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■w SYNOPSIS.
§( CHAPTER -taken live I—Barton with his Bant** uncle, Pee orphan, body
to farm
Bnferoad pn«t and his Aunt De*l on a on
in a neighborhood called Llck
atmttt. about the year W». Barton moots
|Mr —sfslty Dunkelberg, of Clare about above hie the own Bay a», but
a noses,
sM tt fascinated by the pretty taee
mb* da* clothes.
CHAPTER It—Barton meets Roving
•ate, Want known Woman." In tbs neighborhood Orlmehaw, as the
Amo* young
mm eg the ricbeet the man In the townehlp,
paileg te * visitor at Baynes home, and
fbgr, predicting Kata tails the bright fortunes of the two
a future for B*r
Sea ead death on the geliowa for Amoa.
■ e p i iniid for an act of boyieh mtachtef
Wmn n runs away, Intending to make his
B**a* «ta village with tha of Dunkelbergs. and tails He reaches
Canton Into a
Sa ■Seep is fauna of exhaustion by Bliss on Wright, a porch. Jr., promi¬ There
nent Xwakedy man Baynes, In public take* affaire, Barton who, home knowing af¬
ter buying him new clothes.
CHAPTER III—Barton and hta unde
■nd aunt visit Canton and hear Silas
Wright read a sermon.
CHAPTER JV—Sllae Wright evince*
Jack Interest In Barton, and sends a box
Wf kooks and election magaalnes Silas to the Baynes
MM. The of Wright to
We Baited States senate Is announced.
CHAPTER V-When Barton Is twelve
years old he becomes aware of the ex
atance of a wonderful and mysterious
j n w s i known as "Money,” and learn*
mm. through hla posseeeion of that won
dhafbl *■ and thing Orlmehaw la tha most power
Mrity. greatly dreaded settlers man In the com
most of the being In his
■». Ml Wright After a visit to the Baynee home
leaves a note In a sealed *n
■s t s p a. which Barton la to ss?. on tho
nljrht when he leaves to at
CHAPTER VI—Barton Is asked to
a load to mill, arrives safely, but
snowstorm, unable to see the road,
gat Into the ditch and a
Wh ee l of the wagon la broken. Uncle
Peabody to satisfy manages Orimshaw to get together
*gh extension. and obtain
■CHAPTER Barton accompanies VII—Now In "Mr. hie sixteenth Purvis,”
pear £* the
hired! man, to poatofdoe at Can
Wsa On the way they meet a rider, and
We three by journey together. They are
We Ml up a man with a gun, who makes
highwayman's life.” demand Purvis of “Your
money wMe tho or your draws pistol, runs sway, bo
be stranger the a but
gme can use it robber shoots and
MBs him. Barton’s horse throws him
runs away. As the murderer bends
aver the stranger Barton throws a atone
wMoh he observes wound* the thief, who
m*Avs §aA off at once, but not until Barton
noted that hla gun stock was broken
aatabborhood In a peculiar for manner. tho robber Search is unavailing of the
■si the stranger Is burled.
CHAPTER VIH—Barton leave* home to
■jtead Michael Hacket’* school. Amo*
Orimshaw is arrested charged with the
warder ot the stranger.
CHAPTER i IX—Orlmehaw seeks to
■ l k e Barton to be silent about hi*
wea n dlng the murderer of the man killed
Ike road. The offer Is spurned.
CHAPTER X—Emissaries of Ben Grim
rihaw Me Is seek warned to kidnap by %lent Barton, Kate,” or do and worse.
CHAPTER XI—Uncle celebrated Peabody. Aunt
Bat! and the neighbors Christ¬
mas. "Old Kate” is one of the party.
CHAPTER XII—Barton and Bally Dun
formally pledge their troth.
■CHAPTER Xin-Old Kate'* silent but
yin fiaa tenting it* effect, pursuit and goaded of Old Ben beyond Orlmehaw endur¬
ance; Orlmehaw die* as the “Silent Worn
ear points at him.
CHAPTER XIV—Barton gate a letter
"Bovlng Kate” which heartens him
msely, although at the time he
i*t understand It
CHAPTER XV—Barton move* from
•Wkbod Into manhood, and chooses hi*
-road.
