The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-04-25
Petition for Charter.

| To the Superior Court of Said County: The
petition of J. II. Davis. w. A. Davidson, j, A.
Horsley. w. H. Davis, b. M. Davidson and NJ. c..
Edwards. all of said state and county. respect
| fully shows
That they desire for themselves. their asso-
ciates successors and assigns to become ncor'
| porated under the name aud style of Southern
| Timber Company.
! 2 The period for which petitioners ask to be
incorporated is for twenty Years with the priVi.
| ege Of renewal at the end of that time
| 3 The capital stock OF said corporation is to be
! fftv thousand dollars. to be divided into shares
| of the par value OF one hundred dollars each;
/ petitioners ask the privilege of increasing same
! to the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, from time to time AS the stockholders
NAV fit without further order of the court
| More than ten per cent of SAID capital stock Of
fifty thousand dollars has been paid in; all Of said
! stock is subject to the call Of said corporation
| Each stakeholder shall be liable only for the
| amount of stock owned
The object of the proposed corporation is pc
cuuiary gain and profit to its stockholders. PeJi-
| TONERS propose to carry on saw mill and lum-
| Der manufacturing plant or plants. turpentne
and naval stores plants to own and operate saw
mills. owuand operate turpentine stills, sell all of
these products to the wholesale or retail trade, sell
same the domestic trade. or to ship same to for
. eign markets. and manufacture al such products
from timber of any Kind or character as NAV be Tor
the best interest Of the company. including shin>
giles atheS aud such articles of like character as
/ may prove profitable. Also to do such acts and
! have such powers as are appurtenant and belong
! ing to said line of business. and which may per-
tain to or BE- connected with the timber business
| in any capacity To buy and sell real estate on
| commission or otherwise; buy and sell timber
/ properties. mills, stills, etc
! 5. he home office aud place Of business of said
| corporation is to be Dawson. Georgia, but petit
TONERS desire to operate mills stills and other
plants of like character in Georgia. Florida and
such other states petitioners in their discretion
| may it to do; they desire the power to own
! such properties and real estate in any state that
they may desire to be to the interest of said
pOraton, and to do all other acts set out in said
| petition any where in the United States that may
! prove to their best interest
g. Petitioners desire to lay. and operate
tram roads and to est 4bsh branch offices at any
| point they may desire but said offices not to be
! the residence of said corporation
Wherefore petitioners pray that they may be
| body corporate under the name and stvle afore-
SAID entitled to the rights, privileges and mmun-
| ties fixed bv law. Aprll 2ud. 1906.
| NJ. c. EDWARDS, Petitioners ATTY.
GEORGIA-Terren Cot nty. Clerks Office,
Terrell Superior court. hereby certify that the
foregoing is true copy of the application fled
in my office for charter OF Southern Timber Com
pauy. V itness my hand and official signature
this second day Of \ pril. 1906
W. 5. DOZIER. Clerk,