The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-20
| ABOUT ARK ANSAS
 PEOPLE and DOINGS Hm - Em By Clio Harper, Special Little Rock Correspondent

Little Rock, Sept. f2.-~ The war lS depicting many of the professions and the ranks of skilled labor in many lines. For instance. there is a demand from many communities Of the country for physicians as so many have been taken into the med ical corps of the army, and the mil- itary service Is demanding more and more. Also there Is q great short- age of men teachers thruout the eountry for superintendent and principals especially State Super intendent ]. L. Bond says that he could place Twenty-Five experienced men in good positions for the com ing year at Si00 to Si50 a month. So far, there has been no announced shortage of lawyers, altho many have been called to the colors. When 1t comes to the question of skilled labor, the demand is becoming greater all the time. and in some in- stances alarming. Jewellers are un- able to secure workmen. A local dry goods house has been advertis- ing for salesmen for weeks without results. Even common labor IS in demand, and no one need go without employment of some kind if physic- ally able Co work. The rice grow CTS of the Eastern part of the state want one thousand men fer the har vest, which begins the last week of this month. So far. the cotton planters have not complained of q scarcity of labor, but the crop is from two to four weeks late, and complaints may come later.
 
 The story is told of an Eastern Ar kansas citizen who protested against the vaccination order made by the State Board of Health. He went to a lawyer and sought advice.
 "They can't compel me to have my children yaccinated, can they9" he asked.
 No, indeed they cannot, replied the lawyer.
 That's just what I told them, declared the citizen, triumphantly
 But, resumed the lawyer, they can prevent your children from at tending school and they can fine you $i0 a day for every day you re- fuse to obey the orders of the State Board
 When last heard from the citizen had decided that, after all, it was probably his patriotic duty to have his children vaecinated.
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 Former Senator Hamp Williams, one of the largest hardware mer- chants of the State, is giving the Stacker an example of what a loyal American business man can do in this time of national crisis. He has been appointed food administrator for Arkansas. by Herbert Hoover, National Food Administrator, and has entered actively and cnthusias-. tically upon the discharge of his duties. He has established his of- Ice in the old state house. with w. M. Rankin, the Humane officer and will give two or three days each week to it, or as much more as may be necessary. He appreciates that one of the greatest factors in the 1 winning of this war is the proper conservation and production of food l stufTs, ana to this end he will CO., operate with all of the agencies that l have the same end in view.
 He is giving up his time to this work, without compensation ex- cept in the knowledge of duty | performed for the country.
 This is not the time to criticise | or find fault. said Mir. Williams. i IT is time for everybody to work | unitedly for the common good. for | the support of our allies that the l war may be decided earlier. for the | preservation of the balance of sub | sistenee at home, and the harmoniz- 1 ing of all diseordant elements among | sls There is something for all of us | to do. and l am glad to be able to do | my part l can do no less than give l my time and money when hundreds | of thousands of young men are giv- l ing their services at the front and | if need be, life and limb, for the pre- | seryation of world democracy"
 At first, Mr Williams is directing | the campaign for the registration of | the housewives of the state in the | Food conservation service initiated | by Mir Hoover. II was the sugges- tion of MT Williams, in conference at Washington, which resulted in a | change in the plan with regard to these cards Originally the cards were to be mailed direct to Wash ington This was shown to be impractieable. since il would be an interminaDle job to handle millions of cards from the forty-eight states. Instead each state is to handle it's own cards, classify, index and ar range them alphabetically by coun- ties. and make two lists, one for Aro -h5,ao4a.a o,,,f s,,,a f, ,,nFos,,