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OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
• vl) interesting History of tlse
Iron Indnst ry ol Bcirtuw .
1\ , Plonwrlron Works of Ner'h Oe< rgla
_How tlie lUiain**®® was Formerly
Carried on —The Richest See
tlon In the World.
Wr i trpn for the COURAXT-AMERICAN.]
In tilt* interval between business en
gagements one is apt to grow careless
anil indifferent, especially if those inter
vals are frequent and lengthy, and,
while this is not my case at this time,
vet it may be after awhile, unless I cau
fill up the interstices with outside labor,
and to this end 1 have concluded to give
vou a short history of the iron industry
of Bartow county, and should i be so
fortunate as to enable some one to pass
a pleasant hour, then 1 will have accom
plished more than my object. Deeming
tins, a sufficient preface, I sharpen my
pencil and commence.
la the year 1837, when I was a small
boy. and the red man roamed over the
1 hills of North Georgia, my father, with
his family, came to this country on a
visit in search of health. While here, he,
in company with a settler, went to see a
set of iron works, taking myself and one
of the sons of the settler with them.
These iron works were then in full ope
ration and it was only a small bloomery,
located at a point where the road run
ning from old Cassville, in , this county,
f to Canton, Cherokee county, crosses
Stamp creek, where there are yet eviden
ces of the bloomery In existence. This
enterprise was commenced and built up
by the Messrs. Stroup, a father and son,
together with a small colony, all being
fro.n North Carolina, and known as North
Carolina Dutch. A few of these people yet
remains. They were noted for their
simple but industrious and charitable
habits.
In the manufacture of iron at this place
the plan was simply to gather up the
loose iron ore which was abundantly
scattered broadcast on the surface of
the adjacent country, hauled with wag
ons to the furnace, and then, alter heat
sufficiently, it was hammered into iron,
suitable for ploughs, horse shoes, nail
rods, wagon tires, etc. After the iron
was made it was taken by wagons and
Lpeddled out all over the country in ex
change for the products of the country
on which the colony lived. Of course,
they sold some for money, but the
amount was small. The great advan
tage they enjoyed was the privilege of
regulating the prices of their products
and the prices of the articles for which
they exchanged those products. In
those days, when there were no railroads,
no fast trains or cheap rates, they prac
tically had a monopoly and were not in
terested about the tariff, the internal
revenue, or any of the important ques
tions which now occupy our attention.
1, however, well remember this state or
i condition lasted for years, and the peo
ple were happy and contented and be
lieved they had the oest country in the
vvprld. *
In 184.7 the Western & Atlantic rail
road ran its first train to Cartersville,
and about that time Hon. Mark A. Coop
er, from Middle Georgia, came to this
county and began purchasing lands, and
finally formed a copartnership with the
Messrs. Stroupe, and they then interest
led Leroy M. Wiley, of Charleston, S. C.,
I with them, forming the firm of Cooper,
■ Stroupe & Wiley. This firm purchased
■ the plant of the Messrs. Stroupe, built a
■furnace on Stamp creek, near, the old
■Lloomery, and began the manufacture of
Pasting* of all kinds. They then came
■down on the Etowah river and erected a
|| roiling mill and nail factory. About the
l p ame time John Lowther, an Irishman,
■erected a small furnace on Allatoona
lereek and began to make pig iron. He
■afterwards associated with him Mr.
■Urns. P. Stovall, of Augusta, the son-in
■lav. of Hon. Mark. A. Cooper.- These
■gentlemen afterwards sold out to Messrs.
■Moore and Thomas, of Tennessee, Mr. T.
V • Moore, now of *Acworth, Ga., being
■ 'tie of that firm, and it was at this fur
■race where he laid the foundation of his
■Pti‘sen t independence.
■ About the same time Dr. John W.
(J f South Carolina, moved to this
■ T ate, and being a man of great energy
V l l sound practical judgment, investi-
B f ‘d die subject of manufacturing iron.
■ I ■ says he went to Iron Mountain, Mis
w Ur i, and other points noted for their
■ “ iron deposits, but found nothing
■ s atisfaetory to his mind as in Bartow
Bounty. He then invested on Stamp
■ ""' K ai, d erected a furnace for the man
ufacture of pig iron and associated with
l 1 * a • Jones, after which their firm
j® as Lewis & Jones. He then associated
■ “ > him B. G. Pool, and they built the
& Poole furnace. Each of these
■unieces Ina de fortunes for their enter
■ ising owners. About the same time
■ other parties, whose names now es-
P! 1 ! 0 rne > erected still another furnace.
