The Columbus commercial., 1910-06-30
STANDS FOR FRIED CHICKEN.


The Columbia S. c., State has gone back on
it's raising and attempted to destroy the halo that
hangs around a dish of friend chicken. Always
when somebody wanted to describe real south
ern dinner-one that was intended to make ones
mouth water-he led off with fried chicken and
brown biscuits. 1t the piece de resistance,
the sine qua non and all the rest And there is no
disputing the fact that many people are foolishly
fond of fried chicken although we believe its chief
claim to renown rests upon its affinity for Metho-
dist preachers. The circuit rider has always been
greeted on his rounds with dish of chicken, and
history has yet to record an instance of his pro-
testing against it. The tribe has fourished and
increased and even now in the days of higher crti-
csm and fashionable churches, it is said on good
authority that the sight of ayelow-legged, frying
sized chicken running about the yard brings
wistful look to the eyes of the followers of Wesley.
There may come time when the frier shall lose
his vogue, and chicken gravy be only memory,
but that time is not yet. And any southern news
paper that attempts to detract from the glory of
fried chicken should be ostracised and declared a
traitor to its country jackson News.
The latest recruits to the cause of federal aid
to national education, come from the ranks of
members of the Sage Foundation and of the Ma
tional Educational Association. They have jointly
formulated plan whereby congress shall appro-
pirate S75 900 to be used in the employment of
specialists whose business shall be to investigate
local education systematically throughout the
country. consulting freely with officials charged
with its administration. Such Investigations would
be conducted under the jurisdiction of the federal
government. since they would be made under the
auspices of the federal bureau of education. In
the degree that the movement seeks to produce
closer cooperation between the states and the gov
ernment in a matter so vital as education it is a
constructive one Would it not be as well, at the
same time. to pitch the Investigations as to re-
veal the status of the rural problem in America,
with view to ultimately increasing the active in
terest to the government in agricultural education?
For at the last analysis, it is the technical educa-
ton of the farmer that has been most neglected in
this country and the consequence is being visited
mpartialy all sections in higher cost of living
and the continued trend from the farm to the city
Government aid to and encouragement of local ed
ucation would be proper and acceptable. A closer
entete between the educational procedure of the
government and the states is desirable. But it is
in the rural districts that education is most sadly
needed both as it applies to the primary curricu-
lum and that education which makes the individu-
al better and more profitable farmer, content to
remain on the farm and from there to aid in the
solution of the problems of the nation If the
bureau of education can induce congress to broad
en- its scope in this direction the achievement will
be greeted with national appreciation. Atlanta
Journal.
Hon. Leroy Percy has returned from Wash
ngton after serving faithfully and with distin-
gushed ability the people of Mississippi as one of
their two senators during the past four months.
There is not an aber man in Mississippi than Sena-
tor Percy; there is not a more honorable man in
Mississippi than Senator Percy He is modest
yet courageous, unpretentious, but an untiring
worker. His standard of honor is the highest
He will continue to grow in popular favor before
the people of Mississippi, because he is worthy of
every confidence and the people will find it out in
spite of the efforts in many quarters to mislead
them. He is pleased with the political situation in
Mississippi, his friends from every section of the
state assuring him that all is well.-Greenville
Democrat.