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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
.DR. ]. I. EDWARDS
 RECOMMENDS T
 ID HIS PATIENTS
PROMINENT GEORGIA PHYSI- SIAN GIVES MASTER MEDI- CINE HIS UNQUALIFIED IN- DORSEMENT.

Dr. J. T. Edwards, of Fayetteville, Ga, one of the best known members of the medical profession in the state of Georgia, makes a statement that will undoubtedly produce a profound impression throughout the south.
 "ln my thirty years of active prac- tlce as licensed physician in the state of Georgia" says Dr. Edwards, T have never seen anything to equal Tanlac as a medicine to produce re- suits. hear people on all sides tell ing of the benefits they have derived from it's use.
 'Tanlac is simply the talk of my town. have no hesitancy in recom- mending the medicine; and as mat ter OF fact, I am prescribing it for my patients almost every day.
 "Only few days ago well-known woman of Fayetteville came to me and told me about the remarkable relief her daughter had gained from the use of this medicine. She said her daughter had been confined to her bed for three years with what had been pronounced pellagra, and that after using Tanlac for short time she was able to be about, and was on the road to recovery.
 'But this is only one instance. Peo- pie in all walks of life in and around our little city are giving similar en- dorsements to the medicine. Seldom a day passes that someone does not come to me and say something about the good results they are getting from the use of Tanlac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
BIGGEST THING OF
 KIND EVER SEEN HERE

In referring to the phenomenal de- mand for Tanlac in Birmingham. MT. Eugene Jacobs, the we'll known drug gist, said:
 ''The demand for Tanlac has agree ably surprised us. While we knew MT. Cooper and were aware of the success the preparation had achieved in other cities, yet, we entertained no idea that the medicine could possibly become so popular in Birmingham. Our sales since it's introduction here have already amounted to approximately 12,00O bottles When it is considered that the sale is confined to one preparation, the de- mand for 1t is therefore remarkable in fact, it is by far the biggest thing of its kind ever seen at our store
 Another interesting statement was made by MT. J. w. Patton, of the Pat ton-Pope Drug company. Mir. Patton said:
 Tn all of my experience in the drug business, I have never seen or heard of anything that sells like Tanlac. We have been handling the medicine since last August and since that time we have sold nearly 10000 bottles at retail, di- rect to consumers.
 'The people who are using Tanlac are among the best in our city and it is one of the few medicines I have ever sold that everybody has something good to say about.
 Judging from the repeat sales and the many expressions of satisfaction from people who are actually taking Tanlac, the preparation must, there fore, be something of unusual meriti'
 The D. w. Morris Drug company at, Ensley, and the Pegram-P Patton Drug company at Bessemer have also sold several thousand bottles each and give the medicine their unqualified indose- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
BANK PRESIDENT SAYS | HE NOW FEELS FINE
Says He Can Now Jump on His Horse and Ride Away
 as Good as Anyone

II. w. Hill, president of one of the leading banking institutions of South Pittsburg, Tenn. and one of the most successful bankers and business men of Tennessee. while in Chattanooga re- gently. paid visit to the Tanlac repre- sentative at the Live & Let Live Drug Co., to express his gratitude for the wonderful good he had obtained from the use of the medicine. Among other things MT. Hill said:
 T suffered from rheumatism and other ailments for many years, but this Tanlac went right after my trouble and tell you IL 1lu me a world of good. The pains which were with me so long have disappeared and I tell you I can jump on my horse now and ride away as good as anybody. This Tanlac has done me more good than anything l ever tried.
 T now wake up in the mornings feel ing fine, and to tell you the truth, since I began taking this medicine feel well all the time.
 T am telling all my friends about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
SHERIFF MANGUM
 MAKES STATEMENT Declares He Feels It His Duty to Say a Good Word for Medicine That Has
 Helped Him So Much

'Tanlac has certainly helped me, and I recommend it to others for what it has done in my case" said Hon. c. ". Mangum of Atlanta, sheriff of Fulton county.
 T have personally recommended it to a great many people. know of at least 15 or 20 families who have bought it on my say so.
 T am 70 years old. and have most always been pretty strong and healthy until here lately I have been Tn a nerv- ous, worn-out, rundown condition. My stomach was upset most of the time, and I digested my food poorly Most always after eating I would have full. uncomfortable feeling that would last for several hours.
 After taking the second bottle of Tanlac the fullness and all the disa- greeable symptoms disappeared and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

