The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-05
A Noble Fight.
AN EMINENT SOUTHERN LAWYERS
LONG CONFLICT WITH DISEASE.

Twenty-Five Years of Prosperity, Adver-
sity and Suffering-The Great Vic
tory Won by Science Over
Stubborn Disease.
(Frons the atlanta, Ga, Constitution
Foremost among the best known lawyers
and farmers of North Carolina stands Col.
Isaac A. Sugg, of Greenville, Pitt Co., a
man who has been on the edge of eternity
and whose life had been measured by min
utes.
sit has been twenty-five years since be-
came Il resident of this town." said Col.
Su g in telling his storyto a reporter, even
then the first symptoms of Gravel were as
sorting themselves but were slight. Grad
ually, however. my disease developed, ana
fight it as would it seemed to gain a
stronger toothold day by day until my mis-
cry was complete. For sixteen years new
er knew what it was to be free from pain,
not pain as an ordinary man thinks of it,
but agonizing, excruciating. unenourable
pain. Tortured from head to foot. at times
thrown into spasms when ii would require
the united strength of four men to hold me
until / was stupetied with stimulants and
opiates. could not sit. lie or stand in any
one position but the shortest time. Sleep
was 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, apd
would restrain my hand with the hope that
some other means of escape would be
offered. | searched the archives CT med1-
cine for relief. Doctors were consulted,
lithia waters. mineral waters, drugs, opi-
ates and stimulantS of all sorts were tried
without avail Why l sent clear to the West
indies for medicine and yet the result was
the same.
"'I kept at my work as long as could but
nature gave way at last and l suCcumbed
to the inevitable. My entire nervous system
had been shattered by the stimulants and
opiates l had taken, my blood had actually
turned to water, my weight had dropped
from l73 rounds to 125. and it seemed to
everybody that the end was i'll sight. Why
could not bear the gentle hand OF my wife
to battle my limbs with tepid water. l was
simply living from hour to hour. / had
made my will, settled ICY business and
waited for the last strand of life to snap.
ut was at this time that somewhat
similar case as my own was brought to my
notice. This man had suffered very, much
as l had, his life had been despaired OF as
mine had and yet he had been cured.
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procured some Of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
and began taking them and began to get
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greatest blessing was the mental improve
| ment. / began to read and digest, to for
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law practice, which began to come back to
was again myself. After lapse of 10 years
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''That DR.. Williams Pink Pills saved my
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