July 27, 1917 FIRST MAN CALL RECEIVED GREAT HONOR The first number of the Selective Draft, was 258, the Tazewell man bearing this serial number being Mr. Jessee ALTIZER of Harman, Va. He is a son of John H. ALTIZER, a married man and farmer. He will bear with him through life the distinction of being first on the list of the 221 men of this county to make up the draft of half a million men, drawn by the government. It is not known how Mr. ALTIZER regards this distinction, but he should feel proud of it. TAZEWELL BOY ACCEPTS POSITION WITH SOUTHERN Mr. H.M. CHRISTIAN, of POunding Mill, left Lynchburg Monday for Greensville S.C. where he has accepted a position with the Southern Railway Company at a starting salary of $65 per month in addition to board, room and meals. Mr. CHRISTIAN has been attending Piedmont Business College since January 1st and is well qualified to render satisfactory service. THE NEW ARMY The first call to arms has been definitely made to complete the list of 687,000 men for the army of the Republic. The drawing from the list of the registrants of June 5th for the first call, was completed early last Saturday morning in Washington, and the names and numbers in the order drawn, was announced by wire all over the country. The first number drawn was 258. For this county this number was drawn by Mr. Jesse ALTIZER, of Harman, Va. Every man registered was drawn, and will be subject to call in the order in which the drawing took place, the first numbers, as printed in this paper, being subject to the first call. The right to claim exemption is granted to all the men called. The proper blank forms, giving necessary instructions will be furnished by the examining board. The drawing showed some strange happenings. In some instances the numbers came out in bunches, taking two or more from the same family. Early in the drawing, in other instances, long jumps were made. The lowest number in the first draft was the number 6, Mr. Brooks AKERS at Jewell Ridge. Of the men drawn in the first draft 221 men will be selected. The local exemption board, composed of Clerk G.W. GREEVER, Sheriff S.S.F. HARMAN and Dr. P.D. JOHNSON will pass upon each man drawn. This board can exempt a man absolutely only upon one point, that of apparent physical disability. Their report exempting a man who has dependents upon him will have to be passed upon again by the district board, the personnel of which is printed else where in this paper. Industrial exemptions will be passed upon the the district board, also. The plans of the War Department are not thoroughly understood, but from best information abtainable, it is said that the men will be called for examination in numbers of 50, and will be given five days from the time they are cited to appear to present themselves for examination. ---- The clinch Valley News secured a list of numbers and corresponding names early on Saturday morning, and began posting the names. The office and bulletin board was crowded all day by anxious people - some fathers and brothers, and some mothers and sisters and sweethearts, anxious to know whose names were in the list of those drawn for the first draft. Some where glad, others sad, some mad, when their names, or the names of loved ones had been chosen. It began to dawn upon them for the first time that this nation is at war. A number of parents in this town and county have already "fought the battle" or at least its first skirmish. Their boys are already in camp. The "battle" is yet to be fought by anxious families in this and other sections of this great country. Sorrow makes all mankind kin. Before the first draft has been made, and closed, there is talk in official circles in Washington of the second draft, which is said to be scheduled for some date between now and the first of the year. LIST FROM WHICH TAZEWELL MEN WILL BE CHOSEN FOR RESERVE ARMY Tazewell County's Quota is 221, Besides Large Number of Boys Who Have Volunteered and Are Now in Training The following list of about five hundred neames has been compiled from an official report in the New York Times of the first draft. Much difficulty has been encountered in preparting the list, and of course, it cannot be guaranteed to be correct. It is as near correct as we are able to give this week. The numbers are published as they were drawn, and as they are liable to call. Tazewell County will be called upon for 221 men, and twice that number is printed here, provided for exemptions of over 50 percent. The official list has not reached the exemption board here yet from Washington, and consequently no date for assembling the first quota of the men given above has been fixed. The law provides that the men shall be notified at the addresses given on their registration cards, and a list posted at the court house, but the liability is upon the man drafted to find out if his number has been called. THE FIRST CALL 258 - Jesse Altizer, Harman 458 - Martin Wilson, Red Ash 1436 - Chester Long, Graham 854 - William Alex Greer, Pocahontas 1095 Ben