The Atlanta evening capitol. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-1???, August 31, 1885, Image 2
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Address THE EVENING CAPITOL,
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Chas. S. Atwood, I. W.
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Entered at Atlanta P. O. as second-class matter.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1885.
PROPER STATE ASSESSMENTS.
That very excellent paper, the Albany
News and Advertiser has been, making a
specialty of advocating in an exceedingly
forcible manner, a thorough reform in our
system of returning property for State tax
ation.
We heartily unite with our sprightly,
' contemporary in this needed work of
change. The present system is farcical.
We have'shown recently how in five cities
alone in Georgia the undervaluation by
the State assessment is twenty millions
"■ less than the city valuation. The loss of
railroads and real estate runs into the
millions.
The trwtli is that under our faulty and
voluntary state system of returns, every
species of property will average from 25
to 23 per cent, of under-assessment.
It is an evil in more ways than one. It is a
wrong to the honest tax payer who gives in
his property at fair value-. His tax would
be less if his neighbors bore their proper
share of the burdens. It is a wrong to
the State, whose income is reduced by a
failure to get income On the prdper valua
tion of her wealth.
There is but one way to remedy the
trouble. There always will be men who
will take advantage of a voluntary method.
The legislature should give us a law cre
ating county boards of assessment. It is
the only way to do. Men cannot be trust
ed to give in their property, must
be an assessing power, disinterested? fear
less, sworn and authoritative.
Our return of State property is fully 75
millions under its real valuation, which
would give us an income of $220,000 more
than the State has.
It is an important matter for the Gen
eral Assembly.
A I’OMPEIMENT TO THE CAPITOL.
LaGkanoe, August 31/1885.
Editors Capitol, Atlanta:
Will you do me the kindness t*o allow me,
through your columns, to express my admira
tion of the newsy and chaste character of yonr
-daily generally, and more particularly of your
paper of Saturday 29th. That issue was a credit
to th* proprietors of your paper as well as to
, v IqvpW. whose citizens, I hope, will
f liberally contribute in sustaining you in your
efforts to give them, nos a “yellow-covered dime
novel,” but a good readable paper and fit com
panion for the most relined and modest reader.
Your lady readers will no doubt thank you for
a paper which they will not be afraid to read to
4heir chi dren. A Mother.
We must confess that this compliment
has a special value for the managers oi
the Capitol.
We always like to please the mothers—
the good, gentle, cultured mothers of the
land. We are glad that our efforts to give
a pure wholesome paper are appreciated.
News enterprise is not inconsistent with
cleanliness —not at all. We propose to
keep up with the great current of the
world's progress —its buoyant bustle and
big events —its advance inthoitght, audits
achievement in deed, but we can afford to
forego the uncanny scandal and the re
volting crime. There is enough that is ex
alted and practical to chronicle without
<*ulling from the slums of vice* and the
chronicles of depravity.
( )nr kind female correspondent is as
sured that the C apitol will be kept on the
.same plane of clean journalism.
S/TIK DAY’S CAPITOL.
We issued Saturday an 8-page paper in
stead of our customary 4-page j(>rnal.
The issue has received a large measure of
compliment. We published 8,000 copies,
of which our regular advertisers, as well
•as the special advertisers, received the
benefit.
The Capitol was only 7 weeks old Sat
urday and signalized that weekly birth
day by a double paper crammed with ad
vertising and full of news. A pretty lusty
baby.
So The Capitol grows apace—a phe
nomenon in Southern journalism, steadily
winning its way into public trust and af
fection —cheap enough for the poorest,
good enough for the highest—an exponent
of our best Christian civilization —a gen
uine people’s paper,
CAPITOL CRAYONS.
Moke States are represented in Atlanta than
in any city twice its population in the land.
The fact is Atlanta is a real metropolitan cos
mopolitan city. _____________
Ice men have looked very blue these last few
days, and yet they ought not, for certainly it
seems as if the ice crop would be very large if
the weather continues.
The vigilance of the Atlanta police lies in
resurrecting corpse laws, such as the law abort
saloon keepers’ signs. With all their watchful
ness, the burglar keeps “a-burgling.”
The “poor farmer” is the great bugaboo of {
legislators. If the poor farmer paid more taxes, i
and had therefor better roads, his property
would soon increase in value for more than the
amount of extra taxes.
