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AN that they predicted as the result
OF this movement has been advocated nv
suffragis ~ -femlnlsts in New York this
winter The antI-suffragist talked of the
new woman and was laughed at Now the
younger suffragIsts laugh At the mental
frumpishness and the dowdy prejudices OF
the Older suffyagists
In one OF the largest churches in the
city of New York "A feminist meeting was
held at which old fashioned homes and
old fashioned mothers were held up to
ridicule and scorn. and both men and
women sun advocated
tho deslrability of free love. voluntary
motherhood. the economic indcperdencc
OF women and the consequent release OF
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PLEA FOR THAW WINS
HOST OF SIGNATURES
Hundreds Of Petitions Call for
Refusal by state to Pay
Lawyers.

Harry X. Thaw IL trying to have tho
State of New York refuse to pay the
lawyers who have been trying 10 get him
back to Matteawan. Thousands OF copies
Of "A petition have been circulated In this
city and when they are filled with the
signatures of those who believe az Thaw
does they will be mailed TO the members
OF tine Assembly.
The petitions call for support of the
resolution offered by Assemblyman John
u. Golden OF the Third Assembly district
New York county denying pay to the
special state attorneys for their services
in trying to have Thaw brought back
II seems likely that thousands OF sigma
lures will b" affixed to the petitions. even
II the estimate of one OF the men VINO were
circulating them is eXaggerited. lie said
100. O00 signatures have been obtained.
\ private detective agency has been
hired to circulate the petitions, and thou
sands OF them have been sent 10 restau-
rants, saloons. cigar stores and other
places where men cUngtcSats in large
numbers.
Those in charge OF the petitions have
had no trouble getting signatures. In one
saloon IN Harlem three pages holding
l50 names each were filled on Saturday
night and Sunday. The pages are six feet
long
Tho campaign for signatures was begun
Friday evening and II was said that 100
/ agents Of the private detective agency
have been out since then, Above the
petition itself Is this instruction:
please mail this on March 22 without
fail. Hos. JoHH b. GOLDEN.
Member Of Assembly"
The petition reads:
"To the Honorable Members Of the Assem-
bly, Of the state 81 NcW York;
I'VE, the undersigned. believing that
undue EFFORTS are being made by officials
d, thnIv a,nAa 10 rat la "A "a
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HEAVY SHOWS TOCUT
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Bumper Crops Expected by Gov
eminent Experts as Result
Of White Blanket.
WHEAT IN GOOD CONDITION
Big Benefit in Corn Belt-Un-
dergrOund Moisture Stored
Tn for Year.

WAsHiSoroN. March 22.--"Don't grow
hot under the collar and mako unicorn.
plimentary remarks about the continuous
succession of snows.orins that are making
under foo. disagreeable and holding back
the coming Of gentle spring, for We need
this snow in the business Of reducing the
high cost OF living
This Is the injunction OF the soil experts
OF the Department Of Agriculture. Tho
longer the snow blanket fingers. the more
frequently Il Is replenished and the slower
II Ia to take It's Hnai vernai departure
withou. any sudden dash into the head
waters Of the streams. with consequent
freshets and floods. the better for every
body. II means gigantic crops OF corn and
wheat better vegetables, more stock feed
and maybe lower prices
For n number of years the country at
large has not enjoyed such general SHOWS
AS have whiten.d the countryside during
February and March OF the present year.
Also IL has been the occasional catastrophe
that one great heavy snow has fallen lato
in the season to be followed by II quick
thaw and consequent floods. Now the
soil sharps. seeing that conditions are
number OF springs. are encouraged to be-
lieve that 1914 is destined to be year OF
bumper crops.
Good start for Crops.
To THE Sun correspondent DR. Jay a.
Bonesteel of the bureau OF soils said to-
night:
III this snow blanket will only take its
time in departing we will have a better
crop start this year than for several
years. To date conditions could be hardly
more ideal. We have had snow after
snow-not too heavy but persistent
enough to keep the ground covered well and
the tender shoots Of the wheat in perfect
condition.
This II particularly true OF New York
State and Eastern States generally.
but at the same time conditions are far
better in the middle West than Is the
general average.
In the corn belt where there was con-
siderable depletion Of the crop through
too persistent drought last season. the
snow will prove OF incalculabls benefit.
The corn belt ought TO have = splendid
start
sturdy Roots From Moisture.
Where snow has long lain upon the
ground and there has been extensive op-
portunity for Il to seep down into the
earth, carrying its moisture from one to
two feet. the soil is prepared TO develop
sturdy roots for the cereal crops. The
plants therefore stand better chance
against possible deficiencies In the matter
OF rainfall during the period OF their
growth.
Snow is a splendid insurance against
drought. not complete OF course. but i'm
menseiy valuable Snow furnishes the
Underground moisture storage OF the year
We have plenty OF snow for storage
purposes this season and II the thaw does
not set IN with too great "a rush, thereby
starting destructive floods. We will begin
the development of 1919 crops under
idea. conditions"
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Niss :FolaLaFol1eeee..

