Bank of Graniteville - Graniteville, SC

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: April 26, 1933
Location: Graniteville, South Carolina (33.564, -81.808)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 98247d72

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Aiken Standard, 1933-04-26) states the Bank of Graniteville 'closed' and mentions 'Receiver Woodward', indicating the bank was placed in receivership/closed. No mention of a depositor run; therefore classified as a suspension/closure (receivership). Limited detail in OCR; dates not explicitly given for closure, used publication date as proximate reference.

Events (2)

1. April 26, 1933 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: and then worked under Receiver Woodward until she offered the position at ... with the Bank of Graniteville until it closed. and then worked under Receiver Woodward until she offered the position at
Source: newspapers

2. April 26, 1933 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Article refers to a receiver (Receiver Woodward) being in charge after the bank closed, implying closure by regulatory/official action.
Newspaper Excerpt: worked under Receiver Woodward until she offered the position ... with the Bank of Graniteville until it closed.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. April 26, 1933 Aiken Standard Aiken, SC

Article from Aiken Standard, April 26, 1933

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Article Text

AIKEN SOON LEARNS ABOUT FEDERAL COURT HOUSE The treasury department announced last Tuesday that plans covering construction of new postoffice buildings in Columbia and Federal Court House at Aiken would be decided upon within the next two weeks. It will then be determined whether the drawing of plans shall continue as formerly proposed or whether the work will be delayed as the result of this money being used for reforestation work. Miss Bessie Arthur who was 85sistant cashier of the Bank of Graniteville for the past thirteen years, has accepted the with the position and has taken up her duties there. Miss Arthur is a most capable with the Bank of Graniteville until it closed. and then worked under Receiver Woodward until she offered the position at