Bank of Enterprise - Enterprise, MS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: March 12, 1915
Location: Enterprise, Mississippi (32.174, -88.822)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 9c38f521

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Mar 12, 1915) refers to the 'defunct Bank of Enterprise' and discusses removal/replacement of its receiver, indicating the bank was closed and in liquidation/receivership. No article text describes a prior run or a temporary suspension/reopening, so I classify as suspension_closure (closure with receiver).

Events (1)

1. March 12, 1915 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: RECEIVER REMOVED. Hickory, Miss., March 12.-The petition of W. H. Moore et al, for the removal of M. W. Buckley, receiver of the defunct Bank of Enterprise, was heard here today by Chancellor Tann in vacation.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 12, 1915 The Hattiesburg News Hattiesburg, MS

Article from The Hattiesburg News, March 12, 1915

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Article Text

RECEIVER REMOVED. Hickory, Miss., March 12.-The pett tion of W. H. Moore et al, for the re moval of M. W. Buckley, receiver of the defunct Bank of Enterprise, was heard here today by Chancellor Tann in vacation. Testimony had, been takent previously at Enterprise, leaving th summing up and pleading to be done here. At the conclusion Chancellor Tann stated that he realized the conditions under which Mr. Buckley, as re. ceiver, had labored in an effort to ad. just the affairs of the defunet bank, and that the business depression and stringency attending the presence of abnormal conditions have served to handicap the receiver in the perform ance of his duties, but that in view of the existing conditions, the state of unrest and dissension now prevailing in the vicinity of the location of th defunct bank, and opposition to the progress of liquidation. Therefore It granted the petition for the removal of Receiver Buckley and appointed