The Springdale news., 1917-07-27
Notes on Draft Lottery

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Washington County's total registra-
ton was 2,437.
Rather lucky for the married men
te first two drawn were unmarried
men.
The first number in the draft lottery
No. 258, was drawn in Washington,
D. c., by Secretary of War Baker.
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The first man drawn in the lottery
in Washington County, Owen Lyons,
whose posst Office address is Farming
ton, is employed in the MeIlroy Bank
at Fayetteville.
1t is not too late to volunteer for
service with your own home company
of National Guards-but it will be
too late after you are called before
the examination board Join nowi
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Major Blackman, 1886, third num-
Der drawn, is reported to be colored.
1t is also reported that only three
colored registrants in Washington
county were called in the first draft.
It takes long time to draw TO-
500 numbers. The drawing started
in Washington at $50 Friday morn
ing, and was concluded at 2:l8 Satur-
day morning, nearly seventeen hours.
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Pleas for exemption of any man
need not be made by him, but may be
entered by wife, other dependent,
employer or any other third person,
according to advices from the War
Department
Henderson Scott, the second man
from this section in the draft lottery,
resides near Hewitt Springs, and is
unmarried 1t is understood that he
will claim no exemptions of any des-
cription, and will report for service.
Photographic copies of the num-
bers as drawn will be forwarded to
each district, and then those called
will be notified. 1t will probably be
latter part of the week before the en-
tire machinery of the draft is in work
ing order.
IF you are in third, fourth, fifth or
sixth draft, it will be useless to begin
worrying at the present time-unIess
you are worried because you were
not drawn first. You will probably
have time to harvest another crop be
fore reporting for service, unless you
volunteer
When the 10,004th capsule was
drawn it was found to be blank, the
only one found in the entire 10, 500.
1t was necessary to re-check all Num-
bers. but the blank number was final
" located. The blank capsule has no
effect in Washington county, being
No.5,794
We hear from a very reliable source
that Marion Wright, better known To
his friends as Spider was No. 258
ia his district, and consequently was
the first man called II his district.
Marion formerly operated Shoe Shop
in sprlhadale, bur IS nQN located at
Monet. No.
Mac Morton, sheriff &C Washington
county. IS the senior member Of the
County Exemption Board Other
members are Glenn Pearson, county
clerk. ard DR.. H. D. Wood, county
health officer Drafted men will have
to report to this board at Fayetteville
if exemptions are claimed.
The News had long distance call
from Monet, Mo, on the day of the
draft from a local boy, who was Won
dering if he had been drafted lie
did not know his serial number, and
cosequently could not find out wheth-
er or not he had ben drafted, by
watching the bulletin boards or going
to the newspaper Office.
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Joe EWalt, Jr., who resides in Tul-
sa, Okla, but who is here with his
wife All children visiting relatives
and friends, was caught in the selec-
tive draft He was the third man
called in his district in Tulsa He is
q son Of Mr. and Mrs 7 s EWalt of