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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12
EXAMINATIONS FoR CIVIL
SERVICE APFclNThsNrs

WA S BINGTONg j. O.. April r
me Bureau 81 tie census hassrecenl
81 completed the anal SIS md tabuia
ton of data relating g the evil ser
si6e examinations IN the cities Of tn
United States having population Of
over 10000. The data analysed and
tabulated were obtained by CORE
Espondenee with city officials, aud re,
late generally to city employees other
than school teachers.
Letters containing inquiries relat.
Ing to examination Of city employees
we're sent to 1893 cities, and answers
we're received from 1S5. In answer to
tile first inquiry OF the letter-"is the
passing of civil service examination
required as condition precedent to
the appointment of any class Of EN-.
ployes ?"-1O9 cities answered YES"
and 76 answered mo" OF the 1o9
cities answering Yes" II required
such examination as precedent to APP
pointment in all departments or
branches OF the service, and 80 re-
qajred 1t for one or more, but not for
all. ,,,,c
The number OF employees in the city
| CT New York at the close OF the year
1911 was 52,s2s; and all were appoint;
ed under rules and regulations Of the
municipal civil service commission,
with the exception of T5S who belong
to the exempt class. OF the total, SS'-
2OI were appointed as the result OF a
competitive examination, 17,47S be-
longed to the labor class, 1921 to the
noncompetitiye class, and 2GS were
'uuclassified:
In Chicago the total number Of city
employees at the close of the year 1912
was 22.2O7. OF this number $3.50
we're classed as departmental en-
ploycs. 1857 as skilled laborers, 2.6Sf
ms laborers-these three classes being
subject to civil service ruies-and Il
756 as exempt. OF this latter nuns
IBer, 7,134 were employed under the
hoard of education, the great major
lily of whom we're teachers and sub
Iject TO examination by authorities oth'
or than the civil service commission
The number Of persons on the pay
roll Of the city OF rOston April |, 1912,
was 1926. OF this number lO,oS4
we're under civil service rules, the ex-
empt employees consisting of S,479
teachers, ego county employees and
I1O2 others.
The following are the II cities
cities which require; civil service eS-
amlnations for practically all depart
ments:
cities having a population Of over
100000: New York, N, T.; Chicago,
Ith.; Philadelphia, Pa; Boston, Mass
Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pa; Buff
| falo, n. Y; San Francisco, CAL; Mil
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12
observation Of o1d Cap whippIe.

Observation Of Old Cap WhippIe.
!. Economy is not always to be praised
When man smokes one corncob pipe
for nineteen years he Is not much of a
friend to the community in which he
lives.
The feller who burns the camille al
both ends may be extravagant but it Is
cheaper than electric lights, at that
The more you git in this world the
more You want, unless 1t happens to DO
rheumatism.
There are a lot OF chumps in this
world. Some fellers will drop lighted
cigarette in a tank Of gasoline and
wonder why there is fire. 81.
There is no such thing in this world
as a secondhand auto. 1t is either a
rebuilt auto or used auto.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12
- rnnn.. nd So AnIonIa ~.

port. Conn. and san Antonio Tex
Cities having q population 81 az
900 to 100000 Reading Pa; DAT
las Texas Salt Lake Gig, usah;
can,ien N Wilmington. nels
Houston ind Fort Worth Tez. s.
ssossah, Moa ElizabssIA, y Waters s.sls,
bury Conn; Manchester y: la1s
.boken, MI; Evansville, iads Wilkes
barre and Erie, Pa; Fort Wayne.
Ind; Harrisburg, Pa; Savannah, Cal
Jacksonville, Fla; TerTe Haute. Ind.;f
Portland, Me-; South Bend, Ind;
Charleston, $. C.; Passaio and Bay
snne, N. Il; Johnstowni Pa; coripg,
ton. KY; Allentown, Pa; pawthcket,
r. L; Altoona, Pa; aud Mobile. Ala:
cities having population o. 10000.
10 10000: Atlantic City, n. j.; Ian
caster. Pa; Little Rock, Ark; Bay
City. Mich; York, Pa; New Britain
Conn; Lincoln, Neb.; Berkeley, Call
Flint, Mich; San Diego CAL; iIala,
mazoo, Mich; Augusta and Macon
Ca; Woonsocket. r. l.: Chester. Pa;
montgomery, Ala; Galveston, Tex;
New Castle, Pa; West Hoboken, n
b.: sprinheId, Mo-; quincy, ILL.,;
Roanoke, Va; Lexington, Ky; Char
lotte,,.N. c., Portsmouth,'Na:; Perth
AmbQy. N. II; Lansing Men,, Pa lFIl
sena, CAL; Jackson, Mich; San Jose
CAL; Decatur, ILL.,; Joplin, Mo-; VIII
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12
optImlsm.

