[fieldmarshaldj]

In those days, it would’ve been considered embarrassing to the families to have the wayward youts be publicly named and shamed. Today, they’d consider it a badge of honor.

[BBell]

The report describes an unidentified teenager charged with stealing fish being whipped with a cat-o'-nine tails by his grandfather, at Wilson's suggestion. "That the old man had carried out instructions well was judged from the noise the boy made," the Item wrote. That same day in court, another young man, Frank Weatherspoon, 14, was "soundly whipped" by his father, according to a story in The Daily Picayune.

F LBJ and his great society!