In Southwest Georgia the complaint comes
that the caterpillar has done serious damage to
the cotton crop. It is to be hoped that the evil j
is not so bad as one is led to infer by reading >
the Columbus daily paper.
It will be seen by a communication from i
THE EYENIN Y V'L v ? ! IA, GA., MONDAY, AtTtttfST 31, 1885.
one in the neighborhood of Forsyth and Brother
ton stieets, published in another column to-day,
that not only is The Capitol alive to'the inter
ests of the citizens, but that it is carefully read
by those in municipal authority.
The September number of The Atlanta Medi
cal and Surgical Journal, is on our table. It is
published by Jas. P. Harrison & Co., and edited
I by Drs. Westmoreland, Miller and Gray.
This is a very excellent number. There are
original papers by Dr. M. 0. Daniel, Dr. Henry
Wile, Dr. J. McF. Gaston, and Dr. A. H. Evans.
The clinic reports are valuable. The corres
pondence, reviews and editorials are all inter
esting. ,
Mr. Brady gives some interesting figures
aboat the mule and horse trade in Atlanta to
our morni 'g neighbor.
The year’s receipts are put at 12,540 head,
ranging in price at from $135 a head. The best
month is January. This August has doubled
August, of 1884.
Mr. Brady handled 5,120 head in the year. In
January he received 295 car loads. The sales
in two months were $200,000 in his stable, and
his feed bills $2,000 a month. He can care for
000 head at one time.
The 12,540 head represent a value of $1,700,-
000, a prettv large item of business. Atlanta
is a distributing point for Middle and Southern
Georgia, and Carolina.
The question rises to the surface just here,
why do not our planters raise their own stock
and keep that $1,700,000 at home? At least,
they could breed a great many more than they
do. _________________
A Jersey Bonanza,.
The sale of their ent ire herd of 104 registered
Jersey’s by L. J. & A. W. Hill, the proprietors
of the Hilldale stock farm, and the lease of the
farm to Messrs. Butler Woodward and McClel
land, is quite an event.
The purchasers have already a fine Jersey
farm in Whitfield county, with a rare herd.
They will move their interests to Hilldale and
unite their herds. The priceDf the 104 Jerseys
is said to go near $50,000. Leonidas, the leader,
has been rated at. SIO,OOO. King Coffer, the
next male, cost $3,200.
Hilldale farm ha&2oo acres of land, barns that
can hold 250 head,T ensilage pits that will feed
the herd six months, besides every other con
venience.
The trade is a large one. The concentration
of stock makes our county the focus of South
ern Jersey breeding.
VITA Nt OVA.
Rachel Littell in The Present.
To look in love’s kind eyes,
And feel the pulse beat fust for you;
To know the story told is true,
And hear the gentle, low replies
In voice that trembles as it tries
Love's burning passion to subdue:
When voice and smil * are but for you.
In them the secret of life lies;
Ob. this earth, and air and skies
Os brightest blue;
Oh. it is life again made new
To look in love’s kind eyes.
Are You Going Io Build"?
Trv my prices on lumber, sash, doors and
blinds and all kinds of building material. They
are way down. My stock is large and I will
serve vou promptly.
f ‘ * W. S. Bell,
• 25 Ivy.
Insurance Men.
Elsewhere will be seen statements “Niagara
( Fire Insurance Company." the “Haif-j
Company," ami (hr ■ Lion Fire I V*
All cf the reliable and well knowiiWMK
rented in Atlanta by Messrs. Angier IdorWnese
gentlemen occupy a high position in the flMyness circles
of Atlanta, and have won the confidence SR respect of
the people. Earnestness and activity have built up their
business, and they receive a fair portion of the patron
age of our citizens.
Mr. Waldo was at one time book-keeper in the dry
goods house of Dougherty A Co., and there gained a
thorough knowledge of clerical work. Mr. Angier has
been in the insurance business for a number of years,
and he and Mr. Waldo make a strong partnership for
the business in which they are engaged. Any business
placed in their hands will receive prompt and careful
attention.
GEORGIA LAW MAKERS.
THE FORTY.FOI RTH DAV OF THE
ADJOURNED TERM.
The Senate.
