The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-26

transacting his own business. Thus
no individual working for a corpora
ton. either as an officer or other
wise. should be returned as an en-
ployer.
A person employing domestic SER
wants In his own home, but not en-
ploying any helpers In his business.
Is not to be considered as an employ
or. But. on the other hand, a per-
son who IL the proprietor of a hotel
or boarding house and employs SER
wants In running that hotel or board
ing house. should be returned as an
employer because he employs these
servants In his business.
An employee il defined as any per-
son who works for wages or a salary
and IL subject to the control and d.
rection OF an employer. The deciding
test Ii whether the person receives a
wage or salary and Is subject to
another's directions. II so. he Is an
employee. whether he be president of
large corporation or q day loborer;
whether he be paid in money or in
kind; and whether he be employed
by his own parent or another. The
term employee does not include law
yers. doctors, and others who render
professional services for fees. and
who. in their work, are not subject to
the control and direction of those
whom they serve. 1t does include
actors. professors and others who are
engaged to render professional SER
vices for wages or salaries. A do
nestle servant should always be re-
turned as an employee, even though
az previously explained, the person
employing q domestic servant is not
always returned az an employer.
Other Schedule Questions.
Persons who have gainful occu-
patton and are neither employers nor
employees are considered to be work.
ing on their own account. They are
the independent workers. They
neither pay nor receive regular
wages. Examples Of this kind are
farmers and the owners Of small
establishments who do not employ
helpers; professional men who work
for fees and employ no helpers:
newsboys: and generally speaking,
hucksters. peddlers. bootblacks. etc.
II is stated In the instructions that
the purpose Of the schedule inquiries
as to unemployment is to ascertain
the measure Of enforced unemploy-
ment--that Is. the extent TO which
men want work and can not find
IT,
The schedule question. "home rent
ed or owned" is defined as meaning
whether family owns the home in
which It IL living or rents 1t. II
a dwelling Is occupied by more than
one family 1t is the home Of each Of
them. and the question should be
answered with reference to each
family.
A home is to be classed as owned
IL II Is owned wholly or In part by
the head Of the family living in the
home or by the wife Of the head, or
by son, or q daughter, or other
relative living in the same house with
the head of the family. It is not
necessary that full payment for the
property should have been made or
that that the family should be the
sole owner.
Every home not owned, either
wholly or in part, by the family liv-
ing In II or by some member of that
family should be classed as rented.
whether rent Is actually paid or not.
All owned homes which are not full
ly paid for. or upon which there is
an incumbrance In the form of
a mortgage or Of a lien upon which
judgment has been had In a court,
are to be reported as mcrtgaged.
The inquiry as to whether the per-
son enumerated Is a survivor Of the
Union or Confederate Army or Navy Is
to be asked as to all males over so
years Of age who were born in the
United States and all foreign-born
males who immigrated OF this coun-
try before 1865.
The inquiry as to blindness ap-
plies only when a person is either
totally or partially blind in both
eyes. so as to be unable to read even
with the help Of glasses. Only persons
who are both deaf and dumb are to
be reported under the question
whether deaf AMI dumb" The ques-
tion concerning school attendance