3044. Peoples Bank (Savannah, GA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run → Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
December 19, 1921
Location
Savannah, Georgia (32.084, -81.100)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
7b9052c5

Response Measures

Full suspension, Books examined

Description

Multiple contemporaneous newspapers report an all-day run (Dec. 19, 1921) that the bank failed to open the next day and was in the hands of state banking officials. No reopening is reported; the institution was taken into custody by the state examiner, consistent with a suspension that led to closure/receivership.

Events (2)

1. December 19, 1921 Run
Cause Details
Heavy withdrawals/all-day run reported; specific trigger not identified in articles.
Measures
Other banks in Savannah attempted to 'go to the rescue' during the run (per The Washington Times).
Newspaper Excerpt
The bank failed to withstand an all-day run yesterday.
Source
newspapers
2. December 20, 1921 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Bank was placed in hands of state banking officials/examiner and failed to open after the run.
Newspaper Excerpt
The People's Bank of Savannah failed to open its doors today. A notice on the door said the bank was in the hands of the State bank examiner.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (14)

Article from The Ocala Evening Star, December 20, 1921

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SAVANNAH BANKS SHUT One Broken Down by a Run And Other Resolved to Conserve Its Capital (Associated Press) Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20.-The Peoples' Bank, capitalized at $100,000, failed to open its doors this morning. A notice posted on the door stated the aaffirs of the bank were in the hands of state banking officers. The bank failed to withstand an all-day run yesterday.


Article from Americus Times-Recorder, December 20, 1921

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RUNS CLOSE TWO SAVANNAH BANKS Peoples and Realty And Savings Trust Co. Unable To Weather Demands of Depositors SAVANNAH, Dec. 20.-The Peoples bank, with a capital stock of $100,000, failed to open its doors this morning. A notice on the door stated that the bank was in the hands of the state banking officials. The bank failed to withstand an all-day run yesterday. The realty Savings & Trust company last night posted a notice on the door stating that due to the unusual withdrawal of funds, the directors had "resolved to suspend payments of any further demands and would make petition for relief by receivership or otherwise for the purposé, of conserving its assets." The bank has a capital stock of $100,000.


Article from Americus Times-Recorder, December 20, 1921

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RUNS CLOSE TWO SAVANNAH BANKS Peoples and Realty And Savings Trust Co. Unable To Weather Demands of Depositors SAVANNAH, Dec. 20.-The Peo ples bank, with a capital stock of $100,000, failed to open its doors this morning. A notice on the door stated that the bank. was in the hands of the state banking officials. The bank failed to withstand an all-day run yesterday. The Realty Savings & Trust company last night posted a notice on the door stating that due to the unusual withdrawal of funds, the directors had "resolved to suspend payments of any further demands and would make petition for relief by receivership or otherwise for the purpose of conserving its assets." The bank has a capital stock of $100,000.


Article from The Washington Times, December 20, 1921

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SAVANNAH BANK CLOSES AFTER DAY-LONG RUN SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 20.-The People's Bank of Savannah failed to open its doors today. the result of a heavy run yesterday. A notice on the door said the bank was in the hands of the State bank examiner. Other banks in Savannah went to the rescue of the People's during yesterday's run, but the run did not stop.


Article from The New York Herald, December 21, 1921

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RUNS CLOSE SAVANNAH BANKS. People's and Realty Savings Can't Stand Withdrawals. SAVANNAH, Dec. 20.-The People's Bank and the Realty Savings and Trust Company, each with a capital of $100,000. failed to open doors for business to-day. Their closing was attributed to heavy withdrawals yesterday. The People's Bank has been taken In charge by the State Banking officials. The Realty Savings and Trust Company announced that it would file a petition for relief "In the form of a receivership or otherwise," so as to conserve its assets.


