Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-05-28

bors came in for our creamery checks,
and are going to take home some
lumber from the Lancaster Lumber
Co. and from the Birmingham &
Hixon Lumber Co. Yes, there let
it out-Billy's new house. Guess I'll
have to tell you the surprise Billy
sprung on me this morning and how
he got me started banking at the
Peoples State Bank, the new bank.
Billy and was going over the figures
for the cream, when Billy says,
Dad, what are you going to do with
your part of this deal Z What are
you going to do with yours, Billy?
says I. I'm going to bank it at the
Peoples State Bank, dad, says Billy,
and I want you to bank yours there,
too. Billy, says I, wanting
man to do something usually has to
be supported by some argument; you'll
have to show me: I'm from Mis-
souri,. Well, says Billy, they We
always treated me square, taken care
of me in fine shape and given me the
same kind of treatment whether 1
had dollar in the bank or ST., 900.
That's pretty good, Billy, but you'll IL
have to come again, says I. Billy
was getting Uarmed up pretty we'll.
Now, dad, says he, the first thing
you want in bank is-Safety, says I,
cutting him off. All right, says
Billy. Now, what makes a bank
safe and strong2 says he. Good,
strong men, the same that makes any
Institution strong, says I. Well.
says Billy, here's list Of the men
that direct the Peoples, and Billy
showed statement under my nose
| with the names of the directors of the
bank. Let me see, Billy, says 1.
Geo. A. Moore is the man whom we
| used to sell our stock to- Yes,
says Billy. And William Wetter-
that's the man that wrote that Farm.
ers' Mutual Insurance for me?' 'The
same, says Billy. Yes, and here 5
P. r. Stoffel and Charley Graney,
the chairman of the Town of Ell
lenboro, and j. H. Wagner, chair
man of the Town of Liberty, and J.
Harold Pugh, Why, here's John S.
| Wright-Everybody knows Papa
Wright Well. Billy, that's a
mighty good bunch and we'll score one
for you on the safety proposition.
After all it ism t the large amount on
deposits that make the bank so safe !;
! it's the stockholders behind it. And
how about the accommodations,
Billy, says I. Well, says Billy,
they always have funds for me;
don't hear their customers kicking,
and their business is growing. When
you make note, is it good or bad,
Billy2' says l, IF you always make
paper as good as your old dads you II
never have any trouble getting what
money you have perfect right to ask
for Any bank is glad to have my
note, says l. little hot under the
collar. That convicts you. dad, said
Billy, and saw that Billy had caught
me dead to rights. Well, we went
up to the bank and when we got
there, there was kid at the counter
with a pile of pennies the size of
your fist. Billy, says I, has that
kid been robbing a Sunday school
or which 2? He's starting a savings
account with dollar, says Billy.
And sure enough the cashier gave him
a pass book and handed it out to
him like he'd made deposit Of a
million dollars and the way that kid
stepped out I'd bet they'd made a
customer for life. Dad, says Billy,
what did 1 tell you about the small
fry getting good treatment, as we'll as
the large here ~ Shut up, says /
I I'm going to get book for myself
and one of these little banks for
Hank and blamed if I didn t also
take out one Of their four per cent
certificates of deposit for the wife.
The officers and stockholders of the
Peoples State Bank are practically
all Grant county citizens, whose
financial responsibility is we'll
known.
When you buy of a catalogue
house in distant city, said Mrs.
Senator Sorghum, you invariably
lose in quality. Their prices fire.
quently appear attractive, but when