The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-28
REG|sTRAT DAY
IS DRAWING NEAR
ALI MALES sEMEEN AGES or
III AND VI YEARS MUST REG
ISTER To SERVICE.
Failure Means That PerSans In,
Self Liable to Term In Federal
Prison and Such Other
Punishment stcritesi.


Ii attached to Tuesday. June s, when
the male citizens OF the United
States will register under the Sc
lectsve draft bill for military service
In the war agaiast Germany Be
tween the hours cf a. IN. TO 2 p
nj. ii Is expected that 10 asaa COS, will
be registered In the United states.
This Is the first step toward the Sc
iaetive draft plan 'shich the depart
nent Is working on to raise an army
az a.ano.oae TO put In the field
against the enemy Therefore. peo-
pie throughout the land ought to do
everything in their power to make
tbs work thorough.
The Law preserihes heavy punish
meat for failure to register. not
wsthstanding the obstacles that may
be IN the way OF performing this
service Provision has been made
whereby ahsentees may arrange
their cards and leave them with the
county clerks OF the various eoun
ties of the states. Also men who are
I'll may register by agents.
The Law has betome pretty gen
orally understood. but there may be
some who ere nat aware of the faet
that II they are between the ages OF
q and ~, married Or single. white
Or b1aeh or nafarasizod, thev must
register for esfvlee The ragistra-
tian BLANKS provide whereby CUES
fioas affecting their eligibility for
immediate service may be answered
and will have TO DO with the selec-
ton nf the first draft. but never-the-
less the person rust ae properly reg
ssteeed CIR suffer punishment of not
less s1an ona rear IN federal prison
r. there are ant who do rot know
these things they should be inform
Cd, and for that reason q general
holiday or cessation OF business is
called for Tuesday of next week
when TIE entire citizenship will look
.earafally after the registrations Of
tie n ora precincts 1t Is iust as
snneh the farmers duty TO suspend
Operations as 1t Is the merchants
duty 20 close his store. BY working
together the eligiblee may all 10 reg
istered and not one complaint filed.
This would be a pretty good record
for any county and 1t ~ tise purpose
of the people Of Waxahachle and FL
lis county to come az near that mark
as possible Today young men who
live in other counties are getting
their cards end mailing them home
with enclosed envelopes to receive
certificates Of registration. This Is
also important for the young men
who are voters in other counties and
precincts
4 movement inaugurated by May
or Todd this morning "a growing IN
importance and that Is general
mass meeting for the colcred people
at Odd Fellows hall In Freedman on
Saturday night Of this week when
speakers from among the white peo-
pie will endeayor to explain TO all
who do not know just what IS meant
by the new seleetive draft bin and
registration Speakers like Judge
10 p Dunlap sill be present and ad-
dress the people and u is urged that
all negroes between the ages OF II
and s. attend. THE government has
"a Bes Of ascertsiniag hos ola q fell
losg Il and failure 70 register IS 20
ing 10 mean penitentiary sentence
for either whites or blacks.
Each and every cisizen should
joln III the movement 70 see that FL
lis county doesn't have Stacker on
next gnesday nseht