The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-01-24
TAKING CENSUS
Cooperation of the People is
Necessary if Enumeration
is to BE Complete

! Some we'll intentioned and pubic
spirited Sumter citizens who desire
that the census of this city be taken
correctly, not a human being missed
/ in the enumeration being made, have
urged the Sumter Chamber of Com
merce to call on every man and Wo-
man in Sumter 70 cooperate with the
enumerators.
This is a point well taken. and the
| Chamber of Commerce therefore most
earnestly requests that every one in
Sumter will give this important mat
ter his and her .1ersonal interest, and
if any one has been missed he or she
should see the enmmerator in his or
her ward or call the attention Of the
Chamber of Commerce to the matter,
and the enumerators will be assisted
in getting the proper information
without delay.
Before saying. however, or think
ing that you or your family have not
been enumerated, be sure in the case
Of all men or women who haven't
asked their wives or boarding house
managers whether the enumerator
has called, to find out first whether
the cnunerator has been around to
because names are secured from
places of residence and not from
places of business
Cooperate with before criticising
the enumerators. It will be simply
next to impossible, under any circum-
stances, to secure a recount Of the
citizens. This will be the only cen
ment again until 1880. Manifestly
the sensible course to be pursued is
for every citizen to cooperate with the
enumerators while the census is be
ing taken.
Tell the erumerator about your SER
wants in order that. the latter may be
checked up for reference to the EMU
merator in another ward ii your ser
want lives in different ward from
which YOU live. The enumerators help
each other in this way. and every cili-
zen who wants Sumter to have every
other citizen enumerated can do a
world of good by manifesting inter
est and helping the enumerators
When the enumeration is completed
that settles it as far as the govern
ment is concerned. Not one in a
ever complied with. That is past ex-
perience Of many cities and towns
Again remember that cooperation
rather than uncertain criticism is the
best after ALL
The Chamber Of Commerce needs
the name of every citizen on the
enumerator's rolls for business pur-
poses. The city of Sumter needs every
name on the same rolls. To show
that Sumter is growing and has Grown
the names are absolutely essential.
The names have a business value as
we'll as q boosting value.
Now is the time for every man.
woman, and child to take a friendly,
public spirited, local and community
pride interest i'm the work Of the
enumeratorS. and point out. if any be
positively known. the names OF amy
one ,iissed By accident or other cause
tors are only human beings. they
need al the information they can get
They are as much interested in SUM-
ter's progress as any one else. But
they are not infallible.
Corporations. firms. heads Of fami-
lies. Keepers of boarding houses. en-
ployers of every Kind, hotels, lodging
houses. and every man, woman. boy
and Girl in Sumter should take a per-
son:,l and city pride in getting every
name on the census enum merator's
books. The time IS very limited now
But it is not too late to get busy and
help out Wonderfully
Remember above all else that a re-
count of the citizenship is almost i'm
possible after the returns are sent in.
1t will be q waste Of good time to re-
quest any recount A waste also Of
the time of every man or woman to
furnish information later that should
be given now or before the enunlera-
ton closes within few days at most.