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TO AMEND CHARTER.
GEORGIA, Irwin County:
To the Honorable Philip Cook, Sec¬
retary of State:
The petition of the Ocilla Southern
Railroad Company, a corporation cre¬
ated and existing under the laws of
this state, and having its principal
office in the city of Ocilla, Irwin coun¬
ty, Georgia, respectfully shows :
1. Your petitioner was duly incor¬
porated as a railroad corporation un¬
der the name aforesaid on the 2nd day
of Dec. 190S, by the Secretary of State
in accordance with the provisions of
the Acts of the General Assembly of
this State, and is now operating under
said charter.
2. Onthe 24th day of June, 1911, pe¬
titioner was granted by the Secretary
of State of the State of Georgia an
amendment to its charter authorizing
it to extend its line of road from Ocil¬
la. Irwin county, Georgia, in a North¬
erly direction to the city of Macon in
Bibb county, Georgia, a distance of ap¬
proximately one hundred miles, thru
the counties of Irwin, Ben Hill, Wil¬
cox, Pulaski, Dooly, Houston and Bibb
3. Petitioner desires a further
amendment to its charter permitting
it to extend its line of railroad from
Macon in Bibl) county, Georgia in a
Northerly direction to the city of At
Alanta in Fulton county, Georgia, a
distance of approximately one hundred
miles.
4. The counties through which said
extension will probably run are Bibb,
Jones, Jasper, Butts, Newton, Rock¬
dale, Henry, DeKalb and Fulton.
5. By its original charter petitioner
was authorized to build and construct
a railroad from Ocilla, Irwin county,
Georgia, to Nashville in Berrien coun¬
ty, Georgia, which road has been con¬
structed and is now in operation.
Petitioner desires that its charter
be further amended permitting it to
extend its line of railroad from Nash¬
ville in Berrien county in a Southerly
direction through the counties of Ber¬
rien, Lowndes, Clinch and Echols in
the state of Georgia ,to a point on
the line of the state of Florida, a dis¬
tance fo approximately sixty miles and
thence through the counties of Hamil¬
ton, Columbia, Baker and Duvall in
the state o-f Florida to and into the
city of Jacksonville in Duvall county,
Florida.
G. That this application for said
proposed amendment of petitioner’s
charter has been authorized as requir¬
ed by law, by the Directors of petition,
er and petitoiner tiles herewith a cer¬
tified abstract from the minutes of
its Board of Directors to that effect.
WHEREFORE: Petitioner p r a y s
that its charter may he amended so as
to permit it to extend its road as here¬
in set forth, as provided by statute
in such case made and provided.
Ocilla Southern Railroad Co., I’e-
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Ueorgia, Newton County:
Under and by virtue of an order
granted by the Court of Ordiui(%r of
Jasper couuty, I will sell at public out¬
cry on the property heriuafter descri¬
bed on the first Tuesday iu January
1915, the following described property
to-wit:
Those fifteen vacant lots as surveyed
by W. A. Adams recently in what is
known as the Nettie Miller property
belonging now to the estate of Cody C.
Bryant and bounded on the West by
Carrol steert., and ou the South by an
alley separating said property from the
Tony Baker property, on the nor:Li by
lot of Oscar Hinton and on the west
by several parties, names unknown,
which several lots separate said prop¬
erty from West street., Each of Slid
lots being seventy-five let fronting on
Corrol stret., and on a new street sur¬
veyed aud marked out by said Adams
also:
One vacant lot sixty byoue hundred
fronting ou the street running from
Carrol street to West street aud lying
in the corner of said tract and \Y eat
Stret, also:
One lot fronting on said street run¬
ning from Carol and West, being one
hundred and thirty-five feet front and
running hack two hundred feet, the
the back line being one hundred and
twenty feet upon which is situated the
house known as the Tony Baker
house.
Said sale will be had by the under
signed for the purpose of paying debts
of the estate of said Cody C. Bryant
Terms of sale, cash, This third day
of December, 1914.
WILLIE BRYANT, Admr,of the
tate of Cody C. Bryant, deceased.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stock¬
holders of the First National Bank of
Covington, Ga., will be held in the
offices of the Bank, at 10 o’clock, a.
m., on Tuesday, January 12, 1915, for
the purpose of electing officers, aud
any other business that may come be¬
fore them.
