The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-17
'0LDWH|TE SULPHUR
NOW THE NEWWH|TE
Wonderful Changes in
the Grandest of Noun
tain Resorts.
BEST GOLF COURSE
in ALL A M Err ICA
Everything Made New From Gel
lar to Garret-The Old Spa in
Green and White-Hotel and
Cottages Are Superb.
Golfers Garden of
Eden.
BY FRANK S. wOoDsON,
InduntrtuI Editor.

hnuubtTkuA GOltOTs
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, April
16.-The famous old Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs are no more, and the
new, entirely new, White Sulphur
Springs have been born The magniti-
cent grounds and lawn with their
green grass are looking as lovely as
ever-they could not look lovelier--
the soughing pines are still waving in
the breezes, the beautiful shade trees
are DOMINIC their spring and summer
attire. the many lovely walks, paths
and winding roads through the noun
tains-"Lovers' Leap" Katie Noun
tain" Lovers Walk" Lovers Rest
.'Hesitancy." "Courtship Maze"-and
all the noted places of interest are not
only still here, but the hand of thu
artist is making them even lovelier
than nature left them And above all.
the grand old sulphur spring is here.
and the health giving waters are still
gushing from 1t. Some things can't
be made new. They must ever remain
Just as nature and the hand of Deity
left them, but $50 workmen are max
ing everything that is capable of i'm
provement new; and 1t Is to be doubted
II the thousands of former visitors 10
the "old White" will be able to recog
nize the new White When they begin
to flock here in June next.
Memories Of the Past.
The "Old White,' What wonderful
memories 1t will bring to the minds
and hearts of thousands scattered
throughout the length and breadth of
this vast ountry; and o. my! what new
pleasures are in store for the other
thousands yet TO make the pilgrimage
this way. This famous spa has a his
tory, and the old place Is enshrfned
in the hearts of all Southerners and
| Westerners. and thousands of North
! erners as WELL s.
Yes. the Old White has a. history
that Is too well known to require
much space In an article designed to
tell of the new White. Just two years
| ago this summer the old place cee-
| brated It's one-hundredthS anniversary,
| and this year 1t is going to celebrate
| the one hundred and second anniver-
| sary of it's birth as great spa. III
| the year 1908 James Caldwell opened
| the first hotel that was erected here
| for the accommodation of guests. Pre-
| vlous to that time the lame and the
halt and generally unhealthy, who
| sought the advantages of the curative
properties of the sulphur water that
gushed from the spring. had to lodge
in tents, and then in log huts. From
Caldwell's time until the present the
White Sulphur has been famous. and it
has often changed hands and manage
ment.
Borrowed Eloquence.
Two years ago this summer Misc
Aubn Aydelotte Mcdowell of Louis
vile, Ky, one of the brightest OF
newspaper writers. spent the season
here, and wrote a series of charming
letters that have since been preserved
In book form. In her reference to
the Homecoming centennial celebra-
ton, she said of the odd White that
hea 1ft ft,1f ,,<
iestic matron of Virginia. who carries
! her years lightly as becomes one so
charmingly crowned with glory and
| honor. From 1908 to now the White
| has reigned supreme, the queen OF
American watering places presidents
| of the United States orators and SOL
diers, poets and wits, famous divines
and learned doctors. beauties and
| heauy. the hest representatives of 500
cial. Intellectual, professional and div
lomatic circles of Europe and America
have paid homage at her shrine, and
| still she Yields her sceptre right
royalty. Set among the eternal blue
OF the mountains. bathed in golden
airs, she corruscates like some glor-
ious jewel on the hand of NATURE
Miss Mcdowell then branched out
into a detailed account of the ancient
history OF the place. and her story is
that charming and accurate / would
love TO repeat it, hut I am here to
talk of the new White and not of
| the glories of thu past
New Hands mt the Bellows
In the course OF time the property
fell into the hands OF an estate. the
legatees of which We're owners under
a will that had its weak points--points
that could be attacked by lawyers and
Others. As is always true In such
cases. litigation followed, and for
many years no improvements could be
made without the slow orders OF
! courts. OF course, under these condi-
lions the old place got something of
a black eye as resort. Finally the
court matters We're settled all right.
the property was sold by judicial order
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company became the purchasers pay.
ing for the whole business as 1t stood
on March / of this Year, Che sum OF
$4,000 cash A distinct company or
corporation was then formed and duly
/ chartered. and it was given the name
of White sulphur Springs, Incor-
| porated 1t will be noted that the word
Cireenher was dropped for purposes
/ of Authorization, but all the same the
| springs ana the magnificent buildings
/ that are being made new are right
7! where they have always been--right In
| the most picturesque part of the pic
i turesque and grand old county OF
! Greenbrier
Got busy at Once.
Tho new company, of which George
| w, stevens is president. and T. Alex
| ander Baxter Is manager. took pos
session on the 18th of March. At once
! Manager Baxter commenced the gl-S
| gantic work OF making the .tOid
! White" the new White. and he is MAX
| Ing It new from the cellar TO tia
garnet of the big hotel. and or all thu
cottages and of all NJ the grounds ana
| of ell the surroundings In n NUT