The Senate meets at 3 p. m.
House.
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, made another at
tempt to shorten the term, which will be acted
on to-morrow, the sessions to be as follows:
From 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., 8 p. m. to 10 p. m.
DISCUSSING FREE PASSES.
In the call of counties, Mr. Lewis, of Han
cock, moved that his bill as to free railroad
passes, unfavorably reported, should bp read
a second time. This meant to reverse the report.
Mr. Lewis said lie did not mean io reflect on members
by the bill. Free passes were not courtesy, but busi
ness in the railroads, ami the members were not in a
position to receive free transportation as a matter ol
business. For himself he had never used them,and never
would while in public office The customs ought to be
abolished, because it had a dangerous tendency.
Mr. Boyd, of Lumpkin, thought the policy of giving
ami accepting them very bad for the State.
Mr. Harrison, of Quitman. had not agreed to the report
as a committeeman, but he had not thought best to oiler
a minority report.
It increased absenteeism of members. Every Mon
day, Friday and Saturday there are very few members
present. Since October free passes has cost the State
$25,000 by absenteeism. Mileage ought to be sufficient,
Mr. Turner, of Troupe, opposed favors when duties
may oblige men to deal officially with the benefactor.
Mr. Arnheim, of Dougherty, said the railroads would
not object to this bill. Custom is a tyrant; and
has almost compelled the railroads to give these passes.
The people and the railroads want the bill. Why not
then pass it?
Mr. Brandt said the passes are a courtesy between
gentlemen, and there was nothing venal in it. This
house will not claim that it has been corrupted by
the passes; then why suspect that the next legisla
ture will be influenced by them, which this bill,
will effect if passed ? A pass could not
influence him, and he would presume
it fmpossible for a pass to influence any other Georgian
selected to represent the people of the State.
Mr. Milner, of Gordon, said but for free passes more .
work would have been done.
Mr. Maples, of Mitchell, thought no legislature could
rob him of his rights. The railroads have a right to give
passes, and he to accept them. This bill is not conslitu
tional. because it would rob individual rights.
On motion the unfavorable report was agreed to by a
vote of 75 ayes to 24 nas’S, which kills the bill.
On motion of Mr. Abbott, of Fulton, a joint resolution
was adopted inviting the United States soldiers en
camped near Atlanta to join the procession in honor of
laying of the corner stone of the capitol on Wednesday.
The resolution was immediately transmitted to the sen
ate.
NEW BILLS.
By Mr* Fagan, of Houston—To protect the public
roads from encroachment by cultivators of abutting
land.
By Mr. Haralson, of Macon—To open certain public
roads from the Porter Springs in Lumpkin county.
By Mr. McLendon, of Thomas—To amend section 1953,
of the Code.
By Mr Langston, of Rabun —To incorporate the town
of fallu’ah Falls.
By Mr. Jones, of Miller—To prohibit fishing on the
Sabbath day.
Bo Mr. Bartlett of Bibb—To define what libel is.
By Mr. Russell of Clark —To authorize the railroads of
the,State to alter their track gauge.
By Mr. Lamar of Baldwin—To ask Georgia’s repre
sentatives to have the Oconee river made navigable be
tween Milledgeville and the Central Railroad, by the
general government.
By Mr. Bartlett of Bibb—To give persons injured by
railroads a lien on the property thereof from date of the i
injury.
By Mr. Harrall of Lowndes—To pay $75 to George W.
Hamilton.
By Mr. Felton of Bartow —For the relief of Ernst ey '
Stegall.
By Mr. Russell of Clark—For Y. B. Clifton, to pay for j
Ni leg lost in the Confederate States.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond —To repeal section 1593 of ’
the code of 1882.
By Mr. Reagan, of Henry—To exempt millers fryni '
’ road duty
By Mr. Parker, of Hart—To prohibit cattle running at
large in |<art county.
By Mr. .Montgomery, of Hall—To repeal an fttt tops- !
tablish a city court iu Gainesville. Hart county. /
By Mr ss', <1
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On motion <>f M 1
senate amendments to the oW-: tK
To change thejiame of the college of American Medl-f
cine and Surgery, aud
To regulate the sale of seed cotton in Earls county. |
Mr. Bartlett called up the following resolution. wbicjJ
was adopted : “To appoint a joint committee of 7 m- uir.
bers of the House and 4 of the Senate, to investigate by
what authority the Georgia Pcific railroad uses rails o? j
the track of the State road, and what it pays,or paid, for '
the same. House adjourned,
17 3-4 oz:
Bread for Five Ccent.
