Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-29
To the voters of Atlantic rlagisterial
District.

My Dear Sir
In last weeks Enterprise" there
appeared card over the signature OF
one James b. Taylor, containing state
ments in regard to drain near Mr..
Neal Corbin's store, which statements
are not correct, as will appear from a
certificate hereto attached, signed by
three of the parties whose names he
gives in his card and who are the only
ones he mentions, have spoken to in
regard to the matter. Mr.. Taylor, OF
course, wrote this card with the in
tention of injuring me in the coming
primary election, which takes place
next Saturday and before a denial
published in the paper could reach the
people, as he well knew when he held
back his card from publication until
the last issue of the paper before cleo
ton, when according to his own state
ment, this information had been in his
possession four years. Under these
circumstances | was forced to send
out circular letter to the voters Civ
ing the facts of the case which are as
follows: Mr.. Noah Slant and some
other parties went down to Accomack
@. H., to a meeting of the Board of
Supervisors to see me in regard to the
drain, and | told them that if they APP
piled to Court for a drain, commits
sioners would be appointed to assess
the people benefited according to the
benefits they received, or if they cut
the drain without applying to the
court, would pay whatever was fail
for the benefit done the road. This
drain was cut afterwards part by pri.
vate parties, and part by Mr.. Tyndall,
the road machine manager of the dis
trict. Mr.. Tyndall cut that portion Of
the drain which he thought it fair fol
the district to cut and the parties in.
terested cut the balance. Mr.. Noaf
Slant, one of the parties Mr.. Taylor
mentions in his card, says he paiC
81. 90 as his part for having the drair
cut.
Mr.. Taylor says l went to them anC
asked them for their support and sale
| was going to cut the ditch, ant
that | did cut the ditch before
election came off. positively deny
that | told any of the parties | wa:
going to cut the ditch during my con
test with Mr.. Sharpley, and this fact
is certified to by three of the parties
Mr.. Taylor names in his card in then
certificate hereto attached. | further
state that the ditch was not cut be
fore the primary election as Mr.. Tay
lor states, but that the primary cleo
ton was held on September 9th, anC
the ditch was not cut until sometime
after said primary, as the road ma
chine manager informs me. Mr.
TAYLOR further states that none of the
seven parties he mentions voted fol-
me in my contest with Mr.. Sharpley
The attached certificate shows this tC
be false. | have reasons for thinking
that about all the parties he named
| except himself, did vote for me il
that contest. AS to himself, | will
state that saw him sometime aftel
the election, and he told me the only
reason he did not vote for me wa!
that he had the promise of the roat
machine if Mr.. Sharpley was elected
Believing that the above statement
of facts together with the certificate
hereto attached of three of the par
ties, Mr.. Taylor refers to in his card
shows plainly his motive and animu'
in writing said card, | respectfully
submit the matter to the fair minded
people of the district and hope it viii
be their pleasure to again honor me
with their support.
Very respectfully,
w. L. MOCK.
We, the undersigned voters of At
lantic Magisterial District, referred tC
in James B. Taylor's card in the EN-
PRISE of June 22d, 1907, certify tina
we voted for Mr.. w. l.. Mock in The
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