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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

announced that he would tolerate no dem onstration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
MOntgomery's Aviation
 Camp to Cost $e4O,OOO;
 Big Contract Awarded

Montgomery, December 1.-(SpeciaD Contract for the construction of the Montgomery aviation camp at a cost Of $s40,o0o has been let by the war department to a Memphis firm, sup posedly the one which constructed the Memphis camp. No names were given m information here tonight. Work VIII pc started at once and an effort VIII De made to complete the work in SIX weeks. Buildings and hangars will cover a mile of farm lands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
HE WEATHER
Weather Conditions

Washington. December t-weather forecast for Alabama: Fair and warmer Sunday; Monday partly cloudy. Georgia: Fair Sunday and Monday; not much change in temperature. Mississippi: Fair Sunday; Monday part iy cloudy.
 Tennessee: Fair and warmer Sunday; Monday rainsin west portion; fair in east.
 Local Data
 For the A hours ending at p. m, December 1. 1917: Highest temperature ..... 6a Lowest temperature - A Mean temperature . 53 Normal temperature ... 50 Deficiency in temperature since Total rainfall since January ..1. 5S. 4s Excess in rainfall since Janu- ary .'.,s'....s.a.,,....'g.... ..l5 33 Relative humidity, a. m. ..... gs
 Y, I'll. .--.-..... ......... fl
 D. m. ............ 59
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
BLANCE DE SAULLES
 FOUND NOT GUILTY
 ON MURDER CHARGE
(continoea from Page. one1

SContinfed from Page, One) announced that he would tolerate no dem onstration.
 JURORS EMPHATIC
 When the foreman of the jury an nounced the verdict of not guilty, the clerk questioned:
 Gentlemen, is that your verdiet?g
 It is, affirmed the jurors. loudly. Justice Manning instructed the jury to be seated. Then he said:
 Gentlemen, the case of Blanca De Saulles is closed forever
 assume you have discharged your duty according to your consciences and with my best wishes for your fu- ture. l will bid you good-night.D
 District Attorney Weeks" the jus tee then asked Ifs there any other charge against this defendant?" No" answered the prosecutor, The defendant is discharged.n an nounced the justice, rapping his gavel to signal adjournment Mrs De saulles warmly clasped the hand of the first juror to leave the box. Each gave word of greeting as AttS4 PaSI lltS Niliedn NOtfldn anu shook the hand she offered.
 RETURNED TO JAIL
 A number of spectators rushed for ward to congratulate Mrs. De Saulles. and her attorneys on the outcome. Then, accompanied by her sister, Dr. Wight and her counsel Mrs De Saulles walked from the court room and returned to the jail.
 short time later Mrs. De saules motored to her home, "The Crossways,' which she had not visited since the night of the tragedy, and which had been prepared in anticipation of her coming
 TO FIGHT FOR CHILD Attorney Uterhart announced that in case members of the De Saulles family refused to yield custody of Mrs De Saulles' son, he will apply on Monday for writ of habeas corpus to compel them to give him into his mothers custody.
 Charles A. IT. De Saulles, brother of John l.. De Saulles, was the only member of the family in the court room when the verdict was announced. He would make no statement regarding his | intentions relative to the boy nor would 1 he state the reason for the family hav- | ing legal representatives associated with | District Attorney Weeks in the prosecu- l tion of the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Thanksgiving Past,
 Men "Ouer 7here'
 Awaiti11g Christn1as
This Is Next Red Letter Day in Lives of American Troops in France Who Are Preparing to Gel
 ebrate Holiday in Real Home-ike Manner
nr the Associated Press

With the American Army France December chstas is the next soldiers will another which will Thanksgiving holiday All
  the nen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

The question whether mother, wife or sweetheart "baek there is going to send a favorite brand of cigarettes, good cigars, heavy socks, or a sweater, is in the mind of nearly every soldier here. For the last week the small shops in the villages have been besieged by American customers. They have bought every thing from unique ornaments to elabor- ate embroideries, and the goods have gone so fast that in some places the stores look as if the propretors had moved out. The American soldiers are doing their Christmas shopping early here because they know how long 1t takes to get things through the mails
 Many of the men have determined not to be deprived of Christmas trees wit < the familiar sight of small children pls, Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
WHY FLouRNoY QUIT