It was announced in November that the Atlanta retailers and jobbers had sold 6,6s2 bottles since Tanlac's intro auction about six weeks before that time; but now the grand total for this city alone has reached s4,000 bottles and the ratio of increasing demand con tinues. Over 100000 bottles have reach- ed the public through Nashville retail CTS and Jobbers. Birmingham has sold over 79,O0O bottles; Knoxville over 50,00O, and the Macon trade, which is just getting in good swing, is begin ming to handle Tanlac in carload lots, the last car shipped there having been sold in less than one month.
 If the present rate continues, the south alone will require considerably over million bottles per year. This is a tremendous figure. If all of the Tanlac users were gathered into an army arranged single file, with space allowed for marching and for baggage trains and supplies, the line would reach from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes-a mighty army that could sweep across the country and defend every inch of the Atlantic coast against all corners,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
MISS LA REU DAVIS
 WEIGHED ONLY 76 LBS,

Before began taking Tanlac only weighed 76 pounds-I now weigh over 100 pounds and am gaining every day." said Miss La Reu Davis, residing at 210 Glass street, Chattanooga. q bought my first bottle of Tanlac at Gas City, Ind. and it helped me so much I con tinued using it. I have always been very delicate and suffered a great deal from stomach trouble and rheumatism. l rarely ever had any appetite and sim- ply could not relish anything I fell off until I only weighed 76 pounds, and was so thin I looked perfectly awful. This is the condition I was in when began taking Tanlac. Oh, feel so diff ferent now. Even my complexion has improved. My appetite is good and can hardly get enough to eat. Tanlac is simply grand, and I can truthfully say it is the only medicine that ever did me any good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
ATLANTA FIRM SELLS
 CARLOAD IN 10 DAYS

Atlanta, Ga., Jan 22, 1s1s MT. G. F. Willis,
 Atlanta, Ga.
 Dear Sir: Please enter our order for another car of Tanlac for immediate delivery.
 It will no doubt be of interest for you to know that our last car, which reached us on January 9th, was sold out in about ten days time.
 As matter of fact, the increased demand for Tanlac is such that it has been difficult for us to anticipate our requirements.
 On several days our shipments have been in excess of one thousand (s1,O00) dollars. On January 10th alone we shipped 206 dozen, 2.472 bottles The following day we filled 20 orders for total of 7S dozen, or 936 bottles a total of 3,4Js bottles for the two days. A few days previous to this we filled 3S orders for total of 101 dozen, or 1,212 bottles
 Our sales of Tanlac have been re- markable, being the largest of any pro- prietary medicine we have ever handled for the same period of time.
 Wishing you continued success, we beg to remain, yours very truly,
 LAMAR & RANKIN DRUG CO.
 Lynn Fort, Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
PROMINENT GA. MERCHANT TELLS
 REMARKABLE STORY

Writing from Maxeys, Ga, A. J. Gill len, proprietor of a large department store at that place, writes: 'I have a customer here who was in bed for three years and did not go to meal at any time. She had five physicians and they gave her out. One bottle of Tanlac got her up. on the second bottle she com menced keeping house, and on the third she did all the cooking and housework for a family of eight"
 This sounds really incredible, but it comes unsolicited from a highly cred itable source, and is copied verbatim from the letter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
WILLIS TELLS WHY SALES ARE LARGE

