The Caucasian., 1913-11-16
hereinafter set out, to-Wlt:
ARTICLE I.


poration is hereby declared to De
6iouynos Mercantile Company; Ii
shall have the right TO enjoy sue
ee.sion for ninety-nine yeafs4 WltR
shs qight to contract, sue and be
au..A and to hold, purchase, lease,
a.l1 and hypothecate property, rear
S0H Sersonal: its domicile shall be
ast the citation tlournoy, Gaddo Par
iah. louisiana. and all citation and
either legal process, shall be made oI1
dts president or in his absence at
qlo office of the company according
Goo laW.
ARTICLE IL.
The objects for which this cor
DoratiOn is organized and the ma
sure Of the business to be carried,
ON by it are declared to be to carry
Ola q general retail dry goods, gro
gerry and mercantile business, to-
BUY, sell and otherwise deal in gro
eeries, dry goods, boots and shoes
and general merchandise, and to
carry on a general advancing busl-
ness, FOR the purpose OF advancing
supplies, ETC., and to own and ope-
rate G cotton gin, to buy and sell
cotton, and to do any and all things
accidental to the purposes above
named: and generally to do any and
oil things necessary to be done in
enc furtherance of such objects and
purpOsee.
SRTICLE III.
Ths capital stock of this corpora
aioD is hel~by tiSed and declared to
0e Che sumo of twenty-five thousand
(s25GO0a>) snt ao-sO0 dollars, di-
Vided into awo tsuNd1G6 and fifty
$50 shares 0S one hunWed dollars
100000 eacls; sai6 capitaB stock to
g'e pSi6 for in cash og clio equiva-
genb bus shall noe be ISSUED an0
SOLD 9or less chan ito par value; this.
corporation is autaaorised To com
mence business wAenesee sis thous-
end dollars os it's capital stocE shalg
De subscribed and paid Cog ign Gull.
ARXfGLE w.
The corporate powers eg GlaEs GQ9
poration she'll ase vested in eoarG
of directors consisting OF lhre9
stockholders, Who shall be annually
selected on the first Tuesday in JanS
uary. The first board of Directors
is hereby declared to be a. d. Flour
noy, q. d. Hatcher and j.. ~. Glour-
noy, who shall serve until the first
Tuesday in January of a915, or until
their successors are elected and
qualified. Che officers of this cor
Boration shall be . president. vice
president and secretary-treasurer;
and the first officers Of said COM
pany are declared to be A. o. Flour
nOy, president, secretary-treasurer;
A. d. Hatcher, vice president. a, ma
jority of the stock shall elesA the
directors, and in all elections or
proceedings of stockholders each
share of stock present or represent
ed by written proxy, shall be enti-
tied to one vote. Notice af all elecz
,tiens or meetings of stockholders
snail be given by written notice TO
each stockholder ten days before
such election or meeting of stock :
holders; directors shall be chosen at
the office of the company
ARTICLE v.
No stakeholder shall be liable on
account of any obligation to this
corporation in any other sum than
the amount of the unpaid balance s
due by him On stock subscribed for,
and no irregularity or any infor- q
mality in organization shall have
the effect of rendering this charter
null or of exposing any stockholder
to any liability beyond such unpaid
balance.
ARTICLE W.
This charter may be amended
Except as to the increasing or de-
creasing of its capital stock by
tWo-thlrds vote of the stock repre-
sented at a meeting of the stock
holders convened for nlch purpose
after ten days written notice as
above prescribed Whenever this
corporation is dissolved by limita-
ton or otherwise, its affairs shall be
llquldated by three commissioners
elected at stockholders meeting,
VINO shall have full power to wind
up It's affairs and settle its indebt-
edness.
In testimony of all Of which the
said above named parties have af-
fixed their signatures ON this. the
3rd day of November 1913.
A. G. FLOURNOY.
A. d. HATCHER.
Attest. l.. n FIOURNOY.
E. B. HERNDON.
JOHN R. JONES.