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

SAID u. w. ". Smith on Fridal
night, October z, 1927, and al
ter waiting about an hour TIL
said j. C.Smith, w. E. Rasnicl
Milton French, Shade Bowmsa
keglstrar of Stratton Precinc
IN Dickinson County, Virginia
wv. Fl. Smith and L. d. Mulliu
Jeanne and they began to tall II
Isas about fitting out SONS 80
land Cowan Smith asked how NIL
wrote our names. He was wriH
ling something and he request
led me to take the pencil and Il
ibid thinking it was bank nod
and after this Cowan SniM
took out of his pockets two b83
lots and marked them withoM
asking us how We wanted VI
vote, don't know how he mar 4
led the ballots or who he vots@|
JUS for. Then the said J. G. Smi9 y
and w, E. Rasnick took us
Eanother room and they want
Ito give US $1,000 each and S
100 for aur son Annis for
help in the election and TIL
the said We b. Rasnick offer
Itls $1,000 each and we refus
| to take it. The said w. e. RI 8
nick then laid it down on a tab
lie and the said w. E. Rasnick
and j. C. Smith both insisted
on us taking the money and
picked it up, then we went out
OF the room and the said J. G..
Smith started to fix up the pap
ers, ballots, etc. in some envel-
opes, when something was said
about us voting or belonging to
the Caney Precinct and they
then said that Leonard Stanley.
the Registrar at Caney, should
be present and | asked if all
people were having to register
again and Cowan Smith Ct. C.)
said no and then | asked what
was all of this about and J. C.
Smith said we were voting and
begun to beg us to come back
next day at the same place,
when they could have Leonard
Stanley present. J. C. Smith
said what had been done was
not legal and it would all have
to be done over before Leonard
Stanley, the Registrar at Caney
Precinct, which is the precinct
where we live. I said l thought
I'VE were signing a bank note,
then j. C. Smith laughed. I told
j. c. Smith I did not want to
vote, that | belonged to the
church and did not want to do
anything wrong or get into
trouble and ]. C. Smith said for
no one to tell what had happen
ed and for us both to come back
next day, October 8, 1927, and
everything would be fixed up
and nothing would be said about
it and it would not cause any
trouble. The said j. C. Smith
said that Leonard Stanley would
be at the home of the said D. w.
| V. Smith on the next day, Sat
urday, October 8, 1927, between
twelve and one o'clock. We did
not go to the home of the said
D. w. V. Smith and on that
night, Saturday, October 8, 1927
the said L. D. Mullins (Doc)
came to our home on Ramsey
Ridge and said he was ready tc
fix up that business, referring
to what had happened the night
before. My husband and l TOLD
him that we wanted to go te
the election and vote and he, l.
D. Mullins, said that if we die
not vote that night that J. C
Smith (Cowan) would not dc
anything more for us and he
was expecting us to vote fol
that $4,000 we got and we sale
we thought we were signing &
note and then l.. D. Mullins reaC
a little paper and said that was
it. The paper he read was like
the one marked "a" filed with
the affidavit of Fate Blair. Their
L. d. Mullins called to some mer
who were out in the road an(
Leonard Stanley and S. A
Smith, a brother of Cowar
Smith, came in the house ant
then all begun to beg and per
suade us to vote and said they
would give us $1,000 more tina
night if we would vote and al
/, so said that they would arrang,
. a note at the Dickinson County
Bank so that we could get som,
more money. They also said w