The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-13
Arizona Mine Boss
Lay Helpless When
Wife Got Tanlac
Was Six Feet Tall and Got Down to
Where He Only Weighed One Hun.
bred and Sixteen Pounds.
WENT TO HOT SPRINGS;
TRIED EIGHT DOCTORS
Mine officials Thought "PoOr Old
Scott Had Fired His Last Man
Now Works Every Day.

II lay helpless when my wife OF
dered our first bottle of Tanlac fror
Ell Paso, Tex" writes Harry E. Scot
! OF Dragon, Ariz, under date of No,
18th, In telling of his remarkable re
covery from an illness that had de
fled the skill of the best physician
for over two years, to say nothing o
his failure to find relief at leadin,
health resorts.
Mr.. SCOTS voluntary statement ha,
the true ring of sincerity and graft
tude and is unquestionably one of tn,
most remarkable ever given in con
nection with proprietary medicine
| Mr.. SCOTS letter was addressed tt
c. F. Moss, a well-known druggis
CT Benson, Ariz.,. who has the Tanlat
/ agency for that town, and was for
warded by Mr.. Moss to the Tanlac Of
fees in Atlanta. His letter follows
Dragon, Ariz., Nov. Is, 1917.
Mr.. c. F. Moss, Benson, Ariz.
Dear Sir: AS you expressed de-
sire to hear more about my case,
will try and tell you part of it.
was down and out nearly all the time
for two years with rheumatism and
stomach trouble, and went to eight
doctors, two of whom were osteo
paths. Three of them refused tc
take my case, saying it was incnrable
and the others might as well have
done so, as they did me no good
/ guess | have taken barrel of med
icines. internally and externally;
also went to Hot Springs, and out OF
all that was ever done | never got
over one weeks relief at time.
After going down to one hundred
and sixteen pounds-which Is very
light for six-footer-I kept getting
worse until couldn't move, even to
feed myself, had no desire to eat and
couldn't sleep more than two hours
night. Some of the officials of the
mine, of which | am foreman, would
call to see me, then go out and say,
Poor old Scott has fired his last
man." My wife thought | would new
er get out Of bed alive, and she knew
my condition better than anybody
else.
AT last, when ! lay helpless, my
wife ordered bottle of Tanlac from
the druggist at Ell Paso, Texas, which
was the nearest place we could get
Il at that time. One evening about
four days after | began taking Tan.
lac, ate fair meal and enjoyed it,
the first in many months. BY the
time ] had taken half of the first
bottle l thought I had a good appe-
tite, but when | finished my second
bottle | could hardly eat enough to
satisfy me. Well have just finished
my ninth bottle, have gained eight
cen pounds and am back on the job
every day.
| have converted lots of sufferers to
the "Tanlac route" and 1t affects
them all about like it did neither
stomach trouble, nervousness and
rheumatism all yield to Tanlac. Mrs.
Scott and myself are willing to 20 be-
fore notary and make affidavit as
to the truth of every statement in
this letter, which you are at liberty
to publish and use for the benefit OF
others.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) HARRY e. SCOTT
Accompanying the above was let
ter from the Moss Pharmacy ad-
dressed to the Tanlac Offices, Atlanta,
Ga, referring in the highest terms to
Mr.. Scott as a man and citizen. with
the added statement that botl Mr..
Scott and his wife were ready at any
time to go before a Notary Public
and swear that Tanlac is the only
medicine he had ever taken that had
any effect on his rheumatism and
stomach trouble.
He also stated he had another GUS
toner, an old gentleman, who had
taken five bottles of Tanlac and had
gained twelve to fifteen pounds, and
that they were building up large
business on Tanlac, etc.