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16 THE ATLANTIAN Capital, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Deposits, Three Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars A STRONG, WELL EQUIPPED, CON SERVATIVELY MANAGED BANK \% on Savings Deposits ,Your Account is Invited.. E. L. ADAMS, President. Travelers Bank and'Trust Company. W. S. LOUNSBURY, Vice-President, Travelers Bank and Trust Company. The new bank will do a general banking business and, at the same time, will supply a specific need. As its name implies, it will be devoted particularly to commercial travelers and wage earners. In this respect it is somewhat of an innovation, being among the first, if not indeed the first cashier, and Mr. M. C. Johnson, as sistant cashier. The fine furniture and marble wain scoting will soon be installed, for all of the fixtures now in the bank with the exception of the executive officers department are but temporary, to be succeeded later by the most modern BRANCH, CORNER MITCHELL AND FORSYTH STREETS Asa G. Candler, President. TRAVELERS BANK & TRUST CO A New Institution Just Started—Watch Them Grow The opening of the Travelers Bank and Trust Company marked a dis tinctive event in Atlanta’s business history. Its establishment is amply warranted by the needs of the time and, from the very outset, it has en tered upon a useful and prosperous the to substantial banking enterprises as does Atlanta. It is said, indeed, that in proportion to its volume of business and its population, the banking capi tal of this city is comparatively small. There was a manifest demand for such an institution as the Travelers Bank and Trust Company. Its pres ence will facilitate the community’s progress. • GROVER MEGAHEE, Cashier, Travelers Bank and Trust Company. institution of its kind in this section. Thousands of traveling men and wage earners make their homes in At lanta. This is a significant fact. They represent in a very large measure the motive power of our commerce. Their deposits and savings and investments are an important part of the city’s and the state’s financial activity. It is eminently proper that there should be a bank devoted especially to their needs and interests. The Travelers Bank and Trust Com pany, however, will by no means be confined to business of this character. Its solidity will appeal to the public at large. Its stockholders and direc tors and officials represent the most stable and progressive element of At lanta’s business leadership. How true this is the mere naming over of its officers will abundantly show. Mr. E. L. Adams is president; Messrs. W. S. Lounsbury and John F. Cone, vice- presidents; Mr. Grover Megahee, M. C. JOHNSON, Assistant Cashier, Travelers Bank and Trust Company. and up-to-date banking furniture. The building occupied by the new bank at 56 Peachtree street, has been completely remodeled and ornate plate glass front being constructed and the interior being built to meet the needs of a financial institution. The points emphasized by the Trav elers Bank and Trust Company are liberality in their dealings with cus tomers, courteous and efficient atten tion to all matters affecting their ac counts and the assurance of safety, which a consistent and conservative management insures. AUTOMATIC CHANGE OF FAITH. The group of delegates to the Pan- Presbyterian Conference were out see ing the town, and without noticing the danger sign went out on a footbridge across a stream. Soon their pleasure in the view was Interrupted by a burly keeper who in angry tones ordered them ashore. “Why, that is all right,’’ said one of the number; “we are Pan-Presbyteri- ans.’’ "I don’t care,’’ said the man, “if you are Pan-Presbyterians or Pot-Presby- terians, you’ll all be Baptists in five minutes If you don’t get oft o’ that bridge.” WHERE THE CAT WAS. JOHN F. CONE, Vice-President. Travelers Bank and Trust Company. “What are the passengers looking out of the window for?” asked a nerv ous lady passenger on the train as the conductor came through. “We ran over a cat, madam,” said the conductor. “Was the cat on the track?” she next asked. “Oh, no, ma’am,” assured the con ductor. “The locomotive chased her up an alley.” CENTRAL BANK AND TRUST CORPORATION Candler Building