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Ordered Paid To Creditors Of Bank Closed Here In 1896 Echo of the failure of the old Commercial Bank, which occurred Dec. 30, 1896, and la which here on several hundred thousand dollars were lost mainly by New York banks, was heard in Circuit Court Monday when Judge Thomas Knight Issued an order the register in to over to the pay creditors of Commercial Bank $1,359.59 now in the hands the register. The of E. Jeffries, asthe Bank filed 1929, prayed Judge Knight order which would allow the register pay the amounts due the of creditor. Notice will to creditors by the notice to printed in the Selma TimesMr. Jeffries, now vice president and general counsel for the SouthRailroad with, Washington named signee the bank with Messrs GillWelll, the latter of New York, when the bank failed to open its doors Dec. 30, run the bank developing that day, were be paid $100 each. Hundreds filed the amount cut down $50. George E. Lewis assistant the assignees getting the bank's affairs Mr. Lewis stated today that were not the York banks most the failure. like $200,000 was on deposit the The 32 column of the the bank's failure in January of this year.