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To Be Exact, They Numbered,
in the Year, 1910,947,839
Persons
TEN YEARS OLD AND OVER
Gainful Workers Forty-three
Per Cent of the Population.
Greater Proportion Than
Shown by Census of 1900.
A Little Over a Fourth of the
Workers Female
Washington, D. ('.. Aug. 15. Ac
cording to the report on Occupations
recently issued by Director William
J. Harris, of the Bureau o' the Cen
sus, Department of Commerce, there
were !47,S3S persons 10 years of ape
and over "in North Carolina engaged in
gainful oceupationsv in 1510. The
gainful workers thus formed 43 per
cent of the total population of the
State (2.Z0C.287) and 60 per cent of
the population 10 years of age and
oer (1.578,595). In 1900 the 718,
742 gainful wo.!, era of the State form
ed 37.8 per cent of the otal popula
tion and 53.2 per cent of the popula
tion 10 years of age and over.
The male gainful workers in 1910
numbered G74.849, or 86.4 per cent
of all males 10 years of age and over,
mm compared with 556.581, or 84.1 per
cent in 1900. The female gainful
workers in 1910 numbered 272,990,
years, 100.S55; 21 to 44 yeara and age
unknown. 31S.04O; and 45 years and
over, 164,305. The proportion which
the gainfully occupied males formed
of all males in each age period was:
For those 10 to 13 years of age, 49.7
per cent; for those 14 to 15 years of
age, 74 per cent; for those 16 to 20
years of age. 86.9 per cent; for those
21 to 4 4 years of age, 97 per cent
that is. all but 3 men in every 100
had gainful occupations; and for
those 45 years of age and over, 92.2
per cent.
The gainfully occupied females in
1910 were distributed according to
age periods as follows; 10 to 13 years.
30.822; 14 to la years. i -u QO flfVk
20 years. 56,441; 21 to 44 years and I 00,UUUf
age unknown. 120. 64; and 45 years
and over, 42.802. The proportion
which the gainfully occ
formed of all females in each age pe
riod was: For those 10 to 13 years of
ag 29.3 per cent; for those 14 to 15
years of age, 4 4.1 per cent; for those
16 to 20 years of age, 46.2 per cent;
for those 21 to 4 4 years of age, 34.4
per cent; and for those 45 years of
agf and over, 25.4 per cent.
Number of Children at Work.
In North Carolina in 1910 there
were 91.649 males and 52.9S3 females
10 to 15 years of age engaged in gain
ful occupations; or. stated, otherwise.
57.5 per cent of the males and 34.1
per cent of the females 10 to 15 years
of age were gainful workers. In 1900
there were 77,9S males and 32,421
females 10 to 15 years of age engag
ed in train-ul occupations, which was
55.1 per cent of all males and 23.5
per cent of ail females 10 to 15 years
of age.
Principal Occupations
The principal occupations followed
by the males and females, respective
ly, in North Carolina m 1910 were as
follows:
MALES.
TMMEi
BUS IE
National Currency Association
of North Carolina Completes
Organization
SOBERS
DOG
REPRESENTED
upiedfemaies Headquarters in Raleigh, the
Home of President Joseph
6. Brown Additional Cir
culation Ready for Shipment
Within Thirty-six Hours Af
ter Filing of Papers .
per cent per annum fw the first thr
months and afterwards a tax rate f
one-half of one per cent per annum
for each month until the rate of .mi
per cent per annum is readied. Th.
shall then be the rate of the aver.,;,
amount of such notes in circulation
Notes Absolutely Safe.
"As these notes are to p-y front
hand to hand just a any other -4
of the banks it wa easci ti.1 thu
they be made absolutely safe and ti
that end every possible safeguard ,,
thrown about them.
"First there must be maintain--1
in the United Slates Treasury i
redemption fund of not less than tivr
per cent more in the discretion of t n
Secretary of the Treasury.
