The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-17
PAYING POsITIGl,v.
Yong Men Urged to Make Anil,
caflnn s!er. Tier! Them.
Several Vacancies ia South Carolina
Internal Revenue Service Under
OWL Service Protection.

internal Revenue Service Under.
OWL Service Protection.
A competitive examination under
tho rules Of the United States civil
service commission will he held at
Columbia and Charleston, in the
postofhce buildings. on February /.
TO ul vacancies In the internal rev
enue service in South Carolina.
three examinations will be held. one
for deputy collector. one for clerk in
the office Of the collector of internal
revenue at Columbia and one for
storekeeper-gauger.
The position Of deputy collector
pays a salary of $1,10O and q OK
pense allowance OF. $500 annually IS
made; the position Of clerk carries 81
salary OF $1,150 and the position of
storekecper-gauger pays-SA per day.
with about six weeks idle time during
the year.
Major Micah Jenkins. collector o.
internal revenue for South Carolina.
is very anxious to have good men
make application for these different
positions. Il, of course, want men OF
character in the revenue service and
the vacancies in my district are
worth the while OF bright, energetic
young men in the State and I hone
to see q good number stand applica-
ton for them. The examinations
are not hard and tho work required
in each Of these position is not in tho
least unpleasant"
Major Jenkins says that he will
be glad to give any information CON
corning any Of these positions to any
one who may desire 1t. Applications
for the examination must be made
on the prescribed form, which, with
necessary instructions, may be OBJ
tanned from Mr.. M. w. Peuroifoy, at
the Columbia %postofice. If you can
not call on him in person write for
blank enclosing two cent stamp for
return postage. All persons wish
ing to take the examination should
secure blanks and fill them out at
once In order to allow time for any
necessary corrections. No applica-
tons will be accepted unless rec riv-
ed in Washington before 4.3O p. m.
on January rs.
All applicants must be 81 years Of
& or ver. The subjects are OK
tremely simple.
Other Examinations.
On Jan. % an examination will be
held to fill the following vacancies:
Assistant steam engineer in the Office
OF the secretary Of war; forest plant
ing assistant (male) in the depart
ment Of agriculture; teacher OF me-
chanical drawing in the Indian SER
vice; teacher in the Indian service;
machinist in the government print
ing office.
An examination lasting two days,
Jan. 1928, will also be held to fill
vacancies in the Philippine service.
There are at least 800 vacancies in
the position Of teacher to be filed,
and appointments to hat position
will be made. except in a few cases,
at $1,000 per annmn,: Those anna'at-
ed under this examination VIII be
eligible for promotion up to $4,000
per year for teacher and from $1,000
to $4,000 for division superinten-
dent.
al VI VI
was secured from the recent exami-
nation. 1t is anticipated that APP
pointments Of eligibles resulting
from this examination will be made
to the position OF teacher in March
and April next and their transporta-
ton arranged with q view to their
arrival in Manila about June l.,
1908, the beginning OF the school
year. others will be required in
the various clerical and administra-
tive Offices In the islands. The ma
jority OF appointments Of ~eligibles
resulting from the assistant exami-
nation are made at the entrance sal
airy of $1,000. Each college student
who will be graduated in 1908
should state in his application tie
degree he expects to receive.
Men only will be admitted to this
examination.
The time allowed for this exami-
ton is two day Of seven hours each.
The first three subjects will be given
on tho first day, and the remaining
subjects on the second day.
Age limit, 10 to 40 years on the
date Of tho examination.
On January 27, an examination
will be held for stcnographer and
typewriter. Special attention is in
vited by the civil service commission
to the fact that there is a large num-
her Of vacancies throughout the
United States, and the supply Of eli
gibles for some time has not been
equal to the demand. Women will
be admitted to this examination for
the departmental service, but will
not be examined for the isthmian
canal or Philippine service.
On January 20 an examination
will be held for tariff clerk (male(,
at $1,000 per annum in the inter
state commerce commission.
Two days will be allotted. Jan. 90
80, to the examination Of applicants
for the position of scientific assistant
in seed testing, in the department. Of
agriculture.
Application blanks for any OF
these examinations may be secured
by applying to Mr.. M. w. Peurifoy,
clerk, at the registry window Of the
Columbia p~ostofice.
YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL.
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