Article from The Brunswick News, December 21, 1921

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TWO SAVANNAH BANKS FAIL TO OPEN DOORS YESTERDAY People's Bank Posted Notice It Realty Trust Gives Notice of Unusual Withdrawals as ReaHad Suspended Payment to son For Not Opening For BusProtect Depositors.--w. D. iness Yesterday. Lloyd in Charge Institution. Savannah, Dec. 20.-The Realty Savannah, Dec. 20. -The Peoples Savings and Trust Company, W. H. Bank of Savannah failed to open its Stillwell, president, last night posted doors this morning on its doors a notice as follows: The following notice on the doors of Due to unusual withdrawals of the Institution told of the closing of the bank: funds, Realty Savings and Trust Company, by order of board of diFor the protection of the de rectors, as resolved to suspend positors and all other persons inpayment of any further demands, terested in the Peoples Bank of in the meantime making approp Savannah the board of directors this day placed the bank in the riate petition for relief by receivership or otherWise for the purhands of the state superintendent of banks. pose. of conserving assets and avoiding sacrifice and lost to de(Signed) Thomas J. McEllfun, positors. Jr., president. Arthur E. Pierce, Realty Savings and Trust Co. vice president and cashier. ArBy W. H. Stillwell, thur? W Soloman, F. M. Oliver, President. W. S.TGodley, J. W. F. Hester, J. D. Siem, A. Thomas R. S. Reid, Dec. 19, 1921. 9 p. m. W. H. Seigler. December 20th, 1921 The company was organized in 1916 The officers are: W. H. Stillwell. W. D. Lloyd, examiner in charge of the American Bank and Trust Com president: C. G. Rowland, vice presipany. is today in charge of the Ped- dent; William C. Gilbert, Jr., secreples Bank tary Measurer.


Article from The Abbeville Press and Banner, December 21, 1921

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Bank Closes Doors. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20.-The Peoples Bank failed to open its doors this morning. A notice was posted on the door stating that the affairs of the bank were in the hands of the state banking officials. The bank failed to withstand an all-day run yesterday.


Article from Norwich Bulletin, December 22, 1921

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enuea by troops who arrested thirty persons and seized huge uantities of ammunition J. C. Ropp was appointed assistant commissioner of the national budget by Charles G. Dawes. Thomas Findley, president of the Massey Harris Co., of Toronto, died at his home in Toronto. Fifth avenue, New York, is in the midst of the greatest Christmas shopping carnival it has ever known. The death of Cardinal Francis Mary Roverie De Cabrieres bishop of Montpelier, France, was announced. American Malt & Grain Co. liuidating trustees. sold the Buffalo plant for $500.000 to a Minneapolis milling concern. Idle freight cars on Dec. 8 totaled $528,158. compared with 455,376 on Dec 1. an increase of 72.782 cars, according to the American Railway association. A messenger of the Chotean Trust Co., of St. Louis was held up by three bandits. who escaped with a satchel containing $8,180. George Rogers, an escaped convict is being held by the Chicago police in connection with the million dollar mail robbery in Toledo Under a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission many big rail men must give up their directorships on competing roads. It was announced at the White House that President Harding will make publie next Friday a list of Christmas pardons, Sir James McKechnie, of Vickers, Ltd., of Barrow, England, arrived on the Cunard liner Scythia to study shipbuilding conditions in the United States. Custom officers seized the tramp ship Javary, which arrived at New York from Baltimore. It is alleged she had aword 250 drums of alcohol Representative Volk of New York, introduced a bill in the house to provide a soldiers' bonus, funds to be obtained by n a sales tax. Notices were posted by Philadelphia & Readisg Railway Co announcing wage cuts of maintenance of way employes t ranging from 5 to 15 cents an hour. 1 An official order to close the Sedalia shops of the Missouri Pacific railroad was received from St. Louis. Approximately 1,400 men are affected. s Closing of small railroad stations for purposes of economy will be opposed by o the Massachusetts state department of t public utilities. d The expected arrival of big shipes ments of Christmas trees from Maine rt promise to assure a plentiful supply of holiday greens for greater Boston. at if Rev. Dr. James Ballantyne. formerly th moderator of the Canadian Presbyterian ageneral assembly, died suddenly at his at home in Toronto, He was 64 years old. nt t An express train from Paris collided bt last night with the Trieste-Rome express ion the bridge crossing the Plave at San al Dona. Relief trains have been sent to a the wreck, but details are lacking ce er A woman, 50 years of age. who had n, just made a trip by water and rail from ly Boston to Jacksonville, Florida, and bback, has been found to be suffering from typhus. on of Excitement prevailed at the corner its of Chauncey and Essex streets, Boston nwhen a charge of dynamite. used to nblast away pieces of concrete in buildit ing operations, went the wrong way and on threw rocks and stones in all directions he TDr. Walter Simons, the former foreign ry minster, in an open lette to Von Hindenburg. accuses the field marshal of doty ing him a bitter injustice in asserting ke that Simons had renewed in ondon his so Versailles admission of Germany's war slguilt. ect of American exporters were told to "hold a their heads up" as their feet were "on se solid ground" by Dr. Julius Klein. diof rector of the bureau of foreign and dohe mestic commerce, of the commerce dete partment in an address before the Philadelphia Export club. he od Major General Clarence R. Edwards n. commanding the First Army Corps area ier will act as a post-Christmas Santa as Claus on December 27 when he will con ed fer decorations awarded by this and oth its er governments on 13 persons from vato rious parts of New England. an loPeoples' Bank and Realty Sovings & aty were Trust Co., of Savannah, C1. ail. placed in the haids of the State Bank Exthe aminer. due to heavy withdrawals of de posits. During the last few months five ap. banks suspended in Savannah, to ion Gluseppe Parisi, arrested in Spring the field soon after Carlo Siniscalchi, local to Italian teacher had been shot in his au the tomobile, was arraigned in district cour eeon a charge of murder and was help without bail for preliminary hearing De cember 27. S'N Fire damage that may exceed $30. 000 was done to a store in a Main stree erbusiness block in Springfield and ser ood oc ously threatened the Hotel Hawking, to7 cupying the same building. whose an, guests made their escape with little dif of ficulty. ciainA scheme to defraud in stock an ful bond transactions by misuse of the Unit ened States mails said to involve million miof dollars alleged in Indictments mad


