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Sit eh tie Bank
Wtigotrak tre.r old
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U .-cr Ste floor vmd 2-inch
nic walls, its
absolutely pro
glary and fire
the vaults of
Treasury, and
protection the
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every. fc dollar of
faults; every man
bank will be
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by tre insur
FETY will be
been any
fions among tne
'Joard of Direc-Jity-thvee
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Hft b isM.rf ran me pi'
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AJssjcs. Pir-y II.. '.nd Lawrence
Stieu, aged 1G nad l") re?pe..'-
Up- to the time of this change
JUresse nger Lid been printed
3S a. -vVaIiiLgt' n Hanipri3--(
ars,nU.r man liilirg lufichine.,
il.jingust Jle.srs- Wilson in-
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iv' the original purchasers, ana
nd real estate,
A. S. Thompson, Farmer,
F. L. Blue, Fire Insurauct,
A- J. Floyd, Merchant and
farm r,
11. O. Pittman, Farmer,
N. W. Jenkins, Farmer,
F. L. Blue, Cashier.
J. D. McLean, Merchant, has
five of the original seven Direc
tors, and the two changes were
made because of the sale of
stock and death, and the pres
ent officers:
Dr. J. P. Brown, President,
A. S. Thompson, Vice-Pres.,
F. L. Blue, Cashier, are the
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nj. jullding, nt quite con
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r.:'-MsniLC: .v.;,.l, u.n.a 4.1441. nnvli
n'ntu, uu
rents which vere eer
.ng them.
' A few mont: l-fon moving
iV' boys iwalled ai Omaha
Fohtt.v att3i."''l"'.r't to tiis press,
' which V, wtking nicely now. In
I the fall 1-J13 a water system
was installed in the pi tut. Tnis
system is known as the "Rural
Automatic lump." nns
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same officers oriiuallv eweted
in uw.tne omy cnauge m;iBank lriS ma(le good profits
during these years, being "W: from the beginning, because it
an exchange of places betweer ! LftS been dou a good busiueS8
the President and -we Fresi-: a1 the time but espedally bs.
dent. At the ast meefug of cauge theexp-ense has beeu kept
the stockholders, the first tbHown tQ the rainimum, No sal.
year, it was unanimously re-j jg plid except to the Cashier
solved that a vote of thanks beand bookkeeper; the President
extended to the officers for tie j &nd yice President giviug eir
gooa wok accompusnea
tne past year. The President
very generously announced hatThe Rank hag never had to pay
if any praises were due, they reQt an(J nQW thfl dividends
should be bestowed upon the I thaQ thy actual,y
Cashier as he had done are because they are declared on
work, and deserved the encn -o $in (inn wili. 491 nnn
urns, thus showing that tbe
officers are pleasing the stock
holder, and that no jealousy or
bickering exists among the of
ficers. 1
The
Bank of Fairmont VaSj
organized and opened for tb
convenience of the people, am,
for the good of the town an!
community, and not for the pur
pose of making money for tie
I stockholders, and this policy tad
puvpose has been rigidly adhepi
to; and in building up a stro'g
er and better Bank, and givng
depositors greater security, he
stockholders have been paid n
ly an annual cash dividend 0 6
per cent, t;he balance of he
profits being carritd to the crd
it of Undivided Profit Accent
and to a permanent surplus Ft id
It has grown troni year to
until loday, tne bans ftas
plus fund as large as its c
stock with a good amount
rredit of undivided profit'; v
ing each share ot stocK
more than tllO,?
if fait
essenffer
; working "nicely.
I The building is a 2-sr.m-v eon
- :pr - t,i stiifhir4 ' Ti. t..f.
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I down stairs is the eilitorial pri
vate office and business office,
Just in the rear of the offices is
the press room. In here, besides
th newspaper press is a nice
T1 by 15 Chandler and Price
' n Press, upon which the
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Im the second iloor are the
stock and composition rooms.
rrt li'M .
ine wuson rnntiug Co. is
prepared to handle almost nnv-
thing in the line of Di intinir from
a visiting card to a wedding in
vitation.
Asthrt years go by the plait
continues to crow ana enlarge.
The Messenger has iwci-t''
changed to a semi-weeklv
order to get the news fresher to
its patrons Prf-cres" is the.
watchword of Tlir Wiis.u Print-
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the Wilson Printing Company
of the Bank twice as great-as
when the Bank ti. organized,
therefore, we can easily see why i
a standing offer of 200 per share
nride last fall failed to purchase j
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a... single snare siock. we
time without pay, for the Rood
I . n. nnH - th. t.wn
investment. Tbe town of Fair-
mont is proud of its Bank and
every encouragement is given to
it by the people. The officers
and directors are citizens, and
have been, most of them, tor
life, of the town of Fairmont,
and are honored, trusted and re
spected by all the people.