“Early that fall Kate got better an’
left the poorhouse afoot. Went away
•wlieres—nobody knew where.
Seme said she’d crossed the lake an’
away over Into York state, some
_
«aM she’d drowned herself. By’m by
mf heard that she’d gone way over
Into St Lawrence county where Silas
Wright lives an’ where young Grim
iw had settled down after he
married.
“W*L ’bout five year ago the
lasted his second wife—there ’tls
R* there buck o’ Kate’s with the
gqpeetled angel on it. Nobody had
(te squire outside o’ his house for
years until the funeral—he was
jted so with rheumati*. After that
Ind all ’lone in the big house with
-Tara Linney an’ his wife,
worked there for ’bout forty year,
“Wal, sir, fust we knew' Kate was
there In the house livin' with her
ataer. We Wouldn’t ’a’ knowed It, then,
M it hadn't been .that Tom
over one day mV said he
the «T squire wanted to see
ate, we wouldn’t—fer the squire
gpctable an’ (he neighbors never
his door. She must ’a’ come in
Might, jest as she went—nobody
her go an’ nobody see her come,
■hat’s a fact. Wal, one day las’
After the leaves was off an’ they
a corner o’ my houee through
**a*he», Tom wns walkin’ the ol’
|xMBMl Mapped the an’ room. p’inted All at to once
my
taavsgh the winder an’ kep’
come over an* said he
squire wanted to see me. So
mast there. Kate met me at the
I How old an' kind o’ broke
looked! But I knew her the
1 set my eyes on her—uh
taffw me—yla, sir—she smiled
tears come to bet eyes air she partea
.my hand like she wanted to, tell me
that she hadn’t forgot, but she never
said a word—not a word. The ol’
aqnire had the palsy, so *t he couldn’t
use his hands ah’ hts throat was para¬
lysed—couldn't speak nor nothin’.
Where do ye suppose he was when I
found him?”
“In bed?” I asked.
“No, sii^-no, si reel He was in hell
—that's where be was—reglar or fash¬
ioned, down-east hell, burnin’ with Are
an’ brimstun, that he’d had the agency
for an' had recommended to every sin¬
ner in the neighborhood. He was set
tin’ in his room. God o’ Isr'ell Yon
orto ’a’ seen the motions he made wltM
his hands an’ the way he tried to
speak when I went in there, but all I
could hear was Jest a long yell an’ a
kind of a rattle In his throat. Heavens
an’ ntrth! how desperit he tried to
spit out the thing that was gnawin’
his vitals. Ag’ln an’ ag’In he’d try to
tell me. Lord God! how he did work!"
“All to once it come acrost me what
he wanted—quick as ye could say scat.
He wanted to have Kate's headstun
took down an’ put away—that's what
he wanted. The stun was kind o’ lay
ln’ on his sturomlck an' painin’ of him
day an’ night. He couldn't stan’ It
He.knew that be was goln’ to die purty
soon an’ that Kate would come here
an' see it an’ that everybody would
see her standln' here by her own grave,
an' it worried him. It was kind o’ like
a Are in his belly.
“I guess, too, he couldn’t bear the
Idee of Inyln’ down fer his las’ sleep
beside that hell hole he’d dug fer Kate
—no, slrl ^
“Wal, ye know, mister, I Jes’ shook
my head an’ never let on that I knew
what he meant an’ let him wiggle an’
twist like a worm on a hot griddle, an’
beller like a cut bull ’til he fell back In
a swoon.
“Damn him! It don't give him no
rest. He tries to tell everybody he
sees—that’s what they say. He hel¬
lers day an’ night an’ If you go down
there he’ll beller to you an’ you’ll know
what It's about, but the others don’t.
“You an’ me are the only ones thdK
knows the secret, I guess. Some dayN
’fore he dies, I’m goln’ to take up that
headstun an’ hide It, but he'll never
know it’s done—no, sir—not ’til he
gits to the judgment seat, anyway.”
