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Guthrie Bankers Extend Thanks to and Laboring Interests We, the bankers of Guthrie, desire to express to the business men, farmers, laborers and to every bank depositor in the territory tributary to Guthrie, our appreciation of their loyal treatment and steadfast friendship during the past week. When on last Monday morning we were notified by our reserve agents in Kansas City, St. Louis. Chicago and New York that no more currency could be sent us until the panie in New York had subsided, we were obliged to follow their plan and suspend business, in order to maintain local stability and protect our customers. The business men immediately averted what might otherwise have become a serious situation by announcing their willingness to accept checks upon Guthrie banks for all accounts and merchandise. Their splendid action has made it possible for business to continue in normal conditions. They met a disagreeable situation with courage and good judgment, and reduced to a minimum the discomfort in business caused by the unexpected tying up of currency. The outlook for a bettering of conditions grows brighter each day. The most propitious aspect of the entire situation is the concerted action on the part of the financial institutions of the entire country showing that the situation is thoroughly understood by the great body of people and that because this understanding and this unanimity of action, the real crisis has been passed and the people of the country have stopped all semblance of to continue in normal condtons. They met a disagreeable appreciation of the meaning of community of interests have bridged the chasm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, J. W. McNeal, President. GUTHRIE NATIONAL BANK, U. C. Guss, President. GUTHRIE SAVINGS BANK, A. A. Byers, Cashier. OKLAHOMA STATE BANK, A. R. Eastman, President. LOGAN COUNTY BANK, A. L. Cockrum, President.