21 affliction and as a mark of respect to his memory, this Board will attend his funeral in a body. The Clarke Courier also recorded its own tribute – “Death of Am. Moore, Sr. – County Treasurer. Died at his Long Marsh district home last Friday morning at 5 o’clock. He had been in failing health for several months; still, the hope was entertained that with the advent of spring his condition would improve. No citizen of this county was more highly esteemed, and no officer ever filled a public trust with more satisfaction to all concerned than Mr. Moore. He was appointed by the Judge of the County Court to fill the office of County Treasurer made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Marshall in 1878, and at the succeeding election was chosen by the people to continue in office. Four years ago he was re-elected to the position without any opposition, and his present term would have expired July 1st. The office is one of great responsibilities, but he discharged his duties faithfully and at the same time without oppressing anyone for dalliance in the payment of his tax account. He was also President of the Cross Roads and Summit Point Turnpike Co and held the same office in the Green Hill Cemetery Company, the successful organization of which he had so much to do, and was a director in the Bank of Clarke County. Mr. Moore was a gentleman of firm convictions but always tolerant of those entertaining opposing views, genial in his social intercourse, sincere in his friendships and intuitively governed by the highest sense of probity. He was about 78 years old and on Saturday evening his remains were deposited in Green Hill Cemetery to await the resurrection of the just.” Mr. W. B. Clagett was appointed on June 2, 1887 to the Board to fill the vacancy. Additional Board changes on January 5, 1888 included the resignation of Mr. Am. Moore and the appointment of Messrs. M. W. Jones and David J. Wood. Also in 1888, Mr. Moore, President of the bank, was elected to the State Legislature and spent the greater part of the winter in Richmond, Virginia. The February 16, 1888 edition of the Clarke Courier reported that the Bank of Clarke County “has increased its stock from $20,000 to $30,000 – an increase of 50% - and at the same time added $1,000 to its surplus fund, which is now $3,000. The want of this increase has been felt, and the business public will be glad to hear that the stockholders have met this want. The Bank is conducted on careful and sound business principles, and under its efficient corps of officers and directors enjoys that confidence measured out by the public to much larger institutions of the kind in larger towns and cities. In testimony of the success that has attended its operations, it declared a dividend in January of 4% for the previous 6 months’ business.” During the year, the aging branch received wall re-plastering, cocoa mats for the lobby and carpeting in the directors’ room. On March 29, 1888, Mr. M. W. Jones was hired as the bank’s first internal auditor, charged with comparing the individual bank’s ledger with the day book, at a salary of $10 per year. The Bank closed for the centennial of the inauguration of George Washington in 1889. That same year, the appointment of Messrs. McDonald and Moore as the bank’s attorneys was made. Then, on September 12, 1889, the bank experienced its first robbery.