"The securities including .-..tit.
mercial paper, held by member bank
may be deposited as basis for circula
tion but not more than 3d per cent
of its unimpaired capital car be lu- I
W. ... . . . . . 1 . . f . .... . . .
upon inrr arvumj ui uir 1 wiititii-r
paper.
of all females 10
over, as compared
23.4 per cent, in
or 34.2 per cent
years of age and
with 1G0.161. or
l'JOO.
Distribution of Workers.
The !M7,839 gainful workers in 1910
were distributed amons the main
branches of occupation as follows:
Agriculture, forestry, and animal
husbandry, 612.26G. or 64.6 per cent;
extraction of minerals, 2,102, or 0.2
per cent, manufacturing and. mechan
ical industries, 158.412. or 16.7 per
cent; transportation, 29,601, or 3.1
per cent; trade, 39,028, or 4.1 per
cent; public service, 4,839, or 0.3 per
cent; professional service, 20,336, or
2.1 per cent: domestic and personal
service, 70,676, or 7.5 per cent; and
clerical occupations, 10.579, or 1.1 per
cent.
Sex of Workers.
Of the gainful workers in 1910,
67 4. S 49. or 71.2 per cent, were males
and 272.990, or 28.8 per cent, fe
males. . In agriculture, forestry, and
animal husbandry, the males num
bered 449,361. or 73.4 per cent, and
the females, 162.905, or 26.6 per cent,
l'ractically all 2,087, or 99.3 per
cent of the persons engaged in the
extraction of minerals were males. In
manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries 123,454, or 77.9 per cent, of the
workers were males and 34,958, or
22.1 per cent, females. Males consti
tuted 97.7 per cent of the 29,601 per
sons engaged in transportation, 91.7
per cent of the 39,028 persons en
gaged in trade, and 94.3 per cent of
the 4.839 persons engaged in public
service. In professional service 10,-
2.3
3.03S
2.4X3
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712
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941
297
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or d-.o per cent, 01 me vurieis
wre males and 9,608, or 47.2 per
cent, females, a large proportion of
tha females being school teachers.
Domestic and personal service was
the only large field of occupations in
which the females outnumbered the
males. Here females numbered 58,
667, or 83 per cent, and males only
12,009, or 17 per cent, of the work
ers. Of the persons pursuing clerical
occupations, 7.941, or 73.1 per cent,
were males and 2,638, or 2 4.9 per
cent, females.
Color or Ilat of Workers.
Of the 67 4,849 gainfully occupied
males in 1910, 437.190 were native
whites of native parentage. 2,302 na
tive whites off oreign or mixed pa
rentage. 3.329 foreign. born whites,
209.373 negroes, and 2.455 other col
ored. The proportion which the
gainfully occupied males formed of
all the males 10 years of age and over
in each principal class of the popu'a
tion was: Kor native whites of native
parentage. 85.4 per cent; for native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage,
76.4 per cent; for foreign-born whites,
91.5 per cent; and for negroes, S8.5
per cent.
(if the 272,990 gainfully occupied
females in 1910, 129.457 were native
whites of native parentage. 561 native
whites of foreign or mixed parentage.
362 foreign-born whites, 141,391 ne
groes, and 1,219 other colored. The
proportion which the gainfully occu
pied females formed of all the fe
males 10 years of age and over in
each principal class of the population
was: Kor native whites of native pa
rentage. 24.2 percent: for native
whiten of foreign or mixed parentage,
16.6 per cent; for foreign-born whites,
17.S per cent; and for negroes, 55.7
per cent.
Agr of Workers.
Gainfully occupied males in -1910.
were distributed according to age pe
riods as follows: 1 to 13 years, 53.
