The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-04-22
Col. HOyt ON White Stone
Lithia.
E DEVELOPMENT.
The Achievements Of a
Laurens Man.
Hotel With all Modern ConVeniences-
Tremendous Shipments OF Water
Constantly Increasing.

Aiehi0huVuS ohiPhhontS Vi Wht0r
Constantly Increasing.
The following is from the pen Of Col.
James A. Hoyt, in the Greenville
Mountaineer.
This is al age of rapid development
and in no respect is this more per-
ceptible, so far as this section Of the
country is concerned, than in the num-
Der and variety OF health and pleasure
resorts. More than a half century ago,
at what is now known far and wide as
the White Stone Lithia Springs, in
S%partanburg county, there was a local
interest in the curative properties of
the water, and a half dozen or more
cabins were occupied every summer
with families from the immediate
neighborhood, but there was no thought
of inviting others to partake Of the
benefits flowing from NATURES fountain
in great abundance. 1t a prior to
the days of rapid transit, and the near
est railroad point was Columbia, but
the owners OF the water did not imag-
inc for q moment that 1T vas desirable
10 advertise extensively its remedial
qualities.
WONDERS WROUGHT.
All this is now changed, and in the
last two years wonders have been
wrought, until White Stone has be-
come celebrated in all parts OF the
United States, and there has arisen a
man of pluck, energy and enterprise
whose plans and purposes would thrill
aud entrance the generations OF the
past. Mr.. James T. Harris, the wizard
OF health resorts la this part Of the
country, is q native OF Laurens county,
and seems to have an intuition for the
development OF neglected springs, and
thereby create the opportunity for
blessings untold upon suffering hui
manity. His work at White Stone is
really marvellous, and he Is just fairly
BEGINNING to unfold and bring to per-
fiction the plans be has in view to
make this an attractive summer and
winter resort.
AMONG THE HILLS.
Nestled among the hills between the
Pacolet and the Enoree he has found
an ideal spot for the fulfllment OF his
purposes, and browning n Of these
hills he has built an extensive and at
t~ractive modern hotel, which contains
more than two hundred rooms, and has
the most ample floor space to be found
in any resort within my knowledge,
The building is three stories in height,
and in the centre is the largest kind Of
a rotunda, whose circle on each floor
will accommodate hundreds Of specta,
tors. Every room in the house is or
the outside, and not a single guest car
ask for a change of location on the
ground of ventilation being made
quate. Those who spent last summer
here tell us that there was never ar
uncomfortable night or the ligbtest
complaint of heat.
THE GREAT HOTEL.
The hotel will accommodate 35(
guests, and it was opened July 18th
1902. 1t is lighted with electricity
throughout, and has a complete system
Of w~aterworks, while in winter it i:
supplied with steam heat. The dining
room will seat 200 people, and on the
third floor IL a ball room of like di
mensions, which has more than a hun
dred incandescent lights grouped most
artistically in the ceiling. On the hill
upon which the hotel stands there is q
remarkable variety OF trees, including
the maple. beech, ash, oak, hickory,
pine, black gum, sweet gum, dog
wood, persimmon, chestnut, poplar, ce,
dar and holly. The grounds are as yet
in al unfinished state. but work begins
in a short time TO render the vision
more attractive. Across the ravjne
beyond the spring is another wooded
hill where the growth Is chiefly pine,
from whose summit there IL a splendid
view of the hotel and the surrounding
country. A club house, billiard rooms.
bowling alley, tennis grounds and pa.
vilion at the spring will diversity the
enjoyment of the visitors and render
more attractive their %sojourD.
AN ELECTRICLINE.
An electric line is now being con
structed from the railroad station, 6
distance OF two and o half or three
miles, upon which the grading he.
been completed aud the cross-ties are
being laid, and trolley cars are already
on the track at the depot. White Ston,
station is only eight miles from Spar
tanburg on the Asheville ard ColumbIs
division, and the electric line Is pro
jected for a connection to Spartanburg
A STRIKING FEATURE.
One Of the most striking features Of
this extraordinary development is the
shipment Of water from White Stone
which was begun less than two years
ago, and has already reached enormous