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It's A Far Cry . . .
From the old Mill Wheel and the
"One-hoss Wagin" . . .
To the
Franklin of Today
THE FRANKLIN OF TODAY is built on YESTERDAY ... on the
Character of the men and women who laid the ground work. At this
Centennial, we pause to pay our respects to them, and to acknowledge
the debt we today owe them of yesterday.
ALL THROUGH THE CENTURY, this community has been one
in which Character counted. And the character of this institution is
suggested by the roster of the men who have served it as president:
GEORGE A. JONES F. S. JOHNSTON J. S. SLOAN LEE CRAWFORD
DR. W. A. ROGERS M. L. DOWDLE FRANK B. DUNCAN
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FRANKLIN S FIRST HUNDRED YEARS have been marked, too,
by a slow but steady growth. The growth in wealth is suggested by the
increase in the assets of this bank:
TOTAL ASSETS
July 1
1903 $10,000.00
1913 240,411.85
1923 470,750.21
1933 182,423.22
1943 872,682.62
1953 . 2,239,817.51
1955 (Statement of May 7) $2,393,173.27
WE ARE PROUD to have had a part, during the last half of the cen
tury, in Franklin's development.
AS OUR TOWN enters its second century, we look forward to the
future with confidence, and with the hope that we may prove even
more effective in our efforts to serve the community.
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THE BANK of FRANKLIN
Member F. D. I. C.