"These enormous sales" said MT. Willis, mean but one thing, and that is-merit Tanlac is well advertised, it is true, but such large and rapidly growing demand could not be brought about by advertising alone. It's what the neIghbors say that counts. One bottle is sold in a neighborhood through advertising, but ten more are sold in that community after that first bottle produces results; and that's right where TanIac scores. People are al ways willing to talk about their all- ments, but they are more than willing to tell others of the medicine that helps them. It's something they couldn't keep to themselves if they tried, for the impulse to sympathize with neigh bors and want to help them is one of the strongest as well as one of the blg- gest things in human nature.
 "Tanlac is producing these results" he continued, and that is why nothing on earth can keep it out of the homes of the people. It is not only the most talked about medicine in the world to- day, but. in my opinion, it is the best and most efficient. And, although prominent officials and leaders throughout the south have indorsed Tanlac, it's greatest prestige is firmly based on the unqualified indorsement of the masses of the people"
 Not a day nor week passes that does not bring hundreds of statements from the people, concerning the good this medicine is doing and reciting the circumstances of remarkable cases that would convince the most skeptical. These are alone sufficient to explain the phenomenal demand for Tanlac, but the figures are more. The figures con- tained in these enormous orders speak eloquentIy and convincingly of the great good MT. Cooper's great medicine is doing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
JACOBS PHARMACY
 COMPANY SELLS 7OO BOTTLES IN ONE DAY
TOTAL SALES SINCE INTRoDUc- TON ERE HAS NOW REACHED ASTONISHING TOTAL OF 25,621 BOTTLES.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 24, 1916. MT. G. F. Willis, Fourth National Rank R1do A+Ior+o N.

ACianCa, Ga., Jan. 24, 1916. MT. G. F. Willis, Fourth National Bank Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
 Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry of yesterday, we are pleased to ad. wise that we are selling Tanlac at the rate of considerably over 2.OAn bottles per week.
 On last Saturday alone we sold through our eleven Atlanta stores approximately 700 bottles at retail. direct to consumers. On referring to our records, we find that our sales since it's introduction here three months ago, have reached the aston ishing total of 5,620 bottles.
 This record is far in excess of any we have ever made before in the dis tribution of any one perpendicular fact, we have never handled anything that even approaches it as seller.
 Thousands of our best people are now using the preparation with the most gratifying results, and we can only account for the phenomenal de- mand we are having by the fact that 1t is medicine of extraordinary merit.
 Assuring you of our high apprecia- ton for the splendid cooperation you have accorded us, and with best wishes for your continued success, we beg to remain, yours very truly,
 JACOBS PHARMACY CO,
 Per Chas. A. Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
PRES. STATE BOARD PHARMACY OF ALA. GIVES ENDORSEMENT
MT. Wm. E. Bingham of Tuscaloosa Says Tanlac Is Meeting Remarkable
 Sales in That Section

The following letter from MT. Vim. B. Bingham, president of the State Board of Pharmacy of Alabama. is a sufficient Endorsement of the selling value of Tanlac and also of the gem eral satisfaction it is giving his cus- totmers and the people of his section. No stronger commendation could be given by him without violating the eth ics of his official position, which, of course, he has no idea of doing. Mir Bingham's letter. which is valued very highly by the southern distributor, is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
'TuseaIOosa. AIa.. Jan. 21. 19ls.

"Tuscaloosa, Ala, Jan. 21, 1916. "A1r. G. F. Willis, Atlanta, Ga.
 Dear Mir. Willis: In reply to yours of recent date I am pleased to advise that the Bingham Drug Co. has never handled anything that even approach ed Tanlac in popularity. We have sold 1106 bottles since securing the agen- cy, and 1t is going here at the rate of 300 bottles per month.
 "A large percentage of those who have used it here have expressed themselves to us in the very highest terms of praise and the repeat orders from those who have started on it are remarkably numerous and show con clusively that Tanlac is giving great satisfaction.
 "In our 40 years career as retail druggists, we have never known proprietary medicine to gain public favor so quickly or to such far reaching extent.
 We value our agency very highly, and can say further that we have new CT handled anything that gives as much general satisfaction as Tanlac.
 "Our sales are increasing continu- ally, and I desire to thank you for the splendid cooperation you have given us.
 "Very truly yours,
 "BINGHAM DRUG COMPANY,
 Per Wm. E. Bingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
MACON JOBBER SELLS
 CARLOAD IN 3 WEEKS

