The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-10-31
4 Made 70 ORDER
BANK BUhnLARf



ssRha Welldon Community bank, o.
egellasm, N. NJ, wac robbed ~ safe
nlawars laae night Nitrogiycefin was
mnna 90 epem ne Dahk vault With dis
aasreua results 10 enc o. enc TobbeFa,
go wae hlewm % pieces Nv sas ca
naanfua. HHie c0m6edeYAtas pgcceshfal-
- iaeesd enc hama nnA obtained $50
80 a cash."
IAAs M,als itsn eaFFisa b. ne vaEa.
cue New Wosk payers was the geneais
Is ny eoanuction wffA the ereat Well
esn CommrRiaY bank FobbeEy. 4 few
Aours after. the papers carrying he
ns3s we're on the street ] VAS % ny
way ae weldon, ogdpte6 By che BurAs
ameg e lnvestigats theaeaas 80 .
psessmaativQ Of the National Banas
sa' PEdAectave association. h.
All me reader probably 10 net faEnil-
- with enc Welldon cozantunity Il ~
aaTy ID delay my story Q sEiae
d o4deg that the gilpAki0n naAy be
maas mere clear. ThIa community -
sac 81 several Of the sort that may BE-
Ifeuna 81 southern Nov York and
InnssAssn Pannsylyania. n waa found
20 aAauA NeAo ~ en- ,EnglisArean
!namsa Weldon, Who was IN his OWE
laav e saskaS AFTER q modern Utopia
vgssIdon believed that our whols sys.
Iaan e. Myins n eitabs, crowded ana
Iuneo afortahls. or IA couatFy districts.
IantAsaA anA lonesome, was AZ wrong.
- believed that the email community
lmgay eanilioa. for instance, gatheEed
saseuna Q commcn center, END yet not
wkAareA 10 eloeely togotAer Aa 90
tlaasa An actual town, was mo Meai, -
vel &c me practical way for mankind
40 awell. de had made something Of .
aagsune IN the mill husiness n Eng
IinnA. Unable 70 put into practice in
sAat eountSy hls novel Idea, be came
20 AnoTica ana, after cOnsidsrabis
Seasehiaa, AKad upon the rich farming
easisy 10 southern New York as the
ispea rsost favorable for the location Of
SAa weldon community. There ne
ApanwAs aogseAs9 about thirty families,
Iegsneing most Of them from his native
annA. England. He established . Co
asasasiva store. q blaCknmith shop. >
lseAool. 4 church. q mills IN fact, every.
leAlns seeded ID supply the. welfare o.
a. aesAeMlsmTdl community Including
e. WgelA6on Community bank. Thaa
IAanA. While 4 vas ownoa and patron
laaaa maanly By the people cs the COM
aanniay. vas ohagEerod and managed
a. any small country bank would be.
lvGa,ldoh haA conducted Sc aGaiEs aim
aals aa aEst. AZ his death Il had pasnsd
q hls son 90 eaE as management YES
ennosFnsG, though che title remained
aa sAo commnnity. Wsllaon's son had
nsinuaa he banking husineas aa sue
ssaafully e. his father had done before
hiua. and me Aank.was Aa'prospsfoun
nnA enad a. email bank possibly
eoNa ~. II had mover become . pow.
q. hat On enc other hand. 4 had never
AsaRan aSoahie once during tta wAoie
elslaaemes.
WeaaanR'a son had died q few years
nate enc reDAegY occurred, and the
management sherSapon had passed
anea sAs Aanaa Of 0slas. the cashier
IL haa done fully 90 well By The bana
= ehs Wslldons had. and the com
muaity lad trusted ita money % the
Aamh's care aa implicitly as eyeE. The
bash Aaa proved time and again thas
4 was panio-prooE; but Il wasn't bur.
asas.pseoG. AFTER over fxty-ave years
a. snoeasagal operation Il lad been
slsanea cut BY the conventional accs'
Aant os Swallowing. Altogether y
vas q ranagkAhle situation.
! sonna tAe litalo place IN the great
go atiF az DO htntosy whea 4 alighted
arean eAe accommodation tPaln that
easzaSA me from the nearest CITY ~
aAa SPAR . Welldon community. There
wasna nuch a q town q Wsll0on,
eaiy 3 few stores. ofacoa. warehouses
ana houses strung qloag The ROAD g
eAs eaataE ae the farms Of the valley
re bank wae 9 neat OLD gray-stone
AnllAina that occupied q position q
heneg d ne Middle 81 4 ell. N was
asmpaet sturdy looking building, OBJ
sAsasly built vita view % guarding
e we'll e. boasihls whatever might b
Aspk inssaa Around the building Wsrs
eaaAagaa monl eg the people Of tAe
oanmnnlay. Tha Fsat Of them wers
AnBnlMg ar0una the undaEtakoE's aAoT
nasaaa che road where the body q
aAs alHHn safe. hloWeT lay for the pres
sne. TAa county sheriff and he zero
aas were aoing their respective duties
q aaseR4tgs tAnhion. and The people
as % content thamaOlves vita Htana'
sc aad lOoklng e ne outsidea e tAs
aasi6ings eoneaining the ob5octs thai
80 aroused their curiosity. Thsy
vsvo tho nest shocked and horror
ntrieksa GrsuD that I had seen for 9
laaa Zine. Il Was TIE arss real crime
e aRg Importance that had ever been
eeRmlttsa g TIE valley Wtthin The
mamoRR 90 tho oiasst iAhahit&nk and
So eo@munaty was 90 awed b. The
eaeek eg a that shsra was scarcely
aAenEht lafe IN tha whOle crowd.
aWena 70 the hank aFat Ane my card
aa ne ID past TIE nhegiR'p deputy.
80 Bses,Vo1 ~ NJ. GILES. The pgesi'
eaas e tAs bank. aad tAe board & ai
seeiags. WAa were assembled "a tAa
saktnS poom. They we're slad e go
~ - IVES spnsthiaS altOsethss