The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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To Our Friends and Customers,
As the fall season is drawing to a close and the New Year is near upon us, we wish to express to one and all our appreciations of the
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of dollars have been loaned all over this community, where in our judgment it would do the most good; mostly to the fa.me>s, because
farming is the biggest business in all the world, and farming is the goose that lays the golden egg.
. All through two of the worst years of drouth and wartime prices that any people ever endured we have stood shoulder to shou < er
with the farmers, and answered every worthy call for needed financial assistance.
Now the tide is about to turn. This money is coming back-Notes and obligates are being met; bus,ness is the la, gest in the history
of the institution. Deposits over $800,000.00 and total resources having gone over the million-dollar mark, as s own y e o ov .
statement of our financial condition:
Financial Statement of The
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PADUCAH, TEXAS
' of Decomber 20, 1919
Loans ' ...........................$350,078.23
Acceptances-' Cotton'............................ 225,930.29
U. S.*Bonds, Treas. Cert, and Thrift Stamps......... 144,348.61
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures............. ^,000.UU
‘:y Other Real Estate............................... onnnnn
Federal Reserve Bank Stock...................... oci Kooen
Cash on Hand and With Other Banks ............. 261,592.80
Xotal.................•.................. $1,008,396.73
Capital Stock ................................. $ j&222-22
Surplus and Profits............................. ah non no
Currency in Circulation.........................
....................................... .. $1,008,396.73
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The Above Statement Is Correct.
CHAS. P. BOWMAN, Cashier
We are mindful of the fact that our remarkable growth is due to the liberal partonage of the people as well as to the efforts of our-
selves It is needless to say we appreciate your deposits, but we do want to tell you it means more to us than a mere record of deposits.
We take it as an expression from you of the help we have tried to give in the past, not from a personal standpoint, but from a community
standpoint of appreciation of a bank that stands by the people in time of need.
To our many new depositor, whom we have not had an opportunity to meet and talk with, we wish to assure you of our apprecia-
tion of the account you have placed with us, and gladly refer you to any of our older depositors as to how we stand by our customers^ and
cordially invite new comers and prospective partons to investigate us at this time when new arrangements and new plans are being
made If we have never been favored with your business we want it now.
Our bank will continue the same business policies in the future as in the past, taking care of the financial needs o its customers r -
gardless of conditions, keeping in mind the importance of promoting the agricultural industries of the country and trying to do what
beSWe again express our appreciation for your helping to make this bank one of the largest and strongest banks m all the Panhandle
country and we invite one and and all to be our customers and make yourself at home with us.
Wishing you a Merry Xmas, and a Prosperous New Year, we are,
The First National Bank
Of Paducah, Texas
By It* Stockholders:
T w rvpv • JOHN H. DAVIS, Jr.
T. C. PHILLIPS, fe E JORDAN CARL DAVIS,
ghu*sTHp°»MA». ills?" X«S!0TO
J. W. SIMMONS, Jr.
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1919, newspaper, December 25, 1919; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth722526/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.