The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-21
Drawing Under Selectve Draft Act Began in Washington
Yesterday Morning and Lasted Far Into the NghtNur
Der of Two Robson County Men First Number Drawn
And Several Men of County Among Frst-Much Local In
tereSt in Drawing.

Drawing for the war army under
the selective draft act began in
Washington in the Senate office,
building at 9:49 a. m. yesterday in
Baker, the Senate and House military
committees, group of high officials
of the government and representa-
yes of the press. The drawing of;
the 10000 numbers required to fix
the order of liability of each of the
ten million men registered lasted far !,
into the night.
The first number drawn was 258. I
It wos unofficially estimated that
approximately 100000 were repre-
sented in the frs. 1000 numbers
drawn. Of the first 1,50O numbers
drawn 4O5 were below 5000. If the
normal district has 5000 registrants,
names designated by the 4O5 is about
100000.
There was keen interest in the
drawing in Lumberton. A large num-
her of men made frequent trips to-
the telegraph office and The Rob
esonian office up to midnight last
night. The Robesonian received its
last bulletin at 1870 last night. UP
to that time 657 numbers had oeen
drawn below 2065, the highest num-
ber in Robeson's largest district. All
but POT of these numbers, with the
corresponding name, are puDhsheo III
this paper. They are published SUB
stantially in the order in which they
were drawn. There was some con-
fusion among the first numbers re-
ceived at this office, the first teie-
grams received varying sligntly IN
the order of the numbers from later
teieorams. These discrepancies
were corrected as far as it was pos
sihle to correct them, and the list as
given represents Substantially the or,
der in which Robson county men VIII
he summoned for service and gwen
opportunity to qualify or make claim
for exemption, If they have grounos
upon which to make such claim.
Robeson is divided into two dis
tricts. In district No. there
were 2O54 names on the list as frs
preuared, and since then some wht
did not register on June have reg
istered. bringing the number on TN
list to 2O65. District No. 2 has 1881
names. AS the largest district O
Robeson contains only 2O65 names
the following list does not include an;
numbers above that figure. Eacl
number from 1 to 1886 represent
two men of Robeson county, one 1ror
each of the districts. Each numDe
from 1887 to 2065 represents only on
man of the county, as there IS no COZ col
responding number IN the SInaile
district of the county.
AS men will be summoned Tor SCI
,,;oa IN the order in which the nun
4ho for down
list name appears the less Hkel
II ;s that that number will be sun
nooned in the first draft, as the nun
her of men for the first army Will 7
doubt ha secured long before tf
names near the end of the list al
reached. and they will not be calle
until a later draft.
The order in which Robson cou1
ty men will be called for service
substantially as follows: n
-258 yas. E. Ford, Marietta; -
Wis .AsS Edmund w. Britt, Lumbe
ton a: Arch Bethea, st. Pauls.
-1A36 Castor Hunt, Lumberto
RI. VIM. S. Bailey, Parkton
s54 Luther Martin Wilkins, Luz
berton, z; Duncan Aler. Monre
Maxton, 3.
1894 Jack Johnson, Fairmor
Moody Cromartie, Lumber Brldge.
1878 Will Harllee, ROWAN
Richard Melvin Smith, hu"'
Bridge. -. .,,,;ol 1umbt
ton 8; Leroy Murphy, MaHto4 :,
2O22 Castor Lee BULLOCK Au
1455 Carson Thomas "a
n,1yp McMlIIany fal
-783 David Herrin Jones, Lu
bo,+o, ~. H. Layton Stephens, +
Springs. n Fe
mont .. Dock Locklear, Rowla
.1O58 John Golden MANN
Lumberton 5; Geo. w. McDoug'
Red Springs. Eo;r,,o
John Thompson, Rowland. L.
1117 Pride Wilson, Waxh'
Ebber Wall Maxton. =
"1572 Arthur Fildon Bray, il
mont: Henderson Oxendine, Pate'
1748 Murten Oxendine, +
mont: Lawrence r. Edens,, Rowls
.837 John Wesley Purdie, L
berton r 7; John Will McGlrt' n
land 8. ~-r
.676 MIN Thompson, Mcl
aid; Oscar Dorman, Red Springs
-2O36 Willie Woriax, Buie
500 Mike Lawson, Orr
Archie Alex. McEachern, st. Pat
1885 Sit Smith, Lumber
JnO. Alex Handy, Wakulla.
564 Henry Billiard, Orrum! WI
Crawford, st. Paul.
1913 Cobras r. MCQUEEN, l.
view, S. c.; Jennings Wright, |