OUR BOYS^Sb
THE CRIME PROBLEM
Careful Weighing of FactsSfows Fault in Present Methods.
Why Hot Real Training Ships With Incentives Which
Appeal to Youth's Natural Instincts?
By B. H. CANFIELD
Most "criminals" are beys around
21 years of age. The age of law
breakers steadily grows. lower. A
middle-aged bandit seldom is seen.
Jails, reform schools and penitenti
aries are crowded with boys. The
young manhood of the United'States
furnishes the prison fodder. This is
the outstanding crime of the present
era. ^
These boys are not really "crim
inal.*' They are afflicted with .a
complaint common to youth?energy
that is not properly directed. They
are not to Mama. The war, among
other things, gave them a mistaken
idea of how youthful energy should
be used. They were taught -that
what is called lawlessness-is individ
uals may become right in nations.
They were urged into primitive pas
sions. The trouble is that after we
taught there all. this for war pur
poses no one took, the-trouble to tm
teach them. And they take naturally j
to carrying on that philosophy just
as they took: naturally - to being
taught?because they are young and
the young, as a rule, are adventur
ous.
After all, Jesse James is a sort
of national hero. He is the Robin
Hood of America. Every boy in the
land knows his name. It is no long
er possible to run away from home
in order to fight Indians In the west
or to become a chivalrous stage rob
ber, but the urge is the same. Boys
are no different. Conditions are dif
ferent, -
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Boys love romance, aa venture aou
the doing of things they are told not
to do. Any boy not like that is defoc
m&m- ?
cause he Is the best planne r and crn
erally.the best fighter, ; |
These boys commit most of the
crimes. A raid on an auto parked
in a laoafar spot and the theft of a
few toots is followed by the stealing
of a car?at first for a ride, then for
profit. A chase and an exchange of
shots with a motorcycle officer and
yea have one or two first diss ban
dits in the kindergarten class. They
learn rapidly and as the result of
courses at reform schools they grad
natc and become a part of the ever
increasing crime pwMwn.
... The real work for erime commis
sions, judges, business men, parents
and civic organisations of ill kinds,
does not lie in deading how many po
lice officers there shall be and whe
ther they shall be instructed to kill or
only to hit on the bead. It lies in
taektmg the.eanse of erhnie. In this
sense the word crime means crimes
pertaining to banditry. There are
other dasses of eriminais?bunco
men, dope peddlers and so on. Shrewd,
shifty folk who seldom are caught
But the bulk of the dass *e. call
criminal is composed of boys.
; took at these bors In a court room,
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I Af9 Jfj y grr fcjxc^o n ? i 11
aw? ?fluent Deffcmi. ^?!'
the IaS> JwSea ^1
? i . ' o*?if sRdu accord-1
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strtet and the work hard. It should
not be made so attractive that-boys
woyld want to be "sentenced."- But
mogtv boys,- resenting restraint, would
not want to be put in this school, any-'
way. There should be no stigma At
tached to this system. The officials
and, teachers in charge should be se
lected for their understanding of their*
charges. Boys respond readily to the
teaching and influence of men who
understand them. Punishment should
notf be degrading. Teaching, not
preaching, should be a slogan.
Cruises of these ships, hard work,
discipline, knowledge; of die geogra
phy, customs, problems, politics and
dangers of the parts of their coun
try where these ships stop, supply
the material to. make a boy a real
man and a useful citizen.
He doesn't "serve a term."He
graduates. He gets a diploma and.
the" system, is so good that when he
finishes, not only does no disgrace
attach to his name, not only is he pot
hounded as an ex-convict, but die
course is a recommendation for em
i ployment and a. guarantee of hon
! esty and right principles. Otherwise
| he doesn't get the diploma- ? ; *J?.
The cost of all this would be onfe
! a fraction of that for maintaining.
. these hoys in prison. The saving to
this country in turning out useful^at
izehs instead of jail-hfrds cannot he
calculated.
This is the only real "crime prob
lem." .
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STARTLING QUICK GROWTH.
U?Y THE LANDS OF NO RE
THE CANDIDATES.
IffALSE; FOOLISH ECONOMY.
