The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-10
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY. Y.

 series of discussions of the people and
 happenings of the days of the Confede-
 racy. It so fittingly selected the life of
 the President whose name this Chapter
 bears for its first discussion
 Mrs. James Harbuck read sketch of
 the life of Davis. Mrs. Laura Brooke
 played wartime march and Miss Quee-
 nelle Long read an account of Jeff Da-
 WIS last Cabinet meeting held in Wash
 irgton. Ga. which came out in The Sun
 ny South several years ago. It was full
 Of pathos and noble principles which
 made our eyes fill with sympathy and
 hearts swell with pride. Yes, with pride!
 for we know our Dixie had and still has as noble hearts as this earth can claim. Though our men were defeated we can proudly say they bore it well. | How we praise one who amid the battle strife and on the impulse of the moment saves the flag, we call him heroine de- | serves it. One whose mind conceived great plans and ingenuity had them ex ecuted. we called him a heroine deserv- | CT 1t. But the man who fights as long l as there is strength, hopes as long as | there is hope then bears defeat bravely- | he is indeed a hero Such can be said of | Did they not turn from the battles strife and blasted hopes to homes devas- tated and families penniless? Our Sunny | South of today proves that her people | bore their defeat bravely. they looked | up and will continue their onward march | till they obtain the crown.
 The Jefferson Davis and James Canty | Chapters hope to be ready to furnish their room in the Soldiers Home by the | first of October.
 The President and Vice President feel | ing indisposed appointed Mrs. Laura | Brooks to conduct the meeting. After discussing several matters of importance the above program was rendered and | fresh fruits of the season served after which we adjourned to meet again the | first Wednesday in September al 4:30 D. m. One of the Members. My Dear Mrs Dowdell:
 It has been proposed by the U. D. c. of Columbus, Ga. to erect a monument to the memory of the brave men who fell in defense of that city, when cap tured by Wilson in 1865. An interview with Mrs. Lamar. a cousin of the brave commander on that occasion, was pub lished, and, while she complimented my gallant young brother, she stated his parents did not know he was in the battle until his lifeess body was brought home" Even after the lapse of many years. I could not bear the slightest asperson to remain against his charac- ter, and wrote the following. published in The Constitution, and given at your request for this column:
 The Death of Alexander Winfield
 Robison.
 Editor Constitutions:
 trust you and Mrs Lamar will pardon me if I make a few corrections in the account given In Fridays paper of the death of my brother. Alexander Winfield Robson, who fell by the side of the la- mented Col. c. A. l.. Lamar when Go lumbus was captured by General Wilson, April 16, 1865 My brother. always known as Good Alex was too devoted a son to fight for his country without his par ents consent This was given very re- luctantly, however. The other son, Sam uel Ellison, was with Benning in Virginia, and he was their Benjamin. But the boy used my fathers arguments, every one able to bear arms ought to fight for his country and being strong and we'll grown for Is years of age prevailed. and thus went into battle. When Colonel La mar called for volunteers to help him hold the bridge on the Georgia side, Alex was the first to respond, and to- gether these two fought a brief fight. and fell. Some vandal robbed my brother of hat, coat, vest. shoes and valuable but early in the day a little girl passing noted the face. and dropped handker- | chief over 1t. Later a Yankee soldier l stopped, and. struck by the beauty and | nobility of the face, laid an oil cloth | over it. and for a long time stood near and watched his fallen foe, moving the | unconscious one several times out of the | sun |
 In the meantime my father, Rev Win | field w. Robison, had been twice over | the battle grounds in search of his boy, | had passed the Yankee standing guard, | supposins. of course. it was a friend. and | finally returned home to the anxious | mother. to announce the glad belief that Alex was safe. Just then the fatal news came that he was found. and father. re turning. discovered that the Yankee had been guarding our Southern boy. To Miss Smith, who had found brother, the Yankee said: 'I know a boy with such face was somebody's darling and 1 | have watched over him for them" No pen can describe the anguish of hearts whose grief was augmented by the pres ence of rude and jeering soldiers, and especially of the father who, as stated with a neighbor and one slave. dug the grave ana ldlo away the pride Of our home. l am glad as the only surviving member of his family, to learn his mem ory yet fingers in a few hearts, and l thank Mrs. Lamar for the kind manner in which she spoke of one, whose gifts and graces rare won hearts on earth, and | won a home in Heaven.
 Susie Robson Williams
 Mrs. J. W. Williams, Sr
 Opelika, Ala.
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