Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-05
NO EVIDENCE OF EVASION OF
LAW is SHOWN BY CITIZENS
Volunteer Assistants Are Kept Busy
Throughout Day Following Pre-.
viously Arranged System

That 1000 male citizens of Sumter
county between the ages of q and 81
years will have registered for military
service before the registrars cease OPP
cratons at 9 o'clock tonight, is the es
innate made by the officials who have
charge of the work.
The figures are based on the regis
tration up to 3 O'Clock this afternoon,
when returns from the various militia
districts showed that something over
1900 men had been registered in COM
pliance with the provisions of the uni
versal service act.
The smoothness with which the reg
istration is being accomplished in the
various districts of the county enables
the REGISTRARS to handle large numbers
Of eligibles within a remarkably short
space of time. The organization gath
cred by the county board of registrars
has succeeded in solving the problem
most satisfactorily and there is none
of the rush and hurly-burly that was
expected today.
Registration dey was ushered in this
morning by the blowing of whistles
and the ringing of bells throughout
Americus and when the registration
places opened at o'clock there were
long lines of men both white and col
ored, waiting to comply with the law.
The courthouse has been a scene OF
activity throughout the day, a large
force of registrars working faithfully
10 handle the crowds of eligibles who
thronged the corridors. The white cit
izens reeistered in the main court
room on the second floor, while the
negroes were handled in the basement.
the Offices of the two justices of the
peace being used for this purpose.
Sumter county is the only county in
Georgia, with the exception of Rich
mond, utilizing the services OF negro
registrars and today the colored as
sistants have worked to excellent ad-
vantage, handling the negro eligibies
with remarkable efficiency.
The white registrars and clerical as
sistants in this city include the county
hoard of registrars, composed OF Sheriff
Lucius Harvey, Clerk II. E. Allen, Or
dinary John A. Cobb and County Ply
sician r. E. Cato. Besides these Off
cials. the following assistant registrars
volunteered their services; Walter
page. DR.. c. P. Davis, T. o. Marshall,
/ Kalmon, H. B. Grady, Stephen
Pace Raymond McNeill, r. H. Horton
q d. Reese, F. P Harold, H. F. Co
mer n. G. s.anfeld, C. t. Thaxton.
p Hightowey, George Anderson, w.
n Humber, S. f. Heys, F. G. Oliver
ard Cloyd Buchanan.
Misses Clara Moore, Willie Williams
and Alice Nall rendered excellent ser
vice in copying registration cards
which must De lelu loI TSLSiChNN an
checking purposes.
The ladies of the w. c. 7. I. serY-
ed fruit nectar in the upper corridor
~ the court house. while J. W. War
ron of the Coca Cola Bottling Works
and p B. Hill of the Chero Cola Bot
fling Works furnished supplies O.
Coca Cola and Chero Cola for the re
frosbment of the corps of registrars
and clerks. The Moreland & Jones
company sent up cigars for the regis
trars and aside from the rather siren
mons time during the early morning.
ncurs the force had quite an enjoy
able time
Can't John A Cobb and Justice W.
r McMath looked after the registra-
zion of the colored eligibles, superin-
tonding the operations of the colored
ragisirars. Several of the most prom