The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-04-19
P. F. BAXTER & son.
Funeral Directors and Embalmers.

Service and service alone, above and
beyond all other considerations, is the
very essence Of success in the profess
sion of funeral direction and embalm-
ing. In all other professions the ser
vice may be more or less efficient ana
at the same time satisfy, but in the
care and preparation Of the dead Tor
burial it must approach the ideal, eX-
acting, in addition to pronounced skill
in the art of embalming, tempermentaI
qualities that surround every effort
with the most refining influences, an
ability to harmonic every detail with
ceremonial, and the possession Of such
auxiiaries and facilities as are re-
quisite to insure promptness and rella-
bility. Impelled solely by these truths,
so we'll exemplifed in the careers OF
the country's leading men engaged IN
the profession of funeral direction and
embalming, the firm Of P. F. Baxter &
Son have established in Newberry an
institution which is pronounced by
competent authorities to be one Of the
best-equipped to be found in any city
of the same size in South Carolina.
The Offices and show rooms used by
the firm were planned for the purpose
and contain every convenience and
every appointment that experience
could suggest and money produce, for
service was the dominating motive, all
things else being secondary consIdera-
tions. The Office in the front is neatly
furnished, while work room and
store room are to the west. Immediate
ly to the rear of these two rooms are
the casket department, of which there
are two on this floor, the first, as one
approaches from the office, being de-
voted to an exhibit containing a COM
plete assortment from the medium to
the finest grades. Then there IS the
morgue or embalming room, equipped
with heavy plate glass tables, on
which bodies are laid out to be en-
balmed The walls, ceiling, and en-
tire interior are thoroughly sanitary
and germ-proof and better conditions
could not possibly prevail. All the
remainder of this floor is devoted to
the storage of caskets, coffins and fun
eral furnishings generally. Four
hearses are required to facilitate the
business, a new one and one Of the
handsomest in the State having re-
Gently been added to the equipment.
The firm is composed of P. F. BaX-
ter and J. H. Baxter, his son. The SEN
ior member Of the firm is practical
undertaken. Soon after embarking in
the business J. H. Baxter became con-
vinced of the great advantages to be
derived from thorough knowledge Of
embalming based on accurate scienti-
fic principles, and accordingly he be-
came a student Of the Cincinnati Col
lege of EmbaIming, graduating in
1908 and passing the examination Of
the State Board Of Health in 1909.
Succeeding L, NJ. Speers, who had
been in business here for forty years,
this firm has prepared for burial near
~ all the deceased members Of leading
and influential families and the very
preference for their service is proof
conclusive of the superiority Of the ad-
vantages they offer as funeral dlrec-
tors and undertakeTs. No one but
thoroughly alert and progressive men
would have the superior equipment P.
F. Baxter & Son possess. and no one
but persons of their ability and integ-
rity could achieve the enviable reputa-
ton they not only possess at home, but
among the fraternity of funeral direc-
tors and embaImers, who are generous
and liberal minded enough to commend
them in the highest terms for an equip
ment and service which is, and ought
to be, a source Of pride to the entire
profession.
P. F. Baxter & Son also maintain
marble and granite works, in which
department they are able to supply