Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-05-24
Registrars for County Draft.
Men Who Volunteered to Aid in Con-
scriptiOn Listing Have Been
Designated to Their Posts
ONE WOMAN IN THE LIST
Mrs. Alice Moss Ferris, of Laddonia,
Member Of Mexico Chapter Of
ID. A.. RS, is Appointed

draft June 5, which is composed Of
Sheriff j. G. Ford, County Clerk
Ross B. Cauthorn and County Physi-
clan Ned Rodes, have met and made
preliminary arrangements including
the appointment of the volunteer reg
istrars to their posts for the day of
registration. Estimating on the 10
per cent basis, the board figures about
$500 eligible to register in this coun-
ty.
Among the list is one woman, Mrs.
Alice Moss Ferris, of Laddonia, who
was among the first to volunteer her
services for this occasion. She is a
member of the Mexico Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton and wife of Robert Ferris, a
prominent stockman of this section.
Every man in Audrain county, per-
ticularly those between the ages Of
81 and 80, should read this story and
subsequent stories on the matter Of
registration, SO that he will make no
mistake.
To impress the Importance of this,
it is only necessary to say that the
Federal Government has instructed
the sheriff of every county in the
United States to arrest any man be-
tween the ages of q and 80 inclu-
sive, who fails to register. 1t does
not matter that he is crippled, that one
or both his legs are missing, or in
fact, it matters nothing to the Fed
eral Government what a mans physi-
cal condition is, he must register if he
has reached his 21st birthday or if he
has not reached his 31st birthday.
All men who are sick and unable to
get to the precincts to register must
send some competent person to regis
ter for them. There is no possible
way for any between the ages of 81
and the beginning of 81 years to es-
cape registration. The instructions
to the county board of registration say
un%equivocally that any nan between
these ages who fails to register must
be arrested and confined to Jail and
that he will not be allowed to pay a
fine but that he must actually go to
Jail and serve such sentence as is i'm
posed on him for failure to register.
The same treatment will be accord
ed to any mar who makes the least
misrepresentation in his registration
card. The government has printed
these cards. They are in plain Eng
lish and r. easily understandable.
There is no chance for misconstruc-
ton Of any of the questions, even by
the simple minded, hence they must
be answered directly and without any
attempt at secret evasion.
And listen to this: All men between
the ages of q and 80 who are inmates
Of insane asylums, state p~enitenti-
ries, jails, aims houses, and all elee-
mosynary and penal institutions are
subject to registration and must be
registered by the warden or principal
officer or keeper Of shch places.
Sheriff j. G. Ford received a
telegram from Governor Gardner who
is representing the Federal authorities
in Missouri, in which he told the sher-
iff to organize the county board at
once and to name the registrars in
each voting precinct in the county and
to have a certified copy of the names
Of the registrars of Audrain county
at his office by Thursday morninv,
May "a.
According to Governor Gardeners
telegram, places of registration will
be open from 7 o'clock a. m. to 8
O'Clock p. M, on June 8, for the reg
istration of all men between 81 and
80 years of age.
The sheriff has appointed the reg
istration on a basis of one for each
eighty men between 81 and 80. The
registration is based on ten per cent
of the amount of the population.
Persons who are absent from their
home will go to the office of the
county clerk and will there fill out
their cards and mail them to the reg
istrar of their voting precinct, where
even they may be. These cards are
sent to the registrar of the persons
district in care of the sheriff of the
county in which the district is locat-
ed.
All persons who register in Mexico
will do so at their regular voting
places.
The following are the registrars and
where they will serve:
MEXICO
First Ward, l.. E. Worner, John
Beal, S D Stocks.
Second Ward, VIM F Frazier, L
McF Gamble, Harry Householder.
Third Ward, Chas Clark, C C Hell
ger, w A Wayne.
Fourth Ward, Alex Carter, A c
Barnes, L C Cove, Ran Kendall.
Farber, S P Upton.
Vandalia, J A Hagan, Chas Daniel,
Jr, John A Brooks, John. S Gatson, F
B DeTienne.
Martinsburg, VIM G Pike, D L
Blachfield.
Benton City, J ] F Johnson.
Laddonia, ] G DeLaporte, Mrs AL
ice Moss Ferris.
Edwards, Hubert Fennewald.
Beagles, J J johnson.
Rush Hill, VIM Doolin, j r
Shook.
Union, Hiram Threlkeld.
Grow, J R Gatewood.
Black, ] F Parker.
Moline, P H Cauthorn.
Grant, f J Sims.
Burke, S C Groves.
Thompson, Baker Barnes.
Rowena, S A Pulls.
Naylor, ] w Davenport.
Macedonia, B B Littrell.