The old man rose and straightened
himself and blew out his breath and
brushed bis hands upon his grousers
by way of stepping down Into this
world again out of the close and dusty
loft of his memory. But I called him
back.
“What has become of Enoch?” I
asked.
“Wal, sir, Enoch started off West
’bout three year ago an’ we ain’t heard
a word from him since that day—nary
a word, mister. I suppose we will some
t'me. He grew into a good man, but
there was a kind of a queer streak in
the blood, as ye might say, on both
sides kind o’. We’ve wrote letters out
to Wisconsin, where he was p’intln’
for, an’ to places on the way, but we
can’t git no news 'bout him. Mebbe
he was killed by the Injuns.”
We walked out of the graveyard to¬
gether In silence.
I could see a glimmer of a light in
the thicket of pines down the valley. I
unhitched and mounted my horse.
“Take the first turn to the right,”
said the —||| old man as he picked up his
scythe. ■' ' ’ —
“I’m very much obliged to you,” I
said.
“No ye ain’t, nuther,” he answered.
“Leastways there ain’t no reason why
ye should be."
My horse, Impatient as ever to find
the end of the road, hurried me aloug
and in a moment or two we were down
under the pine grove that surrounded
the house of old Squire Fullerton—a
big, stone house with a graveled road
around it. A great black dog came
barking and growling at me from the
front porch. I rode around the house
and he followed. Beyond the windows
I could see the gleam of candlelight
and moving figures. A man came out
of the back door as I neared it.
“Who’s there?” he demanded.
“My name Is Barton -BSynes from
St. Lawrence county. Kate Fullerton
Is my friend and I wish to see her.”
“Come up to the steps, sor. Don’t
git off yer horse—'til I’ve chained the
dog. Kate'll be out in a minute.”
He chained the dog to the hitching
post and as he did so a loud, long,
wailing cry broke the silence of the
house. It put me In mind of the com¬
plaint of the damned which I remem¬
bered hearing the minister describe
years before at the little sehoolhouse
in Lickityspllt. How It harrowed me!
The man went into the house. Soon
he came out of the door with a lighted
candle in his hand, a woman following.
How vividly I remember the little mur¬
mur of delight that came from her lips
when he held the candle so that its
light fell upon my face! I tamped off
my horse and gave the reins to the
man nnd put my arms around the poor
woman, whom I loved for her sorrows
ami for my debt to her, nnd rained
kisses upon her withered cheek. Oh
God! what a moment it was for both
of us I
The way she held me to her breast
and patted my shoulder and said “niy
boy!”—in a low, faint, treble voice so
like that of a child—it is one of the
best memories that I take with me into
the new life now so near, from which
there is no returning.
she led me into the house. She
looked very neat now—In a black
gown over which was a spotless white
apron and collar of lace—and much
n -ore slender than when I had seen
her last. She took me into a large
room in the front of the house with a
carpet and furniture, handsome ouce
but now worn and decrepit Old, time
stained engravings qf scenes from the
Bible, framed in wood, hong on the
walls.
I told all that I had heard from
home and of my life in Cobleskili but
observed, presently, a faraway look in
her eyes and Judged that she was not
hearing roe. She whispered:
“Sally?”
“She has been at school in Albany
for a year," I said. “She is at home
now and I am going to aee her.”
“You love Sally?” she whispered.
“Better than I love my life.”
Again she whispered: “Get mar¬
ried !”
“We hope to in 1844. 1 have agreed
to meet her by the big pine tree on the
fiver bank at eleven o’clock the third
of June, 1844. We are looking for¬
ward to that day.”
A tall, slim woman entered the roots
then and said that supper was ready.
Kate rose with a smile and I followed
her into the dining room where two
tablea were spread. One bad certain
dishes on it and a white cover, frayed
and worn. She led me to the other
table which was neatly covered with
snowy linen. The tali woman served
a supper on deep blue china, cooked
as only they could cook in old New
England. Meanwhile I could hear the
voice of the aged squire—a weird,
empty, inhuman voice It was, utterly
cut oft from his intelligence. It came
out of the troubled depths of his
misery.