One of the mysteries in Florida pol
itics is the rupture between Cats and
Colonel Flournoy, of DaFuniak, who
worked himself nearly to death in
helping to ELECT the old man, exalted
him almost to the level of Jesus
Christ as a savior on smaller scale
for the people of Florida, and then a
yawning chasm seemed to open be-
tween the two "all of sudden. The
halo vanished from the noble brow OF
Cats, where the colonel could have
sworn that he clearly saw it all dur.
ing the capmaign, and silent now in
the panegyric voice of the disillusion-
ed lawyer from DeFuniak There is
widespread curiosity as to the cause
of this breach of friendship, and Col
oneP Flournoy is now publishing in the
Pensacola Journal some letters he
wrote to Cats showing why the two
separated and the governor lost the
best friend and safest adviser he had.
Colonel Flournoy's letters are too
long for our columns, but they show
that he as the confidential friend and
legal adviser Of Governor Cats ear
nestly protested against the removal
of Sheriff Bowling and some other of
ficers as unwise, unjust and unconstf.
tutional, and that Cats fiouted his ad.
vice and went on his mad, foolish
way, drunk with power and determin.
ed to do as he pleased. Below is an
excerpt from one OF the letters which
shows how hard the cclonel tried to
save the governor from his own folly
and put him next" to the parasites
who were working him for Jobs:
MY experience at the capital has
impressed me strongly that you are
being imposed upon by your friends
that is by those who claim to have
supported you in your campaign fol-
governor. IL they are your real
friends they will ask you to consider
! them for office only when there is q
: vacancy. They cannot consistently
, ask you to create a vacancy for them
, Ii they served you sincerely as YOU
+. political friends during your cam
paign, they did it because they were
your friends and friends to good gov
eminent, and certainly not with the
hope of being by you rewarded, either
personally or from the public treas
ury. by removing other persons anC
appointing them that they might draw
the salary or otherwise. ''-Quinc,
] Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
PROMINENT TEXAN <FAvORA6LY
IMPRESSED WITH FLORIDA

After spending two days at the Ma
rion county fair and in visiting some
of the farms nearby, w. N. Waddell
of Fort Worth, Texas, is favorably inn
pressed with this setcion OF the coun-
ty as cattle breeding country.
He has been in the cattle business
in Texas for about forty years and did
not discover Florida until last August
when he was a member of the Texas
party which came to this state on in
vitation of the Florida CATTLE Tick
Eradication Committee to offer advice
on the possibilities of this state.
The abundance of range grass and
water has had magnetic effect upon
him and he has returned to spend two
or three months studying local condi-
tions, for cattle raising.
In an interview yesterday he said ::
"The cattle business in this county
seems to be given more attention than
in some of the other sections of the
state, Judging from the cattle | have
seen. Your breeders are trying to
breed up their stock by the use of bet.
ter quality bulls on the native cows.
The six months old calf shown at the
fair by Mr.. Chamhliss is demonstra.
ton of what can be ACCOMPLISHED nv
giving little attention to the breed.
ing OF your stock. He tells me that
It's mother is about two Shorthorn
crosses on native COW, and she was
bred to a pure bred Angus bull. Civ.
ing calf that is credit to any grade
herd.
One factor in favor of the calf is
that 1t has not had to feed a lot of cat.
tie fever ticks all it's life, but has
been putting that blood into growth
and now weighs SIS pounds.
Some of the feeding steers at the
fair show good breeding and the pen
containing first and second Hereford
cross on native cows is worth careful
| attention by every cattlemans VISITING
the falr. Your native cows should
De retained and bred to pure bred beef
type bulls. Some of the Texas cattle.
men have been buying your cows and
neirers by the thousands to put in
| their herds, as they are cheap. The
cali crop which was bred into them in
Florida and dropped in Texas is dis.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
sALuTiNe

Our own idea Of saluting is that II
lis a relic of monarchical government
and does not fit well in a democracy
where all subjects are supposed to be
lon an equality.
The salute we think should only bt
given and required when a soldier II
on actual duty and on no other occa
sion except as salutations are giver
| and acknowledged in civil life.
| For instance, If soldier is on guart
and his officer passes him and finds
him awake and alert he should salute
him as an act of recognition and ap
!proval of his being alive to his dutie:
and the soldier should deferentiall,
return the salute.
The constant saluting of officers a.
lone may pass private soldier or {
igroup of soldiers has tendency t.
make the private soldier feel that he
lis regarded as an inferior, and II
breeds a spirit more or less of discon
|tentment.
Then, too, we think that orderlies in
the army should, be abolished insofra
as having private soldiers detailed
for that purpose.
The private soldier. so detailed feels
more or less like menial he fells
that he is so regarded by his com
!rades, and in a democracy we know
of few things that are calculated to
be more humiliating.
If majors, colonies and generals re
.quire orderlies, and surely they do re-
quire them, they should hire servants
for this purpose.
The brunt of battle and hope of VIC
tory rests upon the private soldier,
and he should be made to feel that he
is the equal of any in authority.
We are fighting for the principles
OF democracy and the cardinal doc
trine is that all are equal and so far
as possible this principle should new
er be forgotten and all legislation
should be in the direction to make it
the one distinguishing feature be-
tween democracy and autocracy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

