? ? ? 4 i 1? H 111 U 111! UM IHtH> VAiicvTi i ?. ^ I. ? iii^iuw VQtfiff AjNit WA FRIDAY MAY It 1941 NUMBER FIPTY-TWO nra^j JKL m m m Vvv y > ' .1 I Final Rites Held Wed nesday for J. Y. Monk, Widely Known and I pended; 'Hundreds In Attendance _ Final rites for James Yancey Monk, 69, highly esteemed Farmville citizen and one of the most promi nent tobacco warehousemen of the State, were conducted from the resi dence at 3:00 o'clock, Wednesday, by Rev. C. B. Maahburn, pastor of the Christian Church, assisted by Rev. O. E. Fox, of Goldsboro, a former pastor. Mr. Monk succumbed to an illness of several months duration, at" 12:40 Tuesday morning. Business was suspended here during the hour of the funeral and hundreds of sor rowing friends throughout the State joined other hundreds here in Par ing a last tribute to this distinguish ed citizen. The remarks of the ministers re lated to the Christian life end be nevolence of Mr. Monk, and the poem, "A House By the Side of the Road" was read in illustration of his broad human sympathies and of the service be rendered his fellow man. A quartet, composed of Mrs. J. Knott Proctor, of Greenville, Mrs. C. N. Boetic, John D. and E. ?C. Holmes sang "Crossing the Bar," "Sometime Well Understand," "Abide - With Me," and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye." Interment was made in Forest Hill cemetery. The floral tribute was the largest and handsomest seen in this section of the State. - Active pallbearers were his nep hews: Plato Monk, of Wilson; How U/inV /vf WrMrinn..C|Alm: W. E. ?*** ***v w* TT 7 Horner, of Sanford; C. C. Satter field, of Richmond, Va.; A. C. Monk, Jr., J. Sterling Gates, Robert T. Monk and M. V. Jones, of Farmville. Mr. Monk was a native of Dur ham county, being born at South Lowell, 14 miles from Durham, the son of the late W. H. and Mrs. Emma Lyle Monk. Coming to Farmville in 1907, two years after the Farmville market was established, he took over the Farmville warehouse as proprietor, having associated with him for the first season, his brother, A. C. Monk, arid the late R- L. Davis- This was flie forerunner of the present Monk's warehouses, one of which was built oh the same site where he personally conducted leaf sales for thirty-three years, being recognized as the lead ing spirit and promoter of the Farm ville market, and becoming widely known throughout this State and the tobacco world for die distinctive ser vice he rendered the leaf sales branch of the industry. He was a member of the Eastern Carolina Warehousemen's Associa tion and the United States Tobacco I Association, and attended various conferences in Washington in the in I terest of the Bright L^atf tobacco growers. He was a member of the Christian Church and tfca Fannvilk Maanafc lodge. He was appointed by Governor Ehringhaas and by I Governor Hoey as a member of the Morehead City Part Commission. He was proprietor of Liberty Warehouse Nashville, Ga. For the past several years he had associated with him is the warehosee business, his son, J. Y sales. fIn add^^ to ^the-^tobacco^y IdrS^^IS. Ii? IVataon, of Wilton * Jdrs I Mr* k. U. 5SS er, of Durham; Mrs. J. D. G?taa an I 1, py ? *"L ? A - 1 T ' i I ^ . ?'?VmWrtOf fmm- V? MVltty W? * ?*4J . ___ - - -jf ''I BVr ' ??-/.*? yijlA* u# *T . jfftiiV &f "t^QyfctiajWe.F . ?