Macon, Ga, Jan. II, 1916. MT. G. F. Willis, Sou. Distributor of Tanlac, Atlanta, Ga.
 Dear MT. Willis: find we have only 108 dozen Tanlac in stock, and this will hardly carry us more than three days at the rate it has been going. Had you not better wire an order in for us for carload at once?
 I expected Tanlac to prove a big sell CT with us. but had no idea that we would sell carload in three weeks, as our last car did not reach here until December 18th.
 As soon as your advertising campaign gets thoroughly under way in this sec tion, think you will find that south Georgia territory will compare favor ably with any other section of the country.
 Wishing you continued success, we beg to remain, yours very truly, LAMAR, TAYLOR & RILEY DRUG co.
 Per E. J. Jacobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

man. I now eat heartily without any bad after effects, and I sleep we'll at night
 '"Tanlac seemed to be just what I needed to put my system in shape, and has toned me right up. Under the cir cumstances I think 1t perfectly natural for me to say a good word for it and recommend it to my friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
For Elderly People

Tanlac is pre- -eminently the medicine for elderly people, as the experience of hundreds has demonstrated. The req son is that Tanlac has no injurious stimulating effect and does not upset or react upon the weakest stomach. It contains no minerals nor opiates, and it builds up from the very start.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Every User is a Booster

OOWdn, Ienn. Dear Mir. Willis: We put Tanlac in stock about three months ago and have sold considerably over 200 bottles. This, we consider. remarkable for town the size of Cowan. Nearly everyone who tries Tanlac comes hack for more, and every Taniac user is booster.
 We are having a steady increase in new customers as the result of those who have used it recommending it to their friends. I sent Spurlock- Neal an order for another shipment only few days ago.
 Wishing you continued success. re- main, Yours truly,
 GEORGE F. DODSON
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
BIG NASHVILLE FIRM
 HAS SOLD 49, ,1O4 BOTTLES
Nashville, Tenn, Jan s4, 1918.

NasnVllle, Ienn., Jan 24, 191S MT. G. F. Willis, 1101-2-S Fourth Ma tional Bank Bldg, Atlanta. Ga.
 Dear Sir: Please wire order in for another car of Tanlac to be shipped immediately. Route via Cincinnati, care o. & c. and Tennessee Central, as usual.
 Tanlac continues to hold the rank of undisputed leader in this territory, and the increasing sales after Tanlac has been the sensation for nearly a year is most phenomenal. Undoubtedly 1t is giving entire satisfaction everywhere, and 1t is something that has come to stay We say this because our best trade is in the districts where it has been in use the longest
 In the short period of five months we have given you orders for 49,104 bottles, thus breaking all records for this city. Very truly yours,
 SPURLOCK-NEAL CO,
 Per c. s. Martin, Mgr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

,r. z, Birmingham, Ala, Feb. S.. 1916.
 Atlanta, Ga
 Dear Sir: Please enter our order for an other carload of Tanlac for immediafa delivery. Please rush this as our present stock will probably be exhausted before 1t has time to get here. Tanlac is just as popular as ever and the demand for It IS constantly increasing.
 Tn looking over our records I find we have ordered. since it's introduction here last August, nearly 5O,O0O bottles. To be exact, 45,S32 bottles This will make the third car we have ordered since December 22nd, which establishes new record for this territory. These are actual figures, and we will be glad to verify them at any time
 Yours very truly
 ER-NORTHINGTON DRTI7 co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
TanIac People Interested

The people who make Tanlac are in- terested in each and every sufferer in your trouble and be strong and healthy again. We don't want the Tanlac treat ment to fail in a single instance, and ing of any kind results from disordered stomachs, catarrhal conditions of the mucous membranes, or liver and kidney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Says 4Just Send Them to Me-

Mir W. w. Smith, who thought his wife would never leave her invalid chair says, If anybody wants to know about what Tanlac will do you can just send them to me. I am ready to stand up to all have said and more too." He says his wife has gained 15 pounds and is on her feet again. His address is ,ox 159 R. F. D. 8, Atlanta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

anload through the Atlanta office alone in the period big business item the Ii breaks all MT Willis of Tanac 
  Macon Nashville
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Threw crutches Away

