The weekly soliphone., 1915-06-25
DECLARES M'AMIS
Is TELLING TRUTH
Secured Cash on Warrants Merely
as an Act of Friendship, Say
Affidavits.


secretary of the Arkansas railroad
commission, and State Auditor M.
F. Dickinson, to the effect that A.
| j. McAmis, a former employe in
the office of the auditor had dealt
in warrants, are contained in sworn
affidavits by E. C. Nowlin, mana
ger of the Nowlin-Arkadelphi
Lumber Company, and w. s.
Grove, auditor of the company. Mr..
McAmis made affidavits charging
Auditor Dickinson and his deputy,
William Stoddard, with cashing
vouchers for I. f. Thomas, an ac-
countant employed by the legisla-
tive investigating committee, on
condition that he make favora-
BILE report on the auditors office.
Mr.. Wilson then made affidavit to
the effect that Mr. McAmis desired
he had remarked to him that if he
could cash them out of the money
to be paid into the treasury by
Judge Joseph M. Hill, it would "be
worth a months salary to him"
MR.. NOWLIN'S AFFIDAVIT.
"To the Public have read
by H. r. Wilson with reference to
state warrants that A. j. McAmis
secured the money on for us.
have this to offer: Some 80 days
ago l approached Mr.. McAmis and
told him we had state warrants in
payment of flour for the Arkadel-
terial for the adjutant generals
office and that the Indebtedness of
the state of Arkansas to our COM
pany was very great and that we
were needing money badly. He be-
| ing an employe of the state audi
tors office, l thought would per-
would come into the treasury than
we on the outside. Now Mr.. Nc
Amis and the writer being personal
friends, belonging to the same
church and members of the board
of deacons of same, the writer felt
no hesitancy in approaching Mr..
McAmis as a friend and asking him
to get this money for us if it were
possible. Some days later, Mr.. Nc
Amis came by the office, it being
on his way to his office, and Sc
cured three warrants, one for ST.
900, one for $94.35 and one for
S422. The two larger amounts
were made payable to the Arkadel-
phia Milling Company and the
smaller one to the Nowlin-Arka-
delphia Lumber Company. The
two companies being the same was
the reason the warrants were in
the hands of the writer. While the
writer was out of the city Mr.. Nc
Amis came into the office and gave
to our bookkeeper, w. S. Grove,
$1,094.35, which was the amount
of the two warrants, at the same
time returning to Mr.. Grove ons
warrant for $422, which warrant
we now have.
RECEIVED NOTHING.
"Now, the statement that Mr..
McAmis would receive compensa-
tion for service done from this
company is absolutely false, and we
are making affidavit that Mr.. Nc
Amis never received one cent, nor
was he ever offered one cent OF
compensation for securing these
warrants. The only statement that
was ever made was to the effect that
the state of Arkansas owed us the
money and that the warrants are
not paid out as issued, and that
when money came into the office
the first warrant in was the first
paid.
"The writer wishes to say fur
ther he has known Mr.. McAmis for
about two years, being associated
with him in various departments
of the church work and close per-
sonal relationship otherwise, and we
have never seen anything in Mr..
McAmis but that of an upright Cit
lzen and a perfect gentleman and
absolutely above reproach In an
informal meeting of the men of the
First Baptist church on Sunday aft
ernoon there was a universal con-
demnation of the statements made
against Mr.. McAmis.
(Signed) 'E. c. NOWLIN, Mgr"
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this June 81, 1915.
T. j. PARKER, Notary Public.
MIR. GROVES AFFIDAVIT.
Mr.. Groves affidavit follows:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern
II hereby certify that state war