The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-18
HOUSE WARMING IN
ITS new QUARTERS
NATIONAL STATE AND CITY BANK
EXTENDS WELCOME TO
CUSTOMERS.
MANY VISITORS CALL
HANDSOME FURNISHINGS ARE AD-
MTRED BY ALL--oFFICERs AS
HOSTS GIVE OUT sou
MANY VISITORS CALL

Thousands of patrons and friends,
many of them ladies. took advantage
OF the invitation extended by the Off
Gals of the National State and City
Bank yesterday, and visited the hand
some new home of the institution at
iii East Main street. incidentally
1t was the forty anniversary
of the establishment of the bank and
birthday and house warning" COM
ing together added TO the signifgance
of the occasion in local banking his
tory. Handsome souvenir pencils
were given the visitors
Expressions of delight and admir-
auon were heard on every hand of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quarters and
the completeness and convenience of
the arrangements for its customers.
me massive marble columns, entwin-
ed with trailing vines; the magnifi-
cent potted palms and ferns at their
bases, and here and there huge vases
overlooking with American beauty
roses, upon which was reflected the
sort glow of many electroliers, making
q scene that is pleasing to the eye,
ana 10 earn the name which someone
mas given 1t of the fairyland of COM
mercialism."
Handsome Furnishings.
Inc highly-polished English wal
nut furniture Is IN pleasing contrast
70 the snowy floors and ceilings and
the polished brass fittings further
heighten the evident elegance.
one of the unique features and one
when appealed to the visitors. is the
ladies' retiring room, which is com
pined with writing room and lavatory
ana dressing table, with toilet Access
sories' Here. lady customers may
write their checks or transact other
business in ali privacy. even to the
extent or putting the little finishing
toucnes on their complexion. and for
their further convenience and com
tort maid is IN attendance during
banking hours to walt on them. This
feature called forth many expressions
OF delight from the visitors,
The huge Diebold vault, built es-
peclally for the bank, was another
object of interest 10 the visitors. This
vault IL said To be one of the finest
IN the South. 1t has the triple time
lock doors and something which. few
other vaults possess-an emergency
door which can be used in the event
OF Ii mishap to the time clock Below
II are two other vaults, extending into
the basement, in which are provided
places for the beeks and papers of
the bank.
Officers Receive Guests.
ofi1cers OF the bank yesterday acted
as reception committee and extended
every courtesy to their guests, and
though the bank took up it's daily
volume of business just as though it
had not been inoonvenienced by the
operation Of moving, the visitors were
shown every attention
The National State and City Bank
ID one OF the strongest financial insti-
tutions in Richmond. Its officers are;
VIM IL Palmer, president; John
s. Elicit viee-president; Vim. III. nm,
vice-president; ]. w. Snton. vice,
president; Julien Fl. Hill, cashier.
D1rectors-B. p. Addison, James
II. Anderson. J. L. Antrim, Preston
Cooke, James D. Crump. John s.
Elicit, A r, EIlerson, Horace 8.
Halves, S II Halves. w. NJ. Hill. Ed
ward G. Mayo Edwin A. Palmer. VIM.
II. Palmer, Granville G. Valentine,
Stewart NJ. Woodward