The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-01-18
WANTED PATRIOTIC CITIZENS,
COMMITTEE or CITY MET LAST
NIGHT AND DECIDED TO
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Arc The Citizens of Sumter Patriotic
enough to Give Their Services Free
OF Charge i'm the Interest of the
City.
From the Daily Item, Jan. 13.

D.
The special committee Of three Of
the members of City Council, Mayor
Jennings, and Aldermen McKeiver
and Glenn, appointed to have charge
or the retaking of the census of the
city, so as to get a more exact emu
meration of it's inha btants than that
taken py the government census emu
merators when they enumerated the
inhabitants Of the city last May, met
in the Mayors office last night and
after discussing the matter of a new
census for some time they decided in
view of the offer Of citizens to serve
aS volunteer enumerators that it
might be advisable to have the CEN
sus taken by volunteers rather than to
employ paid enumerators as at first
decided upon.
Now the question is, HAS Sumter
enough patriotic citizens who will
volunteer their services for the work."
1t seems that the question is already
partly answered for many Of the
prominent citizens of the city have AL
ready volunteered their services and
many more have declared their will
lingness to either subscribe towards
having a new census taken or to do
every thing that they can towards
having it taken. This seems to ans
wer the question pretty We'll, but the
thing is nov whether it will meet the
hearty approval of all of the citizens.
and will enough of them volunteer so
that the work can be done in one af-
ternoon.
The system proposed by the COM
mlttee is to have one man for every
block in town and, as the block will
probably not be a long one, this will
work no hardship on any one man.
In getting the enumeration done by
volunteer census takers, the committee
also had in mind the fact that in this
way 1T would be done, not only so
much quicker, but SO much better.
The reason for thinking this is that if
1t Is done by the volunteer census talk
ers, 1T will be done by them only be-
cause Of their interest in the city's
welfare and their desire to see JUS
tic done to the city.
Another and very important reason
for having the work done by the vol
unteer force is the saving to the city
Of more than 500. While Council at
its last meeting appropriated $50
for the retaking of the census. it is
anxious TO save that money for the
city If possible, and where there is
chance to save money for the city. il
Is the desire Of the committee to do
so. This committee, which is work
ing for the city without pay, thinks
that the, citizens Of the town ought
to be willing to do what they are doing
and 1T seems but natural that this
should be the case. What is wanted is
iiohcSl anu CONSCIENTIOUS men who will
give up one or two hours Of their
time to the taking of the census on
their blocks, men who will swear to
do their duty and their whole duty
by the city. Those who are willing to
take the job Of volunteer census tax
ers upon themselves should let the
City Clerk, or one of the members of
the committee appointed to look af-
ter the new census, know of it at
once.
There are between three and four
hundred blocks in the city, will one
good man from each one of those
blocks volunteer" Already enough
have volunteered their services to
take most Of the principal blocks in
the city, but this should not prevent
others from offering their services, for
interest in the matter car not be
shown by too many persons.