99. First National Bank (Decatur, AL)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Reopening
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
3699
Charter Number
3699
Start Date
September 1, 1893*
Location
Decatur, Alabama (34.606, -86.983)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
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Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary newspapers report the First National Bank of Decatur, Ala. had recently suspended payment and was permitted to reopen (permission dated Sept. 16, 1893). No article describes a depositor run; therefore this is classified as a suspension with reopening. The precise date of the original suspension is not given in the articles.

Events (4)

1. May 5, 1887 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. September 1, 1893* Suspension
Cause Details
Articles state the bank recently suspended payment but give no cause (no run, rumor, or government action specified).
Newspaper Excerpt
the following National banks, which recently suspended payment
Source
newspapers
3. September 16, 1893 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
have been permitted to reopen their doors for business: the First National Bank of Decatur, Ala.; ... The First National Bank of Decatur has resumed business. (Huntsville Gazette, Sept. 23, 1893).
Source
newspapers
4. June 21, 1913 Voluntary Liquidation
Source
historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The Evening World, September 16, 1893

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Article Text

Banks That Have Resumed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The following National banks, which recently suspended payment. have been permitted to reopen their doors for business: The First National, of East Portland, Ore.; the First National, of Decatur, Ala., and the Lemars National, of Lemars, la.


Article from The Sun, September 17, 1893

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Article Text

National Banks Resume. WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.-The following national banks which recently suspended payment have been permitted to reopen their doors for business: The First National Bank of East Portland. Or., the First National Bank of Decatur. Ala., and the Lemars National Bank of Lemars. Ia.


Article from Huntsville Gazette, September 23, 1893

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Article Text

LOCAL NOTES -Lovely nights. -Wells are reviving. -Full moon on the 25th. -Business is looking up. -Fine harvest weather. -Fall opened yesterday. -Vacation days have ended. -Early fall weather is predicted. -Fall was ushered in on the 22nd -Send the children out to Sun day school to morrow. -Sweet potatoes are getting plentiful. -The First National Bank of Decatur has resumed business. -Crop gathering progresses vigorously. -Farmers are making hay while the sun shines. -City schools open the first Monz dap in October. -Our merchants are receiving new goods. -Merchants who advertise furnish bargains to customers. -News reaches the city of the death of John Mason out west. -The Anderson & Dement Drug Store has a business boom con tinually. Do not wait but call and get your winter suit while prices are low, W. A. WEEDEN. -Rev. E. M. Jones will begin a series of protracted meetings in h is church Lakeside M. E to morrow night. -We congratulate Rev. Alfred McCally ou his Washington ap. pointment, wishing him success therein. I have just received a new stock of fall samples of the latest styles at a low price. W. A. WEEDEN. -As the nights lengthen and the winter season draws nigh we may look for a revival of the Ivy Leaf Club. -Our Street Superintenden should look after the approaches to the colored city school and get the places filled up that otherwise will swim the children in mud during the rainy season. Don't fail to call and examine my line of $3,00 pants. W. A. WEEEEN. Best baker's bread fresh from the oven at MRS. E. DENTLER'S. -If all employers showed that tender regard and esteem for their employees as has been most noticeable in Dr. A. B. Jones toward the late Emanuel McCally through his sickness and death all would be well between labor and capital. -For fresh candies, fruits, nuts and the best of every thing in the line of contectioneries call on MRS. H. SCHOLLE, Jefferson Street. -The great dry goods establishment of A. R. Campbell & Co., whose fall announcement occupies a prominent space elsewhere in these columns, is one of the institutions of Huntsville Its history runs back to 1865. By honest dealing and an accommodating spirit this house has grafted itself in the good graces of the public.