The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-30
Stock Company Organized With
Mt. E. D. Taylor President.
EXPERIMENTS ON HIMSELF
thus the Pharmacist Tested the Curative
Elects OF His chemlcal-Took
Forty Grains aud Heart
Was Not Aifeeted-8ut
Headache Was
cured,
Application viii be made to-day for a
harter for the Antigua Chemical COM

Applicable will be made to-day for
charter for the Antigua Chemical Conn
pany of Richmond
The purpose of the concern will be to
manufacture and sell q. medicine that has
recently been discovered by Mr.. j. T.
Gihoones. proprietor of the drug store at
Fifth and Baker Streets.
The capital stock of the company. will
be lo,ocn The principal office will be in
Richmond. The following are the onicers
for the first year: President. Mr.. E. p.
Taylor; vice president. MIR. W.. Franz
Powers: treasurer. Mr.. r. L. Powers,
secretary. Mr. Philip. Powers. general
manager. Mr.. j. f. Gibboney. The seil-
tiemen also compose the Board of Direc-
tors.
The location of tho office has not yet
been determined upon. The lump stock
is divided into tour hundred shares, and
all save a reserve has been sold.
DISCOVERY ACCIDENTAL.
The medicine is in four preparations
the original powders. Antigua and codein.
Antigua and auinine and Antigua tablets.
1t is for headache from any cause. and
will be prescribed by physicians. Already
it has been patented, and some of thu
leading physicians of the city have bo
come dCtudlNCeuH
The discovery of this medicine has beet
like the finding of many of the now wei
known and useful articles-nlaiIlly acci
dental. Mr.. Gibboney is a druggist o..
experience One day some months as.
he found himself suffering from a severe
headache. He knew OF almost every drug
in existence. But all of them seemed to
him to have objections One of the most
commonly used remedies for headache had
a very depressing effect on the heart.
This medicine had coal tar In 1t. and that
is the effect of coal tar. It occurred tt
him that possibly there was a drug that
would not destroy the curative daaiity OF
the coal tar but would counteract4 the
injurious effect BY accident he at once
hit upon a certain chemical. OF course.
he does not give the name, for hit Is the
secret part. Bet ne made the conbir1a-
ton, and looking in his Greek dictionary
found the word Antigua This seemed
to fit the mixture and he gave 1T that
name.
EXPERIMENTED ON HIMSELF.
But here comes one of the unique fea-
lures of the dfscovery-the experiment.
made by Mr.. G.bboney upon himself.
The druggist took a dose of his medi-
cine He found that the pain IN his head
left him in five minutes The hrst dose
was small. The heart ssood 1t all right
Then, after Il proper Interval. lS III
creased the dose to 20, than to 80, and
finally to 10 grains. Yet no evil effects
appeared He recognized then that tho
next thing he had to do was to get ths
patent on his remedy, SO as to pcotscs
himself.
The discovery had to be made known
t, the doctors. for it is not Intended Tor
general use, to be purchased from tie
drug-stores without prescription
The step taken by the young druggist
was to get influential Inen interested IN
what he had found. He was met, as
usual in such cases. with many discolr-
asements, but at last, presenting the
merits of the medicine to MIR. Taylor anti
o the Messrs. Powers. at once convinced
these experienced drug men of the treas
ure he believed he had found.
COMPANY ORGANIZED.
The company outlined above is the re-
suit The secret was bought from Mr..
GibbonsY at a handsome price and this
sum was Immediately invested in the
stock.
Mr.. Gibboney has been a resident OF
Richmond about twelve years. He cams
here from Wwtheville. He is a graduata
Of pharmacy from the Jniversity College
of Medicine Since his residence here ha
has, most of the time, been proprietor ot
\ drug business, and has taken Interest,"
in politics. He is young man IN ap-
pearance. younger looking, probably. than
he is in years. and has host OF friends.