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This & written at Palm Beats,.i
happy huhd, where those with noth
ing to dq are doing it energetically.
The blue''sea is beautifully calm, the
breeze ihbt sweeps across it is mild. J
The wsftfr is warm. Hitman beings
are bobbing up and down in it. ~
The big hotels are packed. { ji
Think: what it will be a few years
hence at Palm Beach, Miami, St Aq* .
gostine^|adcsonvi21e, all the marvtJP '
bus resorts of Jftbridh, Georgia and
the Carolines Vheft the flying ma
chine annihilates distance. ;? I
Buy land iir the south, well chosen^ 1
aad yon won't regret it
ThosilfchSt live North know little 1
about QVt South and the rapidity of
its growth, surpassing^ all growth
elsewhere. ? ^ 'V 1
Thirty-seven million people live in
the South. The value of their prop- i
erty is estimated at 6b billion dol- >
Urs. That sum, 65 times one thous
and million dollars, good dent
But it represents only a fraction of
tfe real wealth of the South. Flori- I
1 j. I riTl? iru rrr^vf^ ^.L|.X
Is called "the^fc^|aue of property 51
PlS^oSySI !m
I der ordinary cultivation ah annual
I profit of on# hundred dollars an acre
?that's a low estimate.
That alone woWd \be three billiosr
dollars a year, five per cent on sixty
Bullions of doilara.- ^fnder intensive
^altivation, with irrigation and prop
in than four years.
I population ana ,v V3
jritjt op*n i*u*.i^'hripri9 to get a
I ? 3 " ' f
Lt ? "1 v*' ifcv ?<"' 11
1?*H. ^sim,m| Swlomnatr.d, Lt L. P. Arn^Leigrh Wad?, Loweli
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Mr. Denby's resignation clears up
the political situation. President
Coolidge is as fortunate in conditions
that face the democratic party as he
is in the fact that the public thus
far holds him free of all responsibil
ity in the oil scandal.
,. What is supposed to be the elimin
ation of Mr. McAdoo actually leaves
the democrats without any recog
nized conspicuous leading candidate,'
with the convention only a few
months away.
Nearly every democrat mentioned is
an "if" candidate.
They say Senator Copeland might
gat it IF it'should prove impossible
to nominate AL Smith.
. Senator Reed of Missouri^ undoubt
edly the most forceful and available
.candidate, might get it IF he had not
made so many enemies.
It is said that William Jennings
Bry&n might be drafted, because of
his known capacity td get votes, IF
he had dot been secretary of state.
Nominated or not, Mr. Bryan will
have a good deal to say about the
man that is nominated and also about
several that will not be nominated.
?
feated for^re-election because they
voted mony "for such a nonsnsical
scheme as trying to send messages
on telegraph wires." >
That item of a million and a half
for a frying service between dew
country conld nplce. We appropri
ate tens of millions for old fashion
ed ships of the navy and their up
on markmanship In bomb dropping
would make our naval collection of
floating steel junk unnecessary and
fcria&e ofi to sink any fleet approach- -
ing this shore.
Plying ships above the water, in- .
visible submarines below the water,
sopply 'all the protection this
country needs at sea. And every <
congressman that ,, votes against
American development of the flying j
machine vo'fceb.fjJrainst the welfare ^
and safety of his; country. j
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?Oh I almost forgot I must ordef i
sausage; this is ground hog day, you j
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PITT COUNTY HAS THREE
V ROTARY CLUBS
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Can v>.ny of North Carolina.'? one
hundred counties lay claim to thnv |
Rotary Gubsfy There is one, and'we
relieve ihere is only one,?PITT.
ill liave active clubs and there W
>ress on community good will likely
jrow with the coming years- ?
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Conference Here
on Next April
Wilson, j Feb. 28.?A conference
wide Sunday school ? (inference, un
der the auspices, of the North Caroli
na Conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, will be held in this
city, April 1, 2 and 3. Approximate
ly 500 representatives from the 227
pastoral charges of the conference
will attend , this bi ggathering of Sun
day school workers.
Outstanding Sunday school leaders
of the Southern Methodist Church will
dirke part in the program.