SIMPGFj statements.
—7 '
111 Regard to a Bum nest,
House in Atlanta.
Numerous interviews with the business me?)
have developed the fact that trade is on a boon,,
and the leading grocer, T. t. Mayson, No.\
3 and 5 Marietta street, rides
ON THE HIGHEST WAVE
of success in his line. No old goods can evt r :
be found jn his establishment. He handlf K
only the freshest and best groceries and sells
fast as he receives them. His staple groceriL |
are pyre and unadulterated and his fancy gref .
ceries and canned goods are from
and most reliable manufacturers in the f
1M biding shelf goods, Mr. Mayson handles 4-. ; v
suchispecialties for which there is a demanl;;
He has just received a full stock of the fifist.
goods to be had, and is offering them at prJL>s
to sliit the most fastidious economist. He®n
vites particular attention to the following
and guarantees everything as represented:
PUKE CUBA SYRUP,
an article which Atlantians scarcely ever >
can be had in this store, and at a most r a- u -
ble price.
'CHAMPAGNE CIDER,
sparkling and pure, one of the best drinks* on I
earth to tone up the system. Persons who are '
feeling badly and need a health invigorate?
should drink this beverage. Warranted una- |
dulterated.
FINE SHELF GOODS,
Such as green olives, lemon jelly, green gages,
Moir’s gooseberries, bottled cherries, car
be found at Mayson’s storehouse ol good things
to eat.
CANNED ROAST CHICKEN.
Something novel and one of the nicest delica- ;
cies in the world. A new lot just received. Tr\ :
a can.
MAPLE SYRUP,
of an extra fine quality, and warranted
pure, sold by the quart or gallon.
SOUP READY MADE.
This- is a new article and j
is put up by Moier. All you have to do to i
warm it, aud it is ready for usp.
All these and more good things can be Jiaci
cheap at Nos. 3 and 5 Marietta street. Jive
Mayson a call.
JACK’S
Free Delivery, has been giving it for yeas s. I
Deatli of Ilemy R. Phillips.,
Henry R. Phillips died Su iaj evening ai * >
Five weeks ago, while under the influence w'L
he shot himself on the piazza of the Tremom ’
Phillips was about twenty years old, and had I.m: ein .
ployed at the Fulton Cotton Syinning Mills. His u.. j Jt . r
was a widow, and be was her main support. Thj un
fortunate young man was said to be disappoiys,] j n
love.
JACK’S
17% OZ. BKBAD FOR FIVE CENTS. J
soUiing4if.w-jibout.thw.Jxuiftj3Mlg-.il''' i
‘ tot years. , 1
Semi-Annual Statement®
CbiiiiecH Fili, tames Cow
Furnished the Governor of the of Georgia, as required by the Act of the
General Assembly. Approved October 3, 1879.
NAME AjND LOCALITY.
Name of the Company : Connecticut Fire Insurance Company. Locality—City of Hartford, State of Connecticut.
CONDITION—June 30,1885.
I.—Capital Stock.
Amount of the Capital Stock $ 1,600,000 00
Amount paid up in Cash 1,000,000 00
Amount in Notes of Stockholders None.
—Assets.
