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NO REQUESTS FOR
CHANGE OF VENUE
Atlanta, April 12 No request
for a change of venue will be made
in behalf of Clyde Mannign, negro,
who was sentenced to life imprison
ment in Newton county following his
conviction on a murder charge grow
ing out df hia participation in the
killing of eleven negroes on the
“murder farm’’ of John williams, in
Jasper county, in March, 1921, and
who was granted a new trial Tues
day by the supreme court, it was nn-
nounced Tuesday by E. Martin Un
derwood, attorney for Manning.
Mr. Underwood said that he was
entirely satisfied with the fair treat
ment accorded Manning in his first
trial in Newton county and was
ready to have him tried again in
that county. He declared that he
was ready to have a quick trial in
the case ns soon ns a date for the
hearing is fixed by Solicitor-General
-A. M. Brand, of the Stone Mountain
circuit. *
Manning was tried on an indict
ment in which he was jointly accused
with John S. Williams, prominent
Jasper county fanner, of killing
Lindsey Peterson, one of the eleven
negroes who were murdered on Wil
liams’ farm. Williams was tried a
few weeks prior to the Manning trial
KEMP KILLED
REAL DENSMGRE
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While raiaKr a still with Sheriff
tf->
Biackwell last\' ursdny, Everett
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Kemp shot and k, Densmore
near Desmore’s HWWT'ahout three
miles of Canton. While running
from the still with Kemp in pursuit
Desmore was shot in the bnnek and
died a few hour*s later at his hityne
where he was carried.
Densmore was shot in the back, the
bullet passing through his body and
lodging just, below the collar hone.
Kemp claims that his pistol was nc-
cidently discharged when he fell
while pursuing Densmore. The Ad
vance has .been unable to ascertain
the facts in the ease, however, a
preliminary hearing will be held to
day, Friday, as a warrant was sworn
out. for Kemp charging him with
murder. The wnrrant was sworn
out last week by a relative of Dens
more and turned over to County
Policeman Curtis who placed Kemp
in the hands of Sheriff Blackwell
hut Kemp has been allowed to re
main at liberty until the preliminary
hearing is held.
Desmore was a man about thirty
years of nge and had been living
near Canton for the past few years.
He is survived by a wife and one
Optimistic
At
First of Georgia Bankers’ Association
Group Meetings Largely Attended
and was convicted and sentenced toj' flst Saturday ^e family burying
serve a life term. He appealed his pounds
case and the supreme court upheld
the verdict of the lower court. Wil
liams is now at the state farm serv
ing Ms sentence.
At his trial Manning asserted
that he aided in killing eleven negro
es but did so under duress and at
the order of his employer, John Wil
liams. T>he .supreme court granted
the new trial because the lower
court erred in refusing to give a
certain charge requested by the de
fense.
Since the conviction Manning has
been confined in the Fulton county
tower. He will be given another trial
at the next session of the Newton
Canton, Ga., April 10.—Sounding
n ringing note of confidence to the
people of Georgia insofar as business
conditions of the nation are concern
ed, electing Willis Johnson, of the
First National hank of West Point
as chairman for the coming year and
selecting Dalton as the next meeting
place, hankers of the third group of
Georgia Monday hold their annual
session at Canton.
B. R. Little cashier of the First
National bank, of Marietta, was
named assistant chirraan, and J. J.
Copeland, of the Bank of Dalton,
secretary.
The meeting was attended by a
large number of representative
hankers of group three, comprising
most of north Georgia, including an
automobile party of about 26 Atlan-
to and New York hankers, who re
turned to the. Central City early
Monday night.
The principal address of the day*
was delivered by Robert F. Maddox,
child. His remains were laid to rest president of the Atlnnta National
bank and prominent in nationulbank
ing circles, who reviewed improve-
atory; Robert T Jones president of
the Bttnk Canton; Robert Emmett
Harvey, of Atlanta.
The Atlanta and New York dele
gation will leave in a special Pull
man for Monroe Tuesday, and Wed
nesday it will be at Rainbridge;
Thursday Tit't.on and Friday in
Cordele. •-.
Included ,In the party going to
Canton were W. R. Smith, assistant
cashier of the Hanover National
bank, Ne\* Yerk; J. T. Walker, Jr.,
assistant cashier of the National
bank of Commerce. New York; J. I,
Alexander, assistant easier of th®
Atlanta Notional hr.nk • President
Maddox, o^ the same bank; Vice
President Stewart McGmty and Roh-
ert Strickland. Jr. of the Fourth
National bank; W. V Crowley, cash
ier of the Citizens end Southern,
Atlanta; W. B. Spann, cashier of
the Citizens and South-rn, S tvannnh
A. E. Bird, of 'V Citizens and
Southern, Macon.
PRELIMINARY CONTEST
FRIDAY NIGHT In Music and
Oratory.