We trust all stockholders, so far as
possible, will be with us on that date.
P. J. ROGERS, Cashier.
GOLDEN FLEECE
LODGE NO. 6, F. and
m K, A. M., meets every
pi first and third Friday
night of each month.
A. L. LOYD, W. M.
/. W. PEEK, Secy.
titioner, By J. A. J. Henderson, Pres¬
ident.
H. J. Quincy, Attorney for Petitioner.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA Dec. ,1914.
LEGAL SHEET FOR
THIS WEEK ONLY
As was announced in The News last
week, there is no regular edition of the
paper this week, only a legal sheet be¬
ing issued, according to law in the
matter of the official organ publishing
the legal advertisements four consec¬
utive issues before the first Monday
and tin 1 first Tuesday prior to the sale
of property.
Our regular edition will come out on
next Wednesday, as usual. We wish
our readers and customers a happy
and prosperous New Year in 1915.
BUSINESS CHANGES TO
GO INTO EFFECT JAN. 1
Quite a good many of the business
houses will make changes iu their bus¬
iness beginning January the 1st. Al¬
ready some announcements have been
made and others will make their? Fri¬
day.
SHERIFF SALES.
Will he sold before the court house
door, in city of Covington, said coun
ty and state, within the legal hours
of sale to the highest bidder for cash
on the First Tuesday in January, 1915
the following described property, towit.
My house and lot in the town of
Newborn, Georgia, consisting of six
aud one-fifth acres of land aud bound¬
ed as follows: on the East by Main st.;
South by lands of Prince Pitts and R.
L. Loyd and West by school house
property. Levied on as the property of
L. R. Sams to satisfy a mortgage fi fa
in favor of People’s Bank against L.
R. Sams issued from the Superior
Court of Newton County Georgia. Writ
ten notice given owner, L. It. Sams and
Robert Sams, tenant in possession as
required by law. This Oct. 13, 1914.
S. M. HAY, SHERIFF.
Newton County, Georgia
ALSO six and one-fiftli acres of land
fronting Main street in town of New¬
born, Georgia, Newton county; it be¬
ing the house and lot on which I now
reside, upon which there is approxi¬
mately an incumberance of eighteen
hundred dollars and also another in
cumberauce to the People's Bank, of
$500 already. Levied on as the proper¬
ty of L. R. Sams to satisfy a mortgage
fi fa in favor of People's Bank against
L. Ii. Sams, issued from the Superior
Court of Newton County Georgia. Writ
ten notice given owner L. R. Sams and
Robert Sams, tenant in possession as
required by law. This Oct. 13, 1914.
S. M. HAY, SHERIFF.
Newton, County, Georgia
ALSO at the same time aud place,
all that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in the city of Covington,
Newton county, Georgia, and particu¬
larly described as follows:
Town lots No’s. G and 7 known as
the Spence home place and upon which
the defendant, Mrs. Callie S. Shepherd
resides. Being in square D of the city
of Covington, Newton county, Georgia,
and said lot No. 17 being particularly
described as follows: beginning at a
corner on Elm street and running east
along Conyers 210 feet to N. S. Tur¬
ner's line and thence south along N.
S. Turner's line 157 feet to city ceme¬
tery and enclosed by wire fence and
thence west along the cemetery line
and said wire fence 232 feet and 8
inches to Elm street and thence along
Elm street 130 feet to beginning cor¬
ner. with small plat of ground cutout
of said lot size 29 feet and 2 inches
by 22 feet and 2 inches of the Ran
ohls graves. Said property levied on
as the property of Mrs. Callie S. Shep¬
herd with a Superior Court fifa issued
from the Superior Court of Newton
county Georgia, in favor of the Bank
of Newton County against Mrs. Callie
S. Shepherd and W. B. Shepherd.
Written notice given Mrs. Callie S.
Shepherd, she being defendant iu fi
fa and tenant in possession as requir¬
ed by law. This August 25. 1914.
S. M. HAY, Sheriff.
ALSO at the same time ami place,
Eighteen acres of cotton in field, more
or less; five acres corn in field, more
or less; one bale lint cotton; one thou¬
sand pounds seed cotton in house, more
or less; 200 pounds peas; 300 bundles
of fodder, more or less. Said property
levied on as the property of Harrie
H. Jones with a land Lord’s lien is
sued from the Superior court of Ne%v
ton county, Georgia, In favor of M. W.
