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„ ix Florida & Alabama Ry. Co.
’ Double Daily Passenger Service.
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Lake Jaekson
Gibson
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Bower
Bainbridge
k Eldorenao
Boykin
Colquitt
Corea
Damascus
Uowcna
Arlington
Edison
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80UTH BOUND.
Daily.
Gulf Coasl
Limited
Sun. Only.
P, M. Ar.
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A.M.
icTyer,
Gen. Agt.
K. 1-5. Coleman,
Gen. Pass. Agt.
W. M. Legg,
Gen. Mangr
lantic Coast Line Railway Co.
Florida and Cuba.
mble Daily Passenger Service
-TO-
MARK DOTHAN, ELBA, BAINBRIDGE, THOMASVILLE,
nOSTA WAYCROSS, SAVANNAH, CHALELTON,
^ BRUNSWICK, JACKSONVILLE AND
ALL FLORIDA POINTS. <5^
jh Pulman Sleepers Port Tampa to New York via Atlantic
b ,alB0 via Atlantic Coast Line and Southern R’y.
mis, Cinoinati, Louisville,
Chicago, Kansis City, Birmingham,
Nashville, New Orleans, and all
points East and North
Bainbridge going East—1:50 a. m., 5:45 a. m., 1:00 p. m.
Bainbridge going West—3:20a. m., 11:55 a. m.
ms at Savannah with Ocean Steamship Line and M. & M. T. Co
for New York, Boston and Baltimore.
Pullman Cars on all through trains and to ^ew York, Baltimore
Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond and and all points
rantine Regulations between the United States and the Island of
wed October 15th. therefore, there will be no restrictions
passengers traveling between Havana and the United States,
urther information, call on nearest Ticket Agent, or address
Craig, W H Leahy,
Pass. Agent, Divsion Pass. Agent,
Wilmington, N. C. Savannah, Ga
H M Emerson, Traf. Man.
TJ Bottoms, Trav. Pass. Agent. Thomasville, Ga,
ling in Bainbridge
onday, Oct. 26
Howe’s Great London
Shows.
^ ca'e of Magnitude never attempted before. Coming in
Tiifi enare !y. Rigger, better greater grander than ever before.
cent display of entirely new features
downs—1 g t L a p ea rl’s Marine Band, tfae finest
'"PniWion traveling with any circus in America. An
keetV Cnt enter P r ' se requiring years of prodigal outlay, ever
inrif ^ ace W ' t * 1 ^ le t' 0165 ' that demand the keenest
exigence and experience, gained by constant study.
lI1 d Free Street Parade 10 A. M.
*° > crformances Daily. Doors Open at I and 7 P. M.
Will Positively Exhibit At
inbridge, Monday, Oct. 26
Light Office
come for Job Work.
Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA—Decatur County.
To the Superior Court of said county.
The petition of H. C. Allen, W E.
Smith and P. S. Graham, all of Decatur
CO S,u t> I’. < ?® or * ia- . respectfully showeth:
1 hat they desire for themselves, their
associates, successors and assigns to be
incorporated as a body politic and cor
porate under the name and style of the
■ southern Tobsceo Company.” The
objects tor which tne corporation is
formed and its principal business is to
buy, sell, plant. g:ow 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
in 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 olh-
erwise control, operate and use irriga
tion systems, dig wells, build tanks,
construct and equip pump houses and
machinery, lav pipe lines and to do any
other thing needful to apply artifiicial
irrigation to the soil and to lease, sell or
otherwise dispose of or rent to others,
the use of such service and to charge
whatever sum thev deiire for the same.
To own saw mills, grist mills, sugar
cane mills, and to manufacture into any
form, any product of the soil, either
mineral or vegetable or animal.
To construct, 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 railroad 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 ot wares, merchan
dise and supplies of every kind and de
scription.
To apply for, obtain, register, pur
chase, lease or otherwise to acquire and
to hold, use, own, operate ana introduce
and to sell, assign or otherwise to dis
pose of, any trade marks, trade names,
patents, inventions, improvements and
processes used in connection with or se
cured under letters 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
hold, own and dispose ol any and all
property, assets, stock, bonds, and
rights of any and every kind, but not to
engage in any business hereunder which
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 Bold for investment, or otherwise
to use sell, dispose of, any stock, bonds,
oroth, er obligation or any such corpora
tions; to aid in any manner any corpor
ation whose stock, bonds or other obli
gations are held in any manner guaran-
anteed by the Company, and to do any
other acts or tbiugs designed for any
such purpose; and while owner of any
such 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.
