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Community Makes Possible Bank Opening Scott State Bank Re-opened On Wednesday Morning Without Restrictions The Scott State Bank opened Wednesday morning for the regular routine of business without restrictions of any kind. It was a great moment in the history of Bethany, when, after being closed for one month, this bank which has been Bethany's backbone of business for the past forty years, could again be opened. The committee that had been chosen by the depositors to work out a plan to open the bank started Friday morning with a plan that had been discussed and analyzed as being the best for this particular situation. They worked in groups of two and three and started a thorough canvas of people who held government bonds or had money. After being out only a few hours they were immediately joined by depositors and borrowers of the bank who offered their assistance in the raising of the desired funds. Several people, after hearingth condition of the bank, came and offered their bonds to be used as security of any kind. From the very start the people re sponded to the solicitor's requests and subscribed what they could to the mortgage pool which was explained in last weeks Echo. Credit for the reopening of the bank is not given to any one man or group of men, but should be given to the community in general, for every person did what they could. It is not the intention of the Editor to make public the names of the people and the amount they subscribed, but he believes that one should be mentioned, that is Dave Evans. who subscribed the largest amount of anyone in the pool. Mr. Evans took a certain amount the first time he was talked to and on hearing that the project might not go over, he voluntarily subscribed for more. Mr. Evans had the real community spirit when he made these subscriptions There are nearly sixty people who put money or bonds into this pool, the amounts ranging from fifty dollars to several thousand. The total amount of $80,000 was subscribed for by Monday night and an attempt was made to collect it by Tuesday noon. This was done at about 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and T. L. Hudson and Smith Scott took it to Decatur to be deposited in the Millikin bank. They were followed by an automobile containing Chas Ekiss, T. A. Scott, Willard Win ing and Orville Brown, who carried guns to protect the first car against hold up men of any kind. As soon as the money was on deposit in the Decatur Bank, a telegram was sent to the State Auditor's office, notifying him that it was done. At o'clock that night T. A. Mcott received a telegram giving the bank per. mission to open. The opening of this bank will mean much to this community. It means that money, property and busi ness has been saved from the cruel hands of bank receiver. who has not the interest of anyone at stake except to get the money. This re opening will go down in history and be remembered by future generations and they will thank this community for the way that this institution was saved from