Letters Patent
                    The State of Florida
     To all whom these presents shall come Greeting:
Whereas W.R. Thomas J.B. Padgett C.C. Powell J.A. Maultsby D.D.
Powell and Robert McClellan on the sixteenth day of August  A.D.
1904 filed in the Office of the Secretary of State a proposed Charter of
a Corporation to be known as Gainesville Furniture Company
with a Capital of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) dollars for the purpose
of dealing in buying, selling and manufacturing Furniture Hardware
and General House Furnishing Goods and other articles, to conduct and
carry on a General Merchandise business, and an undertaking
establishment, buy, sell, lease and mortgage lands, contract and
build houses, and other structures, and this corporation shall have
power generally to do and perform, have hold acquire and
enjoy all other property, powers and things as shall be incident
necessary or expedient for the conducting the necessary operation
of the business and generally to be vested with and have all the powers
granted or which may hereinafter granted to corporations for profit
under the laws of the State of Florida and have published due notice
thereof and have otherwise complied with the Statute in such case
made and provided.
Therefore the State of Florida hereby incorporates the above named
persons their associates and successors into a body politic and
corporate in deed and in law by and under the said name of
Gainesville Furniture Company, and grants unto them full authority to
exercise the powers and privileges of a Corporation for the purpose above
stated in accordance with their said charter and the laws of this State.
     In Witness Whereof These presents have been attested with the Great
     seal and signed and countersigned by the Governor and Secretary
     of State of Florida at Tallahassee the sixteenth day of September
     A.D.  1904
     (seal)                             W.S. Jennings
                                             Governor
                                        H. Clay Crawford
                                             Sceretary of State
                    Notice of Incorporation
     Notice is hereby given that we the undersigned intend to apply to the
Governor of the State of Florida for letters Patent to be issued to the
Gainesville Furniture Company a proposed corporation under the
laws of the State of Florida of which company the following shall
be the articles of Incorporation.
This Notice is given pursuant to the requirements of the State of Florida
and the Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State
and are Given below
                    W.R. Thomas
                    J.B. Padgett
                    C.C. Powell
                    J.A. Maultsby
                    D.D. Powell
                    Robt McClellan