The Preliminary Contest to de
termine who shall represent Cunton
High School, at the District Meet,
in Reading, Declamation, and Piano,
will be held Friday night at 7:50, at
the School Auditorium.
Pupils entering this contest are:
Piano—Hazel Hogan, Louise Jones.
Dorothy Miller, Owen Ogburn;
Reading—Maria Doss, Virginia Doss.
Rena Mae Boling, Sara Elliott,
supreme court on a date to be fixed j Elizabeth Johnston; Declamation—
by the Solicitor-General. [Hugh Hixon, Orran McCollum, U. L.
x j Starnes, Grady Wheeler.
FOR SALE—White Leghorn eggs I There will be an admission fee
from registered stock. $1.00 for of lf> and 26 cents, same to be used
15. A. V. Jones, Jr. I in paying expenses of Judges etc.
Kims WHO II-
imissmi
l f a person is sick enough to go to a doctor or call him in to get
a prescription, he is sick enough to want that medicine immedi
ately.
Often it is an emergency prescription that demands haste.
We pride ourselves upon accuracy- and promptness. The pres
cription takes precedence in our pharmacy, not only in filling it,
but in delivering to the patient who ordered it.
Johnstons Drug Co.
Canton, Ga.
Phone 51
ment in financial conditions in
Europe and turning his attention to
affairs in this country, declared that
the United States Is surely on the
road to early normalcy.
Mr. Maddox stated that the test| Lifit of thttt attended
of this nation’s condition lies In its me * tin * <*r o «P No. 3 Georgia
three great barometers of business—'Bankets Association,
the steel industry, building end con-j (^sbter Bank of Vil-
struction activities and the purchas- la Ricn, Villa Rica, Ga.
ling power of railroads. L. F. West, Cashier Temple Rnnk-
| “As to the first of these, the steel ing Co. Temple, Ga.
industry,” he said “the mills of Ten-1 H. R. Ruthland, Assistant Cash-
nessee are working full time, and j er li,t. National Bank, Chattanooga,
everywhere there is a speeding up of Tenn.
production that points plainly to bet-j j. fc. Carnes, Cashier Bank of Ac-
ter times. worth, Acworth, Ga.
“Everyone knows of the steady ( Wilson M. Hardy, President Citi-
raise of building activities in recent zens Rankj Rome, Ga.
months, and the very recent past has | j. s . Calhoun, President 1st.
witnessed one of the biggest build- Nat i„nal Bank, Cartersville, Ga.
ing booms in history. Atlanta being | H H . Johnson, Assistant Cashier
one of the national lenders in this Lowery National Bank, Atlanta, Ga.i
important item. j c 0 Cal . penter> Fourth National I
“The purchasing power of rail- Rank> Macon, Ga .
roads is also improving and mcrea'*-' R . G Clay, Vice-President Fulton
ing daily as the rop.ds are working National Bank, Atlanta, Ga.
out their problems and coming to a j as . T . Anderson, Marietta, Ga.
realization of what must bo done in ( g. K . Snead, President Citizens
order to operate on a satisfactory R nnk, Carrolton, Ga.
basis. As an example of the truth of G C Byars, Cashier Floyd Co.
this statement, the New York Cent- Banki Rome> Ga .
ral railroad a few da/g ago disposed; W . J. Greer, Cashier 1st National
of $60,000,000 in bonds b less than Rank) McDonough, Ga.
half an hour Without a particle of, w j. j, onfri Cashier Bank of Bre-
trouble.
“This country is absolutely
Will McFarland, ago thirty-one
years, was sTiot and instantly killed
last Friday night hy officer Leo Capo
of Pickens county while passing
through that county. It is claimed
that McFarland together with three
other men Wei
tying whisky..
It is said that Cape was endeavnr-
ing to take McFarland out of the
buggy when the pistol in some man
ner was discharged, the bullet pierc
ing McFarland’s heart killing him in
stantly. Cape claims that the kill
ing was accidental, however, there
Mr. H. H. Johnson Assistant
(’ashler of The Lowry National
Bank ot Atlanta, who is touring
Georgia with the special train of
Georgia bankers, in connection with
the Georgia Group Meetings, mad*
passing through car- the following comments when he
i was in Canton, on business condi
tions jit the present time. *•
I he outstanding feature in busi
ness development during the past
tew weeks has been improvement in
basic industries including steel, rail
roads, copper, and other metals .
There has been a marked increase
were eye witnesses to thp killing, also in the production of automobiles-
but we have not heard the state-1 Railroad carloadings have shown it
ment of those seeing the sad affair. I considerable increase over previous
Will McFarland was the son of j weeks, and also over the correspond*
Mrs. Frank McFarland and wus well ''ig weeks of last year.
known and liked in his neighbor
hood. He is survived hy a wife and
t^o children. His remains were
lnid to rest Sunday morning in Chal-
cedonia cemetery in the presence of
a large gathering of friends and re
latives.
