The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19
VETERANS HONOR PROF, ROBERTSON important Meeting of Camp
 Hardee Held SHORT ADDRESSES MADE Daughters Plan Tag Day at State Fair to Raise Funds for an Alabama
 Monument to be Built at
 Arlington.
SHORT ADDRESSES MADE

At the regular semi monthly meet 1 ing of Camp Hardee, United Confed- crate Veterans, held yesterday after noon in the rooms of the Commercial club, set of stirring resolutions on the recent death of Prof. Samuel Rob- ertson were introduced by Capt. R H. Hagood and adopted by an unanimous vote of the camp. The smeeting was one of the largest in the history of the camp, being attended by all the members of Pelham chapter. Daughters of the confederacy, in addition to the regular members of Camp Hardee.
 Among those who made addresses in response to the reading of the resolu- tions were Capt. W. c. Ward, pr. L. s. Handley ". II. Stanley and J. M. Robinson. Mrs. Pickens of the Greens boro chapter, Daughters of the Con deracy, was present and told in an in teresting manner of the Auburn schol- arship that has been secured by that chapter. One of the first to whom the sch olarship will be awarded is the son of Col. J. H. Falkner
 Mrs. Chappell Cory told of plan that has been decided upon by the ladies of the local chapter for the pur- pose of raising a fund for the erection of a monument at Arlington. Va, the old home of Robert E. Lee. Thursday, October IA, is the day to be set apart at the Alabama State Fair for a tag day under the auspices of Pelham chapter. The ladies will he out in force and will see that every visitor to the fair on that day k equipped with a tag. Ten cents will be the price asked for the tags, no more nor less than this amount being accepted It is expected that a large sum will be realized in this manner.
 Resolutions on Professor Robinson.
 The following is a copy of the reso- lutions adopted in memory of Prof. Samuel Robertson:
 "In memory of Comrade Samuel L. Rob ertson.
 Tt is fitting that we who were there, when a comrade has answered the last roll call, shall pause to drop a tear over his new-made grave and pay lrIDule to the memory or the departed. Here, as during the great war. some have endeared themselves more to us than others, and some have deserved more of us. Whatever others may have deserved, none have more tenderly and strongly endeared them selves to his surviving comrades than our deceased fellow soldier. Comrade Robertson was born November IS, 1888, in Jackson county. Alabama, but while a small child his parents re- moved with him to Huntsville, Ala, where he enjoyed the best facilities for education under the Hon. Carlos c. Smith. At the age of IT he taught school for a year in the state of Mis- sssippi, after which for five years he was a student in the University of Virginia. While ne received no diploma he took several honors in Latin, Greek, mathematics and chemis- try. Leaving the university he went to North Carolina, where he studied law. and in December, 1S59 he was ex- amined by Judge Manly Battle and Chief Justice Pearson of the celebrated Hill Law school and took license to practice law. He went to Charlotte rtA open a law office, but his health hay ing failed he returned to Huntsville, where he remained until the war be- gan. He volunteered as a member of the Madison Rifles, which became company D in the Seventh Alabama regiment of infantry. When this reg iment in 1862 was disbanded, after his release from prison, and when the Union forces evacuated Huntsville he joined a cavalry company commanded