Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-02-03
Petition For Charter
Georgia, Ben Hill County.
To the Superior Court of said


The petition of C. A. Newcomer,
August Demiel, James Fletcher, A.
B. C. Dorminy. Ebert Paulk, w. M.
Rogers, j. NJ. Enniss, j. B. D. Paulk,
0. H. Elkins, w. r. Paulk, Fl. H,
James, J. P. Sweat, Eli W. Walker,
G. j. Dorminy, Newton Watkins, r.
R. Dorminy, Maggie Smith, H. M,
Warren, M. R. lowers, W. M. Coop
er, R. L. Duckworth. P. F. Clark,
Frank Hager. and James B. Par
sons, all of said state and county,
respectfully shows the following
facts, tO-Wit:
|. That they desire for them
selves, their associates, successors,
and assigns to be Incorporated un-
der the name and style of the Farm
ers' Warehouse & Fertilizer Com
pany.
2 The object of proposed corpo-
poration is pecuniary profit and
gain to its stockholders.
8. The term for which petition
ers ask to be Incorporated is the
period of twenty years, but they
desire the privilege Of renewal as
provided by law to take effect al
the expiration Of that time.
4. The principal Office and place
Of business Of the proposed corpora
ton will be in the city of E7itZgerald,
Ben Hill County, Georgia, but Pc
titioners respectfully ask that they
be allowed to establish branch OF
fees and places Of business in any
state in the United States, as i h "
may, by corporate action, deter
mine to be to the interest Of the
stockholders.
S. The capital stock Of the coy
poration is to be Is thousand dol
lors, divided into shares CT one nun
dred dollars each, but petitioners
ask the privilege Of increasing sale
capital stock from time to time not
exceeding in the aggregate the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars.
6 Petitioners show that more than
Ten per cent. OF the said capital
stock has already actually been paid
in.
Z. Petitioners propose to operate g
kind Of business imported by the
name of said company. They pro-
pose to weigh and store cotton and
generally to operate a cotton ware
house ard to do such things and
acts as are usually done by cotton
warehouses. They propose to OPP
crate warehouse for the purpose OF
storing all kinds Of personality. They
propose, also, to manufacture and
sell at wholesale and by retail,
all kinds Of commercial fertilizers
and to conduct also a general Farm
ers' Supply Store, and to do all such
things as are usually done by ferti-
lizer companies or companies en-
gagged in a general supply business.
s. For the successful operation Of
its business, petitioners propose to
buy and sell through brokers and
agents; to own warehouses, ferti-
lizer factories and supply stores; to
buy and sell on cash or on credit,
and for commission or otherwise.
8. Petitioners respectfully ask
that the executive powers OF said
corporation shall be vested III such
officers as may be elected by the
stockholders of said corporation
and they further ask the privilege
of adopting such bylaws. rules and
regulations as may be necessary
for the operation of said business,
not in conflict with the constitu-
ton and laws of this state and of
the United States.
10. Petitioners ask the privilege
of buying, owning, renting, leasing.
and encumbering real estate or
personal property as may be neces-
sary for the successful operation of
said business; that they have the
privilege of borrowing and lending
money, of suing and being sued. of
having and using a common seal,
and of doing all other acts and
things usual and necessary to cor
porations of like character.
WHEREFORE, Petitioners pray
that they be made a body corporate,
after having advertised this appli-
cation for charter as contemplated
by law under the name and style
aforesaid, with all the rights, inn
munities, and privileges, and sub
ect to all the liabilities fixed by law.
ELKINs & WALL,
Petitioners Attorney.
Georgia, Ben Hill County.
OIoo IF NlarL of C,,porior Ho11rt