The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-11
APPLICATIONS
in in. B|IYlI JAN Is Z
ALL WHO DESIRE 70 BECOME
ENuMERAToRs MUST GET
IN THIS MONTH

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Kon. Harvey w. Harmer- supervisor
Of census. urges all persons in his
district desiring to serve as census
enumeraters to obtain their appliea-
tim form7 at once and to file trcm
With hin, before January rs, when he
must stop considering new aPpl..a.
tiona in order to prepare for the test
Of the previous applicants on Febru-
AIRY s. After this he will examine and
rate the papers until about February
22, when ne will forward his list of
designations as enumerators, wifi
their ''testr papers, to Census D,.'ee-
tor Durand, who viii carefully go over
ard rerate the papere of the success.
fui candidates before giving hie con-
sent to the issue ct commissions to
them by the supervisor. By the mid
die or latter part Of March, I'll the
enunerators will have been commits.
stoned and "a receipt Of detaIled IN
structionsh concerning their work.
TO quiet any quatms relative to the
'test" Of the qualifications Of april.
eants, to be made February S. the SUI.
pervisor has obtained some informa-
ton from the Census Director, coa.
corning the "test" Of Twelfth Census
e~numerators. It has been officially
stated that tire 1910 "test". wtt be
very similar to the one In the proceed
Ing census and will consist In requir-
ing applicants to I'll. sample schedules
from printed narratives concerning
census facts. As the rural enumera-
tors are to carry both the population
and agricultural schedule, they wiii
be "tested" with samples Of both, but
liz. c!:y enur,eretors. who carry tho
population schedule alore, will only
be required to prove their ability b.
who had come over from his native
The test" population schedule mar.
rative in 1900 was, In part. as fol-
lows: G
"The enumeration Of the forty.fin
enumeration district of the ninth sd
tervisor's district of the State OF
Pennsylvania, in the village of Pert
Royal. Londonderry Township. shcuyl-
Kill county. begins his enumeration
June I, 1900, at No. cot Burton street.
This house is occupied by a single
family, consisting Of Patrick o'Leary,
HIS wife, ! Margaret, and his son.
James,
Patrick same to this country from.
Ireland fwhere he WAS born Of Irish
rarents) in May OF, 1870. when he WAC
just:22 old. Three, years after his
arrival he was married to. an Irish girl
tw ohhad come. over from his native
lviIlage d year before. AS soon as pos.
ls:oie he became n%aturaiized. He can
read and write and speak English,
and owns a good house,. free Of IN
icur7brance. which he has bought from,
his earnings as "a tean1stcr, in which
Occupation he has had steady work
during the past year.
margaret, his wife, is also Of Irish
~parentage. and was born In January,
and IS nearly Jour years younger than
her husband. She has had two chill.
dren, only one of who mis- living. She
can read and speak English. but has
to make her mark for her sign allure.
flames was born In Harrisburg,
February. 1875. He has a good com
mon school education. works at any
sort Of day labor, and secured nine
months steady work during the pas,
year. He Is not married.
"ln the next house, 2o3 Burton
street, tie enumerator found an Eng
fish woman by the name of Mrs. Jane
Parker, a widow. occupying a rented
house witt, her single daughter, Vir
Ginia, and her married daughter, Mel
lie G., and tie husband Of the latter
Albert Johnson.
"hrs. Parker came to this country
81 years ago. has a good education
Is a dressnaker by trade, and tss
constant employment. She was Sc
years old last April. and is of Scottish
birth on her mothers side. She ha:
had four children, three of whom arr
living and CHE OF whom has died.
"Vire!,ia is of English p~arcntagc
has been through he local school.
and has been 7 saleswonan for eight
months. OF the past year; she was
born in Philadelphia in March. 1877
"NeIlie e. Was 2s years old last Jan
usry, and has but recently married
She was born in Baltimore, reads
iWrires and speaks English.