The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-10-05
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
PATENT

Notice is hereby given that We the under
signed will apply to the Honorable Sydney j.
Cats, g0vern0 Of the State of Florida, at his
| office at Tallahassee, on the 9Th day Of No
yember, 1920, for Letters Patent Of the fol-
lowing Articles Of Incorporation. Incorporating
the GROWERS SUPPLY COMPANY.
p. T. COLLINS.
NJ H. DORSETT
w. H. PRITCHETT
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
GROWERS SUPPLY COMPANY
The undersigned hereby associate themselves
together for the purpose Of becoming incorpor-
tion under the General Laws Of the State Of
Florida and Acts amendatOry thereof, and sup
Elementary thereto. under and by virtue Of the
| following articles Of incorporation:
ARTICLE
The name OF this corporation shall be
| Growers Supply Company, and its principal
place Of business shall be at Lakeland, Polk
County, Florida, but the said corporation shall
have the right to own, operate establish places
| and do business at any other place or places
as the Board Of Directors shall deem II nee
| essary.
ARTICLE II
| The purposes for which this corporation is
formed and the powers which it shall have
| ARE TO own, operate, run and manage gen
eral supply, mercantile and brokerage bust
| ness; to buy and sell, barter or exchange mer
cHaHuise, idill, agricultural ana HORTICULTURAL,
| supplies and products including grains, feeds
| fertilizers, crate materials, crates, hampers,
TRACTORS plOws, harvesters harrows, and al
nature OF machinery and equipment used upon
Or about farms, gardens groves, orchards or
vineyards, and used in or for planting, harry
esting or shipping Of farm products; 10 buy
acquire, own, sell, rent lease, mortgage or
exchange real and personal property Of every
character whatsoever; to buy, own, hold,
pledge, negotiate assign. and dispose Of stocks
in other corporations, mortgages, notes Or
other chooses, in ae6on of any and all kinds
whatsoever to act as agent, broker or factor
for other persons forms or corpopations to
buy, sell, preserve, pickle and can any and
all kinds of fruits, vegetables, meats or 0,her
food products and in addition thereto 1t shall
have all the powers usually granted to cor
poratons or authorized by the laws Of the
State Of Florida including the right to use
corporate seal and the right TO sue and be
sued.
ARTICLE Ill
The term for which this corporation shalt
exist shall be ninety-nine (99) years.
ARTICLE w
The amount of Capital Stock of said cor
poraton shall be Ten Thousand Dollars di-
vided into one hundred shares of the par value
Of $4,000 each
The stock of said corporation shall be paid
for in cash, real or personal property, labor
or services at such valuation as may be fixed
by the Board Of Directors at a meeting ealleo
for that purpose. The capital stock may be
increased from time to time as provided by
law.
ARTICLEv
The business Of said corporation shall be
conducted by President, Vice President,
Manager, Secretary, and IA Treasurer, and
a Board of Directors to consist Of not less than
three l3) nor more than five 90. ANY two
or more of said Offices may be held by one and
the same person
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
said corporation shall be held at the princi-
pal office Of said corporation at Lakeland, Polk
County, Florida on the first Monday In May
in each and every year until the first annual
to be held on May, Ind 1921. The business of
said corporation shall be conducted by the
following named officers
p. +. Collins. President and Manager.
NJ II. Dorset, Vice President
W. H. Pritchett, Secretary and Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
r f. Collins.
N. H. Dorseu
w II Pritchett.
The highest amount of Indebtedness to which
this corporation shall at any time become
liable shall not exceed $2O,O0O.Oo
ARTICLE VII
The names ana residences OF the persons SUD
scribing to the stock Of said corporation with
the amount Of capital stock subscribed by each
are as follows:
p. f. Collins, Lakeland, Fla------33 shares
W. II. Pritchett, Lakeland, Fla 80 shares
NJ H. Dorset, Lakeland, Fla 80 shares
In witness whereof we, the above named
subscribers, have hereunto set our hands and
seals this 3Oth day of September, 1920
=. T. COLLINS (SeaD
NJ II D0RSETT (SeaD
W. H. PRITCHETT (SeaD
STATE OF FLORIDA,
COUNTY OF POLK
Before me, the undersigned authority, per
sonally appeared r. f. Collins, NJ II. Dorsett
and w. H. Prtchett who, being severaly
sworn, each for himself, says that he is one
Of the subscribers to the foregoing articles Of
incorporation, and that 1t Is the Intention OF
said subscribers In good faith to carry out
the business as SET forth In said articles, and
they did severally acknowledge to and before
me that they executed the same freely and
voluntarily for the purposes and uses therein
named and contained
p. Y. COLLINS.
NJ H. D0RSETT
w, II, PRITCHETT
Sworn to aud subscribed before me this 30th
day Of September A, D. 1920,