Among those who will take part
are W M. Brabham, head of the de
partment of Sunday School adminis
tration, general Sunday- School
board, . Nashville, Tenn.; Miss Minnie
E. Kennedy, general elementary su
perintendent of the general- Sunday
School board, Nashville, Tenn.; Miss
Lucy Foreman, head of the .depart- >
ment of intermediate, senior and
young peoples' work of the general
Sunday School board, Nashville, ;
*?L . rt^ f -xt c af I
1CU1U, iiUl, ?? .tt# wy^Mw) u?M^? W* WW,
d^DflrtiiKh1' of fBliffious tr&ininsr o? I"
a platform, speaker of intermfiliaitl- -1
tional addresses. - l
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There's a long, winding roacl, very :
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and Heap;.
[? And as onward you wearily Pass ; 1
You'll find that its pitfalls are "many 1
'??'?ft is known as the road-to success, a
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Ifs a long, dreary climb tn the top 1
of the road, <
From, the path -it is- easy tost ray; i
For the few that we find who can <
fhoulder the load ? 7 I
There are many, who fall by the way i
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Though oft you. may stumble while r I
climbing the Hill, ;
Keep smiling, 'twill help you pull
thtough,
Dont turn and look back, but press
? ? i on with a wfll - - * ; X
To the goal that.jft waiting for you. i
-(Anon)
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Big Boy?Who told you to put that
paper-on ithat wall? - --r !
Paperhanger?Your wife, sir.
Big Boy?Pretty, isn't it ?
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DR. I. MQRRILL GIVES ; - v
' Si INTERESTING PACTS ON j
POULTRY BUSINESS
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At a meeting of the Pitt County
Poultry Aafiodatktn on Thursday. af
ternoon in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms here, Dr. J. MorriU, Of Falk
land, gave an interesting account of
his operations in the poultry business.
Said he; "On September 1st, 1922,
I bought 200 white leghorn pullets
for which 1 paid 1500.00. I built the
necessary houses and cared'for the
feed bill, until January 1st, 1928, at
which time I delivered to my son
Jjenness. After keeping books ac
curately for the year 1923, on Jan
uary 1st, 1924, he showed the follow
ing: In bank $825.00, 130 pullets
valued at $3 each, or a total of $390;
170 pullets valued at $2 each or a
total of $340.00."
Dr. Morrill continued: "Starting
with a flock of fifty fthcde Island
Reds January 1st, 1928, the la^k of the
year disclosed a total profit of $350
and 60 pullets valued at $250."
Dr. Morrill states that he cannot
begin to fill the orders he gets for
cockerels, pullets; eggs and;-baby
chicks. . ;. r ' ? ' *
A- . ^ ^ . T\m - TLM fl
a scon, ujiw ?gv vr, . nui rui
[bought a mammoth incubator to help
kite for his growing business?a
3,000 capacity maeuine?and stated
that while he wanted to hatch a great
many, eggs for his own trade, there
was such a strong demand for cus
tom haiching jhat he has been able
to get only ? few in of his own.
"Fifily three-fourths of'&e first set-,
ting was custom eggs? WM Dr. Mor
rip. Dr. Morrill states that hie first
hatch will come off . next Wedn*tt|$
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| The teraaxks-of Mr- Wall dt^rJoeed ?
die faet that his soil, Mr.-Geo.G, [\
Wall, of Hfllebowi who startedi* iew ,
years ago with fifty head of mixed
fchbde Island Reds, had gradually
wlded to his flock, aiid at the same
time culled very carefully. Her.now
has 200 standard-bred X Reds. and
itaifts off the new yjett wilfc-^e.
brooder houses of 600 capacity each.
His plan for this year, with at) in
cubator to assist in their prosecu^
tion, is to raise from 1600 tofJ28WT
cMcicens.;'f'" ^^ '?
