The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01

tAS SAQ DE JOn0SON.
Evidence Produced.
In the meantime the alteration be
tween Alderman Barton and Mr..
Johnson had taken place and had
been settled, and Mr. Pruitt had been
brought into the council chamber to
give the council the benefit of any
testimony he might have on the sub
iect.
The bid which MFR. Pruitt had sub
pitted, and the one on which he won
the contract, showed that the figures
ne submitted had been changed. The
odd as It originally stood was fer ST..
1888. These figures had been canceli-
ed and the figures $2,265 substituted
When asked about this matter Mr..
Pruitt admitted that he had altered
his figures, but commended that he had
done It OF his own free will and ac-
cord. He stated that In bidding on
jobs he sometimes found that he
could purchase material cheaper
than he had at first figured and that
he would withdraw his original bid
and make substitute bid. Mr..
Pruitt stated that he heard Alderman
Barton state that he (Alderman Bar
toni had heard on the streets that
the man who got the contract for the
barn would have TO bid under $4,000.
City Engineer Testifies.
At this juncture City Engineer
Sanders took the floor and said he
had few statements TO make. He
stated that he did net mean to i'm
plicate Alderman Barton in the slight
est degree, but that when the bids
were considered at the committee
meeting Tuesday nigh: he observed
Immediately that there had been
some Irregularities. He specified as
to what the alleged Irregularities
were, stating that the envelope in
which Mr.. Johnson'j bid was sub
mitted gave every appearance oil
having been tampered with; AID thai
the bid submitted by Mr.. Pruit: nad
been altered.
Aldermen Iate and Garter.
Before the investigat. on had pro.
crossed this far, however, Alderman
fate had asked that he be relieved ct
membership on the committee. AL
.lerman Ttate also stated that Mr..
Pruitt had told him Tu ,.day morning
that his bid ON tho barn was S2.ia3.
The alderman caid that only one of
the contractors had handed his bid
to HIM, ana this was turned into the
committee Tuesday night.
Alderman Carte: denied any krowl-
edge g. the mater. stating that he
had Ms. scen any of the bids until
they we.c opcacd by the committee
Tuesday ...ght.
ADD. liGn Barton Talks.
Alder man Barton denied emphatic
ally that he had in any way tampered
with the bid submitted by Mr.. John
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