Raleigh, June 4—The cause of juvenile delinquency that leads to crime and fills the prisons has been found by H. Hoyle Sink, commissioner of pardons and paroles, right here in Raleigh and in his own yard. The cause is very similar to the original cause of sin that caused Eve to err in the Garden of Eden. The only difference is that it is a peach tree instead of an apple tree.
“I was sitting on my porch last night looking at this tree, full of peaches just beginning to ripen, when along came a gang of boys, say from 10 to 12 or 14 years old, and calmly entering the yard, despite the fact that I was on the porch, they broke off several limbs and calmly stole a lot of the peaches. A short time later another gang came by and repeated the ‘swiping’ of peaches, all undaunted.
“Such utter disrespect of other people’s property rights is what is filling our prisons today,” said Mr. Sink. “More responsibility must be taught to children if they are to respect other people’s rights when they are grown. Then the crime problem will be solved,” Mr. Sink asserted.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, June 4, 1926
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