The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-10
Registration Officials For Se|edive Draft
Named Today By Election Commissioners
Registrars To Hold
Meet At Lexington
Tonight At 7:3O

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Acting under instructions from the
State Selective Service Headquarters,
in accordance with the Presidents
Proclamation Of Sept. Is, 1910, the
Election Commissioners of Holmes
County composed of DR.. R. C. FL
more, Durant; Mrs. A. j. Heinrich,
Lexington; and Mr.. Walter Lowe,
Tchula, met last Thursday night and
made preliminary plans for Regis
tration Day, Wednesday, October
18th. The Commissioners organized
by ~electing DR.. Gilmore chairman.
Meeting with the commissioners were
Mr.. w. B. Kenna, Supt. of Lexing-
ton schools, and Miss Minnie Jor-
dan Deputy Circuit Clerk.
Provisions will be made for re-
gistering all males in Holmes County
from the ages of 81 to 35 years,
inclusive. Both white and colored
of this group will be registered at
the same places except as noted be-
low. The hours for registration will
be from 700 am. until 900 pm. All
registrants are required to be at the
places designated for their precincts
between the hours mentioned above.
School trucks will run for the con-
venience of those who have no
transportation, but it will be the
duty of the registrant to find out
where the trucks will pick them up,
and if they fail to make connection
with any particular truck it is up to
them to arrange for their own tran
sportation and report to the des-
ignated place for registration.
The places for registration and the
Chief Registrars for the different
precincts are as follows:
lexington White High School,
w. B. Kenna.
Franklin-at Lexington.
Acona-White High School, j. D..
Williams.
Parkinson-at Acona.
West-White High School, NJ. T.
Eddsville-at West.
Ebenezer-White High School, B..
w. Humphrey.
Richland-at Ebenezer.
Bowling Green - Bethesda High
School, J. w. Crawford.
Emory High School, Phil Dow
ner.
Goodman Consolidated School,
Marion Ousley.
Holmes Junior College - Junior
College, R. M. Branch.
Pickens-Consolidated School, H.
P. ST John.
Durant-High School, C. H. Car
ruth.
Eulogy - Coxburg Consolidated
School, j. C. Brister.
Cruger-Consolidated School, E.
N. Bingham.
Tchula White r~egistrants, new
Jail; colored registrants, City Hall,
w. r. Huddleston.
Thornton-Y. e. M. C. r. r. Depot,
Martin Smith.
An important meeting is called for
all Chief Registrars and as many of
the registrars as may conveniently
come, for the Court House in Lex
ington, Thursday night at 1880. Ii
possible, all members of the Advisory
Board school be present at this meet
ing.
The penalty for failure to register
on Registration Day is a five-year
prison sentence, or 100000 fine,
and it is obligatory on the registrant
to present himself. The school trucks
will be provided for the accommodation
of those who have n transportation,
| but if a registrant should miss the
truck, he must make other arrange
ments and present himself. The Com
| missioners are asking 100 per cent
cooperation from all employees,
School superintendent, County Ag-
ent, County Officials, American Le-
| gin, Planters, and all other citizens
in giving this matter wide publicity
and in assisting in every way pos
sible to make the Registration Day
in Holmes County a complete sue
cess. We are asking and expecting
! this cooperation under the authority
of the President of the United States,
the Governor of Mississippi, and the
| State Selective Service Headquarters,
Holmes County Election