The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-04-21

Ihompson's National News Bureau
washington, d. c., April 2O.-The
first week Of the bperation or tho
census indicates, that the .p:an to
utrlize the services OF Negro enumer-
ators IN districts where there is
considerable Negro population is q
success. The plan SO admirably
worked out hys@Director F.. Dana
Durand and his experienced assist
ants is moving on without friction
every appointee seems to know his
business and the entire force is So
curing the names of the people in
thelr territory without difficulty
Many OF the enumerators are person
ally acquainted with the bulk of their
patrons. and this, inspires conf
dance -that-might not -etAerwise-exis
10 such a happy extent. The forty
I'VE Negro enumerators are co-opera-
ting sympathetically with their fol-
all are being SUP
ported by the people at large, and
the whole enterprise is progressing
like Well-Oiled piece of machinery.
This Is true Of the District Of Colum-
Dla, where the .eAumhrators have
been. selected with care, many of
them being students Of the higher
schools and members tof the best
Families, and reports received from
other points give evidence that the
same satisfactory conditions prevail.
The enumeratQrs are in charge Of
five special agents who must see to
1t that the work is properly perform
cd. Director Durand Is to be con-
graduated upon the fact that he has
named colored man as one Of the
live special agents in the person of
Mr.. Ocea Taylor of Alabama. Mr..
Taylor has already had large export
ence in handling census problems,
and is showing particular adaptabil-l
lty for this line Of service. Mr..
Taylor is graduate Of the A. and
NJ. College at Normal, Ala, and also
is graduate at law, holding a
diploma from the law department Of
Howard University. His experience
as an instructor IL MS native state
stands him in good s,tead at this time
as many fine point- IN law and prac-
.tice must constantly. be explained to
his sta tfg,and to- II, ,atnxaAasfew of the
ycstizens who Gall Hpon's1linr He is
cne, Of the editors Of the Washington
American. the leading Journal Of the
race in the Distrio;. Mr.. Taylor is
conscientious, patnstaking and
thorough in all that he does. and i
lcvel-headed in all matters
requiring judgment and peticnce. In
Mr.. Taylor, the officials Of the thir-
teenth census have capab Bile and
reliable assistant. ~@1n addition to his
duties as special agent in the field,
Mr.. Taylor has been rendering valu-
able service in conjunction with Dr..
Thomas Jesse joins, expert special
agent, in charge Of the Division of
Methods and Results, one Of the most
important and eXacting burcuas in
the department.
Mr.. George ST. Julien Stephens, of
Richmond, Va, the Well-knOwn news
paper correspondent, has assumed
his duties as clerk in the Census
Office. Richmond has eleven colored
cnumerators. as follows: Charles 3.
White, William II. Anderson, Walter.
S. Banks, Daniel b. Winston, Robert
l.. Whiting, Thomas e. Lowndes.
Reniamin n. Baker. Carrington> r.
Conley, William II. Harris, Chapman
7. Johnson, and S. W. Robinson, Jr
The Postmaster General has issued
a fraud order" against the institu-
tion operated by one Juslus J.
Evans, Of "A Highland street, Boston,
under the high-sounding title OIL
"'rhe Holy Trinity Association and
the -True-Light-Ar3 1t is said
that Mr.. Evans sought to raise funds
for an alleged coIored college by
peddling secrets which will enable