8o that house—the scene of his
great sin which would presently He
down with him In the dust—was flood¬
ed, a hundred times a day, by the un¬
happy spirit of its master. In the
dead of the night I heard its despair
echoing through the silent chambers.
Kate said little as we ate, or as we
sat together In the shabby, great room
after supper, but she seemed to enjoy
my talk and I went Into the details of
my personal history.
The look on her face, even while I
was speaking, indicated that her
thoughts wandered, restlessly, In the
gloomy desert of her past I thought
of that gay, birdlike youth of hers of
which the old man with the scythe
had told me, and wondered. As I was
^thinking *mie aged of squire this there loud came and a cry doleful from
That so
it startled me and I turned and
looked toward the open door.
Kate rose and came to my side and
leaned toward my ear whispering:
“It is my father. He is always think¬
ing of when I was a girl. He wants
me,"
She bade me good night and left
the room. Doubtless It was the out¬
raged, departed spirit of that golden
time which was haunting the old
squire. A Bible lay on the table near
me and I sat reading It for, an hour or
so. A tall clock In a corner solemnly
tolled the hour of nine. In came the
tall woman and asked me In thej
brogue of the Irish:
“Would you like to go to bed?”
“Yes, I am tired.”
She took a candle and led me up a
broad oaken stairway and Into a room
I
i
m
"III
She Took a Candle and Led Me Up
a Broad Oaken 8tairway.
of the most generous proportions. A
big four-post bedstead, draped in
white, stood against h wall. The bed,
sheeted In old linen, had quilted cov¬
ers. The room was noticeably clean;
its furniture of old mahogany and Its,
carpet comparatively unworn.
When I undressed I dreaded to put
cut the candle. For the first time In
years I had a kind of child-fear of the
night. But I went to bed at last and
slept rather fitfully, waking often when
the cries of the old squire came flood¬
ing through the walls. How I longed
for the light of the morning! It came
at last and I rose and dressed and
went out of 'doors.
Kate met me at the door when I
went back into the house and kissed
my cheek and again I heard those
half-spoken words: "My boy.” I ate
my breakfast with her and when I was
about to get into my saddle at the
door I gave her a hug and, as she
tenderly patted my cheek, a smile
lighted her countenance so that it
seemed to shine upon me. 1 have
never forgotten its serenity and sweet¬
ness:
CHAPTER XVII.
I Start In a Long Way.
We reached Canton at six o’clock In
the evening of a beautiful summer
day. I went at once to call upon the
Dunkelbergs and learned from a man
at work In the dooryard that they had
gon e awa y for the summer. How
seen was my ffltoppmntiMnrr J went
to the tavern end got my sapper and
then ovef'to Ashery lane to see Mi¬
chael Hacket and his family. I found
the schoolmaster playing his violin.
, “Now God be praised—here is
Bart!” he exclaimed as he put down
his instrument and took my hands
in his. “I’ve heard, my boy, how
bravely ye’ve weathered the capes an’
I’m proud o’ ye—that I am I”
I wondered what he meant for a
second and then asked:
“How go these days with youf*
“Swift as the weaver’s shuttle,” he
answered. “Sit you down, while I call
the family. They’re out in the kitchen
putting the dishes away. Many hands
make light labor.”
They came quickly and gathered
about me—a noisy, happy group. The
younger children kissed me and sat on
my knees and gave me the small news
of the neighborhood.
How good were the look of those
friendly faces and the full-hearted
pleasure of the whole family at my
coming! .
“What a Joy for the spare room!”
exclaimed the schoolmaster. “Sure I
wouldn’t wonder if the old bed was
dandn^on its four legs this very min¬
ute."
“I intend to walk up to the hills to¬
night," I said.
“Up to the hills!” he exclaimed mer¬
rily. “An’ the Hackets lyin’ awake
thtnkin’ o’ ye on the dark road! Try
It, boy, an’ ye’ll get a crack with the
ruler and an hour after school. Yer
aunt and nnele will be stronger to
stand yer cornin’ with the night’s rest
upon them. Ye wouldn’t be routin’
them out o’ bed an’ they after a hard
day with the hayin’! Then, my kind
hearted lad, ye must give a thought to
Michael K*nry. He’s still alive an’
stronger than ever—thank God 1”
So, although I longed for those most
dear to me up In the hills, I spent the
night with the Hackets and the school¬
master and I sat an hour together af¬
ter the family had gone to bed.