posed of as soon as weaned, as they
are worth more for meat then than
they will be several months later, uu-
less fed large amount of cake.
But we keep those COWS another
year, breed them to our good bulls and
get a good quality beef animal The
trouble with the cattle business In
Florida seems to have been that the
owners sold off their best breeding
stock every time they got a chance
and kept the rag-tag stuff for future
breeding. The native stock is so bad
ly inbred and stunted by the cattle fe-
yer ticks that your range cattle are
probably not as good animals as their
ancestors were fifteen years ago.
This community seems to be
feeding as well as breeding center,
but | am more interested in the breed
ing game on the ranges, and if there
is going to be a continuation of the
Tree range in this state want to get
some of that free range pasturage and
see II [ cannot breed up the quality
OF the cattle as quickly as the Texas
men do the Florida COW herds in
that state. The subject I am giving
consideration now is the nutrition in
your winter pastures and the posi-
Dil1ty to improve them with alI-year
grasses. ! am satisfied taht the Grad
lcation of cattle fever ticks nj the
near future is certainty, for it is a
necessity which the cattle men will
recognize as they become educated to
the method of doing it and the results
obtained
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
ARE OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OvERFED?

That our soldiers and sailors are
getting too much to eat, especially
too much lean meat, is the contention
of Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, food expert,
and associate editor of Good House
keeping. He voices his opinions in
the current issue as follows:
Il am fully convinced that our sol
diers and sailors would be better off
II one-third of the food issued to them
were cut out. The overfed soldier
VIII not endure SO much fatigue,
march so far, carry such heavy bur-
dens, or react so well under wounds
and surgical operations as the one
that is fed on a normal amount of
food. | believe, of course, very strong
ly that If any error is committed in
regard to the quantity of food, it
should be on the side of excess rath-
er than insufficiency, but there is no
need of going to either extreme. For
tunately, the soldier and sailor are
not required to eat all their ration.
They are allowed a money compensa-
ton for the part OF the ration that
they do not draw. This happily leads
not only to thrift and economy. but
also to better health. If the soldier
does not like any particular part of
his ration, he can in favorable circum.
stances take its money value and MIR.
chase what he does like. For these
reasons. we need not have any greater
rear that the soldier and sailor are
likely to be injured by overeating
But they do eat too much lean
meat. All the evidence of modern mn.
tritional investigation shows that "a.
reai FOODS are better suited to sustain
physical vigor than animal foods. and
Tor that reason I would NOT favor a
reduction. to any noted degree. of the
cereal foods now used by our army
and navy. On the other hand, meat is
the most expensive and most difficult
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

the prospect of universal training for
military service. 1t will prevent the
extension of the draft law to produce
needed increments for the present
war. 1t will do more: 1t will be the
cause of an early movement for the
repeal of the draft law as it now
stands. 1t will bear fruit in that in.
ner bitterness which develops into Sc
rious outbreaks.
Every man with influence should
write the president and his congress
men now to head off this folly before
it does irreparable harm.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
WE MUST ALL DO OUR PARTS

The children of Israel gave their all
to the cause when they made that
6o0-mile journey from Babylon to Je.
rusalem and then worked three years
for the Lord in rebuilding the TEN.
pie. Our forefathers gave their all
and their lives when they established
this government to gain religious and
political freedom. The men of France
are giving their wealth and their lives
to keep Prussian despotism from
their SOIL There must be no slack
|ers. We all have a part to do and
must do it like we mean it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

When we first saw that section of
Florida known as the Everglades we
pronounced it rich and vast empire.
More and more it is becoming recog-
nized as such. Three hundred miles
of canals have already been dug in eff.
forts to reclaim the rich muck soil
and soon it viii be made cultiyatable
and when 1t is fully reclaimed it will
produce enough foodstuffs, such as su.
gar and rice and truck to largely help
supply the wants Of the nation.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

And Governor Cats did not visit
our big county fair. Now. don't say
that he was not invited. for there was
general invitation extended to every
well-wisher of the state, and especial
ly to those holding public office. In
times past we were honored by a
great number of Fleming,
Jennings, Broward, Gilchrist and
Trammell. All, Governor. your Ma
rion county friends may become Flour.
noyed.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