The business of the Company or pur
pose ot the Company is from time to
time to do any one or more of the acts
and things herein set forth, and it mav
fcomluct its business in other states, and
in the Territories and in foreign coun
tries, and may have one oftiiee or more
than one office and keep the books of
the Company outside the state of Geor-
gir, except as otherwise provided by
law, and hold purchase, mortgage, and
convey real and personal property,
either iu or out of the state of Georgia.
Without in any particular limiting any
of the objects and powers of the corpor
ation, it'is hereby expressly declared
and provided that the corporation shall
have the power to issue bonds and oth
er obligations in payment for property
purchased or acquired by it, or tor 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 in carrying out its business
or for the purpose of attaining or furth
ering any of its objects, to do any and
all other acts anil things and to exercise
any and all other powers which a co
partnership or natural person could do
and exercise, aDd which now or hereafter
may be authorized by law.
The minimum capital stock of the
corporation is one hundred thousand
dollars t$100,000.00. divided into ten
thousand shares of the par value of ten
dsltsrs each. From time to time the
capital stock may be increased in such
manner and suoh amouuts as the Direc
tors may deem to the best interests of
the corporation, until the total author
ised 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 Dire tors
upon said property and suchaction upon
their part shall be final and slial. 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 the light 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
profits 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 ciimalative, and snail be paya
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 been
paid thereon, the deficiency shall be
payable before any dividends shall be
paid upon or set apart for the common
stock.
Whenever all cumalatiye dividends on
the preferred stock for all previous
years shall have been declared and Bhall
have become payable and the acarued
interest for the present year shall baye
been set aside and the company shall
haye paid such cumulative dividends for
the previous years, und suen accrued in
terest for the 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 sui-nlus 01- net profits.
The number of Directors of the com
pany shall bo fixed from time to time bv
the by-laws, but the number, if fixed at
more than three, shall be some multple
of three. The Directors shall be classi
fied with respect to the time for which
they shall severally held offico by divid
ing them into three classes, each consist
ing of one-third of .he 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
years 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 electod to
hold office for ti:e 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, but
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, regisnatiui.
disqualification or other cause, the re
maining Directors, by affiirmstive vote
of a majority of the Board of Directors,
may elect a successor to hold offico 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 a majority of the
whole number of the Directors.
Unless authorized by votes given in
person or by proxy bv stockholders,
noldin .* at least two-thirds of the capital
stock of the corpnratiou and which is
represented and voted upon in person or
by proxy at a meeting specially called
for the purpose’ or at an annnal 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 thU 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
any meeting, after notice to them given
either in person or by mailing a notice
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 such 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
company shall be at Bainbridge, Decatur
county, Georgia, with the right to es
tablish such other branch offices as they
see fit, either in or out of this state. The
corporation shall have the right to have
and use a common seal, to sue anil be
sued, plead and be plead, and to have
all the rights, privileges, immunities and
liabilities incident to corporations in this
state, for the full end and terra of twen
ty years, with the privilege of renewal
as provided by law.
Wherefore petitioners pray that this
petition may be tiled and recorded as
provided by law, and when same lias
been published as provided by law, and
when the same has been published
as provided by statute, that an order
may be passed incorporating petitioners
under the name and style and in the
manner and with the restrictions, and
regulations and tor the purposes and
under the conditions herein set out.
This September 17, A. D., 1903.
F. R. Graham,
Attorney for Petitioners
Filed in office this September 18,1903.
C. W. WlMBERLEY. Clerk.
Georgia—Decatur County.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the original
application for charter of “Southern To
bacco Company,” now on file in my of
fice. This Sept. 18th, 1903.
C. W. Wimberley, Clerk S. C.
Tax Notice.
FIRST ROUND.
I will be at the following precincts on
dates named below for the purpose e£
collecting State and County Taxee (Of
the year 1908 .
Climax,
Sells,
Higdon.
lieagans,
Pearces,
Whigham,
Fowlstown,
Attapulgus.
Faeeville,
Recovery,
Kendricks,
Bainbridge,
Bainbridge.