■ u 1 Was purchased by T Samuel M
THE (WHANT-AMERICAN.
Earle, of South Carolina, and by him
sold to Messrs. I). S. and F. M. Ford.
These gentlemen also made a success of
their business.
Much of the iron produced by these
furnaces was sol I to the rolling mill of
Messrs. Cooper, Stroupe and Wyley, and
much of it shipped to Chattanooga, after
the completion of the W. & A . railroad
to that point, and from there transport
ed to the Western markets by the Ten
nessee river.
Ia the early fifties I think the firm oi
Cooper, Stroupe & Wyley, had some dis
agreement as to the management of
their business, and had their property
sold under and by virtue of an execution
from the United States District court
and was bid in by Andrew Baxter, now a
resident of Atlanta, for the Hon. Mark
A. Cooper. If lam not mistaken, Hon.
Mark A. Cooper applied to the Legisla
ture of the State, then sitting at Mil
ledgeville, and obtained the charter of
the Etowah Manufacturing and Mining
Company, organized this company and
operated under that charter until 1802.
In 1847 the old firm of Cooper, Stroupe
& Wyley erected the then most magnifi
cent mill in North Georgia for the manu
facture of flour. If my memory serves
me, their capacity was one hundred bar
rels per day—others say two hundred
barrels, but 1 think that was for twenty
four hours.
In 1857 the Etowah company built a
railroad from the W. & A, railroad at a
point on the north side of the Etowah
river to their rolling mill on said river, a
distance of about three and a half miles,
and about the same time, I think, 1857,
they erected what is known as the river
furnace, which, in that day, was the lar
gest in the state.
The Etowah river at this time, and for
years, was a busy scene. There were
from three hundred and fifty to five hun
dred employees, at all times engaged,
the pay rolls were heavy, and money
flowed freely.
In 1862,Messrs. Quinby and Robinson,
a couple of gentlemen from Memphis,
Tennessee, came to this point, entered
into negotiations with the three owners
of the Etowah, and finally purchased the
entire property and re-organized the
company. I think they stocked it at
one million dollars, Messrs. J. W. Ljtfti
rop, J. L. Villapougn and Messrs. Cleg
horn and Cunningham, and others, of
Savannah, becoming stockholders. Of
the organization of the company I know
but little, but have learned they entered
largely into the manufacture of war ma
rial for the Southern Confederacy.
• Referring back to the operations of the
Hon. Mark A. Cooper, and his manage
ment of this great property, said he: “I
had but little means at the time I pur
chased the property at the marshal's
sale, but I had many friends. To these
friends I applied and obtained material
aid, which enabled me to pay for and op
erate the property, and when I sold to
Messrs. Quinby & Robinson, in 1862, I
paid my outstanding liabilities.” And
my recollection is he had about three
hundred thousand dollars for invest
ment. It is true, this sale was made and
paid for in Confederate money, but by
reference to the table of values at that
time, on a gold basis it would have left
him a handsome amount of money on
hand as profits. Now I hear many per
sons who are not familiar with the facts
assert that no one save, perhaps, Dr.
Lewis, ever made a success of the iron
business in Bartow county, when the
proof is to the contrary. The truth is,
Lewis & Jones, Lewis & Poole, D. S. & F.
M. Ford, Moore & Thomas and Mark A.
Cooper, as well as Mr. John Lowther, all
made money in the manufacture of iron.
Some of these gentlemen are now alive,
and can, if necessary, testify to this
truth; but, on the other hand, there were
some who made failures, and I have yet
to find any business where all succeed
and none fail. Statistics show that per
haps the largest amount of failures occur
amongst our merchants, but these fail
ures do not deter others from entering
the arena. Even those engaged in till
ing the soil are by no means exempt
from failures, and yet, all around, it is
the safest business one can engage in.
