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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY. NOV. 5, 1908.
GETS SHAFT
Site Is Selected
For the Wirz
Monument
Change Will Cost Daugh
ters $1,500
The Wirz monument goes to Rich
mond.
That was the decision of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy at Savannah
lyest' rday.
It was not learned what steps were
taken to raise the $1,500 additional re-1 social organization for the promotion
quired to put up the monument.in the of recreation, pleasure, kind feeling
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
APPLICATION' FOB CHARTER
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of S. L. Sills, E. L.
Bell, W. T. Maynard. J. R. Williams,
W. .G. Turpin, G. A. Turpin, Sr., G.
C. Hall, J. J. Hanesley. A. E. Lockett,
J. L. Kelly respectfully shows:
PARAGRAPH I.
That for themselves, their associ
ates, successors and assigns, they
desire to become Incorporated and
made a body corporate and politic un
der the laws of Georgia, under the
name and style of "The Amerlcus
Driving Club;" and under that name
and style petitioners pray to become
incorporated for the full period of
twenty years, with the privilege of
renewal when and as often" as it may
be lawfully done.
PARAGRAPH II.
That the capital stock of said cor-
lioration shall be twenty-five hundred
dollars, of the par Value of twenty-
five dollars per share; all of which
h.as been subscribed and paid In. That
said capital stock shall, if desired, be
increased, from time to time, in any
sum or sums, not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars,
PARAGRAPH III.
The object of said corporation
pecuniary gain to its stock holders,
as well as for the establishment of a
facture, preparation and sale of pro
ducts derived from cotton seed; and
the carrying on, managing and con
trol of such business or manufactures
connected therewith; and generally
to engage In all such employments
and lines of business where cotton
seed or its products are utilized whol
ly or in part; also the leasing and
owning of tank cars, manufacturing
of barrels and casks and all other
commodities In connection with said
business. The main business of the
corporation Is to be the manufacture
and sale of cotton seed oil, and as
Incident thereto, the utilizing and
sale of all products of seed cotton
and cotton seed." The principal of
fice and place of business to be in
Amerlcus, Sumter .County, Ga„ but
were permitted to carry on busi
ness, employ and send agents else
where in the State of Georgia, and
out of the state of Georgia, or Terri
tories of the United States, and to
establish necessary branch offices
therein If they deemed it advisable.
SECOND.
yirgin'a city.
The following message was receiv
ed by the Times-Recorder last night:
•"Amerlcus lost the Wirz monument.
It goes to Richmond. Convention
closed. MRS. J. E. MATHIS.”
Seeing that Amerlcus had the great
est strength. It Is supposed that the
Andersonville and Macon factions
combined to shut Americus out.
The monument is in the yards of
the Clark Monumental Works. The
Daughters after some effort raised
the sum of $2,500 to pay for the mon
ument.
Mr. Clark stated last night that it
-would cost perhaps $1,500 additional
to erect the monument at Richmond,
as compared with a Sumter county
site. He did not know whether the
Daughters would take over the mon
ument and have a Richmond architect
put it up, or would employ him to do
this work.
The action of the convention takes
the monument from Georgia soil, and
places it in a city rfhere there Is a
very handsome monument to Jefferson
Davis. No Invitation was received
from Richmond that the monument be
placed there. »
At best it will probably be some
months before the shaft can be put up.
HOjW AMERICUS
LOST MONUMENT
" Neither Mrs. J. E. Mathis, nor
Mrs. James Taylor, delegates to the
^Savannah convention, U. D. C„
lurned-yesterday. They are expected
.to return on the early morning train
■today.
-By the very narrow margin of
-votes Richmond won over a Georgia
city, both Macon and Amerlcus voting
Jar Macon on the final vote, which
rwas 40 for Richmond and 3S tor Ma
tron. ,
The manner of-arranging tor the
-.additional expense to take the monu
ment to Richmond was that the chap
ters should get to work. The treas
urer stated' that several large con
tributions to the fund has been turn
ed down, and now it will be up to her
to collect a few of them.
The decision to raise the money
; through the chapters was carried by
; a vote of 35 to 17. -
JN8CHIPTION ON
IVIRZ MONUMENT
For the first time the inscriptb
.'the four sides of the Wirz monument
were given - out in Savannah at the
U. D. C. Convention, which closed
there Thursday! the wording of the
shaft having been closely guarded.
The convention approved the Inscrip
tions.
The monument is at the marble
yard of Mr. C. J, Clark, and has
Its sides the following:
On Front—In memory of Capt.
Henry Wirz, C. S. A., born Zurich,
Switzerland, 1822. Sentenced
death and executed at Washington, D.
