The Greenville times., 1909-09-25
THE CENSUS FORCE.
The Number, Glasses and Salaries
To Be Paid Employees.

Approxima tely three thousand tenn
perary clerks will be appointed IN the
Census Bureau for the Thirteenth
Deceantal United States Census, ana
the date OF the first examination Will
be October q, next, throughout the
United States, at various critics; ac-
cordi1,g to a circular announcement.
relative TO the examinations and ap-
psintrnents. which will be issued
Jointly by the Department OF Com
merce and Labor and the Onlted
States Civil Service Commission.
Blank application forms and the
circular OF Instructions may be OBJ
tanned by addressing the Civil Se--
vice Commission, Washington. DC
the Bureau OF the Census, Washing
ton. DC. or the Secretary OF the
Board OF Examiners at the following
named places: Post-oihce, Boston.
Mass. PhHadeIphia. Pa, Atlanta, Ga.
Cincinnati. Ohio. Chicago. ILL.,, 81
Paui. Ainn., Denver, Colo, San
FranciSoo. Cal. Custom House, New
York. New Orleans, La, Old CuS
tona-housc. St Louis, Mo.
Very few appointments from the
October examination will be made
beanre January j. next. and not many
will be made until April. 1910. The
maximum force will BIG August, next
year.
These three thousand appofntecs
will be given salaries OF 5000 per an
nun at the beginning. but promo
ton 10 5000 per anHum, at least. Will
be reasonably rapid for those who
render satisfactory service All ap-
pointmens will be on probation, sub
icct TO termination at one month o.
any later period if the appointee docs
not come up to the requirements.
The work required OF these three
thousand temporary employees sls.
according to the circular. to consist
OF four classes. The operation OF
card punching and card tabulatins
machines: operation OF typewriters
adding machines. and combined type
writer-adding machines; manuscript
tabulation and other clerical work;
sub-clerical work. such as that OF
messengers. messenger boys, watch
men and laborers. No one viii be
appointed who Is unwilling TO work
at punching cards or tabulatinc
cards; or to be compensated on a
piece price basis. The salaries "f
sub-clerical employees will be at tbs
rates customarily paid in the govern
nreut service.
The conditions governing the tor-
mai application and the special test
examination require that the apPh
cants must be citizens of the United
States. between the ages OF Is and
20 years. except boys over o and un-
Ier 18 years of age. who, ii passed,
will be eligible Tor appointment as
messenger boys only.
Exclusion from examination COM
prise persons vino are babitually ad-
dicted TO the use of intoxicants Of
guilty of infamous or notoriouslv
disgraceful conduct, or who are phys
sicalfy or mentally disqualified.
Ouly one kind of examination will
be given for the temporary force, and
it will consist of the following sub
iects and weights: Spelling Geo
words of average difficulty in com
mon use) 10: arithmetic consisting
OF vertical and cross addition, per
centage. an simple exercise IN tab
ulation). 20: letter writing a letter
OF not less than I25 words on some
subject of general interest; competi
tors may select either of two sub
jccts given, 20: penmanship (the
handwriting of the competitor in the
subject OF copying from plain copy
will be considered with special refer
cnce to the elements OF legibility,
rapidity, neatness, general appear
ance, etc. Is: copying from plain
copy Ga simple test in copying ac-
curately in the competitors hand
writing a few printed lines. includ
ing tabular matter). IS; time icon
sumed in examination), 20. The
time for this examination is Il
hours.
Greenville, Meridian and Nicks-
places for holding these examinations
IN hfiSsissipOi