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Since the draft call of October 29, 1917, there have been two calls for a considerable number of men, and there have been repeated calls for from two to a dozen for specially trained men. On February 25, 1918, two men were sent, Robert Fred Bird and William Charles Zink. Two days later fourteen men were asked to be sent to Vancouver to join a company of spruce cutters, and the following were sent at once: Elmer Edwards, Loring W. Shephard, Ora Free, Clarence Pope, Harry W. Lampert, Fred- erick D. Haller, Gardner W. Gearhart, Fred G. Randall, Jacob O. Parks, Thomas J. Corrigan, Charles C. Young, John Mangan, William H. Owens and Wilbur Hardy. Of this group one has already been lost by death, Ora Free dying about a month after he was sent.
Between February 27 and March 30 there were no fewer than eleven different calls for small numbers of men, the dates and names of men who were sent being as follow: February 28-Jacob Colp; March 2-Julian B. Boyd (colored) ; March 5-Sidney Gabel, Floyd Mathews, Fay Earley, Lawrence E. Michner and Robert Corron; March 6-Jesse L. Sheets and Howard Littler: March 7-Vasso W. Parsons (colored) William H. Wak- ley and Emmons B. Crawford; March 8-Stephen Gabriel Phillips; March 12-Harry C. Derrick; March 13-Rall Leroy Kauffman and William Joseph Schneider; March 18-Alpheus H. Ring, and Jesse W. Sanders; March 20-Ernest Everets Fries, Joseph James Ray, Howard C. Trumbull and William Vernon Dunning; March 23-Horace C. Treharne. Four other selectives of this period were Moselle Thompson, Joseph Finlaw, Ora Littler and Fred M. Townsley.
On March 30 a contingent of thirty men was sent to Chillicothe: Joseph A. Bratton, Rea Cecil Burns, Marrick F. Dakin, Charles Frank Davis, John Robert Dodds, Harry William Eibeck, Leo H. Evers, Paul E. Ferguson, Joseph Robert Gillen, Otto Hockett, Robert Hosier, William Edward Humes, Fred W. Kershner, John Wesley Koogler, Scott Moore, Henry W. Palmer, Earl C. Scammahorn, Harold S. Smith, William Jacob Smith, Earl R. Spahr, John Erskine Townsley, Lochie Turner, Anastasis Tymbanas, Frank Veri, Alfred L. Walls, Albert William Watts, Ralph Weaver, Herbert L. Williams, Dewey Wisecup and Gilbert Henry Young.
On April 2 seven colored selectives from the student body at Wilber- force were individually inducted into the service as stenographers, being sent to Camp Jackson, South Carolina: Ray L. Williams, George M. Winbun, Matthew F. Griggs, Martin Luther Fail, Henry C. Arnold, Elverson Smith and Howard S. McNorton. Williams and Griggs are the only two of this list credited to Greene county, both men coming from Wilberforce.
This carries the selective drafted men who have gone through the local draft board from September 6, 1917, up to and including April 2, 1918, at
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which time this chapter was closed by the historian. Every effort has been made to make this list accurate, but there may be some errors. It is true that a number of men have been sent to camp who have later been rejected for physical disabilities, but in all cases these men have been included in the preceding lists.
ENLISTED MEN OF THE COUNTY.
While it is possible to list all the selectives of the county, it is exceed- ingly difficult to compile a list of those who have volunteered in some branch of the service. The local draft board keeps the record only of those who pass through its hands, in many cases not finding out that a man is in the service in some capacity until after his name is called for the draft. In com- piling a list of the enlisted men, the historian was compelled to ask through the columns of the Evening Gazette and Morning Republican for the names of the men who had gone from the various townships of the county. The newspapers printed the lists as they were compiled and in this way it seems that most of the enlisted men of the county would have been reported. There were some of the townships that never reported any men, either selective or enlisted men, although it is certain that they had representatives in one or the other group.
All of the Greene county boys in Company I, One Hundred and Forty- eighth Regiment, National Guard, are enlisted men and their names have already been given. In the following paragraphs are listed all the men of the several townships who are now in the service, no distinction being made between the selectives and volunteers. It is certain that the lists are not complete, but they are as complete as they could be made. The newspapers of Xenia and other towns in the county gladly co-operated in an effort to secure a complete list of the men in the service, but despite all these efforts undoubtedly some will be found to have been omitted.