The truth is, Messrs. Editors, there
have been, perhaps, more and larger for
tunes made by the manufacture of iron
than almost any business known to our
country; but I would not advise anyone
to go into it who has neither capital or
brains. If one has ample capital and the
brains to guide that capital, I know of
no more inviting field out of which to
force a fortune, and I know of no better
place than Bartow county, Ga. And in
conclusion I would suggest that our en
tire citizenship come together, as the oc
casion may offer, organize themselves
into a committee of ways and means,
discuss this and all other subjects likel\
to interest our citizens, and see if we can
not- devise some plan by which we can
take that stand amongst places not so
happily located or so bountifully blessed
as our own favored county. When we
do this, croakers will disappear, idlers
will have employment and all will be
happy and prosperous
1 1 J D. W. K. Peacock.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, FEB. 1 *, lbB.
BUILDING CITIES.
How tlie Growth of other Towns
is Brought About.
Prominently Advertising; Town®—What
Tallapoosa it Doing; In lliit Fine—
Small Manufacturing Ti-.ter
p el.-te®.
Would you believe that Tallapoosa
has just spent $27,000 to advertise that
town?
That is a big sum of money, but that
is just what she has done.
Does Tallapoosa propose to stop at
that?
Certainly not. She is in a position to
see the beneficial results of judicious ad
vertising, and will now raise money
double the amount that has already
been expended for this purpose.
What is the result?
From the small community that did
not rise to the dignity of being called a
village, Tallapoosa has grown to be a
town of between two and three thousand
inhabitants'. New houses are constantly
going up, manufacturing enterprises are
being established and capitalists are
being drawn there. With such pluck and
enterprise there is no telling where Talla
poosa will land.
And yet Tallapoosa has not one-tenth
the natural advantages that is possess
ed by Carteriville. If so'me organized ef
fort is not made to develop our wonder
ful resources we will simply keep our ad
vantages while Tallapoosa continues to
grow.
The iron is now hot and it is time for
every man of us to strike.
On this subject the Marietta Journal
of a recent date says:
“We are constantly receiving letters
from Northwestern people, inquiring
about Marietta, our county, farming
lands, climate, minerals, etc. We gener
ally furnish this information as best we
know how. It seems to us if we had a
bureau of information, an organization
who would be willing to spend a little
money in advertising our town abroad
they could do a great deal in pushing
Marietta before the world, attracting
population and investors and thereby
build up the town. Where there is
no organized effort to do this, the work
is inefficiently done and we cannot expect
to do much in advancing the town where
there is no concert of action and aim to
do so. The Western towns in Kansas
are spendiug five and ten thousand dol
lars per annum in distributing the local
newspaper, full of the right kind of de
scriptive matter, thoughout the North
and Northeast. Gadsden, Alabama, cit
izens have organized and are spending
five thousand dollars per annum in send
ing out agents to portray and “talk up”
their town to capitalists and Western
and Northern people. The Tallapoosa
Land and Improvement Company, of
Tallapoosa, Ga., arespending thousands
of dollars in circulars and pamphlets,
and putting large advertisements in
Northern and Western papers advertis
ing their town. TheTallapoosa Journal
is paid to distribute in these States 100,-
000 copies of that paper every three
months. What is the result? These
towns are growing, people are coming
in, building, investing, starting manu
facturing enterprises, and the towns are
booming, and their future promising.
We must do something of the kind in
Marietta if we wish to be a town of any
greater importance. It cannot be left to
chance, but requires organization, co
operation and money. It would be too
expensive for one man to do all this
work, but where many citizens should
act together and would be felt
comparatively but very little. Marietta
has a better climate, is more favorably
situated, has received more of Nature’s
bounties, is richer in agricultural sur
roundings than any of these towns
named, and there is no good reason why
we shouldn’t go forward in industrial
and manufacturing greatness, increased
prosperity and growth of population. It
cannot be accomplished by suppiness
but by action. Shall we act? That is
the question, or will each citizen wait for
his next door neighbor to move in the
matter, and all thus feeling and waiting,
nothing be achieved? We shull do our
part, but cau do no more.”
And now* for small manufacturing en
terprises.
Many towns owe their • growth
to the building and fostering of
small industries. It is not necessary
to have enormous amounts of
money, but a great deal can be accom
plished with very little. There are innu
merable small concerns that could be es
tablished by even the young men of the
town w T ho now have nothing to do and
at only a small expenditure of money.
