The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-22
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MECHANICS NATIONAL, BANK.

MECH4NLCS NATIONAL BANK.
1t will be seen by reference to the
corrected advertisement on our fourth
page that the stockholders of the Me-
chanics National Bank of Knoxville,
have selected Mr.. d. S. Williams, ofthe
firm of Carhart, Williams g McClung,
Knoxville, and Mr.. VIM. Harris, of
cambridge, as additional directors of
that institution. These gentlemen will
be valuable acquisition to this already
popular banking house Mr.. Harris is
one of the most successful business men
in East Tennessee, noted for his sagacity
as well as for his honesty and sterling
integrity. Mr Williams is a son-in-
law of Col. G. NJ. McGhee, and has the
conf ence and respect OF the people
generally, and especially of the bust
ness public The officers of the bank
are Recognized by the commercial com
munity las. the best men for their respec-
tive pl ces that could be found !. Mr..
4 T.. ~. Sanford late the Weep President,
was unanimously made President i'm
mediately after the sad death of Mai {.
O'ConneI. 1t was an honor worthily
and wisely bestowed, and we most
heartily endorse this endor cement of
the man and the bank taken from the
Chronicle:
AS was his predecessor, Mr. Sanford
stands out prominently as brilliant ex-
4 ample of the selfsniade men of the
times. He came to Knoxville when but
youth, as it were poor, perniless and
friendless boy, but he soon developed
and displayed the latent energy and
sterling worth that was in him and
travelled gradually, but surely up the
hill and to fame aud fortune, until now
he occupies commanding position
along side of, and takes rank with the
wealthiest, most successful and most
prominent of Knoxville's capitalists and
business men. He is the senior partner
of the drug firm of Sanford, Chamber
lain 81 Albers, one of the soundest and
most successful houses, and one that
does more business, perhaps, than any
similar Institution in the South. He is
a largely Interested stockholder and
Fdifector in the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad, and commands a
position of influence in that wealthy
and t1ourishing corporation. Besides
this he is one Of the largest stockholders
in the banking i stitutfon that has just
khonored him with the presidency and
still aside from that he owns and con-
trolls large landed and real estate prop
erty, ard has large investments in vari-
Gus manufacturing and Industrial enter
prises. He is president of the Board of
Education of Knoxville City Schools,
and he is "a large owner and aids in di-
recting fnanysef tile most successful of
Knoxville's manufacturing and bust
ness enterprises. Very few, if any, in
our city have done so much 20 build up
Knoxville and. MAKE it manufacturing,
a business and an educational center.
AS shrewd, cool, safe, far seeing and
calculating business man, Mr.. Sanford
p ssesses few superiors anywhere. His
judgment is wonderfully true and UNI
: erring, and he has ample nerve and
pluck to back that judgment yet he is
sufficiently cons rvative for safety al
ways, and never goes in but 10 win.
His swift and answering integrity and
substantially of character are pro-
verbal, and he not only possesses the
unlimited and implicit confidence of
business circles here AID elsewhere, to
the fullest extent possible, but is most
admired by those who know him best
for his sterling worth as a social, LIBERAL
minded citizen ard philosophical and
enterprising man, whom Knoxville is
proud to own.
The Mechanics National is to be con-
graduated upon the accession to the
presidency of such a man one who
will carry out to full comple ton the ex-
tensive plans for the future of its hon
ored but deceased founder and one
whose couIsels may always be safely
taken anu relied upon. The success of
4 the Mechanics National Bank has been
unprecedented. 1t is backed and sus-
Iained by a board of directors and list
of stockholders that comprise many of
thelleading business men and CAPT alists
of Knoxville d Eas. Tennessee, aud
its management and basis are such as
give it rank with The safest and sound
est institutions of our land, and it GER
7 tainiy commands the confidence aud
merits the patronage of the business
! public.