The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-05
WHERE WILL ELIZABETH
CITY BURY IT'S DEAD?
Acres Must Be Found For Bodies of
Those Yet to Die

What IS TO become OF EllZ-
,hr.a City'S present and fu-
~.c dead is 4 puzzle that is
oa:routing the few rcvcrcnt
or,, d; the town vino vcncr-
4, the ashes OF their anccs-
,,->. Elizabeth City's Holly
uyel cemetery is almost allied
go and there is no good sites
,railahic for another cemetery
r.ac Elizabeth City.
Room tor 4 new cemetery is not
h.a.r..s those who would see the
.,s-sn. cemetery bcautiGed, SO much
=. i the lack OF interest people
snow in the graves of their rela
,.ras Mrs. Geo. W. Ward, Sccrc-
u-v Of the local cemetery aSSocia-
non. SAWS il is impossible to interest
Oh, Younger generation in the care
ot the graves Of their ancestors.
Snr, most Of the folks are losing
:-.s;r<.. it is a hard matter to keep
,,a cemetery carefully tended.
Eaal.zinC the lack Of interest and
go hard work necessary 10 keep up
... work. the cemetery association
-.w ,ry to induce PaSquotank Coun-
.,.> representative in the legislature
p, work for the enactment OF 4 bill
permitting Elizabeth City to take
HOLLYWOOD Cemetery within the city
limits. The cemetery association has
.%>l members who pay two dollars 4
v,J- each 10 keep up the work, but
'ls, barely pays for moving the
grass. and leaves nothing for shrub
1.-y. fences or other improvements.
uEcorS Of the association are anN-
,g> that the city take charge of this
r~mo.ery and the Episcopal Gene
'r-y rs well. The Episcopal ccmc-
tory :, in need of Improvement aS
.wuy oi In, families holding lots
There have completely died off. lcay-
ing no ono to improve the graves,
nor MONEY 20 provide for Improve
ucu.S.
Hollywood Cemetery includes
about seven acres which are all TAX
~ up. There are but few lots that
a-n not completely filled with graves,
and the few remaining are family
l,> which are not available to the
public. Hollywood Cemetery is
bounded on two sides by a highway,
s-i on another side by Il swamp,
'aus no room is left for extensions.
TN the other side there is about an
;,-c OF land remaining which might
10 sold for lots, but the owner viii
ro' sell this property in bulk, and
prefers to sell it of, lot at Il timc.
\ lot at Il time, 20 by 20 feet in
area sells for about $50. 1t has
,rt been many years since these
,lmr lots sold at $50 apiece. Times
ave changed and the high cost of
g.rS Is greater almost than the cost
.: living.
H., 81 remaining acre of land Is
-raius compared with the growing
mpu,ac.on Of Elizabeth City. 1t will
,ay b. q short time AZ best before
',a space is filed. Then. where is
ma.acr piece Of land big enough for
a cemetery near Elizabeth City to
:rvat: That is 4 question. The
.lt .4a- might be used for burial
,.-9g,n> is making money for its
Nc.sng; owners for agricultural pur-
poses. more money than i cemetery
Ter4 make. Besides, no adjoining
ao@e owner would look with favor
oa planting a piece Of ground right
q. lis door with dead people.
4 ,ua'l tract Of say, ten acres
1 ".ld hardly be- worth considering
&, d r"m~rcry for Elizabeth City.
Tie ,arru acres Of Hollywood have
p.'- &''I in % years. People look
cemetery as Il place which should
aar. yoom to hold the dead for
hang. m.0y generations. And no
.0.g v.a wants 10 be buried near
-s .@",.'ars will welcome the idea
s . o'sl1uy what may be nothing
-..-H '..u sr annoy