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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Numbers Drawn for 13 Million Draft Registrants, Dennis Powell of Lumberton Tops the List, 1918

From The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., October 3, 1918

The drawing of order numbers for the 13 million draft registrants enrolled September 12 was started Monday by President Wilson. The complete master lists will be mailed to district draft boards.
Dennis Powell, colored, of Rt. 3 from Lumberton, has the serial number 322, corresponding to the first number drawn, in Robeson division No. 1, and hence holds first place in his class. Others in Robeson district No. 1 included in the first 100 numbers drawn, in order, are:

Dock Casday Bullard, Lumberton, white
Rowland Stephens, Orrum, Rt. 1, white
James Locklear, Maxton, Rt. 5, Indian

John Frank Britt, Barnesville, Rt. 1, white
Bruce Grimsley, Rowland, Rt. 2, white
Will Alex McMillan, St. Pauls, Rt. 1, colored

Rudolph Herman Floyd, Fairmont, Rt. 2, colored
Thes. Graham Lumberton, white
Wilton Eugene M’White, Lumberton, Rt. 7, white

Lester McDuffie Oliver, Marietta, white
Isaac Tate, Whiteville, colored
William Henry McQueen, Lumberton, white

James Wilkes, colored
David Albert Lee, Fairmont, white
Wm. Hanchey, Lumberton, white

Roy Edwards, Barnesville, colored
Robert Isham Belch, Lumberton, white
Jefferson Killens, Fairmont, colored

Laddie Gore, Lumberton, colored
Braddy Britt, Lumberton, Rt. 4, white
Jas. Dobbins Andrews, Fairmont, white

Barney Bethea, Fairmont, colored
Brantley Aycock Phillips, Lumberton, white

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