4&7; 14 to 16. years, 34,192; 16 to 20
Agents, canvassers anj collectors 653
larbrs. hairdressers. and manicurist 1.712
UlaclsnitUw 3.002
Bookkeepers, cashiers. anl aecuuiitaiMs 2,815
Hrfc'k ami stone mason 1.891
UMilders and building contractors 1.04S
Carm-Mer 11. 701
('amaze and hack drivers 9SG
Clereyniii
Clerks (exceut clerks In sKtres) 3.2S0
Clerka in stores 1.948
('mnierrial traveler 1,7X3
ComiKwitors. linotyuers. and typesetters' 744
Conductors (iteam rai road) 73:
Pellvervmeii 2.021
Draymen, teamsters and expressmen 4,505
Knaineers (stattoHarv) 1,579
Farm and dairy farm foremen 793
Kami laborers 20S.337
Farmers and dairy farmer 228,013
FirotnoH (except locomotive and fire depart -
mcnl
Fishermen ami' oysteruien
Foremen and overseers (manufacturing
Forem ii and overseers (railroad tranVKrta-tiou)
Harden laltorers
tiardeners
Cuards. watchmen, and doorkeepers
If ostlers ami stable hands
Insurance agents and officials
Laborers:
Urick. tile, and terra-eotta factories
t'ij:ir and totrareo factories
CoUon mills .
Fertiliser frtoriea
Furniture, niano. and organ factories...
tleneral and not sitifled 11,105
I.umleryards S04
Koad and street building and repairing. .
Saw and planing mills
Steam railroad
Tanneries
Laborers, porters, and helpers in stores
Lawyers, judges, and justices
Locomotive engineer
locomotive firemen
Loom fixers
Lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers
Machinist and millwright.
Mail carriers
Managers and superintendents (manufacturing)
Manufacturers and officials
Messenger, bundle, and orfiee luiys
Millers (grain, flour, feed. etc. )
Painter, glaziers, and varnishers (building).
Physicians and surgeons
Plumbers and gas and steam fitters
Quarry operative
Ketail dealer
Salesmen (stores) -
Sawyers :
Semiskilled operatives:
Cigar and tobacco factories
Cotton nulls - -
Keamers. warpers, and slashers
Itohhin l. doffirs. and earners...
Carrier, combers and lappers
Drawers, rover, and twisters
Spinner
Weavers
tKher occupations
Furniture, piano, and oran factories ...
Knitting mills
Saw and planing mill
Servants . . . . .-
Shoemakers and cobbler (not. in factory)
Teacher (school)
Telegraph operat or
Waiter
FEMALES.
Hoarding and lodging house keepers
Ilookkecpers. cashiers and account aoU
Clerks in stores
Dressmakers and seamstreases (not in factory!
F:iriu lalmrer :
Farmers anil dairy farmers 13.27H
Housekeepers and stewartlestse
Laborers:
Cotton mills
Oeneral and not specified
Laundresaes (not in laundry)
Laundry operatives
Midwivca and nurses (not trained)
Milliners and millinery dealer
Musician and teachers of munfe
Saleswomen (stores)
Semiskilled operatives:
Cigar and tobacco factories
Cot ton mills -Drawer,
rovers, and twisters
Spiiu:T
Weaver
Winders, reelers. and spoolers
Ottver oct-upailons
Knitting mills
Servant
Sewers and sewing-machine operators (fac
tory) Stenographers and typewriters
Teachers (school) .'
Telephone operator
Trained inrses
Thirty-seven national banks In
Xorth Carolina, representing an ag
gregate capital and surplus of $3,000.-
000. had yesterday signed the neces
sary papers of membership in the Na
tional Currency Association of North
Carolina organized at a meeting of
bankers here on Wednesday. The
headquarters of the association will
be Raleigh. It is probable- that there
will be frequent meetings of the
executive board of the association in
this city. The- president, Mr. Joseph
G. Brown, and the secretary, Mr. E.
B. Crow, reside here. Vice-President
Thomas E. Cooper is from Wilming
ton, but as a member of the executive
committee will probably be in Raleigh
often. Besides the president and the
vice-president the executive board is
composed of Messrs. W. C. Wilkinson,
of Charlotte; J. B. Ramsey, of Rocky
Mount; W. J. Holloway, of Durham;
Neil Ellington, of Greensboro; A. M.
