Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-07-27
Reply of w. l.. Mock to Jas. b. Taylor.

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SIX space in your paper to reply TO
ertainincoTect statements contained
n a letter appearing in your last
ssue, entitled "a reply to Mr.. VIM.
:. Nock's letter of June GOTH" This
communication, although not signed,
shows upon its face that it is TO be
to be the product OF one
James B. Taylor, better known per-
maps as CDR. JIM" who signed the
article in the Enterprise" of June
%. the statement contained in which,
nv circular letter of June "a, 1907
sent out to the voters OF Atlantlc
District and afterwards
published in the Enterprise" OF
June 90, proved to be incorrect.
The last effusion from the above
stated origin can hardly be termed
reply to anything. In it, Mr.. Tayior
admits he was mistaken in some OF
his statements, evades others and
sets up new matter, which l Will
show to be false. You will recall
that in his first communication, Mr..
TAYLOR used this language: HE
(meaning MYSELF came to us ana
asked for our support and also stated
that he was going to cut the ditch.
He did cut the ditch before the eIec-
ton came off, neither of the seven
promised to vote for him, nor qua we
vote for him. The county paid Tor
cutting the ditch although we had
previously promised to pay for our
half of it,"
Now let us examine the above
statements in the light of the evl,
dence subsequently produced. and
see how many errors Mr.. Taylor
made in this one paragraph.
His first statement: "He came 10
us and asked for our support, and also
stated that he was going to cut the
ditch Mr.. G. Corbin, @. Bonawell
and Noah Slant certified in their GER
tificate attached to my letter OF June
la. that | never told them or lntl-
| mated to them that / was going 10
ihave the ditch cut.
| His second statement: HE did cut
| the ditch before the election came
Off" | showed in my last letter that
the election referred to was held on
the 9th of September, and the ditch
was not cut at all until sometime
afterwards and that only part OF IL
was cut by the District and the bal
ance by private parties. Mr.. Tayior
| in his reply is silent as to this.
His third statement: Neither oil
the seven promised to vote for him,
nor did we vote for him." Mr.. y.
Corbin and Noah Slant certify that
they did vote for me.
His fourth statement: "The county
paid for cutting the ditch although
we had previously promised to pay
for one-half of it," The District cut
Ionlv part of the ditch and private
parties the balance of it. Mr.. Tay'
for, in his reply. now admits TINS
when he says: "Mr. Tyndall, (mean,
| ing the road machine manager, cut
ali of the ditch that was cut IN tht
lyear 1908. My uncle tells me thai
next year the land holders did cut
and clean out the ditch down next tx
the river shore.n If Mr.. Taylor haC
mot been in such hurry to write tina
article with the hope of injuring my
candidacy, and had taken time to in
ouire of his uncle or some OF TIT
other parties he mentioned, as to thu
truth of the matter, he would no
now be in the position of having
made so many incorrect statements
Now as to his. last communication
} He starts off by denying that he wa
| to be road machine manager IN TN
leyent of Mr.. Feddeman's election
The next thing in his reply is his al
) mission that he did tell me that Mr.
= Sharpley had promised to conside
Ibis application for road machln
manager favorably, in the event o
his, Sharply's election, but says tina
5 this conversation took place with m
before the election. 1t did take plac
lbefore the general election, but ate
the primary, and was as l stated l
I nv last letter. Now as to that par
d of Mr.. Taylor's letter in which n
D comes to the defense of Mr.. BonaWel
=, he says: 81 wish to say in behalf {
Mr.. Bonawell that l understand h
did sign a paper to the effect tina
o Mr.. Mock did not consult him as
e cutting this ditch, but after REMIND
ed Mr.. Bonawell that such was nc
the case, he wrote to Mr.. Mock o
e the 22d of June telling him not to Us
Ibis name as he was mistaken and 4
l. had consulted him about the ditch.
so there may be no mistakes as
Il Iwhat Mr.. Bonawell signed, l will glN
u again his certificates.
i 1--WE the undersigned voters of A
llantic Magisterial District referred
4 in James B. Taylor's card in the 81
- terprise" of June p, 1907, certify tn
1t we voted for w. L. Mock in tt
e Sharpley contest and that he ney
Il told us or intimated to us he W
= going to cut the ditch referred to
IL said card. @. Corbin,
lie G. Ronawell,
Isl Noah Slant.
N There is nothing about consulting
:. in this certificate. The certifica
simply denies the charge that Tayl
made in his letter of June %, with
during my contest with Mr.. Sharpl
III had gone to these people asking I
I'd their votes and promised to cut q
r. ditch in question.
n, Deposition of Bonawen.
u O. Did Mr.. Mock ever say anythi
nj to you about signing an article
ry the nature above stated?
IN A. Yes he did and insisted on 4
o. doing so and offered us inducemer
in to sign a paper which he had, but
at absolutely refused to do so, and "
IS surprised when learned that he n
r. used my name to such a paper a
Id further this deponent saith not.
a, Now, we have Mr.. Taylor sayir
m that he understands Mr.. Bonawell
ID. sign such paper, and Mr.. Bonaw
on swearing positively that he did n
IL Mr.. Taylor is correct in saying IL
Mr.. Bonawell did write to me that
did not want his name used, but be
| in error both as to the date the let
to was written and sent, and also as
mt its contents. The letter was writ
M June "a, 1907, and not June %, a
as the envelope in which it came sho
at that it was mailed at Jenkins Bird
of June "a, 1907, and was not recei7
W. until after my letter was writ
IN. Now as 10 the contents of the lette