|, men from any obligations to support their
own offspring.
AS matter OF fact, many OF the sen
tments expressed at these sunragist-
feminist meetings are scarcely AZ 20 re-
seat In the columns OF the daily press The
editor OF woman suffrage publication
and a prominent member OF the New York
State Suffragist Association expressed
views that would shock the lIottentots OF
South Africa"
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suHraEtats Move Onic~s.

The New York state Suffrage Asso.'a.
ton is making it, second NOV. sinc-
December. The house at Fifth av,uu.
and Forty-hrst street which II ha. occ'i
pied Is to be torn down May !. bit n,
April Is tho suffraEIsts hope 20 be IN.
stalled at 3O3 FIN avenue. a. Thirty.
first street
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old TeIegrapher Falls Dead.

Harvey butcher, one of the oldest
tclegraphers In the city. died of heart
failure early this morning at the Manhat-
tan and Of the Brooklyn Rridge. lie had
the reputation OF being the most widely
known press tclcgrapher In the United
States. ii5 was co years old.
lie was on his way to a hotel on Park
Row, where he had lived since the death
Of his wife in 1911, from st. Gregory's Hos
pital. whore he had been treated for
chronic ASTHMA,
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A TRACE OF MENTAL
faint BARS ALIENS
immigration Bill Is Drastic
in Addition to Requiring
Literacy Test.
CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS HIT
Two Physicians Will Examine
Each Person Coming In
at All Z. 8. Ports.

WASHINGTON, March 92-The fmmisra
ton bill as It emerRea from the Senate
COMMITTEES on immigration contains many
new restrictive regulations in addition to
the literacy test The changes include
restrictions against the admission OF aliens
suffering from every form of mental all
men, and from mental deficiency In any
and every degree.
In the bill as It passed the House under
section 3 there appeared tho following
language.
THAT the following Glasses OF aliens
shall be excluded from tho United States {:
All idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded persons.
epleptfcs. insane persons, persons who
have had one or moro attacks OF insanity
at any time previously"
To this the Senate added
persons OF constitutional psyohopathic
inferiority persons with chronic alcohol
ism"
hended within any Of the foregoing ex-
cluded classes who are found To be and
are certified by the examining surgeons
as being mentally or ph
AS being mentally or physically defective,
such mental or physical defect being of
"A nature which may AFFECT the ability of
such alien to earn living"
strcngt hened In senate.
This the Senate committee changed by
striking out the adjective mental" Ca
pac.ty to earn q living or not In thus
removed as possible excuse for the
admission OF a mentally undesirable.
"a decided arnpAhcaton of the
scope and exhaustiveness OF the psy-
chiatr!c and psychopatic examination
of incoming aliens is provided In
section Is OF the bill. After set
ting forth the charcter OF the training
which the examining medical officers shall
possess with view to insurlng thorough.
ness in the examination as in the Burnett
bill the senate committee has Inserted this
provision:
AN aliens arriving at ports OF the
United States shall be examined by two
such medical officers which increases
the insurance OF thorouYhness.
Under the Burnett bill this medical
examination was provided for all large
ports OF entry" Tho Senate committee
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another State or by citizens or subjects
OF foreign state or by reason OF the
citizenship OF any corporation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-23

