9830. Merchants & Farmers Bank (Oxford, MS)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
January 10, 1921
Location
Oxford, Mississippi (34.362, -89.528)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
ab8e67589af8b84e

Response Measures

None

Description

Newspaper notices (Jan 13–27, 1921) announce that a special receiver was appointed for the Merchants and Farmers Bank of Oxford by chancery court order dated 1921-01-10 and call creditors to present claims Jan 24, 1921. There is no mention of a depositor run or of temporary suspension; appointment of a receiver indicates the bank was placed in receivership/closure. I classify the episode as suspension_closure because the bank is effectively closed and a receiver has been appointed, with no evidence of a run.

Events (1)
1. January 10, 1921 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1921, an order was made ... whereby the undersigned was appointed a special receiver and master in said cause ... W. M. WOODWARD, Special Receiver and Master.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)
1. January 13, 1921 Oxford Eagle Oxford, MS
Article from Oxford Eagle, January 13, 1921

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Article Text

NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS BANK. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1921, an order was made and entered in the cause entitled R. C, Carter, et al. Vs. Duke M. Kimbrough, et al. No. 4775, in the Chancery-court of Lafayette county, Mississippi, whereby the undersigned was appointed a special receiver and master in said cause, and ordered to give notice to all creditors of the Merchants and Farmers Bank, of Oxford, Lafayette county, Mississippi, that on the 24th day of January, A. D. 1921, at 10 A. M. in the office of the chancery clerk of said county and state, all the creditors of the said Merchants and Farmers Bank may present or asert any right or elaim to any part of the fund directed to be paid by said order by the defendants in said cause; Now, therefore, you are hereby notified that on said date, to wit, the 24th day of January, A. D. 1921, you may, at the place aforesaid, present your claim to me, duly sworn to, showing the amount you claim to be due you by the said Merchants and Farmers Bank. Witness my signature, this the 13, day of January, A. D. 1921. W. M. WOODWARD, Special Receiver and Master.

2. January 20, 1921 Oxford Eagle Oxford, MS
Article from Oxford Eagle, January 20, 1921

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NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS BANK. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1921, an order was made and entered in the cause entitled R. C. Carter, et al. Vs. Duke M. Kimbrough, et al. No. 4775, in the Chancery court of Lafayette county, Mississippi, whereby the undersigned was appointed a special receiver and master in said cause, and ordered to give notice to all creditors of the Merchants and Farmers Bank, of Oxford, Lafayette county, Mississippi, that on the 24th day of January, A. D. 1921, at 10 A. M. in the office of the chancery clerk of said county and state, all the creditors of the said Merchants and Farmers Bank may present or asert any right or claim to any part of the fund directed to be paid by said order by the defendants in said cause; Now, therefore, you are hereby notified that on said date, to wit, the 24th day of January, A. D. 1921, you may, at the place aforesaid, present your claim to me, duly sworn to, showing the amount you claim to be due you by the said Merchants and Farmers Bank. Witness my signature, this the 13, day of January, A. D. 1921. W. M. WOODWARD, Special Receiver and Master.

3. January 27, 1921 Oxford Eagle Oxford, MS
Article from Oxford Eagle, January 27, 1921

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NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS BANK. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of January, A. D. 1921, an order was made and entered in the cause entitled R. C. Carter, et al. Vs. Duke M. Kimbrough, et al. No. 4775, in the Chancery court of Lafayette county, Mississippi, whereby the undersigned was appointed a special receiver and master in said cause, and ordered to give notice to all creditors of the Merchants and Farmers Bank, of Oxford, Lafayette county, Mississippi, that on the 24th day of January, A. D. 1921, at 10 A. M. in the office of the chancery clerk of said county and state, all the creditors of the said Merchants and Farmers Bank may present or asert any right or claim to any part of the fund directed to be paid by said order by the defendants in said cause; Now, therefore, you are hereby notified that on said date, to wit, the 24th day of January, A. D. 1921, you may, at the place aforesaid, present your claim to me, duly sworn to, showing the amount you claim to be due you by the said Merchants and Farmers Bank. Witness my signature, this the 13, day of January, A. D. 1921. W. M. WOODWARD, Special Receiver and Master.