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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TEXAS
Mr. Manning's company handles business for
wholesalers both in and out of the state, but most
of his clients are Texas concerns, forty of them
being Dallas wholesalers and manufacturers. He
has correspondents in Texas towns and cities and
throughout the United States, and his business is
one of the leading ones of its kind in Texas. The
,ulsitnss for 1919 was double that of 1918.
IMr. Manning is a native of Alto, Cherokee County,
Texas. born March 7, 1891. His father, J. E. Manning,
and his mother, who was Miss Cadie Fant,
were native Texans. His grandfather, Wm. Manning,
came to Texas from Tennessee after the civil
war. Mr. Manning is married and lives at 5403
Tremont Street. His wife was Miss Pearl Peak,
whose father, Clyde Peak, is a merchant in Dallas.
In fraternal circles Mr. Manning is identified with
the Praetorians and Masons. He is a member of the
Texas Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Chamber of
Commerce and Manufacturers Association, and worships
at the Methodist Church. Politically he is
a Democrat.
Mr. Manning is a great booster for Texas and for
Dallas. The outlook for greater development of the
state, he says, was never brighter, and in his opinion
the state will become the greatest in the Union.
l P. JOHNSTON. (,2 VW. T. '\\:lggonter Building,
F(;: W ti. i,- a lead1in1 oil operator
(,f t,!,-. HIe hblds oil acrtago in the vario(,i
Texas; ti,.l-l. which he is engaged in
developing, in St(tphens County, Texas, and Oklahflna
fields with a production of about ' 0 barrels
per dlay which will grow with the 1922 development.
Mr. Johnston was born in Collin County, on February
22, 18,7. His father, A. C. Johnston, deceased,
was a pioneer who came to Texas from Kentucky
in the early eighties, while his mother, Armina
Poteet Johnston, was a Virginian. His schooling was
secured in Cooke and Denton counties. In early life,
he followed his father's profession, farming, but
later entered the business realm as an insurance
man, then later as a real estate and loan man, at
Rails, Texas. In June of 1918 he entered the oil
business at Ranger. In 1919 he moved his headquarters
to Fort Worth where he is now located.
In addition to his oil interests Mr. Johnston is interested
in farming lands in Texas, having about 400
acres in wheat.
On January 12, 1913, Mr. Johnston married Miss
Zac Thomason, of Denton, Texas, at Amarillo
Texas. To them three daughters have been born,
Frances, Florine and Claudine. The family has
residence at 8045 Lipscomb Street.
Besides his business activities Mr. Johnston champions
the cause of and holds membership in the
Worth Commandery No. 19 at Fort Worth, Dallas
Consistory No. 2 at Dallas, the Moslah Shrine at
Fort Worth, the Chamber of Commerce of the same
city and is also a member of the Mid-Continent Oil
and Gas Association.
Fort Worth is not only one of Texas' leading cities
but it promises to race vigorously any other city
of the Lone Star State for first rank in the next
ten years. Its growth has been the most phenomenal
and yet permanent of any Texas point. It has a
fine future because it believes in big developments
and in the oil industry, which has undoubtedly become
a leading industry of Texas. Mr. Johnston
promises to become one of the leaders for hlametropolis.
C. EZELL. Prior to the discovery of oil in
the territory of Mexia, Texas, its one proud
boast was that it was the home town of C.
C. Ezell, personal representative of Lewis J.
Selznick, president of the Select Pictures Corporation,
manufacturers and distributors of their own
productions, with offices at 1801% Commerce Street.
Mr. Ezell covers United States, Mexico and Canada.
Mr. Ezell has been in Dallas about fifteen years,
establishing himself permanently here in 1916, when
the present business was established and he became
its manager. His entry into the amusement business
dates back to his ninth year, when he joined a
circus organization and traveled for several years
with carnivals and circuses. In 1902, when the
motion picture industry was just getting started,
Mr. Ezell went into the business and for several
years exhibited pictures in a tent. In 1910 he organized
the S. N. Bass Film Company in New Orleans
and was later manager of the J. D. Wheelan Film
Company. Later he became president of the Texas
Paramount Pictures and then went with the General
Film Company, having charge of all the Southern
territory.
Mr. Ezell's company features such stars as
Eugene O'Brien, Owen Moore, Elaine Hammnir-tein
and others.
As stated previously, Mr. Ezell was born at MI\exia,
Texas, July 9, 1882, his father, A. C. Ezell, being
a business man of that town and a native of Tennessee.
His mother was a Miss Emma Waller, a
native of Texas. Mr. Ezell's scholastic training consisted
of one year in the public schools of Mexia,
Irior to the beginning of his circus career.
Mr. Ezell married Miss Gertrude Benevedis, a
native of Mississippi, and they have one child, Elward.
The family home is at 1000% North Marsalis
Street.
He is one of the founders and a member of the
Motion Picture Board of Trade. He is also a :,2d
degree Mason and Shriner.
Dallas, Mr. Ezell says, is the center of the film
business in the South, ranking about fourth in the
United States. Texas looks finer than ever before,
he asserts, and the continued development of the
state is most promising.
AMES MARVIN GATEWOOD, of the
younger generation of business men of
North Texas is well known among automobile
and oil men in this section of Texas.
He came to Dallas several years ago as a salesman
for the Pierce Oil Corporation. Prior to that he had
been an electrical engineer, working for oil companies
and cotton oil mills. For a short period he
was engaged in the automobile business in Dallas.
His military record shows that on December 1,
1917, he went to Love Field, where he worked in the
motor department. From there he went to Camp
Humphrey, Virginia, where he attended the officers
training school and was recommended for a commission.
He was discharged from the service November
27, 1918.
J. M. Gatewood was born at Van Alstyne, Texas,
in 1892, and was educated in the public schools of
Cleburne. His father, Will Gatewood, now deceased,
was a progressive farmer of Grayson county. Hismotner was Mrs. Dora (Shannon) Gatewood, a
native of Cleburne. He was married in Dallas in
1918, to Miss Jimmie Faye Cook, of Dallas, and they
have one child, James Edmond.480
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Davis, Ellis Arthur & Grobe, Edwin H. The encyclopedia of Texas, Vol. 2, book, 1922; Dallas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39129/m1/12/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.