St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-14
CryIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
Examination for Clerk of the COving-
ton Post ONCE to Be Held
February %, 1914.

ton Post ONCE to Be Held
February %, 1914.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date and at the place named above an
open competitive examination will be
held for the position of clerk in the
postoffice at the place first specified.
Clerks in offices of the first and
second classes are divided into five
grades, the salaries of which are $500
5000, $1,000, $110o, and $1,000 per
annum, respectively. Clerks at first
class Offices will be promoted sue
cessively, grade at time, to $1lO0,
and clerks at second-class Offices will
be promoted in the same manner to
$1,000.
Promotions will be made at the be-
ginning of the quarter following the
expiration of years service in the
next lower grade. No promotion will
be made except upon evidence sat.s-
factory to the Post Office Department
OF the efficiency and faithfulness Of
the employee during the preceding
year. Clerks of the highest grade
are eligible for promotion to the
higher positions in their respective
offices.
Competitors will be examined IN
the following subjects, VIII CHI will
have the relative weights indicated:
1. Spelling, twenty words of av-
erage difficulty in common use), IL.
2. Arithmetic (simple tests In ad-
dition, subtraction, multiplicat. on and
division of whole numbers, common
and decimal fractions, and United
States money! 20.
3. Letter writing "a letter OF not
less than 1875 words on some subject
Of general interest. Competitors may
select either of two subjects given)
20.
1. Penmanship (the handwriting
OF the competitor is the subject OF
copying from plain copy will be con-
sidered with special reference to the
elements of legibil.ty. rapidly, neat
ness, general appearance, etc), ~. 4
S. Copying from plain copy "a
simple test in copying accurately &
few printed lines in the competitors
handwriting), 20.
s. Reading addresses (test in not
ing with pen or pencil. on q printed
sheet of addresses, differences be-
tween the printed addresses and the
written addresses of which they are
q copy), 10.
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth but not their forty-ffth
birthday on the date Of the exam ma
ton. The age limits are waived
however, in the case Of persons hon
orably discharged from the UniteQ
States military or naval service Dy
feason Of disability result .ng from
wounds or sickness incurred In the
line Of duty. A person under u
years of age ON the day Of the exami-
nation Will not be eligible for APP
pointment as assistant postmaster.
Male applicants for post office SER
vice must be at least five feet four
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.
The Post ONCE Department has adj
vised the Commission that no person
who has any Of the following physi-
ri defects will be appointed to the
position of clerk in the post Office
service: Hunch-back; defective hear
ms, sight or speech; blindness in one
Or both eyes; asthma; loss OF arm,
hand or leg; crippled arms or leg;
letfoot: hernia; congenital weak
ness Of the abdominal wall, or such
weakness caused by wound or opera
ton; except that deaf-mutss and per-
sons with defective speech or hearing
may b. appointed to the positions OF
mail rlelk, distributor, and directory
and forwarding clerk; and persons
from flatfoot or weakness
Of the abdominal wall may be APP
pointed T., any position of clerk the
duties OF which they are physically
capable Of performing. Applications
OF persons who are not entitled to
examination on account Of physical
defects will be cancelled. Other ply
steal defects may debar persons from
this examination when in the jndg-
ment Of the Commission such defccts
would render them unfit to perform
the duties OF the position for which
the examination is held.
Married women will not be admit
ted to this examination. This pre-
hibition, however. does not apply to
divorced women or women who are
separated from their husbands and
eUnport themselves. II
xaminat.on is open 70 all
X IfiG of the United States who
et the requirements.
Fron the eligibles resulting from
HIS Examination it is expected that
sfaa6cation will be made to NIL ex-
aSting and future vacancies.
For application Form 1871 ana
Instructions to Applicants" address
Local Secretary, at the Covington,
La. post once or the district secre-
tary ut the address below.
No application will be accepted un-
less properly executed and filed with
the district secretary.
Secretary Tenth Civil Service DIS
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