Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-12
(By w. B. Sorrells)

(BV w. B. SOTI0llS)
 It was a great shock to the peo-
 ule of this state when they learned that Judge Grace had passed away. For the people of this district it was deplorable.
 For four years, while I was prose cu.ing attorney, we were intimately associated. We ate at the same table, occupied the same room and slept in the anne bed. and it is most gratifying to me in this hour to know that hs was One of my truest friends. think I understood him-his moods and high ideals-better than any person outside his own family. He was one who could never harbor malice CT resentment. and was far above prejudice and petty jeal- ousy.
 Not many days before his death it was my pleasure to have long talk with him, and we talked of many things of the past.
 left him with a feeling of sad ness. It seemed to me that he was \ growing weaker and that his malady was more serious than he would be- lieve.
 Judge Grace always had very warm place in his heart for me, and . the members of Ehe bar often said that he would do more for me than any other member of the bar and he did favor me when he could do so consistently, but he knW that my lflendship was not cold pretense and hprocrisy and that he could depend upon my loyalty when he needed a. friend. Some of us have poor way Or expressing our real feelings and II IS not always that a polished ex- lerlor hides a kindly and generous Aeart; and warm-hearted impulses onen are found under rough exteri- oFs, but he knew better than any per- eon how genuine was my friendship.
 lie was one of the ablest lawyers 'als country has produced and he Would have shined On the supreme count bench of the United States with great brilliancy as any who has ever graced that position. As q ,awyer he was genius. The mem- Oers Of the bar often agreed that he was lacking in patience, and some of nem at times felt aggrieved at inn pa'ent remarks made to themi from ne bench. Perhaps it wA fault. bat Judge Grace was so accurate and me'hodical that he could not tolerate n rue careless preparation of case. sapers loosely and carelessly drawn Sas a nightmare to him., have often Asard him say, "Why don't you come p'epared in your cases?"
 Y was said of Chief Justice Mar saall that he would write an opin- %a m a certain case and then say '. tne associate justices, "Now here tS..,e ts .ae law story. you look up the au- ,,s Judge Grace dispised case law and ss~tled s" in Treason for it. and o,ssaoamentar principles. Often in tiss ttiasmoers when some abstract ques- So..,e son or law fell under discussion he fl u give at length his reason why ths Uusnt to be certain way and had shs sSese been printed and preserved IVY X would have been good authority = most any court
 n... :. seems strange that ones great l;ss, sss must shine forth in it's true he hns and more understandable after hs,pp passes away, but a man is never a nsr s 10 his own people, To' the ordi- th.!y man few things are wonderful ua1 are not distant. ' m.s V IS impossible for the ordinary ,t =. 10 believe that the men toiling th,a I ais side it made of any better clay hc. hl nimself. l have often wondered sl.s.m s important U part he would have thr~o tho had his life and lot been ,irc ~wn in greater opportunity and en- ". ns.nnments; had his labors and tal- 6es.. n greater field and wider