Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-03-24
NEW CEMETERY
Is NOW OPEN

A blueprint or plat of the new Car
thage cemetery has been completed
and announcement has been made that
lots in the new cemetery are now for
sale. The lots are properly laid off
and numbered, with driveways and
walkways properly located. The plot,
which contains something like four
acres, has been fenced and has been
sown to bluegrass. The new cemetery
IS situated on the w. E. Myer farm,
only a short distance from the main
s@rt of town. 1t is located on a
mound, rolling three ways, and when
set to blue grass will no doubt be one
OF the most beautiful burial places in
the upper Cumberland section.
The cemetery viii remain under the
charge of the Carthage Town Council,
and at its last meeting the Council
selected Charles R. McClarin as sup
erintendent of the cemetery, and the
selection of Mr.. McClarin to this posi-
ton assures the people that the prop
erty viii be cared for and beauti-
fed. Mayor Hubert Turner and Coun-
cilmen Sam Pickering and Chas. Nc
Clarin were appointed a committee to
draft rules and regulations governing
the cemetery, and when adopted these
rules will be adhered to strictly. The
sale of the lots will compose a Gene
terry fund and this fund will be used
for no other purpose except to keep
up the cemetery In addition to the
large number of desirable lots that
are to be offered for sale, there is a
space set out for a potter's field, or
burial place for those who are unable
to purchase lots.
The lots are laid off in 20-foot
squares, or spaces of sufficient size
for eight graves, and after much de
liberation the Town Council has de
cided that the prices of lots will be
as follows: Full size lot, or eight
graves, $50; half size lot, or four
graves, $45; fourth size lot, or two
graves, $25; eighth size lot, or one
grave, SIS. These prices are deemed
very reasonable when the price that
was necessary to pay for the land and
the cost of keeping the cemetery up
fer years and years are considered.
In Offering the lots for sale Mr.. Nc
Clarin states that the first come first
served. So the first who make pur-
chases of lots will get first choice
and the next the next choice and so on
down. IF you are at all interested in
this see Mr.. McClarin who will gladly
show you the blueprint or go with you
10 the grounds or in any other way
assist you in making the selection of
the lot you desire.
To be sure that the cemetery will
be conducted properly Mr.. McClarin
has written to Mr.. w. III. Spicer, sup
erintendent of the beautiful Mt Olivet
cemetery at Nashville, to come to Car
thage and show him and give him full
structions how to look after the
property in the way it should be look
ed after.
No community was ever more in
need of a new cemetery than was Car
Nthage. The old cemetery has long
since been filled, and too, the old ceme-
terry is so situated that it is wholly
impossible to keep it in the condition
that property of this kind should be
kept. The Town Council will in1me-
diately go to work on constructing a
road to the cemetery and the peoplecan
rest assured that the property will
be carefully looked after in every re-
spect. See Mr. McClarin at once, if
interested.