Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-05
Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA, BEN HILL COUNTY.


To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of Fl. c. McFadden, E. X. Far
mer, VIM. R. Bowen, John W. Greer, G. Fred
Redding J. G. Knapp, Fred ~. Clark, J. B,
Seanor, j. H. Goodman, Louis Keim, T. j.
Halle Earl Gibbs, j. &. Story, So G, Pryor,
l.. O. Tisdel, Lon Dickey, G. o. Smith, J. A,
Justice d. Z, Adams. D. W. M. Whitley, j. b.
D. Pau1k, A. B. Cook, Wright Terrence, l. E.
Turner, j. D. Dorminey, Jas. L, Mccarthy j.
J. Bull, c. W. Hayes, j. E. Mercer, q M. Wise,
@. A. Holtzendorf, j. p Manning, [. Golden
berg, L. W. Meakin. Beall Bros, .. q. Ware,
G. b. Teal. ". r. Dykes. L. L. Griner & Co.,
K. b. Fletcher, Gray Bros. Herman Smith,
Waiter C. Wlkcrson, I. M. Griffin, Il. s. o.
borne, Hussey & PARROT, Drew W. Panlk, o.
II. Rlk1ns, ]. W. Haygood, IL. NJ. Warren, j. l..
Campbell. w. " Church, r. E. Lee, d. B.
Jaw, A. j. Mcdonald, J. G. Peavy, c. E. Har-
rison, e. N. Davis, A. G. Justice, j. IL. Mayes,
]. NJ. Adams, l.. Kennedy, W. Il. Horne,
and Wadley Garbutt, all of said county and
state; and j. b. Clements. of Irwin and Z. s..
Price and &c. Brewer, of Coffee county,
State of Georgia, respectfully shows:
1. That they desire to form themselves,
their successors, assigns and other persons as
may be associated with them, into private
corporation, under the corporate name and
style of The Fitzgerald News Publishing
Company.
2. That the object OF the proposed corpor
alton is pecunary profit and gain TO its
stockholders. Petitioners propose to print
newspaper, or newspapers, and such other
periodicals as they may desire. Also to con
duct and carry on a general printing, binding
and publish. g business in the City Fitz-
gerald, Georgia, where their principal office
will be located.
8. Petitioners de sire the right to buy and
sell all kinds of personal property and real
estate in and about the business of the cor
poration; to provide all kinds of facilities for
carrying on the object of the corporation; to
lend and borrow money on notes. bills, deeds,
mortgages or other liens and obligations; to
sue and be sued; to plead and be implicated:
to have and use corporate seal; TO enter in
to and carry out contracts; to appoint agents
and restrain their powers, and, generally, to
do all acts and things cessary to and prop
e. for the promotion and maintenance OF the
business and object of the corporation.
f. The amount of the capital stock en-
ployed will be Twelve Thousand FiVeHundred
(Sl2,5 $4,000 Dollars, of which twenty per cent.
has actually been paid in. The capital stock
shall be divided into shares of One Hundred
Dollars each, and the subscribers for stock
aud stockholders shall not be personally |
liable to the creditors of said corporation for !
any sum over and above the respective |
amounts of their unpaid subscriptions on
said stock.
5. Petitioners desire the following special /
powers: To increase the capital stock from |
time to time to the sum of Twenty-Five |
Thousand Dollars. or to decrease it to the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars; to receive in
payment for stock to be issued, money. bonus
81 othex property, as may he determined by