The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-21
Health-Giving Waters That
Flow From Iillsides Of
Old Virginia
MODERN HOTEL AND
SANATORIUM In ONE
All-the- Year Round Resort-Rest
and Health Seekers Home in
Summer, and Hunters Para /
disc in Winter-Bottling u
Works and Ginger .a.lY
Ale Factory. .s,IIsA}
BY FRANK $. wooDsoN.
tIndustriaI Editor.)

tIndustriai Editor)
THE, MEcKLENRURG, CHASE CITY, /
VA. June 20..-I have been travelling I
some of late in the county of Meek
lenburg, and writing of It's wealth.
past. present and prospective. OF Its /
mineral waters l have SO far had but |
little to say. not that the subject Is not
an inviting one. but I have up to now
take3 up all of my available space
telLriS about the rich farming lands
and the timber wealth and the manu- |
featuring enterprises of the county.
From time immcmorial the hills OF
this county have been famous for
waters of medicinal qualities that have
, carried health, joy and comfort to
thousands. II is only In recent years
that these valuable waters have been
made a subject of commerce.. and that
the bottlng and sale OF them has
become an industry to add to the
wealth of the county and OF the old
State.
The Alecklenburg Mineral Springs
Company. under it's present strictly /
business management has done as
much as any agency In the county,
and more perhaps. to make the old
county of Meclslenburg known, and
well known, in the marts Of the world. !
The history OF the springs, with the
story of the health-giving waters. Is I
we'll worth n chapter in the Industrial
Section of The -Dispatch-the
modern history, I mean.
Water rs nm bndustry.
! The litha water and the calcium
chloride were heard of here many years
Iago but their valuable medicinal prop
critics and curative powers were known
: m n
been in the last decade that energetic
/ men have carried the knowledge OF
4. them to the wide. wide world. and thus
made them blessing to suffering hi-
1lmanity and their preparation for mar
ket and sale a great Virginia industry.
There are here two springs. several
hundred feet apart. Of equal value, but
In all medicinal properties as different
las wine from brandy. From ons
spring comes the now far famed Neck
lanburg lithla, which is fine mineral
and table water-lisht. clear. cool and
| sparkling. 1t has wonderful curative
properties in cases of chronic kidney
and bladder diseases chronic Brights
disease, stone in bladder and kidney.
rheumatism, gout. dyspepsia. tndiges-
| tlon and all diseases due to an excess
of uric acid in the blood, and in all
other conditions where powerful al
|
The Chloride Calcium.
| The Mecklenburg chloride calcium
water. which flows from another spring.
| Is unique in It's constituents and effects
Investigation has failed to discover.
either in this country or Europe, an
other water similar to it In analysis
and effect. Many members Of the med
ical profession have indorsed Its won
Iderful curative powers In catarrhal
conditions of the stomach and bowels.
lin scrofulous and Elandular enlarge
ments. in joint and bone diseases. and In
chronic skin diseases such as derma-
| tits. eczema, chronic ulcers, etc. It Is
also powerful in its effect upon chronic
malarial poisoning and chronic kidney
and bladder troubles. 1t is q splendid
nerve tonic in case of nervous pros
tration, hysterIa, melancholia. etc. and
may be used locally as an antiseptic
and opthalmic wash. 1t is an ideal
remedy in all blood and nerve disor-
\ ders where powerful and general
tonic and Alternative is required.
4 Such. in brief, are descriptions OF
the two waters found many years ago
flowing from the hillsides Of this par
lticular part Of the good old county OF
Mecklenburg. Ten or fifteen years
ago the waters We're made known be-
yond the immediate local domain. and
| a little hotel in the town was crowded
| all the year round with sick people
who came to be cured
Hotel ana Sanntorium Built.
| In the fall and winter OF 1901-'02 q
company was formed. and the Neck
lenburg, an up-to-date hotel and sana-
torium. was erected The place was
opened as a pleasure resort, as we'll as
a fountain of health, and later on the
bottling works were instituted and the
shipments of both the lithla and chlo-
ride calcium commenced. Later still,
the bottling works We're enlarged, and
very lately a ginger ale factory has
been added, 1t having been discovered
that the Mecklenburg lithia Is an
especially superior water for use In the
manufacture Of ginger ale. the finest
OF tonics.
Five years ago large blocks OF the
stock OF the Mecklenburs company
changed hands, and new and in every
way hustling management came upon
the scene. with Colonel William T.
Hughes as president and general man
ager; w. D. Paxton. superintendent,
and a. ], Cooke, hotel manager. Since
then some hustling has been done.
and to-day the Mecklenburg and It's
waters are household words In many
parts OF the country. and thus an in-8
dustry that brings to tho front in an
other way the wonderful resources OF
| Old Virginia has been built up and
made famous by Virginia energy and /,
pluck.
Latter Day Hotel.
The hotel and sanatorluln. oom-
posita building. Is gem Of architect
ure. 1t Is T-shaped. and so arranged 4
that the hotel proper and the sanato-
rum. while under one roof. are as dis
tinctly separate institutions as II they
We're miles apart.
The hotel proper has $50 guest rooms.
rooms en- suite, single rooms. rooms
with baths and rooms without baths /
Tho house Is SO arranged that every I
room is an outsider. and the sun shines
,eContipued on Fifth Pase.a ~'