On this point we copy the follow ing
from the Griffin News, which eontaius
many practical suggestions, the adop
tion of which would be as beneficial to
Cartersville as-Griffin:
The News was talking with President
tviiicniti, of the Urmia Aims, the other
day, when he said:.
“Why don’t.vou advocate the estab
lishing of more manufacturing enter
prises here?”
Just as if we bad been doing anything
else for the last six years.
“That is the only thing that will build
up the town,” continued Mr. Kincaid.
“Situated between two cities like Atlanta
and Macon, it is useless to think at
present of doing much of a jobbing
trade.
“But there is no place better situated
for manufacturing. With timber of all
kinds on our rivers and bottoms, almost
at our very door, anything that is made
of wood can be easily produced. A one
horse wagon that will t*ell for $45 can
be made for $27 at the outside. But
instead of making them, we buy them in
Indiana and pay the freight oil them.
This is simply one illustration.”
Iron can be bought here from Alabama
as easily and cheaply as it can be carried
from Ohio to Indiana to be made into
plows and other articles, (’apt. Kincaid
did not mention this, but continued:
“Possibly it might be argued that it
takes capital to go into manufacturing,
though really it takes very little to start
many things with. But there are some
branches that require almost no capital
whatever, and absolutely no ‘plant.’
Take the manufacture of shirts and
drawers. The Griffin Mills make the
very best kind of checks and drills for
this purpose, and would sell them to
a manufacturer as cheaply as he could
buy them anywhere. Then all he would
have to do would be to rent a cheap up
stairs room somewhere—and there are
plenty to be had—get a half-dozen sewing
machines and go to work. It w’ould
cost as little to make them here as in
Massachusetts or New York, and the
demand is unlimited.
“This w’ould give employment to many
needy women in the town who could
carry them home and make them. In
fact, they could all be made that way,
without a machine iu the establishment
itself.
“I would not sell them at retail, but
to jobbers iu as large lots as they could
be supplffed. The business would thus be
managed* with very little capital and
there would be very little trouble in dis
posing of the goods.”
“It seems strange to me,” said Cap
tain Grant-land, who was present, “that
the negroes do not w'ear more of these
goods They are the most durable and
serviceable for the laborer, and would
last four times as long as the second
hand white shirts which they buy already
worn out.”
“Manufacturing,” continued Captain
Kincaid, “is the surest and best way of
building up a town. The Griffin Mills
alone have added four hundred to the
population of Griffin. And they are the
best class of citizens. They spend all
they make and pay for all they get,
because they have to. There ought to
be more of the same class here ”
The New : s has sent down the above
because it is worthy of thought. It is
true that manufacturing towms have the
most enduring and permanent prosper
ity because they depend upon themselves.
People in the country may go to other
towns, but operatives in a town must
spend their money in the town. Trade
thus becomes a thing to be depended
upon and is not fluctuating and unsatis
factory. The manufacturer himself, who
makes a staple article of good quality
in its grade, is in a much more enviable
position than the merchant, who knows
not what a season may bring forth.
Look at the Wolcott chair, a common
but well made article, which, without
advertising or traveling salesmen, is
shipped all over the country, and the
capacity of the works is taxed to sup
ply the demand. There is no (full season
for the manufacture of these chairs.
The recent failures in Griffin teach a
lesson which should be lost only on the
foolish. For years past there have been
too many mercantile houses in Griffin
for the trade, and that trade, just as all
over the country, is being cut into by the
small villages growing up.
Why not put some of this unprofita
ble capital into manufactories? More
money, in proportion to the capital in
vested, is generally made in small man
ufactories than in large ones, and it is
easy to strike out without risking much
A Physician.
J. T. Porter, DeKalb county, writes:
am remote from medical aid, but I have
a physician ever with me to check sudden
attacks of the bowels in keeping Dr.
Biggers’ Huckleberry Cordial.
A full-grown horse, ouly thirty inches
high and weighing seventy pounds, is the
latest New York curiosity. The stranger
is a native of Yokohama, Japan, and is
the smallest of his kind in the world.
Sometimes he thinks himself a lap-dog
and will lie with contentment in the arms
of a friend, eating sugar or sipping a lit
tle milk punch. He is destined for exhi
bition purposes.
The Choicest Handkerchief Extrae
and Toilet Powders at Wikle’s Drug
Store. tf.
