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Chicago highwayman holds up
60 gamblers and robs them of
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since that wasn’t his own.
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Baird, Evans arid Harris,
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Application For Charter.
State of Georgia Houston County
To the Superior Court of said
county:
The petition of F. C. Houser,
W. H. Mathews and E. G. Houser
shrw to the court,
First That they desire <»;
themselves, their associates ..and
linOrchard Company.
Second. That they desire to he
incorporated for and during
term of twenty years with the
privilege of renewal at the ex
pi ration of said term.
Third. That the capital
of said corporation shall be Fifty
Thousand Dollars with the
stock divided into shares of One
Hundred Dollars cadi, with the
privilege, however, of increasing
said capital stock to the amount
of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
Fourth. That ten per cent of
said Capital stock has been actu
ally paid in to said corporation.
Fifth. That the object of said
tbat8hali°come SSuLES
assigns
Sixth. The particular business
to be carried on by said Company
th as follows, fco-wit,
The business of growing and
marketing fruits of every de -
seriptionand variety whatever,
and also to grow nursery stock,
and sell the same : to buy and sell
real estate, as shall be found
profitabletn connection with said
business: also the business of can
j | ning and evaporating said fruit,
or making any use of same as
may be found profitable: also to
buy and sell fruit, either at
wholesale or retail for tfiemselves,
for profit or for a commission:
and to handle fruit on com
J mission; tracts and and to exercise to make all such of con¬ the
rights necessary and that are
unusually accorded corporations
of a similar nature: also the right
to milnutacture {ruit crates, tot
j i 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 petitioner's pray
that they may be incorporated
under the name and style as
aforesaid with all of the 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, t r L m I. M tit ooda j d, /ti„ Jerk , of *
Supenor 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
Company, onthe Mth ^
of November 1908.
L T. Woodard, j
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Houston County.
The many friends of Rev T G
Lang are sorry indeed he leaves
us but glad he received such a
good appointment.
Rev J M Long preached in
Amerieus last Sunday.
OASTO
B writhe The Kind ?ou flaw Always
Bigntau*
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To Those Interested in Art Portraiture;
Fort Valley, Ga., Dec. nth, 1908.
^ ear Sir or Madam, wondering and
With the near approach of Christmas we are worry
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i prized. in art portraiture is . more __, noticeable • ha ^e/er
The improvement advancement in quality of portraiture has uevel
this' A the^rn^tom year. With the the
of divine- photographs as Christmas presents,
cuoi^m ^ being oexiig, more popular P B this season than ever before.
The styles g of Platinums and ^ CarbonVignenttes ir-i crn««-n + + a as q mode made a at t WVn+p"<? White s
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When you call be sure to ask about those^
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Application For Railroad Charter
State of Georgia,Pulaski Phillip Cook,
To the Honorable
Secretary of State:
The petition of M. H. Boyer,
of the bounty of Pulaski;
state, George W. Bannerman,
John E. Lang, S, N. Kriescher,
David J. Gitto, John S. Duncan,
D. Parry Bannerman H. M.
Bannerman. George W. Flood,
of the county of Nassau, state
New York, and John R. Parry,
the sta f e of Connecticut, respect¬
fully shows:
1st. That they desire to form
a railroad corporation pursuant
to the provisions of the Act
the General Assembly of Georgia,
Approved December 20. 1892,
Code Sections 2159-2179 inclu¬
sive, and laws amendatory there
of.
2nd. That the name of
railroad company, which petition¬
ers desire to have incorporated,
is to be the American Railroad
Company.
3rd. The length of said rail¬
road, as near as can be accurate¬
ly estimated, will be sixty miles,
more or less. Said railroad will
run from a point in the city of
Abbeville, County of Wilcox, said
state, in a north westerly
tion through the county of Wil¬
cox to Hawkinsville in the
ty of Pulaski, said state;
from Hawkinsville in a
westerly direction to Grovania,
in the county of Houston, said
state; f r0U1 (j r0 vania in a wester
, ' directillD the town o£ Win
c hcst ’ in th „ ^ ounty of Macon,
., .
TTL. /Wiro tn he in
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vea^ nn f v f a rn f 101
Jtthe with the eviration privilege of re
“Tf 1 MtkS of that
time ‘ ^etUaoneis desire dewre incor- mcor
poration with a capital stock of
$ 100 , 000 ., divided into shares of
$ 100 . each, all of sajd stock to be
common stock of equal dignity,
with the privilege of increasing
said stock from time to time as
the majority of the Directors of
said railroad company may see
fit and proper, to an amount not
exceeding in the aggregate of
$ 1 , 000 , 000 - 00 . *
5th. Petitioners desire the
right to acquire at such points as
is advisable, territory for side-
tracts, , , spur-tracks, . tanniro tMDi-taimhd reseivations
for r - stations ,, .. ■ „ ana let
.
lnmal ■ i facilities lor o^ -oaiu said. lauroaa vniimo i
deemed , ,
company, as may oe
necessary m the successful con
struction, maintenance and ope
ration of said railroad company
and its properties.
