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*r PRINT CAHNESVj LLE GA- 11) A"S r MAY 25, 1917 NUMBER 925
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How To Answer Questions On
Registration Cards!
Read Carefully Before You Go To The
tration Table. Here You See What Will Be
Asked. Study the Questions. Prepare
The Answers In Your Mind.
Questions will be asked for you,
to answe ■ i i ■ o dec which they
appear on this paper. These ques
ions are set out below with de¬
tail information to help you to
answer them,
Do not write on, mark, or other
wise mutilate these instructions.
Do not remove them. They
should be carefully read so tha*
you will have vour answers ready
when you go before the Regielrar
All answers will be written on
the Registration* Uard in ink bv
the Hegiseiar, who shou'd be care
ful to spell all names correctly
and so write legibly.
1 Name In Full. Age In
Years,—
This means all vour names spell
out in lull.
State you" age to-day in, years
only. Disregard add i ti o n a 1
months or davs. Be prepared to
say ,l l” or “25” not “19 yrs,
3 nios,” or the like.
2 Home Address.
This means the place where
vou have vour 'permanent home
not the p’aee where you work,
J?e prepare | to give the address
thiswiv; “232 Main Street, Cbi
cago, Cook Coutv, Illinois;”
that 'a, give number and name of
street first, then town, then coun
tv and State.
Date of Birth.
W'ite vou birthday (month,dav,
and vear) on a piece of paper be¬
fore going bTore the registrar
and give the paper t > him the
first thing. Example: August 5,
1864.”
if vou do not rem riibsr the
year, start to answer as you
would if someone asked vou vour
birthday, as “August 5th.” then
sav “on inv birthday this 1 will
be(or was) — years old,” The
Registrar will then fill in the
year of birth. Many people no
carrv iu mind the year they were
born. This mav be obtained by
the Llegistar by subtracting the
age in years on this year’s
from 1917.
4 Are You (1) A Natural
Born Citizen. A naturaized Citi
zen, An Alien, Or have You De
dared Your Intention to Be
cornea Citizen Specify Which?
1 If vou were born iu
United States, including Alaska
and Hawaii, vou area natural
born citizen, no matter what what
may hive been the citizenship or
nation tlitv of your parents. If
you were born in Porto Rico;
yi'U are a citiz-n of ti e United
States, unless you were bom ot
alien parentaga. If you were
born abroad, vou are still a effi
oi the United States if
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ITS READERS.
vvas a c: ^ z •' 11 of the United
States at the time you ware b ini
unless von have exp lt d ite ! your
self.
2 Y ou are a natural citizen if
you have completed your natural
ization; tint is, it you have ‘uak-
it final papers.” But, you
not a citizen if you h ive onlv d e .
clarecl your intention to become
citizen, that is if you have only
“taken out first papers;” in tli3
latter case you are only a declai
ant.
You are also a naturized cit’zan
if although foreign born your
father or surviving parents he
came fully naturalized while vou
were under 21 years of age, and
it you came to the United Sta'es
under 21.
3 You are a declarant it‘ al
though a cilizen or subject of
some foreign country, you have
declared on oath before a natural¬
ization court your intention t) bv
come a citizen of the United
States. Receipt from the Clerk
of the Court of the certified copy
of such declarations is often call¬
ed “taking out first papers.”
You are not a declarant if your
first papers were taken out after
September 20, 1916, and is more
than seven years old.
4 You are an abed if you do
not fall within one of the three
classes above mentioned.
5 Whore Were You B rn?
First nam ; tha town, then the
State, then the c untrv, as Co 1 -
umbits, Ohio. Vienna, Austria;
Foils; France; Sofia Bulgaria,
6 If Not a Citizen, of What
Country Are You a Citizen or
Subject?
This be answered onlv bv aliens
and declarants. Remember that
a declarant is not onlv vei a citiz
enofthe United Spites. If an
alien or declarant, state the name
of vour country, as Era nee, Jap¬
an, China, etc.
7 What is Your Presenl
Trade Occupation, or Offne?
This does not ask what vou once
did. not what you have cP ;iK‘
most ot the time, nor what \ ou
are best, fitted to do. It asks what
your job is right now. Sire
briefly as Farmer, Miner, S.ud.u t
Laborer, on farm, in rolling mill,
m nuRmobile, wagon, or other
factory, Machinist m nutomobie
factory, etc. rl pou hold an of¬
fice und Strte or Fede al govern
ment, gime the office ton h Id.