WAsHiNoroN, March 22-''It might be
necessary for the future Miss La Fol.
lettes to carry their marriage certificates
with them when travelling with their
husbands. or does the feminist go 80 far
as TO denounce our present standards In
this matter also"
This is one of the shots at Miss Fola
La Toilette, who Is suffrigist. the wife
OF George Middleton and the daughter
Of Senator La Toilette OF Wisconsin. con-
tained in "A statement issued here to-day
by Miss Minnie Bronson. secretary OF tho
National Association opposed TO Woman
Suffrage. criticIslng Mss la Follette's
campaign against married women as
suminG the names OF their husbands
In the statement which attacks sufra-
gist "femln!sts in general AID Miss La
Toilette in particular the anti-sunrag!s;
says
Perhaps the most amusing feature Of
this twaddle. II 1t can be called anus ng.
Is the plea Of Miss La Toilette ,Mrs.
George Middle,on)-the parenthesis is
mine-for the right OF n woman 10 retain
her maiden name after marriage and
TO be called Miss instead OF Mrs be-
cause II was no business OF the world =
whether a woman IL married or not
The Problem of Her Name
Now Miss La Toilette. although mar
RED woman. prefers her fathers name TO
her husbands. but what right has she
10 call La Toilette her maiden name .
Is her maiden name her fathers name.
or Is II Smith. or Jones or Brown. or
whatever name her mother bore before
she was married and even then. w3.s
that no, her mothers fathers name
1t would seem therefore that Mss La
Toilette, instead OF retaining her Identity
AS she claims she does. has become in
extricably mixed as TO name and the
only solution for such tangle. II women
generally adopted the plan, would he -
40 back to first principles and call all
women Ewes and all men Adams.
Also with our present standard of
law and morals II might be necessary
for the future Miss La Follettes TO carry
their marriage certificates with theui
when travelling with their husbads. or
does the feminist 20 SO far as TO denouncc
our present standard OF this matter also .
III the nations law and public opinion
are to be recast IN this spirit Il is time
for the people to recognize the quality OF
the forces at work.
ideas once accepted are not long in be
ing translated into results, and this
Temple OF Liberty to which the vote IL
the key. will prove not Temple OF
Liberty at all. but step IN the dark
which leads to the destruction Of al the
present safeguards for women which
have been built up at such cost TO human
ity.
"Anti-suffra rtsts have for ycn-s been
derided for their exaggerated fears OF
what sort OF a world this so-called woman
movement would lead TO. Wei. how dc
they stand az prophets now
Predictions FuIHIIrd.
An that they predicted as the result
OF this movement has been advocated nv
sufrrag s ~ feminsts in New York this
winter. The anti sufIragist talked of the
new woman and was laughed at. Now the
younger suffraglsts laugh At the mental
frumpishness and the dowdy prejudices OF
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Singing At MI. Carmel

The County Singing Cony
ton which met with Mt. Gar.
mel Baptist church last Satur-
day and Sunday was well at
tended, every section M the.
county being represented.
President McCrayey conserya-
lively estimated the crowd on
Sunday at fifteen hundred or.
two thousand people. Perfect
order prevailed throughout the
day and everybody that listen
ed to the singing enjoyed it.
When the Glory song was
sung in the morning a thrill
swept the crowd. This was
rendered by Professors Vaughn,
Colquitt and Weems.: 1t was
fine. A special feature Of the
morning was q duet "A Senti-
ment to Mother sung by Profs-
Boldfng and Weems. In the
afternoon an especially good
number was rendered by a doh
BILE quartet, when they sang
.'All Hail the Power Of Jesus
Name. "
The next convention will be-
held September rs and 81, with
the First Baptist church Of
Liberty.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Pleasant Grove News

J. P. Anders has purchased a
nice pair of young mules.
A. B. Fortner Of E'urman . NJ
versity, visited homefolks last
Sunday.
We will have a large fruit
crop this year if we don't have
anv more cold weather.
Matthew Fortner and family
of Greenyille. have moved on
his farm in this community
The farmers would be glad to
see good rain. as we will not
get a stand of cotton until it
comes.
The singing class of Pleasant
Grove attended the all day
singing at Mount Tabor last
Sunday.
The UNION meeting will meet
with the Pleasant Grove Bap-
tist church on the 5th Saturday
and Sunday in this month.
Mrs. Lillian Cox and her son,
Curtis. of Greenville are spend
ing several days with her cous-
ins. Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Rigdon.
A FARMER.
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PICKENS, S. c.. MAY 7, 1914
Local and Personal