Dumay, of Washington.
It had been rumored that the funds
to secure which the association was
organized would not be available un
der three weeks after the organization
papers were filed with the-Treasury
Department in Washington. Mr.
Joseph G. Brown, president, yesterday
stated that this report is without
foundation and that the needed cur
rency will be ready for shipment with
in thirty-six hours after the proper
demands have been made on the
Treasury Department.
1.43G
1.S04
5.01a
79S
2 tiOS
2.124
14.872
7,534
1.271
1.313
1.1S7
960
63ti
.35S
1.544 I
1,831
3 196
930
882
2,456
1.939
6C0
952
14.4S9
8.323
1.638
2.607
970
3.342
1.592
2649
1.091
5.392
3.9S5
1.276
994
2.62ft
4.723
802
1,938
771
S3t
1.5t6
730
5r9
6.241
148.801
1.835
1,212
673
23.192
782
1.760
979
H9S
2.019
2.797
554
5.i2l
B.550
3.957
1.647
2.172
28 22
1,198
1.429
7.542
510
914
To Prevent Panic Is Aim.
Speaking of the aim and effects of
the organization of currency associa
tions yesterday President Joseph G.
Brown said:
"National Currency Associations are
organized under an act of Congress,
passed in 1908 the purpose being to
prevent any possibility of a recurrence
of a currency famine like that which
prevailed in 1907, when cash was
sold at a premium in the open mar
ket, and further to facilitate the
movement or crops.
State Banks May Join.
"In the original bill, membership
in the association was limited to Na
tional Banks but the amendment
passed on August 4th of this year ex
tends the benefits of the act to all
qualified State banks and trust com
panies which have joined the Federal
Reserve System or which may con
tract to join the system within fifteen
days from the passage of the act or
by August 3 9, 1914.
"Member banks must have unim
paired capital and surplus of not
less than twenty per cent and in
every association there must be at
least ten banks with an aggregate
capital and surplus of not less than
five million dollars. Th territory
covered by an association may be one
State or any part of a State, or con
tiguous parts of one or more States
"The management of the associa
tion is placed in th hani
board consisting of the representative
from each bank, but the general pow
ers of the board mrv i
uy nit? executive committee of
less man nve members chosen
board. The North Cam
tion has an executive
nve oesioes thp nroviHni.
the vice-president who are members
ex-offieio. The association be-ins
with thirty-seven charter members
representing an aggregate capital and
surplus of eight million dollars Many
other banks of the Stat havo ex
pressed their purpose to become mem
bers a-s soon as they hav the re
quired resolutions passed by the board
or directors.
otes on 125
"On state, city, town. cunty. ,.r
other municipal bonds circulation
may be issued to the extent of nt m
excess of the par value of the UhlIh
The municipalities whose bonds
be offered for such security mtKt h.tv
been in existence for a period of im
years, and during thai ime h-v
made no default in payment of pun
cipal or interest, and their net funt. i
indebtedness must not exceed tn prr
cent of the taxable property.
"In addition to this the banks an.f
assets of all member banks are joint
!y and severally liable to that in th
hands of the public these notes art i
safe as human ingenuity can mak
them.
"The banks generally ught. ant
doubtless will, avail themselves .or
this opportunity to faetlita th
movement of crops and to ht-lp u
business.
Process Simple One.
"The process of securing -this addi
tional circulation is a simple
The-member bank sends t th as
ciation in Raleigh its application f.r
currency with securities to cover th,
amount wanted. The executive com
mittee examines and parses upon t In
securities and when approved the
ttcers of the association forward
application to the comptroller of
currency who transmits it with
recommendation to the secretary
the treasury who directs the is.suaiu
of the notes from time to time.
"That there miy..t be as little delay
as possible the government had pre
pared soon after the passage of th
original act the amount of curren-v
allotted to each bank so that it coul'l
be issued at any time when ne.-.j.-d.