Davis against Harrie II. Jones. Levy
made and turned over to me by J. C.
Nixon, deputy sheriff of said state
and county. This Oct. 7. 1914.
160 S. M. HAY. Sheriff.
TO SURRENDER CHARTER
GEORGIA—Newton Cvunty.
To the Superior Court of Said
County:
The petition of the Georgia-Cuba
Land Company respectfully shows the
following facts, to-wit:
li That it, Georgia-Cuba Land
Company, is a corporation heretofore
ou November 16, 1908, created and or¬
ganized under a charter granted by
the Superior Court of said county and
state.
2. That the said Georgia-Cuba
Land Compauy desires to surrender
its said charter and franchises, as a
corporation, and be dissolved by the
order and decree of the said Superior
Court of Newton county, Georgia.
3. Georgia-Cuba Land Company
further shows to the court that a
meeting of the stockholders of such
corporation, duly called for the pur
]*>se, a resolution has been adopted by
the affirmative vote of the owners of
two-thirds of the capital stock of such
corporation, resolving that the corpor¬
ation shall surrender its charter and
franchise to the state, and he dis¬
solved as a corporation.
4. Georgia-Cuba Land Company
further shows to the court that such
dissolution may he allowed without in¬
justice to any stockholder, or to any
person having claims or demands of
any character against said corpora¬
tion.
Wherefore Georgia-Cuba Land Com¬
pany presents this its petition to the
judge of said court and prays that he
shall grant an order thereon,fixing the
time for the hearing of this petition at
the court house in said county of New¬
ton, either at a regular term or in va¬
cation, not less than four weeks from
the date of such order and further di¬
rects that such petition be filed in the
office of the clerk of said court, and
that a copy of such petition and or¬
der be published once a week for four
weeks in the newspaper wherein
sheriffs’ sales in and for the county
are published, the expense of which
publication shall be defrayed by the
Georgia-Cuba Land Company.
ROGERS & KNOX,
Attorneys for Georgia-Cuba Land Co.
GEORGIA—Newton County .
Personally appeared before me N.
S. Turner, who being duly sworn,
says he is a stockholder in the Geor¬
gia-Cuba Land Company, and that the
facts stated in the above and fore¬
going petition are true.
N. S. TURNER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this December 8, 1914.
JNO. B .DAVIS,
Clerk Superior Court.
ORDER OF THE COURT
The foregoing petition read and con¬
sidered. It is hereby ordered that the
hearing of such petition be held at the
court house in Newton county, Geor¬
gia, on the 15th day of March, 1915,
which is not less than four v.<
from the date of the order of the
Court, fixing the hearing, and it is
further ordered that this petition be
filed in the office of the clerk of New¬
ton Superior Court, and that a copy
of such i»etition and order be publish¬
ed once a week for four weeks in the
newspaper wherein sheriff’s sales in
and for such county are published, the
exjiense of which publication shall be
defrayed by the Georgia-Cuba Land
Company.
This December 19, 1914.
C. S. REID.
Judge Superior Court, Stone Moun¬
tain Circuit.
Filed in Office December 21, 1914.
JNO. B. DAVIS, Clerk.
Office of Clerk Superior Court, New¬
ton County—I, Jno. B. Davis, Clerk of
said court, do certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a petition and order now of
file in my office. Witness my official
signature, this December 21, 1914.
JNO. B. DAVIS, Clerk.
DR. D. H. PARLIMENT
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention given to the eye,
ear, nose and throat
Nurse furnished in all surgical eas¬
es; bed and room furnished when it
is needed.
Eyes examined and glasses fitted
with John L. Moore’s lens. Special
weekly or monthly rates.
Rooms 19, 21, *23 Star Bldg. Covington
Phones 42 and 47.