Tub Gill BULOAS.
What was Done at the Bast Reg
ular Meeting of Council.
Opening New Street®—The Report of the
Waterworks Committee—Dray men
sk lor Relief, Etc.
The city council met in the couucil
chainl>< r last Tuesday evening in regular
session. There were present His Honor,
Mayor Wofford, Aldermen Collins, Brad
ley, Barron, Scheuer, Matthews, Waldrup
and Willingham. The minutes of the
last regular and special meetings were
read and approved.
A petition of a number of citizens ask
ing that a music room be added to the
East Cartersville Institute, was read.
Aldermen Collins moved that a com
mittee of three be appointed to look into
the matter and report to a special meet
ing of the council. This motion prevailed,
and Messrs. Collins, Matthews and Wil
lingham were appointed oa the commit
tee.
Col. M. R. Stausell appeared before the
Council and asked that a street be opened
in the alley way between his residence
and his brickyard property. One obsta
cle iu the way was Mr. Galloway’s house,
which would necessitate its removal and
paying Mr. Galloway for land.
Aldermen Coliinsexplained that a com
mittee of the council had investigated
the matter during the afternoon, and
the question of the land of Mr. Galloway
was settled by parties interested and all
that remained was for the council to ap
propriate S3O for the removal of the
house.
Alderman Collins moved that the town
pay S3O for the removal of Mr. Gallo
w'ay’s house. Carried.
Thl rules were susjiended to hear the
report of the committee on the petition
of Mrs. J. W. Harris, who applied for
new furniture for the West End Insti
tute. Alderman Willingham, chairman,
reported that thecominitteee had looked
into the cost and found that seventy
double seats were needed, which would
cost $275, including freight.
Alderman Collins moved that seventy
seats be purchased. Carried.
Alderman Waldrup moved that a com
mittee be appointed to purchase the
seats; carried; and Messrs. Waldrup,
Collins and Scheuer were appointed ou
the committee.
The appeal case of the city vs. Wm.
Puckett, disorderly conduct, was called.
Samuel Arnold and Newt. Jones were in
troduced as witnesses for the city and
Young Hendrix, colored, and Henry
Ford, for the defendant. The latter made
his statement and the matter was ar
gued by J. A. Baker, Esq., for defendant.
Mi’. Puckett was fined $5 and Eaves’
fine was reduced to $ 15.
Mr. John W. Akin appeared before the
council and asked that, the street between
Rev. S. P. Jones’ and M. L. Pritchett’s
lots be extended until it connects with
Douthitt’s ferry road. On motion, the
street was ordered by the council to be
opened.
Mr. Akin also spoke of the railroad to
the old Cooper Iron AVorks that is to be
built by the Etowah Iron and Alanga
nese Company, and pointed out the ben
efits that might occur to the city tf a
terminus is secured here instead of at
some point south of the town. He
thought the council should make some
endeavors to secure the right-of-vay for
the road into the city and offer it to the
company as an inducement for this pur
pose. Should a furnace he built by the
company it would doubtless be placed at
the terminal point. In this case, if the
terminus is outside the city, it might
work an injury to the town, while on the
other hand it would be largely beneficial.
On motion of Alderman Barron a com
mittee of three was appointed to look af
ter the right-of-way and see if it could be
secured. Messrs. Barron, Bradley and
Matthews were appointed on this com
mittee.
On motion, the street committee was
asked to investigate the ditch near the
residence of Mr. John P. Anderson and
put it in good condition.
A committe was appointed to inquire
about the street in front of the Reming
ton property and see if the same could
not be re-opened.
The following report of the waterworks
committee was read:
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of Cartersville, Ga.: Your com
mittee on waterworks have gone forward
and are re-opening a well on West Main
street. They have some water, more
than can be drawn out by any system of
buckets; therefore they will have to
adopt such means as may be necessarv
to keep the water out of the way until
they can make a thorough test, and to
this end your committee would respect
fully request your honorable body to set
apart the suin of one hundred and fifty
doffirs, to be expended, or so much
thereof as may be necesary to complete
the test now on hand by your committee.
Very respectfully,
I). W. K. Peacock,
W. C. Baker,
Chas. McEwen.
$1.50 Per Annum—sc. a Copv.
