The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-11

Der of other churches are doing the same thing.
 went up to Mt. Hope cemetery. in Westchester county, the other day to wit ness the ceremonies over the Confeder- ate dead buried there and have been homesic< ever snce
 There are a score or more of men who wore the gray buried at Mt Hope, among them Colonel Dickinson, the first com mander of the New York Camp of Confed- crate Veterans. Charles Broadway Rouss. the blind millionaire merchant, who had been Confederate private, has presented a beautiful shaft to mark the plot where his old comrades are buried. It was in front of this shaft that the ceremonies were held. Some 300 southern men. women and children, went up In a special train and it sure was refreshing to be with them. Representative John Lamb of Virginia, who was major of the Third Virginia Cavalry, was the orator of the day and made most eloquent address sister of Major Wheat of the famous Louisiana Tigers, most delightful old lady, read the selections which the in trepid fighter read to his command the night berore he went into his last battle.
 It was a strange, but none the less charming feature in big, busy, careless
 
 sick.
 The New York cotton exchange is con fronted with a number of serious prob lems-some threatening its very exist ence-which will have to be solved by the new administration which was inducted into affice Monday. Anxiety over the Scott anti-option bill and the measure in troduced by Senator Stillwell at Albany has not yet been eliminated, and the crit icism against the exchange for not hav- ing adopted the government standards of cotton grades is still matter of much concern. In addition to these matters, the governments case against the prin- cipals in the so-called cotton corner" now before the courts, together with the bending deliberations over the Moyse case. have helped to add gloom to the situation. Internal dissentions among various factions of the exchange have augmented the general embarrassment now facing the exchange.
 "While it is generally believed that Rep resentative Ollie James will be chosen to succeed Senator Paynter of Kentucky, there is a growing impression that former Senator Joe Blackburn may enter the race, and in that event Mir James would not have such an easy victory as it is now believed he will" said Samuel N. Turney of the Blue Grass state. Senator Black burn has not been very active in politics since his return from the Canal zone, but recently there was a demand that he get into the game, and he consented to make several speeches"
 Now if Joe gets back into politics to the extent of making campaign speeches, it would not be surprising if there should be a demand that he run for senator, for there never was more popular man in public life believe that if he entered the primaries for senator he would come mighty close to winning.
 MT. Raymond Perry Rogers Nelson has won the principal prize for painting at the Art Students league of New York, and the special commendation of the jury as the result of three years study of art after leaving the United States navy. lie is a grandson of Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rodgers, U. s. N, president of the Naval War college, and Is connected with the Belmont family. His inclinations to- ward art were so compelling that he gave up a naval career to devote himself to painting.
 Mir Nelson has received the general prize with an award of $10O for the most meritorius works displayed in the exhi- bition of canvasses by students which wcs opened in the Fine Arts building recently.