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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
EUROPE REPORTS HEAVY CROPS.
Corn Is Damaged by Drought in
Russia and Roumania.


Condition of the crops in foreign
countries, as reported to the Depart.
ment of Agriculture in Washington
indicate that the European harvest
has generally surpassed expectations.
The drought in Russia and Roumania
has caused a considerable decline in
the prospects for corn. The hop crop
of England is seriously endangered by
blight and one of the lowest yields on
record is predicted.
Estimates of the worlds probable
crop published during the month by
two English trade papers show gains
of from 1S5 100000 to 270,000,000 bush
els of wheat; 265,000,000 bushels of
corn, 334,00O,00O bushels of barley.
100000 bushels of oats, and "a ,00O,-
600 bushels of rye. From Argentina
comes the official announcement that
the reduction of the wheat acreage on
account OF the long drought was less
than anticipated. Reports from India
continue quite encouraging, while
from all parts of Australia glowing
statements of crop progress are re-
ceived
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
SERVES LONG FOR 50 HoLD-UP.

Pardon Comes to Illinois Cowboy
After "a Years In Prison.
story of an Illinois boy going
west. becoming a cowboy and making
a single-handed hold-up of a stage
coach with six passengers, figures in a
pardon granted by President Taft the
other day in the case OF l.. A. Potter.
Potter. who is So, lived at Salem, ILL.,,
and when convicted of holding up the
stage in Texas was sentenced May 20,
1885, to life Imprisonment. He has
served almost twenty-four years, partly
az Chester, H.. and at the Leavenworth
penitentiary. Mrs. ]. w. White, wife
of the president of the German Nation
al Bank of Mason, Texas. both of whom
were passengers, urged the pardon on
the ground that the sentence was ex-
cessive, and that the prisoner took
only 50 and watch from the passen-
gers. The watch was later returned.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN; RECEIVERS

Washington, ID. c., Man Carries Me-
mentO of His Attempt mt Suicide.
With a 22-caliber bullet imbedded in
the center of his brain, fired there
with suicidal intent more than two
weeks ago, Frank Blaine left the
Casualty Hospital in Washington, D.
c.. Monday, discharged as cured. He
said he suffered no discomfort other
than pains in the head and neck and
he talked nationally at all times. The
surgeons at the hospital who have
been observing Blaine closely, said
they detected no i'll effects from the
bullet in his brain and it is their be-
lief that he will not suffer from it in
future years. An X-ray photograph of
the young mans head showed the bull
let imbedded in the center of his
brain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
ZIG FAIR DRAWING TO A CLOSE.

Paid Admissions to Date Are Re-
corded on Turnstfles as 2,011,5O
Friday saw the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-
cific exposition in Seattle enter upon
the home stretch of its life. One
month hence and the worlds fair will
have passed into history. With the
closing of the turnstiles Thursday
night admissions numbering 2.911,507
had been registered Exposition OH
Gals believe that with the final clos
ing of the gates on Oct. 16 this num-
Der will have been increased to be-
tween 100000 and 100000. The ru-
NOR that the exposition would be pro-
longed is emphatically denied by the
exposition authorities.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
PRESIDENT TAFT ON
NATIONAL PROBLEMS

Our banking and monetary system is
patched up affair which satisfies no
body.
There are two indispensable require
ments in any plan to be adopted in
volving a central bank of issue: First,
that control of the monetary system
shall be kept free from Wall street;
second, that it shall not be manipulate
ed for political purposes.
hope for a satisfactory money sys-
tenn before the end of this administra
ton. We must mend our roof before
the storm shall show us again its
leaky and utterly inadequate charac
ter.
We are, unless all signs fail, upon
the eve of another great business ex-
pansion and era of prosperity.
Throughout this country there is free
trade of the freest character, and due
TO this, the prosperity of the West, es-
pecially in agriculture. is even more
pronounced than that of the East.
We are all in the same business boat.
Prosperity Of one section adds to the
prosperity of the other
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
CAUGHT HOLDING UP z WAGONS.