Real Estate held by the Cpmpany—located c.-ruer Grove.and Prospect streets, Hartford $ 65,700 00
Cash on hand and deposited in Banks to the credit of the Company 70,540 12
Cash in the hands of Agents and in course of transmission ... .* 70,008 75
Loans secured by Bonds and mortgage on Real Estate—Located in Hartford, Chicago, Minneapolis,
St. Paul and Stiliwater, valued at $1,500.000.00 519.150 00
Other loans—Secured thus- Railroad stock yark anu manufacturing stock, worth $13,750 . . 9,250 00
Stocks —Description:
690 shares Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co 69,000 86.250
150 shares Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Co. 15,000 14,100
600 shares New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co 60.000 105,000
300 shares Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago Haih :-d Co 30.000 39,000
110 shares Boston & Albany Railroad Co 11,000 18,700
200 shares New York Central and Hudson River K. til road Ct 20,000 17,000
200 shares Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railread Co 20.000 21,600
200 shares. Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific Railroad Co 20.000 23,400
310 shares Importers and Traders’ National Bank. N'ew York 31.000 79,050
230 shares Fulton National Bank, New York 6.900 7,590
188 shares Farmers A Mechanics’National Bank, Hartford 18,800 18.800
412 shares National Exchange Bank. Hartford. 20.600 26.780
30(Lshares Hartford National Bank, Hartford . .. 30.000 49,509
185 shares First National Bank, Hartford 18.500 18,500
100 shares j®tna Nartional Bank, Hartford.. 10,000 11,000
150 shares Phoenix National Bank. Hartford 15,000 20,250
93 shares Charter Oak National Bank, Hanford 9,300 13*020
100 shares Mercantile National Bank, Hart'ord 10.006 10,000
45 shares Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co.. 4,500 5,400
167 shares First National Bank. Minneapolis. Minn 16,700 20,708
22 shares Second National Bank, Minneapolis, Mimi 2,200 3,454
100 shares Michigan Central Railroad stock. 10.000 5,500
100 shares Willimantic Linen Co. stock 2,500 3,500—$ 618,102
Premium notes on hand upon which policies have bf n issued None.
Bonds—Description:
United States Registered 4 per cent Consols. .. 120,000 147.000
City of Hartf0rd............. 15.000 15,900
City of New Britain j 15,000 15,750
City of Middletown, 7s / 1»,000 10,600
City of Middletown, 6s t, 10.000 10,000
City of Toledo, Ohio 10,000 10,500
City of Erie. Penn.................. 10,000 10,300
Cass County, Dakota 13,000 13,00)
Wapello. County. lowa 10,000 10,000
Tiflih, Ohio, Gas Company. 14 ®pp 14 <x)o
Michigan Central Railroad Company 20*000 24*800
Canada Southen ailroad Company 50*00 • 48*000
Qnincy, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Co .. . ’ 49*1>00 46*550
New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., g rnteed 40,000 50*,800
Erie Railroad Gold Consols 20.000 28,500
Broadway . d Seventh Railroad Co 20,000 20 600
Dayton .t Michigan Railroad Co ’’’ 25 000 25*000
Chicago. Burlington A Quincy Railroad Co.. 7’ooo
Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad Co., guar meed
Traders’Safe and Trust Co. bonds 10*000 10 000 •
Coffey County, Kansas, bonds 10^000 10,000—$ 530,350
Total Assets —Actual Cash Market Value. . |1 333 100 87
111, —Liabilities.
Losses due and yet unpaid. ... a None.
Claims for losses resisted by the Company 12 754 16
Losses not yet due, including those reported to Company, on which no action has yet been taken. . 92,581 21
Re-insurance 530,579 80
Surplus, as regards policy holders. 1 247 185 70
Total liabilities. $ 1,883,100 87
IV.—lncome.
(During the prtec eding six months.)
Cash premiums received $ 434 ggg 39
Interest money received ...................... 47*311 86
Total income $ 512,201 75
V.—Expenditures.
(During the proceeding six month.)
Losses paid.... $ 275.203 SO
Dividends paid on stock 40 ppp pp
Expenses paid, including fees and commissions to agents and officers of the Company 111*559 88
Taxes paid ' 7 \ 17 016 77
All other payments and expenditures 46.392 24
Total expenditures $ 490,172 69
Vl,—Largest Risk.
Greatest amount insured in any one risk $ ip 000 ot)
J. I). BROWN. President.
STATE OF GEORGIA— County of Fulton. ’ CHAS ’ R ’ BLKT ’ SecreUry -
Personally appeared before the undersigned, Cuueti ■ Angler, of Angler 4 Waldo, who, being, duly sworn,
says he is the chief officer or agent of the Conn atient Fire Insurance Comping. residing in said State, and that
the foregoing statentent is true and oomect to the best of ;ils know ledge, information and belief
, to - Ci»,RENCE ANGIER,
'worn to am' „ p..f vre m .,. this asth j.>, u s .’kgeat, 1185.
mea- ANGIER, .