If you ore in one of the follow
irgcfficss «r < inpayments; r. o
one of the names ben i.jter m :-
tinned;
Customhouse clerk, diipfoy d
in the transmission of the mil’s )
Carnesville High School Closes
With Seventeen Graduating
or employed in any armory, ar¬
senal or navy yard, marnimw act
uallv employed tn the se i service
of cJt;:en or merenant wiioin the
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States.
8 By whom em ployed? Where
employed?
If you are working for an indi¬
vidual, firm corporation or asso¬
ciation, state its name. If in
business, trace, proffesiou or em
ployment for yoursel! so stale
Ifvouarean officer of State or
Federal government, say whether
office is under the United
the Sente, the country, or
municipality. In answer to
qUesllon as t0 where >’ ou are
give the town, county
State where vou work.
9 Have you Father, Mother,
Wife, child under 12, or a sister
brother under 1 2 solely depen-
upon you for i-uppirt specify
which?
Consider your answer though
fully. If it is true that there is
another mouth than your own
which you alone have a dutv to
feed, do not let your military ar
dor interfere with the wish of
the nation to reduce war’s misery
to a minimum. C; the other
hand unless the person you have
in mind is so’ey dependant oa
you, do not hide behind petticoats
or children.
19 Married or single, which
Race specify which?
This does n>.t ask whether you
were once manixl, b it whether
you are married now. In answer
to the question as to your race,
stale briefly whether Caucasian-
Mongolian, Negro. Malayan, or
Indian.
11 What military service h ve
you had? Rank? Biunch? Years
ot State?
No matter what country* you
served you must givs complete
iiilofimiiion. In answering these
questions,jlifst name your rank,
using one of the following words:
Commissioned officer, Noncom¬
missioned officer, Private, Next,
state Ranch in which you served
in one of ine following word-:
Intancry, Calvary, /. itilerv, Med
ical, Signal, Aviation, Supply
Marine, Navy, Next state tli •
number of years service, not
counting time spent in the i'os
ei v«. Final!v, name the nation
or Sinks or one o f thos of the
- United States, tame your service
11 one of the following tot ms.
National Guard ol such and suen
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The Carnesville High School
closed Tuesday evening of a full
years work.
A class of seventeen graduat¬
ed and on Tuesday the gradual,
ing exercises took place. Hon.
Jere M. Pound delivered [the ad¬
dress and diplomas, tlie address
was according to the times and
was greatly cr.joveb.
These young boys and girls are
numbered among the bright and
intelligent voung people ot Frank
in county and we predict a sue
titssful future for tnem.
The teachers put fourth a
great effort to make the school
a succes and they deserve much
praise their untireing efforts.
Each morning we v-i 1 miss the
Sweet sound ot that ‘’old’* hell
and Um "Gappy hours spent m
around the l school building will
to ,g be remembered by its pupils,
Prof. J. W. Smith will remain
with us another term 'and the
other teachers will he named in
the press later.
a state, Militia of such and such a
State, Volunteer a,M of United
States, or regular Army Navv
Slates
J2 Do you claim exemption
f^im draft? Specify.
Because yon claim exemption
from draft, it bv no means foil >w
that you are exempt, For the
information of the War Depart¬
ment v ou should make a claim
now if you intend to prosea Be
it. Some persons will be exempt
on account of the occupations
or offices, some on accout of the
that they have relatives de
pendant upon them for support
Your answer touch;ng these
things will be important in sup¬
porting the claim you now intend
io make your answeu to the pres
ent questions. Be sure therefore
that the grounds you claim as ex¬
empting you, use one of the fol¬
lowing terms; If you claim to be
an execuuive, legistive or j jctical
officer of the State or Nation,
name your office and say wheth¬
er it is an office of the State or
Nation, If you claim to be a
reteigeous sect whose creed for
bids its members to pirtigipate
in war in auy form, simply name
the sect. If you vre employed
the transmission ot the United
mails or jts an artificer or
workman in an armoiy, arsenal
or navy yard of the United Staates
$29,000.00 Ter The Georgia Bap-
list Hospital.
