The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-04-15
GREAT DECENNAL
QUIZ BEGINS TODAY
EACH PERSON WILL BE ASKED
THIRTY-Two QUESTIONS.
75,ooo ENuMfRATORsInF|ElD
censss win Cover Not Only The Unit
ed States But Hawsii, Porto Rico
and Alaska-Total Cost of Work Is
$4,000, ooo-s44,ooe In 1870.
$4,000 ENuMfRATORsINF FIELD

When the census enumerator comes
to your door in a few days he will ask
50 questions Here IS chance for you
to get the answers all ready for him,
to save time and possible embarrass-
ment for you, and to expedite his hard
job.
First he writes on his big blank the
street ana number of your house
Then he asks how many families live
there.
Now you must give the name of each
member Of your family who lives with
you on April Is. He enters the sur
nane first, then the given name AMI
since April 10.
Then the questions will come as foi
lows:
Tell the relationship of each per
family.
Tell their sex.
Color or race.
Age at last birthday
Whether single, married, divorced or
widowed
Number of years of present marriage
if married
How many children born, and how
many now alive.
Place of your birth.
Your fathers birthplace.
Yaur mothers birthplace.
What year you emigratef TO the
United States, if foreign horn.
Whether you are naturalized OF al
| len.
Whether able TO speak English, or
| if not give language spoken
What's your trade, OF profession OF
job.
What is the general nature of the
industry, business or establishment
where you werks
| Are you an employer, employe, or
working on your own aeoeunts
| If you are an employe, were you
working ON April Isl
| How many weeks were you out of
employment in l9oes
Can You read9
| Can you writes
| Have you attended school any time
since Sept. l, 19oss
| Do you ewa OF rent your home?
/ IF yen own it, Is it free or mortgag-
ed7
Do you live on farm OF in town.
If you live on farm, is it free or
mort9agedf
Then if you live on farm, what IS
the number of your farm schedule
that is census schedule which you
should have received before the cen
sus man comes.
Are you a survivor of the Union or
Confederate army or navys
Are you blind (both eyes)9
Are You deaf and dumbs
That g all of the questions, but here
are some rules that you win be expect
ed to ebcerve:
Your home is where you sleep
Domestic servants and others living
with their empl oyer should be enum
Grated with the family
Persons who viii not be enumerated
with the family by your census nar
are: transient boarders or hedgers whe
have some other usual sr permanent
place Of abode. persons working il
yeur house but not sleeping there
members of your family who are il
jail, asylums. almshouses, homes fol
aged, reformatories or any other insti
tuition whore they may be confined fol
some time to come.
IF you have two occupations, yor
name che ono which gives You ~.
best ply.
The purpose Of the questions Abous
whsAher yen ha~e bssn sut Of woek i
Ito find out the nunber Of people i th<
country who want to work and can
not find it.
Il In the case Of woman wbp are doing
!. their own house work without otAe,
employment, Tie census man win put
down tAat she has 10 soeupatiou
Ysu do not need to faar the eensul
man = hesikaAs to saswsr his quss
J tions freely. II - q.s1kion enzbar
rassss you, yeu shouAd rsnenber tAA,
] you ten Uaols san II soaadsDce Tha
: osasos man = splo1n - secrecy. n.
oaosb1t - Win knsx, 1nd Il he sasoals