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A CONFEDERATE CEMETERY At Columbus, Ohio, Contain* Remain* of 2,260 Soldier Dead (From Spartanburg Herald) In Camp Chase cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, there are the graves of 2,260 Confederate soldiers holding the bodies of sons of the South who died while prisoners of war in the Union .stockude in those days, a short distance from where their graves are cared for today. Recently Memorial day in that city was observed by the Robert E. Dee chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Confederate dead honored, as they might have been had their remains rested in the soil of their native land. In the account of the service the history of the cemetery iB outlined and it is not difficult to read between the lines, how a prison camp burying ground, a dispised spot in its day, 110 doubt, has become a memorial in the hoart of a Northern city; For years it was neglected, care of the cemetery being stopped at one time by a governor of the state. It was ;10 years after the War Between the' States, before a memorial service was held and many years (before the government rescued the last resting place of the Southern soldiers from conditions of desolation. In its account of the Memorial day exercises the Ohio Siate Journal gave this | ISIIMISII ppp?I? information concerning Camp Chue cemetery; < Soldiers buried at Camp Chase died ] many miles from home. Virginia has < 337 sons leeping here; Kentucky! 158; : Tennessee, 339; Alabama, 431; Texas, 23; Georgia, 266; South Carolina, 85; < North Carolina, 85; Arkansas, 25; Mississippi, 203; Florida, 62; Mary- < land, 9; Missouri, 8; Louisiana, 62. ' j Amid these even ranks of tombstones lie 300 men whose native states are unknown, and ^here are six whose names' died with them and they are known only as "soldier." Disease carried away most of the soldiers who are buried in this ceme? tcry, although a great many are fcaid to have died of wounds which they had received in battle. TWo and one-half acres are included in the cemetery plot, which is surrounded by a stone wall and surmounted by a picket fonce. The land was originally leased by the government in 1861 along with 165 acres on which Camp Chase was located. The cemetery plot was purchased by the government on April 23, 1879. Among the graves there is that of George Raney of Livermore, Ky. Raney died while u prisoner in the camp. Fate decreed that his brother, (whose name now is unknown, should be a guard at this camp. The Union soldier administered to his Confederate brother during his illness, but was unable to save his life. Not always has the Camp Chase < cemetery presented the orderly ap- > pearance that it does today. At the < close of the war the prison barracks were torn down and the old lumber < used to build a fence around the i cemetery. t There was a wooden headboard < with ^he name and number of the i company, state and date of burial in- j scribed. Eventually the land became a bramble patch through neglect. i Governor Rutherford 11. Hayes em- \ ployed Henry Briggs, a nearby far- i mer, to clean and take care of the I cemetery. Governor Bishop ordered \ this stopped when he came into office and the place became one of desola- 1 tion until Governor Foraker succeed- 1 ed in persuading the Federal govern- < ment to build a stone wall around the ] plot. Later headstones were placed 1 in the cemetery. When the beautiftcatiou of the cenv i etery was started, scopes of trees 1 were imported from the Southern states. Few of these withstood the rigors of the Northern climate. : Trees natural to Ohio were planted over the graves and now interlock branches from which the wild birds . king a requiem to the dead. First memorial exercises were held at this cemetery on June 5, 1895. At the second memorial services, June 5, 1896, Judge David F. Pugh, of Columbus, a Union veteran twice wounded by Confederate bullets, was me of the two speakers, tfhe other Nun Colonel Bennett H. Young/an exConfederate of Kentucky. Camp Chase originally was intended as a recruiting camp for the Union irmy. It was to succeed Cump Jackion, which wus located on the site of joodale Park, for this purpose. The Irst prisoners brought, here was a party of 23 West Virginians. Because of the poor drainage facilities there was talk of abandoning the camp, but nothing was done. During the war there were more than 1*0,000 Confederate prisoners handled through this camp. A Confederate spy was attracted here during the latter part of the war to observe the operations around Oamp Chase. This spy, Major A. J., Marlowe, kept under cover in a small brick house at 750 W. Broad street, which was torn down a few years ago to make room for a Standard Oil station. Through the curtained, windows of this house, ho saw the Union troops marching to and from the Union station. . : ... Where the crude wooden shacks stood within the guarded stockade, each of which sheltered 24 men, now are standing some of the most attractive homes in Co)unybus. The cemetery was four miles from the city 60 years ago, now is surrounded by the city. The graves shelter alike the aristocratic scions of , ? I - ? I rich plantation owners and the moun-1 taineera of the South who loft only a cabin to which they wore not to re-1 turn. And the headstones are alike I even as the soldiers in their uniforms I were alike. The Cause of the Trouble j (Creator Reporter) i In trying to put the finger on the chief trouble In South Caro'ina about I enforcing the law, which result* in South Carolina's murder record being just about thl?' worst