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3316 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSTwelfth Congressional District, it has a large circulation in that section.It has always stood for prohibition. In fact, the Stanleys were among thefirst publishers in the state to refuse whiskey advertisements.Mr. Stanley has always taken an active part in the affairs of his home cityand county, served on the city council and three years as clerk of the citycouncil, and in 1913, on the basis of his previous record as postmaster, wasagain appointed to that office by President Wilson. He was one of the organizers in 1914 and is a director in the Southern Exchange Bank of Dublin.Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias and is active in theBaptist Church.At Sandersville, Georgia, Mr. Stanley married Miss Ella Martin, daughterof William and Julia A. (Waldcn) Martin. Her father, who is now deceased,was a veteran of the Confederate war, and for many years was a fanner andsubstantial citizen in Washington County. Mrs. Martin now lives at Sandersville,Georgia. The five children of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley were all born in.Dublin, namely: Martha S., Vivien, Elinor, Rollin and William. Mrs. Stanley is identified with several branches of the work in the Baptist Church,including the Ladies' Club, and Missionary Society, and is a member of theDaughters of the Confederacy. For recreation and diversion from his business occupations Mr. Stanley is chiefly fond of an occasional hunting excursion.CLYDE LiNiER KiN». The founder and president of the Atlanta Agricultural Works, also president of the Georgia Cotton Mills, and a director of theFourth National Bank of Atlanta, Clyde Lanier King is one of the enterprising manufacturers of Atlanta, and has built up an industry whose products are distributed throughout the South. He is a comparatively young man,little more than forty years of age, and his active career covers little morethan twenty years. He be^n in a small way with little capital, but possessedthe courage, ability and determination for success. He manufactures articleswhich are of practical value to the world, has token much pride in improvingand maintaining a high standard for his goods, and is today at the head ofa business which is not only a permanent asset of the city, but undoubtedlyhas a much larger future.Clyde Lanier King was born at Lawrencevillc, Georgia, August 31, 1874,a son of Rev. James Lawrence and Martha (Anderson) King. He possessesa happy combination of the best blood of America, both North and South.The Kings were of Puritan stock, the original ancestor having been JohnKing, who was a passenger on the Mayflower and one of the company thatfounded the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620. John King subsequently removed to Rhode Island, and years later one of the descendantscame South and was one of the pioneers in opening up what is now OrangeburgCounty, South Carolina. During the Revolutionary period the fmnily.had » prominent representative in George King, one of the leading citizensof the Orangeburg section. He was a member of the Provincial Congresswhich met at Charleston January 11, 1775, and a member of the standingcommittee appointed to carry out the resolutions of that congress. On theold records of that time his name appears continuously for years on the grandjury list. He was partly responsible for a very strong address made by thegrand jury during the first, years of the Revolution. George King was alsoa member "of the grand jury, of 1778 which, in view of evidence that had beensubmitted as to the presence of many Tories in the country, recommended thatthe proper authorities request or compel every man to take an oath of abjuration of loyalty to King George and Great Britain.Thus the King family have been identified with the South for 200 years,and since 1842 have lived in Georgia. It was in 1842 that Rev. Jami'S L.King, father of the Atlanta manufacturer, located in Jasper County. Rev.Mr. King was bom in Charleston, South Carolina, April 14, 1819. His wife,