The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-05
E.T. KIRK ELECTED /.
PRESIDENT Of STATE
NATIONAL TODAY
Charles d. Pearce Resigns and Mr.. f.
T. Kirk Becomes Head Of Instltu-
--tiOn W. W. Ball, Jr., Elect
cd First Vice President.

At a meeting of the directors Of the
State National Bank held Saturday
morning Mr.. Charles d. Pearce, OF
Louisville, who has been president of
the State National Bank for many
years, resigned on account Of Ill
health and his many other business
interests and Mr.. e. T. Kirk, who has
served as First Vice President of the
institution for several years, was
chosen to succeed him as head Of the
bank. Mr.. Pearce also resigned as
President of the State Trust Company
and Mr.. Kirk was elected to succeed
him as head of that institution. as well.
Other important changes were made
in the officers of this popular and
rapidly growing bank. Mr.. w. W.
Ball, Jr., who for some time has
served the bank as Assistant Cashier,
was elevated to the office of First Vice
President succeeding Mr.. Kirk and
Mr.. W. II. Rees, who for some years
has been member of the board of di-
rectors, was elected Second Vice Pres
ident Mr.. Ball was also elected Vice
President as well as Secretary and
Treasurer of the State Trust Company
and Mr.. Rees was also made Vice
President of this institution. Togeth-
er with Mr.. H. C. Sharp, cashier of the
bank, these men will constitute the
officers of both concerns.
At present Mr.. Pearce is at the head
of the Louisville Ice Company. He is
also head of the Maysville Water Com
pany and has many other business in
terests which occupy the most of his
attention. For some months he has
been in i'll health and desiring to be
relieved of the burden of being the
head of such rapidly growing con-
cern as the State National Bank, he
decided to resign that office and let it
be filled by younger man who is on
the ground and who understands the
banks workings perfectly.
No better selection could have been
made by the directors than the one
they made. Mr.. Kirk is recognized as
one of Maysville's most progressive
and successful business men. AS Vice
President of the State National he has
been the active manager of the bank
for several years. He is progressive
and yet conservative and the wonder
full growth manifest in the banks
statements is in no small manner due
to his business ability and progressive
management
The elevation of Mr., w. w. Ball, Jr.
to the position of First Vice Presi-
dent is another mark of progress As
assistant cashier and Secretary of the
State Trust Company, in full charge
of all the trust business, Mr. Ball has
demonstrated unusual banking abili-
ties and has come to be recognized over
the state of Kentucky as one of the
most promising of the states younger
bankers.
The election of Mr.. w. II. Rees as a
Vice President is another progressive
step. Having served as director of the
bank and trust company for several
years, he is in direct touch with the
business and will make the directors
very valuable officer.
These men in new Offices together
with Cashier H. c. Sharp give the
bank corps of young I.ien al the
wheel OF management and it is certain
that the growth which has marked the
life of the institution through the past
five years will be continued and will
gain momentum.
Mr.. Pearce's resignation removes
from the banking business in Mays
vile the last man who bears a name
which has been prominently identified
with Mason county's financial affairs
for nearly a century. There has been
hardly time since the first bank in
Maysville was chartered that there
has not been a member of the Pearce
family actively employed in a Mays
vile bank. He sewers his active con-
nection with Maysville banking with
the best wishes of hundreds of friends
made through his fair and honorable
career. All his friends hope for him
speedy and complete recovery of his
health and that he will find many
times in his busy life when he can run
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