The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-28
CLERK CARRIER EXAMINA.
TION..
Will bc Held i'm This City January
18th.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on Jan
uary 18th an examination will be
held for the positions Of clerk and
city carrier in the post office at Sum-
ter
Clerks in offices of the first and sec
ond classes and carriers in the city de-
livery service are divided into six
grades, rs follows: First grade. sal
ary' $500; second grade, salary, $500;
third grade, salary 5000; fourth grade.
salary $1,000; fifth grade, salary ST.
100; sixth grade, salary $1,000. Clerks
and carriers at first-class offices will
be promoted successfully to the fifth
grade, and clerks and carriers at sec
ord-class offices will be promoted
successfully to the fourth grade.
The examination will consist Of the
subjects mentioned below:
/. Spelling,
.. Arithmetic,
8. Letter writing,
4. Penmanship,
.. Copying from plain copy,
6. Reading addresses.
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth but not their forty-ffth
birthday on the date Of the examina-
the cases of persons hOnorably dis
charged from the United States mill
tar. or naval service by reason of dis
ability resulting from wounds or
sitkness incurred in the line of duty.
Male applicants for the postoifice
service must be at least feet incn-
es in height in bare feet and 125
pounds in weight without overcoat
and hat; otherwise their applications
will be Cancelled. Female applicants
are not required to be Of any specific
height or weight.
Applicants for the pOstoffice SER
vice are required to be physically
sound and in good health. The post
office department has advised the
commission that no person who is
defective in any Of the following nam
ed particulars will be appointed to
the position Of carrier in the post
office service: Hunchbacks; persons
having defective hearing, sight, or
speech; persons blind in one eye;
one-armed, handed, or one-leg-
ged persons, or those having crippled
arms or legs, or those suffering from
asthma or hernia. These defects will
also debar per<pn from appointment
to the position Of clerk in the post
office service, except that deaf-mutes
and persons with defective speech or
hearing may be appointed to the po-
sitions Of mail clerk, distributor. and
directory and forwarding clerk. APP
plicatiOns from persons who are not
eEtitled to examination on account Of
physical defects will be Cancelled.
Other physical defects may debar per-
sons from this examination when In
the judgment Of the Commission such
defects would render them unfit to
perform the duties Of the position for
which the examination is held.
MARRIED. women will not be ad-
mitte0 to this examination. This pro-
hibition, however, does not apply to
divorced women or women who are
separated from their husbands and
support themselves
This examination is open to all
citizens Of the United States who
comply with the requirements.
From the eligibles resulting from
this examination it is expected that
certifcatiOn will be made to existing
and future vacancies.
For application form 1871 and In
structions to Applicants" address the
secretary Of the board of United
states civil-service examiners at the
postoifice at the place named above,
or the district secretary at the ad-
dross below.
No application will be accepted un-
less properly executed and filed with
the district secretary prior to the
hour of closing business on January
s, 1913.
Secretary Fifth Civil Service District
Atlanta, Ga.
Sumter Has, Florence Has Not.