God bless the flag! Let 1t float and
I'LL
The sky with its beauty; our heart
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant of its wind
swept bars,
And the chorus Of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow,
While It's colors blush warm on your
bosom of snow.
Defend it o fathers; there's no sweet
or death
Than TO float its fair folds with a sol
dier's last breathi
And love It, o children! be true TO
the sires
Who wove It in plain By the old camp
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
IsALuTiNG THE NEGRO OFFICER
TWO POINTS or VIEW

General John B. Castleman, ex-Con.
federate general, major in the Span
ish-American war and an officer OF
the Kentucky national guard. has
written letter which the Chattanoo-
ga News says has solved the question
!of the military salute as it relates to
the negro officers in the American
army. The issue was raised in Louis
vile as a result of the failure of tive
white non-commissioned officers to sa.
lutte negro captain. one of the men
! frankly stating that he would not sa.
lutte negro"
General Castleman, says the News
lis southerner, an ex-Confederate
soldier and gentleman of the real
quality, and continues:
"The discipline of the army must
be maintained, and non-commissioned
officers understand little of the spirit
of the army when they refuse to sa.
lutte a negro officer have held sew
eraI commissions in the military SER
vice, and / unhesitatingly say that |
would, or will, salute an officer, supe-
roir or inferior, who salutes me, with
out regard to the color of his skin.
The regulations of the laws and the
fundamentals of courtesy and discip-
line upon which these regulations and
laws are based, prescribe this. 1t is
no time to stand against them. = =
We are at war, and soldiers are under
the rules of the American army. We
are all one under the flag. We salute
the rank, not the individual"
Commenting on General Castle
mans letter, the Chattanooga News
continues:
There speaks the soldier and the
gentleman. When Burke, the famous
English barrister, returned the salute
of vagabond by also taking off his
hat and returning the salute, and was
ACO4hCA AOl 1T ny q QlSUGu nO-
bleman who was with him.. he replied
mo man, vagabond or other, can out
do me in courtesy or civility," or
words to that effect. When a negro
salutes it is an act of courtesy a gen.
tleman ought to recognize, and much
more should soldier do it whose du-
ties are prescribed for him by the OBJ
legation he takes. 1t is not for the
soldier to reason why it is his duty
to sternly obey the rules and regula-
tons his country puts upon him. The
uniform and insignia of the officer of
the army are only another form of the
ag-representative of the power, the
greatness and the discipline of the
army. The color of the skin is total
ly effaced by the glamor of the torch
Of patriotic fire that must animate eY-
cry soldier when he dons his coun-
try's uniform and enlists under the
banner of liberty and equality of SER
vice which the marks of the American
officer typify.. The negro is giving
his service and offering his life fori
the defense of his country, and if he
should reach the trenches in France
he will not raise the issue of a mans
skin before he fights for his comrade
in the line. We are all one under the
flag is a generous and brave senti-
ment and one that is likely to be test
ed to the utmost during the perils of
this war. Let it be remembered, the
soldier salutes the uniform, not the
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

While Secretary McAdoo thanks the
newspapers of the United States for
their patriotic efforts in aid of the
sale OF the liberty bonds. the postmas-
ter general is devising ways and
means to impose additional postage,
pains and penalties against the news
papers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

Florida should be the winter camp.
ing grounds for our soldier boys. Here
they would escape the ravages of
pneumonia and other epidemic dis
eases The high thilIs of the interior
such as we have between Ocala and
Gainesville-would be ideal camping
grounds.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

food product which we have to supply
to our forces in the field. If the guam
tity of lean meat now given to our SOL
diers should be cut in half, 1t would
be a distinct advantage"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

The claim is put forth that thirty
U-boats were sunk in fifteen days
two per day. That is not bad. Ger
many cannot continue that mode of
warfare with such terrific losses.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

Germany is not only regulating the
amount Of food to be eaten by its in
habitants, but the amount of clothes
to be worn.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

Rhode Island no longer has a mo-
nopoly of the turkey trade. After a
while Texas will be supplying the
White House with the Thanksgiving
turkey.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

more, more,s is the cry of the Boil
shevilzis. They neither want to toll
nor spin. nor fight, and yet want to
feast like Belshazzar and array them
selves like Solomon.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

Felix Thornton. member of the |,
W. w. organization at Des Moines, Ia,
got ten years, having been found gull
ty of desertion by court martial.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

The girls must not be forgotten in
the direction of our efforts to our
boys. The girl problem is the one
that should arrest our best efforts.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

Rumors will not down that the
Acknowledgements are facing starva'
ton.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30

Don't blame Flournoy-he did his
best in trying to keep Governor Cats
in the straight and narrow way but
failed. as others have done. Burke
failed. and others will follow in his
wake.