< C. H., and W. E. Joyner, M. L. Boon. SL S. Scott, G. M. Holdec, John B. Lewis, G. W. Windham, Chas. Ban oom, Ed Nash Warren, T. M. Dail, Bob Barrett, Will B. Moore, John D. Holmes, Tom King, Maynard Thorn?, Carlton Carr, Carl Hides, Earl Lang, Bay West, C. L. Hardy, I* L. Hardy, Jess Hardy, Henry Johnson, Frank Williams, B. "0. Taylor, L. E. Flow ers, 0. G. Spell, Frank Dupree, Dr. C. E. Fitzgerald, W. C. Askew, Alonsa Edwards, R. E. Belcher, Cur tis Flanagan, J. M. Wheless, B. A. Parker, Hal Winders, Alf., Tyson, Jack Smith, Cleveland Parker, John Hill Payior, J. G. Smith, A. M. Moore, Lloyd Smith, Ernest Gainor, Arthur F. Joyner, B. S. Smith, B. L. Smith, C. L. Ivey, J. W. Hardy, J. H. Harris, Mi V. Horton, E. C. Beaman, W. J/ (Continued an page 4) Horse Show To Be Held In Greenville Sunday, May 18th Show Starts at 2 P. ML; Farm ville Horses To Participate; Many Champion Homes Of Sfcte Entered According to plans, which have been underway for some time, the Greenville Saddle Horse Association expect to pre ent ofie of the best Horse Shows ever seen in this sect tion of the scate Sunday afternoon, May 18th. The show will be held on their growns near the Ball Park a short distance from the dty limits off Greenville and will start promptly at 2:00 o'clock. / Many champion horses have been entered in the various classes and a great show is promised all who attend. Among* the entries booked will be two from Farmville, one own ed by W. S. Royster and known as Black Diamond, will be ridden by Mrs. Ed. Bollock, off Durham, in the Hunter Hack, Ladies 3-gaited and open 3-gaited classes. The other Farmville horse, owned by W. L. 5 Watson, is a 3-gaited saddle horse, i and will be entered in the children's horsemanship class, 11 to 17 years. t The rider of this horse will be *Son p ny Boyf Gates. x> V*.* t Those interested in beautiful horses > and enjoy seeing them perform, are , urged to be present at 2:00 p. m. [ Sunday, when the show openit -J ? Farmville Golfers To : Have Club Tournament ii ?????" who wtehes to ?a ? tor thfi BED 4 .BLUE tourauoent, 'tjlji L11I, i ?-> ?? iM X?? LotA p..? M STLg~k th& loosing All Hum who do not wish enter xV ^ Kn* IJ jrwt - ^ : will please register with the Pro. * ' ** / ?__? 4 ^ WW . nr.immirv In or x t BIAKLBCSO CHUSvH TO SOLi) ? JAMES YANCEY MONK ' ; ] ? pAti^Afia U/ifli GtfroHl?rf> I vxwiitjrjs tT tin - jjUYivi ?. jfeni'j jDritflj Tij mi seeming J tions unless Japan s&wt proper con ?MeztooiFfof British interest* in' I War%H I partanentrevealedthafc21 Flying Fortrejp#*' bombers?the ;:: latent typ* off the frown aoc-stop to Hawatt to farther strwurthen the island defenses, i s&tf I ,*be warnings came midst increas ing indications that the .^United States is playing a powerful behind the-scenes rojji in the keenest inter national poker game since the , Humjam ftflmhasmidor Constantino I Oumanskx held his first conference? in moro than a year with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Onmassk&lfl ? ? ? :-J??71t, I I wao nps oeen mwumj imwuHuv with Undersecretary of State Sum lair Wellee, requested the confer ence. Also participating were Welles and Andrei A. Gromyko, counsellor |pC the Soviet embassy. Welles taked with Stanley Hornbteck, chief of the Department, Phr Eastern Division, before joining the meeting. None of the conferees would comment after ward. Counter Measure* It was indicated unofficially that tim French Vichy .;ge*eiBbmettfc. can expect strong counter-measures from the United States if *he edtere into active coUaboratkm with Germany. ?- Officially, Secretary Hull refused to be drawn into a discussion of I what soeh collaboration would por tend. He" replied wit? a ?rt "no" when correspondents asked whether he had received clarification of press reports that the Vichy government had approved ' the Hitier-Darlan agreement for cloeer cooperation. f, - Another State Department official aadd, "We dontr know the score " im plying that this government still is uncertain as to the possible reper cussions of such an arrangement This was interpreted to mean that there is considerable official dis quietude, transcended