C., November 15. 1865.
To rescue his name from the stig
ma attached to It by embittered pre
judice, this shaft is erected by the
-Georgia division. United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
On Second Side—Discharging his
duty with such humanity as the
harsh elrcutnstances of the time, and
the policy of the foe permitted. Capt
ain Wirz became at least the victim of
a misdirected popular clamor.
Ho was arrested in lime of peace,
while under the protection of a par-
vale, by a military commission of a
-service to which he did not belong
and condemned to Ignominous death
on charges of excessive cruelty to
Federal prisoners. lie "Indignantly
spurned a pardon, proffered on con
dition that he would incriminate
1'resldent Davis and thus exonorate
himself from charges of which both
were innocent.
Third Side—It Is bard on our men
held In Southern prisons not to ex
change them, but it Is humanity of
those left In the ranks to fight our
battles. At this particular time to
rebel prisoners North,
and general cultivation among Its
members, and for acquiring, maintain
ing and operating such suitable build
ings and equipments for a Club and
such others as are appropriate for
carriages, buggies and other vehicles
and horses, and such grounds, drives
drive-ways, racing tracks, facilities
and accommodations as are appro prt-
ate or desirable for the uses of a
driving club.
PARAGRAPH IV.
That the principal office and place
of business of said corporation shall
be In the City of Americus, Sumter
County, Georgia.
PARAGRAPH V.
Petitioners pray that said corpora
tion be Invested with all the powers,
rights, franchises and privileges nec
essary or proper to the successful ac-
ocmpllsbment of its objects, and that
It have all the powers provided by law
generally for corporations, and that it
especially be authorized to make such
by-laws, Constitution, Rules and Reg
ulations, and alter, change or amend
the same from time to time, as It may
desire, for the regulation, manage
ment and control of the business and
affairs of said corporation, not in
consistent with law; and to provide
for such directory and officers, from
time to time, as may be desired.
PARAGRAPH VI.
That said corporation have power
to receive donations, to purchase,
rent, lease, receive, hold and own
such real and personal property as
may be necessary or appropriate for
purposes of said corporation; to bor
row from time to time such money or
monies and to issue such notes, bonds
or other evidences of debt as It may
desire, and secure the same by such
mortgages, deeds of trust or other
Instrument appropriate therefor upon
any realty, personalty or other prop
erty It may own. as may be desired;
that It have power to dispose of, rent,
lease, sell and convey any or all of
said property at pleasure. That In
the conduct of Its business, It have
authority to provide for such fairs
or expositions, or exhibitions, and
give such e ntertalnments, matinees,
and races as It may see proper, and
provide such rules and regulations for
entries therein, offer such purses and
premiums, and make such charges by
way of entrees and gate fares
may deem proper.
PARAGRAPH VII.
That there shall be no Individual
liability of stock-holders for Indebted
ness of the corporation, save and ex
cept only any balances remaining un
paid on stock actually subscribed.
PARAGRAPH VIII.
That this petition be filed, recorded
and published in terms of the law,
and that an order be passed incorpor
ating petitioners as herein prayed, and
investing them with all the powers
authority, privileges and immunities
as In this petition set out.
WILLIAMS & HARPER,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
Original filed In office October 21st,
1908. II. E. ALLEN, Clerk S. C.
The amount of capital specified
be employed in said original charter
is in terms as follows; "One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00)
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)
which is actually paid in before
ginnlug business, with the privilege
of increasing their capital to
amount not exceeding One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Dollars $150,000,
.00.)
THIRD
Petitioners asked for the right
purchase, lease, hold, own and con
trol, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose
of such real estate, or interest
real estate as may be necessary and
proper for the legitimate and conven
lent transaction of their business.
Petitlonars desire the right and
power to make all such By-Laws, and
alter the same, at pleasure, as they
may see proper; to have.and use a
common seal, and to change the same
at pleasure; to have a right to sue
and be sued, and to make all neces
sary contracts in the conduct of
business; to borrow money and to se
cure the same, and by giving notes,
bonds, mortgages and land, as
Indentures bonds, mortgages
and land, as the cor
poration may see proper to do
and further, to be Invested with
the rights, powers, privileges, immun
ities and franchises Incident to cor
porations of the kind, and necessary
to carry on and conduct the objects
and purposes of the business of peti
tioners. Petitioners further desire
that they shall be Incorporated
that no stockholder in the corporation
shall be bound in any way for the
debts or liabilities of the corporation
beyond the amount of his unpaid
subscription of the capital stock
said Company."
