The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
"Dad" Watkins Was Treated
by Specialists in Three
Southern Cities
SUFFERED TWENTY
SEVEN LONG YEARS
"Tanlac Has Put Me on My
Feet" Says Well Known
Preacher-Engineer

Nearly everybody who has ridden
passenger trains between Birmingham
and Atlanta, knows S. 7. Watkins.
known by his friends as Dad" Watkins,
the 'preacher-en gineer," who for a
number of years has been locomotive
engineer for the Southern railway, run
ming between Birmingham and Atlanta.
Mr. Watkins is one of the Oldest en-
gineers in the service of the company
and enjoys the friendship of scores Of
people, not only in Birmingham and At
lanta, but all along the line of the
road, by whom he is greatly admired
for his many sterling traits of charac-
ter. In a recent interview with the
Tanlac representative Mr.. Watkins
said
Il have been treated by the very best
specialists in Birmingham, Atlanta and
Richmond, and l guess ! have taken
about as much medicine as any man, but
never have l found anything that has
helped me as much as Tanlac, and l
have paid out S12,000--a small fortune
trying to regain my health.
II suffered for 81 long years with
stomach trouble, which the doctors told
me was caused b ycatarrhal asthma.
Instead of getting better, / was get
ting worse all the time. got so when
ever [ ate or drank anything, it was al
most like taking that much fire into
when the time came for me to go out
on my run, L just simply had to force
myself to duty, and when / got in my
cab, l knew | was in no shape to sit at
the throttle The pains in my stomach
and head We're so severe / could hardly
stand it. About two months ago i had
such severe attack | had to take to
the bed, and | just about decided that
my time had come for no man ever
suffered any more than ! did then.
Il practically gave up all hope, but
when | began to hear of the remarka-
Bile things Tanlac was doing for sick
people in Atlanta, many of whom /
knew, I bought a bottle Before I got
through taking it, [ realized / was
on the right track, for L was getting
better every day. The first bottle helped
me so much, / got the second, and the
results were simply marvellous. [ have
taken in all ten bottles, and have
never in all my life seen anything to
equal it. 1t went straight to my trou-
bles, and was in hurry about doing
1t, too. AS | continued the treatment
felt myself improving every day Then
my friends began to ask me what l was
doing for myself
1.-The change has been so great that
/ can hardly realize that short time
ago L was such a sick, tired worn out
broken down piece of humanity. ]
maven Il pam dDOui ne now, ana
have more life and energy than L have
had in years. l can eat whatever !
please and it don't hurt me, and I SLEEP
fine-something / couldn't do before
began taking Tanlac. Tanlac has just
about ended my troubles and you don't
know how happy / am over it,
Il believe when a medicine puts a
fellow on his feet like Tanlac has done
for me, it is nothing but right to come
out and tell the people about it
through the papers and on the street
and / wish it were so every poor, sick
person in the country could know the
good Tanlac has done me. Every body
who knows me. and | know a great
many people, knows that it has made
a new man out of me-.
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Birming
ham by Jacobs drug store and Patton
Pope Drug Co. In Ensley by ID. w Nor
ris Drug Co.. Bessemer. Pegram- Patton
Drug Co; North Birmingham, Walker
Drug Co; Pratt City, Gale Drug Co; In
glenook, Anderson Drug Co; Fairfield
c. j. Donald Fairview, Thomas Drug
Co. Tt is also sold by exclusive agents
In all parts of the state.-Adv,