Prof. W. H. Hand, state
supervisor of high schools. visit
ed the Pickens school, Tuesday.
Miss Lorena Taylor of Pick
ems, is the guest of Miss Sarah
Adams on North street.-Green
vile Piedmont.
Do not forget the entertain
ment at the school house to-
night. It will be the last "
ceum number this season.
L. R. Dalton, a good citizen
of route l who has been indis-
posed for some time, is improy-
ing and was in town Saturday.
Messrs. Hagood Bruce, Fur
man Morris. Casey Porter,
Grip Anthony and Gary
Hiott spent Sunday in Ander-
Join the y. D. G. in the beau
tiful service which they will
hold on Memorial Day. Their
Invitation is given in another
column.
A. M. N. Gravley, an excell-
ent farmer Of route 3. accom-
panied by his good wife. was in
town shopping and on other
business Saturday.
Clifford Lewis, OF Lockhart.
visited his parants. Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Lewis. in Pickens last
week. He was accompanied by
his friend. Mr.. Walker.
Some improvements have
been noticed since the call for
clean up was issued. Let the
good work done on the lot sur
rounding the tennis court go on.
The union meeting of Pickens
Baptist association will meet
with Pleasant Grove church the
fifth Saturday and Sunday, May
80 aud 81. Ali churches are
urged to send delegates. Look
for program next week.
Mrs. j. 7. Richey entertain
ed the Entire Nous club Wednes-
day afternoon at her home on
Hampton avenue. The attend
ance was unusually large and all
enjoyed the meeting very much.
The members were glad to have
Mrs. Guy McFall and Mrs. H.
B. Hendricks as visitors. A
salad course was served by Mrs.
Richey, assisted by Mrs. w. T.
Jeanes and Mrs. B. Lewis.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
PickenS Route |

Mr.. D. Finley worshipped at
Griffin Sunday.
Mr.. Eddie Jones attended Grif-
fin Sunday school last Sunday.
The people Of this section are
nearly through with their plant
ing.
MIR. and Mrs. Furman Trotter
attended services at Griffin Sun
day.
Mrs. Lula Nal!ey of ?elzer
visited her sister, Mrs. .Elya Dorr,
recentlv.
There was some fine singing
at Mr.. S. S. Childs' last Sunday
afternoon.
Roy Chapman of route 4 at
tended Sunday school at Griffin
last Sunday.
Misses Marie and Annie Mae
Smith attended services at Oole-
noy last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wash Leslie
spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr., and Mrs. Carl Childs.
Mr.. Tommie Trotter of Pick
ems route l attended Sunday
school at Griffin last Sunday.
Mrs. G.. T. Dorr of near Enon
is spending this week with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. SIS. .Childs.
The Sunday school is still
marching on. There certainly
was a nice crowd present last
Sunday.
Mr.. S. P. Freeman and family
and Miss Beatrice Leslie attend
ed the singing at Mt. Carmel
last Saturday.
FoRGET-ME-NOT.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Rebels Move to SaitiI!e.

Chichuahau, Mexico.-Gen. Fran
cisco Villa has gone to Torreon. Gen.
Carranza will remain behind for a
few days and then will follow Villa to
Torreon to review the troops. A ban
Quet marked the elimination of the
excellent relations existing among the
leaders of the revolution. In his
speech Gen. Carranza declared the
present revolution is social rather
than political in its nature. designed
to establish law and order, educate
the masses and solve the agragian
problem
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Memorial Day

May 10 is the day set apart by
the South on which to honor the
memory of those who wore the
| gray. The day this year falling
on Sunday, will be appropriately
celebrated by religious services
!; in many churches and at many
cemeteries. The Pickens chap
j ter, United Daughters of the
$Confederacy, has prepared for a
memorial service and cordially
invites the citizens generally to
! join with them in this beautiful
Tribute to the brave men and
noble women who upheld the
rights of this beloved Southland.
An invitation is hereby extend
ed to the members of Camp Gar
vim and all Confederate veter-
ants to join in this service. The
school children will take part,
and the parents are asked to
10 S0nQ Cn6lr CnllQren ana pro-
vide them with flowers for dec
Grating the graves.
The exercises will be held in
the Methodist church, beginning
promptly at 5 o'clock. An ad-
dress will be delivered by Rev.
L. E. Virgins and the entire
program will be appropriate to
the occasion. After the exer-
cises in the church, the march
will be made to the cemeteries
and the children will strew. with
flowers the resting places of the
dead. Let the entire community
join the Daughters in this SER
vice.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
carranza Will Protect Oil.

