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JTARMVTLLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAKQIJNA, JUNE 11, 1915
G. A. ROUSE. Editor.
ONLY DIFFERENCE
OF OPINION.
Mr. Bryan Unwilling To
' Sign Response Prepared
to the German Reply to
Lusitania Note; Believed
Might Possibly Draw the
U.S. intoWar~P*esid?nt
Regret, -B^jpfement.
Washington, D. C., Juno 8.?
William Jennings Bryan, three
times Democratic candidate (or
the presidency of tho United
States, and author of .nearly thirty
peace treaties with the principal
nations of the world, resigned to
day as Secretary .of State as a
dramatic sequel to his disagree
ment with President Wihon over
the government's policy toward
Germany.
The resignation was accepted
by the President. The Cabinet
then apptoved the response
which wait been prepared to the
German reply to the Lusitania
note. Acfling-Secretary, Robert
Lansing will sign the document,
and tomorrow it wiU^be cabled
to Berlin.
Secretary Bryan will return to
private life tomorrow when his
resignation takes effed. It was
learned that he intends to con
? ..tinue his political support of the
President.
Rather than sign the docu
ment which he believed might
Pvktibly draw the United States
in1o war, Mr. Bryan submitted
his resignation in a letter decltr
ing that "the issue involved is of
such moment that to remain a
member of the Cabinet would be
as unfair toyuu as it would be
to the cause which is nearetfl my
heart, namely, the prevention of
war."
The President accepted tlie
:/ resignation 4n a. letter of regret,
?"?Min;;cd with deep personal feel
ing of affctfUon. The letter*,"
cwAituting the official an
nouncement of Mr. Bryant da
; parturc from the Cabinet to pn
vato life, were made public at
the White House at six o'clock
tonight.
iSp UHer of Resignation. is,
? ;&??Uuy." Bryan"* loiter, .of
resignation was ns follows:
"My Dear Mr. President:
$ "It is with sincere regret that I
reached thexonclusion that
I should return to you the com;
mission of Secretary " of State
with which you honored mo at
tho bctt}nning of your admin
iflration.
o . "Obedient to your sense of
duty and cduatedby the higher
for.
a member of the Cabinet would
bf as unfa.r t? y?u as it would
oe to the cause .which is nearerfl
otune'y* prevention
01 war
"I therefore, respetffully ten !
, " ml rcs|f;naiion, to take el
IS *be? ,he nole ? ?nt, unless
aILPT ? ?n earlier hour
Atlke desirous of reaching a
peaceful solution of the prob
lems arising out of the use of
submarines agaiofl merchant
men, we find ourselves differing
Irreconciably as to the methods
# 8n0uld ^ e^Ptoyed.
It falls to j our lot to speak
S / u' 'hr aa,ioD: I con
sider it to be none the less my
duly to endeavor as a private
citizen to promote the end which
whL Jn View by mcaD*
which you do not feel at liberty
to use. J
Mfo severing the intimate and
PjMwnt relations which have
exttted between us for the pail
two years, permit me to acknow
pr?found saUfadion
which it has given me to be as
sociated with you in the import
aot work which has come be
^ St?,e ^Pfrrtment, and
SS*d.)ou "* *? ??"???
"Mfith the heartieft cmnri
*?m to a?.3gV?i
personal welfare and for the sue
cess of your ndrainiflration, I
am. rny dear Mr. Presldeut,
very truly yours*
(signed) "W. J. Bryan."
Tin President's Reply.
The president* letter to Mr.
