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Petition for Charter.
GK0KG1 A — Decatur County.
To the Superior Court of i-aid county.
The petition of H. C Allen, W E.
Smith ami F. R- Graham, all of Decatur
county. Georgia, respectfully shovreth:
That they desire for themselves, their
associates, successors and assigns to be
incorporated a» a body politic and cor
porate tinder the name and style of the
• Southern Tobacco Company.” The
objects or which tne corporation is
formed and its principal business is to
buy. seli, plant, gtow and otherwise cul
tivate and deal in or otherwise acquire,
or dispose of tobacco; to build, shade,
construct, own, equip, lease or other
wise operate for themselves or others,
tobacco warehouses, and cure, sort,
pack"and store tobacco in same.
To make contracts with others to buy,
plant, shade, grow and to otherwise deal
jo and cultivate tobacco.
To manufacture, buy, sell and other
wise deal in cigars, cigarettes, chewing
tobacco, snuff or any other form of
manufactured or unmanufactured to
bacco.
To buy, own, construct, lease or oth
erwise control, operate and use irriga
tion systems, dig wells, build tanks,
construct and equip pump houses and
macfiinery. lav pipe lines and to do any
other thing needful to apply artificial
Irrigation to the Boil and to lease, sell or
otherwise dispose of or rent to others,
the use of such service and to charge
whatever sum they deiire for the same.
To own saw mills, grist mills, sugar
cone mills, and to manufacture into any
form, any product of the soil, either
mineral or vegetable or animal.
To con-truct, buy, sell own or other
wise operate packing houses, refrigera
tion plant, for the handling and preserv
ing of beef, pork or other meats, to sell
the same, and to dispose of, or manu
facture, or otherwise handle the by
products fiom said source, and to com
bine same with other foreign matter.
To construct or own, buildings, ma
chinery, ships, boats, engines, cars, ele
vators, waterworks, electric works, aq
ueducts and other waterways, and rail
ways and to otherwise dispose thereof,
or to maintain or opei ate same, except
that the Company shall not maintain or
operate any railroud or canal in the
state of Georgia, as a common carrier,
or exercise the right of eminent domain.
To own or operate or otherwise con
trol commissaries, stores and other
places for the sale of wares, merchan
dise and -applies of every kind and de
scription.
To apply for, obtain, register, pur
chase, lease or otherwise to acquire and
to hold, use, own, operate and introduce
and to sell, ussign or otherwise to die.
pose of, any trade marks, trade names,
patents, inventions, improvements and
processes used in connection with or se
cured under letterB patent of the United
States or elsewhere, or otherwise to
turn to account any such trade-marks,
patents, licenses, processes and the like
or any such property or rights.
To engage in any other manufactur
ing. mining, construction or transporta
tion business of any kind or character
whatever, and to that end to acquire
held, own and dispose of any and all
property, aasets, stock, bonds, and
rights of any and every kind, but not -to
engage in any business hereunder whioh
shall require the exercise of the right of
eminent domain within the state of
Georgia.
To acquire by purchase, subscription,
or otherwise, and to hold or dispose of
stocks, bonds, or any other obligation of
any corporation formed for, or then
or therefore engaged in or pursu
ing any one or more of the kinds of bus
iness, purposes, objects or operations
above indicated, or owning or holding
any property of any kind herein men
tioned, or any corporation owning or
holding the stocks or the obligations of
any such corporation.
To hold for investment or otherwise
to use, sell, dispose of, any stock, bonds,
or other obligation or any suoh corpora
tions; to aid m any manner any corpor
ation whose stock, bonds or other obli
gations are held in any manner guaran-
an teed by the Company, and to do any
other sots or thisgs designed for any
such purpose; and while owner of any
suoh stock, bonds or other obligations,
to exercise all the rights, powers and
privileges of ownership thereof, and to
exercise all the rights, powers and priv
ileges of ownership thereof, and to ex
ercise any and all voting power thereon.
Tbe business of the Company or pur
pose of the Company is from time to
time to do any one or mote of the acts
and things herein set forth, and it mav
conduct its business in other states, ana
in the Territories and in foreign coun
tries, and may have one offiioe or more
than one office and keep the books of
the Company outside the state of Ueor-
S 'r, except as otherwise provided by
w, and hold purohase, mortgage, ana
convey real and personal property,
either in or out of the state of Georgia.
Without in any particular limiting any
of the objects and (lowers of the corpor
ation, it it hereby expressly declared
and provided that the corporation shall
have the power to issue bonds and oth
er obligations in pavment for property
purchased or acquired by it, or for any
other object in or about its business; to
mortgage or pledge anv stocks, bonds or
other obligations, or any property
acquired by it to secure any bonds or
other obligations by it issued or incurred;
to guarantee any dividends or bonds or
contracts, or other obligations; to make
and perform contracts of any kind or de
scription and iu carrying out its business
Or for tbe purpose of attaining or furth
ering any of its objects, to do any and
all other acta and things and to exercise
any and all other powers which a co
partnership or natural person could do
and exercise, and which now or hereafter
may be authorized by law.
The minimum capital stock of the
corporation is one hundred thousand
dollars (f100,000.001 divided inte ten
thousand shares of the par value of ten
dollars each. From time to time the
capital stock may be increased in such
manner and such amouuts as the Direc
tors may deem to the beet interests of
the corporation; until the total author
ized capital of said company shall be
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Said capital stock may be paid for by
property or other thing of value, said
values to be placed by the Directors
upon said property and such action upon
their part shall be tinal and shall bind
the stockholders. Said company is to
commence business when ten per cent,
of the minimum capital stock is paid in.
The company shall have tbe right to
issue preferred stock up to and not ex
ceeding one half of the total authorized
capital stock of said company.
The holders of such preferred stock
shall be entitled to receive when, and
as declared from the surplus or net
protits of the corporation, yearly divi
dends at the rate of seven per centum
per annum, and no more, payable yearly
on dates to be fixed by the by-laws.
The dividends on the preferred stock
shall be cumalative, and shall be pitya-
ble before any dividend on the common
stock shall be paid or set apart; so that
if in any year dividends amounting to
seven per centum shall not have
paid thereon, the deficiency shall be
payable before anv dividends shall be
paid upon or set apart for tbe common
stock.
Whenever all cumalatiye dividends on
the preferred stock for all previous
years shall have been declared and shall
have become payable and the accrued
interest for the present year shall baye
been set aside and the company shall
baye paid such cumulative dividends for
the previous years, and such accrued in
terest for tbe ensuing year, or shall have
set aside a sum sufficient for the pay
ment thereof the Board of Directors
may declare dividends on the common
stock payable then or thereafter, out of
the remaining surplus or net profits.
Tbe number of Directors of the com
pany shall be fixed from time to time bv
tbe by-laws, but the number, if fixed at
more than three, shall be some multple
of three. Tbe Directors shall be classi
fied with respect to the time for which
they shall severally hold office by divid
ing them into three classes, each consist
ing of one-third of .lie whole number of
the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors of the first class shall be elect
ed for a term of one year, the Directors
of the second class for a term of two
yearB and the Directors of the third
class tor a term of three years, and at
each annual election, the successors to
the class of Directors whose terms shall
expire iu this year shall be elected to
hold office for tue term of three years so
that the term of one class of Directors
shall expire in each vear. The number
of Directors shall be fixed at three, Out
may be increased in the manner set
forth above, and as further provided in
the by-laws.
In case of a vacancy in any class of
Directors through death, regisnatiun,
dis qualification or other cauBe, the re
maining Directors, by affiirmative vote
of a majority of the Board of Directors,
may elect a successor to hold office for
the unexpired term of the Director
whose place shall be vacated and until
the election of a successor.
The Board of Directors shall have
power to hold their meetings at such
places as they may deem oest. or may
be designated by the by-laws, The by
laws may prescribe the number of Di
rectors necessary to constitute a quorum
of the Board of Directors, which num
ber may be less than n majority of the
w ole number of tbe Directors.