The Baptist Sunday Schools
ot Georgia, on the firs'- Sunday
in June; will endeavor to raise,
$20;000.00 tor Georgia Baptist
Rospital. This sum will be neces
sary to make possible the large
amount of charietv work, which
the Hospital is being called on
to do Some of the work this
Hospital has done.
1 Faring the four years of its
operation more than five
dred people have been given tree
Hospital aid medical treatment.
2 More than one thousand
people have received Iree surgi
cal and medical treatment while
paying a vary small part of the
actual hospital expenses,
3 More than one hundred or
Dr. S- B. Yow Pres-
sided Over Meet-
Dr. S. B. Yow one of Franklin
county’s distinguished men presid
ed over the meeting held in the
< ourt house Tuesday allernoon.
Hon. Jack Hart reprentative
of State Agrieulturol College
County Agent W. S Long
Madison were also here to dis
cuss the situation the farmers
now facing more than one
red and fifty men from
every section of the coun ty
present. Mr. Uart’s address was
taken up in the discussion, of the
’.resent or,sis and much interest
was aroused. Under the organiz
aUon ot the food and teed camp¬
aign. meetings have been held all
over th.:countv and good attend-
a ice have been reported every
wnere
Miss Lois Dowdle ot Agricul¬
tural College was unable to at
tend as had been announced, how
ever, a good crowd of women
were present.
One good milch cow for sale at
reasonable price.
F. A. Wilbanks, Carnesville, Ga.
Notice
Porto-Rico and Nancy Hall
§150 per 1000. Cash witborder.
R fa dy to ship fr< m April lston
A.P.Sexton
Iloyston, Ga.
or if you are a mariner employed
in the sea service of any citizen
or merchant within the United
states, restate. If vou ate a felon
or otherwise morally deficient and
d'flire to claim exemption on
that ground, state vour ground
brieflv. It you claim physical
di ability, state that biiefiv. if
you claim exemption on any
other gtound, s'ate vour ground
briefly,
phau children have jbeen given
both medical and hospital tieat-
meut free.
4 More than fifty cripple and
deform children have been cared
for in the Cripple and Deformed
Children’s Ward. 4i nv of these
have been unable to walk.
5 Free patients have come to
this hospital from almost every
county in the state, There is no
other institution of this kind
wheie service to the poor has
been more widely distributed
throuougbt the State.
Let every Supermtendant and
teacher interest the pupils m work
ing the plan which has been sent
to the schools, and the $20,000.00
\v*ill be easily secured.
Sheriff Sales
Georgia Franklin County.
Will be sold before the court¬
house door on the First Tuesday
in June within the legal hours of
sale to the highest, bidder for cash
the following real estate, to wit
All that tract, lot or parcels of
land situated, lying and beiug iu
th,e 1363rd District, G. M. Said
State and county, in the City ol
Canon, more fully clescrioed as
follows, lots Nos l, 2, 3.. in block
“D” each fronting lo7 feet on Car
nesville St. and adjoining J. E.
^ Strickland’s lot 177 feet on East
running back from Oarnesvilie St.
to , ot of Strickland 100 feet each
on back 265 feet to Carnesville St.
along lot 4 in block “D.” Also
one lot known as lot No 3 in block
‘‘A” beginnmgat a corneron Pine
St. and Carnesville St. and running
thence 100feet along Carnesville
St thence East 108 feet along the
Strickland lot to Kelly,s lot, thenc
81 feet along Kelly lot back to Car
nesville St, thence West 180 feet
along Carnesville St, to beginning
earner. Said four lots of land lev¬
ied ou andjbeing sold to satisfy a
fi f;i issued from the Superior
Court of Franklin County in favor
of The First National Bank ofE 1
berton, and against Mrs Mimmie
Turman. A quitclaim deed hav
ing been filed before levy in the
Clerk’s Office in book L 12 page
47 2-3 tor the purposeof levy and
sale. Wriiten notice given tenant
in possession as required by law
Tins May 7th 3 917,
J. 'V, Wansley Sheriff.
MONEY TO LOAN
1 can make loans of $1,000 and
at seven per cent on improved
farms. You can get these Joan
.Other 5, 7 or 10 vears. Loan
under $l,0i»0 at 8 per cent. Come
t» see me.
J. W. Jamdrura,
Carpesv;l|e, Ga