Public
WAS IT SUICIDE?
|THK DILIDI.Y r.KDANUM TAKES
ANOTHER SOl'l, INTO
UTERNIT*’.
Ipe Sad and Mysterious Deatli of Young Frank
Wadsworth.
' At 134 Frazier street this morning the shadow
of death tilled with gloom a household in which
i and happiness dwelt yesterday morning.
In the parlor, stretched upon his bier, lay the
I retrains of young Frank Wadsworth. There
■.was a deeper grief in the hearts of the sorrow
ing ones than is usual on such occasions, for the
■ death of the young man hud been caused by
poison, and it waisjjot known whether or not he
had •
LAUNCHED HIS OWN SOUL
into eternity. The fact that there was a mys
tery surrounding the death made heavier the
hearts that mourned and deeper the gloom in
the once happy household.
For some time post young Wadsworth, who is
an expert book-keeper, has been taking medi
cine for his health. At. 9 o’clock yesterday
wornin, he went into his room and olosed the
door. At 3 o’clock, a member of the family
calltd him to dinner, no response was received,
aud an investigation developed the sad fact that
Wadswotth
WAS BREATHING HIS LAST.
Drs. Armstrong and Benson were called in,
and they soon discovered that the 3oung«man
was under the influence of an opiate Every
thing possible was done to kindle the faint spark
ol life, but the aid of medical science was pow
erless, and in one hour after the physicians ar
rived, Frank Wadswoigh’s earthly career had
■ ended. ®
Under the pillow of tlie dead man was found
an empty five-ounce vial labelled “Laudanum,”
Thera was nothing on the bottle to indicate
when or from whom it was purchased. The phy
! sicians both agreed that the deceased had taken
j enough of the opiate to
KILL SIX MEN.
Wadsworth’s relatives believe it probable that
!he took the laudanum by mistake. There was
; a bottle of Jamaica ginger on the mantel piece,
and Wadsworth might have intended to take
! that instead of the poison.
The coroner was at the Wadsworth residence
this morning at 9 o’clock, but decided it was un
necessary to hold an investigation, and dis
missed the jury.
Frank B. Wadsworth was 28 years of age, and
! popular with all who knew him.. His funeral
took place this morning at 10:30 o’clock at De
| catur.
Stick to your Mother, Tom,
And buy your Bread of Jack when I am gone,
' and keep it up when I get back.
Doors, cheap, W. S. Bell, 25 Ivv.
( ,
N. McKinley, sign painter. 53 Peachtree.
A. J. WEST, Real Eslate As;eiit.
VTICE HOME of 26 acres, in the suburbs of Atlahta,
for sale at a bargain. Only three miles from the
ear shed; within a quarter of the C. It. R.; elegant lo
; eation : good improvements, fruits, fish pont, and first
class surroundings; macadamized road. Owner needs
j money, and that means sell. A. J. West, real estate
! agent. No. 9 North Broad street.
TN Buying or selling real estate, never do either, untij
1 you consult me. It is to your interest to do
.1. West, real estate agent.
DOWnI DOWjiTi DOWxTFI -Envelopes
$2.50 per 1.000: Shipping Tags $1.50
Blotters free. All kinds Railroad. Oommerci
. phlet printing: all kinds La\v\\ Blanks i n
for sale. Bennett. 45 Broad street.
STOKE No. 28 Peachtree street for r<-nt.
No. 9 North Broad street. *
I~po|{ KENT -The i'.v,e; .q \q.
('■. u i-. Lk. .‘4 per ii..>nih. (?
'at (he house. "I* •; TIFwI
SWIFTS SPECIFIC.
EXPERIENCE THE GREAT TEACH
ER AND INSTINCT ITS PRE
CEPTOR.