Unless authorized by votes given in
person or bv proxy bv stockholders,
holding at least two-thirds of the capital
stock of the corporation and whioh is
represented and voted upon in person or
by proxy at a meeting specially called
for the purpose’ or at an annual meet
ing, the Board of Directors shall not
mortgage or pledge any of its real prop
erty or any shares of the capital stock
of any other corpoiation, but this pro
hibition shall not be construed to apply
to the execution of any purchase money
mortgage or any other purchase money
lein.
Any action requiring the consent of
the holds of two-thirds of the stock at
anr meeting, after notice to them given
either in person or by mailing a notiee
to their last address, or required their
consent in writing filed, may be taken
upon the consent of, and the consent
given and filed by the holders of two-
thirds of the stock of each class repre
sented at suoh meeting by person or by
proxy, and not upon two-thirds of
the whole number of stock-holders.
The principal place ot business of said
oompany shall beat Bain bridge, Decatur
county, Georgia, with the right to es
tablish such other brAuob offices as they
see tit, either in or out of this state. The
corporation shall have the right to have
ana use a common seal, to sue and be
sued, plead and be plead, and to have
all the rights, privileges, immunities and
liabilities incident to corporations in riiis
state, for the full end and term of twen.
ty years, with the privilege of renewal
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Decatur County:
To the Superior court of said County :
The petition of H. C. Allen and F. R- Gra
ham, respectfully showetb, that they are
residents of said county, and that they de
sire for themselves, successors and assigns,
to he incorporated us a body politic and cor-
ate under the name ol “THE ALLEN
Jl’ANY,” and by that name to sue and be
sued, transact all business us hereinafter
prayed, have and use a common Beal, make
contracts, borrow money and create such
evidences of debt as the corporation may
desire, to secure the same by mortgage,
deed, deed ol trust, or other securities upon
its property and franchises or any part
thereof; to buy, lease or rent, own and sell
real estate and personal property of every
description; and to have and exercise all
such other powers as are specified by the
lawso! Georgia, and as may be necessary to
carry out the purpose of this incorporation,
Petitioners show that the particular busi
ness to be carried on is to do a general real
estate business, to buy and sell real estate,
either on commission or otherwise, to rent
abotractB from same to anv property
they may desire, to act as agent for any per
son or corporation, to act as attorney in fact
in such instances as they may desire, to own
stock in any company they desire and to
vote same, to buy and sell any kind of prop
erty whether real or personal.
The capital stock company is $5,000,00 all
paid in, the shares of the value of $100.00 of
tbe number of tifty shares.
The period of incorporation is twenty
f 'ears with privilege of renewal provided by
aw.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that this po
tion may be tiled and recorded as provided
and style, and for the pur
poses and with the powers herein set out.
This Sept. 14th, 1903,
F. K. Graham,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Filed in office Sept. i4tb, 1903.
V. W. WlMBRRLEY, CLERK.
s provided by law.
W1 -
therefore petitioners pray that this
petition may be
tiled and recorded os
provided by law, and when same has
been published os provided by law, and
when the same has been published
as provided by statute, that an order
may be passed incorporating petitioners
under tbe name and style and in the
manner and with the restrictions, on-l
regulations and tor the purposes and
uuder the conditions herein set out.
This September IT, A. D., 1903.
F. R. Graham.
Attorney for Petitioners.
Filed in office this September 18,1903.
C. W. Wimbkrley. Clerk.
on Hlc in my office
This Sept. i4th, 1903.
< ’. W. WIMBERLKY.
Clerk Superior Court.
t. 7, 1903.
T. B. MXWELL, Ordinary.
IMBERLEY. Clerk.
Georgia—Decatur Couuty.
I hereby certify that, tbe foregoing is
a true anil correot copy of tbe original
application for chartsr"of ••Southern To
bacco Company," now on file in my of
fice . This Sept. 18th, 1903.
C. W. Wimbkrley, Clerk S. C.
Wanted—Six yoke of oxen suita-
ble for log hauliDg. Would also
like to hire two good teams to
haul by contract.
Flowers Lumber Co.,
Jakin, Ua.
BROAD STREET.
TBe most*np-to-date place in the
city.
