The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-26
MAKE AN ALLIANCE.
BANKERS AT METROPOLIS MEET.
ING URGED TO INVOKE SHEER
iFF'S AID FOR PROTECTION
John S. Aisthorpe Of Cairo Addressed
Group Ten of Illinois Bankers
Association at Merop-
oils Yesterday. 2

/ oils Yesterday. Is
+ Group Ten of the Illinois Bankers
Association met yesterday at Me
tropolis and was attended by repre-
sentatiyes OF banking interests from
many towns In this end OF the state
including several from Cairo. The
usual discussions of matters concern
ing these interests were had and the
visitors were nicely entertained by
the bankers and citizens of Metropolis
4 Among the addresses delivered was
lone by John s. Aisthorpe, president
of the First Bank & Trust Co. of this
city. who advanced new idea for
the consideration of bankers generally
looking to the better protection oil
banks from burglary-an alliance
with the sheriffs of all the counties
in this and adjoining states. Excep.
tionally good addresses were made by
H. P. Hilliard, president of the Cen
trail National Bank Of ST. Louis, on
Corporations and Their Functions
and by n. W. Karraker, president of
the Bank of Jonesboro on General
Banking and Interest Rates"
An auto trip to Fort Massac was
one of the features of the day, and a
dinner rendered by the Metropolis
bankers.
MIR. Aisthorpe's Address.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:-
1t is pleasure for me to be pres
ent and to talk to the Bankers of
Group Ten. for | am one of you and
reside In the District composing said
group. I have from the first intima-
ton and suggestion Of forming
groups in the State Of Illinois, advo-
stated and favored their organization.
The interest manifested in these
meetings is most encouraging, they
not only bring together the bankers
located in each specific group and
give them an opportunity to discuss
matters of btnhing interest, which
pertain to their own local territory;
but these group meetings help to
get rs better acquainted, one with
another. sometimes with the bankers
in orr own town or city, and aid in
better under landing of each other.
and brings about those things which
bodies good to alIaylng petty jealous
les and undue competition that at
times does exist between our fellow
citizens interested in the banking
business. These meetings also bring
about many other benefits and i'm.
provements of local interest, as we'll
as matters of State and National i'm
portance. tending toward solving
finaneitl questions now before us,
that will have to be solved in the
next few years The group system
has already proven to the bankers of
Illinois that they made no fistake In
it, organization and the method OF
its formation.
Gentlemen.
| am pleased to meet you in this
city of Metropolis. IL Is not only a
thriving and prosperous city, but has
its place in our early National his
tory. Much has already been said of
this. so will not take up your time
other than to refer to a matter of
history that came to my personal
knowledge. A few years ago was
interested in ascertaining from whom
and where the name "Gayoso" came
This name has been frequently used
In naming corporations and enter
prises in the Southern States, and
some Of my associates who hal be-
come interested in the building of a
large hotel in Memphis. Tenne see,
desired to use the name, Hotel
Gayoso" Several of the older citi
zens of Memphis told us that 1t was
an Indian name. and many that they
did not know However in our re-
search, We learned Don Manuel Gay
oso" was Spanish nobleman, serv.
ing in the American colonies as a
rigadier-general in the Army OF
Spain, and first played prominent
rart in the Colonial history at the
beginning of what ~ known as the
Spanish Intrigues" He was made
Governor of the Louisianas In 1888
1t was desired by the citizens Of the
United States, to obtain treaty with
Spain for free navigation OF the Mis-.
stssippi river. to the Gulf of Mexico
ana in the. year of 1889 special
representative Of the United States
Army Department was despatched
from Washington, ,and came down
the Ohio river from the Alleghenies.
to meet representatives of Governor
Gayoso, and who were to meet at or
near the mouth of the, Ohio river.
Special mention is made on this trip
of Fort Massac. and the Indian trails
therefrom. A stop. was made at this
point. and some of Governor Gayosos
men met the United States repre-
sentatives, then proceeded down the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Nat
chez Mississippi. where treaty was
practically agreed upon between all
parties for free navigation OF the
Mississippi river.