The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-19
FACTS ABOUT TULSA,
AND BIC REUNION
FINANCIAL STRENGTH IS
EQUAL TO ANY UNDER.
TAKING
BANK STATISTIC SHOW wealth
Rtady to Entertain Old Co~nfederates
September 2427 Inclusive
A Solid Week Of
Pleasure.

Tulsa, Okla, August-When the
s1-Confederate soldiers, and their a.
he'd organizations, select a city III
which to hold a reunion, if they have
never met in that city before, desire
Tor information concerning the new
meeting place is widespread through
out the southern states. The Con'
eederates last year in Washington
city selected Tulsa, Okla, as the place
8or the reunion OF 1918. It was the
first time an Oklahoma city had been
selected as a reunion city, and the
interest already mentioned attaches
b Tulsa first, to Oklahoma second.
The first and most important con-
alteration among the very large num-
Der Of people interested in reunions
ss the matter of ability of a reunion
city to finance the meeting. 1t is we'll
known that, to properly entertain a
Confederate reunion, from $4,000 to
800, 900 is necessary. The question,
therefore, in the minds Of the people
of the south is, "Can Tulsa furnish
the money!"
No Confederate reunion city a
more money, population considered
than Tulsa. Few Of them have as
much, with no consideration as to the
population. A brief statement Of Tul'
ms financial strength should d1spel
any doubt that may have arisen on
this score. In fact, the fund for en-
pertaining the reunion is already sub
scribed and assured. One hundred
thousand dollars, If necessary. will be
expended to entertain the reunion.
A consolidated bank statement re-
veals the strength Of the community
In money. Under the comptrollers
call for bank statements Of the date
of May 10, 1918, the banks Of Tulsa
showed the following wealth:
Total capital and surplus, $3,0S0,000.
Total undivided profits, s490,159.23.
Total deposits, 52,S~36,215.57.
Total resources, $59,es2,974.0
Examine now the table Of bank
c~learings. In the month OF June, 1918,
the total clearings, as shown by the
report Of the clearinghouse associa-
ton s47,os2 ,o46.17. Taking these
figures as a monthly average for the
year, the total clearings for 1918 will
be 1854, 9s4,540. This statement Is
under, rather than above, the figures
for the year, because the clearings
are increasing every month. It 1s
safe to estimate the total bank clear
ings for 1918 at six hundred millions.
The clearings in June, 1913, were sos
per cent above those Of the same
month Of 1917.
While Tulsa Is the great money
center of the southwest, her people
are patriotic also. They are giving
and lending their money to the gov.
eminent for war purposes in large
volume. At the close Of the campaign
for tho third liberty loan, the COM
munity had donated and loaned to war
purposes $1S,607, 900. This statement
includes three or four comparatively
small donations to educational and
charitable institutions, altogether
amounting to less than a million dol
lars. So, Tulsa has contributed more
than ST., 1000, 900 to the various war
loans and straight donation funds.
Her quota of $4.600,000 in the third
liberty loan, was subscribed in less
than a week.
A community that enjoys the fnan.
rcial strength that these figures in
dictate, can finance any undertaking
Itt may invite. Tulsa invited the
~IConfederates to come here with their
1918 reunion, fully understanding
what it would cost. And Tulsa will
pay the reunion bill.
Tulsa will not only pay the reunion
bill, but she will pay it ungrudgingly.
She will also extend the glad hand
ito all reunion visitors. The dates OF
the reunion are Sept. 24-27 inclusive.
The railways have granted a rate OF
lone cent a mile each way, tickets to
Igo on sale September 10, good for
l%returning home as late as October 81.