The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-08
ISTALLINGS
 AND ADAMS Columbiana Has Lively
 Labor Day. sgESS" IN OLD TIME FORM Goes After Former Populite
 Leader. Stallings Devotes Large Part of His speech to Answering Anarchistic Attack Recently Made Upon
 State and Federal

Cohmbiana, Sept )-Co' Z onmhiana started out to celebrate La Dor Day, and the committee arranged for Hon. Jesse Stapings to come her' and make an address suitable to tht occasion.
 Somehow the prohibitionists got ar Idea that MT. Stallings was going tt speak against the amendment to tat constitution, and sent a hurry call tt Rev. Sam Adams, otherwise known al Burn My Arm -Off" Adams, the formei Probate Judge of Chiffon County.
 Mr. Adams was to reply to Mir. Stall ings. But the former got here first and the committee consented to put hirn on as a star feature of the pro- gram, pending the arrival of Mir. Stall ings. Mir. Adams talked so long that the rest of the program had to be aban- doned. Mir. Adams held the attention 1f the crowd. He took a rising vote of the crowd which appeared to satis- fy him.
 Mr. Stallings arrived in the after noon with a Labor Day talk at his ! tongues end. He was surprised to find that the amendment forces had attack ed him personally as tool of the , liquor forces put was inclined to ig- nore the fact and carry out the com- mittee's plan of go od Labor Day at- dress. But people opposed 10 the amendment crowded about him and in- sisted that he answer Adams, and give his own views on the amendment. To this he agreed. As he spoke Tn the new court house Mir Adams sat near taking notes. but 1t was soon plain that he and his sentiments were in a hopeless minority.
 hr. Stallings turned the laugh upon him with resistiess good humor and proved to the satisfaction of the large audience that the question before the people IS one of local eif-government as opposed to ranatical slmptuary rule which. once established. cannot De bounded or restricted. The audience cheered MT. Stallings to the echo, and Creeted his sallies of wit and of logic with vociferous approval.
 The people opposed to the amend mont declared that the demonstration indicated that Shelby County would go two to one against the amendment.
 The committee had employed the brass band of the Boys Industrial throughout the day and gave a full concert at the court house for a large audience Of ladies and children.
 Mir. Adams was intr1s uced by Judge Longshore. who ia said 10 be opposed to the amendment, while Mir. Stallings was presented by L.. H. Ellis, a young iawxer who mas recently located here and who IS an ardent supporter of the amendment.
 Altogether the day was pleasant
 A notable feature of the speaking was Mir. Staliings's eloquent detense of the courts of the land against the at- facks of Brooks Lawrence and Cover nor Conner. He quoted the bitter at- tack on the Supreme Court and showed the danger of such anarchistic senti- nlents He quoted then the attack made by Governor Conner upon Judge Thomas 0. Jones. It was most unfor- tunate. he sad. that 6 State officer should so far forget the proprieties as to level vicious attack at courts of justice. which had ever been a bulwark of protection to the people from reck- less and fanatical legislation.
 The people. by their applause. indi.