The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-08
Tho'loht End Near and Told Wife to Put Children in
 Odd Fellows Home
so WEAK HE COULDN'T WALK IN OVER A YEAR
Was Almost a Living Skele- ton and Only Weighed 90
 Lbs.-Now Weighs 115

What is probably the most remarka ble Endorsement ever given a proprietary medicine was the statement made a few days ago by H. J. Williams, a coal miner at the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, mine No. 8, near Fairfield. in the Bir- mingham district.
 The story of his wonderful restora- tion to health was told in his own words and is profoundly interesting. His state ment follows:
 T am 54 years of age, and am the father of 16 children, eight living and eight dead. l came to Birmingham from east Tennessee, and have followed min Ing for a good many years.
 About two years ago I took sick. The doctors at first thought I had tape worm, then hookworms and finally de- cided it was pelfagra I took treatraent from 8 well known Alabama pellagra cure, but got no benefit. The doctors finally told me they couldn't do me any good, and quit going to see them.
 T suffered from a sort of a numb feel ing all the time in my back, and was dizzy headed. I couldn't stoop over, or stand on my feet for any length of time, and couldn't hardly eat anything and nothing tasted good. In fact, I was slowly starving to death.
 T lost all of my strength and fell off 45 pounds in weight. l used to weigh, "'teu was well, lo3 pounds, ana got oown to where I only weighed % pounds and was almost walking skeleton
 'I-finally decided that there was no more hope for me in this life, and II gave my ring ot my wife, and told her to put the children in the Odd Fellows Home when l died.
 This is just the shape I was in, when one day my little daughter said: Papa, why don't you try that new medicine everybody is talking about; it has helped so many people, it might help you? of course, l had no faith In anything, but just to please the family, T made one more trial and got this Tanlac. May the good Lord bless the day I got this medicine, for it was my salvation.
 T got relief from the first bottle, and l began to eat and pick up right from the start. I am now on my fifth bottle and have actually gained back 25 pounds and now weigh 115 It just looked like the more I took the better I got, and keep on picking up every day.
 II went over to the mines yesterday and made arrangement to go back to work. l am now strong enough to walk around wherever l want to go, some thing I have not been able to do for over year, and that is a fact. Tanlac mighty nigh raised me from the dead that's what it done for me If you don't believe what l have told you, just ask any of the men around mine No. 8, and they will all tell you the fix I was in, and how much better off I am now.
 Thank God, will soon be able to earn a living for my family, and I will owe it all to this medicine, Tanlac. I have just written to a daughter of mine in Lafollette, Tenn, who needs a medicine like this, and I want her to take it and get well.
 q 6on't believe now I ever had pei lagra because never did have any breaking out of any kind. 1 don't be- lieve I had hookworm either, but what ever it was, the Tanlac has certainly fixed me. I don't reckon there ever was a medicine on earth like Tanlac I will always bless the dNy l bought this medi- cine'
 Commenting on the above statement which is probably the most remarkable that has ever before been given to a newspaper. Mr. G. F. Willis. southern distributor of Tanlac, said:
 From the facts presented and from the best information obtainable regard ing the history of this mans trouble I firmly believe this to be a plain case of auto intoXication.
 Auto intoyication. according to higher medical authorities, is the foundation of most disease. This condition,' says l.. T. Cooper, who has made an exhaus- tive study of this subject, is nothing more nor less than the slow self-poison- ing of the vital organs produced by the severe mental and physical strain that we are forced to endure, which renders the organs lame and inactive and per- mits toxins-actual posons-to be gene rated within one's own body
 "Bright's disease, stomach and intes- tinal troubles, catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes, in fact. may be called auto intoxication ,or self-poison- ing.
 'Tanlac, the powerful! reconstrtctive tonic, was designed especially to over come these troubles and it is MT. Cooper's theory that the Tanlao treatment is the direct remedy therefor
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham by Ja- cobs' drug store and Patton-Pope Drug company. In Ensley by D. w. Morris Drug company; Bessemer Pegram-Pat- ton Drug company; North Birmingham Walker Drug company; Pratt City. Gale Drug company. It is also sold by ex- elusive agencies at all principal towns in the state.-Adv.