The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-10-13

at Lne nome OF the SAID IL. w.
Smith on Saturday between
twelve and one o'clock. We die
mot go and. on Saturday night
October 8, 1927, the said L. D
Mullins came to our home .ant
i said he was ready to fix w
THAT business, referring to what
1had happened the night before
llnd we told him that we want,
led to go to the election and vote
il person and he said that if
I've did not vote that night that
said J. G. Smith would not do
anything more for us and he
was expecting us to vote and re
ferred to the $4,000 being given
to us and we said we thought
we were signing a note, when
we signed it and he read a little
|oaper and said this is what you
Fsigned, the attached paper mar
E.led "a is the kind Of paper
The read to us. The said L. D.
Mullins called to some men who
we're. out in the road and the
| said Leonard Stanley, registrar
|at Caney Precinct and S. a.
Smith, brother of j. C. Smith,
anne in the house and they all
persuaded and begged us to
vote and they offered us $1,000
more that night if we would
vote and said they would ar
range a note at the bank, so we
could also get some more mon
". They also told us that we
:ould vote now and then if we
wanted to go to the election we
.ould go and vote and destroy
The vote they had for us to vote
that night. The said Leonard
Stanley is the endorser on a
note for me for $500 and he
'nsinuated and intimated to me
that he would not endorse a re-
newal of it unless we voted.
They stayed from 2 and -
to three hours trying to get us
to vote and threatened to never
accommodate us in any way if
we did not vote and when we re-
fused they left mad. We offered
hem back the $4,000 which
'aid j. c. Smith and w. E. Ras-
lick gave us the night before
md they refused to take it. The
attached two ten dollar bills
constitutes and is the money
riven to us by the said w. E..
2asnick and J. C. Smith. The
bills are numbered as follows !:
No. 2737 The First National
exchange Bank of Roanoke.
1887 Series of 1902.
No. 8505 The Narwood Nat
'onal Bank. $3.50 Series of
1902.
l do not know how the ballots
we're marked by j. C. Smith.
tut I want to vote in person at
The election ground and want to
vote for w. B. Phipps, Alva
Smith, Eivens Tiller, w. H. Nc
TCoy and Garland Kiser.
This October 10, 1927.
FATE BLAIR.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me, Ora Grizzle, Justice
If the Peace of Dickinson Co.,
Virginia, on October 10, 1927.
ORA GRIZZLE, J.P.
VIRGINIA:
DICKINSON COUNTY, to-wit
/. M. T. Blair, after being du-
Nv sworn by Ora Grizzle, a JUS
ice of the Peace of Dickinson
County. Virginia, hereby make
the following statement:
My husband, Fate Blair, my
ION, Bill and l were going to
Nicewonder's store and on our
|way we passed the home of D.
wv. V. Smith. NY husband and
son were in front of me and
talked to Annie Smith, the wife
IF D. w. V. Smith, but l did not
hera the exact words used. | ov-
7rtaken my husband and sor
and on our way down the roac
we met said D. w. V. Smith
who is brother of j. C. Smith
of Clintwood, Virginia. The
said D. w. V. Smith asked us
if we wanted to borrow some
. money and my husband said h.
did and the said d. w. V. Smith
said he was arranging with J
c. Smith (Cowan) to let u,
. have some money and for us t,
come to his house on Friday
, night, October 7, 1927, being
the night of the day we me
said D. w, V. Smith.