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lNine ] - t 10, 114nd l2, for th town; taxes and olel ·:· r.and q LeonItLocusA 120 acres in witne 6 taxes anid cost, 7,15.t derail C and M E--_Lot 3, fierce addition to Bo- that ; tiesandcosts, 4 12. of La Wm--Lots 1. and 2,8 tion I r n addition; taxes and and I &sttal perse r Co.-196.25 acree come tnly; ,Lote 1, 2, 3 and 4, their SLot, See. 27; 2500 acres for t lny, aquired of Pierce der ; Taxes and costs, be aSB SUPPLEMENTAL PA "LIST. are Building & Loan As~ sion - "l ob3 and 4, B. 151 nine in S usa, taxes and costs, of pro, 1'M-'Lots 33 and 14 B UV i tsacqo oG SL Co, sha cOsts,12 19 cen and AJ d& H J Cowgill"- ad alus in seos 13,14,15 bav 113; taxes and costs, mom cori AJ"..Lote land 8 B on galues; lotes 11-12.5. o " iand costa 9 16 inte :qp B ",5 acres in tioi F 2i-4 .ec 36 2-13 esti °u 2' 12. " . m men "' ots 4 and 5'B nec L Co; taxem and ar suec I-2 lots aoq of (S tol 156; taxes and bts eso --40 acresa W 1.4 doi 32..14; taxes and em -19}amres H B 1 ! 8 10; iots 2, she 17, 18, 19, x'BR22; lots ", 3 p 126 *Ih-1,.2 tas s or Mes or y. = ':14 i :sores *lij~ ~ a.0 ? ` .t,'. ` _ ..._" " their. ~' eligibi wn and remembered that ooffice 4 day of May, One Thousand a stoo Nine Hundred and Eleven, before me, the pi H.E. Smith, a Notary 'ublie in and act ar for the Parish of Washington,8State of the el l Louisiana, duly commissioned, sworn by a and qualified, in the presence of the holde Switnesses hereinafter named and un- ten d dersigned, personally came and ap- board peared the persons whose names are their hereunto subscribed, who declared tion, Sthat availing themselves of the laws holds of Louisiana relative to the organiza- the I 8 tion of corporations, they have formed holds d and by these presents form and con- for etitute themselves, as well as all such diree persons as may hereafter join or be- purp 36 come associated with them, or with pore 4, their successors, into a corporation, then as for the objects and purposes and on- until der the conditions following to-wit: each ARTICLE 1. boar The name of the corporation shall shall be "THE CLIFTON LUMBER COM- shar PANY, and under that name shall and ave and enjoy existence and succes- be v "- sion for a period and term of Ninety- The 51 nine years, unless sooner dissolves bal in accordanoe with law, or by consent of V Sof the stockholders as hereinafter per provided. T B Under this name this corporation orp :o, shall have power and authority to Vce contract, sue and be sued, to make Vi and use a corporate seal and to alter Se' same at pleasure; to hold, receive, 15 have, purchase, alienate, pledge, bees it, mortgage, bypothecate under said corporate name, property, real, per- T1 B sonal and mixed; to name and ap- full point such officers, directors, agents, nun 5" anagers or other employees as the or interest or business of this corpora- stoc in tion may require, and to make and said "13 establish such by-laws, roles, and con regulations, for the proper manage- per ment of its affatres asit may deen age Snecessary and proper; and the said ob)j nd corporation shall hold and exercise all gal such powers and privileges as relates pro $ S to the objects herein setforth, or that Sal md may be necessary to carry on the adc business for which this corporation is as 1 established and which this corpora- pot 1.4 ion may be permitted to hold and net md exercise under the laws of this State. col ARTICOLE II. aol SB Th6 domicile of this corporation no 2, shall be at Clifton, Washington Parish A 1g9 Louisiana, where all citations, papers A Sand other legal prooes shall be served s upon tlhe President, or in his absence. L, 2fViocePreident, tor in he absence on =ee of hndb tlre`P t lnd Vice-Presi- sai e 'of beth sthe Pre·si-etr nr dent entife Seoretary-Treserer. Oei, ARTICLE M SdaroLI us. ,, 'The obajets nd purposes for which th k sor Iestabllshedpad the 1ba*I ttr. business tbie arried on M .olaredto bs: opu pr* h ueor otherwls ownDs w and top sw A .k ahiugh i i' )esss ~ ·~: ov sa ) 12f aha'i k ~ neoessar for :ave bee elected. and iboard of directors F 6it ton among their number d their =ofcers. No person shall b@ eligible as a director,or shall hold any UNITH officSe of this corporation who is not Lot a stockholder. During the absence of T the president, the vice-president shall iact and preside in his steae. Notice of BEI the election shall be given in writing Aprnd o I by mail, addressed to each ,stock- of Ame holder at his usual place of business, before ten days prior to said election and the in and board of directors shall appoint one of aond in 'their number to preside at said elec- after I tion, and in the event that said stock- came s holder shall fail to attend said election, are