“How are the Dunkelberg’s?” I
asked.
“Sunk In the soft embrace o’ lux¬
ury,” he answered. “Grlmshaw made
him; Grimshaw • liked him. He was
always ready to lick the boots o’ Grlm¬
shaw. It turned out that Grimshaw
left him an annuity of three thousand
dollars, which he can enjoy as long
as he observes one condition.”
“What is that?”
“He must not let his daughter mar¬
ry one Barton Baynes, late o' the town
& Ballybeen. How is that for spite,
my boy? They say it’s written down
in the will.”
I think that he must have seen the
flame of color playing on my face, for
he quickly added:
“Don’t worry, lad. The will o’ God
Is greater than the will o’ Grimshaw.
He made you two for each other and
she wiU be true to ye, as true as the
needle to the north star.”
“Do you think so?”
“Sure I do. Didn’t she as much as
tell me that here In this room—not a
week ago? She loves ye, boy, as true
as God loves ye, an’ she’s a girl ofa
thousand.”
“Why did they go away? Was it
because I was coming?”
“I think it likely, my fine lad. The
man heard o’ It some way—perhaps
through yer uncle. He’s crazy for the
money, but he’ll get over that. Leave
him to me. I’ve a fine course o’ in¬
struction ready for my lord o’ Dunkel
berg."
“I think I shall go and try to find
her,” I said.
“I am to counsel ye about that,”
said the schoolmaster. “She’s as keen
as a brier—the fox! She says, ‘Keep
away. Don’t alarm him, or he’ll
bundle us off to Europe for two or
three years.'
“So there’s the trail ye travel, my
boy. It’s the one that keeps away.
Don’t let him think ye’ve anything up
the sleeve o’ yer mind. Ah, my lad,
I know the heart o’ youth! Ye’d like
to be puttin’ yer arms around her—
wouldn’t ye, now? Sure, there’s time
enough! Ye’re In the old treadmill o’
God—the both o’ yel Ye’re bein’
weighed an’ tried for the great prize.
It’s not pleasant, but it’s better so.
Go on, now, an’ do yer best an’ what¬
ever comes take it like a man.”
A little silence followed. He broke
it with these words:
“Ye’re done with that business in
Cobleskili, an’ I’m glad, Ye
know ye were bein’ tried there—did
ye? Ye’ve stood It like a man. What
will ye be doin’ now?”
“I’d like to go to Washington with
the senator.”
He laughed heartily.
“I was hopin’ ye’d say that,” he
went on. “Well, boy, I think It can.be
arranged. I’ll see the senator as soon
as ever he comes an’ I believe he’ll
be glad to know o’ yer wishes. I
think he’s been hopin’, like, that ye
would propose It. Go up to the farm
and spend a happy month or two
with yer aunt an’ uncle. It’ll do ye
good. Ye’ve been growin’ plump down
there. Go an’ melt it off ip the fields."
A little more talk and fi’e were off to
bed with our candles.
Next morning I went down into the
main street of the village before leav¬
ing for home. I wanted to see how it
looked and, to be quite frank, I wanted
some of the people of Canton to see
how I looked,' for my clothes were of
the best cloth and cut in the latest
fashion. Many stepped me and shook
my hand—men and women who had
never noticed me before, but there was
a quality in their smiles that I didn’t
quite enjoy. I know now that they
thought me a little too grand on the
outside. What a stem-souled lot those
Yankees were! “All ain’t gold that
glitters.” How often I had heard tbit
version of the old motto 1
“Why. sau look like tha se;
when he tejustglttln' fcomefiom the
capital,” said Mr. Jenlsoo. take
They were not yet willing to
me at the par of my appearance.
I met Betsy Price—one of my school*
mates—on the street. She was very
cordial and told me that the Dunkel¬
bergs had gone to Saratoga.
