S.J. Thomas
                    T.F. Thomas
                    R.E. Hill, Jr.

State of Florida } S.S.
Alachua County   }
                   Before me, a Notary Public, duly author-
ized and, commissioned, in and for the State of Florida at
Large, personally appeared S.J. Thomas, T.F. Thomas, and R.E.
Hill, Jr. to me well known and known to be the persons
described in and who signed, and proposed Articles of Incor-
poration, of the S.J. Thomas Company, and severally acknowl-
edged that thy signed the same for the purpose therein
expressed.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official
seal this 8th day of October A.D. 1904.
                               C.R. Layton
     (seal)                Notary Public, State of Florida at
                           Large
                   My commission expires Oct 10,  1907

State of Florida          }
Office Secretary of State } ss
                            I H. Clay Crawford, Secretary of 
State of the State of Florida do hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the charter of the S.J. Thomas
Company, as of file and recorded in this office.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of
Florida at Tallahassee, the Capital, this the 16th day of
November,  A.D.  1904.
                                         H. Clay Crawford
                   (seal)                     Secretary of State
Filed November 17, 1904.  Recorded December 3, 1904.
                                         H.C. Denton     Clerk
                                         pr S.H. Wienges     D.C.
                    Letters Patent
The State of Florida
     To All Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greetings
Whereas, E.E. Voyle, G.A. Main, and C.C. Voyle on the
twenty-fourth day of October A.D. 1904, filed in the office of
the Secretary of State a proposed charter of a corporation to be
known as East Florida Telephone Company, with a
capital of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, for the pur-
pose of operating telephone lines from Gainesville to Mic-
anopy, Archer, Newberry, Alachua Waldo and other points
in Alachua County, and into, and through Levy, Marion
Bradford, Columbia, Putnam, Clay, Suwanee, LaFayette,
and Citrus Counties, its length 300 miles, as near as may be.
     To own, operate, lease and rent telephones and telephone
exchanges, and to deal in any and all kinds of electrical
grids and supplies and this corporation shall have power