The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-06

Again, any citizen. no matter whether he Is responsible or a worthless vag- abond, may invoke the equitable rem edy by injunction against you without giving bond and if the charge Is base less, and even though it has not even rest, the costs are not taxed against the person causing the injunction to issue, but against the State.
 So it may be sssy ussa sad as for an the purpose of wreaking private vengeance without cost or expense to him who thereby seeks to get even or take ad- vantage of the law to harass another:
 In framing the second section of the proposed amendment the lawyer drafting It had in view the recognized tion noted at the beginning of this dis cussion. that the Constitution of the United States is grant Of power, that the constitutions of the states are iim- | itations upon the otherwise plenary power of the several Legislatures so l this section does not purport to grant | to the legislative power to say where | to the legislative power not be kept. but l says that the courts shall not construe | the Constitution as prohibiting the Legislature from prescribing where li- | quors may not be kept thus reserving to the Legislature upon this question power as man can exercise. Power and authority subject to no restraint by the Constitution of Alabama.
 It has been my purpose In this dfs- cussion to clearly and dispassionately present this issue and then leave every man to draw his own conclusions.
 No attempt has been made to discuss Court on the various provisions of the Fuller bill upon which 1t must neces- , sarily be called to pass.
 Can the people by their action at the polls say that they are willing to grant further power to those respon- sible for these enactments? Can the people believe that after having swept a grand jury. the right of trial by jury. the doctrine of the presumption of innocence, they can grant them fur ther power, with any assurance worthy of being considered that they will not destroy other rights which have always been held dear by liberty loving peo- pie. and judging the future by the past can you believe for t m1ment ,;,I ssit that if if enter and destroy the sanctity of the home?
 Judging the future by the past we no longer boast that we live in the Hand of the free and the home of the brave" for if there is one thing which hrave freeman will do 1t Is protect
 Who are behind this amendment and what their political purpose may be Is a question which has been studiously avoided by the write5' ~ p,,.,.,
 Huntsville Ala. oct. & A. {. 1905. cN'i'
 (The writer of the above able pre- sentation is son of the great jurist. l years adorned the Supreme Court of ! Alabama. It will be seen that the son l is possessed of a vast amount of the l logic, reason and common sense which marked the writings of his distinguish ed father.-Editor Advertier.)
 Horned Snakes Again.
 Selma, Ala, Oct. 3, 1909.
 Editor The Advertisers:
 | Speaking of horned snakes. I remern- Der as a boy a fine old poplar tree near Scottsville in Bibb County. Ala. from under whose roots flowed a magnificent i spring of almost ice cold water. The ! tree and spring were on the side of a hiu near the foot of the hill. One side l of this tree was decayed. Old Uncle 1 Needham" Holland. a unique character 1 of those days. who was never known to wear shoes and who staTped chest nut burrs open with his naked heels. and who picked up the most venomous snakes in his hands with impunity. told the writer the history of this decayed poplar: "Uncle Needham" was a truth fui man. too. He told me that he as gathering chestnuts on the side of this hill and disturbed horned snake. He picked up. the snake, but It was so l nimhle 1t jumped out of his hands and 1 started up the hill with Uncle Need 1 ham" following. The race was close l for a while until the snake suddenly 1 coiIed itself into hoop with its horned 1 tail in the nnouth and started back af- ! ter "Irncie Needham" At the sight of i such he retreated and the snake keot close behind. He jumped behind the l poplar tree to protect himself. The momentum of the hoop was so great i fl could not stop. hut struck at the i tree with its horned tall. and "UnclP Needham," not seeing 1t pass the tree peeped around and found his snake shin stuck hard and fast to the tree. and he proceeded to disnatch the snake i and cut of It's horn. whirh he said he kept for years hut which nnallv de- caYed as did the side of the poplar 1 where the snake struck it. As young es was I took 'TTncle Nedham's" story "curn graro sails" and I suppose yonr readers win take this story in the same way but twenty years ago the i old poplar still stood there with one i side atill decaved and the "nopiar spring still spouted out its lirpid. ice- cold waters. and as stood there and i drank 1t from an old country Fourd ,vith crooked handle thouRht of 1 'TrncIe Neeharr" of long ago, now dead for many years. and hone In Heaven and of his hoopsnake with horned tail, in The Advertiser aeain thought of my good old friend. 'UncIe Needhar' '
 Was IReOrrectIv Placed.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 I regret exceedingly that my posi-