“I got a letter from Sally this morn¬
ing,” Betsy went on. "She said that
young Mr. Latour was at the same ho¬
tel and that he and her father were
good friends.” stick¬
I wonder If she really enjoyed
ing this thorn Into my flesh—a thorn
which made It difficult for me to fol¬
low the advice of the schoolmaster and
robbed me of the little peace I might
-An’ the Ifingeir the legs the harder
the sermons—In them little seats over
’t the sehoolhouse—ayes I” Aunt Deal
added by way of justifying his com¬
plaint. “There wouldn’t be so much
wear in a ten-mile walk—no!”
The chicken pie was baking and the
strawberries were ready for the short¬
cut*.
(Continued).
Daily Health Talks
GOING BACK TO NATURE.
BY DB. W LUCAS.
People get sick because they go away
from Nature, and the only way to get
well is to go back. Something grows out
of the ground in the form of vegetation
to cure almost every ill. Some of these
vegetable growths are understood by
man, and some are not. Animals, it
would seem, know what to do when
they are sick better than men and
women. Observers have noted that a
sick horse, dog or cat will stop eating
food and seek out some vegetable
growth in the field or yard, which, when
found and eaten, often restores appetite
aq.d health. Haven’t you seen these
animals do this very thing ydurself?
Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., long
since found the herbs and roots pro¬
vided by Nature to overcome constipa¬
tion, and he had these vegetables col¬
lected and made up of May apple, leaves
of Aloe, root of Jalap, into little white
sugar-coated pills, that he called Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. You must
understand that when your intestines
are stopped up, poisons and decayed
and matter these are imprisoned carried in by your the system, blood
are
throughout your body. Thus does
your head ache, you get dizzy, you
can’t sleep, your skin may break out,
your appetite declines, you get tired
and despondent. As a matter of fact,
yon may get sick all over. Don’t you
see bow useless all this suffering is?
All that is often needed is a few of
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, which he
has placed in all drug stores for your
convenience and health. Try them by
all means. They are probably the very
thing you need right now.
PETITION FOR AMENDMENT
AND RENEWAL OF CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Spalding County.
To the Superior Court of said
County: Rushton Cotton
The petition of the
Mills respectfully shows— of July,
1. That on the 31st day duly
1899 the said corporation was of
chartered by the Superior Court
Spalding County, Georgia, for a pe¬
riod of twenty years from and after
that date.
2. Petitioners desire to amend par¬
agraph 6th of the original charter so
as to authorize the stock holders to
increase the capital stock of said cor¬
poration to an amount not to exceed
$500,000 so that paragraph 6th of
said charter shall read as follows:
“The capital stock of said corpo¬
ration will be One Hundred Thousand
Dollars, divided into shares of the par
value of One Hundred Dollars each,
but petitioners desire that said cor¬
poration may be authorized by vote
of the majority of its stock-holders
to increase its capital stock from
time to time in any amount not to
exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dol¬
lars.”
3. Petitioners further show that
they desire an order renewing said
charter as amended for 20 years from
and after the expiration of the pres¬
ent charter, which will expire 31st
day of July, 1919. and
4. Petitioners attach hereto
file along with this petition, a certified
abstract from the minutes of the cor
011 showing that this applica¬
tion for amendment and renewal of
its charter has been authorized by
proper corporate action.
Wherefore, petitioner prays an or¬
der amending its charter as above
specified and renewing its charter as
praved for.
CLEVELAND & GOODRICH,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
State of Georgia, Spalding County.
I, W. H. Wheaton, Clerk of the
perior Court of Spalding
Georgia, do hereby certify that
above and foregoing is a true and
rect copy of the petition for amend¬
ment and renewal of charter of
Rushton Cotton Mills as the same
pears of file in said office.
Witness my signature and seal
said Court, this the 12th day of
ruary, 1919. W. H. WHEATON.
Clerk Superior Court, S. C., Ga.
CHICHESTER THE lUAMOXl) S BRAND. PILLS A
Ladle®; Ask your Tlrar for A\
< I k tlH-i’Heg-tGr’B in Red and diamond mettUic^r/
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PETITION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Spalding County. <
To the Superior Court of Said _
County: of B. D. Joiner, Jr., , _ B.
