The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
AErTER FROM MR. ADAMS.
sSx.He Has Never sceA Mr. Coles -N Report.

sAv.f7e Has Never seen Mir. Coles
 N Report.
 In Ntustice to myself will say that have not seen the report. maae py yaad @ conseauently do not know its contsh,s s From Information given me, IL is claimed that the entire differences ars in the item of a ss,ooo cheek drawh x ,Ss ps ticket sales at the gate. The atfeched letter from Mir. W. F. Vandiver. Tres ident of the Association. completely ex- onerates me from any connection with ticket sales or receipts. AS to this 'l know absolutely nothing.
 My connection with the s9.0OO has been explained to the Executive Com mittee and my contentious are easily proven by the books of tho Association and the report of Mir. Cole.
 Montgomery. Ala.
 January 4. 1908. MT. J.sC. Adams. City.
 Dear Sir:-Referring to our conver- sation this morning touching Fair mat. ters. In regard to tickets, will say that when the tickets which were ordered for the Fair of 1906 were received. they were turned over, by my instructions to MT. +. Q. Blakey and MT. L. B; had custody of the entire consignment. Together they arranged as to their dis- tribution, records being kept of those Issued and taken up. They made up and submitted. am advised, state and also of the tickets lifted, which statement was furnished to the Asso- citation Auditor for use in checking up. There were a great many tickets left over, which were turned over to the Auditor during the last Fair. of which |. rA at ha ThAFA were, am advised, turned over to MT. Cole on Tuesday, or the second or third day of the Fair, about 10000 tickets of different denominations. The fol- lowing day something like iS,0o0 more tickets were delivered him. and the fols lowing day, three large boxes of tick cts. actual contents not known. were delivered to him. On receipt of each lot, MT. Cole had a memorandum taken of the number of each denomination Of ticket. It seems that the statement ha had prepared took into account the tickets unaccounted for. as between the original number purchased, and those taken up at the gates. No inquiry was ever made as to the whereabouts Of these tickets, and it was by the merest chance that discovered that his report showed a shortage: presumably repre- sented bv these unbroken rolls of tick cts. and the "deadwood" or the broken rolls which were taken up from the ticket sellers during the nrst fan. Tn fact, Mir. Cole made the statement, when told of the tickets. that his re- port would have to De amended. credit ing the deficit by the face value of the different denominations of tickets which remained on hand by those who had charge of. the tickets @
 As you say the tickets were never in your possession after the opening Of the Fair In 1906, you having turned them over to MT. Blakey and MT. Whit field, who, until they were called on for the tickets. had them in their pos session.
 NoNdoubt the records of the Auditor will show the memorandum of the tick. cts which were delivered back to him and which he was supposed to have credited on his statement.
 I hope this covers the ground. would suggest that you confer with Messrs. Blakey and Whitfield also.
 Yours struly.
 W. F. Vandiver