The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-08
WONDERFUL RESULTS AT lAURENS CEMETERY
Following the Determined Campaign of the Local Papers
and the Civic League the League the Last Resting
Place of the Laurens Dead Is Now In Beautiful
Condition. Movement Must be Kept Going.

foot rock retaining wall was built
along the street front and surmount-
ing this a terrace sodded with Bermu-
da grass. Roads were laid out and
graded, drains provided, walks out
lined and new lots mapped off and
prepared for selection and sale. AS
soon as the municipal authorities
turned over to the committee the Gem
etery cottage, it was rented for a
small monthly sum which materially
increased, however, the meagre finan-
ces at their disposal. Then a main
tenance fund" was started-each lot
owner who pays three ($3) dollars a
year being entitled to have his or her
lot Kept in order; and, with the money
thus obtained, the committee pays
competent colored man who spends
his whole time there and. when he is
not busy keeping individual lots in or
der, works on the walks and roads and
terrace. This man is allowed to water
flowers and do other extra work af-
ter hours for individual lot-owners on
condition that he be not in any way
diverted from his paramount duty and
provided that Tin addition to the pre-
scribed SO a year, there be paid to
the man himself such compensation as
may be agreed upon between lot
owner and caretaker (preferrably
with full knowledge and approval of
the committee).
The most recent improvements were
completed last week and were, except
ing of course the original fencing. the
most important and noteworthy thus
far accomplished. The section of high
wire fence between the cemetery prom
er and the cottage was moved south
ward so that now the cottage yard is
only yard, whereas a considerable
area has been added to the graveyard.
This new space on the gently slop-
ing hillside along the south boundary
fence has been divided up and marked
OIL into lots 20 feet by IS feet, the
walks between being six feet wide,
north and south and four feet wide,
east and west. (These lots, about
thlrty in number, are now available
for selection; and application therefor
should be made at once by persons
desiring them.) The cemetery cot
tage has been put in excellent order
by the carpenters, painters, plasterers
and plumbers at a total cost of about
S325; and q high wire fence has been
installed between it and the next
adjoining yard. Down the newly es-
tablished fence line of the graveyard
'and outside of the newly-laid- out
lots) runs a 22-foot driveway: and
this road parallels the old north and
south driveway to the northeast corn
er or The occupied part of the cemetery
"here 1T circles around the hillside
and joins the exit roadway construct
ed last year. In addition to the work
already noted, number of drains and
waterways have just been complcted
these being but the beginning of a
comprehensive system of grading and
drainage by which it is intended in
the near future to protect and beauti-
fy the whole hillside.
Improvement and Identification of
individual lots have kept pace with the
very great improvements made by the
committee in the cemetery as a whole.
ana no one who visits the place now
can fail to be impressed with the fact
'hat Laurens is at least much more