Old Ebenezer Ephraim Browns Z
consid'rin' how things go!
He says he thinks the worlds all right
The cheeriulest man ! know.
Judge.
There's more hopeful, cheerful man
Than jeremiah Green;
He says this worlds the peat old world
That he. has ever seen.
Chicago Recori-Heraid,
Ez Haskins is a fine old tad.
or earth he is the salt.
He says that when the world goes bad
It's feller's own burned fault.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

The young man versed in vaude.
Vile and sports, when negotiating for
a 500 lot OIL payments Of $500 a
week, invariably asks the rate of in
interest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12
Somehow appeaI to me,

Somehow appeal to me,
I'm having hard work to decide
Which one OF them I'll see.
Upon the cool Norwegian shore
Or Matterhorn's high peak,
will someone please decide for me
Where shall | spend my week?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

That Vacation.

nat taCaIton'
/ haven't quite made UP my mind
Just where I.mgolng to go.
To spend the whole week that have
I'm worried some y.Know.
Tye,ta6ught abit Of switzerland,
Far Sfacross tRgsea.
And there arle times when | admit
That itflboks good to me-,
An ocean trip Sto, Zanzibar
Would not be- bad at all.
The Adirondqcks are immense
Outlines i hear their call.
The German spas arc advertised,
Also old Ma44eubatl: -...,-~s-- -,s,.,'.,..--s-
] feel aaleRgIng to 50 there
WheSe:ssaFcad It's al y ST '
There arelgo many places that
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

They made lot Of fun Of young
kid named Bryan who used 10 think he
could make a speech.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

And orviIle Wright used 10 be a re
guIar joke, back in the old home town
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12
Handbags for Men.

The latest fad is the handbag for men
according to the fashion journals. The
handbag for men is a good thing. There
ire a lot OF feminine men in this ccun'
try who should be carrying them. In
:hese cases the mans handbag should
contain:
One powder puff.
One piece chamois skin.
One hand mirror.
One bottle smelling salts.
One box face powder
One street car ticket.
Needle and lhread.
Piece of crochet work;
One extra set of corset strings.
Engraved calling cards.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

But there are lot Of old tads back
in the old home town who sort of hope
that Bill viii trip up yet and land in
the consommc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

Do you remember the lazy, shiftless
rellers in the old home town. who used
to sit around the hardware store and
predict failure for every young kid
who tried to poke his dead up above
the common herd?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

They used to poke fun 1t young Bill
McAdoo back in the old home town,
You've heered of Bill, amt ye? Well,
Bill, he is secretary of clio treasury
now.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
TWO KILLED IN AUTO AcclDEN

Telegram BY United Press.
Harrisburg, Pa. Sept, g-M J Fd
ney and Mrs. d. M. Beck were instar|
N killed and Mr. Beck and two daug
tors seriously injured when their auI
struck Philadelphia & Reading ira
at Roosmoyne today. Beck wili pro
ably die
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

