Show SENATOR PETTUS WAS LAST OF OLD SCHOOL SENATORS ASHEVILLE N. N C. C July 29 The The death of ot United States Senator Edmond W. W Fettus Pettus of Alabama at Hot Springs N. N C C. Saturday night followed q quickly the death of ot his colleague from Alabama Sena Senator Sen- Sen a ator tor Morgan Both were notable types of or orthe the old school Southern States much alike in In temperament appearance age and political convictions Mr Pettus came from revolutionary stock and durIng during during dur dur- dur- dur ing the Civil war he rose to the rank of ot General Brigadier-General in the Confederate army He entered the Senate ten years ago and while not among the brilliant orators of that body he was notable for tor his conscientious attention to the details of public c business s He was s 86 years old and J had cn n not been in robust b h health I during duing Ii recent months Senator Pettus' Pettus daughter and his grandson E E. W. W Pettus Jr reached Hot Springs an hour before the Senators Senator's Sena- Sena toi's tois death but he did not recognize them The attending physicians say that from the moment of ot the apoplectic stroke Senator Pettus suffered no pain and that he passed away quietly Senator Pettus celebrated his eighty- eighty sixth birthday at Tate Tata Springs last week and on that occasion his unusual vigor was the subject of ot comment |