Xenia Township (WHITE)-Robert N. Adair, Joseph Adams, Fred Anderson, Floyd Ary, Frank Bailey, J. Louis Baldner, John W. Baldner, Clarence O. Barnett, Moudy F. Barrett, John Barwise, Cecil M. Baxter, Earl Benning- ton, Joseph G. Beyke, Earl Bisher, James G. Blackburn, Fred Blair, Allen J. Carpe, Ralph S. Carpenter, Charles Chance, Orie F. Clemmer, Oscar L. Clemmer, Ernest E. Clevenger, Ralph Cline, Eugene Collins, Robert Collins, Jacob Colp, Alfred Conwell, Thomas J. Corrigan, William C. Craig, James J. Curlett, Ortwood B. Custis, John L. Cyphers, Merrick F. Dakin, Charles L. Darlington, William V. Denning, Harold Dice, George Dignam, John Robert Dodds, Frank B. Dubois, Forest Dunkle, Harry William Eibeck, Leo H. Evers, Paul B. Evers, George C. Fackler, Joseph Farrell, Joseph Fealey, James N. Ferro, William Finlay, Jr., Edward Fox, Ora Free (Died in March, 1918), Ernest E. Fries, Sidney Gabel, Charles E. Galloway, William L. Galloway, Wilson W. Galloway, Harry Gardner, Guy R. Garman, Gardner W. Gearhart, Alfred F. Geyer, Curtis B. Geyer. George A. Geiger, Joseph Robert Gillen, Thomas Gilroy, William H. Gowdy, Thomas I .. Graham, Lester Grice, Frederick D. Haller, William Hallisy, Adam Hartman, Albert Hauck, Arthur L. Heaton, Harry L. Hilliard, Otto Hockett, Arthur Hover, Robert Hosier, William Hupman, William M. Hurless, Forest G. Hurley, Roy B.
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Ireland, George F. Isbell, Clinton Ivans, Walter Jack, Russell John, Leroy Johns, Leland Johnson, William Jordan, Joseph F. Kearney, Lawrence V. Kearney, John P. Kieley, John Kiernan, Leo Killeen, Arthur Kramer, Clyde J. Kussmaul, Wilbur A. Lebron, Harry W. Lampert, Ray Leach, Francis Leahey, Michael B. Leahey, William Leahey, Harry A. Lewis, Albert R. Littler, Howard Littler, Oliver W. Littler, Ray W. Littler, Charles Lowery, Walter F. Lunn, Edward McCalmont, Benjamin F. Mcclellan, Claude C. McClel- lan, Harry T. McCormick, George McCoy, Lester Guy McCoy, Warren Mckinney, George S. Macaulay, Samuel R. Maddux, Ernest Mangan, John Mangan, Alfred Marshall, William Martin, Harold C. Messenger, Albert J. Milburn, Everett Miller, Fred Mitchell, Keith R. Moon, Thomas Neville, James Nick, John O'Connor, Jr., William Orbison, William H. Owens, Henry W. Palmer, Jacob O. Parks, Stephen G. Phillips, Charles A. Pond, John Poland, Lawrence Poland, Clarence Pope, Harry Pritchard, Herman J. Quirk, Fred G. Randall, Joseph J. Ray, Fred Rearick, Edgar H. Reeves, Eber J. Reynolds, William Rickles, Charles F. Riley, Winfield S. Ritenour, Jesse Saunders, William J. Schneider, J. William Shadrach, Julius Shakfky, Samuel W. Shaner, Jesse L. Sheets, Loring V. Shephard, Raymond Lee Shumaker, Lawrence Shields, William F. Shoemaker, Homer Earl Short, Charles Earl Smith, Harold S. Smith, Harry Smith, Ray M. Smith, William Jacob Smith, Homer C. Spahr, Earl R. Spahr, Warren A. Stephens, Bernard Stire, Hivling Stokes, Lawrence Swabb, Harry S. Swigart, Ohmer Tate, Edward A. Thomas, Clyde Thompson, James Thornton, Alva Toner, Homer Toner, Alfred F. Turrell, Charles Vance, Harry VanCleaf, Frank Veri, Edward A. Voorhees, Ralph Weaver, Chauncey W. Webster, Morey Whalen, Dewey . Wisecup, Owen White, Jay H. Whitt, Charles C. Young .- Total, 187.
