The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-28
MRS. PEDDEN'S CASE IS
TALK OF NEIGHBORHOOD
Huntsville. Ala, Woman Gains
Twenty-Seven Pounds on Three
Bottles of Tanlac.
SUFFERED FOR YEARS
Was Twice Examined and Each Time
Was Told Operation Would BE Her
Only Hope.

II have just finished my third bot
tie of Tanlac and have gained TWEEN
| ty-seven pounds" was the truly re-
markable statement made by Mrs.
Chas. Pedden. who resides at $50
Mill St, Huntsville, Ala Mrs. Ped
den is one of the best known and
highly respected women of that
thriving little city, where she has
made her home for number of
! years.
when I commenced taking Tan
lac she continued, II only weighed
Ininety-eight pounds; now l weigh
one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
! and never felt better in my life
| For years l have suffered with n bad
! form of stomach trouble, constipa-
tiOn and pains in my side and back
| At times the pains took the form OF
! torture and ! was twice examined
! and each time / was told that l had
appendicitis and that an operation
would be my only hope. l had fall
| len off until l only weighed ninety
eight pounds and was so weak /
Icould hardly get around.
81 had no appetite ut all scarcely
md what little / did eat would cause
gas to form in my stomach. which
gave me palpitation OF the heart,
sick headaches and a dizzy feeling
about the head. When these spells
came on me I would get awfully ner-
vous. I worried about myself until
| could rest and sleep but little.
II had fallen off ui.uI I was al
most skin and bones,' and nv
| strength and energy were slowly
leaving me. / had a dread OF the
future and could see nothing but the
operating table and the knife. I
| bad perfect horror of an operation
but had made up my mind that II
was either life or death and prepared
10 submit TO it, l had made all pre-
lparations for the operation and
called on my sister to tell her good
! bye, and I did not know whether I
would live to see her again or not
My sister begged and pleaded with
me not to allow them to cut on me
! ana told me to wait and try a good
tonic for a while. The next day as
+ I returned from the consultation
room ] thought of what she said
and. as I had heard so much about
! Tanlac | decided 70 try it as n last
resort, and stopped at Gilbert's Drug
store and got bottle OF course. I
had lost heart and had no faith in
the medicine, but to please my siste,'
| made UP my mind to take IT, and
oh. what happy day that was for
me,
II never returned for the opera
lton hut lust kept taking tho TanIac.
Right from the start I began TO feel
better. The medicine seemed to take
noid right at once. IT had q sooth-
ing effect and ~ y few davs I felt
no pain at all l was so nappv over
the wonderful improvement I'm nv
condition ihct 7 sont for NV ncigh- -
bors 70 tell them how much better
! felt. | sent and got another bottle
OF Tanlac. and have Just finished
taking my third bottle and feel like
have been made all over again
( into new woman.
"As I have said before no..
weigh 125 pounds and my improve
/ ment has been so rapid that none of
( my clothes are big enough for me
| ! viii have to make them all Over.
! again ! now have ravenous appe-
! ute and my husband says 7 am sim
| ply eating him out Of house and
| nome. | have even gone back to nv
coffee which was tcli not TO touch
| lhose terrible pains IN my back and
heed have ali disappeared and I sloep
| IKE child. am no longer nervous
and when ] get up in the mornings
| feel refreshed, cheerful and bright.
! am now able TO attend to my house
hold duties and ! feel as If I had
started life all over again. NV hus..
band Is highly delighted and my ye-
covery is the talk OF the neighbor-
hood. do nothing but rejoice all
day over the recovery of my health
and ] praise Tanlac to everybody.
| II feel so grateful for my escape
| from the operating table and the