Bryan was ay follows: ; :
My dear Mr. Dryan:
I accept your resignation only
because you iu&ig upon it, K.
ceptandt; and I accept it with
much more than deep xeeret
with a feeling of per^ni ^
row- Our two ycrfrs of close as
sociation have been very delight
J Jl?? ? ur 'ud*?ments have
accorded in pradically every
oublic ?"'c'al duly and of
public policy until now; your
support, of the work and pur
poses of. the adminUhatloo has
^OfenerousandJoyul beyond
prams your devotion to the
dutiei of your great office ami
your eagerness to Jake ad van
Uzerof every great Opportuniiv
for service it offered has been an
example to the reil of lls; y6u
have eanud our affectionate
admiration and true friendshin
Even now we are not seperatod
?n the objed wo seek. b?,
ijj the method by which wo seek
"It is for these reacons my
feeling about yovg^Btiremenr
from the Secretaryship 0f SfoM
Roes so .much deeper than rS
oj|*fl? iTtoi 2ScrVnd
oujm to pursue theni together
?n,y **
C"Xf-?pc4d in the parJicf'
i,h41' conti^uo to work for the
POLITICAL
AGITATORS
r
POLITICIANS WHO CAPITALIZt
STRIFE A MENACE TO
OOVKRNMINr.
Ntgltct of Agricultural ?nd Industrial
Opportunity* a National Ortmo.
?y Peter Radford.
rhers never viu a time In the his
tory of thla nation when we needed
statesmen more or agitator* leaa than
at the present moment. . The oppor
tunities now afforded as on land and
sea demand the best there la In state
craft and the possibilities that are con
fronting OS call for naUoaal Issues
that unite the people, build Industry
and expand' trade. The agricultural
and industrial develops*'-, tt of this
nation has suffsied severely at the
hands of agitator* who hare sent
torpedoes crashing into the "port aide
of builnesa and whose neglect of the
Interests of the farmer makes them
UtUe Ma than political criminals. We
1 want no more of theee Ml spirits to
predominate in government. Too long
their hysterical cry has sent a shiver
down the spinal column of industry.
Too long have the political agitators
capitalized strife, pillaged progress
and murdered opportunity. An Indus
trial corpse ia not a desirable thing,
a crippled business an achievement or
neglect an accomplishment about
which any representative a t the gov
ernment has a right to boast.
Issues that Breed Agitator* Should bo
Eliminated.
The political agitator must be elim
inated from public life before thought
ful-consideration can be given to a
constructive program in government.
The liquor question Is the most pro
line breeding ground for agitators and
whether pro or antl. the hatch is
equally aa undesirable. Thla article
la in no sense a discussion of the li
quor question but Icala solely and by
way of Illustration with the political
products of that laaoe. Other sub
jects win be dealt with In the order
of their Importance. > .
In the history of our government
the liquor issus has never produced
'a constructive statesman worth men
UpnlEs and It nsver wllL It has sent
more freaks to Congreea, Ulllpatiaus
to the Senate and Incompetent* to
offlce than any other political lame
under the sun.
The recent experlenoe of the Eng
lish Parliament which lashed Itself
.Into a fury over the liquor question
haa * lesson thht it Is wall tor the
termers of this nation to observe; for
the subject In some form or other is
constantly before the publlo for solu
tion ard ofttlmes to the exclusion of
more important nroblema to the Amer
ican plowmen. ' " ?j?"
Too Many Political Drunk arde.
Lloyd-George, the Prohibition leader
>1 Europe who led the prohibition fight
in England, haa declared that.be will
-never sgaln take a drich politically
and there are many American politi
cians? pro and antl? who would reads*
their oountry a service by climbing
berth* water wagon or aignlnc a pleds*
of .political temperance. Too often
I our .legislative halla are turned Into
political bar- too and many of the
I member* become intoxicated on liquet
discussions. We have too many polit
ical d*7jkard?? pre and a=U-ta our
publlo affaire. No one who to ft slave
WHY SHOULD
WOMEN m
? -r
WOMAN'S 6UFFRAGE PROM TH?
VIEWPOINT OP I CADI NO'
FARMER8.
Why M ould women vote? That to
(be question that Is ringing from
ocean to ocean and reverberating from
tie Canadian bclindary to the Mexi
can! border. It la the mlialon ot a
new paper to give the newa and the
nation ot the Texas Farmers' Union
In opposing woman's suffrage when
that question was recently before the
Texaa. legislature is significant as
representing the attitude of the or
ganised plowmen. We reproduce la
part the argument presented by Bob.