For instance for the use of th
Citizen's National Bank of Kalei-h
there has been held $lSS,0ui suhje, t
to call. Under the recent amend
ment this amount will be im-rea.se i
to $348,750 and in the same propor
tion" for all member banks.
Iji.st of Member Banks.
Banks signing membership papn
up to the present are:
Citizens National Bank, Raleigh. N.
t.; Greensboro National Bank.
Greensboro; National Bank of Ala
mance, Graham; First National Bank.
Gastonia; .Citizens National Bank.
Gastonia; Citizens National
Durham; Murchison National
of
the I lie
hi.
of
Wilmington; First National
Grlg'
Wife.
not
by the
lina Associa-
committee of
Bank,
Bank.
Bank.
Durham; First National Bank. Rocky
Mount; National Bank of Fayette
ville; National Bank of Goldsboro,
First National Bank. Wadesboro; Na
tional Bank of New Bern; First Na
tional Bank, Dunn; First National
Bank, Bumberton; First National
Bank, Wrashington; Farmers National
Bank, Louisburg; First National
Bank, Kinston; Peoples National
Bank, Winston; First National Bank.
Wilson; National Bank of Greenville.
First National Bank of Bouishun;.
Peoples National Bank. Salisbury.
Commercial National Bank, Raleigh,
Bank of Wayne, Goldsboro; American
National Bank. Wilmington- Mer
chants National Bank, "Raleigh; Com
mercial National Bank, High Pom'.
First National Bank, Tarboro; Mer
chants & Farmers National Bank.
Charlotte; Commercial National Bank.
Charlotte; First National Bank. Char
lotte; Charlotte National Bank. Char
lotte; First National Bank. Hickory.
First National Bank. Statesville.
Commercial National Bank. States
ville; First National Bank, Thoma.s-ville.
Two vouns: Clevelanders met on the
street Tuesday. One of them said:
"Well I understand that our old
friend Griggs has gone and married a
wife."
"It's not true.- I understand noth
ing of the sort."
"What? Well, what did you hear
about it?"
"I understand that a widow has
gone ana marrieu our iriena tinggs.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Man was maue u mourn and wo
man was made to se that he keeps
ererhatwi at it.
Per Cent Cnniii
Surplus.
"Every member bank is permitted
to issue its own notes to the extent
of 125 per cent of its unimpaired capi
tal and surplus. Under this r ro vision
the charter members of th North
Carolina Association "representing
eight millions of capital would be en
titled to ten million dollars.
Discretion of Secretary of Treasury
"As this additional circulation i in
tended only for use in emergency a
tax was imposed in the original act
sufficiently large to enforce it ; prompt
retirement when not needed for com
mercial purposes. Cnder. the recent
amendment, however, the Secretary
of the Treasury is empowered to sus-
peiiu certain provisiuns and at this
i-i.Tr iirrmiK-r o ii k is required to
pay upon the average amount of its
viti.uiMi.ioTi a uix at tre rate of three-
SKTS ALARM FOR lXTHI'DKKS.
And When Beil Rins He ;rab-i Boy
In- Yard.
"?end somepolicpmn quick; we'v
caught ab urglar!" was the call o -r
the telephone at the Southwestern I
lice Station last night.
The automobile patrol was hastily
dispatched to the home of Kdward N
Chance, 151S West Mulberry street.
and the police found th;it thp llef.d
burglar was a 12-year-old negro bov
Thievs have been climbing over
the wall and stealing grapes from my
yard for the last threv davs and to
night I set a trap for them," said Mr
Chance.
Th? trap consisted of an e.M tri--battery,
with two wires stretehe 1
along the wall connecting with a !-i!
in Mr. Chance's parlor.
The alarm went off at 10 oY! ek
and Mr. Chance ran into the yard
capture the little negro, who gave hi
nam as Theodore Johnson and saH
that he lived at 41 Barrish street
Two other negro boys made gt ' i
their escape.
Johnson will 1m? given a hearing
this morning in the Juvenil" Court.
Baltimore Sun.
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