The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-12-20
Important Suggestions to Registrars.


A QUESTIONABLE will be mailed tt
each registrant within twenty day!
from December Is, ard on the date
of such mailing a notice thereof
Form 1902, will be posted in the Of
flee of the Local Board. Such post
ed notice and the entry thereof ir
the classification list constitutes
notice to the registrant, who should
keep himself informed regarding
the action of the local board with
respect to himself. Failure to re.
ceive notice or Quectionnaire will
not excuse the registrant from per-
forming any duty within the time
limit, nor shall it be within itself
ground for the extension of time.
The QUESTIONABLE mailed to each
registrant must be, with all ques-
tions answered and sworn to in strict
accordance with the rules and regu.
lations, filed with the local board on
or before the seventh day after the
date of mailing the QUESTIONABLE to
such registrant. Failure to receive
the QUESTIONABLE will not excuse
the registrant from responding with
in the time limit. Questionnaires
will be mailed to approximately
2400 registrants in Williamsburg
county. Beginning December Is
and commencing with Order No l,
approximately l25 Questionnaires
will be mailed daily until the entire
number (2400) have been mailed.
Each registrant should know his
order number and should ee able,
therefore, to calculate the ap2roxi'
mate date on which his Question
naire is to be mailed. He should
then make it his special business to
diligently seek his mail and obtain
his QUESTIONABLE at the earliest pos.
sible date. He should, after receiv-
ing his QUESTIONABLE. Immediately
observe the following suggestions:
/. Read the entire QUESTIONABLE,
including the important Notice to
Registrants and Other Interested
Persons" and should then reread the
same until he is thoroughly familiar
with the notice and instructions.
2. Having done this, he should
then provide himself with all infor-
nation required by the numerous
questions.
3. If he is unable to read or does
not understand any of the duties re-
quired of him, be should immediate
ly seek some competent person to
assist him.
4. He should remember that all
claims for deferred classification on
the ground of dependents must be
supported by the affidavits of each
dependent over the age of sixteen
years.
5. Claims for deferred classifica'
ton on account of industrial or agri'
cultural occupations must be sup
ported by the necessary affidavits
prescribed in the regulations and sci
forth in the QUESTIONABLE. This is
especially important and requires
close study by the registrant.
6. If the registrant is not fully
satisfied that he can properly pre-
pare the QUESTIONABLE, he shoulc
Immediately consult the legal ad
visory board at the county court
house. Erasures and mutilation OF
the QUESTIONABLE will not be per
mitted. The Legal Advisory Boarc
has been constituted and holds it.
self in readiness to assist registrant:
and will be found at the court house
daily until the seventh day after the
last QUESTIONABLE has been mailed
For necessary information and in
struction in the preparation of the
QUESTIONABLE, the registrant should
first apply to the Legal Advisory
Board and not to the local Exemp'
ton Board. The local Exemption
Board, however, is always accessible
to the registrant for such informa
ton regarding his status and duties
as he is unable to obtain from the
Legal Advisory Board or from Other
sources.
LOCAL BOARD FOR