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Corporation Commissioner S. L. Rogers returned this morning from Charlotte, where he went to petition Judge Allen to name a receiver for the Bank of Gastonia.
11750. Bank of Gastonia (Gastonia, NC)
Bank Information
- Episode Type
- Suspension → Closure
- Bank Type
- state
- Start Date
- December 3, 1904
- Location
- Gastonia, North Carolina (35.262, -81.187)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini
- Short Digest
97fd2cdd
Response Measures
None
Description
Newspaper items (Dec 3 and Dec 9, 1904) report the Corporation Commissioner petitioning for a receiver and the bank having 'gone into the hands of a receiver.' No article mentions depositor runs or reopening; this appears to be a government-initiated suspension leading to receivership/closure.
Events (2)
1.
December 3, 1904
Suspension
- Cause
- Government Action
- Cause Details
- Corporation Commissioner petitioned the court to appoint a receiver for the bank.
- Newspaper Excerpt
- Corporation Commissioner S. L. Rogers returned this morning from Charlotte, where he went to petition Judge Allen to name a receiver for the Bank of Gastonia.
- Source
- newspapers
2.
December 9, 1904
Receivership
- Newspaper Excerpt
- The Bank of Gastonia has gone into the hands of a receiver, OWing depositors $136,000 .
- Source
- newspapers
Newspaper Articles (3)
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY. Dr. B. F. Dixon left yesterday for Henderson to attend the Methodist conference now in session. There will be an important meeting of the R. S. V. P. Club this evening at 7 o'clock, at the residence of Miss Lula McDonald. Mr. N. B. Broughton is back from Morganton where he attended a meeting of the trustees of the Deaf and Dumb institution. A marriage license was yesterday granted to one colored couple, James Lassiter, a widower of Garner, and Dollie Morgan, of the same place. The friends in Raleigh and the State of Mr. W. T. Dortch, of Goldsboro, will be sorry to learn that he was taken seriously ill at Goldsboro yesterday. Corporation Commissioner S. L. Rogers returned this morning from Charlotte, where he went to petition Judge Allen to name a receiver for the Bank of Gastonia. Mr. Jones Fuller, of Durham, who came yesterday to have incorporated the Raleigh-Durham Passenger and Power Company, returned to his home in the afternoon. Some alarm was occasioned in the ladies' wating room at the Union Depot yesterday by the report that a lady in the room had diphtheria. It proved to be only a case of sore throat. Solicitor Armistead Jones returned yesterday from Goldsboro where he attended Wayne county court. There were no cases of especial interest. Some fourteen or fifteen prisoners were sent to the roads. Col. T. M. Argo returned from Durham yesterday where he had gone as one of the attorneys for the prosecution in the Murray killing case, having gone there to look into matters connected with the case. Rev. J. C. Massee returned yesterdav morning from Baltimore where he has been for several days assisting in a revival at that place. He says the meeting was a great success. About seventy professions were made. Clerk of the Court Russ, calls the attention of all magistrates in Wake elected in November to the fact that they must qualify before performng the duties of their offices, as without this each commits a misdemeanor. Nearly all of the visiting county superintendents left for their homes yesterday. They all with one accord. say that the meeting of the association just closed was a most interesting and successful one. a large attendance and a great deal of enthusiasm being shown in the discussions.
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CROSLAND & TYRON "The Insurance Men." PEN AND SCISSORGRAPHS Congress is again in session. The Legislatures meet next. Darlington now has two Baptist churches. The St Louis Exposition closed on the 1st of December. Shade Inn at Man ton was burned Sunday. Ex-postmaster General Tyner died in Washington Monday, aged 78 years. Mr. D. L. Winters has been appointed postmaster at Socity Hill in place of Z. W. Wines. The Bank of Gastonia has gone into the hands of a receiver, OWing depositors $136,000. The South Carolina Methodist Conference is invited to hold its sessions of 1905 in Greenwood. The annual conference of the colored M. E. Church of S. C., meets in Charleston next Wednesday. Carnegie has given $7.500 for a library in Marion and the town will appropriate 700 for its yearly support. The new $60,000 Baptist church of Spartanburg was depicated Sunday by Dr. W. II. Felix of Louisville, Ky, Now that Clemson has done SO much in the encouragement of butter and cheese the authorities should try Angora goats. Our old valued friend Jos. W. Stewart has given up Railroad work and has accepted a position with the Columbia Record. Hon D. E. Converse of Louisville, Ky, has bought the Southern Presbyterian and will move it to Atlanta, Ga, about the 1st of January. The Department of Agriculture says the cotton crop of 1904 is 12,162,700 bales yes, and this department has done the farmers more harm than good. The valuation juries place for injuries or loss of life by railroads is curious sometimes. In York a jury gave $300 for a life and $500 for a mangled foot. The little city of Fayettevelle has invited President Roosevelt io stop over on his visit South. We think they have plenty of Rible teachings to support them in their courtesy.