The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-02-23
"STILL IN EiHIsOls,, ARE WE,

"Govcnor Tillman does not agree with
Attorney General Townsend about the dis
pcnsary at thrs place. The Attorney Gcacr.
al stated in letter to Il gentleman at this
place that diSpcnsary could he established
here upon petition of majority of the free
hold voters of the town. 1t is stated now
that gentleman Of this place visited the
Governor short time since and cnOuircd
whether Il diSpCnSary could he established
here, and the Governor stated that ii could
not. This settles the di$pcnsary question
for this place, for whatever the Governor
says goes. - Sentinel.
'1hc Sentinel keeps striking, when il
believes lis victim is down. This is the
second attempt to bring rrpronch on the le
gal ability of Attorney General Townsend.
If the Sentinel would take the pains to get
its facts straight before rendering it's opin-
ion and entering into adverse criticism, it
would be free from its apparent Injustice
to an able and conscientious officer of the
State. In tie first place the question, as TO
whether or 80: PicNcnS is entitled to dis
prnsary. has never been passed upnn by
the Attorney General, and he never under
stood That that question had been submitted
to nm for his oll'cial opinion. We re-
member srcnC his letter and there was
nothing in il which would lead n lawyer to
believe thnt he bad given his official opinion
on the question. the letter, merely directed
the enquirer how to proceed according to
the Evans act, to get q dispenser appointed.
| am sure if our astutc ncighuor had read
the letter, he would have seen at glance
that the Attorney General was not aware of
the fact that Pickens had n prohbitory law,
but was under the impression that PiGkcns,
| like all the other Counties in the State, eX-
| ccpt three or four, had no prohDitOry law.
1t would hardly be just to expect The AttOr
ncy General to know what Counties haG
prOhibitOry laws, go rs to say that PickcnE
was not entitled to a dispcnsary, if his at
tcntion had not been called TO shat point
These were our impressions Of the matter
when the SENTINEL fin ST aSsailcd Mr.. Town
send. When we met him in Columbia Sool
afterwards, we asked him if he intended
to give it as his opinion that Pickcns wa
entitled to dispcnsary, there being pro
hibitOry law for tins town. He said tha
he did not SO intend and did not undcrStan,
that his opinion on that question had beer
requested, but had only outlined the pro
cccdings by which a dispenser could be ap
pointed, taking it for granted that the towi
had 90 prohibitory law.
The Sentinel says, 'it is stated that a gen
tloman OF this place visited the Governor
short time since and cnqulrcd whether
dispcnsary could be established here" Nov
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Generals office and reported to the Sentinc
it would have not made its second attaci
on that officer. journal.
The SENTINEL has never believed IL hat
a victim. 1t did not try to have one ant
was not strininS at any one because we be
licvcd they were down. We have neve
tried to bring rcproach upon the legal acu
men of Attorney General Townsend, as thu
journal says, and only stated facts rs WI
had them from what purportcd to be {
letter from the Attorney General giving hi.
opinion upon the dispensary matter at this
place. AS for Governor Tillman disagree
ing with the Attorney General about tho
matter we know nothing, except as it como
TO us second hand, and our informant is 6
reliable person. The point we wished tc
impress was that Attorney General Town
send, like many others in this State, has &
boss, and that boss is Governor Tilmap
which the Journal will not deny.
We read the letter referred to by us and
byour neighbor, the Journal. and orr con
structions of that letter is as different as j.
possible 10 be. 1t is q matter of opinion