[ Volume XXVII
THE CHICAGO BANKER
22
The Girard National Bank
Of Philadelphia
Capital,	$ 2,000,000.00
Surplus and Profits, .	. 4,015,000.00
Deposits,	41,250,000.00
FRANCIS B. REEVES, President	
RICHARD L. AUSTIN	JOSEPH WAYNE, Jr.
Vice-President	Cashier
THEO. E. WIEDERSHEIM	CHARLES M. ASHTON
Second Vice-President	Asst. Cashier
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“A Bride on Trust”
The title—-“A Bride on Trust”—of Captain Henry Curties’ new novel, sounds like a proposal from one of the talented but erratic professor reformers who have dimmed the lustre of the universities at times. First remember that Curties is to be taken “on trust” also, for did he not write “The Queen’s Gate Mystery,” “The Idol of the King,” “Tears of Angels,” “An Imperial Love Story,” and “Dorothy Salvington.”
When the diplomatists of a great nation meddle in the love affairs of one of its comparatively humble subjects it is certain that complications of state are impending. Captain Curties has given us another thrilling romance of to-day, the theme of which is the undaunted love of a Lieutenant in His Majesty’s Imperial Guards for a beautiful woman whose acquaintance he makes under peculiar circumstances. Daring death and other dangers this brave youth claims her as his wife—truly a bride on trust, for he takes her knowing nothing of her past, fearing nothing for the future. Such perfect love was rewarded, but the denouement is quite as unexpected as it is exciting. It is a tale in which the action never lags—its characters stand forth as living men and women—going on vividly to its consummation.
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New Story by Curtis Yorke
The charm of style, the brilliancy of dialogue, and the deep note of sincerity which have conquered innumerable readers in the past, are to be found in full abundance in Curtis Yorke’s new novel, “Mollie Deverill.” The underlying idea is characteristic. Mollie Winthrop, to please her father, marries Dorian Deverill. She does not wish to marry—least of all Dorian. Dorian himself does not wish to marry—least of all Mollie, whom he regards as a mischievous, irresponsible sprite, not at all his “style.” How the two work out their destiny, amidst the gradual dawn of affection, to an end of happiness forms the main current of the story; and there are highways and bypaths of interesting amusing happenings. In the field of pure and natural fiction Curtis Yorke is well ahead of her compeers.
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The First State Bank of Malden, Wash., are preparing to erect a building.
Annual Election
Georgetown, Ind.—The stockholders of the new Georgetown State Bank elected the following directors and officers: Robert A. Kelly, Jr., J. T. Flynn, J. R. Clipp, Wilbur Taylor, John Sims, Philip Berg and A. A. Burkhardt, Henry E. Jewett and John M. Baylor, R. A. Reilly will be president; J. T. Flynn, vice-president, and J. E. Kemper, cashier. The capital will be $25,000.
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Whereas, under the state laws it is practicable and desirable for any bank to become a reserve bank and the correspondent of other banks; and
Whereas, the depositing of the money of the states named in the business centers of the various localities will leave these millions of dollars in the Southwest and will materially aid in financing enterprises that would redound to the still further rapid growth and prosperity of this section of the country; therefore be it
Resolved, that the Interstate Bankers Summer Club, now in session at Monte Ne, Ark., recommends to all the banks of the foregoing states that they, as far as practicable, use as their correspondents banks in said states, and to meet the requirements of eastern exchange that only the banks thus used as reserve banks in turn use as their correspondents banks in St. Louis and other eastern cities, and that said reserve banks in the Southwest furnish banks thus using them with drafts reading, “payable in St. Louis, Kansas City and New York Exchange,” or such exchange on such eastern points as may be desirable to them,
And, whereas, further, the money going East annually, from the states named, for insurance premiums is approximately one hundred million dollars—therefore be it further,
Resolved, that we recommend that our people investigate the insurance companies of the Southwest and, where worthy, patronize the same with a view to keeping these millions at home. This is not intended to encourage the patronage of wildcat insurance companies but to encourage the establishment and patronage of solid insurance companies in the Southwest.
After several speeches, all in favor of the resolution, it was adopted by a unanimous vote. The convention then adjourned to meet at Monte Ne, Ark., the second Monday in July, 1910.	*r»
Wainwright Trust Company
Noblesville, Ind.—A. J. Brown was elected president; J. W. Smith, vice-president; J. C. Jones, secretary; Frank Baker, assistant secretary of the Wainwright Trust Company. The following directors were elected: E. M. Hare, John C. Craig, Jr., J. C. Jones, A. J. Brown, F. E. Heylmann, C. C. Curtis, R. S. Truitt, H. W. White, and J. W. Smith.
A new bank is to be organized at Marshall, Tex.