Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-14
- rnoMAN,s nIETaoDs.
ue Conducted a Civil Service * *
DO" -nipation at Martinsborg. ~

10" h 'g,ination at Martiusburg. fi4
r-o,a the Washable Post.
g.yprg's FERRY, w. VA, Aug IN
ssry,ce Commissioners Thoman ms
CHN ,ga subject OF much uniavorable
'e'u here ever since he descended
'ol'' ,srtinsburg more than two months
u~+ roij a civil service examination.
ssy anner impressed the candidates as
n.,sb i'm the extreme. The hardest Part
D...1.'or6sal which candidates were sub
.5too an examination day was the IN
lc'''' .srv se.f-assertion, not without SOME
me- M personal insolence, which, IN
4 ''-,.emission, took the place OF atten-
W ...,1e work IN hand. His phenonie-
''O l...f.ra.. is discussed on all sides. and
q I'D TO have perplexed and annoyed the
,6idares beyond measure.
''Ea.f applicant for examination was
- iu advance to attend punctuaily
ID o'clock, falling Ia winch he or she
~ r,,. be- examined. To be punctual
cou'o NJ Them mad to start from their
IaD! Ia tine country as early as in the
lon-,,.o. but all were present on time
Aii19'',..0t }Ir. ThOman. A few minutes
a"r,1 II Mn. pnoman entered TO the wait
,,.ti5arts. VINO in the interval since
10y lid have been f0rtiiying them
p,.,s 0,r their abOrs with some neces-
s.y -afr4sument, but thai they did not
~! ,rhan The Commissioner might drop
H. ,,.on+iou was haughtily demanded of
DsnGippce and readily given, and the
sIsnsn,er Of fates inf himself 10
"r,ole few remarks.' The remarks
.rar. easily Gssimilated by the listeners,
.,r tber had read them ia substance, and
,Uor4 IN their Application papers and III
RI civil service rules.
.,or after / the examination mill began
,r5gd. By that time all hands We're
80 AN problem IN interest, something
Nv 5T1aris the interest on $12,645,S $40, 000,-
81 ee- ora 558 pa, 6S7. co., % at 40 per cent.
+or + y4ars. months, , days, / hours, 40
minutes 2s34 seconds!
The grea, man, having presumably
sigpstel biz breakfast, remarked again
ri half am hour or so, the reason of which
ro,- of the disturbed workers could
icipe some Of you here are school
sesebers; I would like to see into your
srboyls." delivered with an ill-bred sar-
81 a,m, is a specimen Of these remarks"
n was whispered around that II he went
school he might learn something to
is adyantage-a little ciYilty, per-
Aus. and references were also quietly
nsde to a little Handbook on Polite
less.
Az noon the Commissioner went out to
tbe hotel aud RECALLED himself whiAl the
noor candidates for government emI-.Sy-
+ ment. some OF whom had not had refresh.
q ment since O'clock in the morning, were
E Ell plodding away, and feeling that the
pstd to government Office was not plea
Fl 5elL one.
In the afternoon, among a number of
Diber iusuetug things. ne said con-
s. emtu0usly: Il allow five hours for this
examination; it closes at 4 p. N. ANY one
with any brains could have passed in that
inc"
Following bis utter inattentiOn through
+ Dut and bis many distracCng Interrupt
ions, LIE Was in such an unreasonable
hurry towards the end that while he held
one hand fresh paper for the appli-
ant his other hand would be reaching
E mpatiently and wiJb hurry-up gesture
0T The paper tle victim was still working
8 20. Atiu.crvais during the day the desk
Would be tnumled for attention, and then,
81 Elen all pens were dropped and all ears
lert be would announce with grotesque
0mp3s ~, u have one marked character
s sic, aud that is tirmness"
over and over again the workers were
e Interrupted in their mental labors to bear
bis Important announcement repeated,
md to su0atanJiate the statement, as 1t
we're, be gr0Wed and Numbered and
usted and 'remarked'' until the ladies
ere frightened and the gentlemen candi-
ayes worried out Of an remembrance OF
leu multiplication tables.
ana now that nine weeks have passed
loa the examination the candidates are
lnle.ne what Is % become of it. On
Aamlnaton day the Commissioner told
tM IL would not be worth the time TO
iite 70 the Secretary about their certifi-
aus, as they would hear at tue very
-sesl IN SIX weeks, pass or no pass. Not
lr u The candidates has vet heard the
auJ Of the examination. The Com
1'sioner might learn something about
Ap5ciung work il he applied to the
Peilhleldent and board OF examiners of
lls county,
s a teachers examination was held in
asfleslown on w Wednesday, and on the
0Aady loloWlng all the teachers had
t' certificates. The county SUPER
euoe1tS salary is $500 per apnum
rIl gl{ @f iAoman receives $3 900, with
A'mlle0 extras. Our county SUPER
. guosu'' "lln the education. has the
r -ueio OIL q gentleman. Mr.. ThOman is
1sa" a letter written by one Of the
-a'lA'es closes IN these words: "Allow
~ '5 committee Of one and humbly
-,-. -oleI hment never, never to send
,''sn 70 West Virginia again. II we
b4r s l''e ie'I5, let them come in some