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I Official Orfjafl ti 1 y V 'wawct H QfldfllOfpatf | Franklin County. Franklift Cmutf. *r PRINT CAHNESVj LLE GA- 11) A"S r MAY 25, 1917 NUMBER 925 AEL HQME 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 % 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 ■ ■ !• Mr *7? *+ N ★ ,**-*★ ★ / i * + Wi mm ' 4 -!>y ^3 . {&;; - 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