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„ ix Florida & Alabama Ry. Co. ’ Double Daily Passenger Service. th bousd- <» 38 9 50 10 03 10 12-10 20 10 40 11 05 11 40 A. M. Ar. Tallahassee Lake Jaekson Gibson Havana Hinson Laingkat AttapulguB Bower Bainbridge k Eldorenao Boykin Colquitt Corea Damascus Uowcna Arlington Edison Grubbs Cutbbert 80UTH BOUND. Daily. Gulf Coasl Limited Sun. Only. P, M. Ar. I 85 1 10 12 53 12 82 12 26 11 55 II 45 11 25 10 48—10 43 10 10 10 02 9 49 9 38 9 25 9 13 9 04— 8 25 8 00 7 40 A. M. 8 40 8 22 8 12 8 00 7 55 7 80 7 31 7 20 6 67- 0 54 0 28 0 17 0 06 6 55 5 45 5 34 5 25 4 57 4 40 4 15 8 00 7 50 7 20 6 47 0 37 0 24 6 14 0 02 5 49 5 40 5 13 4 55 4 30 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.