Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-23

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ton has received supply oficircu-
lars that will be posted at each pre-,
cinct on the day of registration in
order that persons may inform
themselves as to the nature pf the
questions to be asked and BE able
} to furnish ready and concise an
swer. The Advertiser gives here.
with a copy of these instructions.
Farmers should explain themsto the
colored men who are in thsr en-
ployment.
The instructions are as follows;
All answers will be writtenson the
registration card in ink by the reg.
istrar, who should be careful to
spell all names correctly and to
write legibly.
/. Name In full. Age in year,, 49,
This means all your namesspelled
} out in full,
State your age to-day iaSgears
only. Disregard additional months
or days. Be prepared to says, 10"
or "25," not "ls years, 8 months,
Or the like.
2. Home address.
This means the place where you
have your permanent home, not the
place where you work. BE prepared
to give the address in this way:
1888 Main Street, Chicago. Cook
County, Illinois," that is give mum
ber and name of street first, then
town, then county and state.
3. Date of birth.
Write your birthday (month, day
and Year, on a piece of paper be
fore going to the registrar, and give
the paper to him the first thing
Example: August 5, 1894 .a
If you do not remember the year
start to answer as you would j
some one asked you your birthday.
as August 5th.n Them 81 or
! my birthday this year 4 y a&SbeS tol
EWas ssrs 81 dis.sas =, !ss Esss:
istrar will then fill in the year Of
birth. Many people do not carry IL
mind the year they were born
This may be obtained by the regis
trar by subtracting the age in years
on this years birthday from 1917
4. Are you (1) a natural-born citizen; III
naturalized citizen; (3) an alien; (4) o.
have you declared your intention to be
come citizen (specify which?)
Cd If you were born in the
United States, including Alaska and
Hawaii, you are natural-born citi'
zen, no matter what may have been
; the citizenship or nationality OF
your parents. If you were born in
Porto Rica. you are citizen of the
United States, unless you were born
of alien parentage. If You were
born abroad, you are still a citizen
of the United States if your father
was a citizen of the United States
at the time you were born, unless
; you have expatriated yourself.
(2) You are naturalized citizen
if you have completed your natural.
ization; that is. if you have taken
final papers," But you are not
citizen if you have only declared
your intention to become a citizen
(that is, if you have only taken out
first papers''); in the latter case you
are only 'declarant.
You are also naturalized If, al
though foreign-born, your father OF
surviving parent became fully
naturalized while you were 81 years
of age, and if you came to the
United States under 81.
(3) You are declarant if, al
though citizen or subject of some
foreign country, you have declared
on oath before naturalization
court your intention to become a
citizen of the United States. Re
ceipt from the clerk of the court of
the certified copy of such declara-
ton is often called taking out
first papers," You are not decla-
rant if your first paper was taken
out after September &c, 1906, and
is more than I years old.
(4) You are an alien if you do
not fall within one of the three
classes above mentioned.
6. Where were you born?
First name the town, then the
state, then the country, as Colum-
bus, Ohlo;'' Vienna, AUSTRIA"
"Paris, France;;" sofia, Bulgaria. :"
6. If not citizen, of what country are
you citizen or subject?
This need be answered only by