Savings Deposits! i To Earn 3 An Increase in the rate of in terest on savings accounts from two or three percent, effective July 1. 1957. has been announced by First National Bank. Peoples National Bank and Planters Bank and Trust Company of Farmville. The decision follows a banking trend evident recently in many areas of the state. The higher rate will apply uni formly at the three banking houses on savings deposits up to $2,500. ueneral increases in money rates in bank system financing and in public transactions have been cited as the chief contribu tors to the increase now to accrue to savings depositors. The uniformity in interest rates applies to the depositor's first $2,500 m savings. Above that sum, the rate produced differing deci sions. Almond Address Next Week Open to Public

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