Mail order business in large cities
has increased due to the improved
condtions on the farm of the middle
„wesl, which is in turn due to the im
provement in the price of grain.
Rank reports from this section show
that loans are being liquidated
gradually, and that the farmers |p
this section are getting hack o.-»
their feet.
While the cotton business has
been seriously handicapped during
the past six weeks hy the strikes i»
the mills of New Engftnd It Is notea
that during this period when the
buying of cotton bus been considers*
bly reduced the prlee of staple cot-
ton has remained practically station
ary. This indicates a much firmer
basis in the cotton market and
G. F. MdLartyn, Cashier Douglas
ville Hanking Co., Douglasville, Ga.
Mrs. Wilson Hardy, Citizens Bank,
Rome, Ga.
Mrs. J. L. Dorris, Douglasville,
Ga.
A. R. Henderson, Cashier F. & M.
Bank, Douglasville, Ga.
E. R. Stewart, President. F. &. M.
Rank, Douglasville, Gn.
A. H. Aseltine, Chase National
Bank, N. Y.
T. W. Price, Vive-President Ball j promises favorable prices for the
(•round Hank, Ball Ground, Ga. new crop. It should be remembered
Mrs. G. J. McLarty, Douglasville,
Ga. "* ‘ ‘ "• '* *.r*-
J. O. Taylor, TT. S. Department of
Agriculture, Monroe, Ga.
Mrs. R. E. Harvey, Atlnnta, Gn.
Robt. F. Hnddnx, President At
lanta National Bank, Atlanta, Gn. --
J. F. Alexander, Assistnt Cashier
Atlanta National Rank, Atlanta, Ga.
J. G. Norris, Tr. Co. of Gn., At
lanta, Ga.
W. B. Spann, Jr., Cashier Citizen
and Southern, Savannah, Ga.
W. V. Crowley, Cashier Citizen
and Southern, Atlanta, Ga.
(Continued on page 4)
thnt the crop last year was short not
only In the United States, hut throu
ghout the wqrld, and that during the
part year the sifrplna which' had eq-
cumuTnted from thf previous two
years has been considerably reduced.
If not used up.
It Is gratifying to note the great
increase • in crop diversification in
Geongia this year. I believe, how
ever, that ns Mr. Martin, President
of the Lowery National Rank, stated
in his recent letter to Georgia bank
ers, the prosperity of the South In
the long run will depend upon Itw
(Continued on hack page)
men.
an ^ i J. II. Johnston, President Bank of
surely on the high road to better Woodstock, Ga.
times. There is no doubting that
fact. Basic business affairs are
witnessing a strengthening of found
ation that is wholesome for the en
tire financial fabric of the country,
and this improvement is sure to
spread and become general soon.”
A brilliant plea for educating the
public on the principles of banking
and teaching school children the
vital importance of saving was voic
ed by Robert S. Strickland, Jr., vice
president of the Fourth National
hank of Atlanta.
Other speakers were Cashier Wil
liam Gault, of the Bank of Ciyiton;
Max McCanless. of Canton; J. W.
Vaughan, president of the Bank of
Cartersville; Wilson M. Hardy, pres
ident of the Citizens hank of Rome;
George A. Maloney, boll weevil ex
pert of the government’s delta labor-
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Smith I,. Johnston, Vice-President
Bank of Woodstock, Ga.
W. A. Duncan, Cashier Farmers
Bank, Bremen, Ga.
F. E. Shell, Turin, Ga.
R. L. McLain, Vive-President
Pickens County Bank, Jasper, Ga.
C. J. Henderson, Villa Rica, Ga.
D. R. Little, 1st. National Bank
Marietta, Ga.
W. C. Warlick, Cashier Pickens
County Bank, Jasper, Ga,
W. F. Garner, Director Lilburn
Banking Co., Lilburn, Ga.
Fred Young, Director Lilburn
Banking Co., Lilburn, Ga.
C. W. Nash, Cashier Lilburn
Banking Co., Lilburn. Ga.
S. L. Johnston, Woodstock. Ga.
■T. J. Copeland, Cashier Bank of
Dalton, Dalton, Ga.
•T. L. Dorris, Douglasville, Ga.
and
I Kept
yfy Money*
At Home!
Why will a man insure his house against fire, and at the wne
time keep a considerable sum of money hidden about the house
Many have dong it, and many are doing it right now, despite the
fact that one is a contradiction of the other.
Fires will occur, despite precaution--hence the necessity of In
surance; but why nullify that insurance by the practice of keopin*
money hidden at home instead of putting it in the bank? If it is
the “savings of a lifetime, all the more reason for baakng & ajl( j
draw interest on it.
Bank of Cherokee
Canton, Ga.