The only place where you can get a mixed drink,
Meals at all hours. Free Lunch m 0 !T
and Evening U
Private Dining Rooms. Come andjjmake this head
mm congress ball %mm
The Best Whiskey on Earth.
E. Blumenstein, Proprietor.
Bain bridge, i
Hotel TOtainmanl
GEORGIA—DocaVuT County:
J h**roby certify that the above in a true
aiul correct copy of the original petition for
barter of the “The Allen Oompany,” now
FOB DISMISSION.
Geurgia—Decatur County.
Whereas, Isaac E. Brunson, adminis
trator of the estate of Joseph Brunson,
represents to the court, in his petition,
duly filed and entered on record, that he
lias fuliv administered said estate: This
is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned. kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said admin
istrator should not be discharged from
his administration, and receive letters
of dismission, on the first Monday in Oc
tober 1903. This September 7, 1903.
T, B. Maxwell, Ordinary.
CITATION.
Georgia—Decatur County:
The return of the appraisers set
ting apart twelve months’ support to
the family of Andrew Odom, deceased,
having been filed in my office, all per
sons concerned are cited to show cause
by the first Monday in October 1903, why
said application for twelve months’ sup
port should not be granted. This Sep-
J. S. McREE,
Proprietors.
THOS. 0’BR
CITATION.
Georgia—Decatur County:
The return of the appraisers setting
apart a twelve months’ support to the
family of G. J. Cook, deceased, having
been filed in my offiice, all persons con
cerned are cited to show cause by the
first Monday in October 1903, why said
application tor twelve months’ support
should not be granted. This September
7th, 1903.
T. B. Maxwell, Ordinary.
Roofing a specialty.
All calls given prompt attention.
F. A. Preston,
Tinning, Plumbing and Gas Fij
Gunsmithingand Sheet Metal]
of all kinds.
Old roofs repaired and"repainted.
Orders solicited.
State of Georgia—Decatur County:
Mrs. Jennie Knight)
vs. } Libel for Divorce.
Henry B, Knight. >
The defendant, Henry B. Knight, is
hereby required, in person or bv attor
ney, to be and appear at tbe Superior
Court to be held in and for the County
of Decatur on Tuesday after the second
Monday in November, next, then and
there te answer the Plaintiff’s com
plaint, as in default thereof, tbe Court
will proceed as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable W. N. Spence,
Judge of said Court, this 12th day of
August, 1903,
C. w. Wimbkrley, Clerk.
F. A. Preston,
Troupe Street
Bainbrid
State of GEORGIA—Decatur County:
Mrs. John Harper )
vs. Complaint.
Sam B. Harper. )
The defendant, Sam B. Harper, is
hereby required, in person or by attor
ney, to be and appear at the Superior
Court to be held in and for County of
Decatur on Tuesday after the second
Monday in November, next, then and
there to answer the Plaintiff’s complaint,
as in default thereof, the Court will pro
ceed as to justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable W. N. Spence
Judge of said Court, this 12th day of
August, 1903.
C. W. WlMBBRLEY. Clerk.
Notice !
This certifies that the firm of
J. H. Woodbury & Co., have
bought the entire interest of
tyleVnd in th* | Kuching & Shingler; the said
• vVoodbury & Co. assuming all li
abilities and receive all amounts
due the said Kitching & Shingler.
Kitching & Shingler,
J. H. Woodbury & Co.
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A FULL LINE OF
Harness, Collars,. Bridles,
and anything in the Harness Line
can be found at
C; H. GRIFFIN’S
HARNESS STORE,
On North JBroad Street,
BAINRIDGE,
GEORGIA.
Also carry Harness Oil, Soap
and Axel Oil, Heavy Team Collars.
Repairing Done Neat and Prompt at Vef?
Reasonable Prices.
BICYCLES!
Just received, if you are thinking of buying a bike call j*
Men’s bicycles at SIT.50 and up ‘
Ladies bicycles at 18.50 and up ’
Second hand bicycles at 5.00 and up ‘
Remember we do bicycles, guns, pistol and lock repainnjL
class manner at Low, Prices. Keys fitted on short n
Will pay a good price for your old bikes.
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