momentarily J>y interests in the motive of Rudolf Heaa' bisarre flight from Germany. It is presumed that Huli and President Rooaeveft are fully ap prised of developments at -Vichy and that American Ambassmkg William B, Leahy impressed upon Pre mier Henry Phillipe Petain that Unit ed States cooperation in supplying unoccupied France with food and , other wants, is conditioned upon Vichy foreswearing collaboration : with Berlin. i Hull said this in effect last week i after French Ambassador Gaston Btebry-Haye announced that this I government had agreed to send I month. The seerotazy said the agrafe I meat had been discussed, "With ? reservations.* Another quarter said, ? meanwhile, that the administration I nitely into the German orbit. H ' * i. ? ? ' Axis Conference > ? I Borne. May 14.?A Tenanran flirt I w ' Route I le.i ' ? u . q [the past few days. 'OKNOX \VARNS OF DA^*XjKBfll^; 11 [- ',1 ^ ^ (tf ^hattl^?HeJ^rtoT-B^ land will -win if the increased pro duction of the United Statee reaches ^ s I Secretary of the Navy, ran* Knox, who ran for Vice-President on the Republican ticket in 1936, ac cepted an invitation to become a member of the President's Cabinet . of his conviction that "tfiifr nation was in peril and that it was the duty of all Americans to pttfc pit' trioti7? I rv 1 *}. 7; .. j . ?> r' Ajriscs . a -. - I t. prices oi coram, wneat, corn, ana teTte' ^-boort in? lotos might mamase- co?ta for consumers drew a chorus oi reouizs from ucnioc^ipvi ? Kcpupiicsnfl ?Ito to Seut. debate of M. tea ato^u*.?g& 4?%lr,Ti The legislation also covered to bacco and ric#fcut Senator Bank head iD-Ala,), floor manager, said My corn, wheat, ahd cotton actus*-, i j were fanmlv^ piecaua* tobacco" and rice "are now above parity! prices," A parity price, he explained, is ^ * farmegithe had & tfce pre-war (IWP-18) pereod. (Later, however, Agriculture ue partment dffedala told reporters that the question, of tobacco's inclusion |? 4 matter of conjecture. They said that some types of tobacco from tjhe ppIO crop; had sold at near-parity prices, while other types avcragad; considerably 5hey emphai Kited, however, that 1940 prices IWbttld have no bearing on the 1941 tobacco k>aa|v; piogranfe; -V ? ?>,>. r [^(Whether the 86 per cent loan wiU Kh made on this crop, they said, is a question which must await" the opening of the tobacco markets late Bid; the Summer and Kail.) -? nffh)1 "H" ttt proposed, new loans would be. 18.49 cents' V pound on cotton, 69.87 oents a bushel on com, and 96.22 cents a bushel on wheat This is considerably ahove past loans, Bankhead continued, but market priece ' t"' ? ?' ' *Ti I B ? H| irakltf AtfJl p iL^-lfij' Il^a ? I ? St&tes Must ? 8?sks ficSy^i^Sng8* crnS1 l?re tary of Agriculture Claude Jfc Wick ard told 5,000 ^^rolinaa .ffarmers here today that the United States i ' ,V ' ALJBX ' f il II it muss mane certain :xnat vital :iooa and^pilr- machines reach England safely and "on tiirie." ?ff tlw United Sttfte acts quickly enough and effectively enough the striking force of this country arid of the British empire can check Hit ler,w Wickard asserted. "If we are too late the striking force of the rest of the world under Hitler domination ( is likely to converge on us." 1 The southern fanner's principal contribution to the British cause, he said*, would be the raising of enough ftod to feed his own family and live **??. . 'j' i ne secretary 01 -Agriculture spuae I at the annual joint meeting of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative Association and tH" Farm ers Cooperative Exchange. Declaring that American farmers stand ready to defend democracy, Wickard said "they are going to grow more of the things Great Bri tain needs.