Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Annual contribution of employees salaries	3.00%
Discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan	3.00%
Expense related to plan	$ 85,840	$ 91,617
Company makes matching contributions in form of common stock, percent	10.00%
Company makes matching contributions in form of common stock	7,515	14,177
Contribution to ESOP by company	0	0
Maximum age criteria for retirees to remain on the same medical plan to retain coverage	65 years
Defined postretirement health benefit plan	125
Minimum age criteria for retirees to remain on the same medical plan to retain coverage	60 years
Percentage rate of contribution retirees health plan	125.00%
Value of plan assets	$ 143,477	$ 155,750

Defined postretirement health and life pension per month.

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Discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Maximum age criteria for retirees to remain on the same medical plan to retain coverage.

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Minimum age criteria for retirees to remain on the same medical plan to retain coverage.

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Percentage rate of contribution retirees health plan.

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Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Value of shares issued during the period to an employee benefit plan, such as a defined contribution or defined benefit plan.

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Aggregate value of stock issued during the period as a result of employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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