Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-13
DWNERS 0F FIVE | CITY BANKS MEET
Nearly All Old Officials and Directors Re- elected for This Year.
ITI. ARE OPTIMISTIC
|sual Dividends Declared by Each Tn. ktitution, Reports Indicating That Local Banks Enjoyed Prosperity During 1914.

Local Banks Enjoyed Prosperity During 1914.
 Stockholders of every bank in Pine Huff attended annual meetings held ! the banking companies yesterday, Rd in each case directors were elected {Ildends declared, reports of last kars business received, and officers Rmed by the new directorates. Each of the five banks will be con- |1cted in 1915 by the same officers, ected by the same directors, who ere in charge during 1914, this in self being an indication of the opti- istic feeling prevailing among the ockholders, directors and officers of e banking companies, over expected lsiness and financial conditions dur g the ensuing year.
 Direct statements as to their opin- In Of the outlook for business acti- ties and extensions in 1915 could bt be obtained from any of the ei- ce.s of any one of the banks, Of eials of banking houses being noted their unwillingness to deal in ticjpaiicns and prospects. But that strong feeling of optimism prevailed each of the five meetings of stock blders, was admitted by those pres It.
 SiMmons' National Bank. Stockholders of the Simmons btional Bank received the reports of st years work and ordered the claration and payment of the usual vidend of per cent. The business st year was a successful year fo: ny of the bank, several hundred new (counts being opened during the lar. Directors and officers were re- scted, a, follows:
 z. Orto president; w. N. Trulock, ce president; J. T. Lloyd vice presi- Ht; Jo. Nichol cashier; L. F. Hut, sistant cashier; z. 0rto, N. T. Rob- Us, J. T. Lloyd, D. B. Niven, J. r. Pattlebaum w. N. Trulock, Leo M. (drews and Jo Nichol directors.
 The Citizens Bank.
 The only change in the directorate the Citizens Bank was the election Captain M. w. Ware, we'll known Inter and capitalist, to the board succeed E. R. Willerford, who has moved to Texas. The stockholders the bank .dec!ared the usual divi- ld, and the reports indicated tha: year was successful year fo: Dank. The new directorate of Cltlzens' Bank is made up as fol- M. Knox. D. M. Bluthenthal, P. eyrd, G. l.. Madding, J. c. Bain. "a FOX, George w. Lambert, J. B. Eers' F.. M. Roane, M. B. Bloom Capt. M. w. Ware.
 ne officers, all reelected, are as ohn B. speers. president; R. M. 'x, first vice president; George L. ldlng second vice president; M. E. om cashier; R. l.. Byrd, assistant hier Merclants and Planters Bank. .e stockholders of the Merchants Planters Bank held an enthusi- session, the reports showing the bank had experienced a most Silent year in 1914. The usual l-annual dividend of 3 per cent, declared by the stockholders, reelected the old directors, as bws:
 W. Wilkins, D. l.. Franklin. w. ss' s. C. Alexander, w. T. Collier, L. Dewoody, IA. D.. Foster, J. s. an, Clifton Howell.
 ne officers, also all reelected, are ollows:
 U. Alexander president; w. L. fer. ockholders of fhis bank were osled to learn from the reports there were several hundred new unls opened during the year, nd 'he savings department, openea
 SIX months ago, already had ooo accounts, which number is ny increasing. In it's latest uleht' issued December 31, 1914. pahk carried it's furniture and res at a valuation of $1. The lmoldefs aao at the meeting yesterday eo by $l,250 the amount charged v banking house, which is now ua on the books of the bank at q It'on of s14,000.
 Cotton Belt Bank. ports of officers of the Cotton savlngs & Trust company made stockholders in their annual ms yesterday brought out the .ng sung fact that the business of .4k .k during December, 1914, was
 .aah It was III the correspond .o .ontn of the year previous, this tioe tI .ne general talk of financial ''ons being tight" &
 cotton Belt Bank had most ao'ory year in. 1914, a large
 sr or new accounts being opened
 s saai dividend was declared and
 bo bo,d paid some time ago, and the
 u,uauers ,uars yesterday reelected the
 n, m,ectors, as follows:
 nk T F: Bridges. J. w. Crawford,
 TA, LIT. A. W. Troupe, Ben B.
 po,;. T., E. Boyce, R. M. Galbraith,
 dI;aihger, and Harvey Hogg.
 aifec.ors reelected the old of
 as follows:
 noyce president; R. M. Gal
 arv v'e president; c. H. Bolinger