The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-15
Sixty-three Persons Are As
signed to the Work In
Greater Birmingham
ALL MUST Be FINISHED
WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS
Some of the Questions Which Uncle
Sam Asks People to Answer.
Names of the EnumeratOrs
for Jefferson County

The counting of noses in this great
country, the United States, Will pc
gin this morning promptly at O'CLOCK.
A vast army of men and women Will
be engaged in the stupendous task Tor
the next Is days. For weeks ana
months after that another army or
skilled employees in the departments at
Washington will be engaged In tab
ulating and digesting results of the
count.
The government does not hesitate to
begin a big JOB on Friday. The be-
ginning of this job barely missed Fri
day. the 18th. But these superstitlous
disadvantages are not expected to work
a. hoodoo on the result of the enter
prise.
Everything is ready for the taking
OF the census in the Birmingham dis
trict. Supervisor John T. McEniry of
the Ninth congressional district held
his last class meeting with his enum-
orators last night. Final instructions
have been given and all is ready for
the start this morning at o'clock.
Count in Birmingham
One hundred and fifty-three enumer-
ators have been appointed for the Ninth
district and are expected to cover the
territory in the Is days allowed for
the work. Sixty-three of these enum-
orators have been assigned to Greater
Birmingham.
Mr.. McEnirv has been busy for a
number of weeks organizing his forces
and getting ready for the work. He
announced yesterday that everything
was in good shape and will move off
like oiled machinery this morning.
All the enumerators have been care
fully drilled in the work that is ex-
pected of them and offices will be
maintained at convenient points in the
district where information can be Sc
cured from competent persons in case
problems arise that are new and COM
plicated This office for Greater Biz
mingham will be located on the second
floor of the federal building, where
large map shows in detail the terri
tories to be covered by each enumer-
ator. Each enumerator will also be
provided with map of the territory
or division he is supposed to cover.
Mr.. McEniry declares that he has
been remarkably successful in secur-
ing a force of men and women highly
competent and intelligent for the work
in every county of the district Hs
anticipates no trouble In securing a
correct and satisfactory count of tn o
people and other matters that are to
be accounted for.
Underwood Already Counted
Congressman Oscar w. Underwood
was the first man in the Ninth con-
gressional district to be accounted TO-.
in the census taking. He forwarded
quired information about himself and
family filled in to Supervisor McEniry
few days ago from Washington. Ii
was received at the supervisors office
at Bessemer yesterday.
Congressman and other government
officials at Washington are provided
with the blanks a few days in advance
of the census taking. They are filled
out and sent to the supervisor in the
district in which the persons home is
located.
Mr.. Underwood's blank was the first
to be received in the ninth dis
trict.
For the next 80 days the office of
Supervisor McEniry at Bessemer will
be about the busiest place in the dis
trict. Daily reports will be coming In
from the enumerators all over the dis
trict. Special instructions will be for
warded to the workers in the field,
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