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* TELEPHONE
Fort Valley, Ga., Nov.13, 1908.
Application For
State of Georgia Houston
To the Superior Court of
county:
The petition of F. C.
W. H. Mathews and E. G.
sht w to the court,
First. That they desire
themselves, their associates
assigns to be incorporated
the name and style of The
lin Orchard Company.
Second. That they desire to
incorporated for and during
term of twenty years with
privilege of renewal at the
piration of said term.
Third. That the capital
of said corporation shall be
Thousand Dollars with the
stock divided into shares of
Hundred Dollars each, with
privilege, however, of
said capital stock to the
of Seventy Five Thousand
by the vote of a majority of
stockholders o i said corporation.
Fourth. That ten per cent of
said Capital stock has been actu¬
ally paid in to said corporation.
Fifth. That the object of said
corporation is pecuniary
that shall come to said
ration and their associates and
assigns- business
Sixth. The particular
to be carried on by said Company
is as follows, to-wit,
The business of growing and
marketing fruits of/every de¬
scription and variety whatever,
and also to grow nursery stock,
and sell the same: to buy and sell
real estate, as shall be found
profitable in connection with said
business: .also the business of can¬
ning and evaporating said fruit,
or making any use of same as
may be found profitable: also to
buy and sell fruit, either
wholesale or retail for themselves,
for profit or for a commission:
and to handle fruit on com¬
mission: and to make such con¬
tracts and to exercise all of the
rights necessary and that are
unusually accorded corporations
of a similar nature: also the
to manufacture fruit crates, for
their own use or for sale,
Seventh* That their principal
office and place of doing business
will be in the city of Fort Valley
Georgia, with the right to estab¬
lish branch offices elsewhere in
the state or in any other state of
the United States or its posses¬
sions.
Wherefore petitioners pray
that they may be incorporated
under the name and style as
aforesaid with all of tlje rights,
powers and privileges of every
nature whatever that is allowed
to be exercised, and with all of
the immunities accorded corpor¬
ations of a similar nature by
virtue of the Constitution and
laws of the state of Georgia.
A, C. Riley,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Georgia Houston County :
I, I. T. Woodard, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Houston
' County, do certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and exact
copy of the petition filed in my
office, by the Franklin Orchard
Fruit Company, on the llth day
• of November 1908.
I. T. Woodard,
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Houston County.
Announcement for Constable
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Constable, subject
to the election oj 1st Saturday in
December, for the 9th militia
Dist. Houston county.- I will ap¬
preciate your support,
H. C. HANCE.
, Jack eloped with Jill,
Went down the hill,
And almost died with laughter
When Jill’s pa fell down
And broke his crown
And couldn’t follow after.
* * The Thief” and ‘‘The Devil n
are appearing everywhere in
Georgia except Atlanta—Atlanta
Georgian. There’s a reason:
comepetition is too great there.
The Democratic party has suf¬
fered more from Bryanism than
from all other diseases. We hope
it will recover.
Ex-Senator Carmack of Ten¬
nessee. one of the most brilliant
of American statesmen, was shot
to death in Nashville a few days
ago.
Many Atlanta people are
disgusted wfith Mr Woodward,
who was recently nominated for
mayor and a few days aga found
drunk. Perhaps he was making
a prohibition test of some of that
Atlanta near whisky.
Rev J C Solomon, State super¬
intendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, was in the city
day. He stated that prohibition
is prohibiting as well as any other
law on the statute books of Geor¬
gia, and that considering the fact
that the law is only a little more
than ten months 1 old the benefi.
cent effectsof this law are simply
wonderful.
SUBSCRIBE
NOW
TELEPHONE FACTS.
Plain facts are hard to get around.
When we built our systenj Will Harwell put the poles right
where the street committee and John Troutman, who was.mar
shal, said put them.
The town strung its electric lines right along and among
our wires all over town, often cutting ours out of the way.
Whether it was easier or harder to build (as on Anderson ave.)
they got on our side. It can’t be a coincidence that they were
so placed as to damage the telephone lines on every street in
town.
Then ordinances were passed prohobiting us from doing
line work within 8 feet of the eleptric wires, which prohibits us
from keeping the system in good repair.
l’he city has uniformly declined to grant us a simple per¬
mit to build on the other side of the street, although it is their||
own act that makes this rebuilding necessary, and although
permits are freely granted to others for telephone, telegraph
or electric railway purposes.
In refusing us such permits as are granted to strangers
the town discriminates against us, is unjust to us, and violates
the contract under which our system was built. In physically
damaging our property with their electric wires, prohibiting
us from repairing, and refusing to allow ys to rebuild, they have
committed a legal and moral wrong against us, and have im posed
and are now imposing a burden and inconvenience upon every
telephone user, because the town has impaired his service and
refuses to allow us to remedy the trou ble, wlpeh can only be
done by rebuilding.
