and its place of business shall be Gainesville Alachua County Florida, 
but such branch offices and places of business may be established
elsewhere, as the Directors may from time to time determine
                    Article II
The general nature of the business to be conducted by this
company shall be to buy and sell hardware, seeds, furniture and
any and all kinds of merchandise, to buy, sell, mortgage and
lease lands, and to do a general merchantile and contracting
business in connection with hardware seeds and furniture
and supplies and materials of all kinds appertaining thereto;
and to exercise such powers as shall be necessary for, and incident
to the conducting of said business
                    Article III
The Capital Stock of the Company shall be $50,000.00 divided into five
hundred shares of $100.00 each to be paid up in full in merchandise fixtures
and cash before commencing business the merchandise and fixtures to be
approved valued and accepted by the stockholders.
                    Article IV
This Corporation shall continue and have full power to exercise its
corporate franchise for ninety nine years afte the commencement of its
corporate existence
                    Article V
The business of this corporation shall be conducted by a President a
Vice President a Secretary a Treasurer and three directors.
The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one and the
same person.  The number of directors may be increased by the bylaws to
any number not exceeding eleven.  The Directors shall be elected by
the Stockholders, at the annual Stockholders meeting held in
Gainesville Florida at the principal place of business of the cor-
poration on the first Tuesday in January of each year beginning
in the year 1905.  The other officers shall be elected by the direc-
tors immediately after the stockholders meeting.  The first
annual meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday in January
1905 and until the first election of directors, the following shall
be the officers of the corporation:
                   President S.J. Thomas
                   Vice-President T.F. Thomas
                   Secretary and Treasurer R.E. Hill, Jr.
Directors S.J. Thomas, T.F. Thomas, and R.E. Hill, Jr.
By-laws may be adopted by the stockholders prescribing the duties
of the officers
                   Article VI
The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this
company can at any time subject itself shall be $25,000.00.
                   Article VII
The names and residences of the incorporators, and the amount
of capital, stock, subscribed for by each are as follows:
     S.J. Thomas,     Gainesville, Florida     410 shares
     T.F. Thomas      Gainesville  Florida      80 shares
     R.E. Hill, Jr.   Gainesville, Florida,     10 shares