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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1909
Page
2
The author weighs whether voluntary enumerators can replace paid workers, noting current conditions, and suggests encouraging college students and teachers to participate. He stresses enumerators should live in their districts and laments that April May enumeration limits teachers’ ability to assist.
The article outlines costs for different road types with figures per mile. It cites nine-foot macadam at 2000, southern standards 3000 to 4000, gravel roads 1500 to 1600, gravel at 60 cents per cubic yard plus freight, and Greenville County Virginia examples of 1000 per mile. It notes sand clay roads under 400 per mile and mentions convict labor as a cheaper factor.
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