The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-09-01
Petition for Charter.

Superior Court of Said County: The
petition of j. A. Ferguson, Lucius
Breedlove, j. L. Smith, e. A. Breed
love, j. F. Sawyer, H. T. Achord, w.
I. Jennings, John Bus, John Nc
Leod, Neal Mcleod, John D. Irwin,
j. H. Sem, S. j. Sem and ]. D.
Chambless, all of Terrell County,
Georgia, respectfully show:
l. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and successors
to be incorporated and made a body
polite under the name and style of
THE FARMERS UNION WARE
HOUSE COMPANY for a period of
twenty years, with the right to re-
new said charter at the expiration of
said period.
2. The principal office of said
company will be Dawson, Georgia,
Terrell county, but petitioners desire
the right to establish branch offices
within this state whenever the hold
ers of a majority of the stock may
so determine.
3. The object of said corporation
is pecuniary gain to itself and share
holders.
4. The business to be carried on
by said corporation is the warehouse
business. They propose to store,
weigh, ship, buy and sell cotton, fer
tilizers and do a general merchandise
business, buying and selling farm
machinery, food and feed stuffs, gro
ceries, dry goods, or any other ar
ticles of merchandise usually sold
under the name of general merchan-
disc, and do such other acts as are
necessary for the successful opera
ton of said business.
5, The capital stock of said cor
poration shall be ten thousand dol
lars ($1O,O00), with the privilege
of increasing same to twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,OOO) by ma
jority vote of the stockholders, said
stock to be divided into shares of
ten dollars each. Ten per cent. of
the amount of capital has been paid
in. Petitioners desire to have the
subscription to said capital stock
paid in money or property, as the
directors may designate.
6. Petitioners desire the right to
sue and be sued, to plead and be i'm
pleaded, to have and use a common
seal, to make all necessary bylaws
and regulations, and to do all things
that may be necessary for the sue
cessful carrying on of said business,
including the right to buy, own and
sell real estate and personal property
suitable to the purpose of the cor
poration, and to execute notes and
bonds as evidence of Indebtedness,
incurred or which may be incurred,
in the conduct of the affairs of the
corporation, and to secure the same
by mortgage, security deed or other
form of lien under existing laws.
7. They desire for said incorpora-
ton the power and authority to apply
for and accept amendments to its
charter of either form or substance
by vote of a majority of stock out
standing at the time. They also ask
for authority for said corporation to
Iiquidate and wind up it's affairs, and
discontinue it's business at any time
desired by a twO-third vote of the
stock outstanding at the time.
8. They pray for all of the rights,
powers, privileges and immunities as
are incident to like corporations, or
permissible under the laws of Geor-
gia.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid with the powers, priv
ileges and immunities herein set
forth, and as are now or may here
after be allowed a corporation of
similar character under the laws of
Georgia. M. c. EDWARDS,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office Aug. %, 1909.
w. S. DOZIER, Clerk.
Georgia, Terrell County,, w. S.
Dozier, Clerk of the Superior Court
of said county, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the application for charter
of the Farmers Union Warehouse
Company as the same appears on
file in this office. Witness my official
signature and the seal of said court,
this the 23rd day of August, 1909.