The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-06-14
THIS MAN SAYS He
.FLRTED WITH THE
GRAVE FOUR YEARS
Fell Off Until He Only Weighed Sew
enty Pounds. Takes Taniac and
Gains Twenty-one Pounds.

I'll tell you the truth; If knew
this Tanlac was not going to be sold
any more | would buy every bottle on
that counter over there before | left
here tonight" said " \. Splitter. at
Patton-Pope's Drus Sore. Birming-
ham. recently. Mr.. Splitter is a we'll
known painter employed by the Ten
nessee Coal. Iron and Railway Com
pany, and resides at $40 South Sixty
eighth street. Birmingham.
Before | began taking it | only
weighed 1875 pounds. Today got on
the scales and tipped them at 156-a
gain of q pounds-and more than [
ever weighed in my life. That's ex-
actly what four bottles of Tanlac did
for me. Just look at this belt, | had
to let it up four inches. and it is still
tight for me.
About seven years ago | com
menced having stomach trouble. and il
kept getting worse until | began hav-
ing attacks of acute indigestion. When
these attacks came on me | would
just swell up like mule with the
collie, and got as limp as rag. My
breath would get short. and my pulse
so weak was afraid my heart would
stop beating The stomach pump had
to be used every time, as this was the
only thing that would relieve me. Fin
ally my kidneys went back on me. and
| don't believe | was out of pain night
tually got so weak | could hardly
stand on my feet-much less work.
was fading away fast, and got down
to where | only weighed 20 pounds. |
was almost walking skeleton, and |
and guess | would have been in it il
it hadn't been for Tanlac. For four
guess | was as near dead as any man
you ever saw to be alive. But. look
at me now; | am strong and as well
now as | ever was in my life, and can
do as big a days work as any man.
"Yes. sir. if ever a mortal man has
been through the rub | am the man.
| have paid out, | guess, not less than
S., 500 in the past six or seven years
for doctors bills and medicines. and
have bought enough medicine from
drug stores in Birmingham to own an
interest in one of them, and | was
lucky not to have had an undertaker's
bill to wind it all up.
Il have been a painter all my life.
and have had painters collie several
times. so guess that had lot to do
with my condition. Anyway, there
seemed to be nothing that would
straighten me out Every time heard
of a new medicine | would get it. |
read of Tanlac one day, and that's one
time | hit it right. That's what saved
me- Why, Tanlac just raised me right
out of my grave. / can now eat any
thing, and actually | eat so much |
get ashamed of myself My landlady
said the other day she would have to
raise my board. | told her. though.
she must remember that for four
years she made money off of me, and
that | was only making up for lost
time. Why seven or eight biscuits
at meal don't satisfy me now, but
Just quit at that for fear | will overdo
matters. but everything tastes so good
% me now, And sleep. why, | never
would wake up if they didn't come in
md shake me. | haven't a pain about
me now
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Hat
iesburg by the Owl Drug Store. and
n Petal. Miss. tR. F. u. Hattiesburg),
~ J. C. Mathis.-Adv.