The petition Parham, T. N. Parham,
Slade, J. E. and J.
Dr Webb Conn, J. A. Burnett
E Powell of said State and County
show to the Court the following facts:
1st. That they desire for them¬
selves, their associates and successors
to be incorporated and made a body ,
politic under the name and style of
THE MUSIC SHOP for the period of
twenty years. principal office and place
2nd. The Corporation shall
of business of said State
be in the City of Griffin, and
County aforesaid, but petitioners de¬
sire the right to establish branch of- «
flees and places of business in this
State or elsewhere, whenever the
holders of a majority of the stock may
so desire... of said
3rd. The object gain itself corpora¬ and its
tion is pecuniary to
shareholders. be carried .
4th. The business to on
by said corporation is the buying and t
selling of all kinds of musical instru¬
ments and accessories. Cor¬
5th. The Capital Stock of said
poration shall be Seven Thousand
Dollars ($7,000). With the privilege
of increasing same to the sum of
Fifteen* Thousand Dollars ($15,000)
by a majority vote of the Stockhold¬
ers, said stock to be divided into
shares of One Hundred ($100) Dol¬
lars each, that the Capital Stock, Sev¬
en Thousand Dollars, has been actu¬
ally paid Petitioners in. desire the right
6th. be sued, to plead and be
to sue and and
impleaded, to have use a common
seal ,to make and use all necessary
by-laws .rules and regulations, and to
do all other things that may be ne¬
cessary for hte successful carrying
on of said business, including the
right to buy, hold and sell real estate
and personal property suitable to the
purposes of the corporation and to
execute notes and bonds as evidence
of indebtedness incurred, or which
may be incurred in the conduct of the
affairs of the corporation, and to se
cure the same by mortgage, security
deed, or other form of lien under ex¬
isting laws.
7th. They desire for said corpora¬
tion the power and authority to apply
for and accept amendments to its
charter of either form or substance
by a vote of a majority of its stock
outstanding at the time. They also
ask authority for said incorporation
to wind up its affairs, liquidate
discontinue its business at any time
it may determine to do so by a vote
of two thirds of its stock outstand¬
ing at the time.
8th. They desire for said incor¬
poration the right of renewal when
and as provided by the laws of Geor¬
gia, and that it have all such other
rights, powers, privileges and immu¬
nities as are incident to like corpora¬
tions or permissible under the laws
of Georgia.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers, priv¬
ilege’s and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now, or 'may here¬
after be, allowed a corporation of
similar character under the laws of
Georgia. Petitioners file this, their
petition for charter in the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
said County and pray that after same
has been advertised as required’ by
law, that the Court by proper order,
grant this petition. W. H. CONNOR,
Attorney for Petitioners.
State of Georgia, Spalding County.
I, W. H. Wheaton, clerk Superior
Court, said State and Cbunty. do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of the peti¬
tion for Charter of The Music Shop
as appears on file in this office. Wit¬
ness my hand and seal of office this
12th dav of February, 1919.
W. H. WHEATON, Clerk.
PROCESS.
State of Georgia, Spalding County.
Mrs. Pearl Kerby vs. Carlton Kerby,
Libel -for Divorce. The defendant,
Carlton Kerby is hereby required, ,
personally or by an attorney, to be
and appear at the next Superior
Court, to be holden in and for said
county on the first Monday in August,
1919 next, then and there to answer
the plaintiff’s complaint, as in default
thereof, Court will proceed sa to jus
as to justice shall appertain. Witness
Honorable Wm. E. H. Searcy, Jr.,
Judge of said Court, tips the 8th day
of February, 1919. W. H. Wheaton,
Clerk; W. H. Connor, plaintiff’s at¬
torney. eow2m
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given to all cred¬
itors of the estate of J. R. Williams,
late of said County, deceased, to ren¬
der an account of their demands to us
within the time out^.. prescribed by law,
properly made All persons in¬
debted to said deceased are hereby re¬
quested to make immediate payment
to the undersigned. 1919.
This 11th day of February,
Mrs. Cora Williams,
J. P. Williams, Executors.