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The ladies of Enterprise, Fla., have been busy raising funds 
for improvement of the cemetery. One of their efforts was a 
palmetto fair, in which brown, green and white palmettoes made 
a handsome display. The result was $130. The comtemplated 
improvements are assured. 
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The Ladies’ Cemetery Association of Akron, O., is making 
a strenuous exertion to add another park to the city. If con- 
summated the main avenue to the cemetery would wind in and 
out through the proposed park; or in other words it would create 
a park way to the cemetery. 
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The Board of Directors’ of Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. 
Louis, Mo., have abolished the $10 and $15 classes of single 
graves and raised the price to $30, and sectional 10 feet square 
lots to $80. Two bodies will not be allowed to be buried in one 
grave. Another change is that hereafter joint ownership of lots 
400 feet square is prohibited. 
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The Des Moines, la., cemetery troubles have finally been 
adjusted and the Ingersoll tract purchased. An ordinance was 
prepared providing for a special trust fund for the perpetual care 
of Woodland cemetery together with the addition of 50 per cent, 
of the future sales of lots in that cemetery. The ordinance also 
provides for setting aside 30 per cent, of all sales of lots in the 
cemetery on the Ingersoll tract as an endownent fund for a like 
purpose. 
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One of the bills which passed the House of the Missouri leg- 
islature provided that every person, partnership, association or 
corporation owning any public cemetery shall each year expend 
a sum equal to one-fourth of the gross proceeds of the sales of 
lots in improving and beautifying the grounds, and shall also set 
apart each year one-fourth of the gross proceeds of such sales for 
a fund, the interest from which is to be used in maintaining the 
cemetery in proper condition. 
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The Cypress Hills Cemetery Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
has been sued for $10,000 damages for injury from poison ivy 
growing on a grave. A widow who claims to have paid a monthly 
rate for care of her husband’s grave, on one occasion found it in a 
very untidy condition and taking off her gloves proceeded to 
clean up. In doing this she was badly poisoned, resulting in long 
illness and disfigurement and loss of a good position by v a ; h 
she supported herself and young daughter. The trial resulted 
in a verdict for plaintiff for $3,500. 
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The annual report of the superintendent, of Calvary ceme- 
tery, St. Louis, Mo., gives: Receipts from sales of lots, $28,975. 
The number of lots sold during the year were 325 making the 
total sold to date 10,140. The total number of interments for 
the year were 2.493 which gives a total for the cemetery of 60,- 
519. Nearly half a mile of new roadway was completed and 
some 4,500 forest trees and evergreens were planted out in the 
new grounds. Another great step in progress was made in new 
rules passed by the Board of Trustees, which prohibited stone en- 
trance steps to lots, and provides that no corner stones shall be set 
above the surface and no headstones higher than the graves in 
the new part of the cemetery. 
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Lake Park Cemetery, Swedesboro, Gloncester Co., N. J., is 
a small tract of 25 acres purchased in 1892. It is beautifully lo- 
cated, 100 feet above tide water and 70 feet above Lake Naritti- 
con which bounds two sides of it. It has been laid out with a 
view to landscape effects. The main avenues are 20 feet wide, 
cross avenues 8 feet, and walks 5 feet. The lots range in size from 
75 to 288 square feet. The sections are graded for lawns with grass 
paths. A fund for the permanent care of the cemetery is being pro- 
vided by setting apart ten per cent of all lot sales. The manage- 
ment is vested in a board of managers, chosen annually, who 
elect officers and an executive committee which in turn elects 
the superintendent. 
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The rule recently adopted by the Woodlawn Cemetery Asso- 
ciation, Winona, Minn., of closing the gate at sunset is causing 
considerable dissatisfaction. This is the universal practice in 
cemeteries managed with a view to proper care and improve- 
ment. While it may seem arbitrary to close the gates of a beau- 
tiful cemetery at a pleasant time of day, to maintain it in a con- 
dition of beauty requires constant care and watchfulness, and 
the gates being left open until dark would necessitate that the 
officials and help should also remain on duty. This would be a 
great hardship on the superintendent and his assistants, would 
ultimately entail a larger force, and would add to the cost of 
maintenance in an unnecessaay way, considering the results. A 
little education on the point should be convincing to the com- 
munity. 
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The Erie Cemetery Corporation, Erie, Pa., one of the few 
cemeteries whose superintendent is a woman, Mrs. E. E. Hay, 
held its annual meeting on May 4th. During their past year 
four members of the organization passed away, including two of 
the original corporators. The new lodge and entrance, con- 
structed of Medina stone, is about complete. The building in- 
cludes large reception and retiring rooms, superintendent’soffice, 
secretary’s office and vault. A large amount of improvement 
work was carried out. The number of interments during the 
year was 391. Amount received for care of lots and miscellan- 
eous ivork, $2,565.27. Among receipts are: Making graves 
$1799.50; sales of lots $7,836,78. The amount expended on build- 
ing and entrance gates was $18,694.10. Receipts from all 
sources during year were $17,765.01. 
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The annual meeting of the proprietors of lots of the Rural 
Cemetery, St. John, N. B., was held last month. The report of 
the directors for their past year shows that perpetual care is gain- 
ing ground, the number of lots placed under its provisions hav- 
ing largely increased, and another great improvement was the 
removing of iron fences and stone copings, carried out by per- 
mission of interested lot-owners, rather than by enforcement of 
prerogative. A large number of trees were imported and set out 
and much material improvement carried on. The financial re- 
report showed receipts from sales of lots $1448 50 a decrease of 
over 50 per cent, on sales for previous year; burial and vault fees 
$1168.80 also a decrease, while the annual care of lots reached 
$2338.90 as against $1783.90 in 1895. The fund for perpetual 
care of lots amounts to $6,095 2 9> covering 66 lots, 30 of which 
are credited to last year. The directors are on record as discour- 
aging Sunday funerals. 
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The annual meeting of the Marion, O., Cemetery Associa- 
tion was held April 12th, and while the receipts from sales were 
less than the previous year, the condition of affairs is very grati- 
fying. The total receipts were $6,002.81 and expenditures 
$3,640.08. The association has available assets of $25,026.31. 
The lot endowment fund amounts to $9,678.94. The association 
has been in existence 40 years and as Mr. P. O. Sharpless, a 
trustee, says in a communication, the condition of affairs is no 