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
I hereby certify the above and fore
going Is a true and correct copy of
Charter of the Amerlcus Driving Club,
and all of same is a true extract
from minutes of Sumter Superior
Court and Charter Record of said
Court. This October 21st, 1908.
H. E. ALLEN, Clerk S. C.
23-W-4t
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
release all
•would ensure Sherman's defeat and
would compromise our safety here.
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
August 18th, 1864.
Fourth Side—When time shall have
softened passion and prejudice, when
- yeason shall have stripped the mask
from misrepresentations, then jus-
tlco holding evenly her scales, will
require much of past censure and
, praise to change pealeg.
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
December, 1888.
STATE OF GEORGIA—
County of Sumter, ss:
To the Honorable Superior Court of
said County:
The ■ petition of M. S. Harper, E. L.
Bell. Mrs. R. L. McMatli, and R. L.
McMnth, for themselves, their asso
ciates, successors and assigns, would
respectfully show the following facts:
FIRST
That on September 23rd, 1891, the
Amerlcus Oil Co., by Its petitioners,
E. H. Ferguson. J. J. Gaffrey, John
M. Green. H. C. Bagley and M. S.
Harper, filed their petition for In
corporation under the style of the
Americus Oil Company, which char
ter was granted by his Honor, W. H.
Fish, Judge of the Superior Courts of
the South Western Circuit, presiding
In Amerlcus Sumter County, on Nov
ember 23rd, 1891, Incorporating the
Amerlcus Oil Company "for twenty
years, with the privilege of renewing
their charter from time to time as
they may see proper.” Their ob
jects of Incorporation was for pecun
iary gain for themselves, associates
and successors; the business propos
ed to be carried on was "the buying
and selling of cotton seed and Its
products, such as cotton seed oil,
crude and refined cotton seed meal
and cake, cotton seed hulls and ashed,
crushing, pressing and refining of
same; further, that of purchasing and
dealing In seed cotton and cotton seed
after the cotton has been ginned, of
all kinds of varieties, and the manu-
FOURTH.
Petitioners show that In 1908 they
purchased the entire stock of the
Amerlcus Oil Co., which was Issued
under the original charter as before
stated, which amounted only to Fifty
Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, and
that your petitioners are the sole
owners of the Americus Oil Co., In
eluded In the purchase of the stock of
the Company; and also took over the
entire property of the Amerlcus Oil
Co., Including Its several ginneries In
this and other counties in Georgia.
FIFTH, j
Your petitioners would show that
on the 10th of October, 1908, that your
petitioners, as constituting the entire
stockholders of said Oil Co., In writing,
by unanimous consent of the stock
holders, called a meeting to be held
at Amerlcus, Ga., on 15th of October,
1908, "for the purpose of considering
and acting upon a renewal of the char
ter of the Americus Oil Co. for the full
term of twenty years from on, and af
ter the 23rd of November, 1911
and also to look into an amendment,
proposing a change as to the capital
stock, as wel las to embrace the right
of operating ginneries. That on the
15th of October, 1908, In pursuance of
said call, the stockholders unanimous
ly adopted a resolution setting out
the original incorporation, and adopted
a resolution authorizing a petition
asking the Court to grant petitioners
their associates, and assigns, a renew
al of Incorporation for the full term of
twenty years on and after the 23rd day
of November, 1911, with all the pow
ers, objects and privileges set out In
the original charter as if specifically
referred to herein. By second provls
ion of the resolution It was determ
ined toask the court to make changes
with reference to the capital stock,
and therefore your petitioners will ask
to amend the clause set out In para
graph second of this petition as fol
lows: The words One Hundred
Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars shall
be stricken, and that said clause be
amended by substituting In lieu there
of the expressions: "That the am
ount of the minimum Capital stock to
be employed Rhall be Fifty Thousand
($50,000.00) Dollars, which Is actually
been paid in; and further amended by
providing that the capital stock Bhall
he divided into shares of one hundred
($100.00) Dollars each, and that the
privilege of Increasing the same may
be made from time to time as may bo
desired advisable by the stockholders.'
To this end, allowing this amendment,
petitioners ask the Judgment of the
court.
SIXTH.
Petitioners would show further, that
they desire further to amend the char
ter. so as to confer upon said Oil Com
pany, "full power to purchase land and
erect, thereon, and maintain ginneries,
for the purpose of ginning cotton, or
acquiring control of any ginnery, that
may bo deemed to the Interest of said
Company; buy, purchase, lease
otherwise in carrying on the business
of ginning, selling, exchanging cotton
seed, cotton, or the products of either;
to gjn sed cotton for the public, or
otherwise; to own, sell or convey any
personal property that may be Inci
dent to the operation of the business,
and If necessary to execute notes,
bonds or obligations for payment
thereof.
