Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-04-18
Petition for Charter.
Georgia, Ben Hill County:
To the Superior Court of said Con-

Georgia, Ben Hill county:
To the Superior Court of said Con-
ty.
The petition of A. L. Powell of Ben
Hill County and Frank Powell of
Dooly County, respectfully shows to
the Court the following facts.
THAT they desire for them
selves and tho.e who may hereafter
become associated with them to be-
come incorporat-d under the name
and style of THE POWELL I RO-
Gerry COMPANY for a period of
twenty years, with the privilege of
renewal at the expiration of that
time.
2.-The capital stock of said cor
poration Is to be 100000 divided in
to shares of 500 90 each; and petit
oners show that the entire capital
stock has been actually paid in. Pc
titioners ask the privilege of increas-
ing the capital stock of said corpora
ton from time to time as they may
deem necessary and proper for the
best interest of said corporation not
to exceed in the aggregate $4,000 90.
3.-The principal office and place
of business of said corporation is to
be in Fitzgerald, Georgia, but petit
oners respectfully ask the privilege
of opening up branch offices and
places of business in other towns or
cities in said state as they may deem
necessary and proper for the best
interest of the corporations.
4-The object of said corporation
is pecunairy profit and gain to it's
stockholders They propose to carry
on and operate a retail grocery bust
ness and a bakery business; buying
and selling for cash or credit all such
articles and things as are embraced
in the retail grocery business and
bakery business and all such articles
and things as may be handled and
sold in connection Herewith; acting
as general or special agents for other
persons or companies in selling or
| handling any articles or class of arti-
cles appropriate to the retail grOc-
cry business and bakery business or
usually or conveniently connected
Herewith, and to make contracts to
act as such agents, and to exercise
the usual powers and to do all usual,
necessary and proper acts which per-
tain to or may be connected with the
business or retail dealers in the ar
ticles named, including the bakery
business.
5.-Petitioners further ask the
privilege of buying, owning, leasing
or renting such real estate and per-
sonal property as may be necessary
in the operation of said business,
and for the further privilege of Dor
rowing and lending money, incum-
bering selling or other wise convey
Ing both personal property and real
estate as may be necessary for the
successful operation of said business.
| Wherefore petitioners pray that
they may be made a body corporate
under the name and style aforesaid,
and for the term aforesaid, and en-
titled to all the rights, privileges and
immunities and subject to all the
restrictions provided by law.
WALTER T, HALL,
Petitioners Attorney.
Georgia, Ben Hill County.
| Office of Clerk of Superior Court.
I'D. W. M. Whitley, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Ben Hill County,
do hereby certify that the above and
fore going is a true and exact copy
of the application for charter now on
| file in my Office In the matter of The
Powell Grocery Company.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature this 18th, day of March
1907.
d. W. NJ. Whitley,
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill County