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WASHINGTON COMMENT. For shame, Indiana. John Mollick, sixteen years old, oi phan boy in short ti ouseis, has entei ed the Indiana ste.tc prison at Mich gan City Tor life! The judge who sent him theie i Judge Loving, \ alpariso circuit cour It mak^s no difference vhat hi crime may have been. It happens t have been shooting to death his fostei mother. But can crime, no matte how horrib'e, which i? committed b a legal, moial and mpntal infant b justifiably punished by the lifelon expiation of the man into which tha infant will grow? This is no argument that John Mil lick shouldn't be jailed, or that th doubtless moderate and humane law of the sovereign ?ind great state o Indiana should not be carried oul But it is an argument against, wha seems to be a travesty of so-calle* "justice." If laws are we1! t > serv the body politic they must not onl; bo just laws, but must be adminis tered so that justice results. Joh; Mollick may be criminally insane? if so, he conld either be cured or no erred, but doctors, not jurists, mus say. John Mollick may be morallj responsible for his act, but he is on ly a child. Let the reader of thes? lines who sees'the justice whi?h Chris taught, in making a man pay all hi! life for the crime of a boy, ask him self whether he thinks he should b< whipped today for the apples he stoh when a child? Doubtless some wise and tcieranl governor of Indiana will see to it thai John Mollick gets a chance to b< something else than a victim of i court procedure evidently more inter csted in the letter than the spirit o1 the law. Meanwhile, Indiana, anc many another state, can look serious ly to their laws, courts and method* to see what manner of "justice" is this which can wreak society's venge ance upon children. "What is the matter with the public schools? The only answer is thai ie frtrt mn/>V nnWiV too little ol VUVAV AO WV tuuvit |/wv??v; - ?_ the school. From one end of th< land to the other we need more anc more schools. More schools, so thai the cherished hopes and ideals anc hard work of the whole teaching force from the superintendent to the assistant teacher may serve the natior A3 they so sincerely aspire to and plan for." - ? ? t *1 ) The quotation is from "The Teacher and the Taught," an article ir the March issue of Harper's Maga line, written by Grace Irwin. Ever} friend of the Americanization feature of the work of the public school should r?ad it; every legislator who raises a hard or a vote against liberal suppert to the public school should be tied to a stake and made to lister to it. For it is not only the child of foreign parents or the child borr abroad and emigrant to the United States who needs Americanization; it is the street child, the child of pov eity and ignorance and wretcneaness, who must have it And it is hew | X N ? \ We w | and custom II for busines serve them The time i To! I we will tha see us at 01 in that line Williamsl p Kingstree, i", i r I ... i . . ]tl at he gets his first ani often his only knowledge of what real American citizenship may be; here in the public school, he learns not o ily the iw three Rs but what truth, honor and r- deceny mean, and what the rights of i- others stand for in young lives otherwise lived only in selfish egoism, is Would there were more Grace Ir- i t. wins and more Harper's Magazines ; is to publish articles like this; articles < o which show the American public 1 - school in a more grim light than that ; r which illuminates merely pretty buildy ings on a West end avenue to which c the children cf opportunity go. For g it is to the public schools, down in \ t the slums, standing often the one , clean spot in a wallow of civil, politi- 1 - cal, moral and actual filth, to which . e 'America must look for the fires which s toil the melting pot. And the more ] f we know the facts, the more we read ] ard understand the truth, the more < t v ill we demand of our city fathers j J toot these, the cradles of American < e ideals for all our youth, be well made ( y and adequately supported. ( c ii Ideas are epidemic, as well as in_ flaenza. Someone sees a "ghost" j t J which throws stones or sets the house < t j on fire, and behold, all over the coun- { , try comes reports of "ghosts." Some ( . one who has a reason fur not wanting , ? the children of today well educated t t sees a mythical objection to the Tow- c ; ncr-Sterling bill, now before congress, i - which provides for a department of r ? education and a chief who is a mem> ber of the cabinet, and all over the a country little men of little minds echo : t the cry of "parternalism." c t The Towner-Sterling bill requires t ; these three things in a state before it t i can receive the "paternal" federal aid f . to education provided in the bill: 1 f 1. A public school opportunity of t I not less than 24 weeks. - a 2. Compulsory attendance at some p ; school, public or private, fo~ at least t 5 24 weeks in the year, of all children - between 7 and 14. i 3. English as the basic language d of instruction in all schools, public d . ar.d private, in the common branches. 41 t The man who comes out in the open t f and says those provisions are wrong, t j or un-American, or vicious may have a 1 courage if not sense. c ; As a matter of sober fact, there a i are no real objections to tne dm,*" s even by those who dont want it! It . The only persons who don't want it i are the people who have always fought n I education, who see ih sducatfon of f the masses the end of spiritual and I . thus civil tyranny. But the people ii t of the United States as a whole want a . education, believe in education, de- o r mand education, know that education p i is the one and only salvation for tl I both the individual and the nation, t Talk is cheap. Action takes thought tl and time. When the Towner-Sterling ii t bill passes it will pass because enough v i newspapers, clergymen, educators, in- f [ fluential men and common, ordinary, d i every-day citizens have printed, talk- ii I en and written about their convictions i< ; both to and at their respective legis- A latere. z , You who read this have a repre- w i sentative in congress and the right LlIllilU.llililU.lIlLlIil'llL1 M MVlflVlMtHIililHil I OTIC] ish to Inform c lers that we are s and will be as in the past. ! being short for >acco Fli nk any of our cii ace in regard to i i burg Hardw ? iTOTiTiTiTifiTiT>TmyiT>Tk1 to address two senators. Three twoecnt stamps and your convictions sent to these gentlemen will aid in bringing to your schools, your community, your children the same federal aid which has helped you and other communities in reads,in agriculture, in oostal facilities, in reclamation, in mining methods, in forestry, in all the hundred and one ways in which Uncle Sam assists Americans to be better, abler and more prosperous citizens. De it now! In defense of his stand against the teaching of biological science in general and Darwinism in particular, Mr. W. J. Bryan defies anyone to "make a monkey out of him." Surely no one would try, Mr. Bryan. Doubtless the priests who wished to Durn Gallileo as a heretic because he ;aid the world was round and moved, n face of their assertion that it was stationary and flat, defied the Italian, >1 anyone else, to make monkeys out if them, walking on a round earth, sometimes upside down! One recalls with some pleaslre the Mathematical proof wmicii Professor Simon Newcombe, unquestionably one >f America's greatest scientists, adluced to show the impossibility of i man ever flying in a hiavior-thanui machine. Doubtless he consider !(! that anyone who tried to prove c the contrary would be making a aonkey out ol him! Yet, somehow, the world wac round ind did and does move, and men did .nd do fly in heavier-than-nir mahines, and somehow even the voice of he distinguished Democrat, crying in he wilderness, does not appear suficiently virile to remove from books, ibraries, schools, or men's minds the mths which Darwin first gave an istonished world and which, in our >resent knowledge of evolution, from he basis of much of biology. The Americanization Committee of he American Hotel Association in unertaking to abolish the French "cart !e jour" and substitute the American bill of fare." Anything which has he magic word "Americanization" acked onto it is sure to find favor, no doubtless this movement will seure many advocates, especially such ? are unable to determine whether pom de terrc" is a hair cut or somehing to eat. The English language owes too lany of its strongest words to France or us to be able to forget the debt, t is somewhat doubtful if eliminat 1. ?:n l. ilg a woria-wine custom wui uc ui s much aid in Americanization as ther activities in which so large and owerful an organization as that of he hotels might engage. It has been proposed in France hat laws be passed to encourage the nmigraticn of young American men, rith the idea that France needs youthol males to marry and have chilren. The proposal includes the payig of a bonus to such ynmg Amer:an men as will come, give up their jnerican and take out French dtipnship and agree to marry French omen. It is not a matter for worry, but ?1 a E! ? I >ur friends | now open 1 pleased to I Kj making | lies, I istomers to 1 their wants 'i $ I airo fn I U1V W( R South Carolina. Eg B^glK-K-K-K-K-K^-K-K, for laughter. Any American man who would give up his American citizenship for a bonus would be well lest to this country, and but a poor gain for France. Some Americans do become naturalized citizens of France, just as Frenchmen become naturalized citizens of this country. America welcomes as citizens good men and true of other countries, as France welcomes an American who wishes to become French. But not for a bonus! o R. J. Scarborough and Lewis Windham, both of Lamar, are seriously wounded in a Florence nospital as the result cf a snooting affair which occurred in Windham's store at Lan-ar; Scarborough is a ru'al policeman and attempted to seareh Windham's place for whiskey, it is alleged, and v.-:* shot. I. D. Fields, a Lamar policeman, '.*ho was assisting Scarborough ;n the alleged search, immediately fired on Windham seriously wounding him. Windham is iot expected to live. Scarborough's condition is very serious, but it is expected that be will recover. The oViaaI Cv* iM-a/1 'of n 1 o of wor.l' Rub-My-Tism. a pain killer. The County Record maintains one of the most complete and up-to-dat* printing offices i i this section of the Slate, and solicits your patronage for KINGSTREE ioigf: h 41 A. F.M. Meets the second Thursday night in each month. Visiting bretheren cordially invited. H. U. Kinder. W. Mm Donald Montgomery, Secretary. The Most Profitable Acre on the Farm The garden spot Is recognized by many as the best paying part or the farm, but is often neglected. A good garden means money in your pocket, and from a health standpoint, there is nothing better than green, fresh vegetables. 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