In EARLY
CINNINCS

Washington, Sept 9.-The 1918 cot
ton ginned before September is
given in the census bureaus first gin
ming report Of the present season as
$4,000 bales, counting round bales as
half bales. compared with 730,9S5
bales last year.
Texas ginnings this year were e45,-
1880, compared with e74.249 last year;
Oklahoma, 49S4. compared with 32S;
Arkansas, 220o compared with Si;
Louisiana 1856 compared with lT24.
This years ginning is the greatest
quantity ever ginned in season before
September i. The census department
officials say that is probably due to
the early maturing of the crop and
the effort of farmers to beat the boil
weevil
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
We have also just received a large consignment
Of Suits and Coats for Ladies, and Hart Schatfner
Marx Clothes for Men SEE THEM
<seNt

town or county in which the candl
date resides as TO his moral charae.
ter
Before a candidate VIII be permitted
to take the examination, he win be
required to submit to the examining
officer a certificate from his physi-
clan, showing that he is physically
qualified for the appointment il the
event that he passes the mental exam
nation
The principal and alternates select.
ed by Senator Owen for the naval
academy win be examined by the navy
department at ANNAPOLIS, Nd, on the
third Tuesday in April 1914, and the
principal and alternates selected for
the military academy viii be examin-
Cd by the war department at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, on the last Tues
day in April, 1914
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

my gown she remarked Il got It at
a sale. It's worth $50 II it's worth
cent and ia be ashamed to say what
/ got It for. just because they had to
make room for summer goods. they
said" She gazed at her reflection in
The mirror appreeianxely "You know.
/ was afraid I'd be conspicuous here
IN 4, bat I guess it's going to be some
dance, and III be glad | wore It. It's
too bad you didn't
Il had this made specially for this
dance" interrupted Miss Smlthson.
with dignity. "The fussy things are
all out-thats why they sell them 80
cheap-and the whole thing now Is
the plain dress with good lines. was
afraid It wouldn't be done for tonight,
and I'd have to wear one OF those bead
Cd things ike yours that / had last
winter, but woman who was going
abroad decided 10 walt while longer
so the dressmaker was able to finish
thisl" Miss smithson drew up her
skirts and stood before the mirror IN
pleased scrutiny
a think we'd better get a move on
us Il we want the first dance--l hear
the music, and the bogll he frantic" ("
suggested Miss Finch.
"lt'll do them good to wait they'll
appreciate us all the more when wo
Get there replied the sophisticated
Miss smithson, giving parting touch
70 her complexion before Tie mirror.
"Ihls sure lis my color-I feel that [
am going to enjoy myself tonight /
always can tell
"oh, goodnessl Maybe they'll ask
some one for the first dance. Come
on Let's run! !"-Chieago Daily News.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
IN A DRESSING ROOM
BY LILLIAN Woobs.

'My | thought I wasn't going to be
able % come exclaimed Miss Finch,
peering closer into the mirror and add.
ing delicate touch Of excitement to
her cheeks.
You know, ! limited and hinted,"
she explained. but Paul hadn't any
ears at an! My, / wouldn't have missed
It for a farml The floors swell, amt
1t? and, say, did you see the orches-
ira they've got2 All OF fifteen piecesl
Must have cost them something, let
me ten you'll"
Yes" reioined Miss smithson, as
she delyed for a powder bag and began
its careful application.
Honest, Miss Finch, envy YOU
your color comes and goes at your own
good VIII Now, when / put on nv
best dress and get my hair coinbed my
face begins TO SHOW signs Of labor
and by the time get on the floor /
look like q WasherHomanl Honest,
it's an awful trial.
Miss smithson gave her cheeks an
other coating of the powder to cover
the offending color, and restored the
bag to ita place. Then she unwrapped
her slippers.
You know, some girls think they
can't come to q dance unless they have
q carriage; but I'm not 50 stuck up
yet aNhilel Now, here my slippers
win look iust ais good as ii I'd walked
ah red carpet 10 an automobile from
my own house and from the automo.
bile IN here don't they, now?"
Miss smithson put up a languid foot
ana motioned to the maid to assist her.
You saw that girl that just went
out?" went on Miss Smithson. "Well.
what do you suppose / heard her say?
J wasn't listening. but che talked for
the benefit Of us all as anyone could
lell, 70 Just took tin. She said that
hair was all hersl She said she Just
ran comb through It IN the morning
and the curls fell that wayl AS if you
couldn't see mile away that she
bought it by the yardl Isn't 1t funny
how some people win think they can
put one oyerl But ! should worry
about it"
mo, It's not as if we should scorn
70 buy it BY the yard ourselves re-
marked Miss Finch. pinning a rose
into a cluster Of curls before applying
the whole to her couture.
well. like that" retorted Miss
smithson All I got on IS my own
and I'm not afraid to take it down."
Miss Finch changed tie subject
hastily. You didn't say anything about
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