the President shall appoint a stock- roeisi I holder to fill the vacancy. Any failure thems for any cause whatever, to elect Legisl h directors on the day named for that of the disslve his or-as well Spurpose shall-not dissolve this cor- to the h poration, but the directors and officers formes i, then in ofiee hall continue to serve form - ntil their successors are chosen. At ration each election of the stockholders for a set fo board of directors, each stockholder to.wit 1 shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock registered in his name, The ill and the vote of the stockholders may INco 3. be voted by proxey, given in writing. cne c The election for directors shall be by wash I ballot and the majority in the amount anda t of votes cast, shall elect the person or toer a or persons for whom they were cast. The first board of directors of this The ,n corporation shall be composed of B. here to . Toney, President; W. E. Bickham, s e Vice-President; and Jacob Toney, Doll er Secretary and Treasurer, who shall time e serve until their successors shall have corpo e' been elected and qualified. lot id ARTICLE VI. of th r- The board of directors shall have stock p. full power to fill all vacancies in their It ts, number, caused by death, resignation when be or otherwise, from the number of capil . stockholders of this corporation. The paid d msid board shall have full power and more ad control of the property of this cor- may pe- poration and shall conduct and man- tion nm age the samne consistent with the of D id objects for which tbls company is or- hisu all ganised and In accordance with the p teas provisions set sorth in this charter. serv at Said board is further authorised to T,, she adopt snuch laws, rules and regulations p is as the affairs and business of this cor- due ra- poration may require and as may be dul md necessary for the management of this n it. corporation, provided the same bshall fso not conflict with this charter, nor ltha with the laws of the State of-Louisiana of a nor the laws of the United States of u HesAmerica. Wl Amerlesw The board of directors shall appoint tes et such other agente, clerks, servants or employees as they may deem neces- be e sary for the condaucting of the busi- a. ness affairs of this corporation and to Ad fix their compensation and term of Of service: with the right to dismiss he LiOih them at pleasure. .M the ARTICLE VII. Pr Jed This charter may be changed, o Ir inodifed or amended, or the capital m s uptook of this corporation Increased or so F dcreased, os the corporation may be TI w- dlssblved at a general meeting o the of .gmb eilockiolders convened for that pur- c pose wi t the' ssent of three-fourth!s *o an g WIsestok preseat, or represented at ** for sitdinesi gp thlrtdas pr ior notice w g- of suhmetig bIelng given by pub- n libfr~o a- ll¶ n weekly n~Oewspaperpb 1pub lTC::ished- at~ .FranklintaoD",i La. and a wri notice thereofi mailed to each u ki~stcb lder tiisusast place of busi- p irate est forty days prior to said meeting. U - In base of dissolution or termina- Iu -on* ·tiopfof this lcorporation, either by p limitation as herein fixed or other- a eir wise the affairs of this corporation o te shal be liquidated by two conimis- a oers elected from among the stock- a holdiers ai a mdetig calied for that 'z purpose, due notice of which having a i been given as stfothi in this article, t isud'sid coammin loineri shall remain in - office until the afirso aof this cfirora- 4 t Wionsall isave bdeni fully liquidated. d ·:tsnact vill.l: &t·TICLE VIII. S atokholtoder of his corporation !grjon shall bevere hld liable, or responi fr contracts4 faults tJ ereof y fw'trt· r sum than the unpaid agid cotporation as a of ;trck substribed for and % gyn by thet~okholder; nor, *hall ti. of ~I~foA~iall in the oi'gaiatlio of cor w'tlv hive theteect of ~ ~rpt~~ cattr nll or epostn M*# * oskholet toanyfuirther aliability h tsba act ~ ~?~I& f Wahington, ~ 'iuisl* ·Yifi tir6sp , q ioth ~~bive writtnint~ ~~after :·gham, 5~:~~:~ · ¼-· ..... I ~ : S.·· WibitI Pblic ~~')4I ~~1t State Of ohSVwNerabovew Frankli n nMerantile l , l otary. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BTATE OF LOUISIANA. PAEIPH OF WASHING TON, TOWN OF FRANKLITON. Wit W. W. I G. W. N BE IT KNOWN, That on this the 26th day of April, A. D., Nineteen Hundred and Eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth, Twenty before me Prentiss B. Carter, a Notary Public having in and for the Parish of Wasnington, State of vroivs Louisiana, duly commissioned and qualified, the St and in the presence of the witnesses herein- of the I after named and undersigned, personally of the came and appeared the persons whose names Covil are hereunto subscribed, all of lawful age, and residents of the Parish of Washington, State of Louisiana, who severally declared that availing Statep Sthemselves of the provisions of an Act of the Parisi t Legislature of this State, known as Act No. 86 reord N. recori t of the session of 1888, approved June 29th, 1888, 4th, 19 as well as the general laws of the State relative pp. 698 to the organization of corporations, they have 8 formed and organized and by these presents do e form themselves into and constitute a corpo t ration for the objects and purposes, and under the st.pulations and agreements hereinafter Sset forth, whihh they adopt as their Charter, c' to-wit; PC h ARTICLE I. IC The name of this corporation shall be THE DFRANKLINTON MERCANTILE COMPANY SINCORPORATED, and it shall have its domi I" cile in the Town of Franklinton, Parish of 4_00 y Washington, State of Louisiana,and shall have It and enjoy succession under its corporate name for a period of ninety-nine years from and af ter date hereof. ARTICLE II. is The Capital Stock of this Corporation is i. hereby declared to be fixed at the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, divided into One Hundred (100) shares of One Hundred ($P00.00) Y+ Dollars each, which shall be paid in cash at the ill time of sabscription. The capital stock of said re corporation may be Increased to an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dol lars, after the compliance with the provisions of the law relative to increasing the capital Ve stock of corporations. ARTICLE III. It shall have the right to commence business ) when Six Thousand ($6,000.00) Dollars of the of capital stock shall have been subscribed and he paid In, and may hold, purchase, sell, convey, rd lease, pledge or mortgage property, personal, movable or immovable, sue and be sued, and '* may have a corporate seal, with such inscrip n- tion or device as may be elected by the Board he of Directors. The President, or in the event of his death, absence or inability to act, from any cause, the Secretary.Treasfrer is named as the Sperson upon whom all legal process shall be er. served. Sserved. ARTICLE IV. The object and purpose for which this cor In poration is formed and the business to be con r ducted by it. is hereby declared to be, the con be ducting of a general merchandise business, either wholesale, retail, or both, to purehase farm products of all description, to buy and i8 sell real estate and to enter into any contract nO1r that may be necessary for the proper conduct nas of a general mercantile business in the town o1 of Franklinton, or at any branch store in the Parish of Washington, State of Lousisiana, - which the said corporation may hereafter aint establish. ARTICLE V. O The business affairs of this corporation shall :8 be managed by a board of three directors, viz: 081- H. Willis Magee, Miss Lela Magee and J. I to Addison Wadsworth, two of said directors of shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The first offeers of said board are l1 hereby declared to be as follows: i. Willis .Magee, Preqident; Mins Lela Magee, Vice President and J. Addison Wadsworth, Seore tary adT:easurer. Said officers and directors d shall hold their respective osffices until the first Stl *Mondy In ,Iauary, 1912, or antil their sucees d OF sorn shall have been duly eleetedaniqusiled. lsbe Ths stoekholders meetintgortheelection the ofdirectors shaU be held at the-of6ole of the pur- eoporation on the irst Monday of January, of rth!s eaeh year, and the dirdetors when elected at I at salid metigshball take their seatsimmediately ote sastftbehona of directors shalueetfacm pub- Inuaber theoas caes of *t*m corporanti. The - pub- salebard of directors sall have th power to / Id a make all rules, bylaws and regulations for the 1 e ach management of the business aaikrs of thiaco / bi l poration, ortoalteror ochanpgthem by a two- 1 hyg, third vote at say regular leetnig, they shall ini- he the power to purchase, sell, mortgage or ~ r by pledge property, both r& and personal, mov- - t her - able orinhmovable, tomakecontracts binding at1b on said cbrporation and to do all other matters - 11i15 and thingsnmeery mad proper in te mn- d tok- agementofthe buslnesofthe aid corporation. that They shall appoint 6floes, agents, elerks and : ivini employees and fix their' palaries and defne tide, their duties. Iin inAll vacancies ocouring on the b ra- direors shall be filled tBl the reimsalIg ated, dieors sandany stookholder shallbe eilgable a.adlreothr. ART. IC~fL E Vk. stlon Wheneverthisr corporation shall terminate, - nin i-, eitheab ylimttlon ertreansy other pase, : tosf taafara shbllbe liquidated under the super opaid ainetendellos ofotockholders to t apsiolate P S fuor that purp~ise