of the combined census by
/ means of a foot-note indicating that
/ the two cities were consolidated seeH
/ after the census begins on April 10.
Technically, the census date starts
at midnight April ~. and no birth
| occurring after that time will be In
cluded In the census for 1910.
Three Women 10 Help.
- Eighty.six enumerators will do ths
work in Richmond and ten In Man
/ chester. In the list OF Richmond
enumerators are included the names
of two women--Mrs. Gertrude Phillips
and Mrs. Florence St. Michael Ont
other woman will be employed in thu
third district. She is Miss Louise Sci
den. of Goochland county.
Twelve negroes will be employed IT
Richmond. hut they will work only
In districts inhabited by members o.
the coiored population. They viii
not be allowed to take the census o.
any white person, Mr.. Moore said
Wednesday. One negro will be en-
pioyed In Manchester.
Earn Good Wages.
I II Is estimated that enumerators
| will earn from 50 to SIS day. &C.
cording to their industry and activity
during the two weeks they will be a,
work In cities of 5000 population and
| ever. In Richmond they will be
allowed two cents and two and one.
half cents per capita, according u
density of population In districts II
which they work. In Manchester a
fiat rate of two cents will be allowed
In most OF the country districts thre,
cents will be allowed per capita.
In towns having less than 5000
population thirty days will be allowed
for the census taking. beginning Apri
4 is. No negroes will be employed II
the country districts.
/ Owing to his inability TO get suit
| able hall. Supervisor Moore announces
that he will not deliver D special lee
\ go. .. Nta ans,y,Sn ~ tore Ysh tr<-~aoy .