The courier-index., 1919-11-14

advertising slides involuntarilv is
such that the theater is more than
making up in increased patronage
the loss from the screen advertis-
ing. The theater management
states that the policy will be con
tinued.
Raymond Beck of Akron, Ohio,
chief engineer of the highway trans
portation department during the
war, now filling like capacity for
an automobile tire concern in
Akron, has started a new movement
which threatens to bring many
dollars to the farmers of the
United States, Mr.. Beck initiated
the rural motor express, return
loads and other wartime propagan-
da to demonstrate the usefulness of
the motor truck. His latest is
farm-to-table week. Mr.. Beck pro-
poses that the city folks drive into
the country this week and pur-
chase foodstuff from the farmer.
He advises the farmers to make
display beside the road so that the
passeds-by will know what he has
for sale. The Arkansas Automobile
Association has taken the matter up
in Arkansas and it is thought that
permanent trade between the city
and country will thus be built up,
and the farmer get rid of much
produce that now goes to waste be-
cause he has not sufficient guam
tity to take him to town. The
Arkansas motorists will push the
movement the year round.
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Arkansas school teachers were
among the first to continue to call
attention to the inadequate salaries
for which they have always been
forced to do their work, and they
are among the last to get recognl-
ton.
For several years there has been
a tendency toward an increased
wage for school teachers, and sub
stantial advances have been made.
But salaries as rule are still out
of proportion to the pay for the
most ordinary kind of manual labor.
Negro common laborers are getting
40 cents an hour, which is more
than the ordinary teacher gets, and
the teacher has only nine months
wear to work. 1t is without doubt
the poorest paid profession of all.
The necessity for readjustment
of the salary scale for teachers, If
the profession is to be maintained
or a high plane and improve the
grade of teachers, was plainly
brought out in the recent session OF
the Arkansas Teachers Association.
Arkansas is not particularly
worse than many other states, but
the conditions are such that the
teacher must be paid an amount
commensurate with the ability re-
CURED, or he will seek other fields
of employment, as thousands are
doing each year.
1t has long been recognized that
teaching is an expedient rather
than a profession. 1t must be raised
to the plane of an independent pro-
fession if it is to be given that
place in the social economy its i'm
portance so richly deserves.
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One of the evidences of the ire
mendous amount of law enacted this
year by the Arkansas legislature. is
the quantity of books that is being
shipped to the various counties by
the secretary of state. Under the
law. each county official and each
Justice of the peace in the state is
entitled to a set of the acts. The
acts of the regular session made
four big volumes, and those OF the
regular session will probably make
two more. The books are being
put up in big boxes of uniform
size. weighing 400 pounds each'
and from one to three boxes is re-
ouired for each county in the state.
There are about 5000 county Of
ficials and justices of the peace IN
the state. The acts cost the state
$3.50 set, which means that 1t
will cost $4,000 to furnish the
free sets of acts required by law
not including the acts OF the re-