Mrs Elizabeth Hooks wife of a well known Southern Railway engineer, of Rome, Ga, had rheumatism in her left hip so badly that she had to use ing four bottles of Tanlac.v she said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
79,OOO BOTTLES ARE
 SOLD IN BIRMINGHAM
Biggest Wholesale and Retail Drug Firms of the South Unite in Giving the Master Medicine Their Unqualified Indorsement-S Success Achieved Almost Incredible

THE greatest drug firms the country have voluntarily
 forward and stated in cod plain figures the record breaking Tanlac sales everywhere
 In referring to e unprecedented demand for Tanac in B mngham and throughout northern Alabama Mr. J. T. Doster of Doster- -Norhington Drug O., writes follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
u. s. A. Has Indiqestion

'The American people have fndfgos- tion,' says l.. T. Cooper. the millionaire manufacturer of Tanlac, land if could remove this condition, I would be- the greatest patriotsof all time.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
ENTIRE TRAINLOAD IS
 SOLD IN SIXTY DAYS

Twelve Carloads -144,OOO Bottles Sold Through Atlanta Office Alone Since December 1st-Cele- brated Medicine Now Selling at Phenomenal Rate of 4,SOO,OOO Bottles Per Year-All Records Broken
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
Costly Newspapers.

A Belgian banker, who has been
permitted by the German administra-
ton to come to Paris on business
connected with relief work, states that
the chief luxury of life in Brussels
is the purchase of London and Paris
Newspapers, which can be had easily
If one will pay the exorbitant price
demanded.
The times of London Is worth IS. 40.
The Temps of Paris $40. the Matin
of Paris 81. and the other French
papers $500. The penalty for being
caught with one of these papers is
not severe and is usually not enforced
against persons of good standing, but
the penalty for the agency which dis
tributes the papers would be very
severe. The German officials have had
no success in running down the dis
tributors, so ii is thought that per
haps German soldiers have their hand
in 1t, for the profits on couple of
hundred copies of The Times each
day are eonsiderable.-New York Sun.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31
He OVersIept.

An Ohio street florist was spurred
to unusual activity n few evenings
ago when at about dosing time an
important young man called and gave
an order for an elaborate bououet.
The young man was very particular.
and said the bouquet must be ready
by a. m, next day, as he was to
be married Mt Z 80 a. M, and the
flowers were a necessary part of the
ceremony.
Nov be sure to have the flowers
ready at a. m. will call for them :"
were his parting words.
The florist got to his store half an
hour earlier than usual next morn
ing and had the bouquet ready in the
ice box at 7 a. m. The young man
did not arrive at the appointed hour.
At exactly S:45 o'clock. the customer
rushed in painting and out of breath
For lands sake. give me the bou-
quet quick he gasped. ~ oversight"
Indianapolis News.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-31

ing of Tom Reynolds There were
twenty and more makers of moon
shine who had been reported or stood
in danger. 1t was hard to determine
which of the twenty was actually
guilty. The suspicious against Jones
were not evidence. After a month on
the case Gard decided that complete
solution of the mystery was possible
only through working in with the
moonshiners themselves and gaining
their confidence.
So the summer boarder left the Ten
ney farm, stating that his health was
greatly improved but that he would
come back two months later for an
other stay.
A week after this there was nailed
up at every post office and courthouse
within a hundred miles Of Wheeler
a notice of reward for an escaped con.
vict. short, stout, curly-headed
young outlaw had broken Jail in South
Carolina and when last heard of was
bearing in this direction. Fifty dol
lars reward would be paid for his cap
ture. His picture appeared with the
notice.
After still another week the Jones
children were playing In the woods
| back of their house when a strange
man called them from a distance. The
| youngsters approached cautiously. The
man was no less cautious. He was
short curly-headed young fellow
with stubby beard. with his cloth
ing in shreds and very dirty. He
looked as though he had slept in the
woods for a month. There We're
stripes across an under garment that
showed through his open shirt.
DO you suppose" said the man of
rags, that your nav could stake a
hungry man TO six or seven dollars
worth of bread and bacon and wait
for remuneration until the executors
of his estate aet?'
'.Yuh don't mean yuh want some
thin to eat, do yuh?" said young Lem
| Jones'
| Son. said the curly-headed one,
! your instincts are clairyoyant. You