"Up to this time my son has hadt
the poultry business in Cosoection
with his othe*:'operations,>butit i i
would now seem that his ldye.vidr
it and 4fa>T steady growth will, cause
Idm to de^toto h? entii* rime to poul
try and enlarge considerably/' tS^
"Grow into the business and not go
into it. and you will surely make a
success of it," said Mr.'.WfelL ; . ;i
Among the others to have remarks;
an the . outlook; fpr poultry m Pitt
county: 'W, C. Vincent, W. Jesse
ip. D. C. BarnhiU. '
BASTION CAROLINA ^
Carolina Chamber c| Commewe, the
jAcoord^g to an announcement
from the SecretaryiMonager, Mr. N.
ft Bartfett, this 1?s ewy promse |
..INA IN ACTION.'' This pageant
t t - | , '? . v ttv .? * .- J
and in the territory of the Eastern
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oairuina v^naiTiuer tu vuinnie vi^iNKf |i
pageant a success, are: Mrs. H. S.
Rsgsdiil^ Chairman, Mrs, Richard I
Wir Him ir T u n k it 1
Presented t Coloninl Concert Consisting of Twenty-Fin
Singers on Lest Friday evening the
% | ^ High School Auditorium ta ? Large Au^ittKt
? ... i -liiir r iii niiii' . i i ' i i I ? &
On* of the most. notable musical
events fevesfe held here wes tiuU ol >$?,,A
Choral ?3ub)i? its. first pjodu<ptionr. - ;
colonial concert with* % chorus of* 2o
local singers under tbe ^j^tion .
Miss Mary Jerome. given ^Friday, rt
February 22, in?th* school auditori
um. Farmville nppfflfiateft the? thrill
of A local entertainment -and every. ,
member of the east has- received,
vorable ^mmenti -And; thin lew! in?
terest was further, evidenced-byth*
large audieiicewhich showed-a keen -..?>/
appreciation of the numbers.
From, the time the curtain rose on
the churminr ftreside scene until -it
fell on-the thriUing rendition and ^pre
sentation of the Star Spanned fan
ner, the entire /program'maintained
a high .standard.
The costuming and scenic arrange
ment were, very -effective. And. the
rendition of the old, sweet, haunting -
melodies of, thejsoutWand by the <bo
rus showed the rcsult-of Alias Je
rome's egceltent \ts*?ning:
The scene was laid injhe Virginia
home of George and Martha -Wsh
ington, imftersontcd by ? Attorney W..
<3/ Shcppard and Mrs. J. M. Hobgood
who handled their parts most affec
tively. The occasion was. the anniver
sary dinner of Washington who had
invited-;h|s: intimate friends. and *.<
neighbors in for a musical evening,; ,
' diaper and '^.swie*,j^l?s ?
rMay, in their role of negro servants, , ...
acteristic dialogues were refreshing
and; laughable..
i^aiav^^fEdith
Sp^P%iM^? twijS fa'1****&*? &fW. .*
?mf Madame Jenny Lind, in thft per
aoxq of ?Usm Mary Jerome, who ren
dered a number of rich classical se
lections ana was -received with en
thusiastic applause. Miss Jerome
sings with - rare swfeetneu; feeling and
enunciation and < possesses and envi
Whife dt' ls difficult, to select out
standing featitte^ttr foliowing solo
ists .were very pleasing m their immh
be?: Mfts ftl* Will*on i#g;-Tfre *
Lais With the 7><dicate Air,'* Miss
Dell "Flanagan, M?ry,n s*
Mrs. B. A, Bynum. VA Sprite' Morn
M,. Jofa a jrolm^^hen
you'll Remember: Me," .nod MivG.
Burgeron rendered . "Silver; ,Threads
Among the Gold. "If Winter Comes"
Misses V. Burgeron,.Haz?l Williams,
Mpsdames &. R Thomas and .JL Loyd
Bfttie WtxrtefcJoyfceiv Edith Jggfef -
llm'-gbtfr -Ett*?b*th Smith, S?rene
ti-,11 - ,tM lf-.-tn. i. rj? *t ... : j , ,
^j C^^Beainan^Jr.,
P AItc?geth?rtteawllenee^^hc.d
num; costunie i?mmittee/ Jdhrg. J L.
ongin?l and written , especially. ?fof', I
Happy is the mto tha^(fiwfetii^wis