Ness County Bank - Ness City, KS

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: March 1, 1898*
Location: Ness City, Kansas (38.453, -99.907)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 45acb8fb

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Description

Article (1900) states that J. C. Hopper was chosen receiver of the defunct Ness County Bank in March 1898. No run or suspension is described in the text; the bank was already defunct and placed in receivership.

Events (1)

1. March 1, 1898* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: In March, 1898, he was chosen receiver of the defunct Ness County Bank.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. May 4, 1900 The Kinsley Graphic Kinsley, KS

Article from The Kinsley Graphic, May 4, 1900

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Article Text

SENATORIAL CANDIDATE. J. C. Hopper. of Ness City, whose name will be presented to the senatorial convention at Larned, May 22, has been a promitent and esteemed citizen of Ness county since 1866, when he cast his lot among the people of that county as a farmer and stockmån. which occupation he followed for four years: till an accident deprived him of his left hand. Since that time he has served two years as county clerk of the county. One important feature of his work as county clerk was his organizetion of an alliance of the clerks of western Kansas counties to fight the high rate of taxation, which resulted in a reduction of $50.000 a year in the amount levied against the west third of the state. At the close of his term he issued gratuitously to the voters of the county a pamphlet on the financial condition of the county, and containing. besides, a budget of useful information for voters in regard to the Australian ballot law. and other laws relating to road and school districts, townships, assessors' duties. etc. All of his work was characterized by a close attention to detail and an integrity that was never questioned. In March. 1898, he was chosen receiver of the defurct Ness County Bank. and in July of the same year he was elected president of the Citizens' State Bank of that city. His being connected with banking interests will possibly be urged as a reason why he should not be nominated, but when it is rememhered that the choice of him as receiver was made on account of his well-known honesty and ability, the fact should be in his favor. Mr. Hopper served as a delegate to the national convention at St. Louis in 1896. His political record will bear investigatlon, and the high esteem in which he is held at home is one of the best recommendation that could be given him.-Garden City Sentinel.