The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-05
Names Of Negroes Were
Put On Voting Lists at
!, Precinct Near Emporia
dr. Taylor Corrects Errors In News Leader
Publication and Replies to the Criticism
Of Judge Goodwyn---Numerous Citizens
Ioin Mr.. Taylor In Statement

last two weeks. He replied as fol-
Emporia, Va, Sep. Ala.
Murphys Hotel, Richmond. Va.
No negroes have registered at Hick-
ford precinct during the past three
weeks.
ReEistrar,s Affidavit.
This II the AFFIDAVIT Of w. H. Briggs.
Jr., registrar Of Moss precinct:
State Of Virginia.
Greenyille County, towit:
This day personally appeared before
me. J. s. wrenn.. clerk OF the Circuit
court Of Greenesville county. W. II.
BriEgs, Jr.. who made oath that on
wednesday. August 10. 1914. went to
tho office Of Judge Samuel Goodwin
for him to instruct me ~ TO the law
in reference to registering parties who
desired TO vote Il the election Of Sep
tember ~, 1914. and Judge w. Samuel
Goodwin informed me that no did not
have the last election laws. but Mr.. J.
q. Taylor, the registrar for Beldeld
precinct, had one OF them In pamph-
let form. and be would let mo have II
Judge GOODWIN also teld me to be
careful mot 70 allow any one TO regis
ter unless they were fully qualified
under tho law 10 do so-and that tho
focal option people did not caro- for
negroes to register for this election.
was called into = meeting in n. L.
TAyiorss Office with several gentlemen
Uf the town, and ono OF thsm ASlEsd mo
70 resign ~ registrar. but gave no
reason. only said he thought . good
deal Of me and II was best that ! give
the books over to r. F. HAnes e. pro-
hibitionis) TO act ~ registrar. ana 7
declined to give tho books mp. At that
meeting III. l. Taylor remarked that
any man who tried to get negro vote
would steal or do any other dirty thing
to get his vote" And I further certify
that have been registrar for Moss
precinct for over year. and since that
time have hAd only eleven negroes to
apply to be registered, and have only
registered four Of them
I further certify that on the night
OF the Goth OF August. 1914. DR.. r. r.
MacNAir came to me and informed me
that Rev. Mr.. Boggs told him that he
heard was getting one dollar apiece
to register negroes. and the money was
paid mo by tho liquor rnAn. and told
him that II was lie. ana the next day
my father went to the Rev. Mr.. Boggs
and demanded his author. and he In
formed my father that he did not know
who said It
Given unsr my hand this the slst day
Of August. 1914.
w. H. BRIGGS JR., Register,
Subscribed to and sworn to by W.
II. Briggs. Jr.. before me, this the slst
day of August. 1914.
J. s. wRENN.
Clerk OF the Circuit Court Of oreenes~
vile, County. Virginia
Mr.. Taylsr Genes Back.
Mr.. Taylor's letter to the News
Leader. which that paper has not print
ed, 10 az follows:
t'tCopy'')
Emporia. Va. September ., 1914.
To the Editor OF the News Leader.
Richmond. Va
Dear Sir:
In your issue Of today. I ma under
the caption, 'Prohibittonist Tnctacs
Arc Disclosed, q misrepreeenfation
OF facta % far a. the article rsiates
~ MlaRos1a. asu 4f3Hts " asaxe4nesst
from NJ. w. IL Brigsa, r., : regis
trar 81 this county. In regard to his
registration OF negroes You connect
this with an article published In The
virginian. August u. In which Judge
". Samuel GOODWIN was referred to
IN = letter written By myself and
quoted In Tho virglnian article. with
out Givins my name ana you state:
Not only did the Anti-Saloon
league make Z sweeping stafemsnt
that Judge Goodwin was atfsmptins
to register the negroes Of Grcenesviile
county. but openly accused registrar
Of that county Of accepting one dollar
q head for registering them.'
will mot attempt to reply 70 your