The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-10-12
IMPROVEMENT ON
CEMETERY BEGINS
Civic League Doing d Great
Work.
MATERIAL ORDERED
Along North Harper Street. Net
Wire Fence All Around.

The Laurens Civic League has Ia ken
up so actively and vigorously the task
OF improving conditions at the city
cemetery that preliminary arrange
ments have been practically completed
and in very few days the actual work
of enclosing and protecting and beau
tifying the graveyard will begin
An enthusiastic meeting of the
league committee of five, who are
working with full authority from the
trustees, was held Monday afternoon
AT the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce. At this meeting a general out
line of the situation was carefully gone
over; also a number of all-importa ant
details such as specifications tkM ily
drawn up by Mr.. III. b. Humbert COW
of the handsome four-foot rock wall
which is to extend along the bottom
Of the embankment on the entire street
front of about 500 feet
Competitive bids will be asked for
at once for constructing this wall; and
ii is probable that the contract there
for will contain clause requiring an
adequate bond for the satisfactory
completion of the work within about
45 days from now.
Meanwhile the fencing and posts
have been ordered, and ought TO be
here this week and all in place with
hn n,,l
er week
The league has deemed it proper to
entirely separate all money donated
for cemetery Improvement from the
organizations general fund.- and, in
pursuance of that plan, Mrs. II. X.
Aiken has consented to act as special
treasurer All checks sent in pay
ment of subscriptions to the cemetery
fund should, therefore, be drawn TO
the order of Mrs. III. *. Aiken so as 10
avoid occasion for unnecessary en-
dorsements.
The president of the Civic League
particularly requests that each lady
who has subscription list will per
'7''As.iiS ihtSi NiSN rll lhc SuDSCIlDeIS
whose names appear thereon, to the
end that when these lists are turn ed
in to Mrs. Aiken at noon Friday, Oc-
tober 18th, as many as possible of the
amounts subscribed may be properly
marked paid"
In order to save every one concern
ed as much trouble as possible, how
ever, 1t is suggested that contributors
not wait to be called on but that they
mail their checks at once either to
the members on whose lists their
names appear on to the special treas
urer direct.
1t has moi, of course, been possible
in the limited time since this move
ment was launched to personally pre-
sent the matter to anywhere near ev-
erybody in Laarens. Hence it is GER
tain that very many who would natur-
ally wish to subscribe have been quite
unintentionally omitted. To all OF
these the Civic League desires par
ticularly TO make it known that every
such omission has been purely mad
Vertent and accidentai; ana, further,
that n check sent now to Mrs Aiken
will be duly appreciated
Although the response to the call
for donations has been so immediat e
and general that the success OF the
undertaking is already absolutely GER
tain, such of the subscription list S
as have been totaled UP indicate that
considerably more money must be
raised right away if the initial work
of enclosure is to be paid for as it is
done. So. if any subscribers wish TO
increase the amounts Of their contri-
buttons, they can rest assured that
every cent of it will be used to the
very best purpose in the world-name-
ly keeping clear of debt in commenc-
ing the performance of an important
and sacred duty.
If it be found inpracticahle to in
dividually acknowledge each contri-
button and thank each contributor by
name, a consolidated letter of thanks.
with the amount donated by each sub
scribed, will most probably be printed
in the next issue of this paper.
1t is the desire of the league that all
possible contributions be actually paid
mother by check or In cash-within
the next three days, and that all sub