Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-07
FOR posroEEIcE cLERksHlp,

who may so desire and who conform
to certain requirements, an opportuni-
ty to get their names on a list from
which they will be eligible for ap-
pointment as clerks In the Yorkville
postoffice.i Before the advancement of
the Yorkville Office from the third to
the second class, the matter Of select
ing clerks was altogether In the pro-
vince Of the postmaster; but by virtue
of an executive order that went into
effect on December /, 1910, clerkships
in offices of the second class were In
cluded in the classified competitive
service. H. ,7r,,.
All persons who desire to enter into
this competition should make applica-
ton by mail to the Secretary Of the
Local Civil Service Board, Yorkville, +"
for copy Of application form 1871.
and instructions to applicants. These
applications should be made as soon
as practicable; but will be received on
up to November /, although not after
that date.
Examinations are announced as va
cancies occur or are contemplated, and
from the resulting registers of eligi-
.bles selections for, appointment are
made, unless II Is found to be In the
interest of the service to flll any va
cancy by reinstatement, transfer, or
promotion. All promotions will be
made at the beginning Of the quarter
following the expiration Of a years
service in the next lower grade. No
promotion will be made except upon
evidence satisfactory to the postoffice
department Of the efficiency and faith
fulness of the employee during the
preceding year. When clerk fails OF
promotion because Of unsatisfactory
service he may be promoted at the be-
ginning Of the second quarter there
after, or Of any subsequent quarter,
on evidence that his record has been
satisfactory during the intervening
period. Clerks OF the highest grade
are eligible for promotion to the high
er positions in their respective Offices.
Auxiliary employees are paid for ac-
tual service at the rate Of 80 cents an
hour. They are required to work not
less than two hours daily, and may
serve as substitutes. They are eligi-
BILE for appointment as clerks Of the
first grade. n+
Substitutes are paid at the rate OF
80 cents an hour when serving for alb
sent clerks, and they are eligible for
appointment. as auxiliary employees
and as clerks Of the first grade.
Competitors will be examined in the
following subjects, which will have
the relative weights indicated:
Subjects Weight
1. Spelling (twenty. words of
average difficulty In common
use) -. ...... {. -. 10
2. Arithmetic (simple tests In ad-
dition, subtraction, multiplied
tion, and division Of whole
numbers, common and decimal
fractions and United States
money! 80. 80. ....'r... Z0
8. Letter writing "a letter Of not -,
less than 125 words on some
subject of general interest.
Competitors may select either 81
Of two subjects given 49,. 80. 70
4. Penmanship (the handwriting
Of the competitor in the subject
Of copying from plain copy will
be considered with special ref
erence to the elements OF leg
ibility, rapidity, neatness, gen.
eral appearance. etc 80. 49,. 20
5. Copying from plain copy "a sim
few printed lines in the compet-
titor's hand -writing) -. -. 10
6. Reading addresses (test In not
ing with pen or pencil, on a
printed sheet of addresses, DIFF a-
ferences between the printed
addresses and the printed ad-
dresses Of which they are a
copy 80. 80. -. .'... ~
Total 49,. 80. 100
Applicants must have. reached their
eighteenth but not their forty-fifth
birthday on the date Of the examina-
tion. The age limits are waived, how
ever, in the case Of persons honorably
discharged from the United States
military or naval service by reason Of
disability resulting from wounds or
sickness incurred in the line Of duty.
A person under 81 years Of age on the
day of examination will not be eligi-
BILE for appointment as assistant post
master. f. 81.
Male applicants for the postoffice
service must be at least s feet inches
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 service
are required to be physically sound
and in good health. The postoffice de-
partment has advised the commission
that no person who has any of the
following named physical defects will
be appointed to the position of clerk
in the postofice service: Hunchback;
defective hearing, sight or speech;
blindness in one or both eyes: asthma;
loss of arm, hand, or leg; crippled
arms or legs; fiatfoot; hernia; con-
genital weakness Of the abdominal wall
or such weakness caused by wound or
operation; except that deaf-mutes and
persons with defective speech or hear
ing may be appointed to the positions
of mail clerk, distributor, and direc-
tory and forwarding clerk; and per-
sons suffering from flatfoot or weak
ness of the abdominal wall may be ap-
pointed to any position Of clerk the
duties Of which they are physically
capable of performing. Applications
of persons who are not entitled to ex-
animation on account Of physical de-
fects will be Cancelled. Other physi-
cal defects may debar persons from
this examination when in the judg-
ment 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 admitted
to this examination. This prohibition
however, does not apply to divorced