6 th. Petitioners pray that they
do intend in good faith to imme
diately go forward at onee
ont delay to secure subscriptions
to . the capital etnui-of stock ot cioU saiu. lau
road ■3 company , TT and to constiuct,
equip, maintain .niotnin and onorrio opeiate Cain said
,
ra
vth Petitioners pray that they
desire to be incorporated under
l the name and style of the Amer
ican Railroad Company, H with the
right to issue bonds against said
railroad company and its proper¬
ties, in amount not exceeding
$l&, 000 . per mile, said issue of
bonds not to be made until the
proper authorities within the
aforesaid state have been applied
to and their permission granted,
as under the law in such cases
made and provided.
8 th. Petitioners desire to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the rights,
privileges and immunities of
law in such cases made and pro¬
vided, and to enjoy all the rights
and benefits legally accruing to a
railroad corporation under the
laws of Georgia, and subject to
legal restrictions thereof.
9th. Petitioners aver that the
original capital stock of $ 100 , 000 .
aforesaid, is to be known as com
rnon stock, but petitioners desire
the right to be incorporated with
the right to issue an amount of
preferred stock and bonded in
debii dness, or both, in the dis¬
cretion of stockholders and direc¬
tors of said railroad company,
the rights and privileges of such
preferred stock and bonded in¬
debtedness over the common
stock to be such as are fixed in
the manner provided bylaw, and
in the order or resolution of the
proper authorities, of said state,
who authorize the issuance of
such preferred stock and bonded
indebtedness, and said corpora¬
tion may if it sees fit and proper,
make classes of said preferred
stock and bonded indebtedness.
Said preferred stock and bonded
indebtedness shall not exceed in
the aggregate of „ ® 8900.000.00. nnr , nnn
10th. ^ tV Petitioners • „ show , that ,, , the ,,
principal . . ofiice ,,, of , said ..
corpora
t j on s } ]a ji p e j n the city of Haw
kinsviUe Pulaski countv Georgia, *
Udi. Pmitioneis .... show , tnat ,, the
ectunmes Jirongh which s,«a rail
™ ad ; slU r ™ ««> »ileox, Pulaski,
j 1 -Wton 9iO wacon, soki state. •
1 **- Pet ! tl0ne rs show that
they have given , tout „ weeks . no
tice of then-intention to apply Y- •’
for this charter by a publication '
thereof , .. m the ., public gazette ,, of ~
each , of ,,, the aforesaid „ counties for .
ionr weeks prior to the tiling of
thls Pf 11 ! 0 "- fca ' d charter ap
f ° r ( foin '. consecutive,
we el f s m the H Hawkrasv.ile Dis
patch „ and News, of Pulaski coun¬
ty, the Abboville Chronicle, of
Wilcox county, the Houston:
Home Journal of Houston coun¬
ty, and the Macon County Citi¬
zen, of Macon county.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to
be incorporated under the name
and style of the American Rail¬
road Company, with all the rights
powers, privileges and immuni¬
ties provided by law for railroad
companies and subject to the res¬
trictions and limitations of the
law, And petitioners pray in¬
corporation.
M. H- Boyer, Geo. W Bannerman
John E. Lang, S. N. Kriescher
David J. Gitto, John S. Duncan
E. Parry Bannerman,
Geo. W. Flood, John R, Parry
H. M. Bannerman.
by M. H. Boyer, Atty at Law.
A- Fish Story.
“Trout protection! NonsenseT* said
a gunner of local eminence. "Trout
are amply able to protect themselves.
Look at their depredations among
ducks, for example, and you will agree
with me that it’s the birds that need
protection. It’s a common thing for
a trout to jump from the water,
a duck by the neck, drag the unfortu¬ .
nate fowl Into the depths sufficiently t»
leave Its feet sticking In the air, when
It can get no purchase upon the uni¬
verse, and thus drown It Then the
trout picks the feathers from the bird,
eats It at Its leisure and swims away
ont of the jurisdiction of the courts.
Are there any fishermen? Nome* Too
bad. This would be a matph for oee
of their fish stories. PbUe4eJ$^B
Beeora.
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