Highwayman Captured NeEr Scene
of Another Recent Crime.
Within a few miles of the scene OF
the hold-up of the Pittsburg express
train at Lewistown Narrows, Pa, sew
eral weeks ago by lone bandit, two
Harrisburg policemen captured high
wayman in the act of holding up
string of seven wagons. The wagons
contained farmers and their families
who were returning from the Port
Royal fair. The highwayman had
blocked the road with one team and
lined the others up back of it as they
anpparpi
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Count Won Berstorff, German am
bassador to the United States, explain
ed the situation created by the new
American tariff the other day in Ber-
lin as it relates to Germany. Repre-
sentatives of all government depart
ments interested in the subject were
present at the conference. The Ger
man government is planning for a
new tariff agreement with the United
Cfotoc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Lake Steamer Sinks.

The steamer Lackawanna of Buffalo,
N. Y sank in twenty-four feet of wa
ter in the st. Clair river, near the Ca
madam shore off Port Huron, Mich,
after collision with the barge Chief.
tain. of Bay City, and the barge Hall,
of Port Huron. The Chieftain sustained
considerable damage. No one was in.
jured in the collision.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Wabash in a Big Merger.

Control of the Wabash Railroad
Company and its subsidiary lines, the
Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Company
and the Wheeling & Lake Erie, ac-
cording to the New York Tribune, is
likely soon to be lodged jointly with
four large roads which under the ar
rangement will obtain an entrance to
Pittsburg. The roads interested, it is
said. are the Lackawanna, Lake Shore,
the Erie and the Rock Island. The ar
rangement is understood to represent
the perfection of plan formed by the
late f. II. Hartman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Held Between Rocks Amid Fire.

While fighting a brush fire at
Dehesa, Cal, Samuel j. Sloane was
fatally burned. His foot was caught
between rocks and the flames swept
over him before he could extricate
himself. He was As years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
sweden wine. Ont NobiIity.

A dispatch to the London Daily Tele-
graph from Copenhagen says that
sensation has been caused in Sweden
by the decision of the cabinet to pre-
sent a bill to parliament to abolish all
orders of rank and grades of prece-
dence except among the officers of the
army and navy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Steamer Lost In Hurricane.

Advices received from the Isle OF
Pines. off the southern coast of Cuba,
tell of the loss of the steamer Nicho-
las Castina with twenty-seven mem
bers of it's crew and two passengers
during the recent hurricane in those
waters
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Cra,.hopper. Attack CITY.

Millions of grasshoppers are swarm
ing in San Bernardino, Cal. Attracted
by the lights, the insects carpeted the
streets in the business section in the
night. There is no report of damage
To vegetation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Cigarette Barred I'm VIII.

The will of w. II. c. Grevel gives
his grandson. Grevel w E. Acker. of
Atlantic Highlands, n. j., an estate
valued at $4,000, provided he does not
smoke a cigarette until he is % years
old. The child is years old.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Tiue,v c,.e..- Two N~n

A dispatch from Port Limon, Cosrs.
RIGA, says two naturalists, William
Kohns, an American, and R. Geuterech
a Swede, were killed and devoured by
tigers In the mountains of Turrialba
4 dead tiger lay nearby.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Law Corner Stone of Monument.

The corner stone of the Soldiers and
Sailors monument at Casey, ILL.,, was
laid recently The ceremony was In
charge of the Monroe Post Of the G. A.
r. The monument, designed by Joel
Weaver. will be IL feet high and viii
cost $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Ono Dead. Two Mfssfur I'm Crasb

One Dead, Two Missing I'm Crash.
Two men are still missing as a re-
suit of the falling of the walls of the
burned storage house, which demol-
ished the Hotel Celia in Pittsburg.
One man was killed outright and a
score were injured.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Seven new cases of infantile paraly-
sis and two deaths were reported to
the health department of st. Paul. The
health department records show a to-
tai of 10 cases reported, with thirty
six deaths
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
preadnauoht Contracts Awarded.

William Cramps Sons & Co. and the
New York Shipbuilding Company have
received the contracts for constructing
one each of the new American Dread
naughts of $4,000 tons, to be officially
kne-G as the Wyoming and Arkansas.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
General Funston Injured.

Brigadier General Frederick Fun
ston, commander of the army service
schools at FIT. Leavenworth, Kas, suf
fered a severe fracture CT the right
shoulder, when he stumbled and fell on
an uneven concrete walk while return
ing TO his quarters.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Illinois Bank Robbed.

