Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-04-07
YOUR AFFAIRS MUST BE TOLD
TO THE CENSUS ENUMERAT0R
4 There is a Vast Deal of information
Which Uncle Sam Will Insist on
Knowing in Full.

tions to be used by the enumera-
tors who will take the 1910 GEN.
sus certainly was of an inquiring
turn of mind. If there's any
thing he forgot to ask, a casual
glance at the list doesn't t reveal it.
The regular population sched-
ule is about like that of ten years
ago, but there are dozens of
other schedules to be considered.
On the population schedule
you will be required to tell your
name-right name, too; give
your last birthday, your color
and sex; state whether you are
married or single, widowed or
divorced; tell your birthplace,
the birthplace of your parents,
and tell also whether or not you
can speak English.
In addition to this, you must
tell the enumerator what your
trade or profession is, if you
have one, and if you haven't,
you must tell him how you gain
a livelihood IF you are an en-
ploye, you will be required to
state just how many months you
have been out of work during
the year and whether or not you
are working at the time the
census is being taken. Then you
will tell the minion of the govern
ment whether you can read and
write, and whether you have
attended school since September
1, 1909. If you own your home,
you must tell him that also, and if
you do not own it, that goes down
on the official scoreboard, too.
The enumerator will also be
required to ask you whether you
are a survivor of the Union or
Confederate army or navy, and
whether or not you are blind in
both eyes. He will also inquire
If you are deaf and dumb, but it
is fair to presume that you won't
be required to answer if you are.
But the population schedule is
modest compared with some of
the others, the agricultural
schedule, for instance. Owners
S.of farms will be asked how many
fowls they possess over three
months; how many fowls and
eggs were produced on the farm
during 1909. A fellow would
have to have a pretty good
memory to recall every chicken
and egg that was produced on a
farm In the course of a year, but
Uncle Samuel wants the informa-
ton, and he's going to have it or
some mighty good reasons why.
And the enumerator is going
to get right personal before
he gets through with the tillers
of the soil. He is going to in
0uire, for instance, if there is a
mortgage on the old home and
just how much will take it off.
Then he will want to know the
total number of acres in the
farm and how much of it is i'm
proved and how much isn't. The
statistics to be- compiled on this
schedule will include about every
thing one can imagine in con-
nection with agriculture.
The information sought by
the government is to be re-
garded as strictly confidential by
the enumerators and the agents
are prohibited by law from dele
eating to any other person their
authority to enter establishments
and collect information. And
once the census man has accepted
a job he can't quit it, even if he
wants TO. One section of the
act providing for the census
makes it misdemeanor for any
census emploYe to refuse to do
his duty in the collection of sta
tistics, and any one gully of dis
regarding this section may be
fined not more than $500. And
if any census employe gives out
or publishes any information
coming into his possession by
reason of his employment with
the bureau, he may be fined a
thousand dollars and filed away
IN a Federal prison for two
years Enumerators who know
ingly turn in false information
will upon conviction be fined not
exceeding $1,000 and imprison-
ed not more than five years.
And people who refuse to sup
DIV the information asked for
Eskall be reckoned guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon convic-
ton shall be fined not exceeding
$4,000 or imprisoned for period