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By EARL “TIGE” PICKLE
It is with a touch of sadness that
I report my good friend with the
ready wit, and the author of the fun
ny quotations, such as “Mr. Shine,
you're killing my mare,” “you can't
tell who's on the train by the way
the whistle blows,” and “you can't
tell the depth of the well by the
length of the handle on the pump,”
remains on the lame list at his home
on South Church street,
I am quite sure that just about
everybody knows of whom I speak.
Of course, I write of old Dr. W. A.
Fuqua. Doc had a little ticker trou
ble a few years ago, and every now
and then he has to go to bed and
take it easy. Currently the doctors
have him flat on his back, but I hope
it won’t be for long, for I miss him,
his funny stories and the sunshine
that he spreads. Doc came into my
life over twenty years ago, when I,
too, was forced to go to bed and stay
there for months and months. Dur
ing that trying ordeal I lived across
the street from him, and I don't be
lieve I ever had anybody to be
nicer to me. I was just a kid, and the
kindness that this man showed me
has lived with me since. Back in
those depression days, not everybody
had a radio. Doc had about the only
one in our neighborhood and among
my brighter and more pleasant mem
ories is how Dr. Fuqua, S. G. Mad
dox, Austin Mobley and one or two
other men used to come by my
house, pick me and my bed up and
transport me to Doc’s house ‘and
listen to the World Series. This was
the year that Pepper Martin ran
wild for the St. Louis Cardinals. 1
think it was 1931. Such kindnesses
are what restores a man's faith and
increases his will to live. Right
about then it was touch and go with
me, and I haven't forgotten.
Doc knows more funny stories,
and most of them are on him, which
makes his listeners enjoy them all the
more. Doc hails from a little hamlet
in Alabama ealled Blue Springs, and
1 am quite sure it is one of the
world’s most interesting places, for,
according to Doe, more vnusual
things have occurred there than in
New York, Chicago and Philadelphia
combined. Roy Whitehurst, who has
fractured several ribs laughing at
tales of Blue Springs, named Doc
the Blue Springs Baron,
One of these stories involves Doe
and his brother, the latter being in
those days a celebrated rabbit hunt.
er. Doec says his brother rigged up
a trap from a huge box to ecatch a
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rabbit. One day Doc slipped down to
the big box, crawled under it, and
tripped the treadles. Doc’s brother
came running down to the trap, saw
it was thrown, and just thought he
had done caught a box full of rab
bits. The box, being made of solid
material, he couldn’t tell what was
under it. So Brother Fuqua raised
the box up just enough off the
ground to get his hand under it, and
began to feel around for a rabbit.
When he stuck his hand under the
box, Dot grabbed it with both of his
hands and began to growl like a wild
animal. The ensuing scrap that fol
lowed between Doc and his brother,
to hear Doc tell it, was a scream.
They tore the box trap all to pieces
and Doc’s brother nearly beat him
to death before he could explain that
he wasn’t a lion.
Yes, sir, old Doc has spread a lot
of joy and I hope he soon gets out
of that bed and comes on back to
town.
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, RIAKFLY, GEORGIA
!'PETITION TO AMEND CHARTER
GEORGIA-—Early County:
‘ To the Superior Court of said
icounty:
The petition of SOUTHEASTERN
| LIQUID® FERTILIZER COMPANY,
a corporation duly organized and ex
isting under the laws of the State
of Georgia, shows to this Honorable
Court: .
1. Petitioner was incorporated by
order of this Court on the 28th day
of July 1949, |
2. Under its charter, petitioner
was authorized to issue common stock
at a par value of SIOO.OO per share
in an amount not to exceed 1000
shares; and petitioner has issued 470
shares of said common stock, having
a total par value of $47,000.00, and
now constituting the entire outstand
ing issue of capital stock,
3. The stockholders of petitioner,
at a special meeting of the stock
holders duly and legally held on the
28th day of August, 1953, at which
all of the stockholders were present,
unanimously adopted a resolution to
amend mpetitioner’s charter in the
[nlrflculan hereinafter set forth, as
shown by the certificate of the Sec
retary of said corporation which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A and
made a part hereof.