SEVENTH,
Petitioners would show that said
stockholders did adopt a resolution
instructing that written application
be made to the Superior Court of
Sumter County, Ga., and to secure
front said Court as provided by law
and on behalf of the Amerlcus Oil
Company's stockholders, both a re
newal of and an amendment to Its
charter, as hereinbefore specified,
each of the stockholders subscribing
to the resolution duly adopted and put
upon the Minutes. Your petitioners
as provided by law, have filed In the
Clerk's office of Sumter Superior
Court along with this application, a
certified abstract from the Minutes
of the incorporation showing that
application for renewal and the
amendment have been duly authoriz
ed by proper corporate action.
EIGHTH.
Petitioners therefore pray that
renewal of the charter shall be had,
to take effect on the expiration of
the original charter as aforesaid, and
that the amendments herein specified
shall be duly considered and authori
zed by the Honorable Court; and
that your petitioners may acquire for
themselves, associates and succes
sors alt of the rights originally ob
tained in the act of original Incor
poration, and which may be incident
thereto, and which may he contem
plated by reason of the amendments
thereto as herein set out, which
amendments to said original char
ter shall take effect upon proper or
der of the Court In the premises. To
tlhs end your petitioners pray the
Judgment of the court.
W. P. WALLIS,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Filed In office Oct. 19th, 1908.
Deputy Clerk S. Court.
GEORGIA—Sumter County;
I certify that the above Is a true
copy of the petition of the Amerlcus
Oil Co., for amendment to charter,
now on file in my office, Oct. 19tn,
1908. S. R. HEYS,
Deputy Clerk S. C. S. Co.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of Mesdames C. C.
Hawkins, George Bacot, Janies Tay
lor, P. C. .Clegg, Frank Harrold, R.
Maynard, and R. E. Cato, all res
idents of said State and County, re
spectfully show as follows:
I.
That they desire for themselves,
their associates, successors and as
signs,, to become Incorporated under
the name and style of THE AMERI
CUS & SUMTER COUNTY HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION,
II.
The terms for which petitioners ask
to be incorporated Is for twenty years,
with the privilege of renewal at the
end of that time.
IH.
The object of the corporation being,
to render assistance to suffering hu
manity; there Is to be no capital
stock of said corporation, but any one
can become a member of said Associ
ation upon paying the annual dues of
$1.00 per year. Petitioners, however,
ask the privilege of increasing the
annual dues necessary to membership
at any time, should a majority of the
members of the Association desire to
do so.
IV.
The object of the proposed corpor
ation Is to be of service to humanity.
Petitioners propose to carry
hospital for the treatment of patients
who are sick, that have no contagious
diseases. Petitioners propose to treat
as charity patients any and all rest
dents of Sumter County who are sick
and unable to pay for medical treat
ment, nursing, medicine, etc. Peti
tioners propose to charge for services
rendered In treating sick persons If
they are financially able to pay for
such service; the amount so receiv
ed for said service to be used by
them in maintaining and paying the
necessary expenses incident to the
running of the hospital.
V.
Petitioners intend to carry on
training school for nurses. That the
applicants to learn the profession of
nursing that are received by them
are to be duly trained as professional
nurses, and they ask the prlvll
ege when they become proficient
In
their profession to graduate them
and licehse them to go out and per
form services as registered nurses
tho training and instruction comply
ing with the law of said State in such
cases made and provided.
VI.
The principal office and place of
business of the proposed corporation
Is to be in the City of Amerlcus, said
State and County.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that
they may be made a body corporate
under the name and style aforesaid,
entitled to all the rights, privileges
and Immunities, and subject to all
liabilities fixed by law.
JAMES TAYLOR,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Original Filed in Office October
21st, 1908. H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk S. C. S. Co.
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
I certify the above charter was
duly filed in my office and same Is a
true extract from minutes of Sum
ter Superior Court and Charter Rec
ord thereof. This October 21st, 1908.
H. B. ALLEN.
Clerk Superior Court, S. Co.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
GEORGIA—Sumter County:
To the Superior Court of said
County:
The petition of J. C. Carter, C. C.
Hawkins, R. E. McNulty, F. W. Grif
fin, J. William Walker and their as
sociates shows that they desire to be
Incorporated under the laws of the
state for a term of twenty years, with
the privilege of renewal at the ex
piration of that time.
The object and purpose of their as
sociation is to make gain and profit
for themselves by the purchase, sale
and manufacture of milk, cream, but
ter and other dairy products. Their
principal place of doing business will
in the city of Americus, Georgia,
with the privilege of establishing
agencies and conducting business in
any other city hi tho state that they
may deem advantageous to themsel
ves and their associates.