The First National Bank of Strong
hurst, ILL.,, was robbed of $1,000 in
money and other valuables. Thieves
blew open the safety deposit vault.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
BicycIist is Killed.

A collision of bicycles at Bridgeport,
Conn. killed Victor Yasenar and seri-
ously hurt John Downey, of Brooklyn,
shortstop of the Cincinnati National
League baseball team. Downey will
recover
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Richard Hooker of Kansas City, who
was dismissed from West Point recent
ly, was denied admittance to the Uni
versity of Kansas. The reason given
was that he was an expelled student
from West Point.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Admits stealing Thousands.

Jared C. Weed, former cashier in the
county treasurer's Office in Buffalo,
withdrew his plea of not guilty to an
indictment charging him with grand
larceny in the second degree and adj
mitted his guilt. The total amount
involved is said to be about $4,000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
John NJ. A. GriswoId Dead.

John N. A. Griswold, formerly Of
New York, and at one time president
of the Illinois Central railroad, died at
his home in Newport, R. l., aged SO
years. Death was due to old age.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Gov. johnson Under the Knife.

Governor John A. Johnson under
went an operation at st. Mary's Hos
pital in Rochester. Mimi, for adhe-
sions in the abdomen and slight hernia,
caused by previous operation for ap-
nenniritiS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

A dispatch from Tangier says that
200 men were killed by the explosion
Of a powder magazine Thursday near
Nogad1r.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Only three small children out of an
enrolment of 200 were present at the
opening of the Pittston. Pa. school,
near the Pressed Steel Car Company
district, and on a post opposite was
the sign, 1--WE Are All on a Strike"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
BUILD 3-MILE TRAIN TUNNEL.
Great Northern Cut-On to Cost About
$1,OOO,OOO.

The Great Northern Railway Com
pany announces that contracts for the
cutoff on the line between Great Falls.
Mont, and Belt have been awarded.
About twenty-five miles of railway will
be constructed A tunnel 10000 feet
long will be included, and the cost
will be in the neighborhood of 81, OO0,-
900. The change is made by the COM
pany to lower grades for through traf-
fic from the Burlington system.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
knight liz Found Poisoned

Sir Ralph Denham Payment Moor
was found dead in bed in London of
poison, and it is believed that he took
his own life. He was commissioner and
consul general of the Niger coast pro-
tectorate. 1S96-1900.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Ohio Giant Negro shot.

big Tom" Ferguson, a giant negro,
was shot by Andrew Bokay. an Italian,
near Castralia, Ohio. Ferguson is dy-
ing. Bokay escaped. Fellow country
men of Bokay say Ferguson attacked
Bokay's wife.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Chas. H. Treat, United States treas
urer, has resigned from that office, to
take effect in October No successor
has yet been chosen, so far as ia
known.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Gov. Hadley. in an address at tks
annual picnic of the Missouri Republic
can Club at Kansas City, declared Mis-
souri, cities must be cleaned up or he
would remove the police cmmission-
a.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
harper's Weekly Editor Injured.

Col. George B. NJ. Harvey, president
OF Harper & Brothers and editor of the
North American Review and Harper's
Weekly, was close to death in an auto
mobile accident in Manahawken, N. ].
With great good fortune, although
pinned beneath an overturned two-ton
car, he escaped with a broken collar
bone and minor injuries, which prob
ably are not serious enough to keep
him indoors more than few days.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Bishop Ward Dies in japan.

Bishop Seth Ward, of the Methodist
Episcopal church south, is dead. The
bishop arrived in Kobe, Japan, last
month on his regular tour of inspec-
ton of the Methodist missions Of ia
pan and he was taken iii shortly after
his arrival Bishop Ward came from
Houston, Texas. He was 81 years old.
Rotary of the Methodist Episcopal
church south from 1902 to 1906 and
was elected bishop in the latter year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
Steamer eurned AZ Sea

The British steamer Harlow, Cap
tain Bruce. from Newport News, June
IA, for Port Natal and Manila, reports
that on July q, while $50 miles from
Durham, she passed steamer afire
The vessel in question, whose name ii
was impossible to make out. was short
ly afterward destroyed by an explo
sion 1t is supposed that this steamer
was the missing British steamer Wara-
tab, which, with 800 persons on board
has net been heard from since July 2e
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23
DIE IN CAR CRASH.

