Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-08
ELMw0On CEMrrraY.
Election Of Officers and Trustees
President LenOw's Address.

" ~" VI euo lolONln8 gen
men: Joseph Lenow, w. B. Miller
John II. Lenow, s. c. ToOf, John w
Voegeli, William +. Taylor, T. B.
Turley, j. H. McDavitt and A.. G
Treadwell.
The following persons were elected
officers: Joseph Lenow, president;
John H. Lenow, vice-president anC
treasurer; Sam'l w. Phillips, super.
intendent; Henry L. Punch, assistant
superintendent.
When the result of the election was
announced, President Lenow ad-
dressed the board as follows
Gentlemen-I thank you for the
honor you have again conferred on Inc
in electing me your president. From
the time | first assumed charge Of the
affairs Of this company until this hour
| have never Wearied of its duties. II
has been to me a labor Of love. l have
always tried to discharge the trust fear.
lessly and faithfully. Though not an
Office seeker, yet | do aspire to be
president Of this company, which has
commanded my best hours, and / am
always grati6ed that my brother trus-
tees appreciate my efforts sufficiently
to continue me in the position, which
has been unanimously done for the
past tw~enty-one years,
AT ourlast annual meeting l told you
l was sorry to report the business of
Elmwood 50 large. Now, l can say
with pleasure that the receipts were
small for the past year, though our
city had another fever visitation. /
was glad our people we're sensible and
fed from the city early on the first
alarm, and did not again offer them
selves a sacrifice to its fury; and thus
escaped the dreadful scOurge that in
1873 desolated so many homes, and
transformed, as it we're, our beautiful
cemetery into a battlefield, with the
dead lying here and there for hours
unburied. pray hat such scenes
may never again be witnessed within
the enclosure of Elmwood.
must say u people generally, and
many ofour lot owners, have but little
knowledge OF the inner workings ofour
company. B, cause we manage our
corporation economically and pru-
IDENTIFY, and pay as we 60, we are
accounted wealthy, and are thought to
be boarding up money. Would to
God their surmises were true They
think it strange we do not employ
more laborers in the Grounds, and that
we do not put some of our idle dollars
to use in making grand improvements
so necessary to the beauty of the
cemetery. They would like to see its
eighty acres kept in the same tasty
order Is are some front yards, embel-
lished by the ssillful hand Of the
gardener and florist. We are asked
to have its miles Of drives gravelled,
and its inner walks concreted, to have
hands to remove the leaves which arc
constantly falling, which experience
has taught us, act both as a covering
for the grass, and largely enrich the
soil, which VIC have always permitted
to lie unmoved through the long
winter months.
We are asked to turn philanthropy
lists, and do for our people what the
city and county has never done-Vo
outside our grounds and have con
structed a funeral road to the gates of
Elmwood, so that lot owners can visit
the cemetery in their carriages with
out fear and gloom. No one would
like to see all these things done more
than you aud /, and / think you will
go my security when l say that if they
will furnish me with the needful,
will make those grounds SO lovely
that death will be robbed Of much Of
its terror. In regard to q funeral
road to the cemetery, 1 am promised
the cooperation Of Major N. Meri
wether, our worthy city engineer, who
will go with me on a survey of a suit
able route, and when one is deter
mined on u trustees will individual
ly contribute to the building of the
road, and committees will call on LOT
owners and others and see how anx.
ious they are to have a road.
The treasurer will report to you the
financial condition Of the cemetery
Superintendent Phillips will also re.
port matters of interest.
/ again thank you, ger tlemen, fol
the honor you have done me.
CHOICE BED SNAPPERs,