We presume to say that the S. S. S.
cures blood poison diseases ! How do we
know? How dare we make such mon
strous proposition ? Science did not teach
such fact, nor did chemistry suggest any
such formula for the cure of this class of
diseases. But we do know that the Swift
Specific will positively cure them! and in
saying this we only utter the voice of ex
perience. Tliis teacher lias spoken, and
hence we know that tliis combination of
nature’s plants does cure tliis form of dis
ease ; does antidote these noxious influ
ences that have stealthily infused them
selves into the blood current, and which
are imparting to that vital fluid death
dealing instead of life-imparting proper
ties. Whether or not these particular
plants were pointed out by instinct of
nature for these diseases, actual experi
ence has most convincingly shown —not
from one case, but by constantly occurring
demonstrations in thousands upon thou
sands of cases witnessed by us and credi
bly reported from all sections of this con
tinent, that this Specific in %ouie
way or by some specific property, abso
lutely cure scrofula, cure contagious blood
poison, cure rheumatism, cure hereditary
taint, cure most blood diseases, including
several forms of cancer and many skin
diseases! We know these facts, then,
from experience—that this Specific does
possess such antidotal and blood purifying
properties, and by what other process
could we possibly know it? How do we
know the peculiar therapeutic property of
any medicine except by clinical experi
ence ? By this test alone do we know that
opium will allay pain and produce sleep;
that jalop will purge and ipecac vomit;
that quinine will cure chills and sulphur
cure the itch. All these medical facts
were ascertained and taught us by expe
rience and experience alone. No sort of
process of reasoning could have brought
to light and demonstrated such important
facts. Experience first told the tale, and
Y luvve the benefits of such knowl-
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Each medicine produces its own distinct
ive therapeutic effect, while the formu
lated compounds produce modified results
which can be determined only by clinical
experiences. Under this test the S. S. S.
is found to possess such a specific proper
ty as enables it to antidote these blood
poisons and gradually but positively elim
inate these noxious and effete matters
from the blood and thus allow nature to
repair the damages inflicted and recuper
ate the system to a healthy condition.
Careful study of the natural history of
diseases clearly teaches the fact that Cer
tain of these poisons that infect the blood
inveterably tend to lurk and loiter even
for a life-time, and that nature possesses
no adequate power towards throwing them
off. This is especially true in the case of
contagious blood poison, and hence a
remedy is required to assist nature in
neutralizing and throwing it out of the
blood ami system, and thus curing the
disease.
Swift’s Specific is now the known rem
edy that will effectually furnish such
assistance to nature, and the only remedy
known, to this day, that safely accomp
lishes' this grand work for suffering
humanity. The S. S. S. is composed ex
clusively of nature’s plants and exerts no.
hurtful effects in any case, whether tire
patient be man, woman or child; but it
all the while tends to build up and invig
orate the general health of the party
taking it, and forces the poison out of the
blood through the pores of the skin. But
as per contrast, the sheet anchor remedy
of the regular medical profession in the
treatment of these blood poisons, and es
pecially for contagious blood poison, is
itself a mineral poison and often product
ive of the most disastrous consequences to
health and life. We allude to mercury,
which is the sheet anchor remedy of the
regular medical practice. lodide potash
is generally associated with the mercury,
and is itself a corrosive poison; and aside
from the absolute hurtful effects of mer
cury, the verdict of three hundred years
of clinical experience denies it the pow-er
of curing this blood poison disease at all.
Certainly the experience of this age does
not accredit it with any curative merit
whatever. So true is this that the learned
medical profession of to-day contends that
this contagious form of blood poision can
not be radically cured.
But our vegetable remedy, the Swift
Specific, does positively and effectually
cure all these blood diseases. This is the
verdict of unquestionable experience in a
vast number of eases.
The Swift Specific Company,
I'rawer 3,
■bML , Atlanta, Ga.
READ THE TESTIMONY.
WHAT S. S. S. IS DOING I'OU THE
AFFLICTED. .
THESE ARE NO WIND!’ DECLARATIONS.
, Eminent Testimony.
Extreme weakness and general debility,
produced exposure and overwork, attend
ant upon my duties, were gradually devel
oping in an utter prostration of my sys
tem. Adopting the suggestion of intimate
friends, who had experienced relief in
similar cases by taking Swift’s Specific, I
now find myself restored to a perfect con
dition to health and strength. Accept my
fervent wishes for your continued prosper
ity in your well-chosen and successful
method for relieving those who suffer.
Rev. B. Stockton, D. D.
Stilwater Place, Stamford, Connecticut.
A Prominent Raptist Minister.
Ina ministry of sixty years I have min
gled with every class of society and have
observed closely the variety of diseases
which afflict humanity. Blood diseases
are the most numerous and most difficult
tp remove. To overcome these diseases it
is my deliberate judgment that Swift’s
Specific is the grandest blood purifier ever
discovered. Its effects are wonderful, and
1 consider them almost miraculous. There
is no medicine, comparable to it.