Spring Creek,
Doualsonville,
Steam Mill,
Iron City,
Rock Pond,
Pine Hill,
Belcher,
Lime Sink,
Blowing Cave,
Spring Hill,
Bainbridge,
Monday, September 81
Tuesday.
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday.
Monday,
Tuesday.
Wednesday
Thursday, October 1
Friday, “ 2
Saturday, “ 8
Monday, " 5
Tuesday, •* 0
Wednesday, *• 7
Thursday, “ 8
Friday, “ 9
Saturday, “ 10
Monday, “ 12
Tuesday. “ 13
Wednesday, “ 14
Thursday. " 15
Friday, “ 16
Saturday, “ 17
SECOND ROUND.
Climax, Monday, 1 ; October 19
Bells, Tuesday, •*. 20
Higdon, Wednesday, “ 21
Reagans, Thursday, “ 22
Pearces, Friday, “ 28
W higham, Saturday, “ 24
Fowlstown, Monday, *' 26
Attapulgus, Tuesday, “ 27
Faeeville, Wednesday, “ 28.
Recovery, Thursday, " 29
Kendricks, Friday. “ 30
Pine Hill, Saturday. “ 31
Bainbridge, Monday, November 2
Spring Cieek, Tuesday, “ S
Doualsonville, Wednesday, •* 4
Steam Mill, Thursday, “ 5
Iron City, Friday, “ 6
Rook Pond, Saturday, “ 7
Belchers, Monday, “ 23
Lime Sink, Tuesday “ 24
Blowing Cave, Wednesday, 11 25
Spring Hill, Thursdav> “ 26
Will he at Bainbridge two week of
November superior court. Hooks will
positively close December 20 1903.
Respectfully,
M. W. Bates T. C.
Jurors November Court.
The following list ot jurors have
been drawn to serve at the No
vember term of the superior court
which meets on the second Mon
day in November:
GRAND JURORS.
N F Mallard
S U Hurst
J W Jeter
E H Daniel
Chas. Miller
W K Brock
A Cook, Jr.
E M Moore
AG Goff
S R Brinson
W H Williams
W R Holder
T M Duggar
J O Evans
G L Earnest
FIRST WEEK
W E Darsey
J N Mathews
Dave Murkison
T C Drake
Alfred Bird
I M Griffin
Walter Lane
I D Morgan
D W Kelly
VV R Owens
J O Harrell
Monroe Mills
O D Hanna
Sam Brunson
W O O’Neal
Martin Harrell
Q A Phillips
O W Roberts
H H Hodge*
B B Thomas
J W Williams
C T Mathis
J F Grinar
W A Bullock
B E Russell
S J Barrineau
Wm. Whiddou
J E Dickenson
W H Oliver
J C McCall
O L Funderburk
Lee Parker
J R King
PETIT JURORS.
J M Brock
W C Harrell
K H Gainey
W L Powell
Hunnewell Griffin
T J Jackson
F W Williams
W T Cain
W D Hester
W A Johnson
John Whigham
H K Reynolds
W J Allen
J I Bubers
A B Griffin
O L Worn
R L Hicks
W J Holder
SECOND WEEK.
J W Callahan
H J Paulk
J H Butler
B It T Harrison
N T Hodges
Albert Powell
VV .1 Yeates
D W Lane
J S Thursby
1 L Thornton
H M Butler
J E Shelter
J P Harrell
W C Bell
J H Walters
S A McNair
T H Elkins
N C Whigham
W H Jeter
T H Williams
Columbus Clarke
T L Faircloth
J M Sasser
B D Robert*
J H Perritt
J T Coombs
F 8 Jones
H B Sutton
H I Clay
II W Eagerton
J G Curry
D C Gurley
James Daughtry
T L Langley
W E Lester
Jasper Glover
Notice.
All persons are hereby warned
not to pick up, sell or otherwise
dispose of our Cypress Logs on
the Flint river nor to alter,
change or deface our brand on
same. All persons are also warn~
ed not to buy any of our logs.
The Cypress Lumber Co.
Apalachicola, Fla.
Hicka buys the purest corn starch
in larjre quantities for use in bit cel
ebrated Pearl Baking Powder. ThU
starch is the best for laundry use ai
well as for all cooking purposes.
Only 5c a pound.