The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-10
GREAT DAY FOR
MAURY NATIONAL
THIS SPLENDID INSTITUTION DID
AN ENORMOUS BUSINESS
ON MONDAY.
HEAVY DEPOSITS WERE MADE
Bank Gains In Amount And
Also Many New Gus
toners.

over at the Maury National Bank
President Church and Cashier Parker.
all the push in fact. are wearing
smile that won't come off; all because
OF First Mondays business.
A Herald man heard that something
had been doing there Monday, and ne
went to inquire what 1t was. He
heard they had done a good business,
and he asked them IL they were salts
fed. And they began to tell him some
things. and he said, I'm from Mis-
souri. show me-" And they showed
him; and he saw more money than
he ever saw before. at any one time,
or any two times, or any several
times, in all his life. AS Old Wash
would say, Its perfectly scandalous
the way they had money layin' aroun'
loose. nobody peerin' to keer fer it,"
How much in dollars and cents, ex-
actly, we do not know; but 1t is a
fact that their vault was actually
crowded with money; much OF It
i good, clean. new money. They had
the gold stacked up in piles, and the
silver itl bags. and the currency In
bundles and the loose change in cigar
boxes. Money was simply heaped up
TO get /, out OF the way. Twenty
Thousand dollars In gittering solu
and shining silver. AS much Of Uncle
SANS new, crisp currency, subject to
call. but never even clipped apart.
Money everywhere; and nobody seem
ing to want it, or care for 1t; yet we
susnedt that il was there for pur'
pose; and that purpose. we are told,
was To make more money.
Mondays business was the biggest
business this bank has had since the
frst Monday in January OF last year.
The year 1907 was prosperous year;
1t WAS a big business year, and the
banlt made money; but no one day
OF that prosperous year eQualled the
first Monday in January, 1908. The
BANK received on deposit $4,000; and
maid out ON checks, (all In good mon
ey. no clearing house certihcat4s)
$5S. 1000: leaving 1t at the close Of the
days work with $4,000 more money
than 1t had when 1t opened its doors
In the morning; and. what Messrs
Church and Parker seemed TO appre
cid tie even more than the gain In cash
wA is the gain of quite number Of
NEW customers. They not only did
rushing business all day; held al
their money and added more; but they
ahso held all their old customers and
added more; and last but not least
MAS the general good feeling among
Din their customers; confidence anc
compliments were handed out e
khem ungrudgingly; well done. tnot
good and faithful servants were tht
greetings they received from all sides
directors, stockholders, depositors' al
said well done
And why shouldn't they? Out OF
\ close squeeze and a epanicky spell
with the lime light OF public thoughl
I and criticism full upon them. tne1
I emerge from the gloomy, dark day'
7 of the old year, out into the youti
7 and glow Of the new rear. rich u
experience, strong in the confidence
lof the people. and with more money
than they know what 70 do with
With such report as this from on
} of the leading business institution
Of the county; with mules SELLING
quick and fast at high prices, VIVA
have the people Of this county 70 fear
, Rather what have they TO hope Du
for another year of prosperity, peac'
. and plenty. II
) FIRST Monday was not only one o
the biggest days in the history OF tn
Maury National Bank. but 1t was ON
OF the biggest, busiest days in tn
!. history OF Columbia, People bousn
and sold mules faster and Quicke
, than usual; the two big stores wher'
the bargain sales are on had NOR
. customers than they could wait on
!. and the store-keepers generally wer'
busy. It was a great day. from bus
. mess standpoint; and, not drunken
!. man was seen on streets.