Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-21
"WHITE DIAMOND LITHIA."

as the White Diamond Lithia Springs,
are going, to have the patronage their
generally conceded merits deserve this
season, or the management is going to
know the reason why"
That is the substance Of a statement
that Mr.. P. v. Gaffney, general mana
ger of the Piedmont Mineral Springs
company made to a representative Of
The Enquirer on one Of the cool
breeze-swept verandas Of the white
Diamond Lithia Springs" hotel last
Wednesday afternoon and from what
the newspaper man saw during a stay
Of fourteen or fifteen hours, he Is pref
ty well satisfied that Mr.. Gaffney and
his associates will not be disappointed
The hotel Is being operated this year
under the direct supervision of the
owners, the Piedmont Mineral Springs
company. Mr.. S. L. Hopper, who has
had many years experience in the con-
duct Of hotels at watering places and
mountain resorts has the executive
management Of the place and his
daughter, Miss Lillian Hopper, also
thoroughly qualified for the position.
is his able assistant.
Wednesday night was the occasion
Of the opening ball of the season. The
event had been well advertised, and
was largely attended, Notwithstanding
the fact that heavy rain which fell in
the afternoon prevented the setting
out Of many who would have other
wise gone from Yorkville, Blacksburg,
points. In spite Of the rain, however,
there were more than a hundred peo-
pie present and the dance went on
just the same, and was very much en-
joyed by all the participants. The
music, which was very good, was fur
nished by string band from Rock Hill.
Among those present were quite a
number Of both ladies and gentlemen
who did not register; but the hotel
register for the day made a handsome
showing, the names entered after IL
o'clock Wednesday up to o'clock
Wednesday night, being as follows:
Hyde Davenport, Mr.. and Mrs. p. ".
Gaffney and two children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Shell Sparks, Wick Lipscomb, Harry
Wheat, Ralph Sarratt, VIII Lipscomb,
A. L. Curry, c. H. Austell Chas. L.
Walker, S. S. Fort, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
wilkins and two children, Gaffney:
]. S. Wilkerson, J. c. Slaughter, ]. D.
Good, N. McDill. II. A. Wilkerson,
Hickory Grove: ]. r. Osborne, Louis
vile. KY; H. H. Hughes. Chapel HILL,
N. c.; ]. M. Hughes Yorkville: J. D.
Hamilton, Sharon; Miss Kate Hamil-
ton, Gaffney: Miss Lii Hamilton, Hol-
ly Springs, Miss; S. H. Mcdaniel, D.
c. Anderson. E. T. Millen, CASTOR
Shoals; r. c. Mullinax. Miss Julia
Mullinax. Miss Gladdys Purnell, Miss
Carrie Purnell, Grover N. c.; ]. M.
Patterson, ]. o. Plonk, Joe Robbins,
Kings Mountain, N. c.; c. D. Pearson,
Charlotte. Abner Nash, A. L. Alexan-
der, B. w. Wilkes, w. u. Borders. E.
p. Campbell, s. B. Wilkes, r. R Leg
gett, Ninety Nine Islands; G. B. Ma
iOr. Washington, d. c.: ]. l.. Barber,
Shelby, N. c.: ]. M. Pollock. ]. c..
Thomson. Miss Lucy Blake, Miss Mary
Anderson. Mrs. d. G. Black, Blacks
burg; Miss Agnes Harris, Atlanta;
Misses Freeman and Lula Garrett.
Jessie Lipscomb, Lucy Carpenter,
Ethylene wilkins, Winnie Davenport,
Gaffney.
The dancing took place in the large
dining room of the hotel and contin-
ued at intervals until IL o'clock, when
the participants began to drop out. 1t
was sometime afterwards, however,
before the piazzas and promenades
were finally deserted. Everybody
seemed to enjoy the occasion i'm
mensely.
1t was a capital supper that Mr..
day night. Everything was Of the
best, abundant, well prepared and
nicely served. Some fifty or sixty peo-
pie took supper that night. There
they Jared as we'll as the night before.
Mr.. ]. S. Wilkerson had quite an
undertaking on his hands to get the
big crowd of people to and from the
trains; but he had half a dozen or
more teams at his disposal and he
kept them going backward and for
ward over the two miles between
Kings Creek station and the hotel un-
til everybody had been transferred.
Inquiry of Mr.. Hopper developed
that the springs are as popular as
ever among the people Of the sur
rounding country, especially on Sum
days, they coming miles to drink the
waters and spend a pleasant after
noon.
On being asked why the company
had seen proper to change the name
of the springs to "White Diamond"
Mr.. Gaffney explained that the change
had been made with much reluctance;
but that it was necessary for business
reasons. 1t seems that there are sew
eral springs, including one in North
Carolina and another in Virginia,
claiming the name of piedmont
and as the reputation Of the water or
the York county springs has become
spread far and wide, owners of the
other springs had begun to trade on
the name and sell their water by way
of substitute. 1--WE did not like the
idea of making the change" said Mr..
Gaffney, "but because of our un-
bounded faith in the virtue of our wa
ter we have no fear Of bad results"
The hotel has been open since the
first of June and while there have
been no large crowds previous to last
Wednesday, there have been numer-
GUS letters of inquiry and the outlook
is that the hotel is to be quite lively
place this summer.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From this date until January 1st'
1908, for $1.O4.
p stna a ster at Bowling Green.
Mrs. Mary L. Riddle has taken