Since our formal request of July 10,1907, to the Mayor
and Council for a simple permit allowing the two systems sep¬
arated—the electric on one side of the street, ours on the
other—we have been constantly ready to begin rebuilding on
the opposite sides of the streets within 30 days from the grant
of the permit,
We could have done the work faster then than now, for
more than our entire income has been consumed in repairing
the damage to central and station equipment being constantly
done by the electric current.
We believe every good, unprejudiced man in the commnnity
will discountenance this attack being made on us, and this
injustice being done our subscribers.
**•* Fort Valley Telephone Co.
HAVE THE
GHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHED
AND DO IT^NOW.
Come And See Samples Of Children’s Pictures.
.
V. M. WHITE, The Practical Photographer
FORT VALLEY, GA.
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enty in*
iimm \ ■M 4 R '// W* t! 3t- * Million
r> £ « <•'1 ft * • / . Voices
fl ,
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A PERFECT understanding by the public of the man¬
agement and full scope of the Pell Telephone System
<l J can have but one effect, and that a most desirable one
—a marked betterment of the service.
Do you know what makes the telephone worth The object of this and several succeeding maga¬
while to you—just about the most indispensable zine advertisements is not to get more subscribers. It is
thing in modern life ? to make each one of you a better link in the chain.
It isn’t the circuit of wire that connects your in¬ First, give "Central” the number clearly and be
strument with the exchange. sure she hears it. Give her full and clear informa¬
It's the Twenty Million Voices at the other end of tion in cases of doubt. She is there to do her
the wire on every Hell Telephone! utmost to accommodate you.
We have to keep them there, on hair trigger, Next, don’t grow fretful because you think she
ready for you to call them up, day or night— represents a monopoly. The postmaster does, too,
downtown, up in Maine, or out in Denver. for the same reason.
And to make the telephone system useful to The usefulness of the telephone is its univer¬
those Twenty Million other people, we have to sality , as one system. Where there are two sys¬
beep yon alert and ready at this end of the wire. tems you must have two telephones—and confusion.
Then we have to keep the line in order— Remember, the value of the service lies in the
i>,01K),000 miles of wire—and the central girls number of people you can reach without confu¬
properly drilled and accommodating to the last sion—the promptness with which you get your
degree, and the apparatus up to the highest pitch response. y quickly when others call bear¬
of efficiency. So respond you,
Quite a job, all told. ing in mind the extensive scope of the service.
Every telephone user is an important link in the The constant endeavor of the associated Bell
system—just as important-as the operator. With companies, harmonized by one policy and acting
a little well meant suggestion on our part, we as one system, is to give you the best and most
believe we can improve the service—perhaps save economical management human ingenuity can
a second on each call. devise. The end is efficient service and }our atti¬
There are about six billion connections a year over tude and that of every other subscriber may hasten
these lines. or hinder its accomplishment.
Sa.ing a second each would mean a tremendous Agitation against legitimate telephone business in
time saving to you and a tremendous saving of —the kind that has become almost as national
operating expenses, which can be applied to the its scope as the mail service—must disappear with
betterment of the service. a realization of the necessity of universal service.
American Telephone Telegraph Company
And Its Associated !S1 One Policy—One System.
Bell Companies .El Universal Service
UNITING OVER 4,000,000 TELEPHONES
Including those ot The Fort Valley Telephone Cofhpany.
Nov. 4 1908.
Dear Friend:
Last summer I wondered *
what they did with all /
■
the grapes. I know now
they took them and dried
them and made them into a
raisins.
Raisins are mighty b-<-2
nice to go in cake,and
raisins and nuts are
mighty nice to hand
round when you want to
spend a long time at
the table talking. V
The best seeded rais¬
ins cost 12 1-2 cts a I r
pack. vVv
\ TV.
Your friend, ( S3.,
JACOB. W*,
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Copyright «0O7.ty Outcault AiWnWo* C«.. Cbfti u
P.S. You ..don't know what nice raisins and
nuts, Citron and Dates and things they have at.
W. K. Thweatt’s,
Terms; Monthly accts.
Monthly, Weekly, Due First of
and Cash. Each Month,
W.J. BRASWELL
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Gents’ Furnish¬
ings and a New Stock of
Pure Food Groceries
Call and buy, phene or send your orders, or notify
me and I will send for same. All goods delivered
free of charge in city. Credit will only be extended
to reliable parties, and we will do onr best to hold
yonr trade and give satisfaction.
Weekly Accounts Cash Buyers Will
Due Once a Week Phone 47 Save Money Here