Article from The Watchman and Southron, December 24, 1921

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Savannah, Dec. 20.-The Peoples' Bank failed to open today atter a run vesterday.


Article from Palisadian, December 24, 1921

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Boston & Maine Railroad posted announcement that wages in all departments would be cut. Representative Volk, of New York, introduced a bill in the House to provide a soldier's bonus, funds to be obtained by a sales tax. An official order to close the Sedalia shops of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was received from St. Louis. Approximately 1,400 men are affected. Four men, each carrying two pistols, held up and robbed the State Bank of Muka, Ill., of $15,000 in cash and negotiable paper and escaped in an automobile, pursued by posses. Peoples Bank and Realty Savings & Trust Co., of Savannah, Ga., were placed 1 the hands of the State Bank Examiner, due to heavy withdrawals of deposits. During the last few months five banks suspended in Savannah. Philippine Nationalist Party in convention at Manila demanded complete separation from the United States. Prohibition agents seized 89 stills and 42 distilleries in Georgia so far this month. State Director Dismuke reports property is valued at $128,607. Guy Potter Benton was formally inaugurated as -president of the University of the Philippines, at Manila, P. I. President Harding signed an order, effective January 1, providing that employes of the Panama Railroad Company shall be charged for rent, fuel, electric current, water and other services which were furnished by the Government.


Article from The Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise and Press, December 28, 1921

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Savannah Banks Closes Their Door SAVANNAH Dec 20-The Ped ple's Bank with a capital of a hun dred thousand dollars failed to open its doors this morning a notice O the doors of the bank stating that th gank was in the hands of state bank ing officials, The bank failed to with stand an all day run yesterday. The Realty Savings and Trust Co. last night posted the following notice on its door: "Due to unusual with drawal of funds in the Realty Sav ings and Trust Company by order of the board of directors, has resolved to suspend payment of any further demands. In the meantime it is making appropriate petition for relief by receivership or otherwise for the purpose of conserving asses and avoiding sacrifice and loss to depositors. W. H Still President. The capital stock is $100,000.


Article from News and Citizen, December 28, 1921

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Meat prices in New York, even of the best cuts, are lower than they have been in many months because supplies are more abundant. A simple service, attended only by members of his family, marked the funeral of Henry Watterson, journalist and soldier, who died at a hotel in Jacksonville, Fla. The body will rest in a vault until spring, when it will be taken to Louisville, Ky., for burial in the family plot in Cave Hill Cemetery. Steelton, Ohio, branch of the Citizens' Trust and Savings Bank Co. was robbed of $10,000 by five bandits. Joint Council of United Shoe Workers of America at Lynn, Mass., refused to arbitrate with the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association for settlement of the wage controversy. Boston & Maine Railroad posted announcement that wages in all departments would be cut. Representative Volk, of New York, introduced a bill in the House to provide a soldier's bonus, funds to be obtained by a sales tax. An official order to close the Sedalla shops of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was received from St. Louis. Approximately 1,400 men are affected. Four men, each carrying two pistols, held up and robbed the State Bank of Muka, III., of $15,000 in cash and negotiable paper and escaped in an automobile, pursued by posses. Peoples Bank and Realty Savings & Trust Co., of Savannah, Ga., were placed in the hands of the State Bank Examiner, due to heavy withdrawals of deposits. During the last few months five banks suspended in Savannah.


Article from The Bienville Democrat, December 29, 1921

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Georgia Bank Is Closed. Savannah, Ga.-The People's Bank, with a capital'of $100,000, has failed to open its doors and is in the hands of state banking officials. The bank failed to withstand an all-day run recently.


Article from The Pulaskian, December 29, 1921

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Georgia Bank Is Closed. Savannah, Ga.-The People's Bank, with a capital of $100,000, has failed to open its doors and is in the hands of state banking officials. The bank failed to withstand an all-day run recently.