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JL W \J CIVIL SERVICE FOR POSTMASTERSHIPS Report Given Out bjr Postmaster General Stirs Up Hoi^et's Nest in Capitol. Washington, March 19.?Postmaster General Burleson announced today that after April 1, the appointment of all postmasters of the first, second and third class would be subject to competitive examinations. Nominations will be sent to the Senate as in the past, but in making the selections the President will be guided by the results of examinations and will send in the names at the head of the lists. Whether the Civil Service Commission under which fourth-class postmasters are chosen will conduct the ^examinations has not been determined. The President's forthcoming order will provide for a form of modified civil service classification under which all vacancies, whether caused i by resignation, removal or death, will be filled by competitive exami ^ TH.? lUa aowino CttUUU. XHUSO BIIOIUJ iu DV^..W will continue without examination until the expiration of four years' terms beginning with their last appointment and then will, it is understood, have to undergo the competitive test Hornet's Neat. A hornet's nest was stirred up by the announcement at the Capitol, where scores of members were in their offices preparing to leave for home. The order was roundly denounced by some of the Democratic leaders and several members construed it as a move to get combined Democratic and Republican support in a politically uncertain House. Representatives Rainey, of Illinois; Carter, Oklahoma; Harris, Mississippi; Wilson and Aswell, Louisville; Vinson, Georgia; Carlin and Glass, Virginia; Dixon, Indiana; Rouse, Johnson, Kincheloe and Sherley, Kentucky; Decker, Missouri; Gray, Alabama; and Sims, of Tennessee, were in a group of Democrats who called on the Postmaster General today and who were told about the plan. Democratic Leader Eitchin of the House delayed his de . parture for Norh Carolina to goto the Poatoffice Department to register his protest Most of the Congressmen who saw Mr B.urleson .went on the latter's invitation to discuss the new plan for systematizing postal accounting by establishing central auditing postoffices in county or district ' groups. This subject was oversha/ dowed, however, when the news of the civil service order was broken. One Southern member asked if tfte Postmaster uenerai bad called them there to ask their views or to tell them what had been done. , What I? Going to Happen. "I am telling you what it going to happen," he replied. v THe Postmaster General is quoted as having told them that it was too late to protest as the order had been determined upon, and would be carried out. He intimated that he was not the author of it, but that was a measure of efficiency and economy. Another member suggested that ' the order would put many Republicans in office, as many of the more atctive assistant postmasters are Republicans retained by the Democratic postmasters, and still another wanted to know what would happen of the one man certified from the examination were a negro. The Postmaster General, according to those present, replied that the examinations would have to take place and there would be "no special privilege to anyone." A Western Democrat asked why the order, if issued at all, should not provide for certifying the three highest in the examination as eligible to postmasterships, as was done when the fourth class postmasters were blanked into civil service, instead of confining the choice to the one person who happened to stand +!"> Ttio Prtofmnonffir Hnnprfil WIC lll^UVOV. J.UV A VHMMtaww. $aid that Congress had had the opportunity of legislating to that effect, but did not do so. In the discontent voiced by members after the conference some of them complained that the order would take out of political life some of the most active supporters of the representatives in Congress. A majority of the Republicans joined with Democrats recently in rejecting a proposition for putting all postmasters uryjer the civil service when an amendment to that effect was offered to an appropri * TTmiao alfVtniicVi anon Din in we uvuov) Republican Leader Mann and a few others favored it. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvs V LONG CANE. N ^VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVS Long Cane, March 19.?Missei Clara and lone Beauford spent Sun day evening with Mr. and Mrs. W S. Bosler. Mrs. Oscar Cochran and children J ! of Cold Springs, spent Thursday < with Mrs. J. A. Stevenson. Mr. Evans Hunt was a business visitor to the city Thursday. Miss Nina Beauford was shopping in the city Saturday. Mrs. A. L. Drennan of Iva, and Miss Clara Beauford spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bosler. T? XI Qtavonsnn xxrnn cihnn ping in the city Thursday. Misses Eva and Estelle Finley spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses lone and Viola Beauford. Mr. Lewis Bosler of Calhoun Falls spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. ] W. S. Bosler. 3 Mrs. W. D. Beauford and daughters, Mrs. A. L. Drennan and Misses lone and Viola Beauford spent last Tuesday with Mrs. L. F. Finley and 3 family. Mr. Oscar Black of Johnston, ,spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs- R. H. Stevenson. ] Mr. and Mrs. John Martin and ' children spent Sunday evening with : Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Finley. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McKellar of the city, spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Finley. , Simninn'g fn+.VlAT ULl V/AOIVIIVG UUU|f0Vu M spent a few days of last week with Mr. Simpson and family. Miss Azalee Creswell and Fred Carroll of the city, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Finley. Mr. John Stewart of Cold Springs i ' community, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stewart. Mr. Albert Mcllwain of near Due West, spent the week-end with Mr. k and Mrs. R. H. Stevenson. k Mr. and Mrs. Ben Metts of near t Hodges, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Botts. i Mr. Edd Keller spent Sunday with - Mr.. Thompson Beauford. W?c TnVin MoMghan and rhilHren. of the city, spent the week-end with , Mr. and Mrs. T. W. King. THURSO i, MAIM I WE EXTEND TATION TO VI I TWO DAYS AI SPRING M 1 IN ADDITIOh 1 SHOW YOU TH I OF SUITS, CO, I HAS EVER BE 1 VILLE. \ OUR STOCK AND LADIES F Ilia ?r/\i **% ?*?? na ( run iUUK liNo. I|RHIL Jharter No. 8421 EKPORT OP THE CONDITION NATIONAL BANK OF . At Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina, at the cl< RESOURCES 1. a Loans and discounts (except those shown on band Total Loans 2. Overdrafts, secured, $539.69; unsecured, $467.47 a U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par vi Total U. 8. Bonds ? ? ? 7. Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Bank stock. 8. 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