Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-02-10
Charter of the Creek Lumber Com
pany Of EpPs, Perry
County. MisSissippi.

Section | BE IL known n6TeDy INA
!. F Wilder, L. w. Imam, K N.
Steadman and H. Nall and such Others
IA may be associated with them are
hereby created corporation and Oody
polite TO be known and designated as
the CREEK LUMBER COMPA n !;
the domicile Of which is at Epps, MISS,
and the SAID corporation shall have sue
cession for fifty years and AS such corpof-
alton may contract and be contracted,
sue and be sued. plead and be lmplead-
ed prosecute and be prosecuted TO Jndg-
ment in any court. They may nave
corporate seal and may change ana al
ter the same ut pleasure ana shali nave
the rights. benefits and exemptions Civ
en- to like corporations by chapter 20 OF
the Annotated Code OF Mississippi ana
amendments thereto so far as the same
shall be applicable to said corporations
ana may have all such other phWers as
like corpopations have either by statute
or common law. They shalt nave the
power TO purchase. acquire ana holu
property, real personal asa mixed,
necessary and proper for TINS purpose
not exceeding value allowed ty law
and NAV sell least. contract mortgage
and dispose of same at pleasure; ana IL
NAV borrow money or create de0fs ana
secure payment by mortgage, deed or
trust. on otherwise; may issue bonds
and secure them and may hypothlcate
its franchise as well as it. property
Sec. 2 The purposes Tor when
this corporation Is created are 10 en-
gage in and prosecute the manu- ac
turing of all kinds of pro tucts either
finished or partially finished. COM
posedof wood. wholly or partially, and
the manufacturing Of lumber and tlm
beers and also n the manufacturing OF te
sin and pirits # turpentlne brl k, I'll
ing, and pottery and for his end
they may erect, keep, put up
and operate such machinery
mills, and appliances as may
be necessary and useful for the manu-
featuring Of Lumber or other wood
products and also for manufacturing or
brick, tiles, and pottery and TO that end
NAV urchast and acquire lands, um-
her and property needful and useful III
said enterprise; and they may III Ike,
build, equip, and operate such dummy
lipes, tram roads, cars engines, anu
machinery and such other c0nveyances,
dams, bitches, ponds, chutea, and ho)ms
as may be necessary or useful for con
veyinE timber a" d holding same for
said saw and plIining mills. They
may also erect, acquire, hold anG
operate telephones, telegraph and
telephone lines, electric light
and wafer works plants, ice fac Org,
turpentine and resin disulleries, and
they NAV cultivate turpeutine orchards
and buy such products OF turpentlne.
timber, and other things that may be
necessary or useful to any or all OF the
foregoing objects: and they may erect
put up, own, and acquire such teie-
phone, Telegraph, and electric hight
poles, wires and plants ia may be
necessary or useful tor the purposes toI
which they are intended, and they may
string thereon such wires as may be-
useful and needful and keep, own ant
operate ali such attachments, machl1-
cry. etc. that may be useful or neces-
sarv to said business or any part there
of. They may also purchase, acquire
and erect store buildings and operate ,
generaLmercantile business. both re al
and wholesale, AID may buy, sell auC
d1spose of goods of any and all kinds
and NAV establish such branch store
and such branch saw and planning mill
and turuentine distilleries as they may
tablish such lumber yards, such office
and land agencies in this state or on o
it that they may think useful or neceSa
nv to the successful conduct OF thei
said business.
Sec. 3. The control AMI management
of said corporation shall be vested IN
board of directors to be composed G
four stock holders whose numse r ma
- I'D Nv nj n
the stockholders to seven who shall
chosen annually on the first day c
March, 1903, and annually thereafte
unless said stockholders shall by resc
luton or by law. change the date of an
nual meeting to some other day, and
the stockholders FROM any cause sha
fail TO elect directors on the date name
herein. or on the date hereafter fixe
for such purposa, then they may do s
any day upon notice thereof duly serve
for at least ten DAYS on said stock hold
ers. Said directors shall he elected
majority vote of the stock AS directe
by law aud from sail directors pres
dent. vice pr sident, secretary az
treasurer shall be elected, but the Off
of secretary and treasui er ay be he
bv one person at the discretion of Il
stockholders; the said directors shs
hold their Office for twelve monthsaa
until their successors are elected ar
qualified bnt no person shall he d
rector of the corporation unless be be
stockholder therein The board OF q
rectors may ppoint or elect all 9th
officers. agents and employees and
their compensation az may be deem
necessary or proper for the successf
condct and management of laid bus
ness and may ai-o employ such iaoo
ers. servants and agents and fix tbs
com ,,enRarion AS they may see prop'
hut there shall. he no saaried office
keen sun rlufsndent aud secreta
an}pss sst orIZ~d b fwD-thlrd vote
the stors: the board may - axe 81
rules, regulations and bylaws as IA
he u~eful and necessary for the prop
and tficienr transaction OF the basin'
of the corporation and may require
any or ali of its officers agents a
employees 70 give bond in such sums
NAV be fixed by the hoard for the fat
FIJI and efficient performance OF til
several duties and for the safe keep
of the money, hooks aud yaluables
said corporation coming into Tn
hands respectively.
Sec 4 The capital stock of
re- K snmher onpany Is hereby b.
1t S25, 600 to be divided into shares