17435. Farmers & Merchants Bank (Lake City, SC)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
October 1, 1928*
Location
Lake City, South Carolina (33.871, -79.755)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
105f8797849f9bfd

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report that Farmers & Merchants Bank of Lake City, SC, suspended business by board resolution in October (1928) and had a receiver (Thomas A. Early) appointed. A later (1930) Supreme Court case involved payment of checks on the failed institution. No article describes a depositor run; the bank suspended and entered receivership/failed, so classify as suspension_closure. OCR errors in Article 1 were corrected (e.g., suspension date refers to October 1928).

Events (3)

1. October 1, 1928* Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Thomas A. Early, receiver, appellee ... involves the Farmers and Merchants bank Lake City South Carolina ... Mr Early being appointed records show that at the time of suspension the bank had in reserve account with Federal Reserve bank the sum of $28,085
Source
newspapers
2. October 1, 1928* Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Board of directors suspended business and a receiver (Thomas A. Early) was appointed; insolvency/financial difficulty implied (reserve dispute with the Federal Reserve).
Newspaper Excerpt
the Farmers and Merchants bank Lake City South Carolina, member of the Federal Reserve system, suspended business October by resolution of the board of directors
Source
newspapers
3. March 13, 1930 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Supreme Court Upholds Payment Of Checks On Failed Institution. ... payment Of checks On behalf of the Farmers and Merchants of Lake City ... the South bank had failed.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Charlotte Observer, November 10, 1928

Click image to open full size in new tab

Article Text

N. PARK ACT IN LEGAL FIGHT Suncrest Lumber Co. Battles in Court for Title to 38,000 Acres of Timber. RICHMOND Nov. case Lumber comversus the North Carolina park was argued length before the United States circuit court of appeals in hmond today was appealed from the United States court Asheville and involves the to of timberland in Swain Haywood North is charged that the North Carolina park commission was planning to condemnation proceedings in the state court for the purpose to belong to the Suncrest Lumber company. The Suncrest Lumber company charged that the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, under which It alleged that the park commission unconstitutional and in violation of the fourteenth amendment the constitution the United States. Court here reveal that conuted by the state North Caro. Ina In September 1928 and upon petition the Lumber company was hearing In the United States circuit court of ap. peals here. BANK CASE. The federal here today also heard the of the Federal Reserve bank versus Thomas A. Early receiver, appellee This case, court records show in volves the Farmers and Merchants bank Lake City South Carolina, member of the Federal Reserve system, suspended business October by resolution of the board of directors on account of in Mr Early being appointed records show that at the time of suspension the bank had in reserve count with Federal Reserve bank the sum of $28 085 Records show also that the subscriber for 78 shares stock the Federal Reserve to filed recover the of reserve deposits the liquidation value of the serve bank The Federal Reserve records had viously refused payment on the grounds that the reserve balance and the value of the subject to application ward the of checks on the Lake City contained in two cash letters alleged have been transmitted reserve bank to Lake City bank.


Article from Nashville Banner, March 13, 1930

Click image to open full size in new tab

Article Text

RICHMOND RESERVE BANK SUSTAINED Supreme Court Upholds Payment Of Checks On Failed Institution. March Bank of by the Supreme Court in to the credit of the Farmers and of Lake S. to the of checks on latter for the South bank had failed. Bank of City failed in had whether the Bank deposit towards City Bank, of checks Lake banks, an set the must be District contract Bank the Federal right deposit payment against the contested not the the failed part of decision of result in the the reserve illegal of creditors the failed bank.