Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
FINAL DETAILS Of
REG|STRA1|ONARE
ABOUT COMPLETE

In accordance with the military reg.
istration law preliminary to the selec-
tive draft authorized by the Congress
OF the United States, the machinery for
efficiently completing the registration
of all male citizens in Sumter county
between the ages of 81 and 81 years
has practically been assembled.
The county registration board, com
posed of Sheriff Lucius Harvey, Clerk
II E. Allen, Ordinary John A. Cobb and
Dr. R. E. Cato, has called meeting
on Monday night at 1880 o'clock in the
court house for the purpose of giving
final instructions to the assistant reg
istrars throughout the county who
will participate in the operation of
registering Sumter's eligible citizens.
At this meeting it is requested tha.
all who have been sworn in as assist
ant registrars be present, along witt
those business men of Americas and
vicinity who have signified by one
method or another that they will CO.
operate with the county officials to
make the registration comprehensive
ard efficient.
In each district of the county the
regular voting place will be utilized
az the registration headquarters and
at each place there will be corps OF
registrars who will act under the di-
rection of the county board.
In Americus, the white and colored
citizens will register separately, the
whites registering in the Office Of tn
sheriff, while the negroes will be en-
umerated iRsthe Office of the county
school superintendent.
Several of the most prominent ne
groes of Americus have volunteered tC
assist in the registration of their
race and have been properly sworn in
About SO non-residents have appear
ed thus far at the Office of the county
clerk to fill out their registration
cards and send them to their home
counties as provided by the statute.
Heads of corporations and planters
employing many hands have been urg
ed to cooperate in the work of regist-
ering all eligible men and it is ex-
pected that very little difficulty will
be experienced by the registrars in
Sumter county.
A comprehensive publicity campaign
has been carried on for some time pas.
and the public thoroughly acquainte
with the methods to be used in MAX
ing the registration. The heavy pen
alities for failure to register or for
preventing or attempting to prevent
eligible males from registering, have
been published throughout the county
Every man between the ages of 81
and 81 years must register on Tuesday
No exception is made to this rule.
White or black, sick or we'll, married
or single, whole or crippled, with or
without dependents--every man be-
tween the ages mentioned above must
register or suffer prosecution at the
hands of the federal authorities.
The registration is entirely separate
and distinct from the selective draft,
which is to be made during the sum
mer as soon as the returns from the
registration have been consolidated.
The registration places are open at
I a. m. and close at p. m. and each
man as he registers VIII be given a
certificate to that effect by the reg
istrars in charge
The whistles and bells in Americus
will combine to make a heterogeneous
hullabaloo on Tuesday morning at Z
O'Clock and all the banks, as well as
many of the business houses, will
close during the day. in accordance
with the proclamation issued by May
or L. G. Council requesting that the
day be made more or less a holiday.