Rev. Jesse H. Campbell,
Columbus, Ga.
Orphan
We have been using Swift’s Specific in
the Orphans’ Home, near Macon, Ga., as
a remedy for blood complaints and a gen
eral health tonic, and have had remarka
ble results from its use on the children
and employes of the institution. It is
such an excellent tonic and keeps the
blood so pure that the system is less lia
ble to disease. My faith in it is unbound
ed, and I take great pleasure in recom
mending it to every one.
Rev. L. B. Paynb,
Member of South Georgia Conference.
Salt Rlxeuiu or Eczema.
In April, 1884, there appeared on my
feet and legs what the doctors called Salt
Rheum, which produced intense suffer
ing? I tried a great many remedies, and
had the attention of one of our best phy
sicians, but received no permanent relief.
The disease continued to grow worse, and
my limbs were greatly inflamed. I was
finally induced to try Swift’s Specific, and
after taking four bottles relief came. I
continued, howe.ver, until 1 had taken
seven bottles, and am now sound and
well, and not a sign of the disease left.
My general health has greatly improved,
and I most cheerfully recommend S. S. S.
as being the best blood purifier that I have
ever known.
Mrs. M. S. Highsmith,
l.uiamm, Wavne Co.,Xia
May 19, 1885.
Tetter for Twenty Years.
I have suffered with tetter on my hands
for over twenty years. It made its ap
pearance every winter, and was exceed
ingly annoying. At times I was incapa
ble of doing my household work. I tried
every remedy that was suggested, and
was treated by physicians, but to no avail.
About six months ago I was induced to
try Swift’s Specific, and have taken six
bottles. It has entirely cured me, and
there have been no signs of return of the
disease apparent. My general health has
been greatly improved. As a tonic and
blood purifier S. S. S. has no superior.
Mrs. M. J. Swaim.
Jackson, Ga., July 15, 1884.
An Afflicted Family.
While the writer was seated in the of
fice of that excellent hotel, theGilcher
house, in Danville, Ky., some time ago,
he engaged in conversation with one of
the proprietors and learned the following
sad story. Mr. Frank Gilcher remarked :
“We are from the old country. The
‘Fatherland,’ however, did not afford
charms enough to hold my brother and
myself to that count; y, and we drifted to
America many years ago. My mother
had inherited what is known in that coun
try as the ‘King’s Evil;’ here you call it
scrofula. She had it in its worst form,
and her children inherited it from her.
This was always a source of sadness to
her. She was willing to suffer herself,
but to transmit this fearful disease to her
offspring seemed at times almost to break
her heart. After suffering for many years
she died from the effects of this horrible
disease. Soon after one of my sisters,
who had suffered untold misery from the
same terrible affliction, also died. Other
members of the household were smitten
with it, and at last I fell a victim to the
disease. For eight years I suffered un
told agony in both body and mind. Great
ulcers came on both arms and legs. My
neck and throat were next attacked, and
no one who saw me then thought thatl
could possibly live. 1 had almost de
spaired of life myself, supposing that my
fate would be that of the other members of
the family who had suffered like me. All
that medical skill could do was brought
into requisition, but the disease baffled all
known remedies within reach. lodide of
potassium and mercury were freely used,
but they only aggravated the disease and
added fuel to the flame. In September
last my wife was in Cincinnati, and
friends, hearing of my condition, pressed
her to secure a supply of Swift’s Specific,
which she did and returned home at once.
I commenced to take it. At first the
whole surface was covered with sores, but
after taking the sixth bottle the' sores all
disappeared save the one on my throat,
which you can observe, and that is grow
ing less every day. There never was a
greater revolution in any man’s system
than that which was wrought in mine by
the use of this wonderful medicine. The
scars only remain to remind me of my for
mer sufferings. I have no hesitancy in
believing that if my family had had the
benefits of this medicine several of them
would be alive to-day. It has rescued me
from the grave.”
Mr. Gilcher is well known in the blue
grass region of Kentucky, and is ready to
answer all inquiries in reference to these
facts.
For sale by all druggists.
Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.