W. D. Lewis, president of the T exaa
Farmers' Union, In opposing the bill;
"It Is gratifying to note that It ia
not the farmer'e wife who Is clamoring
for the ballot She . Is too busy
trying to make' happier homes, mold
ing the snlnde of future cltixens and
sharing with her husband the caree
of life to Indulge In political goaslp.
The ballot will give her no relief from
drudgery, giro no assistance In cloth
ing the children or bring to the home
additional comforts, conveniences or
opportunities to Ufe. It Is, aa a rule,
the city woman promoted to Idleneaa
by prosperity, who 1> leading the suf
fragette movement.
"Prom many standpoints, perhaps
? woman haa aa much right to vote
. as a man. So haa she aa much right
to plow aa a man; aha has aa much
right to work la a factory aa a man;
ehe haa as much right to shoulder a
musket as a men, but we would rather
aho would not do so from choice
and we rqgrot that necessity ofttlmee
compels her to earn a living by en
gaging in gainful occupations. We dc
not consider misfortune a qualifica
tion for suffrage or a business acci
dent a reason for granting franChlaa.
We are opposed to woman at the
ballot box the same aa we are op
posed to woman In the Held, In the
factory or In the army and for the
?elf-same reasona. We had rathe*
aee her plant Sowers than sow wheat;
gather bouquets than pick cotton and
rear children than raise political Is
. suea, although she may have aa much
light to do one as the other.
Opposed to Unaexlng Humanity.
"Sex qualification for suffrage may
h*ve tta apparent Inconsistence*. No
?aaeral nit* adjust* Itaalt perfectly
to all conditions. It la a favorite ar
gument advanced by the proponenta ot
woman's suffrage that many cultivated
and noble woman are far more capa
ble of Intelligently exercising sov
ereignty tftan a worthiest negro, bat
the Soutk- never IU anxlou* for
negro suffrage, and while culture and
refinement. and even morality, are
dealrable .virtues, they are not the
only qualifications for franchise.
"The primary. Inherent an4 Insep
arable fitness for Suffrage is support
ing ? family. The plow handle, the
forge a^d the struggle for bread af
ford experience accessary to properly
Bark the ban-it- Oovernment In ?
great big business and civilization
from the very beginning "assigned
woman the home and man the busi
ness affairs of life.
"There has besn much freakish leg
islation enacted during the paat de
cade, that no doubt appeals to woman'*
love for the ridiculous, but to under
take to unsex the -human race by IM
la the 'height ot legislative folly <nd
a tragedy to mankind.
"We are opposed to the equal rights
of woman?we want her to ever re
main our superior.' Wa consider
woman's desire to aeek 'man's level
the yellow peril of Twentieth Century
civilisation.
"Woman Is the medium througk
which angels whisper their message*
to mankind; It is her hand that plant*
thoughts In the intellectual vineyard;
It I* through her heart that hope, love
and sympathy overflow and blesa man*
Idnd. Christ? ths liberator of womaa
kind? waa latlsfied to teach tho lesson*
of Ute and He wa* a man. A* chose
to ml* over human hearts and re
fused worldly powar and m*a fallowed
?ttar Him, women washed HI* feet,
little children climbed rpon III* knee*
and fcc'Ruler of the universe said
that In Him He waa well pleaaad.
"Can wrwsaq find a higher calling?"
We regret to report that we
have nothing Aartliog to report.
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P r ?
ANNUAL I E. CONFERENCE OF
WASHINGTON DISTRICT TO BE
HELD HERE JUNE 16-18/15.
GET BEHIND
THE PLOW.
. Germany, they say, is cue vail
truck garden, with scarcely a
foot of wa&e ground. This is
the policy adopted by the Ger
mans to insure food for the sol
diers and the civil population
now that the. empire is isolated
from the outside world.