* . [? "What will happen to the farmer after the war will depend entirely *f6 War'" ** ^iedto P^^Of A~ rectors or the. Karmville Chamber of Commercdviwd Merchantsr Associa tion, Tuesday evening, as to the; possibility of an auxiliary airport being secured for the town if a proposed pilot's training school is located in Greenville, wajrreceived with interest and C. -H*'Joynat; and Et .jL Wabrton wens appointed to act witu tue committee m Mvestigatrng this project A discussion of the Food Stamp Plan for the distribution of surplus commoditje^i^mndted^jin thOnrpresi dent, S. A. Ganft^-appointed F. Willlhms, L. E. Walston and John B. Lewis to look into the feasibility of ;the County Coram issionery setting up z be inxned ant ^ ^ recently by all businessmen of the town, and has wafted very s trssxi'SS ssa&srss Iptf&g&sg neetion. | ? th&t sotQo flciion ? bo t&l?6Q I ;:-;'A Lr*Stf in r ?' ? \ "\ 2^s 1.1 CW t_ili?iX?*n s! ? f/i v A nnmTimnfolv 1^, on^i AnA-KcIf ^ ^ . .in, If ;:, AF^; i(?| '" ~ * ,<^KM . ?;? ?., ?# ?/* V; n a secret meeting with the Duke of Ibmfllon after his 'bizarre 'peace tligtyP to Britain, lumdtf'bSfrfaJu able information "of great use to the T). ' Jt^*. , -j i,, , ?, ?t. a. . ... . British m. overthrowing tfie tyrjomjr now existing, in the Reich," tt:w*S stated authoritatively early today/ S? Hess himself proposed that the in formation be used to crush Adolf Hitler's "tyranny," the preea asaocia tionsaid, presumably after Britirii military authorities had granted his request that he be permitted to talk with, the Duke.? ' . The No. 8 Nazi leader an^ Deputy Fuehrer was revealed to have met the young Duke, his friend and a member of King George YI's Royal Scottish bodyguard, in a rendezvous near Glasgow immediately after his sensational parachute landingSatur day night on the Biike'fe estate. Simultaneously, it was revealed that Hess began laying the ground work for his sensational flight three. months ago when we wrote to the Duke, frantically urging an attempt to end the lunatic" war between Germany and British by negotiation. Hess Letter. That letter?a tip-off of Hen* fa natical desire to bring about peace even in defiance of Adolf Hitler, whom he had worshipped as his mas- ' tor for 20 years?was turned over to the British authorities immedi ately. A fuller revelation of "L'Affaire Kess" is expected to be given today by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a speech to the House of Com mons. The anthoritive press association said that Hess is "talking freely" in I * a hispital whose location is a closely-guarded secret, and is re vealing a story of tyranny, distress ami suffering within Germany. ,y. The 47-year-old Nazi leader was said by the Press Association to have told the farm folks who found . ~ him an the Scottish moors Saturday night that grave hardships axe being experienced by the German people and that there is "great distress and suffering" as .* result of the British ajr force's'stfepped-up bombings of the. Reich. The Dailey Mail's diplomatic cor respondent said tiiat Hess was talk ing freely of conditions inside Ger- * many, which he known intimately becMto&lifc Adotf ? JIitle#$; chief Deputy, he received constant reports , ? froatNhzi district leaders through ' ' oat the Reich and also in r Nazi occupied countries. Effect or People "It can be assumed." The Daily Midi said, "thai; these report* told SHSESHfi -Tl'SS.? 7 fiees may have wanted; to see the ; , Duke' of Hamilton, onwhose Scot the Duke's position as. a vrtng com mander of tjjii^Royal was **';?'' . "Hess may have wanted to dis ^r-thd^^warfai^^ &e hope ; of ewentaaHy contacting > :e-.;'? aAma-- k?A>lt -sin ftsnlffli^" lL?- '"'V ? V *' E-Mailspe^teA *" 001 ?* torn would like a.bomb