The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-02
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One Jump Ahead

One Jump Ahead
 Judge R. V. Evans tells gravely peculiar story about his well-known and martial colleagueS Judge Horace Wilkinson. He saws he has heard of instances where similar action was taken by mes in politics. but person. ally was present when Judge Wiikin- son perpetrated the deed he has in mind.
 'In our earlier political days we were making short trip in the in- terest of statecraft to a sDarsely set tied portion of the state. quite dis tance from railroad. but among most wholesome and worthy folk.
 At the end of long day in the buggy we came to lone farmhouse, house of but two rooms room de- voted to the gastronomic activities, such as the culinary processes and the consumption of yiands the other ana larger room being that in which the farmer ahd his little brood were wont to enshroud themselves in the arms of Morpheus as the solar phenomena ceased for the diam.
 Supper being, over and we travel CTS. as well as our hosts. being very tired. all assembled in the larger room for prayers. but to our consternation we noted that there was but one bed. The aged farmer and all of us kneeied while the patriarch raised his voice in sonorous supplication that our sins might be forgiven and our lives be bettgr led Long and earnestly he prayed. his wonderful imagery, deep supplication and sheer earnestness compelinglv holding attention.
 Then we arose from our pended knees and. turninga saw the smiling countenance of Horace gazing at us from the pillar of the only bed in the house. While we were praying he had undressed behind us.
 There are those who might find such an act small cause for friendly comment. one of which I am. yet such forethought. audacitv and acauisitive- ness is not entirel3 to be condemned" Pictures Destroyed
 i Ed Mahoney. one of the best known men in the south connected with the stage and camp stew, sustained a grievous loss not long ago He had been house manager of several the atres in Montgomery for many years and custodian of the old Montgomery theatre built by slave labor long be- I fore the war between the states. He told Birmingham auto dealers about loss he had last week. He said
 "In the old days. when city req, estate was cheap. there was plenty oi room to build a theatre with mucf commodious office room. and such wa: tthe case at the Montaomerv theatre oi ealy days The walls were high ant thick and covered with plaster made of the finest lima that is still in 2 good state of preservation. On these walls during seventy five years haC been pasted the old wood cuts, poster! and later fine lithographs of all thu J great stars who had been seen on th' American stage for more than sever I decades.
 I There were really good pictures o 1 Patti. Booth. the elder Sothern, LilliaI Russell pictured thirty years ago, ant all of the stars who have been so wei known in later years. The gallery wa not unlike the hall of Browns Chol | House. in New York famous for sim liar pictures and photographs to b seen there.
 Tn an unguarded moment I tol, some men I thought the gallery wortl a great deal of money. A stage han, heard me and with a glazier's scalpe removed the pictures. literally de stroying them in his effort to get pos session of the propertv,n