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il I I 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 % H ' . While raiaKr a still with Sheriff tf-> Biackwell last\' ursdny, Everett mi 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- WZi t-L'.. 77TTTV3Ti kmTTT. JUtflllUM 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.