The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
Letters to The Editor
A Pleasant Incident.

Editor The Advertiser:
 There There was, was very beautiful and Nunnalee ,l. told in n,,l The Advertiser oi Senator Pettusfs early life. 1t was but another incident, however, that il- lustrates the power and influence which a good woman can exercise over the life and destiny of man.
 Senator Pettus had that native in- tellect which he possessed so eminently first aroused hN the woman, whom he was who first inspired him to 1earn something and be somebody" And to prove himself worthy of the love he sought and to show that har she arS wouad aa him in after life, he left her to devote himself to study, which he did, and al the end of four long years he returned hesitatingly bestowed upon him-the life-championship of noble anu iov- ing woman!
 It was indeed beautiful story story ana ,a verifies the old adage that Truth IS stranger than fiction.
 Eut that story has recalled to my mind an incident in connection with Mrs. Pettus which think will bear re- laiing, while public attention is d. rected to Senator Pettus and his wire It may also serve to find place in some chapter of that story which MT. some day around the life of Senator Pettus, and with that end in view beg to here give 1t:
 It was while I was resident or BIT mingham, Ala, nearly twenty years ago.1 have a son named Cary, and on one occasion Mrs. Pettus was yfsitor at next door neighbor of mine m once evinoed much interest in 1t and made many inquiries of my neighDor regarding 1t. but they being unanle to satisfy her curiosity and interest; she sent request that come over and see her, which l did.
 At once she propounded this inquiry T want to know where you got the Hanr Rame sons aFS besrsS %niSn she thea added My reason for asking is that l once had very dear friend whose name was Cary, and she married a gentle man of your own name, and l wonder if there can be. any relationshlp pc. tween you and herr" I told her thai my son was named, for my mother family, and that her maiden name was Ann Cary"
 She instantly exclaimed:"It is the same" and I thought the dear oio lady would embrace me on the spot dent; T was going to school to your mother in Livingston. Ala, at the time she married your father, in 1884, and ] was the first one of her s.uaents p ao great favorite with all her students and mulch beloved by them, but l al most worshipped her in my childish devotion, and this seemed to beget ] :, equal fondness in return. for was known as her special pet" and was never happier than with her, reeeivins the kindly admonitions which she de lighted to give On this occasion she took me on her knee. and. with many bushes told me that her school was going to close. and that she would marry your father, and honored me by requesting that be one of her candle girls" at the, wedding: and l was ;,S one z lighted candle, as was the custom Tn those days"
 She then added that my mother, af- ter her wedding, removed with my father to Middle Tennessee, where she lost sight of her, but that she was de- lighted to meet one of her descend, ants after these many years hao elapsed. S.u learning which Mrs. Pettus sought to awaken in her husband before tnelr marriage was first instilled into her youthfuI mind while under my mother care in those old days So long ago.
 Chaffanoora. Tenn, Aug. 9, 1907.