Xenia Township (COLORED)-Wade Allen, Cassella Ayres, Lee Baugos (Dead), Joseph L. Booth, John Batt, John Buckner, Arthur A. Brown, William L. Campbell, Earl W. Carroll, Lloyd Carter, Forest Cook, Welton B. Doby, Newton Dolphin, Joseph Duplessis, John T. Flack, William Fisher Gartrell, J. Gaines, William Gales, William M. Fowler, Ralph Grevous, Eugene Haines, James T. Howard, Luther Kidd, Lester Lewis, Laurence Logan, Ollie Lucas, Leroy McFarland, Walter J. Mason, Enoch L. Mitchell, Joseph C. Moore, John H. Newsome, George W. Nooks, George D. Phillips, Charles F. Points, Oscar W. Price, John C. Roan, William Roan, Stanley Ross, David G. Rountree, Carl Scott, Eugene Scott, Ralph Scull, Henry C. Scott, Homer T. Taylor, John Thomas, Henry L. Walker, James M. Wallace, Alonzo Ware, Joseph Washington, Charles Williamson, James Wilson, John W. Woodards, Leardon M. Young .- Total, 53.
Cedarville Township-Delbert Allen, John MacHatton Anderson, Robert Andrews, Oscar Bailey, Robert Fred Bird, David Bradfute, Joseph A. Bratton, Sylvester Broadice, John Buckner, Austin M. Bull, Elmer C. Burba, Rea Cecil Burns, John W. Collins, A. Burdsall Creswell, Paul H. Creswell, Clarence Deck, Lawrence Dennehey, Roy Dodds, Sherman Dudley, William Fisher, Millard Frame, Ralph Gordon, Alonzo Jeffries, Orval Jeffries, Delmer C. Jobe, Asa Jones, James Justice, Nigh Justice, William E. Kennon, Ray Littler, Charles Lowry, Fred F. Marshall, Scott Moore, Elmer E. Pemberton, John Her- man Randall, Bush Robinson, Isaac Robinson, Cameron Ross, Homer Shephard, Frank Schoades, Walter Smith, Clarence Sparrow, Earl Stine, Herman Stormont, Cecil Strow- bridge, Arthur Taylor, Lee Taylor, Fred Townsley, John Erskine Townsley, John N. Townsley, Hugh Turnbull, Paul B. Turnbull, Alfred L. Walls, Isaac Webster, John C. Wright .- Total, 53.
Silvercreek Township-Ivan Adams, Charles Blakely, G. Russel Bradds, Russell Car- ter, Theodore Connor, Dallas Cooper, Forest Cooper, Kenneth Devoe, Alfred Doster, Robert Douglas, John Gardner, Russell Garringer, Claud C. Glass, Ralph Glass, John G. Hays, Joseph W. Hayslip, Jacob Hickman, Charles S. Hough, Sherman Hough, Frank Johnson, Clay Mauck, Russell Mauck, Frank Mclaughlin, Bruce Parker, Carl A. Paullin. John W. Paullin, Lawrence Paullin, Emmett Potts, Shirley Potts, Stanley Rose, Arthur Sears, Morris Sharp, Ohmer Shaw, John Howard Snapp, Ross Stoner, Homer Taylor, Wilbur Thomas, Eugene Thorpe, DeWitt Tobin, Clarence Walker, Cecil Washington, Floyd Wilkinson .;- Total, 42.
Miami Township-Joseph Corwin Adams, Cassius Bell, Jesse W. Cary, John W. Corry,
(43)
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Raymond A. T. Day, George Dewine, Alton Dunevant, Ernest Dunevant, Edward O. Feir- stine, Robert L. Ferguson, Charles Sumner Fess, Thomas Lowell Fess, Patrick Finn, Jay P. Garlough, John Lawrence Garlough, William Torrence Garlough, Malcolm Grinnell, John Hackett, Howard Hamilton,. Herman Hanler, Herbert Hite, Ernest H. Huston, Clifford H. Johnson, Fred W. Kershner, A. G. MacLennan, Lewis Reinwald, Smith Simp- son, Gerald Tate, Edward Van Kirk, Isaiah Williams, Howard Young .- Total, 31. Alice Carr, of Yellow Springs, a graduate of John Hopkins University, is a nurse in France.