For Sale—Cash or Terms
Twenty-eight acres of land, new
house, good orchard, burr clover well
started; improved highly In many
ways. Go and see. Eight miles west
of Covington on McDonough road, 2
miles of Livingston high sell ol, Bai>
tist, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches near. E. W. ESTES,
83 E. Wash. St., Gainesville, Ga.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
Georgia, Newton Count:
Byy virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said county will be so.d
on the First Tuesday in Jan'. 1910, be¬
tween the legal hours of sale, before
the court house door in said county at
pulic oubtery, to the highest bidder f.jj
cash, the following described lands to
vvii .
All that tract or parcel of land ly¬
ing and being in the county of New¬
ton, state of Ga., known as the J.
M. Hearing place, abou three miles
nGorth of the town of Oxford, con
tabling eighty acres, more or less a 1 1
bounded as follows: on the North by
Mrs. Win. Bird; East by lands of the
Means estate; south by public road and
West by lands of Newt Berry.
ALSO, all that tract of parcel of
land lying and being in the county of
NewtonNewtou, state of Georgia, be nig
the home place of John W. Wyatt de¬
ceased and known as the Cook place,
about three miles south of the city of
Covington, containing two liuud • ; i
four and one half acres, more or les<.
and bounded as follows: on North In¬
lands of G. W. Hill and Mrs. Forty;
East by Dried Indian creek; South by
lands under control of W. C. Clark . on
West by Flat Shoals public roau. Sold
for the uprpose of paying debts and
distribution. Terms of s.i'ec.eh Tins
Dec. 7, 1914.
JAMES WAYTT, as Admr. of John
W. Wyatt, deceased.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
State of Georgia, Newton County:
Under and by virtue of an order
granted by the court of Ordinary of
said county, wil be sold betwen the le¬
gal hours of sale on the First Tues¬
day in January next, 1915, the folow
ing described property, towit.
All that tract or parcel of land ly¬
ing and being in the 1513 Dist. G. M.
of said State and County, said to con¬
tain seventy seven (77) acres more or
less and hounded as folows’:
On the North by lands of J. A. Grant
East by lands of Public road leading
from Covington to Montieello, Ga.
South by lands of J. M. Lassiter; and
West by lands of A. J. Parker and
Swann estate.
Said lands sold as the property of
J. M. Parker late of said county, de¬
ceased, for the purpose of paying debts
and distribution among the heirs at
law of said deceased.
Terms of sale cash.
This December 1 1914.
H. M. PARKER, Administrator of the
estate of J. M. Parker deceased.
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NOTICE DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.
Notice is hereby given that all per¬
sons owing the estate of .T. W. Wjatv,
deceased are hereby inquired to make
immediate payment and a 1 P rsoils
holding claims against said estate are
hereby notified to render said demands
unto the Administrator, in terms of
law. This Dec. 7 th, 1914.
JAMES WYATT, Admr. estate . f J.
W. Wyatt, deceased .
CITATION
GEORGIA, Newton Comity,
Mrs. Cleo Holmes lias made applies,
tion of letters of administration to is¬
sue to her on the estate of O. L. Hol¬
mes, late of said county ,de 'eased.
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to show cause, if any
they can why letters should not be is¬
sued as prayed for, and said applica¬
tion will be heard ou the 1st Monday
in January, 1915, next. This Dec. 7!h
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A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
CITATION
GEORGIA, Newton County,
O. C. Cole has applied to me for an
order requiring O. A. Martin, Admr. oa
the estate of G. W. Avery, late of said
county, deceased, to make titles to cer
tain lands set out and descriierl in
his bond for title, attached to his ap¬
plication. This is therefore to cite all
persons, both kindred and credito s to
show cause if any they can wli.v an or¬
der should not be passed in term-, of
the law in such cases made and pr >vid
ed and said application will be hear 1
on the First Monday in Jan. 19lS next.
This Dec. 7th, 1914.
A. D. MEADOR, Ordinary.
NOTICE DEBTOR AND CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that all per¬
sons owing the estate of Rhoda Veal,
deceased are hereby required to make
immediate payment and all persons
holding claims against said estate are
hereby notified to render said demands
unto the Administrator, in terms of
law. This Oct. 5, 10U.
H. V. VEAL, Admr. with will an
nexed on the estate of Rhoda A. Veal
deceased.
NOTICE.
Parties who owe me either note or
account must make settlement or sat¬
isfactory arrangement at once, as I
must close up this year’s business’
in some way. This means YOU, if
yon owe me.
A. S. McGARITY.
