The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-10
5000 WORKERS TO
 TAKE THE CENSUS
Plan to Have the Census of the
 Whole City Taken in Single Hour


 It will be the red letter day In the religious life of Birmingham when oooo church workers visit every white nome in the city and invite everybody to at tend the church and Sunday school or tbeir church. This will be done within a single hour on Sunday, october 8, from 9:so to 1o3O a. m. Leading business men of the city are in this movement It VIII also be like taking an inventory, for rec ords will be made that will show each de- nomination and each church of every de- nomination just how many people 1t has, with the name, address, sex and age Of every one.
 An interdenominational managing board has been at work for several weeks, and has worked out the most comprehensive plan |. W. Sims, general secretary or the Alabama Sunday School association, has been brought to Birmingham to lead in the census taking, and the leaders or Catholic, Jew and Protestant, of every denomination, have united to make 1t the most thorough and practical census ever taken.
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 This managing board is composed or D. w. Sims, chairman; W. M. Ullman, attorney, representing the Jews; w. M' Fox, secretary of St. Paurs, representing the Catholics; the Rev. J. M McCluskey, pastor of St. Johns, representing the Methodists; H. l.. Strickland, state secre- tary of Alabama Baptist Sunday school fi,,or hn Green, state secretary of Presbyterian U. S. A. Sundays schools, representing that organization; MT. R. McNeill, scrap iron dealer, representing the Southern Presbyterians, and J.. D. Oliver of Earle Bros. representing the Episcopalians.
 The plans for this census have been pre- sented to the Pastors union, the Men and Women's Graded unions, and the church folk of every section of the city, and have received their unanimous in- dorsement and promise of support The newspapers have agreed to do their full duty toward its accomplishment. The mere extension of the invitation to at tend Sunday school makes the census well worth while. It is estimated that there are 100000 white people in Birming- ham. and there are only 20,000 enrolled in the Sunday schools. Many of the other S0,OOO have never even received an invitation to attend Sunday school, or had anyone express interest In their re- ligious welfare. The hour was set at 9:30 a. m. because at that hour alone will it be possible to reach the young men in the boarding houses and the whole fam fly in the home.
 Of Lasting Power
 But the great power which this census Is expected to generate will be more last ing. There will be definite information gathered concerning church affliation. church preference, church and Sunday school attendance and the age or every person in the city. The age will be se- cured without embarrassment to the female sex, as they will only be asked to locate themselves in one of the groups beginners, primary, junior, intermediate, senior and adult.
 Following the canvass the cards of those giving any church their prefer ence will be turned over to that church, together with all those having no prefer ence who live in that particular neighbor- bod, and each church will be expected to V on Sunday October 22, and to follow the general plan of a rally day, a social, gathering day and a confession day. It is possible that every Sunday school in Birmingham may double it's attendance.
 For the purpose of this census Birming- ham has been divided into six grand di- visions. each in charge of a. capable man ager These divisions are in turn di- vided into districts, with superintendent oSer each district. The district superin- tendents will so divide their districts that each pair of visitors will have section composed of 20 homes which they must visit during the hour. allotted. The vis- itors will go two and two, care being ken that two of one denomination do not work together. and when they have visited the 20 homes allotted to them their work will be done.i It is thought that the hour allotted will be ample time for the 5000 census takers to visit every nome in the city.
 The division and district organizations have already been practically perfected although the board of managers is con- stantly at work on plans and filling up the gaps. Here is a complete list of the managers and superintendents selected nearly all of whom have accepted:
 Six Grand Divisions
 Division l-Manager, H. l.. Strickland. . assistant manager, w. B. Dowel. Dis