Bath Township-Herschell Christ, David Clingman, Ralph Dickman, George Dignam, Andrew Deger, Ralph Fierstine, Julius B. Finnell, Ralph Geis, Joseph Harner, Lloyd Howet, William Edward Hume, Herman L. Hunter, Clay E. Hunter, Rall L. Kauffman, John Wesley Koogler, Emory Kyle, John Lipp, Ralph Mitman, Roy Nelson, Fay W. Par- sons, Paul Rice, William L. Rockfield, Albert Semler (Died in service, March 15, 1918), Herman W. Semler, Ernest Shearer, Edwin Toms, Albert Watts, Gilbert Young, Waldo Zeller .- Total, 29.
Jefferson Township-Earl Bennington, Noble Caraway, Charles Casey, Denzil Earley, Fay Earley, Guy Burdette Early (has been in France, but discharged on account of phy- sical disability), Wilton Earley, Orson B. Foster, Albert Gerard, Elmer Gorham, Walter Gray, Russell Haines, Weldon Hatfield, Frank Hopkins, Ralph Jenks, Frank Linton, Ray Lucas, Alva Sheley, Rudolph S. Wolf .- Total, 19.
Spring Valley Township-William Cline, William Engle, Leroy Haines, Hugh Harper, Lewis Hawes, Lester Hurley, Ralph McKee, Lawrence Michener, Vergo Michener, Leon Murphy, Frank Reeves, Earl C. Scammahorn, Harold Scammahorn, Carl E. Smith, William Wakeley, Dr. H. O. Whitaker .- Total, 16.
Beavercreek Township-Chester Cyphers, Ray Day, Alonzo Durnbaugh, Herman Elliott, Jasper Greer, Howard Hare, Oscar Hare, George Haverstick, James Licklitter, Peter Snyder, Thomas Tobias, Horace Treharne, Merle Younce .- Total, 13.
Sugarcreek Township-William D. Engle, Morris, George F. Stutsman, Ray- mond Stutsman .- Total, 4.
Caesarscreek Township-Paul Hull, Warren S. Keiter .- Total, 2.
Other Townships-The ten townships above given show a total of 449 men in the service, this including, as before stated, both selectives and volunteers. The historian was unable to get any list of men from Ross and New Jasper townships, but each township has undoubtedly furnished a few men. The only name sent in from one of these two townships was that of Ruby R. Carter, of New Jasper township. Summing up the men in the service from the entire county, it seems safe to say that about five hundred were in some branch of the service on April 1, 1918.
COUNTY DRAFT BOARD.
The Conscription Act provided for a draft board in each county in the United States, and a board of three members for each county was appointed in June, 1917. The Greene county board is composed of the following mem- bers : R. D. Williamson, chairman; George Galloway, secretary; Dr. W. A. Galloway, medical examiner. The actual work connected with the induc- tion of the men in the service has devolved on George Galloway, who gives his entire time and attention to the work.
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FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF GREENE COUNTY TO THE WORLD WAR.
It has been stated that Greene county up to April 1, 1918, had furnished approximately five hundred men for service in the great World War, but those who are remaining at home are also doing their share to make the world safe for democracy. Three successive Liberty Loans have been ordered by the government and Greene county has exceeded its quota on each occa- sion. The first loan was subscribed to the amount of $300,000; the second loan found $680,000 in Greene county ready to help the country; the third and last loan reached approximately $500,000 in the county. This indicates that the county has bought considerably more than a million and a half dollars worth of Liberty Bonds. In addition to this large amount the county raised more than $30,000 for the Red Cross, and contributed more than its quotas to the Young Men's Christian Association drive and the War Chest fund. The Knights of Columbus have also raised considerable money in the county for war purposes. Furthermore the county has been appor- tioned $580,000 to be raised during 1918 by the sale of War Saving Stamps and Thrift Certificates, which means that the county will have to sell a little more than $10,000 worth each month in the year. There is no doubt that the close of the year will see the full amount sold.
