The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-23
NEGRO FAIR VOUCHER
BOOKS ARE RECOVERED
jackson APPEALS TO STATE
's1if1ler Gives Up Books After First
.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Made BY Gov
- -. errors Secretary and Attorney-Gen-
rrai--Milicr May Have to Explain.

william Miller. proprietor of a local
r.~ro hn,ei and treasurer Of the
Negro Industrial and Hisioiical As
u sociation. now having an exposition al
@pthr state Fair Grounds. was caleo
i,pon Yesterday by Acknowledged
Jchn Garland Pollard. and by Alex
ander Forward. secretary 10 Governor
stuart, 10 surrender TO the oHNeI'loi :
~ once the voucher books Of the negro
= fair. which Miller had carried away
frem the association Offices me
books were recovered
Though Miller carries the title OF
treasurer OF the exposition organiFa-
Y ficn. he is not a bonded officer ana
q has nothing To do with the actual ais
Il barsement OF the associations FUNDS,
u and whs hs should have removed Inc
books from the associations Ounces
- IT second and Leigh Streets may nave
10 he explained after Governor stuart
returns from the West saturday night,
~ ana after State Accountant w Frank
= Smyth returns from trip into the
n western part Of the state
DtsburSing al $4,000.
The czl made upon Miller yester-
day By Mr. Pollard followed one made
i "Wednesday night b. Mr. Forward
acting for Governor stuart who ~
III charged with supervising the dtsburse-
~ sslenys Ey Sthe recro exposition ot the
funds appropriated - the United
States Congress and by the Virginia
s~~xseneraI Assem- hly. totalng $4,000.
state Accountant Srnyth vas designat-
ed by Governor stuart 70 aei as his
fiscal agent In carrying out The GOV
errors work ~ supervision.
Giles Il. Jackson president Of the
Negro Industrial and Historical ASso-
citation. to whose credit the appFo-
prtations were placed to meet expenses
rs hF a.
ton. is q bonded officer. being under
bond OF s2se00 for the faithful rem
dering OF accounts and conduct Of the
exposition
On Wednesday night Giles Jackson
appeared at the office OF Governor
Stuart and informed Secretary For
ward that Miller had removed the
voucher books from the association =
offces. Miller had no right. II is said,
to remove the books and why he de-
sired them in his possession Is mat
ter that is puzzling State officials.
Miller Refuses.
- Captain Forward addressed a note
10 Miller, commanding the delivery
rf the books TO the Office of Governor
Smart II was taken TO Miller by a
member of the Capitol police force,
Miller refused TO surrender the books
-nstd the officer so reported to Mr..
Forward
Yesterday morning Secretary For
ward took the matter up with Attor-
ney-General Pollard and the latter
determined that the books must be
delivered by Miller. Captain Haynes,
OF the Capitol police force, armed with
the Attorney-tieneraps pa per. went to
Miller's residence and asked for the
books. Miller was out, having started
for the Capitol with the books. The
negro and the officer had passed each
other somewhere on the way. anc
when Captain Haynes returned TO the
Governors Office he learned the books
had been delivered.
80 Giles Jackson called at the Capitol
yesterday afternoon to learn whether
or not the books had been received
at the Governors Office. He expressed
surprise that the voucher book should
have been removed from the asocia
stion's offces by Miller or anyone else.