by a geeral maeting of the a annd 5itenoJrsld ,qonvaeied ater tea days notl by hall registered imaiil to each stockholde,; ad with onf eth assentofthe majority of the stpoholdens Sof in ~ tof capital stek, isd nliqudiatots or poinr eOlasiestekrsshall remaiinlli as until the bimlt rspthe saideorporationshallre beeeni fais fully liquidlaeid, and in ease of death of one sid o 4 mmphglailsthr e suriving sember erein hatll continue to iet. I[be 'AaTICLE VII. ich This actof inoorpratol maybean o the coprton mway 1,e dlsadved with k town asent ofthree-fearths o he stockferont on ssata geaeralpiieetln of the stookth@Ide path suge ecrpenafln convened Joe that `~eitijerstM shall bea? e JaljEtiibi9~~~~ >A'* dio~fili ~,si4 f~d~eef an43;· AO!· kfA~eth ea2e r~~ ha, - Od4siy'hi it oU.bb -:..., mie.thrf ~I nii , JWILIIX ~UtUO epan·te'· ~et a ?4bilt~a: M4 ki~ o uhal1 2$ r,, l, State of Louisiana, on the dyT mbnth afd'YO above wrnitten, and the pjlsenOS of..the u, dersiggped competent witncrwho sign heretO togeerwith the said appd and 'no said Notary. H. W. MAGEE, MISS LELA MAGEE, per H. W. Magee; J. ADDISON WADSWORTH. Witnesses: W. W. BArINOTON, G. W. MAoes. P Ts B. CA . Notary Public I, Lewis L. Morgan, District Attorney for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District of Louisiana. having carefully examined the Articles and I provisions ftheabove Charter, finding noth ing to them contrary to, or against the laws of the State of Louisiana, nor the Constitution of the State of Louisiana, nor the Constitution of the United States, hereby approve the same. Covington, La., April 28th 1911. LEWIS L. MORGAN, District Attorney. f SState of Louisiana, I Clerk of Court. Parish of Washington. I certify that this instrument was filed for recori May 4, hour 1 p. m. 1911. Recorded may 4, th, 1911, In Mortgage Book No. 8, Eutry 574 e pp.698-9-900 of the olicial records. e L. B. RENARD OCheif Dy. Clerk & Ex-Ofico Recorder -----*--·* For Sale. r Poland China pigs, of a litter of aleven, at $5 each. W. J. JONES, Frankllnton, La. NEWS GIVING ENTIRE SATI$FATIONl Last week we sold 20 Screen Doors and 42 Adjustable Windows. We put up 17 of these doors and all of the windows, and all have given the best of satisfaction. There is not one person who obtained our prices that did not place their order with us then and there. Does this not mean that OUR PRICES ARE REASONABLY LOW? Try us! Phone us! We will come and take the measuie for your doors and quote you our price, free of charge. Washinlton Parish Lm. & Sp. Co. Franklinton, Louisiana "ThE SOUTf'8 ¶H OLTO LN SCHOOL OF lU#UIESh NEW ORLEANS, LA. c YDL'R I esa'. C~ . mea Deeaztmmt. I, rrooo ýet Mcý uaak~ c~lu0.. lime aa· T--f- Xe miinpmuta~mtip'~ m THE WHOLE FIELD OF * INSURANCE D. E. BRANCH, Agent. Fire, Life, Accident add Health, Burglarly, Plate Glass, Liability and Bonds. 7J TheOldest Insurance Agency in Washing. ton Parish.. Assests of Companies Represented Over One Hun dred Million Dollars. I DASASd'I" /1 · · - - -·'-:::"_ A Good; Enple I "tod exam le,"_ wites Mrs. It L" ell, *w MAlte: a "Of what G rdul will do for sufferlna `women...r`, "I ufred iea-mndbtack, forover six yerWs and ;9although tried~ .I never could get al ;jo an 1tbegan to take Cardul : fUI- aut'Ef meI s and :built me up audi ammo taiNtfi tthave f . something that will do . megouIy mh Igerand btlegr U harV h $ t iel uteake up ou mindbefore you aitre k j will tul, whn you are sick.i no heumuns Teat Sb "take it when you arei o alaife s eems a weary grind It wil ~EiW ~itjheUsit ~your hod, fresh re iour }p t -*k tso ", at least 'burn Cto the °r iso that when you are stick ey wget a bottle today. At all drgI .. I*IydU A im s .'..SL C : w.U . M .i';e.. . -db W Sp . A ~S ijggusiW~pits "-~ ~i l "Sheriff Sales. 26thJadical Dist. Oo ts1Bte of Loals lana Parish of Wyashington. Hackley State Bank Versus No. 1727 J. J. Bulloch By virtue of an order of seizure and sale issued out of the above named court, in the above entitled case anad to me directed. I proceeded to seize and did offer for sale, on Saturday, May 13, 1910, the following described property to- wit: S 1-2 of N. E. 1-4, and the N. 1-2 of the S. E. 1-4, See. t2, Tp., S.R. I12, E. St. Helena Meridan, containng 160 acres Therebeingno bids amounting to two. thirds of the appraised values as fixed by the experts appointed and sworn, the property was not sold. Under the provisions established by law, I will again proceed to offer for sale at public auction, to the last and highest bidder on Saturday, June 10, 1911 at the principal front door of the court house of Franklinton La., the above described property. Terms of sale twelve months credit secured bt bond of purchaser, conditional as the law directs. Joe N. MagIee, Bheriff.