Planters Bank - Littleton, NC

Episode Information

Episode UID: 66024571477
Episode Type: Run → Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Bank ID: 6602457 routing
Routing Number: 66-0245
Start Date: January 1, 1923
Location: Littleton, North Carolina (36.435, -77.912)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 73226c29bf1b1e52

Response Measures

None

Description

Closed by the state Corporation Commission and scheduled to reopen Feb 1 under a new name.

Events (3)

1. January 1, 1923 Run

Cause Details: Heavy withdrawals by depositors; article gives no specific trigger for the run.
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank was closed January 1 by order of the Corporation Commission, owing to a heavy run made on it by depositors.
Source: newspapers

2. January 1, 1923 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed by order of the state Corporation Commission following a heavy run.
Newspaper Excerpt: The bank was closed January 1 by order of the Corporation Commission, owing to a heavy run made on it by depositors.
Source: newspapers

3. February 1, 1923 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: Arrangements are being made here to reopen the Planters Bank on February 1 under a different name, and, it is understood, a new personnel of officers.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 29, 1923 The Virginian-Pilot Norfolk, VA

Article from The Virginian-Pilot, January 29, 1923

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Article Text

BANK WILL RE-OPEN Littleton, N. C., Jan. 28.—Arrangements are being made here to reopen the Planters Bank on February 1 under a different name, and, it is understood, a new personnel of officers. The bank was closed January 1 by order of the Corporation Commission, owing to a heavy run made on it by depositors.