Two Dead Result of Collision ON
Interurban in Ohio.
Bert Schartle and Harold Strome,
both of Midway, injured in the COLI
sion of cars on the Buckeye Lake In
terurban line west of Reynoldsville,
Ohio, died at the Grant Hospital in
Columbus. Margaret Strome, IA, and
Charles Strome, Is, are in a serious
condition.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

Cardiff exports twelve million tons
Of coal yearly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

England's longest railway tunnel is
the Severn tunnel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-23

ests, he asserted. The other danger
which the President said must be pre-
vented is that the central bank, If
formed, should be manipulated for po-
litical purposes.
Mr.. Taft took occasion, in his brief
reference to the tariff, to condemn the
efforts of certain public men to stir
up sectional strife in calling upon the
West to organize against the East.
His address was marked by praise of
Senator Aldrich.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30
Mr.. A. A. Miller announces

Mr.. A. A. Miller announces his
candidacy for jailer of Adair
county in to-day's News, subject
to the action of the Democratic
party. Mr.. Miller is a son of the
late James P. Miller, and was
born and reared at Crocus, this
county. He comes from a strong
and influential Democratic fami-
ly, himself having voted ard
worked for the ticket at every
election since he became a voter.
Mr.. Miller is popular in his i'm
mediate section and is fairly we'll
acquainted throughout the coun-
ty. He expects to visit all the
voting precincts before conven-
ton or a primary is held, make
new friends, and to do every
thing honorable in his power to
win the nomination. He asks
that his candidacy be favorably
considered, promising that if
nominated to make a vigorous
canvass and if elected to make a
faithful officer.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30

are too shallow to bind them,
their platforms too weak to hold
them, and when the next battle
pulls off between the two prompt
ings of mankind, the one seeking
universal justice and fair play,
the other battling for local inter-
ests. gaining an advantage for
the few, at the expense of the
many, they will be found con-
verts of shrewd commercialism.
On the other side there are those
who have seen the injustice OF
taxing one class of people to adj
vance another class. They have
tired with the burden that comes
to the agricultural part of the
country to maintain luxury anc
create abnormal gains to the
manufacturing sections. They
believe a high tariff an imposi.
ton on the great bulk of people
and are in the open for a read
justment on the reducing theory
If the spirit, the impulse. to
work for the entire people is
leading them, soon they must
J part from their political associ-
ates and become valuable to tar
iff for revenue only, equally and
justly distributing the burden of
indirect taxation. Since the tar
iff is the paramant issue between
the two parties there are incon-
sistant members on both sides
and a shifting of political afilia-
ton would do much to clear and
clense both and enable every Sec
ton and both parties to have
true and unflinching representa-
tives.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30

last Tuesday night. They all
had a delightful time.
Miss Emma Bragg, who has
been visiting her sister Mrs.
Walter Mckinney, of this town,
returned to her home in Gardy-
vile last Sunday.
Mr.. Elias. Dunbar, son of
Judge H. H. Dunbar, of this
place, spent few days in Louis
vile last week.
Miss Hulda Mcfarland c.
Rowena, is visiting Mrs. O. B.
Bertram this week.
Mrs. Florence Lapsley Of Dali
las, Texas, is visiting her sister
Mrs. w. T. Sharp.
Mr.. j. f.. Murrell of Columbia,
spent a couple of days in our
town last week.
Messrs. James Garnett, Jim
Montgomery, Herschel Baker, and
Dick Winfrey, of Columbia, are
attending circuit conrt here this
week.
Mr.. N. H. w. Aaron, of Liber-
ty, is transacting business here
this week.
DR.. w. E. Lester, of Liberty
passed through this place We'd
nesday en- route to Kendall, for
a visit with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. D. Smith,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Jones, Greensboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Dunbar,
gave a birthday party in honor
of their niece, Miss Maggie
Moore, la s t Saturday night.
Every one had a nice time.
Miss Josephine Dockery and
Miss Mary S. Patterson, were
the guests of the Misses Phelps,
of this place, last Friday night.
Miss Ruby Costello, of Monti-
cello, KY, is still visiting her
aunt, Mrs. j w. Warren.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30