4. In lieu of the capital stock au
thorized in the original charter, pe-l
titioner shall have authority to issue
‘the following classes of stock:
l (a) Common Stock. 7 l
(1) The corporation shall be
authorized to issue a maximum of
30,000 shares of common stock with
a par value of SI.OO per share, which
common stock may be issued from
time to time by a majority vote of
the corporation’s board of directors.
(2) The corporation shall issue
11,000 of such shares of common
stock of the par value of SI.OO per
share, together with the “Class A”
vreferred stock authorized in
subparagraph 4. (b) below, in ex
change for the 470 shares of com
mon stock of the par value of SIOO.OO
each, now outstanding, and such 470
shares of the common stock now
outstanding shall then be retired and |
cancelled. In effectuating such ex
change, retirement and cancellatidn,
the corporation may, subject to the
consent and agreement of the stock
holders concerned, issue 2,000 shares
of the new common stock of the
par value of SI.OO per share in ex
change for 72 of the shares of the
common stock of the par value of
[8!00.00 now outstanding: and it
may issue 9,000 shares of the new
‘common stock, together with the en
tire amount of said “Class A" pre
ferred stock, in exchange fpr the
remaining 398 shares of the com
mon stock now outstanding.
(3) Seven thousand shares of
the new common stock shall be held
in reserve by the corporation for
suth time, up to five years from
date, as shall be necessary for is
suance to the holders of the “Class
B” mn‘:wo preferred :.“(ai :::
thorized subparagraph e
low, upon exercise of their conver
sion rights,
(4) The common stockholders of
record at the time of issuance, either
for cash or for consideration other
than money, of any wsdditional
shares of the common stock or
other voting stock which the cor
poration is authorized to issue, other
than the shares required for the
conversion of the “Class B” con
vertible preferred stock, shall have
full pre-emptive rights to purchase
their proportionate number of shares
of such additional stock.
(5) At meectings of the stock
holders of the corporation, common
stockholders of record :hnll be on-‘
titled to one vote for each share held.
() “Class A" Preferred Stock.
In addition to the common stock
authorized above, the eormuon!
shall be authorized to issue “Class
A" :ulcrn‘ stock in the amount
of $40,000.00, consisting of 1600
shares with a par value of $25.00
per share. Said “Class A" preferred
privileges a::' ‘c-lho 'ma —
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(1) Dividends.. Holders of thoi
“Class A" preferred stock shall bo¢
entitled to receive, as and when de
clared by the board O'MMOIIMf
otfibnnluun:fll.ho the
corporation legally a thereof,
a preferential dwbod of 5 percent
of the par value thereof per annum
before any dividends are paid on the
common stock. Such dividend shall
be :nb: m:;dli. on the
Such I'mm shall be cumulative
from the date of issuance, No divi
dend shall be declared or paid on
the common stock until nl.n,ud
accumulated dividends on “Class
A" preferred stock have been paid
or set aside for payment. The pre.
ference of said “Class A" preferred
stock as to dividends shall be ident cal
with the preference of the “Class
ll" convertible preferred stock, Ex
cept as aforesaid, “Class A" pre
fered stock shall not be entitled to
g
) eremnce .
