61 – somewhere, sometime in the future, the error is expected to show up in the wash; in other words, become transparent in the bookkeeping.” The officers of Boyce State Bank wrote to Bank of Clarke County, demanding as favorable terms as they could get elsewhere. They stated that, failing to do so, the bank would not hesitate to do business with the bank that does offer the best terms. Mr. Strode entered into an apprenticeship in 1909 and became a teller, with an annual salary of $300. At the end of 1909, Mr. Reed resigned his position as Assistant Cashier. The decision was made to purchase a gas stove for the director’s room for $3.75. The entire bank would be heated the following year. Hitching post bills were also paid. During a Board meeting in September, 1910, a resolution was passed giving the executive committee instructions not to discount any paper with a wife as endorser, unless it was shown or known that she had a separate estate. As 1910 drew to a close, Mr. L. C. Bradford and Mr. Burwell had resigned their director positions and Mr. A. D. Boyles had been appointed a director. Directors (except the President and Cashier) approved a payment to themselves of $5 per meeting attended. Stronger enforcement of the punctuality to Board meetings was agreed upon – “any board member more than 10 minutes late will not be paid (the 10 minutes allowing for the variation of watches).” In 1911, Boyce State Bank discontinued their advertising slogan of “The Boyce State Bank is a Pronounced Success.” By May, the loan committee declined to discount paper due to lack of funds. In December of that year, Mr. L. C. Bradford and Mr. Carper resigned as directors and Mr. Strode was relieved of duties, citing the lack of business needed to justify two employees. At the January 1912 stockholders’ meeting, Mr. R. P. Page was elected bank President. In April of that year Mr. Bradford died and was remembered by a Board resolution: Whereas; Mr. Bradford had at different times filled the position of VP and Director of this bank, and had always taken the deepest interest in its welfare; Therefore, be it resolved, that in his death, this Bank has lost a wise counselor and useful member who inspired the strongest confidence, and who was a general favorite with officer, directors and patrons; and that the board has lost an associate whose very presence, like a ray of sunshine, brightened its meetings and whose rich vein of humor stimulated its deliberation. Resolved, that we extend to the family of Mr. Bradford our sincere sympathy in their great loss. Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon the record of the bank, and that copies be sent to his family, and to the Clarke Courier for publication.