Century Banking Company (Jackson, MS)

Episode Information

Episode UID
85003471351
Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
8500347 routing
Routing Number
85-0034
Start Date
July 10, 1912
Location
Jackson, Mississippi (32.299, -90.185)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
5a51f5952ff748cc

Response Measures

None

Description

Officers filed deed of assignment requesting liquidation; receiver appointed.

Events (2)
1. July 10, 1912 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The Century Banking Company has been placed in in the hands of receivers by the officers of the company, who filed a deed of assignment ... with request for liquidation of its affairs.
Source
newspapers
2. July 10, 1912 Suspension
Cause
Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details
Officers filed a deed of assignment asking for liquidation and placed the bank in receivers' hands.
Newspaper Excerpt
Century Banking Company has been placed in in the hands of receivers by the officers of the company, who filed a deed of assignment to Judge T. E. Cooper and W. H. Anderson, with request for liquidation of its affairs.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. July 10, 1912 The Hattiesburg News Hattiesburg, MS
Article from The Hattiesburg News, July 10, 1912

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Article Text

CENTURY BANKING CO. IN RECEIVERS' HANDS Jackson, July 10-The Century Banking Company has been placed in in the hands of receivers by the officers of the company, who filed a deed of assignment to Judge T. E. Cooper and W. H. Anderson, with request for liquidation of its affairs. June 14 the bank made statement of its condition to the Auditor, showing assets and liabilities of $65,553.48. Of this $25,000 was capital paid in, $30,255.02 was individual deposits subject to check, $4,806 times certificates of deposit, savings deposits $2,545.11. The loans and discounts amounted to $41,905.47, real estate $8,918.48, furniture and fixtures $4,921.32, due from other banks $4,767.63. V. Otis Robertson was president, John W. Saunders assistant cashier.

2. August 24, 1912 The Hattiesburg News Hattiesburg, MS
Article from The Hattiesburg News, August 24, 1912

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Article Text

JACKSON RECOVERS FROM DEFUNCT BANK Jackson, Aug. 24.-L. Yerger & company, local agents of the Southwestern Surity company, have paid into the city treasury the sum of $4,430.53, with interest of $33.00, being the portion of the municipal funds on deposit with the Century Banking company when that institution went into the hands of a receiver.