Glen, Pocahontas 1894 - John M. Hass, N. Tazewell 1878 - William M. Gillespie, Tazewell 2022 - David L. Brooks, N. Tazewell 1455 - John Henry Sauders, Graham 783 - Burnett Armstrong, Pocahontas 1813 - John C. Tabor, Falls Mills 1858 - Lewis H. Carbaugh, Tazewell 1752 - Arch Ruble, W. Graham 1117 - Lon Hoozer, Vickers, W.V. 1572 - Joseph Frazier Kitts, B. Garden 1748 - Gordon T. Neal, W. Graham 2195 - John Y. Whitt, Cedar Bluff 837 - Harrison C. Edmonds, Poca. 2036 - W. Cosby Greever, W. Mills 337 - Alonzo T. Davis, Doran 676 - John Taylor, Tazewell 275 - Jas. A. Christian, Harman 509 - Bart Edwin Pruett, Pounding Mill 1185 - Jesse Thompson, Poca. 564 - Flem Dykes, c. Bluff 2166 - Robert L. Maxwell, Maxwell 945 - Rush Floyd Alley, Boissevane 1913 - Henry A. Kiser, Tazewell 596 - Ballard I. Payne, C. Bluff 1267 - Dennis F. Garlick, W. Graham 2148 - Tim E. Hankins, C. Bluff 526 - Lewis Williams, Jacksonville 1495 - Charles M. Gillespie, W. Mills 548 - J.C. Burke, Coaldan 126 - George Ray Jennings, Alfredton 748 - Ravey L. Asbury, Boissevan 1679 - Charles Blackson 1237 - Earl Crawford, Graham 784 - Harvey L. Asbury, Bossevaine 1732 - Jas. T. Carter, Tip Top 755 - Albert P. French, Tannersville 107 - Daniel C. Hogston, Coaldan 1546 - William Kennel, Tip Top 1563 - Fred Morgan Felty, B. Garden 2099 - Jas. A. sluss, N. Tazewell 1369 - John A. Shinault, W. Graham 616 - Hick Wingo, Indian 373 - Fred Lankford, Raven 1676 - Charles W. Yates, Boissevane 1266 - Walter W. Graham, Graham 1891 - Jas. S. Horne, Gratton 775 - Harvey G. Taylor, Tannersville 486 - Harvey G. Gillespie, P. Mill 692 - Harvey E. Green, P. Mill 600 - Robert Pack, Cedar Bluff 1986 - Robert Barns, N. Tazewell 810 - Herbert Cox, Pocahontas 1359 - William L. Sarver, Graham 1682 - Arby J. Gant, Barnsville, Ohio 507 - William H. Phelps, Pounding mill 309 - Jesse W. Vernon, Cedar Bluff 437 - J.B. Sparks, Raven 1324 - Nelson H. McClaugherty 504 - James W. Neel, Pounding Mill 43 - Clyde Calahan, Jewell Ridge 2181 - Jas. J. Spence, C. Bluff 1763 - French J. Peery, W. Graham 1548 - Governor W. Smith, Tip Top 1364 - F.B. Seabott, Graham 1066 - Herbert O. Bane, Poca. 924 - Alonzo C. Miles, Poca. 420 - Doll Shelton, Doran 1014 - Giusseppe Codespot, Boissevane 1176 - Tom Stiff, Poca. 514 - L.H. Reed, Pocahontas 433 - Milton Simmons, Raven 1329 - John H. Newman, Graham 10 - David P. Blankenship, Richlands 1045 - Pete Stefan, Poca. 1031 - Joe Mongrade, Boissevane 1705 - Wiley Compton, Shawvers Mills 1331 - Guy H. Nash, Graham 487 - Fred O. Gillespie, P. Mill 1282 - W.W. HOlbrook, Graham 1823 - William Mitchell, Graham 1847 - Marvin L. Burton, Graham 797 - Charles W. Butt, Poca. 140 - Marvin McGuire, Richlands 1536 - William L. Compton, Tip Top 1922 - Cecil A. Mowles, Tazewell 1723 - L. Andrew Thompson, Gratton 1779 - HOward C. Reynolds, Cove Creek 1236 - Jas. Allen Clark, Graham 2247 - Grover C. Elswick, Tazewell RFD 2011 - Charles Asbury, N. Tazewell 432 - Frank Smith, Red Ash 18 - William Bates, Alfredtown 652 - Jas. C. Lester, Tazewell 927 - William Music, Poca. 1484 - Marty K. Crockett, Tip Top 739 - Jos. Lewis, Cedar Bluff 1751 - Charles G. Powers, Tip Top 601 - Resse M. Russell, Indian 1322 - Arthur P. Morton, Graham 1146 - Everett McClanahan, Graham 1103 - Ralph Hodge, Martinsville 1395 - George R. Walker, Graham 606 - Jeff Smith, Cedar Bluff 182 - Arthur A. Stinson, Richlands 513 - Thomas J. Phillips, Pounding Mill 1771 - Robert s. Neel, cove Creek 46 - Eli Combs, Alfredtown 1020 - John Kennevoca, Pocahontas 1651 - E.R. Jennings, Boissevane 1099 - Charley Green, Pocahontas 1055 - Cling Avery, Pocahontas 223 - Robert Whitt, Richlands 2066 - Thomas A. Marrs, Adria 1441 - J.B. Moody, Graham (?) Can't Read - Jas. Wm. Johnson, Alfredton ? - Oscar E. Turley, Graham ? Jas. W. Russell, Cedarl Bluff ? H ? McGlothlin, Raven ? Charles J. William, Graham ? R.W. Plascher? Jewell Ridge ? S.M Tabor, Falls Mills 772 - Robert Taylor, Tannersville 1456 - Geo. A. Sanders, Graham 721 - Kelly K. Whitt, Paint Lick 1419 - Chas. W. Brooks, Graham 786 - Andrew P. Botner, Poca. 1549 - Chas. A. Sinkford, Tip Top 1476 - Chas. A. Billips, Tip Top 280 - Alex Cantrel, Harman 2322 - Edward S. Yost, Tazewell RFD 1292 - Chas. R. Tabor, Graham 972 - Jesse Stevenson, Poca. 983 - Pose W. Thomas, Boissevane 757 - Frank s. Griffith, Tannersville 966 - A.W. Sproles, Poca. 868 - Jas. F. Hopkins, Boissevane 2230 - Elisha E. Stevenson, Shraders 332 - William Caudill, Raven 2090 - Phillip J. Reynolds, N. Tazewell 379 - P.H. Lambert, Raven 1560 - Leland S. Edwards, B. Garden 542 - S.W. Belcher, Indian 2107 - C.K. Turner, N. Tazewell 194 - Norman C. Smith, Bluefield 874 - A.N. Honaker, Poca. 552 - John R. Birkelbach, Indian 1300 - Chas. Lawrence, Graham 2124 - A.A. Long, N. Tazewell 1673 - Jas. P. Wagner, Poca. 1887 - Thomas A. Howery, Tazewell 298 - Robert Meadows, Coaldan 675 -Rees B. Thompson, Pounding Mill 2132 - Arthur S. Beavers, Maxwell 1769 - Robert A. Fox, Tazewell 1294 - Joe C. Jones, Graham 1148 - Jas. Molton, Poca. 1647 - R.K. Hill, Boissevane