11176. Bank of Walnut Grove (Walnut Grove, MS)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
December 31, 1930
Location
Walnut Grove, Mississippi (32.596, -89.459)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
7fda07e6

Response Measures

Full suspension

Other: Multiple Mississippi banks closed by managers as 'protective measures' or following runs; Bank of Lena listed among six closed banks.

Description

Newspaper accounts (Dec 31, 1930 / Jan 1, 1931) report a steady run on the Bank of Lena that led managers to close the bank as a protective measure. No reopening or receivership is mentioned in the articles, so the episode is classified as a run that precipitated suspension and closure. Bank type not specified in text.

Events (2)

1. December 31, 1930 Run
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Runs and closures among other Mississippi banks (Planters National and affiliated institutions) triggered heavy withdrawals at the Bank of Lena.
Measures
Bank managers closed the doors as a protective measure; delayed reopening pending arrival of state/national bank officials.
Newspaper Excerpt
steady run had been made on the bank
Source
newspapers
2. December 31, 1930 Suspension
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Managers closed the bank amid runs and the broader wave of Mississippi bank closures related to failures/closures in the region.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Lena had ... closed. Plans for reopening would not be made until after the arrival of national and state bank officials
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Commercial Appeal, December 31, 1930

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Article Text

DEPOSITORS ASSURED OF BANKS' SOLVENCY Six Forced to Close Doors in Mississippi. Reassurance to depositors that the Institutions are "perfectly solvent" was given by bank officials at Clarksdale, Miss., after the Planters National Bank and Trust and Savings Bank Planters closed their doors yesterday mornAt the same time, officials Bank at Jonestown and the Peoples the Progressive announced that their banks closed order avoid officials stated that plans for reopening would not be made until after "the arrival or national and state Two other banks closed Misrunning the total for the day forced two Leake County banks to close. The Bank of Lena had deposits capital of and the Bank Walnut Grove deposits capital of and surplus of $8,000. Miss., Dec. Plans for National Bank. the Trust Savings Bank the Peoples Bank of the Progressive State Bank, which their doors not made unthe arrival of national and state bank according to of the Planters National Bank and Planters Trust Savings Bank of their doors at o'clock this after steady run had been made on the bank from the according to offiopening in the depositors, offi. der to protect cers banks are perfectly solvent and the E. the stat ed The was customers numbers depositors funds early this mornwithdrawn ing. Mr. Anderson national have bank the closing banks make the regarding the reopening Mr. Anderson until they said. National Bank The Planters one of the the and according tutions of made on December to deposits the the total were tion However, these last few reduced was capitalizwith surplus of Trust and Savings The Planters had capital stock fund and surplus deposits savings cording to published financial that the bank was first to The be closed. the posting of notice on both doors the bank been tion, closed. stating the arrival bank the Planters The directors Sr. Bank W. Garner, Paul Holland The Peoples Bank of Jonestown money and not owe any to avoid oflosed merely ficers stated. State Bank of The Progressive which Donald Tutwiler. of president, was closed for officers The Peoples Bank oJnestown, which W. Holland is capitalized surplus $14,000 with and deposits totaling The Progressive Bank President Donald said the instituprevent run bank in order to protect the Bank of which The the largest bank in the Mississippi Tuesday instead of clos. at the regular of o'clock This was officials order to any tomers who wished withdraw funds of Memphis and Clarksdale, is president of the


Article from Evening Star, January 1, 1931

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Article Text

SIX MISSISSIPPI BANKS CLOSED BY MANAGERS Some Discontinued as "Protective Measure," Others Due to Runs by Depositors, Is Claim. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., January 1.-Deposits, totaling about $1,730,103 were involved in six bank closures in Mississippi Tuesday. Some closed as "protective" measure, while others gave runs as the cause. The banks closed, including one national, were: The Planters' National Bank, Clarksdale, and its savings division, the Planters' Trust and Savings Bank, a State bank. The national bank carried deposits of $700,000 and the State institution had savings of $503,103. The Progressive State Bank, Tutwiler, deposits of $200,000, and the People's Bank of Jonestown, deposits $50,000. Both affiliated with the Clarksdale institution. The Bank of Walnut Grove, deposits $100,000, and the Bank of Lena, deposits $75,000, both in Lake County.