First National Bank (Ayden, NC)

Episode Information

Episode UID
1079201572
Episode Type
Run โ†’ Suspension โ†’ Reopening
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
107920 national
Charter Number
10792
Start Date
December 11, 1930
Location
Ayden, North Carolina (35.473, -77.416)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
0e2dc4e6b2a16bd3

Response Measures

Full suspension

Other: Bank closed after heavy withdrawals; bank officials sought federal permission to reopen (administrative reopening request rather than a described capital injection or loan).

Receivership Details

Date receivership started
1931-01-02
Date receivership terminated
1931-06-10
OCC cause of failure
Other

Events (7)

1. October 21, 1915 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. December 11, 1930 Run
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Heavy withdrawals triggered by regional banking failures and depositor nervousness after other bank runs/failures.
Measures
Bank closed after heavy withdrawals.
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National bank of Ayden closed today, following heavy withdrawal of deposits during the morning.
Source
newspapers
3. December 11, 1930 Suspension
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Suspension followed heavy depositor withdrawals amid contagion from other bank failures and runs.
Newspaper Excerpt
The First National bank of Ayden closed today, following heavy withdrawal of deposits during the morning. Ayden was left without banking facilities.
Source
newspapers
4. December 15, 1930 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
EXPECT AYDEN BANK TO RESUME BUSINESS... Federal Permission to Reopen Closed Sought. ... men at expect the First National bank reopen in few days.
Source
newspapers
5. January 2, 1931 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
6. June 10, 1931 Restored To Solvency
Source
historical_nic
7. July 24, 1931 Voluntary Liquidation
Source
historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The Greenville News, February 14, 1930

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Article Text

Bank Of Chesnee In Examiner's Hands SPARTANBURG, Feb. The Bank of Chesnee, of Chesnee, 20 miles northwest of here placed its affairs in the hands of the state bank examiner at directors meeting at o'clock tonight. The institution lost a number of deposits when the Dollar Savings bank and the Carolina National bank of closed December 30, but the directors were able to restore confidence and stabilize matters until today when the failure of the Rutherford county banks and the American State bank at Gaffney. rendered the situation too acute for the Chesnee bank to continue operations. The deposits, at close of business yesterday, amounted to $228,793.26 showing decrease of about $106,000 since the published statement of December 31, 1929; capital stock of the bank was $50,000. surplus $20,000 and bills payable none.


Article from Tampa Bay Times, December 11, 1930

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POLICE CALLED OUT BY RUN ON NEW YORK BANK Depositors, Mostly Foreigners, Paid in Full; Excited Throngs Gather NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-(P)Thousands excited depositors congregated at eight branches of one the smaller organizations of the city tonight, reassuring statement from the New York fed. eral reserve bank and the Wall street banking fraternity was expected momentarily. Police called upon to handle and had their most serious problem at branch the Bronx, where throng collected demanding their funds before the bank's closing time at o'clock. those who were able to get inside closing were paid in full. Most of the depositors gathered the other branches after they had closed, but the early comers were paid in full. These banking offices were branches of the Bank the United States, which has no connection with the government, despite its name, and which specializes in serving small depositors, many of whom do not speak English. Many of those who clamored for their money were of foreign extraction The Bank of the United States is not Wall street institution, but was learned the most powerful financial interests acting the nervousness which developed among its depositors, The branches affected were in widely separated parts of the citythree in the Bronx, one in upper Manhattan and four in Brooklyn. DEPOSITORS CLOSE BANK GREENVILLE, C., Dec. National of Greenville failed open for today, its placing a notice on the door saying heavy withdrawmade the action necessary for of depositors. bank, capitalized at $100,000, had deposits of $1,021,222 on Sept. 24, the date of its last public statement. TOWN WITHOUT BANK AYDEN, N. C., Dec. The First National bank of Ayden closed today, following heavy withdrawal of deposits during the morning. Ayden was left without banking facilities. CLIO BANK CLOSED Dec. 10. Peoples bank of Clio failed to open today and was placed in the hands of state Bank Examiner Albert Fant. Failure to collect notes and indebtedness assigned as reasons for the action. The bank has closed once before and paid one hundred cents on dollar. The amount on deposit could not be learned.


Article from News and Record, December 15, 1930

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EXPECT AYDEN BANK TO RESUME BUSINESS Federal Permission to Reopen Closed Sought. Business Men Approve. men at expect the First National bank reopen in few days. posbefore this regarded as practically certain that will be resumed before Federal to reopen now being sought resentative of the bank at Washing- Depositors concluded the uneasiness caused them start the institution Ayden ports. Officials closed before the could reach proportions doubt solvency by Ayden