Finally, it must be said that Greene county is ready and willing to do its part in every way to bring this World War to a successful conclusion. It is giving freely of its sons and of its money to the end that the govern- ment will have any army of sufficient size to force the war to a victorious end for the Allies and at the same time have the money to finance the under- taking. .
CHAPTER XXXVII.
BANKS AND BANKING.
There was little need of banks in the first half century of the existence of Greene county. The people had very little specie and such banks as did exist prior to 1850 were largely banks of issue, few of them receiving money for deposit. They bought and sold the notes of other banks and their profits were in a great measure due to the shrewdness of their managers in guessing what notes would be worth buying and how long they could be held before selling them with any reasonable assurance of making a profit. In the days of "wild cat" banking, the banker and merchant had to consult a price sheet which showed the fluctuating value of paper money from week . to week, or from day to day. A note worth ten dollars one week might be worth only half as much the following week, or, on the other hand it might be worth fifteen dollars. Such a thing as a stable currency was unknown; in those days the federal government had practically no control over the banks of the country. Any man with enough credit with a printer to get some notes struck off could set up a bank. He did not need any money, and thousands of banks were started with no other capital than was invested in the printing of the paper they issued. It was not until the days of the Civil War that banking in the United States was placed on anything like a firm basis.
If the people of Greene county did not have an abundance of "hard" money, they had a kind of currency which took its place. The paper money of the banks was called "wild cat" currency, while the term "shin-plaster" was also in current use and described the same kind of fluctuating cur- rency. Merchants frequently issued paper money with their own name on it, in denominations as low as five cents, and it circulated at its face value in the immediate community-that is, as long as the merchant's credit was good. The farther the merchant's "shin-plaster" wandered from his place of business, the less valuable it became. A "shin-plaster" of a Xenia merch- ant in Columbus would probably not be accepted at all. Merchants also issued a species of "hard" money, minted from some cheap metal, which was called "token" money, the pieces being known as "tokens." The redeem- able value of the "token" was stamped on it, but it, like the "shin-plaster," was dependent on the credit of the merchant issuing it. The merchant redeemed his "tokens" at their face value, and in many cases his "money" became in a sense part of the circulating medium of his community. Even to this day, this kind of "money" is issued by some merchants.
Another method of providing a circulating medium of exchange was
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the issuance of what were known as "due bills," which, in effect, were the same as "tokens" and "shin-plasters." It must not be understood that there was no specie of the government in circulation, but it was very limited and so limited, in fact, that the custom arose of actually cutting up the coins to represent smaller fractional values. Silver dollars were cut into nine pieces, sort of triangular shaped, with the sharp point tapering toward the center of the coin. The pieces thus cut off were called "sharp-shins." It was also customary to cut the twenty-five cent piece into two pieces, the resultant pieces being known throughout the western states as "bits," a word which is still in current use. Frequently, even the "bit" was halved, and the early treasurers of Greene county took over many a six-and-a-quarter- cent piece as part payment in taxes. The local records of the commissioners bear constant witness to the fact that the pioneers of the county cut their money into pieces. Scarcely a tax-payer in the county but found his annual bill to the county treasurer with a fractional cent thereon.
BANK OF XENIA.
The first bank of the county concerning which definite information has been preserved was known as the Bank of Xenia. It opened for business on June 1, 1835, with the following officers: President, John H. Hivling; vice-president, John Ewing ; cashier, Henry Clark. Later E. F. Drake became cashier. The bank was started as a private enterprise and so continued until 1846, when it was reorganized, under a newly enacted act of the General Assembly, with the new name of Xenia Branch of the State Bank of Ohio. Abraham Hivling became the first president of the bank upon its reorganiza- tion, while E. F. Drake was continued as cashier.
Drake resigned in 1848 and his place was filled by J. W. Merrick, who had been connected with the bank as teller. Upon the death of Merrick, John B. Allen became cashier. The bank continued a successful career until it was reorganized under the national banking act of 1862 and became the First National Bank. Upon the expiration of its charter at the end of twenty years, it was reorganized as the Xenia National Bank, the name by which it is still known.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK, XENIA.
