Show whittling judge of alabama I 1 have heard of whitt whistlers whittlers lers and have seen a few in my day writes a contributor to the birmingham ledger but the most consistent con latent whittler within the range ot of my memory was judge samuel henry sprott ot of whose whittling proclivities while on the bench made him known throughout alabama lie ile was ans also known widely for his great knowledge ot of law and the administering ot of it en judge sprott was holding court there were always two or three long clear strips of white while pine resting on the desk dek de k beside him and when he started on a case he also started whittling the more interested he became in the arguments of the lie lawyers the faster he whittled it was very interesting to watch him wield the knife whittling appeared to be second nature to him |