New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
, MARVELLOUS RECORD.
,,opprSARY LEAP TO FAME FROM VILLAGE
STORE TO A CONTINENT.

century age Mt. Solomon Forehand, half
- came into the territory CT the Creek Nation Oh
.,. lie settled In what is known as Houston
- His attention called TO the fact that the
,.ps had sovereign remedy for nearly all their all
and that they failed TO cure any disease OF
.,or no matter in what stage OF how long stand
- TIE obtained the formula and commenced Its use
n .monc his own family and slaves, and thus 1t has
A., handed down 10 this day Colonel Hugh l. Dem
-, one OF the most prominent citizens Of that entire
..,on. said: 81 have known and watched the use OF
sxs Specific fifty years and have never heard OF
.snure to cure when properly taken commenced
.use OF on my slaves in 1850 and 1885. and conun
N the close of the war did numbcr of my neigh
49,. and in every case that came within my knowledge
,.sacte5 cure In all MY past life haze never
.,oun remedy that would 80 fully accomplish what II
krecommended 70 DO"
.he close OF the war Captain c. 7 Swift one OF 'ne
,lt proprietors as living at Perry county seat o'
pcus,on Obtaining the formula he determinei 70 man
r,sture tne medicine sale in that immediate vcin-
H. This he did in a very limited way. Mt e"iiV uS'u
=. ordinary wash-pot ana the necessary nanipulatons
pl
brhool pooriety from GIummers Who went to Ferry 10
bvr goods The facilities FOR making II increased anu 'He
,,ee reduced to - a bottle containing quart tHe pu'
s.e being to reduce the price to the lowest hsure na
.v.r e oorest could avail themselves OF the use OF Tue
meilclne.
sxist felt the necessity for more ample facilities
,r the manufacture OF his medicine. and moved to the
cos stry several miles from Perry. so rapidly dd the
s-,ns increase for the wonderful remedy. that en-
,.,ret ,sc..tes became Cooperative and Mr Swift moved
q, ,Ar.uti. where wider fields open TO him. Early
IN .Ae year Of 1879 strong company was formed ana
.,p.d laboratory on Ivyst The company consists OF
coope a. j. Lamar. OF the wholesale drug houses OF
.apt, md con- president. Car tam c. T. swift vice.
nr,slent; Dr. J. W. Rankin, secretary and manager,
,nsH J. Lamar. jr, of Macon. treasurer. The enter
,r,s In all its details enlarged; but the fame and
,oalsty Of the medicine outstrII ed tre expenditure
o,,sor. an unusual experience with meritoriols
rreaes while generally IN outlay OF fortune III ad-
v,,,.nr before maxim profitable returns was necessary
.no s was Of course only another proof o. Its roafk
ale efficacy.
ryovears ago the present laboratory was erected
coipr in the neichborhoOd OF 100000 including tAe
ss~s machinery and ground on which 1t stands ana
VIII It's ncnes machinery and host OF employees pre-
xsra startling contrast the wash pot faetcry IN the
reas o. Nil swits in Perry Ca About the time
te laboratory was erected, the advertising expenses
hai risen to $500 year. This was phenomenal Tor
remedy in the South but this was nut beginning as
anna! ADVERTISING expenses now reach s250Oo0.
Yhe medicine sold in every town and corner OF the
eOsstry and made way into England, France and
othsr trans. Atlantic countries to such extent that
s,rnreme,s are making for Introducing il into foreign
coal,r-s upon extensive scale
T world IS full o; aiver,ls frauds some Of which
ar doatei for considerable time by persistent work.
t1sS OF trade and unbushiug iasehoods But the = :
6 remedy manufactured in Atlanta is now universally
lDogn for real merit both in itself and tho character Of
sbs men owning and controlling it,."Ac are among Its
frG citizens.