Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-12-13
WEBSTER COUNTY.
Application for Charter.

rotary of State:
The petition of " liam D, Johnson,
lof Muscogee county; Helen +. HugBlns
and Francis NJ. Johnson, OF Sumter
county; William r. Brown, OF Thomas
county; J. S Adams, of Colquitt coun-
ty, and Hattie f. Marshall, OF Terrell
county, all residents of the state OF
Georgia, respectfully showeth:
LIST. They desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to or
ganize a domestic fraternal beneficiary
society and to be chartered under the
name and style of The Sublime Order
of Archery" There will be no capital
stock thereof
End The purpose of said associa-
ton is to assist or give aid to Its
members in case of accident, sickness
and death; and desires the right to
borrow and loan money, to give ana
take mortgages, to purchase and sell
real estate and personal property, to
establish a home for the aged and in
digent, to conduct a school for orphans
and such others as may apply for ad-
mission, to operate saw mills, facto-
ries. farms and such other enterprises
as will aid in teaching the students
attending said school an industrial ed
ucation and giving employment to the
aged and INDECENT who may be occu-
pants of the home.
3rd Petitioners desire the right to
make such rules and bylaws to govern
said corporation as may be necessary
and not in conflict with the constitu
ton and laws of the State of Georgia
or the United States, and to elect di-
rectors and such other officers as may
be necessary to manage said corpora
ton.
4th. The principal office and place
of business to be at Archery, in Web
ster county, State of Georgia. Petit
TONERS also desire the right to esta5
lish offices and to do business any
where in the State of Georgia or in
any other state of the United States,
or elsewhere.
5th. Petitioners desire the right to
charge all applicants for membership
| in said association such fees and dues
as may be agreed upon, the same to be
used in paying accident, sick and death
claims of its members, purchasing such
property as may be necessary to fur
Their the best interest of said associa-
ton, and for paying the necessary ex-
penses of said association; to receive
gifts or endowments to be used in the
interest of said association.
9Th. To have the right to sue and
be sued, to plead and be implicated, to
have and use common seal and to
have all other rights usually granted
to such associations.
7th. Petitioners do intend in good
faith to go forward without delay to
organize said association.
Sth. That they be incorporated for
tie full term of thirty years with the
right of renewal at the expiration of
said time
! Petitioners show that they have Civ
en- thirty days notice of their intention
! to apply for charter of publication
of this petition in THE Americas
! Times-Recorder,' the newspaper pub
fishing the legal advertisements of
Isaid county.
Wherefore petitioners pray to be in
corporated under the laws of this
state
! (Signed) WILLIAM d. JOHNSON,
FRANCIS NJ. JOHNSON, HELEN P.
! HUGGINS, j. S. ADAMS, w. r.
| vROWN, HATTIE f. MARSHALL.
GEORGIA, Randolph County. -.
Before me, B. NJ. Juns, of said
county, an officer of said state duly
authorized by law to administer oaths,
personally appeared William D. John
sen and f. NJ. Johnson, who on oath
say that the names subscribed to the
! petition to which this affidavit is an
neXed are the genuine signatures Of
the persons named therein, and that
! the facts stated are true.
WILLIAM ID. JOHNSON
! f. NJ JOHNSON.
/ Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of Nov 1912.
| (SeaN b NJ Juns, j. p.
! Application for Charter.
GEORGIA, Webster County.
: To the Superior Court of Said Coun-
ty;
! The petition of William D. johnson,
! of Muscogee county; Francis NJ. John
son and j. G. Myres, of Sumter county;
! George w. Barnes, Louis S, Raven and
! Andrew J. Johnson, of Webster county,
| all residents of the state OF Georgia,
respectfully showeth.
! LIST, That they desire for them
selves, their associates and successors
/ to become incorporated under the
name and style of the Johnson Home
/ Industrial College
The term for which petitioners ask
to be incorporated is twenty years,
with the privilege Of renewal at the
end Of that time.
! Bird The sole oject of the proposed
corporation is to promote the cause of
education There will be no capital
stock.
4th Petitioners ask the privilee
of operating said above named colleP
to teach normal industrial and colles
late courses, to grant diplomas, AMI
confer degrees to such persons as may
complete any or all of the courses pre-
scribed by the faculty and board Of
trustees of said college; the privilege
to own, purchase or sell real estate or
personal property, to operate such
mills. factories and farms as may be
necessary in teaching the courses pre-
scribed in said college, to receive gifts
or endoWments for the support of said
college.
9Th To elect a board of trustees for
said college who shall have the power
and authority to make such rules and
regulations and employ such teachers
as may be necessary to properly con