Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-27
|ANELOUS RECORD.
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,ag, store 20 n Contincnt.

ingo ttOro 70 " SohhhNhN
.,rr ufsroRY or ONE or THE
'oplp's GREATEST RrMrpIFs,
~ experience Of life we come
msn. eyeuts and enterprises whose
IA history startlo by their brill
',pa but TO shame the efforts Of ro-
M Gctlon. The writer lives In a
|o,ts Ola massive structure, which
N Incidence in q career Of sue
I,1 achievement, based upon UNI
|oned merit, and our readers will
Ims,ed with It's story. The world
4 d advertised frauds, some Of
~ aoated for u considerable time
s.s,ent work, tricks Of trade and
IAlna ialsehood. Bus the s. S. s.
manufactured here In Atlanta, is
srsersally known for real merit,
Itself and the character Of tho
smIuc and controlling II, who are
cur arst citizens. This fact adds
4 interest Of the story, which we
M 10 a straightforward aud sim
slh d facts, It's earliest manu-
n, OF rather compromising, un-
kdy occurred among the Creek In
I,nd ilrst white settlers Of Georgia,
use can be traced back TO them,
came down through families In a
seclion Of the state. The Indians
b medca was nature--roots and
furnishing his remedies-and II Is
ban likely that some such scene as
n tiamlllar advertisement. Wheth-
pilginated with the whites or In
he writer knows not, as he l3 deal
X with facts, does not even present
Slon, But there is time when we
acual facts aud positive knowledge.
sg, Ga a small Southwest Georgia
elkei Mr.. c. II. Swift, one of the
scompany, and few years after
rne was keeping a store. Obtain
formula, he determined to man
Dc TIE medicine for sale in the
ale Vicinity. This he did 10 Il
nlled way.
& SKlIt used IN ordlhary wash pot.
b necessary manipulatlons were
"a negro, the pot being IN an office
atie rear OF the store. The con
he sold AZ $25 a gallon. 1t soon
more than neighborhood notorletyi
IN q limited way, from drummers
fml to Perry TO sell goods and
E paw MI. Swift's manufacture. AS
ogledge of II extended, the de-
slafged. The facilities for making
decreased, and the price was re-
Y 80 a bottle, containing u quart,
pose being to reduce the price To
IEut figure, that even the poorest
Ryll themselves of the benefit OF
dIclne.
4 PHllt moved to Atlanta. The med
falch proved a specific for certain
he now called Swiits Specific.
foly did the fame OF the remedy
nat still enlarged facilities be-
operative, a strong company was
nv, and the manufacture begun on
W more extensive scale. In the
80 the demand increased, the
rs was steadily reduced--hrst TO
'len TO 81 10, It's present ligure.
MONS developed the fact that tho
N Principle OF the remedy was
upon the blood, purifying and
gil. This being true, the nat
llus1n was that IL would reach
sAaes arising from an impure,
q psisoned condition OF the
lne company at once Logan ex-
s !etts of ts efficacy IN this en-
#fNlqi and The result, though ex-
"es astonishing In It's complete
'uclraglble testimony from people
As4es and walks Of life--proies-
4 lnsnl merchants, mechanics aud
iafnished proofs Of cure, coy
I great variety OF severe dist asses,
~ 20 longer any ground for hes
ile medicine was u great pan.
would abundanlly repay the
~ saoH 70 put IL before the world.
determined upon.
Nk years ago the present com
gfsabiaed. Col IL. j. Lamar,
9eltsale drug houses IN Atlanta
Ii was made president, aud Or.
-Alh, Of the same flrm, became
aud general manager, Ar.
President. The enterprise In
euAils was enlarged. But the
IN popularity OF the medicine out
" Expenditure OF offOrt--an I'M
YNenee even with meriiori0us
Miilch generally require an
'NfHN III uuNtA AiHtNh h'ANh"
M.l profitable returns, and this
e'se, only another proof Of rs
W efficacy. Two years ago a
''s'ory was built for ils manu-
Noich, with ~ engines, ma
ea eost ~ employees, presents a
s'ltfass 70 the Wasb.pot factory
ssW Dir. Swiit's store IN Perry
W ne time the laboratory war
adveitising expenses had
.oylp0O d scar. This was phe-
w remedy In tho South, bat
N.a beginning, a. the annual
Apenses now reach a quarter
'.on dollars. The medicine :
IVY Town aud corner q tae
has made It's wsy into
iAhce and other trans'Atlantic
sach m extent that arrAoge-
Nv making tor Introducing y
COUNTRIES npOn 40 extensive
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