The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-17
WADE MECUM.
some interesting history of the Discovery and
Development Of Spring in Stokes County
Which is Destined to Become Famous
Throughout the World

Development Of Spring in Stokes County,
Which is Destined to Become Famous
Throughout the World.
Shortly before the var as the old
people remember, Prof. s w. Dewey, of
Massachusetts,, a geoiogist and relative
OF the famous admiral, was prospecting
IN the ouare mountains, Stokes county
Tor minerals 1t was he who discovered
mere the wonderful TIA Columite, which
is popularity known as flexible SAND
stone, or timber grit"--the only place
where 1t is found on the continent OF
North America, and it is said to abound
only where diamonds are found.
he FOUND here also a great spring
boiling up from the bed of a creek, and
tracing it's channel 10 the land, pro-
nounced it rich with rare mineral prop
critics; but the creek covered it again
and it's real virtues remained a sealed
book to the unsuspecting denizens until
very recent day. In December 1899
w. H. Walden became the owner of the
premises. He was a sufferer from sew
eral persistent and seemingly incurable
diseases, until he CHANGED to use this
water and found that it healed him.
His name suggested the latin phrase,
wade Mecum, which means go with me,
constant companion indispensable.
In selling to the present proprietors,
Wade Mecum Spring Company, Win
ston- Salem, N. c., he re served the right
to use the water forever. He, like all
others who have once used this water,
is unwilling to use any other, whether
sick or we'll
Inc publication of the analysis of this
water on September 18TH, 1900, created
profound impression, as North Caro-
lima has nothing to compare with it,.
1t is well known that North Carolina
is rich in natural resources. and espe-
cially in minerals. But it was not
known here that we had here a water
rich in every important mineral, and
so perfectly blended that it becomes at
once specific for the ills which one
half the human family is heir to. Con-
tanning more than 100 grains per gallon
with tremendous quantity of mag
nesia sulphate, it invites comparison
with the waters of Saratoga, West
Baden, .Tate's or other American
Springs.
Notwithstanding the phenomenal per-
centage of minerals, it is the more Won
derful when it is known that the out
pour of this spring is 10000 gallons per
day, indicating a vast and wonderful
mineral deposit in this wild and pic
turesque region. This section is rich
with beautiful Indian names, legends,
and traditions. The Suare nation lived
here, and we see part of the name of
their famous chief Dsnaha, in the Dan,
which, however, they called the Moro
took. Just beneath the lofty North
wall of the mountain range and near
the S. w. Bank of the Dan. few
miles from the Southern Railway, is the
situation Ct this Spring, enVironed by
graceful valleys, sparkling lakes and
amid the Blue Hills Of the DAN" 1t
goes without saying that here must
grow up a famous and popular resort
1t is only necessary 20 make ready for
the coming of the throng. The saw,
hammer, ard pick, are busy and will
be allowed to rest until the work is
done. Thirty odd buildings are now in
course of construction
But it is not alone At the Spring that
such virtues will be offered to the
thousands who can never visit a water
ing place. 1t will sOon De everywhere
as the writer learns, it has already
made its way to Washington, Raleigh,
Columbia. Charlotte, winston Salem.
Greensboro, Durham, Salisbury. Reids
vile and other cities and towns. Moth
ing can be of more concern to the public
at large than the gres ter wealth and
better health of the people which such
a discovery and its proper development
signify.
1t is a repetition of the old story.
that we have here in our own soil the
best that our planet affords.
We have only to recognize and utilize
it, and unlearn the habit of going
abroad for the requirement of good liv-
ing.
There probably never had been such
a record of cures and beneficial results
from the use of mineral water in the
same perior of time. by some it is pro-
nounced, "A gift from mother natures
own law, others carry it with them
when they travel" Il have tried the
skill of physicians and the other stand
ard waters, but nothing can be COM
pared to Wade Mecunl.' So it runs,
a long book of grateful testimonials and
every day growing larger until facts
seem fiction seems facts.
LET OTHERS SPEAK.
Winston Salem, March 3, 1901