The Second National Bank, of Xenia, was organized on March 7, 1864, with a capital stock of $100,000. The first officers were as follow : James Allison, president ; David Millen, vice-president; John S. Ankeney, cashier. Allison died in August, 1864, and Thomas P. Townsley was elected president, a position he continued to hold until 1884. Ankeney was cashier of the bank during its existence. Robert Lytle entered the bank as book-
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keeper upon its organization, and was promoted from time to time until he became teller. When it was found that the bank was in serious financial difficulties in 1884, Lytle, although he protested that he felt unable to straighten out the affairs of the bank, was elected cashier. He struggled for four years to put the bank on a firm basis, but he was unsuccessful, and in 1888 it closed its doors.
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, XENIA.
The Citizens National Bank, of Xenia, was organized in 1881 with a capital stock of $100,000. The first directors of the bank were J. W. King (president ), John Little, E. H. Munger, Dr. Leigh McClung, J. D. Edwards, H. H. Eavey, and J. H. Harbine. The bank opened for business in Novem- ber, 1881, in a rented building on Greene street, but has since purchased the building at the corner of East Main and Greene streets, where it is now located. The present officers are as follow: H. H. Eavey, president; R. S. Kingsbury, vice-president; M. L. Wolf, cashier; T. D. Kyle, assistant cashier. The directors are H. H. Eavey, R. S. Kingsbury, H. L. Smith, Henry Getz, George Galloway, S. B. LeSourd and R. D. Adair.
The bank has been unusually prosperous, a fact which is evidenced by the fact that its resources are near the million-dollar mark. The bank now has a surplus and undivided profit of $125,000, with deposits of $750,000.
THE COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BANK COMPANY, XENIA.
The Commercial and Savings Bank Company, of Xenia, was organized on June 18, 1906, by H. H. Conklin, Ed. S. Foust, C. L. Babb, W. L. Miller, A. E. Faulkner, R. R. Grieve and C. M. Austin. Its first officers are still serving in the same capacity, there not having been a change in the twelve years of the bank's history. They are as follows: President, H. H. Conk- lin; vice-president, Ed. S. Foust; cashier, C. L. Babb. The directors include these three officials and W. I. Miller, A. E. Faulkner, R. R. Grieve and C. M. Austin. The bank is located in the Allen building at the southwest corner of Detroit and Main street. The bank statement of March 4, 1918, shows that it is in a flourishing condition :
RESOURCES. Premiums on Bonds and Securi- ties
1,291.80
Loans on Real Estate $101,594.03
Furniture and Fixtures. 7,000.00
Loans on Collateral. 31,530.00 Other Loans and Discounts. 146,160.54 Overdrafts 289.00
Due from Reserve Banks $148,715.44
Exchanges for Clearing House 3,862.7I
Cash in vault (Items 18, 19, 20, 21) 26,196.31 Bonds held as lawful reserve. 178,774.46
U. S. Bonds and Securities not in- cluded in Reserve (Items 5, 6, 7, 8) 6,000.00
State, County and Municipal Bonds not included in Reserve. 102,751.27
Total $575,391.10
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LIABILITIES.
Demand Certificates of
Deposit 39,709.92
Surplus Fund
4,000.00
Undivided Profits less Expenses,
Time Certificates of De- posit 101,731.57
Interest and Taxes Paid.
4,736.35
Savings Deposits
21,401.06
Individual Deposits
Total Deposits 516,654.75
subject to check
(Items 34, 35) . . .. .$334,418.27
Total
$575,391.10
FARMERS AND TRADERS BANK, JAMESTOWN.
The Farmers and Traders Bank of Jamestown is one of the oldest finan- cial institutions in the county. Established in August, 1867, with a capital stock of $50,000, it opened its doors for business on the Ist of the following October. The first officers were as follow: L. L. Syphers, president ; John Davis, vice-president ; Morris Sharp, cashier. Several changes have taken place in the board of directors during the past half century, but one director and official, John C. Brown, who entered the bank in 1870, is still with it. He was elected cashier in 1870, served in this capacity for many years, and was eventually elected president, a position which he still holds. Few men in the state have been actively connected with a banking institution longer than Mr. Brown. A. G. Carpenter is now vice-president, and R. J. Moorman is cashier. The bank started business in a rented building on East Wash- ington street, but as the years -went by and its business increased, it felt the need of a new building. Accordingly, it erected the substantial building which now stands at the corner of Washington and Limestone streets, and here it maintains its quarters at the present time.
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