The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
CAROLINIANs IN OFFICE.
Mighty Few, Compared With Some
Other States.

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Director North Of the census Office OF
The Executive Civil Service of th
United States" and shows that ther,
were 25, 675 persons employed by tt,
government In the District Of Colum
bia on July l 1908 These figure d.
not include two or three Thousand
clerks, engineers, laborers, etc, EN-
ployed by the government Of the Dis
trict of Columbia
Virginia Is the only southern state
which seems to have its share Of gov
ernment employees, which is due, NJ
doubt, to the close proximity to the
capital. On July l, 1908, the govern
ment had employed In the city o1
Washington Lilo persons who claim.
ed tie state of Virginia as their Legal
residence. North Carolina had AS,
S ;uth Carolina, 200, and Georgia 5ls.
1t would appear from these figures
that S, nth Carolina has been Sighted
il the matter Of government appoint
ments. South Carolina'S quota. Of
government IS per cent exhausted,
and at the present time it is a com
paratively easy matter for young men
and women from the Palmetto state
who stand high upon their state reg
:sters to get appointments In Wash
Ing on.
a great many OF the Eastern states
have exhausted their quota, and IL
Maryland, Virginia. Pennsylvania
New York and one or two other
states applicants are not permitted to
take large number of the civil ser.
vice examinations for the reason that
those states already have more ap-
pointments than they are entitled to.
Although the residents Of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia are not allowed the
rights Of c. c.tizens OF states, such as
the risht to vote, they get their full
share Of government jobs. One-ffth
of the people employed In the govern
ment service within the district were
either born in Washington, or have
since made it their home. The exact
number Of government employees
whose legal residence is In the lis
trict Of Columbia Is 5,348. New Yo-k
state has the next largest number,
2,2l6.
The department. OF state employees
the smallest force Of clerks OF any Of
he great government bureaus. The
entire number is but ll3. Virginia
mas six representatives in the depart
ment ruled over by Secretary Hay;
North Carolina, three, and South
Carolina none. The department. o!
agriculture employs more persons
than any other branch OF the govern
ment. Under Secretary Wilson there
are 4, lis clerks, scientists, gardeners,
laborers, etc. There are SO S nth
Caro- inians; 10 North Carolinians,
and 1873 Virginians working In the
department OF agriculture.
There are 4,048 employees in the de
partment OF the interior. Virginia
is represented by 156 clerks, ETC.,
North Carolina by 79 and South Caro-
lima by 81.
About two-t thirds OK the govern.
ment employees in the district ar
men, the exact figures being IS, 1893
men and 6,8a2 women. In regard to
the charter of the work Of the 25, 675
persons upon Uncle Sans pay roll,
the bulletin shows that 8,877 are en-
gagged In clerical work; 1919 In pro
fessional technical or scientific occupa-
tions; 558 in executive duties; 2, 248
are doing mechanical work; s, 1855 are
sub-clerks and laborers, and 1, 1o7 are
messengers, chad women, and the
like.
The table in regard to ages Of the
employees presents some interesting
figures. a larger percentage Of the
clerks are between 80 and 40 years Of
age than any other period. There
are 6,979 government employees be-
tween 30 and 80 years Of age. There
are 5000 between the ages Of go and
10.