The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-07
IN MEMORIAM.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, ESQ.
Died June 18th, 1901.

Die0 June I5sns l5Vl-
Savannah, Ga, July 3, 1901
To the Directors Of the Citizens Bank Of
Savannah:
Your Committee respectfully submit the
following report on the death of Brantley
A. Denmark. Esq, President OF this bank:
Others with whom he was associated
have placed upon the grave Of their de-
parted friend their loving tributes to his
memory. They spoke of him as they knew
him. We shall speak Of him as we knew
him. as President of this corporation.
Mr.. Denmark was a banker, not
money changer. With him money was
the means of carrying on business, easily
and systematically. 1t was not his God,
but his servant. 1t was the means not
the end. He was not a bank autocrat,
but the trustee of those who placed him
at abe head of the Citizens Bank. He
was the same in this room as he was In
his church, his law Office. as a trustee of
the State University, member of the
Board of Education, or in any of the
many other gatherings of men in which
scientious gentleman. His standard of life
was high, and there was never a doubt
as to his purpose: to do unto others as
he would have others do unto him.
1t is not, however. for your Committee
to tell this Board of Directors over which
he so often presided what manner of man
Mr.. Denmark was. His constant endeav-
or was to be right and do right and he
succeeded better than most men.
In bank affairs a customers moral
standing weighed as much with Mr.. Den
mark as his credit on the ledger, and he
would indorse his opinion of a mans
worth with his pen. He asked his Board
to take no risk IL In their opinion he
placed the moral plane TOO high.
We can all recall instances where his
decided opinion saved firms and insttu-
lions from disaster, and this bank from
loss though at the time he laid his views
and plans before u.s. some of his asso-
ciates were not convinced that what he
advised was the best, but felt that his
intense earnestness and honesty of pur-
pose would bring the matter at issue to
a successful ending. He was a thinker,
but not a plodder; once having matured
his plans he was quick to act when the
time for action arrived.
The minutes of this Board and the
books OF the bank show that his kindly
hand and heart guided and guarded many
of his fellow men, weary of their struggle
against adverse fortune. into a haven of
financial rest. by encouraging and helping
them until the danger point was passed.
Often did it seem at our weekly meet
inss that we were managing a benevolent
institution and not a bank. But our ledg-
ers show that in his hands Mr.. Denmark's
kindly system of banking was not only
safe. but profitable.
Though he was anxious and willing to
be helpful to his fellow men. he limited
his good offices to those whom he be-
lieved to be honest and deserving. He
made no compromise by word or deed
with those whom he believed to be I'M
trustworthy.
He was an ideal Bank President Earn
est, honest, careful and conscientious, he
had the confidence of the community, the
stockholders of this bank, and its Board of
Directors.
Page upon page could be written about
Mr.. Denmark and then the story would
only be half told Your Committee,
therefore, close this report and submit the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That in the taking away OF
President Denmark, the stockholders of
this corporation have lost an able exec
utive whose like they win never see again,
and the members of this Board a pre-
siding officer who was a safe counsellor
and a personal friend. Our sorrow at his
leaving us is more than We can express
in words, and we shall never forget his
kindly spirit that has gone to the far
away land.
Resolved, That copies OF this report be
sent to his bereaved wife and son. with
expressions of our heartfelt sympathy for
| them In the departure of their best loved
Resolved further, That this report be
entered in the minutes and published In
| the newspapers of the city.
j. H. ESTILL,
| JNO. r. YOUNG,
Ii. d. STEVENS,
| Committee.