And if Germany can put mil
lions of men into her armies and
flill cultivate all of her land, why
is it we Americans cannot ac
complish greater results With.the
Mild in this country, where we
have no wars to swallow up our
young men and all are free to
work?
Juil ca& your eye aiound our
own community and note the
land unlilled, waiting for Ihe
man and th% plow. Think of Ihe
many thousands of dollars this
idle land would produce if there
were a man behind and a horse
in front of that plow. And think
of the unemployed all over the
country who are complaining of
"no work-"
It's bunk ? all bunk ? this cry
of "no work." There's plenty of
work in the country for those
who are willing to turn their
bauds to honeil work wherever
it may be found.
The cold fadt is, moil people
arc so arbitrary and stubborn
thev insist on doingcertain Liads
of work, or they won't work at
all.
Our great cit&s, and even
many of the smaller ones, are
siinply daggering under the bur
den of the unemployed, and yet
there are millions of acres of
rich land waiting in vain lor
some one to till them.
There may even be people
right in our immediate vicinity
who are wailing and bemoaning
Ihe so called lack of work, when
as a matter of fndl there is work
for all of them in the fields ad
jacent to our little city.
The man who can't work
should be pitied and cared for,
but the fellow-who won't work
should be kicked out of the com
munity and left to shift for him
self. Too many drones wadle
the subilance of those who cre
ate.
It might not be a bad idea for
the city to own a big truck gar
den, where work can be fur
bished those who are un
employed in ca?e. family con
nections are such that they can
not wander abroad in search of
fields that are calling them.
And then every man who is
unemployed, or cannot show a
visible means of support, might
be required to work in this truck
garden for reasonable wages un
til such time as he can secure
employment at his trade or other
occupation.
Some such arrangement us
this would solve ?he unemployed
problem so far ai
certed, and othet commumiiu
could look after themselves.
In aa* event something should
be done to prevent the wa&e of
good land which wo see on
every band, and if Germany can
REV. C. L. READ, P.
E? PRESIDING.
The Conference Will Con
vene Wednesday Night,
June 16th.? Opening Ser
mon to be Preached by
Rev. R. R. Grant.? Ses
sions Will be Held Both
Day and Night.
The Annual Methodic Epis- ?:
copal Conference, of Ihis (Wash
ington) District will be held this
year in Farmville, begin nine
with an opening sermon by
Rev. R. R. Grant, of Swan
Quarter, Wednesday nijiht June
16th, at 8:30 o'clock,
Presiding Eldir C. L. Head,
whose -headquarters are at
Washington, will preside over
the Conference, and sessions
will be held both >1dy and night.
' Farmville and surrounding
community welcome this latge
delegation "of christian brpther
hood to our widS, and extensive
preparation is being made for
the entertainment and pleasure
of all who come; especially the
prcachers, laymen and delegates.
BUT ONIY
I A DREAM
During the summer months
miliious u(H>u millions of . city
people will rush of( to the coun-'
try for their two weeks vacation.
They will work hard at play,
spend their money, and go home
dead tired to faco another year
of hard work.
But suppose they varied the
proceedurc for one summer as
au experiment. Suppose each
vacationist spent the two weeks
on some farm where labor is
scarce, and men are hard to get,
and crops are light or waited
beceuse there arc not enough
men to till x>r liar veil them.
A couple of weeks of moder
ate work on a farm would be
vastly more beneficial to health
than the same period spent in
tearing around doing nothing. ,
And millions of dollars of ad
ditional produce would be added
to the ilore in the warehouses
of the country, the wealth of the
land would be enhanced, brawn
and muscle would be hardened,
brains would become clarified,
and humanity would be ele
vated.
Of course it is only a dream
and will never be realized? but
then dreams arc often sweeter
than the reality.? Ex.
do this while her armies are in
the field, surely we can do a little
belter while we have no armies
on the move.
The iocal man who can solve
this problem to the satisfaction
of the public and the material
weal of the community is big
enough to be president of. the
United States.
Who wants to be president
Ex.
Tho sire of the trouble de
pends on whose ft it.