Names               Residences               No. of shares.
        J. B. Brooks          Gainesville              Seventy (70) shares.
        C. E. Scarborough     Gainesville              Six (6) shares
        M. N. Brooks          Gainesville              Four (4) shares

State of Florida,
Alachua County.     Before me personally appeared J. B. Brooks, C. E. Scarborough
and M. N. Brooks, to me well known, and known to me to be the individuals des-
cribed and executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation as incorpoarators,
and severally acknowledged to and before me that they executed the same for
the uses and purpoes therein set forth and expressed.
     In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal
at Gainesville, Florida, this fifth day of September, A.D., 1907.
     (SEAL)          Ferdinand Bayer,, Notary Public, State of
                          Florida at large, My commission expires May
                          15, A. D. 1911.
                          :
State of Florida          :
Office Secretary State    :     SS.,
                      I, H. Clay Crawford, Secretary of State of the State ofF
Florida, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
charter of THE GAINESVILLE BOTTLING WORKS, as filed an of record in this office
     Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State of Florida, at
Tallahassee, the Capitol, this the tenth day of October, A.D.  1907.
                       H. C. Crawford
          (Seal)            Secretary of State.
Filed October 11th. 1907:  Recorded October 11th.  1907.
                       S.H. Wienges,     Clerk,
                       Per Estelle Beal     D.C.


               L e t t e r s  P a t e n t.
          T H E  S T A T E  O F  F L O R I D A.
     TO ALL WHOM THESE SHALL COME --GREETING.
          WHEREAS,  J. B. Padgett, W. R. Thomas, and R. E. Hill, Jr. on the
third day of September, A. D. 1907, filed in the office of the  Secretary of 
State a proposed charter of a corporation to be known as T H E  W. R.  T H O M A S
L I V E S T O C K  C O M P A N Y with a capital of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
($100,000.00)  dollars for the purpose of transacting a general livery and sales
stable business; buying and selling at wholesale or retail horses, mules, bug-
gies, wagons and harness, live stock and cattle of every character, goods, wares
and merchandise; the purchase and sale of real estate; to have full power to
exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents subj-
ect to law all such incidental powers as may be necessary to carry on and con-
duct said business, and for these purposes to have, and possess all the rights
benefits, privileges and immunities incident to and given under the laws of the
State to a corporation of such character.
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 per-
sons their associates and successors into a body politic and corporate indeed and
in law by and under the said name of THE W. R. THOMAS LIVE STOCK COMPANY and

[written ACROSS the margin of the above document:  ]
See affidavit of Secretary and Treasurer
on page 248