The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-26
MACHINE INSTALLED
As BANK BOOKKEEPER
AN ADDING AND SUBTRACTING
MACHINE is A WONDERFUL
PIECE OF MECHANISM.

The Bank of Dawson has just in
stalled a machine that will actually
Iaep books. The Burroughs Adding
Cnbtracting Machine is the name of
This mechanical bookkeeper and it
will be used for making entries to
tbe banks ledgers and writing up
dppositors' statements.
To understand best what this ma
chine means to a busy bank one must
600 it in actual operation A great
number of checks naturally come in
to the bank daily and each must pass
through the regular channels. A rec
ord must be made of each one and
the account of each depositor must
be handled separately and accurately.
Before the advent of the machine
the detail work of entering amounts
in the ledger and making out deposit
tors statements was a tiresome and
uncertain task. All checks had to be
listed separately and added up by
hand All deposits had to be listed
and added and their total combined
with the customers old balance.
When that was done the total of all
checks had to be deducted from the
sum of old balance and deposits to
determine the new balance.
Great Labor-Saver.
With the new Burroughs this work
is all done mechanically, except the
actual setting down of the figures on
the keyboard. And the balancing of
an account, from old balance on
through checks and deposits to new
balance, is virtually handled in one
operation.
The operator first feeds the Gus
toner's old balance into the machine.
Then he sets down the amount of
each check; enters the amount of the
deposit; and, after taking a spacing
stroke, depresses the operating bar
with the key down and the correct
new balance is automatically COM
puted and printed in the right hand
column The machine also automati-
cally prints the dates opposite each
list of checks and deposits, and with
out any attention from the operator
sets each in the column in which it
belongs.
Another thing it does it to detect
oyerdrafts instantly, whether the OPP
orator notices them or not. When the
checks exceed the deposits and the
old balance the machine automatical-
ly locks and no results can be obtain
ed until the lever controlling the in
ternal mechanism is placed in the
subtract" position, when the over
draft is printed in the proper column
with an "OD" sign in red ink.
With the use of the machine the
Bank of Dawson's books are kept
more neatly, accurately and efficient
y than they could possibly be kept
by hand. The machine method cuts
out unnecessary labor and eliminates
mistakes
Accounts Stay Balanced.
In addition to posting the ledgers
the Burroughs makes out monthly
statements for depositors. Each state
ment shows all the checks and de-
posts of the customer, together with
the balance he has in the bank at the
end of the month. Under this system
each customers account is kept bal
anced all the time and a statement
Is ready for him at the end of the
month, or at any time he wants it,
on five minutes notice. Moreover, he
does not have to bother with bringing
IN his pass book to be balanced. Be
ing made on the machine and check
ed back with the ledger sheets-of
winch they are in exact duplicate
me statements will of course be alb
SoIutely accurate.
This system is similar to that now
III use IN the most progressive banks
IN the country and marks another
step IN the Bank of Dawson's effort
70 give the most complete and sat
Idactory service to depositors.