20171. Southern Bank & Trust Company (Orangeburg, SC)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
trust company
Start Date
May 6, 1934
Location
Orangeburg, South Carolina (33.492, -80.856)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
e98c5c5a

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles state Southern Bank & Trust Company had closed and a receiver (M. H. Whetsell) was appointed and distributing a 30% dividend (May 1934). A new institution (Southern National Bank) was organized and purchased the former bank building (Sept 6, 1934). There is no explicit mention of a depositor run causing the closure; the bank was in receivership and effectively closed and taken over.

Events (3)

1. May 6, 1934 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Whetsell, receiver of the Southern Bank and Trust company announces 30 per cent. dividend distribution to depositors of that institution effective Monday.
Source
newspapers
2. May 6, 1934 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Bank closed and placed in receivership; receiver announced dividend distribution to depositors.
Newspaper Excerpt
M H. Whetsell, receiver of the Southern Bank and Trust company, which closed ... will distribute 30 per cent. dividend to depositors Monday.
Source
newspapers
3. September 6, 1934 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The bank building on Middle Street formerly used the Southern Bank and Trust Company has been purchased by the Southern National Bank from the Receivership of the former institution. understood the price was Fifteen Thousand Dollars ... nearly all of whom joined in the organization new national bank.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The State, May 6, 1934

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Article from The State, May 6, 1934

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ORANGEBURG GETS NEW BANK MONDAY Receiver for Southern Bank and Trust Company Announces 30 Per Cent. Dividend. Special to The State. Orangeburg, -Evidence of this section's steady trek back to noris contained in two The Southern National bank Orangeburg, with capital of $100,000, will open for busiMonday. Whetsell, receiver of the Southern Bank and Trust company announces per cent. dividend distribution to of that institution effective Monday Authority for the opening of the new bank has just been received from


Article from The Times and Democrat, September 6, 1934

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Southern National Makes Purchase Receiver of Southern Bank & Trust Co. The bank building on MiddleStreet formerly used the Southern Bank and Trust Company has been purchased by the Southern National Bank from the Receivership of the former tution. understood the price was Fifteen Thousand Dollars, which also included furniture and tures former bank. The Southern National Bank ganized in May and its stockholdconsist largely of the depositors old Southern Bank and Trust nearly all of whom joined in the organization new national ank.