The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-26

remarked that the gravel out there would make as hard a road, and I think the gravel along here came from down at Pickett Springs.
 c. And then? A. And then he re- marked--I remarked to Mir. Ford at thai time that did not think that gravel out there on the hill would ever pack as hard as that road.
 Q. What further passed between YOU before you informed MT. Ford of what had happened? A. Mir, Ford asked me how much Mir. Carter had offered me to $500 -''''
 Q. Did MT. Ford say at that time whether he had offered him anything or not? A. He did, sir, that he had offered him $500
 " HOW many times did he say that ne onered him? A One time.
 V. That he had offered him $500 one time to help him sell the gravel pit? A.
 Q. Have you had any conversations with MT. Ford as to the value of that gravel pit, did you and Mr. Ford ever oiscuss between yourselves the value of it! A. asked Mir Ford what MT. Car ter-if MT. Carter had come down Tn his price? He said Mir. Carter offered at that time, was s11 900; wanted ,s11 GOO for the gravel pit. Mir. Ford told me that he had come down considerably from s11 ,OO0 to E, 900. '' 'O
 .. Well, did Mir. Ford express to you any opinion that he had as to the value or the gravel pit? A. He said that he did not think it was worth $500. .
 o.. Did you. discuss with MT. Ford the course that you and he ought to pursue with reference to that offer? A. Yes.
 Q. You did? A. Yes.
 Q. What was that? A. We concluded l told Mrs Ford that MT. Carter had of- iered me. when hR asked me. and he told me that he had made him the same offer. said then, what do you think we ought to do about 1t, both of us know this thing. what do you think we ought to do about It? He said: Campbell, believe we should pass 1t over unless the Council de- cides to buy this pit, then we will tell the Mayor about 1t. He says: think the Council will reject the pit when they see the plat that am going to make of It showing the amount of gravel in there and the amount. of sand, think the Council will reject 1t. and there will be no use in saying anything about It.
 Q. Will you state to the Committee why you happened to tell Mir. Carr before
 
 Council or the Mayor, how did you hap pen to tell Mir. Carr? A. I was down there taking up the sewer two weeks ago, and asked MT. Carr what he thought they were going to do with the gravel pit, He said I don't know what they are go- ing to do about it. Then I told him, I said. I hope they won't buy it. I don't think 1t is what 1t ought to be, and I hope they won't buy it. Then told him. I said: I could recommend the Dit, I reckon. and get $500. MT. Carter has of- fered me $500 if I would recommend the pit and use my influence to sell it.
 o. How many days after that was it when you communicated the fact that this offer was made to you. to the Mayor, MT. Joseph? A. That was about two weeks ago.
 Q. Did MT. Carr advise you, or did he not advise you. that it was proper that you should lay this before the Council? A. He did not.
 Q. Did you consult him hs to whether you ougSt to lay 1t before the Council? A. did not, sir.
 o. At whose suggestion, if at any body's. you stated this to the Mayor? Did you state 1t voluntarily. or did he send for you? A. Voluntarily.
 Q. Did he send for you and ask you about It? A. No, sir, came in volun- tarily. sir
 e. Now, Mir. Jones, how many Alder men consulted you about the pit, can you recall? A. don't recollect any of them. Several mentioned 1t, talking about differ- ent gravel pits. but none of them came to me and consulted me as to the best pits, or what thought was the best pit.
 c. Do you consider then. Mir. Jones, 5000 as a reasonable and fair price for At.A cf1 leo -VN 4 think so, sir.
 Mir. Lobman-You said you made that report of this offer to the Mayor? A. Yes.
 Q. When did you make that? A. On night.
 O. That was after you had the conver- sation with MT. Carr? A. Two weeks af- terwards.
 Q. Why is it that you did not make the report to the Mayor sooner than that? A. We'll, just as I said just now, SIT, that had no idea that the Council would buy the pit at that price, if I had thought that the majority of the Council would have voted for that pit should have come to the Mayor and notified him would not have gone to the Council for this reason, that I don't think that I should have gone to the Council over the Mayors head; don't have to report to the Council, I have to report to the Mayor.
 Q. You intended telling the Mayor of 1t before he signed the ordinance? A. I did, sir, and I make another statement right here. that the night the ordinance was passed MT. Ford and myself were seated on that bench right over there Gin Council Chamber). I told MT. Ford at that time. I said: MT. Ford, I am going to the Mayor. He says: I am ready to go with you. That was the agreement he and had made. and we went into the Mayors office. and he had left and gone home-that night in here at F o'clock. On he was in here with lot of gen and we left and went to dinner I had to go to work at 80. and I told Mir. Ford when we left, and parted with him at Knabe's corner on my way to din ner. that I would meet him here at 30 o'clock and we would go before the Mayor Tuesday afternoon.
 c. When you came did you find Mir. Carr here talking to the Mayor? A. No sir. the Mayor was in his office at that time.
 O. Was MT. Carr here at the time the Mayor called you in here and asked you? Or did the Mayor call you in here and ask you if Mir Carter made you an offer? A. The Mayor did not call me in. we went into his office according to the agreement made that day at noon, came Into the of- flee at F o'clock to see him, and he was in this Chamber here with some gentle men, and I asked his stenographer where the Mayor was and he said in the coun- cil Chamber with some gentlemen. I waited a little while and then MT. Ford and I went to dinner, and when we came to Knabe's corner I made an agreement with him to meet here at 5:S0 o'clock. and when we came in there was some gentle men in his office sitting talking and MT. Ford remarked to him that he and want