The Bank of Fairmont has
been one of the greatest factors
in making Fairmont the hustling
town that she s. During its few
years of existence it has made
2284 loans amounting to $1,007,
782.95. It has financed' the
building of a great many of the
brick stores in town, whiie num
bers of homes have been built
through the help of this good
Bank, and it has always helped
the poor and needy a. we 1 as
the prosperous. It has never
had any pets or shown any pre
ference in making loans: fur
nishing the money just as readi
ly to build the annex to Alhe
s humble cottage, as to
i he Truttjes ui the
Bap-1
iv. 4 luyu. urourieiur iu
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ot the hrm of P. Ii. Floyd, gen-
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era. merchandise, although a! Since coming to Fairmois
younf man himself is one ofjMr. Floyd has been identif'
the towns oldest merchants and with tbe younger men of FtL
Mi'-o! tin? most successiul. He
was loru and reared near Fair-
mont and came to the town- in
1S0J to engage in business with j
Mr. H. ti. Floyd iu 1.(02. He
went into . business for himself j
in the building where Dr. Ste-'
l ll4.nu iu ,1Mir l.r..,t In lour
, uvn ivi.uu. i4. iwt
lie came to the I. M. Thompson
buildngand Ixgan business in
the haw'scue store shown above.
The siorc haudles a general line
tist church, to help build their 1
handsome $12,000 brick building '
.The Bank's abi.ity to handle '.
big things was amply demon st-:
ed last fall, when it furnished 1
tl. . j : 1 e ... . .
iue mmiey uuu paiu lor mure
than 3,000,000 pounds of high I
priced tobacco inside of sixty i
days.
The Bank of Fairmont is here
to stay. While it is living in a
leased home at present, it owns
the Thompson corner, the finest
location in Fairmont for a bank
and on which it will build a hand
some home some of these davs.
We therefore lookuptn it as our
bank, and cheerfully and gladly
recommend to you the Bank of
Fairmont as. a safe place to de
posit your money and a place
where you will receive prompt
and courteous attention ct all
timts.
F. L. BLUE, Cashier
Mr. F. L. Blue Cashier of the
bank of Fairmont since his
advent in to the business and
economic life of the town in 1904
has been vitally connected with
every phase of the town develop
ment and progress. It was
through his untiring efforts dur
ing his time as mayor that the
name of Ashpole was discarded
and the name Fairmont substi
tuted an event that was epochal
in its character. He is the car
dinal factor in the active man
agemenc of the bank and the
banks success is his unstinted
endorsement as a business man.
He was born in 71 st township,
Cumberland Co., North Caro
lina,(now Hoke Co.) on the 18th
day of February, 1875. Being
the second "oldest child in a
family of eleven boys and two
girls, he educated - himself in
Lumber Bridge
School
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mercnani use nnn natn o r
specially complete line of -shoes
nioit who have d
toward its ilevelnnmpnt and thf
growth of his store reflects thJ
high esteem in which he is held 5
Fo- a n.iraber of years Mi I
Floyd lias been town clerk and
and has filled the position well!
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in: cuiei pi lirlll tt'llt j
alnioj - t everything. Their shoe
ideyartment carries the best
brands it is possible to carry.
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For fancy groceries and high
Raeford Institute, and a :.wo
years' spocial course at Wike
Forest College, taking the.B.L. '
degree from that institution i
1838 and located at lied Springs, -
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our. soon movea to ljaurmouiT,
N. v. where, for a short tine
he practiced law", before tie
State courts, and also before
Federal court at Wilmington
During 1S99, through Con
Ion- V
gressmau Jno. D. Bellamy, he
was appointed to a good posi
tion iu he Census Department
at Washington, D. C, from low-" '
er Richmond County,' N. C.,-1' '
but, a long spell of typhoid fe- i
ver, with a relapse, prevented
his accepting the position, lut j
dunug his sickness was eWedV
Secretary of the Scotland tt-
ton Mills'at Laurinburg; workJ
for the cotton mills and Mr.
JohnF. McNair for about two
yenrs; came to Ashpole as book
keeper for the Southeastern
Lumber Co., in February, 1902;
f ffcer two years with the South-fuctv-rn
Lumber Co. and Bush
& Rayner, he accepted the posi-'
tion (that he now holds) Cashiei
of the Bank of Ashpole, nol
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tne eanK 01 rairmont, enierej
the Murchison National Ban.
of Wilmington where he worke
until time for the opening of th
Bank of Ashpole.'
Thus, we see, that he enterec .
upon his duties as Cashier w:tb,
all the educational advantages
and practical experience neces-..
sary for a successful cashier oi
any bank, therefore, we nrghl
rami ir inrwiT.' ru m t nr'i'iii'i".-1 JlL . . . .
BNK OF FAIRMONT. .
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CEfOSIT Your Tobacco Checks
With ttis Bank of Fairmont.
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