In the event of any Liquidation, ds-
Lsolution or winding up of the com-
Ipany, or reduction or decrease of its
| eapital stoek, resuliing in a distriby
.uu ofassels 1o ita commeon stock
' holders other than by way of erdi
nary dividends out of net profits or
{surplus, the holders of said “Class
A" preferred stock shall be entitled
to receive on an equal preference
with the holders of the “Class B*
convertible preferred stock and be
fore any distribution of assets shall
be made to the holders of the com
mon stoek, a sum equal te the par
value of said “Class A" preferred
stock, plus all ‘z:ru areumulated
dividends, but shall be entitled to
no further participation in sueh dis
iribution. The expression “unpaid
secumalated dividends”, wherever us
id in this charter amendment, shall
mean an amount, computed at the
ahnual dividend rate, from the date
dividends become cumulative Lo the
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gm paid thereon on or prior to
‘such date. If upon any sueh licside
tioh or decrease, the assels Jhmbo
! table among the holders of the pre
ferred Sstock, both “Class A” and
“Class B, shall be insufficient to
[permit the payment of the prefer
’en-ce amounts aforesaid, then the en
[tire assets of the company shall be
| distributed with equal preference
'amomz the holders of the “Class A"
preferred stock and the holders of
the “Class B” convertible preferred
stock ratably in proportion to the
preferential amounts to which they
are respectively entitled.
| (3) Voting Rights. Holders of
“Class A” preferred stock shall not
be entitled to vote at meetings of
the stockholders of the corporation.
(4) Redemption. Upon the ex
piration of a period of five years
from date of issue, said “Class A"
preferred stock may be redeemed
and retired by the corporation at its
option, expressed by vote of its
board of directors, at any time or
from time to time, either in whole
or in part, at the prices set forth
below. The corporation may apply
toward such redemption any part of
'its surplus funds, or an amount of
its capital which is not greater than
the capital represented by the shares
redeemed, but under no circum
stances shall the corporation apply
any other funds or any further part
of its capital toward the redemption
of such stock. Such redemption;
'shall be made on the following terms
and conditions: |
(A) If said stock is redeemed
within ten years from the date of
issue, the redemption price shall be
$25.50 per share, plus all unpaid ac
cumulated dividends.
(B) If said stock is redeemed
after the expiration of ten years,
but within fifteen years from the
date of issue, the redemption price
shall be $25.25 per share, plus all
unpaid ufiumuhud dividends.
(C) 1f said stock is redeemed
after the expiration of fifteen years
from the date of issue, the redempt
ion price shall be the par value
$25.00 per share, plus all umkf
accumulated dividends.
(D) The expression ‘“‘unpaid
accumulated dividends”, as used in
sub-paragraphs (A), (B) and (C)
above, shall have the meaning as
cribed thereto in sub-paragraph 4.(b)
(2), hereinabove.
(E) Notice of any proposed re
demption shall be given by the com
pany by mailing a copy of such
notice at least fifteen days prior to
the date fixed for such redemption
to the holders of record of said
“Class A" preferred stock to be re
deemed at their respective addresses
as shown on the books of the com
pany. In case of a partial ndo-r
--ion, the certificates to be called for
such redemption shall be determined
by lot. From and after the date
fixed in any such notice as the date
|4~ 5y N~ g R
n pro
viding qu sufficient for such re
demption at the time m
specified in said notice, all
on shares called for
shall cease to accrue and all ts
of the holders of the shares so
for redemption as stockholders of
the corporation shall cease and ter
‘u:iiuu. ua:u o‘:‘b the rights to re
ceive when due funds
'to which they are m.xo in
lurut on the redemption funds shall
be allowed to the stockholder dur‘
the date fixed for redemption in
‘suid notice.
(¢) “Class B"” Convertible Pre
ferred Stock. The corporation shall
'alao be authorized” to issue “Class
B” convertible preferred stock in
the amount of $140,000, which shall
consist of 7,000 shares with a par'
‘value of $20.00 per share, and which '
j‘u]l have the following rights,
privileges and immunities:
| (1) Dividends. Holders of said
“Class B" convertible preferred
iuock shall be entitled to receive, as
and when declared by the board of
directors, out of the surplus or net
profits of the corporation lonll{
available therafor, a preferentia
annua! dividend of & percent of par
value thereof before any dividends
are paid upon the common stock.
'Such dividend shall be payable semi
luau_nllv on the first d:g of March
and September. Such idend shall
be cumulative from the date of is
suance, No dividend shall be de
clared or paid on the common stock
until all unpaid accomulated divi
dends on the “Class B” preferred
stock have been paid or set aside
for payment. The preference of
this “Class B” convertible preferred
stock as to dividends shall be identi
eal with that of the “Class A" pre
,forr-:! stock deseribed in subpara
'graph 4.(b) above, Except as afore.
