The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-10-13
FARMERS AND
MERCHANTS BANK
OF COLUMBIA WILL ESTAB-
LISH A SAVINGS BANK
DEPARTMENT.
MEANS MUCH FOR TOWNS
INDUSTRIAL WELFARE
Promotes Frugality. Offers A
Safe Investment For Small
Investors, A nd Will Prove
A Strong Addition To
The F. G. M. Bank.

1t Columbia IS not on boom, III Is
most.
All the good things SEEM to tie
headed his way
They are coming thick and strong
and the Uest ones of them.
new Court House; an electric day
current; the Columbia Military AGA
denny land last but by no means least. a
Savings Bank
This last coed thing. while il has
been under consideration and on taps
for some months, will come as an
agreeable surprise. md the Herald
enjoys the announcement as one Of the
best and biggest news items of the
year.
The Farmers Il Merchants Bank,
of Columbia, are behind this latesr
good thing tor Columbia, aud will
make formal and official announce
ment of their plans. within the next
week They have had their plans
under serious consideration for several
months, but just recently formulated
them to their entire ga lsfsctIou; and
now Mr.. j. E. Brownlow, Cashier Of
the Farmers & Merchants is absent
purchasing the books and other para
phGrnalia necessary to Savings Bank
The Herald cannot give the details,
but the plan is for the Farmers &
Merchants to take ON special and
separate Savings Department. Al
part of the present building will he set
apart for this purpose; certain part
of the force will give this department
their exclusive time the Savings de-
paItment will be in substsnce a Saw
lngs Bank, but instead of being new
bank, to build mp and win its way
into the confidence of the people, it
will have the substantial backing and
start with the public con tidence which
the Farmers IL Merchants enjoyl,
which is as strong in the hearts and
minds OF the people as it is solid i'll
financial circles.
In our judgment there is nothing
more conducive to the general good OF |
u Community, thar Savings Bank !
and COLUMBIA has felt the need of one
for a long while. Such an institution J
teaches the people economy. MANY |
man and woman have gotten their
start in life tom q modest beginning \
in Savings Bank VINO otherise would I
have been hewers of wood and drawers |
of water all their lives Many a home !
has been paid for fir III the small saw
ings in a Savings Bank that otherwise ,
would never have teen bought. Many |
an extravagant habit has Deen curbe l.
many al lmprOvideDt DISPOSE ion
by the saving habit festered
and encouraged by Savings Bank. A |
Savings Hank is the poor man s friend.
1t not only encourages MIN to save
but it gives him a safe investment for
his small savings 1t is so easy to spend
money when you have it in your
Locket OF In the house, that few of us
can resist the temptation to do so. But
once let a savings account be started, |
and it at once becomes sacred; the |
dollar put there viii not only stay |
there. hut it will grow, and while it is
it will teach the owner there
of economy, fIugallty self-denlsl; it
VIII net only build itself up, but il
VIII build up the character of the
r an or woman, boy or gill who is
building 1T mp.
And 81 we repeat, that for the
general good, tine greatest good to
the greatest number, we know
of nothing better for the community
at large, than Savings Bank And
10 ouI opinion the man or set OF men |
who establish a Savings Bank in a COM
are public nenefactoIs, and
deserve not only the support, but the
gtatitude of u the people And as
me of the people, and tor the people,
the Herald dotfs ITS cap TO the promo
.ers of the Farmers & Merchants;
savings Bank Department May they
i've long and prosper. That it Will ne
. success from the very beginning, we
nave not the shallow OF doubt; that
t will grow with age until It b comes |
tower of strength and usefulness. in
he community, we do question. 1t
Will be thrice blessed. 1t viii bless
Ind prosper it promoters; 1T will
less and prosper its depositots,; it Will
bless and prosper the community. And
Is puulic bene actor, we give 1t q
most cordial welco ne into the COM
nercial and home life of the best town
n the best State in the Union.
The good things are all headed this
way.
What nextf