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ENGLAND PLANS BIO EGO NUMIG_REFORMS To Reorganize System of Expen ditures With Object of Con serving Resources of Country. liondoti, Aug. 3.-One of tho first witnesses who will ask for a bearing before Premier Asquith's new commit tee to inquire Into thc possibility of effectng economics in the manage, ment of the British government's af fairs, is Sir A. II. .Markham, member of parliament for Nottinghamshire. For several years, both in and oui of the house of commons, he has advo cated the necessity of n thorough su uervlslon of the expenditure of every branch of government activity. Ihre is what he wlil tell the committee, an outlined Iii un interview: "There ls fearful waste going on in almost every department of the gov ernment, but most of all, I think in the war ofPce. The waste there ls prim arily dut. to ihe system of leaving our grout war organization in thc hands of half-pay^-ofllcers. Wc do not en courage young men; they are snubbed by their older superiors whencf/or they suggest a new business proposi tion, and all their Initiative ls Idl ed. "Every tap Is running to waste, for In almost every case lae wrong man has control of the tup In Germany the spending doparttue.it-. were given over t<> business mon at the begin ning of tba war. We ought to have done the same. We have tried to work with a system which may have done well enough for peuce time, but which Is useless now. Instead of putting the colossal arrangements In to tho hands of experienced business men, the war omeo called up retired officers from all parts of the country -men who, however keen, could not possibly be e-cpected to understand tho intricacies <>; tho various organiza tions necessary. "It ls simply a scandal tho way food in heliig wasted. Take mea'.'. A man Is allowed one and a quarter pounds of meat dally. It ls Impossible to eat so much meat. The result is a quan tity ls thrown away or sold. "Another shameful waste of money ls taking place in billeting. Hundreds of huts, to my knowledge, have been empty several months because they aro not flt to live In. Tills means that thousands of men are billeted at 17s. Cd. per week when they ought to be living in huts for which we paid to be comfortable and draught and rain proof. "The greatest scandal of the whole lot has been taking place In the buy ing of horses. I know of cases where horses have been bought by the war otllce authorities, sent tn camp, and re jected as unfit. They were then sold at an auction, bought again by dealers, janl.^tav.-the-country. and bought again by the war-omce nuthor Ules. A brand is now being used, I am; told, on the'quarters of the horses, but hitherto the horses were branded on tho hoofs, I believe at any rnte. somewhere where the dealers could simply rasp the brand off. "Take tho railways as an Instance. They certainly are under government control, but they aro managed by business men who meet, I understand, every day. "I know for a fact that If you want a BIX penny rubber stamp In a certain government military ofllcc you have to get the Initials of men In eight differ ent departments. "Another great waste of the people's money is in coal?. Our great railway companies atone consume 40.000 tons of coal per day. They are paying something like 30s a ton for it. The government having guaranteed the dividends of the railway companies, the money of thin extra cost comes out of the people's pockets." A Cruel Wrong to the Unemployed. In the current Issue of Farm and Fireside, tho national farm paper published at Sprnlgfleld, Ohio, the edi tor calls attlpx) to the story which hod been clrcbla(yd thnt -IS.OOO .Held-, hoads aro needed at once on the farms of Oklahoma. This statement . may be true but nobody knnw&,whr-th Or ,it is or not. Tho editor .goes onj to ?ny: '^The Platement may be true, but nobody knows whether lt ls true or not\ , It is a reproach against the go ernments of our States and the PH lon that we do not know in nri . vance approximately how many barnie ord: going to bc needed to harvest the crrtpt, 'Where is a tragedy e' ery year in thle sxouseless treatment of the prob lem, Of labor supply in harvest. Poor men' spend their last emt, ride brake beams, walk tho road.- and the rail way tracks to meet the supposed needs of the farmers for hands. No body guides them . aright. They go wherovor chape? and Ute roads may toad them. Five hundred may go where a hundred-, can be used. None may go whore five'hundred could get work; "Stranded in strange pitees, work less moneyless, and aug?y-as they have the right to be-tltoy become a vexation if not . a menace to tho com munities in which they are stranded. Public resentment awakens. Cruelties aro practiced. Disorders occur. .'It ls all shameful. We ought HO to organise mattera that there would be a man for every Job if po ssl bl?, and no more, and none of this aimless dependence on rumors and wild es timates emanating from irresponsible persons." Kitchen Repartee. Mrs. Brown was in the kitchen helping Nora, the cook, prepare sup per. . yt.r'f "it's an old-saying." sho remarked to Nora, that 'too many cooks spoil the broth.' What do you thlnkt" : "Sure, mam," she replied, "There's nothing tn worry about-there's only one cook hero.Vrr*latlqnai Monthly. Training of Child Is Most Important By MARY E. WYNNE. Borton. ' IM. Tha'c the training of tH? mind and the body of the child is one of society's most important works and that to do this well the homo must co-operate with tho school, would seem most apparent facts. Hut ii very large proportion of tho fathers nie so engrossed in getting enough dollars to keep Iiody and Foul together that they leave thc cure of the children wholly in thc hands of the mothers. The crowded tenements afford little opportunity for real home life. Horne means merely u pince in which to eat and to 6leep. There ure hundreds of women like tho workingman's wife who said: "I just dreaded Saturdays because the children drove me nearly crazy, hut now that a movie picture! house lin-* conn* into our neighborhood I pack tho whole five ldc, oft every Saturday and the houBe is us quiet as on a school day." In other words, she paid 50 cents a week out of her husband's meager wage to got rid of the sight and sound of her children. Her idea of respon sibility to them is to cook for thom, to buy their clothos, and when sick tc take thom to the infirmary. She represents n