The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-17
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
Sixty-one Applicants Yesterday for Rev
enue Positions.

Sixty-one Applicants Yesterday for Rev
enue Positions.
A competitive examination under the
rules of the United States Civil Service
Commission of applicants for the grades
Of deputy collector, gauger, storekeeper
and gauger, clerk and messenger in the
classified Internal Revenue service in this
city. was held in the government building
yesterday.
There were "a applicants to stand TN"
| examination, but yesterday morning n,
8 O'Clock, when the examination began
there were only 81 OF the a present,
seven negroes being among the number
The 81 applicants were divided as fol
| lows: "a for clerkships, 81 for storekeep-
er-gauger. is for deputy collector. The
latter position pays the highest salary
The examination is the same for all
three Of the positions.
| or the "a white applicants three We're
| ladies-Mrs. Matte Z. Patterson ana
Miss Lucy n. Clark, of this city, and
Miss Lizzie Small, of Fayetteville. Ihls
| is the first time any body but men ever
stood the Civil Service examination for
| a revenue position in this city. they are
all applicants for clerkshlps.
| The examination was held in the FED
eral court room, beginning at . o'clock
and closing at 3.
| The names of those who stood the eX-
animation were as follows:
Raleigh-Edward NJ Womble, clerk;
Henry S. Christmas, clerk; Sam
uel G. Dixon, clerk: Charles NJ.
Pritchett. deputy collector; Henry n.
Clark clerk: Thomas ]. Stephenson, dep
uty collector: Mrs Matte G. Patterson,
clerk: William f. Foster, deputy collec-
tor: Joseph H. Creech, clerk; Miss Lucy
\. Clark, clerk; Julian G. Bevers, clerk;
Michael A. Moser, deputy collector; Cecil
II. Holloway. clerk; Stephen w. Hollo-
way. clerk: James I. Anderson, clerk
Henry Il. Griffin. clerk: Joseph j. Mac
kay, clerk; Alfred j. Griffin, clerk; Dan
iel Allen, deputy collector; George NJ
Spence, storekeeper and gauger: Edward
A. Adams. clerk. John r. 0'Neill, deputy
collector: Starkey f. Gardner, clerk,
William +. II. King, storekeeper and gau-
ger: Logan u. Terrell clerk; Richard Il.
Seawell deputy collector; Thomas NJ.
Ashe. clerk: Cecil G. Stone. storekeeper
and gaugers
Durham Ernest T. Green. clerk; Ir-
win S. Pritchard, deputy collector; Jona-
| than NJ Sullivan.
Cary-Dempsey A. Johnson, storekeep
er and gauger; A. W. Moye, deputy col
| lector
Fayetteville-Johnf l.. Sherwood store
Keeper and gauger: Miss Lizzie Small,
clerk
Chapel Hill Samuel w. Andrews.
storekeeper and gauger.
Oxford Frank b. Wimbish. deputy
collector.
West End James G. steed, storekeep-
er and gauger.
Greensboro. s Caldwell, deputy col
| lector.
I4ouisburg- James r. Callie, clerk:
| Charlie X. Cooke, clerk:
| Mebane, James s. Cheek, storekeeper
ard gauger.
Method-WiIiam b. S. Harris, store
| keeper and gauger
Gray's Chapel-Cicero G. Kline, store
| keeper and gauger.
| Goldsboro-W William p. Lane. clerk.
| Faison-Junia n. Bennette, clerk.
| Cameron-Joel j. Lawhorn. storekeep-
er and gauger.
Garysburg Paul j. Long, deputy col
| lector
| Gillburg g. Satterwhite,
deputy collector
| Williams Mills William Il. Mason,
storekeeper and gauger.
| Pleasant Garden-Shannon w. Nick-
cry, storekeeper and gauger.
Jonesboro-NeiII A. Macarthur store
keeper and gauger. sse,gssts
| Smithfield William III. Whitley. depu-
| ty collector
| Warrenton William r. Williams.
clerk.
Gath Robert f. Smith, storekeeper
and gauger.
| Rocky Mount-George W Rollins. dep
uty collector.
| Liberty-Alexander NJ. Euliss store
keeper and gauger.
| Selma--Condary Goodwin, storekeeper
and gauger.
| Cooper-Martin A. Jackson, storekeep-
err and gauger.
| Troy-Zeb Il. Sanders, deputy collec-
! tor.
| Lennon Castle-George T. Williams,
storekeeper and gnuger
| The oldest applicant is SO years old
| this was not one OF the ladies-snd the
youngest Raleigh boys only is.
Most OF the applicants were from % To
| 40 years old, the majority OF them being
somewhere in the 20s
| Y. N. c. A. NOTES.