The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-15
A NOBLE FIGHT.
An Eminent Southern Lawyers
Long Conflict with Disc ase.
Twenty-Five Years of Prosperity, Adver.
sity and Suffering. The Great Vic
tory Won by Science Over q
Stubborn Disease.
From the atlanta, Ga, Constitution. !

From the atlanta, Ga, Constitution
Foremost among the best known lawyers
and farmers of North Carolina stands Col.
Isaac A. Sugg, of Greonyillc, Pitt Co., a
man who has been on the edge of eternity
and whose life had been measured by min
utes.
at has been twenty-five years since be
came a resident of this town. said Col .
Sugg, in telling his story to a reporter
''even then the first symptoms Of Gravel .
were asserting themselves but were slight .
Gradually, however, my disease developed .
and fight it as 1 would it seemed to gain 9
stronger foOthold day by day until my mis-
cry was complete. For sixteen years ]
never knew what it was to be free from
pain, not pain as an ordinary man thinks OF
it, but agonizing, eXcruciating, uncomfortable
pain. Tortured from head to foot, at times
thrown into spasms when it would require
the united strength of four men to hold me
until l was stupified with stimulants and
opiates. Icould not sit, lie or stand in any
enc position but the shortest time Sleep
iSwhS,out of the question unless brought about
by the strongest stimulants or opiates. Oh
how many, many times have l thought of
putting an end to that life of suffering. But
then my mind would revert to my wife, my
children, my home, and would restrain ny
/
of escape would be offered. l searched the
archives of medicine for relief, Doctors
were consulted, lithia waters, mineral
waters, drugs, opiates and stimulauts of all
sorts were tried without avail. Why | sent
clear to the West Indies for medicine and
yet the result was the same.
II kept at my work as long as ] could but
nature gave way at last and | succumbed tc
the inevitable. My entire nervous system had
been shattered by the stimulants and opiates
had taken, my blood had actually turned
to water, my weight had dropped from It's
pounds to 123, and it seemed to everybody
that the end was in sight. Why could not
bear the gentle hand of my wife to baths
my limbs with tepid water. l was simply
living from hour to hour, l had made my
will, settled my business and waited for the
last strand of life to snap.
sit was at this time that a somewhat SINH
lar case as my own was brought to my
notice This man had suffered very much
as had, his life had been despaired of al
mine had and yet he had been cured. Think
what that little word meant to me
CURED. The report stated that the worn
had been accomplished bya medicine known
as DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
| investigated the report thoroughly anC
found that it was true in detail. Then pro.
cured some of DR.. Williams Pink Pills anc
began taking them and began to get
better l began to sleep like d healthfu
child, sound, calm and peaceful. My appe.
tite came back and my nerves were sootheG
and restored to their normal condition and
felt like a new man. But the greatest bless
ing was the mental improvement. l begar
to read and digest, to formulate new plans
to take interest in my law practice. which
began to come back to me as soon as my
clients realized that l was again myself
After lapse of 10 years | ride horseback
every day without fatigue.
THAT Dr. Williams Pink Pills saved my
life is beyond doubt, and l am spreading
their praise far and wide"
h Inquiry about the town of GreenVille sub
iited by J}f . e 4PqYe fa6tfR Of fSC Co Sngs'
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