The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-02

When Dr.. R. '. Pierce was q candidate for
State Senator, his political opponents published
q pretended analysis Of his popular medicines,
hoping thereby to prejudice the people against
him. His election by an overwhelming ma
jority severely rebuked bis traducers, who
sought to impeach his business integrity. No
notice would have been taken Of these cam
paign lies were it not that some Of bis enemies
land every successful business man has his full
quota of envious rivals) are rspublishing these
bogus analyses. Numerous and most absurd
formulas have been published purporting to
come from high authority and It Is q signih-
can't fact that no two have been at all alike
conclusively proving the dishonesty Of their
authors. The following is from the Buffalo
Commercial Of Oct $50, 1877:
Hardly q dozen years ago he Or Pierce)
came here, ayoung and unknown man, almost
friendless, with no capital except his own man
hood. which, however, included plenty Of
brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance,
and Unborn nprightness Capital enough for
any young man In this progressive country, II
he only has good health and habits as well.
he had all these great natural advantages and
one thing more, an excellent education. He
had studied medicine and been regularly
licensed to practice as o physician. But he
was still O student, fond Of investigation and
experiment. He discovered, or invented, i'm
portant remedial agencies or compounds. Not
choosing to wair YEARLY for the sick and suffer-
ing to find out (without any body to tell them)
that he could do them good, he advertised his
every school to examine and pronounce judy
ment upon his formulas. He advertised iber-
orally, profusely, but with extraordinary
s%hrewdness, and in q method which Is in itself
a lesson to all who seek business by that per-
fectly legitimate means. His success has been
something marvelous-so great indeed that 1t
must be due to intrinsic merit In the articles he
sells more even than to bis unparalleled skill in
the use Of printers ink. The present writer
once asked a distinguished dispensing druggist
to explain the secret Of The almost universal
demand for Dr.. Pierce's medicines. he said
they were In fact genuine medicines. - such
compounds as every good physician would pre-
scribe for the diseases which they we're adver-
tised to cure. OF course, they cost less than
any druggist would charge for the same article
on a physician'e prescription, and besides there
was the doctors fee saved. Moreover, buying
the drugs In such enormous quantities, having
perfect apparatus for purifying and compound
ing the mixture, he could not only get better
articles In the first place, but present the medi-
cine In better form and cheaper than the Same
mixture could possibly be obtained from any
other source.
tmay bo thought that all this having refer
ence to DR.. Pierce's private business has no
point whatever when considered in connection
with the proper qualifications Of 8 candidate
for the Senate. Perhaps. But it IL the fashion
now, and will be for a fortnight more, with
sundry Journals, to make sneering illusions to
this very matter. After that brief period, they
will be quite ready TO go on doing his work al
before, and as always before. to speak OF lin
~ q great public benefactor."