The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-28

same thing is true as to the six cars of oats.
 or the three care purchased during my administration the auditors state ment gives no detail as to one car the Pennsylvania car. As to one car the New York Central car-the city weights were S6 pounds more than the railroad weights and 414 pounds less than the invoice weights. As to the other car, the c. and N. W. car, the citys weights were PIT pounds less than the railroad weights and 127I pounds less than the invoice weights So that, according to the auditors own figures on the only cars purchased from Dean during my administration the city paid on 191 pounds less thar railroad weights and 1891 pounds less than shippers invoice weights.
 Now, I charge MT. Petersen was gull ty of a miserable attempt to deceive the public when he gave out state ment comparing the railroad weights and invoice weights of these cars nd omitted the citys weights by which alone payment was made and which were thefore alone material. l desire to say do not believe that either the city purchasing agent. Commissioner Gafford, or any other city employe has been guilty of any fraud in connection with the Dean purchasers and that in my opinion MT. Petersen and his po- litical allies have been guilty of cheap and contemptible politics for the pur- pose of furthering the conspiracy against commission government. I mo- tice MT. Petersen now states that he did not charge me with misconduct in connection with the alleged change of minutes and admits that this change occurred during the administration of predecessor. What, then was the oh- feet of incorporating this matter in Q petty. spiteful and malicious assault on me? C. EAUM.
 MT. Agee's Statement
 The statement which was given out bv Mir. Agee yesterday is as follows:
 q regret very much the present status of the controversy between the Mayor of Birmingham and the city auditor ana very much regret to have to- state certain facts in connection with the mat ter, but on behalf of the Birmingham Grain exchange and the innocent party involved I feel that the public should know the facts and an honest and inno- cent man in his time of trouble should be protected. I know, too, that when the facts are correctly stated that they will hurt in many places. but the facts frequently hurt, and are always best Tn the end.
 "As president of the Birmingham Gram exchange, the first part of January or this year. a young man, MT. Guerry of Artesia, Miss. called on me and deliv- cred me certain correspondence that had passed between his father, Dr. N. D. Guerry, and A. B. Lonergan, operating as a grain broker at Birmingham. The correspondence showed that in November last Lonergan had ordered from MT. Guerry four cars of Johnson grass hay at sl2.40 per ton f. o. b. Birmingham. and Mr. Guerry, not having the hay ready for immediate shipment, turned the order over to his neghbor, MT. w. P Smith of Bent Oak Miss, who shipped one car of Johnson grass and the car of Johnson grass and alfalfa mixed. On arrival of these cars at Birmingham Lonergan induced the shipper to release the cars. thereby getting possession of them without paying for them and he then remitted him $10 per ton on the Johnson grass and s11 on the mixed hay, stating that he had to make these al- lowances on account of the grade.
 "The correspondence showed that later MT. Guerry shipped two cars of Johnson grass hay, and on arrival at Brming- ham Lonergan paid the draft on one car, but succeeded in getting the other car released and he remitted on basis of s105o per ton on one car and s9 on the other.
 NOW the papers showed that this last ca ron which he took off $40 per ton, was sold to the city of Birmingham at s1250 per ton. The shipper invoiced 17,SO0 pounds and it was invoiced to the city at 2o,o00 pounds. In making his re-