The attempted reduction of the
tariff, now in operation in our
National Capital, isss bringing to
light the true situation and that
is that several Democratic repre-
sentatives are merely looking af-
ter their own, while the interests
of the rest of the country seems
but trifie. To the true and ar
dent believer in tariff for reve-
nue. only, to those who believe in
advancing the interest Of the
great mass of people instead of
pandering to the small, but pow
erful class, the position of these
Democratic representatives is
humiliating. 1t seems that they
have joined the Republicans in
the policy of taxation, in the de-
sire to unduly advance and to
gain an advantage for the lead
ing interests of their districts
over the rest of the country, car
ing but little if the great bulk
sinks or swims. In other words
there are a few Democrats ii
Congress, in both branches, that
have pitched aside the great doc
trine, equal rights for all ,ant
special privileges for none. They
have deserted the true spirit o.
Democracy and are following thu
promptings of greed and injus
tice, seeking protection rather
than revenue. Party principles
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30
BakertOn.

It still rains and weeds have
nearly taken some of the corn
crops in this neighborhood. Some
are laying by, some have not
planted a grain yet.
The Str. bob Dudley is
still making its regular trips up
the river. The clerk brought us
a fine watermelon the last trip
that weighed % pounds.
H. A. Phillips, IT,, of Month
cello, with the Powers clothing
Co., Of Knoxville, Tenn, was
here this week. He sold Irwin &
Lloyd some children's suits. Hope
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30

\ Dispondent on account of poor
health, Charles l.. Hughes, one
of the best known lumber men
in the State, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the mouth,
the ball penetrating the brain,
in Louisville, last Wednesday
night. He was Vice President
and Treasurer Of the w. J.
Hughes &ESons Lumber Com
pany, IA tn and Maple. The firm
has been patronized by contrac-
tors in this section for many
years.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30
jamestown.

We have had plenty of rain.
Circuit court is going on here
this week.
Mr.. u. Lester of Liberty, KY,
is at this place now taking pic
lures. He seems to be having a
good trade.
There has not been a very
large attendance at court this
week on account of SO much
rain.
Mr.. George Carter of Stanford,
KY, is visiting relatives at this
place.
Miss Mary Snow Patterson, OF
this city, gave a birthday party
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30

by flying glass. Should a thirst
be acquired for soft drinks, to
the same degree that the sot has
for intoxicants, and when too
much has been imbibed, the dan
ger of going to pieces is appar-
ent. 1t is strange that Mr.. Wat
terson, in his efforts to retain the
legal sale of Intoxicating bever-
ages, has not pointed out the
dangers of soft drinks.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30

was a granddaughter of Gen.
Sigel, in New York City, is still
a mystery. Leon Ling, who is
believed to be the murderer, has
made good his escape. The girl
was a missionary and was work
ing in a Chinese settlement.
She was murdered and her body
placed in a trunk.
The Adair County news., 1909-06-30
Clothing! Clothing!

Henry will come back again as
he is one of our Wayne county
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Kinnaird,
of Red Lick, are at this place
waiting for the Str. ''Rowena."
They are on their way to Burn
side to see their daughter, Mrs.
Will Rowe.
Childrens Day in Towards
Bottom, was a success. They
had a large crowd and lots of
dinner.
]. A. Young. bought a fine lot
of sheep in Clinton county this
week.
]. F. Lloyd, of Beck's Store,
was here Monday.
H. J. Gass, of Clay Lick Bot
tom, was here Monday.
Miss Ellen Williams and Mrs.
]. D. Golf went to Whites Bot
tom last Sunday to see Mr.. John
Ed Taylor buried. He died
Thursday in Louisville.
Judge G. 7. Hereford bought
a nice lot of sheep at Amanda
vile this week.
Heuber Williams snapped
horses this week with H. E.
Alexander.
DR.. T. T. Baker was at Baker
ton last Sunday.
Mr.. w. H. Cole attended
Childrens Day in Towards Bot
tom last Sunday.
There were several from this
place attended Conference at
Jones' Chapel last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Moss, of
Gradyville, anu H. A. Moss, of
Greensburg, were here last week
and attended the Conference.
Misses Manda and Myrta Cole
were shopping at this place last
week.
James Cole was here last week
looking after the interest of the
Adair County News.
John Golf has gone to Column
bia on business.
w. R. Golf was here last week
looking for some horses. Think
he bought two or three.
]. H. Golf was here this week
selling tobaccos.