Petitioners further show that they
have adopted the corporate name of
the "Americus Creamery Company,”
I and the amount of capital stock ac-
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000) Dollars without further appli- THE WIRZ MONUMENT LOCATION
cation to the Superior Court.
provided. Witness the Honorable Z.
A Littlejohn, Judge of said Court.
This 20th day of October, 1908.
H. E. ALLEN, Clerk,
Your petitioners pray, under the]
corporate name of the "Amerlcus*
Creamery Company,” they and their I
successors, be created a body corpor-!
(Atlanta Constitution.)
In choosing Richmond os the lo-
ate and politic, and have and enjoy caiton for the monument to be erect-
the right and power to sue and to be ed to the memory of Captain Henry
sued, plead and be Impleaded, con-1 Wirz, who was In charge of the con
tract and be contracted with, to have federate military prison at Ander-
the use of a common seal and adopt sonville, the Georgia division of the
such by-laws, rules and regulations United Daughters of the Confederacy
has reached a happy solution of the
problem which confronted the or
ganization •
Good judgment, good taste, and a
proper regard for the prejudices and
sensibilities of others dictated that
the monument should not be placed at
Andersonville.
Its presence there would have
presented an incongruous spectacle,
not inconsistent with law as they may
desire; to elect officers and appoint
agents for the management of their
business to purchase/ have and hold
real estate, cows, cattle milk, cream
butter and cheese, and to sell and
convey all such property and pro
dusts of the manufacture thereof, as
may be necessary or convenient for
the transaction of their business; -
borrow money, Issue bonds and se- 1 and might have led to Irreverent acts
trust covering any or all of their
property or franchises; and further
more to.have and enjoy all rights,
powers and privileges as are by the
laws of this state conferred upon
other corporations of a simillar na
ture. t
Wherefore, petitioners pray to 'be , -
made a body politic and corporate un- Wirz monument with approval
der the name and style aforesaid with I proper respect. .
rights, privileges and Immunities in-1 In Richmond the monument wm
Irresponsibile persons. Anderson-
vllle Is, mainly, a place of pilgrimage
of northern delegations, and Is in
no sense a point of rendezvous for
confederate organizations or others
who would be Interested In this me
morial. Andersonville Is rarely vis
ited by those who would view the
cident to such corporation.
J. C. GARTER.
C. C. HAWKINS,
R. e. McNulty,
F. W. GRIFFIN,
J. W, WALKER.
Clerk’s Office, Sumter Superior
have Its proper setting. By common
consent the former capital of the con
federacy has been made the chief
resposltory of memorials and relics
of the old south
The Wirz shaft will he erected near
the memorial arch of Jefferson Davis.
It will bear a calm, statesmanlike ana
that great
Court, Amerlcus, Ga., Oct. 16th, 1908. noble sentiment from that 6'
Filed In office October 16th, 1908 chl <*tain. It will be surrounded 1.
S R HEYS i other mementoes of the confederate
Deputy Clerk s'uperiorCourt. cau .f- “ will speak the sentlmmi
I. S. R. Heys. Deputy Clerk of the ° r those u l ,on whom ' lts sbad ,‘}'* n ,nd
Superior Court in and for said Coun- and will be liven due protection at
ty, do hereby certify the within is a l* ald ever >' respect. „„„
true copy of tho Charter of the Am- The Inscriptions It hearn aro
cricus Creamery Company filed In my 8° od taste. They seek to Presir e
Office this day. , history the truth. The exigencies “
Witness my official slgnatureSnd the tlme8 ln which he lived and rllv
seal of said Court this, the day and limitations of
"ear above written. * “*—
individual authority
S. R. HEYS,
Deputy Clerk S. Court
LIBEL FOB DIVORCE.
In Sumter Superior Court, November
Term, 1908.
Willie Ethel Parker t». William Jack,
sou Parker.
To William Jackson Parker:
You are hereby cited and required
personally or by Attorney to be and
appear at the Superior Court to be
held in and for said county on the
23rd day of November, 1908, then
and there to make answer or de
fensive allegation, in* writing to the
plaintiff's libel, as In default thereof
the court will proceed according to
the statute ln such cases made and
account in arriving at a true
mate of a man’s character.
The happy settlement of a con
versy that has provoked a need
amount of sectional bitterness b>
he commended. -
CHINA
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of cfalaa eTer shown In Asttri*** -
THOS. L. BELL,
The Leading Jeweler.
105 Jackson Street.
Amcricns,
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