-the 111 tiller Wits iil.x:lls(lt'u uj lue liieiij*
M?T-8. during: which time Mayor Wofford
•ailed Alderman Matthews to the chair
n order to participate in the same. He
'Vas opposed to the amount of money
aeing raised by private subscription, as
suggested by some, as it was a public en*
cerprise. The discussion was
bv Aldermen Waldrop, Collins, Sclieuer
Willingham and Matthews.
The question was called, and the re
port was adopted, and the money asked
for appropriated.
John Taylor petitioned the council to
refund license for billiard table which was
ordered to be done by the council.
Alderman Collins moved that the city
scales be made free for the benefit of the
public. Carried.
Alderman Waldrop moved that the
city council accept a proposition from
Col. J. J. Howard to build a fence on his
his land, on the cemetery road, that gen
tleman furnishing enough ground fora
sidewalk. Lost.
The clerk read a petition from the city
draymen asking that the city council fix
a scale of prices fordraying or to protect
them from the wagons of the livery sta
bles. #
Aldermen Collins stated that the prices,
could not be regulated by the council,
and as the livery men pay license, he did
not see what could be done. The petition
was laid on the table for the present.
The financial committe made its regu
lar monthly report.
Ihe city marshal made his regular
monthly report of moneys collected as
follows:
Fines •• no rw
Dray license *
Cemetery
scaies...:. ;
Hali leuc lo.eo
y° tal 129.95
The following accounts were approved
and ordered paid:
J. D. Wilkerson .,*
Aubrey A McEwen c r J
James D. Wilkerson sft On
Courant-Ameriean * 17 5a
J. K,. Rowan io‘c’>
m. f. word rrr
j.c. woirord X
Pay roll * 77 M
L. B. Matthews sVwi
j. s. caidweii 5
A. L. Hazlewood
Baker A Hall Z'ZZZZ'' 4^
S. K. Arnold A Bro
Alderman Waldrup moved that the
sum of $8 per month be charged as a
rental of the school houses of the city.
After some discussion of this question
it was referred to the adjourned meeting
of the council, which will be held next
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Council adjourned.
Personal.
Mr. N. H. Frohiichstein, of Mobile,
Ala., writes: I take great pleasure in
recommending Dr King’s New Discovery
tor Consumption, having used it lor a
severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh,
j.t gave me instant relief and entirely
cured me and I have not been afflicted
since. I also beg to state that I had tried
other remedies with no good result. Have
also used Electric Bitters" and Dr. King’s
New Life Pills, both of' which lean rec
ommend For sale by J. R. Wikle & (V>.,
druggists. tf
Men are Ulster Than They Used to He.
From Nature.]
1 have measured a great many Roman
coffins, and my average shows that the
Roman could not have greatly exceeded
o feet o inches. In taking* measurements
of ancient armor, I find that the English
aristocracy have decidedly increased in
average height within 500 years.
I measured twenty-live mummies in
the British museum as nearly as I could
through the cases, making estimate for
wrapping, and I found the average
height of males 61 inches, females 55
inches.
The mummy of the celebrated Cleopat
ra measures 54 inches, about the height
of the present European girl of 13. The
most ancient mummy of an Egyptian
xing yet discovered measured 52 inches.
O
’WvaVOt vt°
a Acker s Baby
Soother at hand. It is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. It contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child vatural
ease from pain. Price 25 cents. Sold by
Sold by J. R ikle & Cos., Druggists.
I hiladelphia claims to make and eat
more candy in proportion to population
than any other city in the country.
There are 87 manufacturers and whole
salers, and 1,200 retailers, and they use
more than $1,000,000 of capital and
consume 100,000 tons of sugar every
year. Caramels are a great specialty of
the trade in that city. For other places
much chocolate and walnut candy and
many gum drops are made. Six tons of
gum drops were shipped from Philadel
phia to Pittsburg the week before Christ
mas. Brooklyn makes the most chewing
gum, it is said, and Boston eats the
most of it.
Four Lives Saved.
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup relieved four of
my children of a most alarming attack
of Whooping Cough, from which their
throats and necks became so swollen as
to prevent them from swallowing. Noth
ing would give them even temporary re
lief, until this Syrup was tried.. One bot
tle, in one night, saved their lives, I verily
believe.
Geo. W. Earhart,
Captain of Police, Baltimore, Md.