Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
FIRST NATIONAL s
RECORD ABSORBING
IN HISTORY or STRUGGLE FOR
rPBUILDING OF THE
COMMUNITY


oh mo zlst day OF January. 1890. the
First National Rank wns rron,od n
eh1r,., nv ,h. co,,n,.o,,.. :, a. 9
..,.,, -, a. -,
VI "' '"''ou Sta'es OF Amcrics
ana given the serial number 4:i4. The
bank was orlginaiE cnpi,sllyed with a
capital stuck NJ N,v ,ho,.,, A.u.
,,,,,,. -, W. ''''a' y
' '-'" W. anu s'heo that time has
p"Sed leading part In financial mat
tera. not only I'm this Immediate .so
tion. mn, ,hron.Ao,,, a..
'' eA"'"'
W" '"""ahu'e' The president. w IL
Fuqua. assumed control % the affairs Of
tho hank aeon after n, orvau,z,,,on
and since ,h,, ,,,o ~, -, -
..,.A :, "N'Neu N'c ueS
'"e INSTITUTION Under his
ho'e direction the hank has been able
20 keep abreast with financial cha,,..
and condi,io,. ,h.o,,.,,,. . -
=. -, Wv ''"""'
s'"' '"'''oy giving To its large
number OF patrons tho most efficient
service possible.
In thlrty-one Years the dooo.,,. =,
this hank have Rrovn fro,, ,ho in,,,s,
deposit, on the first d,v.s h,,s,rs." :,
900 20 nm nmoun, IN c,cs.. ~ ,o,,,
million so,l,,, Tn. - - " .ou,
through ail ~ the yioiss,tudea ina, ,or
tuna has visited unon tho p.nhana,a
II emerged from IN. manic. az ,saa ans
1907. which Swent over the land .hak
ing mighty financial ins,l,u,,ons crush
ing many Of them ana cr,nnl,n,, o,ho~.
causing chao. in the commercial ac
tvltles az the land with a.. s,r,,,,,.,h -
soupdness thorouThlv ,.s,as 49,
proven, and with liz hold unor ~. ,,,,,,
10 eorfidence renewed nnd co,,,rr,o.
During all the DAYS os s,ros. ,cd a..
ers the First National wea,hersd IN,
storm and came out strongcr ,nd 10,
ter and more decply en,rench..l In ~,
good graces of the puh,ic tina, c,or
The test Of time tell, the story q, N,
FRS, National hank. F,,r ,h,r,v.on.
years Il has ronc n,onr -eyo,rin, v,,,
rs year. until today n Is tbe bcnosl,oy,
for the holdings OF oycr four mIII,o,
dollars. Il, II the denosl,ory for man,
of the hanks IN the small towns ~ m.
Panhandle adjacsn, 20 Amarillo ana
likewise has morr than a score az cor.
respondents in tho ncighhcrinr stn,s a,
New Mexico.
II wa. the privilege Of this h,,k aur
ing the grrat world war On have +, ,,r,.
part In meeting the various ouo,ns n.
signed 20 this section. n is matte,
~ M considerable pride Ia Tho Officer,
ana employees Of this h,nk ,h,, snr,rs
that, time NO, a single call from N,
rovernmon, for funds was u,...d I'm.
answered and during tina, time n. IN.
vestmcnts in government, securities n
helm finance Inc war to,aieJ annro,,
n.ateiy n million dollars and N has
thought 20 show IFS nairlo,Is,, nv No,
having ever as ye, sola one az IN,
original bonds purchased by 4,
The character az business crravsa 4,
Ia this institution proyIdie. n good hIs
tory OF the changes that haye ,.,,,,y,.s
IN tho Panhandle sine. ~ bev,rr,r,
ror a nur,br, of var. A, h.a ,.,, Az
mands made unon 4, except for the n
nancing Of the cattle industry ara On,
bulk OF its loans wcrc mad. 20 tho
i've stock fraternity. II stlll continue,
one OF the mos, po,eu, factors IN IN,
financing of tho largo live stock inter
csts IN ,hi. section, There CANT n Tim,
also. when n rcod,y por,,on 81 ,,s fund.
swcrr advanced toward IN. dcyelopmen,
81 farming and allied en,erpr,scs IN mi,
Erc,lon. Relieving IN tho fu,urc srca,
ness Of Tho fer,iI, ,crrI,ory surround
ing Amarillo. Il has mad. .ycrv cffor,
conslston, with sooi business toward
tho furthcrancc az Agricultural ac,,yt,,
IN thI. section for a number OF wear.
More RECENTLY s,il, ~ has he,., IN.
pleasur, of this h,nk IN have n mar, IN
the up.huildinp az a,I,, farming M,
rain,.,T aud nou,,,v ,,l.,rg
During ali ~ ~ oxIs,.rcc ,ht. n,,t
has cni,vcl the n,,ron,v, q, n lars,