The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-25
CARDINALS NEW
SUMMER RESORT.
White Stone Lithia Springs Will
Open July First.
A MODEL OF ARCHITECTURE.


Beautiful Resort Whose Wa
ters + Attracting Attention
Everywhere.
Special to The State.
WHITE STONE LITHIA SPRINGS (Spar-
tanburg County, June 1.-The prosper
Gus Piedmont section of the State Is full
of surprises Wealth, energy and push
have easily placed her in the front rank
of the new South. The transformation
in the past 20 years Of the apparently
barren red hills into fertile terraced
fields; the building OF almost innumer,
able cotton factories, and surely as night
follows the day came the upbuilding Of
hamlets into towns, towns into cities, and
an increased population. Along with this
flood tide Of prosperity came the educa.
Of knowledge, culture and refinement.
The up country has always been the
mecca to which h people of the low
lands in the eastern and southern por.
tions of the State urn their steps in the
summer to escape the malaria prevalent
in those sections, and the names of many
Of the old and familiar watering places
are household words But tits said the
best is always saved until the last. II
was left for Harris tho only "Jim"
Harris to discover and utilize the best
health giving water, not only in the
State, but perhaps in the South.
White Stone Lithia springs are only
one and a half miles from Rich Hill, a
station on the Southern railway seven
miles from ~Spartanburg and 20 from
Union.
Formerly it was known as "Kirby
spring" and although in a general way IL
has for years been known simply as a
cline spring" by the natives, and bene-
fetal results were obtained by drinking
its waters, It's true medicinal qualities
were never known until the pre- perty
passed into Harris hands and an analysis
was made.
The water abounds In sodium chic
ride, lithium, sodium magnesium and
iron ~bicarbonates; iron, potassium sodium,
calcium and lithium sulphates Also
alumina and silica. 1t is considered a
very pure mineral water, and containing
lithium salts makes 1t a valuable water
incidentally.
GHE LOCATION.
These celebrated springs will be con.
nected with Rich Hill by q railway, the
roadbed Of which is now all graded and
the work Is nearing completion. The
distance Is only q mile and a half.
WHITE ToN LITHIA SPRINGS.
The springs are surrounded by high
hills whose submits rise in some places
to q perpendicular almost a hundred
feet. The stream juts out Of a 6ssure in
a massive rock which towers high above
1t. An inch pipe has been injected into
the rock through which the cool spark
Ing water flows, rising to an elevation
offour feet. The outpour is at least TWO
gallons q minute.
The natural pressure is 80 great that IL
the piping was reduced" to a fourth
of an inch tho stream would rise to q
height Of SO or 40 feet. This is remark
able In the mountainous up country and
is said to be the only ono OF Ito kind yet
discovered.
THE BoTTLINa Works
Fifty yards below the spring has been
erected q neat and picturesque brick
building, 30x40, where the water is bot
tied, plain and carbonated. and shipped
to all parts Of the United States. The
water has already obtained q wide repu
tation and the dsily shipment now
amounts to from $3.50 to $500.
1t is claimed that on account OF the
softness and lightness OF the water 1t
retains Its gas longer than any other
mineral water ON the market. This
has been already tested, and hence