largo number of parents who think that the chief j business of the school in to take the children oil their hands for the larger part of the day and to provide a safo place for thom to be off the street, but those parents never trouble themselves to know what their children may bc loa ruing, nor what habits and ideas they may be forming at school. With multitudes the struggle for more existence is so strenuous that they have, neither the intelligence nor tho time for any thought beyond that strupglo. Uenoo poverty is ono cause of parents' indifference to the school. But n far more reprehensible indifference ia often found in parenta who have had grouter opportunities and whose income gives thom a chance to think lieyond the everlasting demands of the butcher, the baker and worst of all-thc landlord. The otiior day one of those well-to-do mothers said, "If I hud time I should visit Jack's class while Miss - is touching, for Jack, who has always liked school, this year hates it. But) I'm so busy I can't find time." Then she settled down to embroider lier ;iniiials cn bath towels ! So busy she could not got time to find out what influences were being exerted on her boy thnt were showing themselves in an entirely changed attitude towards his school life. Near the end of the year she received notice hy mail from the teacher that Jack's work, which had steadily grown worse throughout the year, would prevent his promotion. Jack would har^- to take two years to do one year's work. The irate mother now found time immediately to visit the teacher, and expressed vehemently her surprise and indignation that her boy, who'nod always been considered "smart" by his other teachers, should har* done'so poorly with her. When tho" teacher could get a word in edgewise the mother learned that this year Jack had chosen for his intimate associates a group of idle, cigarette-sujoking boys whose influence had been most baneful. "Surely, you' know your boy's playmates and have seen his bimonthly reports, ibr hero they ore, bearing your signature." Then the poor mother know that her boy had lied to her when he said his teacher did not send homo reports, and had, moreover, forged her signature. Had 6he or tho father taken pains to visit the school curly in the year all ?this might havo been ayerted. An intelligent interest in thc child's welfare would lead the mother to .visit in ?sj1'friendly way eoch teacher under whose influence her child comes. Since so little of this is done, one must conclude that another large proportion of parents uro stupidly indifferent to the importance of tho school upsn tho lives of their children. fl Vahie of Games to Sch??l Children By W. K. SCHULTZE. Cleland. Obie Do teachers ana parents sufficiently realize tho great and good influence of con tests on young peopler. Every form of game bringa the youthful contestants into public view, where they learn to act with dignity, to think and speak>n their feet. This publicity begets confidence. Contestants are not afraid to hear their own voices nor to eeo their own.shadows. In after life everything worth while boa to be contested .for, and the trained contestants win life's prizes. The medal winners graduate intq pathfinders, leaders of men and women. Baseball, football, harness racing, cards, chess, dancing, running, boxing, skating, acting, sailing, rowing, swimming, debating, reciting, music, art work, singing, shooting, fencing, tennis, billiards, lacrosse, all develop manhood and womanhood enor mously, if sanely enjoyed. The bestowal of the laurel wreath upqn^ oneV brow or tho pinning of the medal on one's chest is an experience which is ennobling and encour aging. Tity those who never experience this ecsfl?^y. Games develop valuable youthful faculties as nothing oise does memory, the nerves, caution, endurance, bravery,,strength, sportsmanlike fairness, sportsmanlike courtesies and application. Sports inculcate a desire for nico apparel and a handsome bearing. | The contestant is never a quitter. Tho chest which is adorned with trophies isl not liable to belong tc a thief, backbiter or weakling of any class. No ono realizes what it is to win a hard-fought contest in either of the great fields until he finds him self face to iace with tho test, with a sea of faces looking on. fl Moving Pictures of Benefit to Humanity By Edward C MuIUkia. JafaornuKfr*. Tno moving; picture mt? chine will prove of fail greater'benefit to humanity than a simple amusement and recreation. I believe that in a few years motion picture exhibit tiona will bc a port of every school cumctdtrnj. A moving picture machine is not an expensive article, and in schools 'whore expensive laboratories aro impossible the most delicate experiments h'n chemistry and physics, ai welt as more intricate sciences, can be shown with as good results ai though the professor were to standibefore the class and give them an actual exhibition. Thc possibilities of thc camera are almost' limitless, and in recent years pictures of bacteria have been produced with ease. By the use ol tho motion pictures experimenta with the rarest substances and genni shown only in tho largest? colleges jan be brought to tho humblest school and displayed, ebal ag the students to get a training equal to that ol a course in a much Lttten equipped college and tat less expense. ? Lectures '?a*d 'acoompiany the'films and berread during the progr?s! of the picture, ;te*,odd to/its interest and instructiveness. I am told that the/plan has already been tried w}th\ great success io some western schools, sfud I do not doubt that fin a few^yeara it trill ht quite thc unsai thin?. . : WANTED 2 8 7 X . New Subscribers TO GET A SET OF SIX Community Souvenir Spoons Guaranteed Forever. PAY SIXTY-FIVE CENTS And Get Spoons ? To the first 287 responsible and reputable citizens of Anderson whp sub scribe fortrie Daily Intelligencer for THREE MONTHS, pay 65 cents', and agree to pay ten cents each week for twelve weeks we will deliver this hand- I ?...?'?.-. ^ ? * j some set of Six Souvenir Spoons FREE. This offer is LIMITED to TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN New Sub scribers. First come-flrst served. When quota is finished no more Spoons on this proposition. Out~of?Town Subscribers Owing to our inability to collect from weekly subscribers by mail we would have to have the money in advance frorh all out of town patrons. Daily Intelligencer V Anderson. S. C.