in the United States, one would not go far wrong In saying that the factor most ro- J sponsible for this condition is the abuse of the pardon power. It re-1 quires a desperate fight to convict t? 1 white man of a capital charge; and if I now and then one is convicted and sent up for a -term of years it take* I the heart completely out of the law enforcement forces for the governor to step in and with a stroke of the pe* undo the work (of the jury. Of I course, petitions are presented ad infinitum; of courste, jurors after being dingdonged relent and unite in the plea for cUunency; and, of course I paid attorneys working day and night can cajole almost anybody iiito sign-1 ing a parole. At any rate that is what has played smash in South Carolina, especially of late, with the) enforcement of law, and is going to contihue to 'do so until South Carolina elects a governor who has the backbone to do his duty under such cir-l cumstanccs. The Yorkville Enquirer! comments as follows on this situa-1 tion: "One reason why we do not have 1 better enforcement and more respect! for law in South Carolina is because J the governor of South Carolina is I not doing his duty and seeing to it I that the laws are enforced. The gov* I ernor can do that. He is the one man 1 "Who can have the laws enforced. He | can see to it that the sheriffs of the various counties do their duty or J make them show hrm why they don't. I He can see to it that the solicitors do I their duty or tell them to give him good reasons why they don't. He has the appointment of special I judges, and if a special judge doesn't! do his duty the governor doesn't have! to appoint him any more. The gov-1 ernor could let a good many criminals I who have beei^ sent to the chain I gangs and the penitentiary stay! there, instead of letting them out to I do it again and if he would let fewer! men out of prison by the parole and pardon route it would be very plain) notice to the criminally inclined that! Mf they get into the penitentiary #rj on the chain gang that he will be I deaf in both ears when.their attor-| neys make pleas for their release*! His very, title as chief executive car-1 ries with it the duty and responsibil- J ity of seeing to it that-, the laws against crime are enforced. And) while we are about it this summer, I suppose we ask the candidates fori governor what they are going to do, I if elected, in regard to enforcing the! jaws, pardoning and paroling crimi-1 nals. We may not be able to tell the j governor what he must do, but atl least we can find. out what a pros- j pective or woukM>e governor is going I to do. about it." ' On The Job The farmer had been standing in! front of the clothing store for about) an hour. A brisk young clerk, scent-! ing a sale, stepped out and spoke, to him. "What time is it?" said the farmer. I The clerk looked at his watch and I replied, "Five, five." j "Well, said the farmer, "111 stick around a little longer, I'm waitin' fori them pants," and he pointed to a pair ef trousers bearing the sign "Given away at S:20." ? ""'1" " ":r j ; ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CONGRESS | W. F. STEVENSON I ZEB VANCE DAVIDSON | FOR STATE SENATE O G. C.'WMSH ( FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES allen b. murchison LORING DAVIS For Magistrate DeKalb Township J. D. SINCLAIR W. L. DePASS, JR. For Magistrate Lower Buffalo J. E. COPE LAND C.LARENOE C. PATE FOR TREA8URBR ? s. W. hogtje J. W. CANTEY D. M. MoCASKILL "FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE samuel n. nicholson w. l. Mcdowell FOR SHERIFF J. HENRY McLEOD T). T. YARBOROUGH FOR COUNTY AUDITOR B. E. SPARROW FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR H. G GARRISON. JR. BEN P. DeLOACHE FOR ROAD SUPERINTENDENT I V S. H. MICKLE Gloves were worn by both Egyptians and Hebrews In ancient times. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATION The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for admission of new students will be held at every County Court House in the State on Friday* July 2, and Saturday, July 3, at sum* Applicants must not he elss than sinteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, providing they meet the conditions governing the award. All who wish scholarships should attend the examination whether there are vacancies by July 2 or not. Applicants for Scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship blanks, ^ .Scholarships are worth |100 and free tuition. For further informaUo nand catalogue, address President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, South Carolina, CLBMSON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. Competitive examinations for the award of vacant scholarships in Clemson College wiH be held on Friday, Jgly 9, 1920, beginhlngat 9 a.m., by edcn county superintendent of education. These scholarships will be open to young men sixteen years of age or over, who deeire to parens courses in Agriculture and Textiles. Persons interested should write the Registrar for information and application blanks before the time of the .? examinations. Successful applicants must meet fully the requirements for admission. Each scholarship is worth $100.00 . and free tuition, which is 240.00 additional. Membership in tne Reserve Officers Training Corps?R. O. T. C. ?is equivalent in money value to a scholarship during the junior and senior years. These examinations may also be ? used'as credit toward admission into * college. For further information write THE REGISTRAR Clemson College, 8. C. 1 1 . i." i i. 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