The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-04-14
CENSUS BEGINS.
uost of 10000 Enumerators
will be Turned Loose Tomor-
row Points Regarding the
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The census begins tomorrow.
15th and must be completed in
.wo weeks in cities and in thirty
days in all other areas:
The enumeraters will wear a
badge inscribed United States
census, 1910"
The law requires every adult
.prson to furnish the prescribed
information, but also provides
HAT it shall be treated confden-
tally, so that no injury can come
10 any person from answering
the questions.
The President has issued a
exclamation, calling on all citi-
Tens to cooperate with the CEN
sus and assuring them that it has
nothing to do with taxation, army
Ar Jury service. compulsory
school attendance, regulation of
immigration, or enforcement of
any law, and that no one can be
injured by answering the inqui-
ries.
It is of the utmost Importance
that the census of population
and agriculture in this State be
complete and correct.
Therefore every person should
promptly, accurately, and COM
aetely answer the census ques-
tons asked by the enumerators.
There will be TOO enumera-
tors and it is estimated that the
people in the United States num-
Der 80, 100000.
The enumeration will cover all
Of the As States and two Terri
teries of the Union proper and
also Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Alaska, the Philippine islands
and Guam will not be included,
as especial arrangements are
made for numbering the people
Of those dependencies.
The following is taken from a
Washington dispatch of the 10th:
There will be some innovations
in the next census, and they are
expected to improve the reports.
For instance, the country farmer
IS be afforded an opportunity to
consider in advance the state
ments he shall make as to the
conditions prevailing with ref
erence to his holdings, and the
same advantage is to be given
heads of families in cities as tc
the enumeration of their house.
holds. In both cases sheets are
to be passed around before the
sficial calls of the enumerators
in the hope that both -uralist anc
urbanite will be more complete
in their returns than otherwise
they might be. There also is tt
be unusual care in the supervis
ion of the work of the enumera
tors.
The inquiry will comprise three
principal branches: population
agriculture, and mining AM
manufacturing. The question
viii! cover the acreage, the valu
and the product of farms, includ
ing an especial enumeration o
animals, as it will be capital in
vested, the value of products
and the number Of employees O
mining and manufacturing
plants.
The mere getting of the infol
nation will cost the government
the pretty sum of IS, 500, 600. 0
this amount $4,000. 200 will b
paid to e,umerators, and the re
naming million to supervisor:
With few exceptions the enl
merators will be paid on the b;
sis of the work done.In the coul
try the remuneration will
from 20 to 80 cents for each far
reported, while the pay Fl
names will range from 2 to
cents. The districts will ave
age 1900 names, LOO in Il
country and 1000 in the cite
In the Southern States there W
be two enumerators in each di
trict, one white, and the 9th
black. All told there will
about 1,500 negro enumeration
but some of them will be Ell
ployed in the Northern State
In the South the negroes will
visited by enumerators OF tn
own race, as will also the whit
by their own people. There
SO will be about 500 women err
merators. In point of numbe
New York will lead the list wi
$500 enumeratOrs, while Ne'
4 will close the procession w
&c.