. The City of Albany and Dougherty County . figure among the prominent men who developed to its present magnificent proportions the GeorgiaBankers Association, being the first chairman of the executive council; then the honored president of the State increasing years, that have neither dimmed nor dulled Capt. Davis mental or physical vigor, admonished him that itwould be best for him to retire from active bank labor and devote his attention to the management of his large private estate,his mantle fell on worthy shoulders, and Mr. Morris Weslosky was made president of the First
. The City of Albany and Dougherty County . figure among the prominent men who developed to its present magnificent proportions the GeorgiaBankers Association, being the first chairman of the executive council; then the honored president of the State increasing years, that have neither dimmed nor dulled Capt. Davis mental or physical vigor, admonished him that itwould be best for him to retire from active bank labor and devote his attention to the management of his large private estate,his mantle fell on worthy shoulders, and Mr. Morris Weslosky was made president of the First National Bank. Mr. Weslosky not only holds the esteem and confidence of Albany, but stands a prominent figure in the State, beingthe president of the State Association of Elks. Mr. S. B. Brown, the president of the Exchange Bank and Albany National Bank, is himself a man of greatbusiness acumen and personal prominence. He has large property and business interests and has just retired from thepresidency of the Georgia Bankers OF BRICK AND STuNE. It is thus to be seen that Albany is to be congratulated on her bankers, whose prominence in the State brings herenviable reputation. Yet another fact upon which she is to be felicitated is that the lieutenants of these prominentbankers—the men behind the guns, so to speak—are their worthy co-laborers, contributing their meed to the success-ful operations of these institutions. The combined capital and surplus of Albanys banks amounts to $325,000. in round numbers, while the depositaccount will average $750,000. It will thus be seen that more than $1,000,000 have been aggregated and accumu-lated in Albany within sixteen vears, a record of which any community of Albanys size may be proud. The fact is, Albany and its section afford a field for successful banking operations which no city or section can sur-pass. The habits of thrift and the character of the people warrant the confident expectation that any reasonable loan
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