2390. Farmers State Bank (Cordele, GA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
November 6, 1918
Location
Cordele, Georgia (31.964, -83.782)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
676c427afbe44a9b

Response Measures

None

Description

Three sheriff-sale notices from The Cordele Dispatch (Nov 1918) reference B. H. Palmer as Receiver for Farmers State Bank and an execution in favor of that receiver. The articles do not mention any prior run or temporary suspension; they document a receivership and sheriff sale, implying the bank was closed and in receivership (permanent closure). Dates corrected/used from newspaper metadata.

Events (1)
1. November 6, 1918 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
an execution issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of B. H. Palmer as Receiver for Farmers State Bank, J. A. Ward, Transferee, vs. W. D. Dorough.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)
1. November 6, 1918 The Cordele Dispatch Cordele, GA
Article from The Cordele Dispatch, November 6, 1918

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Article Text

SHERIFF SALE GEORGIA, Crisp Count. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in December next, at the court house in said county, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property to wit: The life interest of W. D. Dorough in lot of land No. sixty (60) in the eleventh (11) land district of Crisp County, Georgia. Said land levied on as the property of W. D. Dorough to satisfy an execution issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of B. H. Palmer as Receiver for Farmers State Bank, J. A. Ward, Transferee, vs. W. D. Dorough. This 6th day of November, 1918. J. H. WARD, Sheriff. 11-6-4t.

2. November 20, 1918 The Cordele Dispatch Cordele, GA
Article from The Cordele Dispatch, November 20, 1918

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Article Text

11-6-4t-pd SHERIFF SALE GEORGIA, Crisp Count. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in December next, at the court house in said county, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property to wit: The life interest of W. D. Dorough in lot of land No. sixty (60) in the eleventh (11) land district of Crisp County, Georgia. Said land levied on 'as the property of W. D. Dorough to satisfy an execution issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of B. H. Palmer as Receiver for Farmers State Bank, J. A. Ward, Transferee, vs. W. D. Dorough. This 6th day of November, 1918. J. H. WARD, Sheriff. 11-6-4t.

3. November 27, 1918 The Cordele Dispatch Cordele, GA
Article from The Cordele Dispatch, November 27, 1918

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Article Text

SHERIFF SALE GEORGIA, Crisp Count. Will be sold on the first Tuesday in December next, at the court house in said county, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property to wit: The life interest of W. D. Dorough in lot of land No. sixty (60) in the eleventh (11) land district of Crisp County, Georgia. Said land levied on 'as the property of W. D. Dorough to satisfy an execution issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of B. H. Palmer as Receiver for Farmers State Bank, J, A. Ward, Transferee, vs. W. D. Dorough. This 6th day of November, 1918. J. H. WARD, Sheriff. 11-6-4t.