The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-16
SUPERVISOR AULL MAKES
STATEMENT ABOUT CENSUS
Says Work of Taking Census About
CompIeted-Many Drawbacks on
Account Of Sickness.

supervisor E. H. Aull Of the third
district makes the following state
ment in regard to the progress OF
taking the census in this district. he
expects to be able to close up his
Office by the first of April. Inc
statement was made up covering the
work up to last Saturday. As to the
figures and any other matters IN re-
gard to the census all the informa-
tien will be given out. By the -dlrec-
tor from Washington. The following
is the statement by MI. Aul:: 49,.
+ s:The takinf of the: 1Athr deeennial
census i s in the Third district has: been
about completed. There has been a
great deal of sickness .: among: the
enumerators and in their -.: families
which of necessity has delayed: the
work in several of the districts. AS
an illustration Of this, in. one district
at least four enumerators had been
! DESIGNATED and all had agreed to do
the work in the district, but were
either taken sick themselves or had
serious illness in their families and
on this account were unable to begin
work. The fifth enumerator was ap-
pointed about ten days ago and IS
now at work and will be through
within the next ten days. In another
district the enumeration had the mis-
fortune to lose his wife by death and
on account of her illness and death
has been considerably delayed.
Though delay was occasioned IN
several other districts from the same
causes but with these two exceptions
all the work in the field is now about
completed.
"There are in this district 100
enumeration districts. l have in my
Office completed schedules for ali the
districts except the two mentioned
and three in which the work has
been completed, but the papers have
not yet been actually received at the
Office. We have checked up and for
warded to Washington complete pa
pers in 115 districts and have 25
more ready for shipment, leaving 29
districts yet to be checked.
'My purpose has been not to hurry
or rush the schedules to the depart
ment but rather to be sure that they
were in proper form and correct and
that the work had been efficiently
and thoroughly done in the field. If
the census has not been thoroughly
and properly done, I feel sure that
it is not the fault of any of the
enumerators, because | have impress
ed upon them the Importance of hav-
ing the work thoroughly done and to
be sure that all the people were
counted.
'T have felt that it was the better
plan to make an effort to be thorough
and correct, rather than to hurry, be-
cause the census is taken only once
in ten years and every municipality
and rural district is anxious to have
the figures correct, because these fig
ures will represent the. official stand
ing in population of the civil divis-
ions for the next ten years.
81 am not permitted to give out
any figures as to population, but l
feel satisfied in having done every
thing that I could to impress upon
the enumerators the Importance Of
thoroughness in counting the people
and I feel satisfied also that the
enumerators have realized the i'm
portance of this.
81 desire to say in this connection
that the relations between the super
visor and the enumerators have been
exceedingly pleasant and the spirit of
cooperation has been manifest, and
while the work has been trying at
times, it has been very pleasant to
the supervisor, owing to the hearty
cooperation and fine spirit of the
enumerators.
81 congratulate myself also on the
fact that I have been able to secure
two such competent and efficient men
as Mr.. John J. Murran and Mr.. Her
bert L. Boulware in checking up the
papers before sending them to Wash
ington. They have done their work
we'll and it has been a pleasure to
work with them.
$50 far as I am advised, all the pa
pers sent in have been acceptable to
the department and the enumerators
have received their checks promptly.
In fact have had no complaint what