The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

taf.Du of West Fsit' lana. follow lEZ th'
disasters that resulted from the tu-
gasfon of the boil Weevil. u would
naturally De- ausWa cred The Bank Of
Commerce, And this notwithstanding
that % t. a very young institution u
u.a- organized iB October, 1915. and IL
faced at the very outset th" financial
tim and depression incident 10 two
bank failures iu "a - succession. and
"a fFn .... dncss of "A people hnd-
o. The msrIy's after such untowaTd
h peuings but the projectors of the
q X OF Commerce accepted the situa-
ton frankly and bray"ly. They real
iz.a. though this vas a good field. that
only by conservative methods OF opera
ton which would insure safety to de
posilors and stockholders alike. would
they bs able to inspiT" public conf
d.nc" and place their institution upon
solid foundation. II was therefore
with the watchword, safety first. that
the enterprise vas begun, and a. time
went on. and the banks course was ina
aCcordanC" herewith. that confidence
Mas established It was seen that the
banks ideals Wsre heipfuluess and
loyalty 10 bone enterprises. and that
IT, aim was To build up ~ hat Was good
for The community.
Though The chief organizers % the
HauN 81 Commerce weTe nou-rssideuts.
namely. r = Davis Of CoVluEtUu and
" r Wuod ug NadironviIl.. after
wards prsstdsur and cashier respec-
lively or the bank. Mr.. Davis - a native
Of West F.Ilciaua. " HON sh. has never
4. q H.
Davis consequently brought innate love
and loyalty into IN" plan for helping
the perish Nr Woods subsequent
course shows that he has In a markedly
single hearted manner. cast ia his lot
with IN. people Of his adopted parish
The entire board of directors IL com
posed of the follow Ing named. Messrs
Max Daphpf ". n Daniel. r. G. Davis.
theston Folkes. G. l. PlettinEsr. l. ".
Rogers. " p Weed: with r. q. Davis
president. E.. ". Rogers. vice resi-
dent W r. Wood. cashier. and An
drew RettiE. Sookkeeper. As will be
seen all Of these. with the exceptions
mentioned, are home men. and ALL
OF them are Identified with its inter
ests present and future. President
Davis IL was who originated the la
Junction. BE a West FeIicianian" as
the commercial slogan for the Bank OF
Commerce and its patrons. The Banks
every act Is animated by this spirit of
loyalty 20 the parish. which IL its
natural territory. No movement. public
or private. tending GO the advancement
Of West Fs!tciana but has its sympathy.
approval and II iHtegraiiy sound. it's
assistance.
The capital stock of this institution
- SIS. a"a. all paid in. and there -
absolutely none of its stock on the
market. An advertisement. Offering 90
purchase shares. has run for one month
Ia this paper. without a single response.
From the first the IittIe bank took
hold with q strong grip. On the first
day. October = there were So d-posi-
tors. and on the Seth Of the same
month the NUM- Der had grown 10 I2s
They row number gss depo~Itors and
are Increasing from day 10 DAY. The
arst days deposits was s5.ls5.@s and
81 end Of the month showed Sl7.op7.s2
The star'mr u' made az tn. close Of
rhc s-ar showed the deposits - b.
ever Ss8.nssH These figures speak
fur thsrnsrIsss The officers 90 rhe
INSTITUTION. which - located iu the
Wet FyHcfana Bank building arn
courteous. obIigInE. with aham 70 r.
a pleasure Co deal.
The principle 81 40 overdrafrs al
lowed" T. vigorously adhered go. and
has don. as much as any ether one
thing 20 establish ~" banks rrpHta-