The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-07-21
FLA.1LY DENIED
A Reader Of the Stale Asks g
and Light Is Given Him.

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ABOUT SOME CHARGES
made Against The State and Messrs.
A. e.. Gonzales and Mm- g. Con q
zeles, Publishes and Editor OF
That Journal, by MIR. John =: Dun
can, of Columbia.
The following statement, whion
we clip from The State will be reao
with interest:
Tie South Carolina political cam
Daien is about half over. In most
of the Counties visited, John 4.
Duncan, an entry for the Gubernasl,-
torial nomination, has spoken, part
Of the burden of his speech beng an
attack on The State and Gonzales.
u appears the attempt is made
in more or less incoherent utterah-
ces to connect "Gonzeles" with tne
Seminole Company; to induce tne
nnblic to believe that Gonzales .ad-
voca4ed the removal of the Asylum VI
from Columbia so that he and !as-
sociates might buy the Asylum prop
erty. worth s2,oO0,o0o, for $500
600. and alleging with more or iess
dsrrettfess that Gonzales" proposed
or planned to cell to South Caroiin!a:
for .theuse Of the Asylum, his farm
ID Richland County for $500 an acre
when land as good could be got by
nuacan for $40. 1t Is alleged also
that there were meetings at nlg1'
which were conspiracies for robbing
NO neonle In which Gonzales TOOK
CONSPICUOUS part. -, .,
Neither The State nor Gonzales
had. any thing. to do with the disoarr-
ment of Duncan by the supreme
Court. Nor are they responsible TOT
the rules of the party governing en-
tries liz the Democratic primary on-
derstapding Duncan's condition, and
assuming that it was known 70 tne
neonle of the State, these attacks
caused neither concern nor oltter-
negs. Even In this day, one may
be ..arm'd so strong in honesty tnat a.,
such allegations from such sources,
pass ,by "as the: idle wind" It was
thought that all respectable people
would Ypderstand: .e,.s..s.., ,,,.
But oTe reader Of The State, +.
G. ooyington, of Bennettsville, stands
forth in all South Carolina, asking
for proof of The States integrity;
he thinks it due The States readers
to know whether those who assume
to lead can be vindicated. AS Mt. ::
Coyington seems concerned he snail
not be denied, and those assalled
say to him. a
1st: Neither The State nor Con
ZdlGS udu AOA@SASAASb
with the Seminole Company.
,eud: The State advocated the re-
moyal of the Asylum from the city
limits of Columbia, suggesting
bond issue to pay for a new modern
plant, and holding that the 1ud1c:lous
sale of the Columbia property would
furnish money for retiring those
bonds. It was supposed by The state
that this property would be placed
in tine hands OF the sinking FUND
commission to be sold gradually TO
the best advantage of the taxpayers
Neither Gonzales, nor, so far as
he is informed, any Of his "asso-
ciates" has ever contemplated puT-
chasing the property or any part OF
it.
srd. Neither The State nor Con
zafes" has any property in the VI
cinity of the Asylum to be benettteo
nv its removal; on the contrary re-
moving the Asylum from Columbia
and opening to improvemnt ana SET
element several hundred acres OF
land within and Immediately out OF
the city, as advocated by The state
would have retarded for years every
other suburban development ABOUT
Columbia. In several Of these su-
burban developments the owners OF
The State are financially interested.
The removal of the Asylum Whlcn
was urged by The State for the sake
as The State saw it-of betterlng
the condition of the unfortunate In
sane, and improving large section
of the city. would have caused direct
financial loss to The States owners
with no financial return.
4th: If 100000 or any other sum
was offered for Asylum property "a
point on which they have no lnfor-
uration) neither The State nor Con
zales' had the most remote connec-
ton with, or interest in, such ofer.
5th: The Gonzales" farm was
not, directly or indirectly, offered TO-
or suggested by it's owner for, occu-
nancy by the Asylum. 1t has never
been on the market.