The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-28

Montgomery, November 27.-(Special)
IWenty-one decisions were announced by
the supreme court today, representing the
largest number of cases put out by the
court since the present term began. Prae-
tieally all of the cases were of minor inn
portance.
The higher court denied three petitions
for writs of certiorari directing the court
of appeals to certify to its records in cases
for it's review and final determination.
One of these cases was that of Wright
ing of a corncrib, and appealed from the
circuit court of Wilcox county. At the
trial of the case in the lower court the
defendant was convicted of burning a
eorncrib belonging to a neighbor. The
court of appeals reversed the case, and
later denied a petition for a rehearing.
The supreme court, in denying the petit
tion for writ of certiorari. sustained
the decision Of the court of appeals.
The decisions put out by the supreme
court were as follows:
Dowdell, C. J.-Wright Savage VS.. the
state of Alabama, petition for certiorari
to court of apepals; certiorari denied.
Tearn Fitzpatrick VS.. Age-Herald Pub
fishing company. appeal from Birmingham
city court reversed and remanded.
North Birmingham Trust and Savings
bank ct al vs.. J. d. Adams, appeal from
Birmingham city court; affirmed.
Mcclellan, J.-Carrie b. Stewart VS..
Amelia e. Cross, appeal from Circuit
court of Dallas; affirmed.
]. T. Sellers VS.. John f. Knight ct
al, appeal from jefferson chancery court ;
affirmed.
ID. L. Rosenau vs.. M. f. Powell, appeal
from Tuscaloosa county court; affirmed.
to Believe" while among his most notable
other works are his Life and Times of
Cardinal Wiseman, his Witnesses to
the Unseen and, of course, his Life"
of his father which was warmly praised
by Gladstone, and described in the Spec
tator" by the great critic, Richard Hut
ton. as "one of the most effective pieces
of pictorial biography which ii ever has
been the present writer's lot to read.
Lo and behold, however, a few months
ago justas his famous contemporary,
William de Morgan suddenly discovered
at 10 that he could write felton, this re-
ligious controversalist and biographer
suddenly discovered that he was hu-
morist, too All of sudden, one day, an
idea for satrcal novel popped into his
head and he sat down and wrote it forth
with. When "Eccles of Seceles," as he
calls it, was finished, its author posted
the manuscript off to his close friend, G..
X. Chesterton, to whom its humor ap-
pealed so strongly that he at once vol
unteered to illustrate it, and since then
has been as good as his word.
Drawings Are Original
OF course G. X C.'s drawings are as
Individual as his paradoxical style. There
has been nothing like them except, per-
haps, w S. Gilbert's illustrations for his
own Bah Ballads" Everybody who read
Chesterton "Clgb of Queer Trades will
remember the Illustrations and those
which he has made for "Ecclesh of Bee
cles are in his best vein. and worthy of
the text. Thus far, everyone who has
read the story which is a satire on the
society of today, shares the delight of its
illustrator
Wilfred Wards father was by no means
the first of his race to shine in literature
His ancestor. Robert Plummer Ward of
Gilstone Park, Hertfordshire, who was
born in 1855 and died in 1916, was author
of .sThe History of the Law of Nations"
a big sensation when it appeared in 1925.
lie was also a friend of William Pitt,
under whom he held office in 1905 as un-
der secretary for foreign affairs. Another
member oe the family who wrote with
distinction was the late Sir Henry George
Ward. governor of Madras, whose work
on Mexico is standard one.
Wilfred Ward himself was born at Old
Hall. Ware. in 1856 and educated first at
st Edmunds S college, of which his brother
now is president, and later at Ushaw col
lese. Durham, and the Georgian univer-
sity at Rome. Since then he has held a
long succession of distinguished posts,
having been lecturer in philosophy at
Ushaw college and examiner in mental
and moral science in the Royal University
of ireland, and in 1906 became the editor
of the dublin Review" an organ made
famous, though along somewhat dlfterent
lines, by his father before him. In ap-
pearance Mr.. Ward is tall, with a kindly,