Bank of Williamsburg - Kingstree, SC

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run → Suspension → Unsure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 20, 1925
Location: Kingstree, South Carolina (33.668, -79.831)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: c2507a3d

Response Measures

Full suspension

Other: Depositors reported safe; article gives no detail on cause of run or any reopening plans.

Description

Newspaper headline and text state the Bank of Williamsburg in Kingstree was 'forced by run to suspend' and 'closes doors' (The State, 1925-01-20). OCRed article is fragmentary and gives no clear cause for the run, no mention of receivership or reopening, so final status is unclear.

Events (2)

1. January 20, 1925 Run

Cause Details: Article does not give a clear reason for withdrawals; text is fragmentary and no explicit rumor or bank-specific cause is reported.
Newspaper Excerpt: Bank of Williamsburg Forced by Run to Suspend- depositors Reported Safe.
Source: newspapers

2. January 20, 1925 Suspension

Cause Details: Suspension explicitly described as forced by the run; no mention of government action, receivership, or voluntary liquidation.
Newspaper Excerpt: KINGSTREE BANK CLOSES DOORS Bank of Williamsburg Forced by Run to Suspend-
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 20, 1925 The State Columbia, SC

Article from The State, January 20, 1925

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Article Text

KINGSTREE BANK CLOSES DOORS Bank of Williamsburg Forced by Run to Suspend- positors Reported Safe. Special State Kingstree, calamity of inestimable magnitude struck this and the Bank of its Bank illiamsburg is the oldest bank in the was regarded until recently strongest financial institution the county over stock paper this bank said and will dollar money. run the its largest the cause of the The main by the has The officers the institution ident, Epps. Reds Boot Trotzkii. day relieved his the council by the executive most erful political body Russia.