II YOU child is pale and siekly,
picks at the nose, starts in the sleep
and grinds the teeth while sleeping,
T. is a sure sign Of worms, "A remedy
for these parasites viii be found in
Whites Cream vermifuge. It not
only clears out the worms. but it re-
stores health and eheerfulness. Price
25c per bottle. Sold by Owl Drug
Store and Palace Drug Store. ADV
d&w
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
spooNERs roNleHr.

The weather permitting, the Spoon
er Dramatic company viii appear at
the Airdome tonight in one OF the
strongest pieces in their repertoire,
Waiting for the Verdict" Manager
Blackstone Of the Airdome states that
the weather would not permit the use
of the Airdome last night when tie
Spooner people intended to appear be-
fore the people OF Chickasha but that
with fair weather they will produce
their wen known play tonight
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

Ross Lindsay. The delivery boy for
Meals meat market yesterday after
noon caught his hand in a large sau.
sage mill With the result thar Or w.
4. Peters the attending physician. was
forced to ampniate all four fingers.
The young man is said 70 have been
grinding NEST when he get bis hand
into the machine and all four fingers
We're trrlbly mangled. Or, Peters re-
ports his patient doing as well as
could be expected this morning.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
SEN. OWEN
TO APPOINT
CADET 5


Senator Owen will appoint cadet
at the military academy and mid
sbipmau al the naya aademy in the
,o,
Oh'anolna poSs Wll Pc sven lnese
lp''v'l'lnlen's. senator owen ioi'o"-
'is ~ usual easionl' VIZ laFe 4 con'.
pu'''''e eAal'linapoh n oAianona II
~ VIM canulaalss @no are pilyslcalis
'Hu 'noraiiE qaa'lllea ihS connect
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= % l'iaas = animation "'ii Ds neio
- '".u appoiHslssii1
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''O'' No' os u''es' ss' 'si''ss'l' nor over
.Ms"'s''~o years q age At 'ne oa'e q
'"V' 'PPo.ns''sH'' anu must H0' ps
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

The Chauiauqua under the auspices
Of the ladies Of the United Charities
win be held September y 70 eG. incln
sive. L IS 70 be hoped thar other en-
5eriainments will not be run in,on the
above dates Take 4 up Attend your
SELF and hlins some ene. The entire
program viii be worth while
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

yides a means for banks to LIQUIDS
their sound assets and permits an
tension Of bank facilities abroad 81
the ultimate retirement Of bonds
cured by currency.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
The Glass Currency
Bill is Reported
TELEGRAM oy United Preas.

Washington Sept 9-The Glass cur
rency bill was reported in the house
today with the report outlining the
measure. Il is declared to make fu-
ture panics impossible and it was
pointed out that the measure had add
ed five hundred million dollars to the
national monetary board for use in
case of a money stringency. 1t pro-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
Short Stories
OF The Town


Jack McRae tie eeht-yaar.old son
Of mr. and Mrs JAS AcRac. UNDER
went an operation for appendicitis al
the home Of his parents. Si9 choctaw.
last night The little fellow is report.
e1 to have stood the operation excep-
tiOhaiy well.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09

Doctor My dear sir, you must give
your wife some change.
Husband Good heavens, doctor,
how can | do that when she goes
through my pockets regularly every
night
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
NO MEETING FOR KNIGHTS.