Chihuahua Cen. Carra0zs Is de-
termined to use every effort to pro
tect the immense Oil properties at
Tampico, owned by foreigners, prin-
cipally British, and he tesegrapbed
to that effect Agents Of the consti-
tutionafists in Washington sent mes
senges to their military leaders at
Tampico to do all in their power to
protect the oil properties there and
assurances that extra precuation
would be taken to prevent damage to
Che properties were conveyed to Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambassador.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Easley Route [

Miss Minnie Lenhardt is slow
ly recovering from a recent i'll
ness.
Miss Effie Miller, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Will Riddle of Greenville, has
returned home.
Most of the farmers in this
section are through planting ex,
cept a little corn. Wheat and
oats are looking fine.
The patrons of the Lenhardt
school district elected as trustees
Messrs. B. D. Lenhardt. Steve
Smith and Bub Jamison.
Miss Irma Grant Of Easley
visited her uncle. Mrs G. Chap
man, Saturday night and Sun
day and attended the singing at
Mt. Carmel.
LOST Boys WIFE.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF peace
with a steady abatement OF wal
talk was the dominant feature II
Mexican developments here. Atteu
ton stM was centered on the work OF
the South American mediators, who
reported steady progress and no dead
lock between the parties.
In other quarters, however, the
failure Of General NCarranza thus far
to accept the mediators' proposal foz
q suspension Of hostilities, caused
continued doubt over the outlook fol-
broadening the scope Of the media
tors work to a, settlement OF the
whole Mexican situation.
The report that DR.. Edward Ryan,
an American In the service Of the
United States Government, was about
to be shot as spy by Mexican Fed
erals at Zaca1ecas caused serious ap-
prehension through the day, but reas-
surances as TO Doctor Ryan came
direct from Hperta late in the day.
While the gravity and the hopeful
ness of the situation varied from hour
10 hour, the South American enyoys
kept steadily at their work holding
two sessions at the Argentine Lega-
ton. Their long conference with Sec
retary Bryan was followed by a con-
ference with the Spanish Ambassa-
dor Senor Riano, who represents the
Huerta Government The mediators
made no announcement
1t was known they were expecting
another definite Development soon,
which might lead to statement later
but its purport was not disclosed.
There was reason to believe, however,
that it related to the attitude Of Car
rama
Summing up what the mediators.
had accomplished, well-posted auth,
ority said it represented more actu-.
ally done IN a given time than ever;
had occurred IN the history OF inter-
mediations He specMeG beginning
April 2S, and continuing SIX days in,
elusive.
First, acceptance Of good Offices by
the UaSsed States; eesgsAs acceptance
by Huerts;; third, acceptance by Car;
rama; fourth, suspension Of hostili-;
ties by the United States: fifth, sus7s
pension Of hostfities by Husrta.
a sixth development, It was expSct-:
ed, would further emphasize T what
was being done.
The Spanish Ambassadors confer
snce with the me6taeor9 was not to:
deliver any oommuV1icatton from
Huerta, but to 20. ever the general
situation. TsSg mediatocs are sending
cables direct 90 Huerts and Carranza,
and geceivns direct replies. The text
s=65 the Huerta reply through his For
eign Minister, accepting good Offices
and the Euecta reply to the azmistlce
psopocal, received were direct cables
to the mediators.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Local and Personal

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Bowen
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. T..
Parsons at Lisbon, Fla.
Seyenty-one white people and
five negroes stood the teachers
examination here Friday.
A. B. Adkins, superintendent
of Alice mill in Easley, was in
Pickens a short while last week.
The people of-this vicinity
were blessed with a very re-
freshing and much needed rain
Tuesday.
There are some unsightly
fences around which. if renaov-
ed. would add greatly to the
looks of Ptckens.
Messrs. T. L. Bivins. j. T.
Richey and Frank McFall were
elected trustees of the Pickens
school Friday.
One of our popular COM
missioners, is offering for re-
election. at the solicitation of
friends. His announcement ap-
pears in this paper to day.
From the accounts in the
newspapers South Carolina has
been cleaned up from the City
by the Sea" to the Mountain
City" Let Pickens join in this
crusade against disease. The
colored citizens responded we'll
to the last call of cleanup day.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Think Huerta Will Fail.

Ell Paso. Texas.-Seyeral rebel lead
ers declared Victoriano Huerta was
ready to step down and out under the
pressure of his cientifco supporters,
who. they said, already regarded re-
bel success as inevitable. The con-
stitutionalist leaders said that on &C.
count of this belief they would make
no concessions when mediation came
up as a result of the good Offices Of
diplomats. Rebel leaders in El Paso
said good Offices were accepted by
Huerta only as means Of Saving
his face
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-07
Township Singing Convention

The Pickens Township Inter
denominational Singing conven-
ton will meet with the Pickens
Presbyterian church Sunday.
May 10, 2.30 p. m. Following
program will be rendered:
Devotional services by the
president.
Arrangement of the class by
some one.
! Glass singing, conducted by
the leaders present; two pieces.
Quartette singing.
Business meeting.
The Worth of Music in Our
Churches, !" by Prof. Ballentine.
Talkon music byProf. .Hallum.