' sald, “Class B” convertible preferred
stock shall not be entitied to divi
(2) Preference Upon Ligquida
tiem In the event of any liquida
tion, dissolution or winding up of
the company or reduction or de
ciease of its capital stock, resulting
in a distribution of asstis 1o its com
mon stockholders other than by way
of ordinary dividends out of net
profits or surplus, the holders of
sald “Class B” convertible preferred
stk nhn:lhoumb‘hmtu'
cach share, on an equal preference
with the holders of the “Clasm A"
preserved stook, and before any dw§
tribution of assels shall be made 1o
the holders of the common stock, &
u--wlum,w value of said
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TR) () Toreimabere. bos saai'Te
entitied hnl_nmrnm.wu
in sueh distribution. If, m&
sueh liguidation, dissolution, W
sAR e
among |
ers of it:.:nknv‘ atoek, m'
“Class A" and “Clams B”, shall u{
insufficient to permit the payment
d,fioflufim« mhuon-;l
said, the enlire asets of the
campany be distributed with
:fil among the holders
w and the of the
A" preferred stock i
in proportion 10 the preferen
amounts 1o which they are respective:
Iy entitied.
(1) Conversion Rights. Each'
lshare of the “Class B” convertible
|preferred stock described herein may,
|at any time within five years from
the date of issue, be converted by
’the holder thereof into one share
of the common stock authorized in
subparagraph 4(a) hereof, above,
| upon vresentation and surrender to
‘the Secretary of the corporation of
the certificate of “Class B” con
vertible preferred stock to be so
converted, properly endorsed, and
such shares shall thereupon be can
celled and retired. \
(1) Pre-emptive Rights. For a
period of five years from the datel
of issue of the “Class B” convertible
wreferred stock, the holders of
record of such stock at the time of
issuance, either for cash or for con
sideration other than money, of any
additional shares of the common
stock or other voting stock which
the corporation is authorized to is
sue, other than the shares issued
upon conversion of the “Class B”
convertible preferred stock, shall
have full pre-emptive rights to pur
chhse their proportionate number of |
shares of such additional stock.
(5) Voting Rights, At meetings
of the stockholders of the corgon
tion, holders of record of the “Class
B"” convertible preferred stock shall
be entitled to one vote for each'
share held, ‘
WHEREFORE, petitioner ;ruo‘
that its charter be amended as ere
inabove set out upon due com.
pliance with the law in such cases
made and provided. !
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan,
Attorneys for Petitioner,
EXHIBIT A
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tify that I am Secretary of SOUTH-
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'EASTERN LIQUID FERTILIZER
'COMPANY, a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the
State of Georgia, with its principal
place of business in Early County,
Georgia, and that at a special meet~
ing of the stockholders of this core
poration held on the 28th day of
August, 1953, at which meeting all
call and notice was waived by each
stockholder, a resolution was adopt
ed by the unanimous vote of all the
stockholders authorizing the amend
ment to the charter of this corpora
tion in the particulars set forth in
the foregoing petition, to which this
certificate is attached.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and official
seal of Southeastern Liquid Fertilizer
%)rg;puny. this 31st day of August,
J. 1. DAVIS, JR, Secretary.
ORDER
The foregoing petition of South
eastern Liquid Fertilizer Cowy
to amend its charter having n
read and considered, and it appear
ing to the Court that said 'xotwon
is made in accordance with the laws
of this State, and that petitioner
has complied with the requirements
of law regulating the granting of
amendments to charters of corpora
tions;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, AD
JUDGED AND DECREED That the
prayers of said petition be and the
same are hereby granted, and the
charter of petition is hereby amend
ed in all of the particulars set out
in said petition.
This Ist day of September, 1953.
W. 1. GEER,
Judge, Superior Court of
Early County.