The Knights Templars did not hold
their regular meeting last night on
account OF stormy weather They have
not held a meeting since vacation
days began, in June.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-09
lJsuaUv

What's the difference be-
tween betting and blpHngg7 jack
"A good deal Yale Record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-18
BELIEVED LEO FRANK
WILL KNOW HIS FATE
BY END OF THE WEEK
Interest Now Centers About
Appearance on Witness
Stand of Defendant

Atlanta. August 17.-That the trial
of Leo NJ. Frank for the murder of
14-year-old Mary Phagan would be
concluded, and the fate Of the accused
factory superintendent be In the hands
of the jury before the close of the
present week was today confidently
predicted by attorneys for both defense
and prosecution.
Interest is now conferred about the
appearance on the witness stand of
Frank, who will. according to the an
nounced plans of the defense, make a
statement IN open court covering his
version of the murder. Under the Geor-
gia law Frank may make this state
ment without being sworn, and without
prompting on the part Of his attorneys.
The prosecution has no right 10 oues-
ton him either during or after his
statement. II is expected that the de-
fense viii close its case when Franks
! testimony is completed.
When the trial Is resumed tomorrow
1t is expected that the defense viii
summon additional witnesses 10 TESTIFY
regarding the movements OF Frank on
the day prior TO The discovery OF Tho
murder. in an effort to account for
every moment of his time and thus IS
tablish an alibi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-18
Uniformed Police Guard
Every Entrance to Her
Hotel in New York
HARRY THREATENED
TO KILL Me- SHE SAID
Believes Husband Will Make Straight
For New York-Declares State
Has Great Deal to Answer
For in This Case

New York, August 17.--Uniformed
poIice stood guard tonight at every
entrance 10 the hotel where Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw is staying. Always fear
full of her husbdnd, she showed her ter
ror to a marked degree ON learning al
he was mt large. Her mother, Mrs
Charles j. Holman, WAS frightened even
more than she. and urged Mrs. rhaw tc
go into seciusion until Thaw is found
Harry has threatened TO kill me-
Mrs. Thaw said, and ] believe ms
presence in New York prompted him te
escape Four years ago he told me
L suppose l will have to kin you next
Many men will have cause for fear
now that he is free He considers Dr
Austin Flint his worst enemy and nn-
doubtedly will try to make trouble for
him.
,f'rhe state OF New York has a great
deal to answer for in this case. What
Harry ThaW has been allowed TO do al
Matteawan Is an outrage to think Of
bribery connived at and keepers bullied
| by all the power of his money. And now
is allowed to escape. / suppose $4,000
or $50 900 look pretty good to some peo-
! pie"
"One thing is certain:
Harry won't stay in hiding long
| He'll be heard from soon. A few drinks
make him a raving mad man and when
that happens he'll head straight for
| New York. He's crazy to get here, and
he won't be able to stay away. I have
made up my mind however, not to
worry. If anything is going 10 hap
| pen | can't stop 1t. | am awfuily glad
my baby is in London, though. and
think he'll be safe there.
Il am through. absolutely, with the
| Thaws. | was the happiest of girls till
| met Harry. Then my life darkened
and I was miserable. indeed. j deter
mined last May to cut adrift from him
From that time | have been happy
don't want to use his name because
think il is a hoodoo. l don't want my
baby called by that name. l don't want
to curse anybody with it,
ITS pretty hard to tell what Harry
| Will do now that he's free. Harry
is crafty; | think he has it in mind
to start some legal action. He certainly
took into consideration conditions al
| Albany and timed his escape for the
right moment He knows the mixur
| between the governor and the iegisla-
ture made the time Just right for such
an attempt.
There's another man besides Flint
who has cause to fear Harry. law
yer named Delafield told Harry's
mother that Harry was crazy long be-
| fore he shot White. Harry never for
gave him. He always threatened to dc
something to him. He's terribly re-
vengeful He was that way before ht
killed White. In fact, Harry's trouble
with Stanford White started over an.
other girl long before he met me-"
Mrs. Thaw refused to name the othei
In. - Dx.trr 4
in the hotel to reinforce the uniformed
| police outside, but police headauar.
aters refused to detail central officer.
detectives to guard her