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Their Farmer Friends With
Btpawfalte awietg^fg
1 *Mi MM of Monk is permanent^
identified with the RermviB* market
- and with the buying and selling of
tobacco throughout Eastern North
Carotins, for the Monk brothers, A.
C. as buyer and the late J. T. Monk
* as warehouseman, figured prom
inently in the laying of the splendid
responsible for the rapid
development and success of this mar
, kei.
J. Y, a man ?f magnificent bear
ing, stout heart and innate friendli
ness, who became a dominant figure
in file tobacco world and whoae in
fluence and fame will tmdanj: with
that of other trail blazers of Eastern
North Carolina, passed sway in recent
weeks and wHJ be greatly sussed on
the Farmville market and the Nash
ville, Ga, market Mao; (where he
operated s warehouse), for many
seasons to come.
Several years ago when the sales
at Monk's warehouse grew to such
proportions as to exceed those of
any conducted under one roof in the
entire Belt, managerial assistance be
came a necessity as he was tmahle to
girt his personal supervision to every
chase of the warehouse business. So
he laid plans to have his son learn the
operation of a leaf sales house from
the ground up, and to prepare him
self to carry forward a heritage in
which all Eastern North Carolina
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feels a genuine-pride.
Thus J. Y. Monk, Jr. was schooled
in a knowledge of the weed from its
seeding through its marketing. In ad
dition to the routine tasks that-go to
make up the full and busy days of a
tobacco warehouseman, J, Y. Jr., is
takings distinct pride in carrying on
the family tradition and walking in
the footsteps of his father. However,
young J. Y. is a. splendid tobacconist
in his own right and like his father,
his genial maimer and-ability in
warehouse management has won him
friends by the thousands.
Chosen also in the new set-up to
assist Mr. Monk in the management
of the warehouse business at this
time were two of the most popular
and industrious young men in this
part of the State, Johnnie Carlton
and Robert D. Rouse. Johnnie Carlton
came to this market to join interests
with Monk's warehouse in 1934, hav
ing already gained a wide and fav
aiiia with the years and he iota
become doe of the leading warehouse^
men in tfcftBgk
Robert D. Bosre, cordial and like
HHd'
previous to thistime in the employ
of Monk's warehouse. Thus 1? year*
of active service-haa been giyen by
this partner ?n his association -with
Monlfkand "be is recognised as, a
valuable and outstanding """W of
av . \? r ? '-T
this market's group of warehouse
men.
vwawmiwpvM myiia q vvcucuuuov
and the Parmville market as a whole
recognised the initiative and ability
of these young men and the market
was enhanced by their asaonatipn aa
warehousemen from the liifiiiHiin.
and J. T. Monk lived to see these
partners, under his tutelage, develop
into masoned and able warehousemen
with many friends and valuable
oontaets among the farmers of this
territory. Teemed together, J. Y. Jr.,
Johnnie Carlton and Robert Rouse
form a trio of popular tobacconists,
who work hard to satisfy their cus
tomers in the knowledge that they
hiave made good, sales, and for the
advancement of the market aa a
whole;
The loyalty of old friends to this
warehouse attracts many new pat
rons each season, and the firm's pride
in their reputation acts aa a constant
incentive that keeps every member
and their associates on the floor and
in the office, cm their tiptoes
throughout the season in order that
sales may hold up to a satisfying
level from the opening through the
closing day.
For the fourth year, Monk's ware
house will operate a second "bouse,
which enables the firm to satisfy
the increasing patronage and its de
mands. Both houses are modern in
construction and equipment and have
every facility that insures a good
showing of the leaf, and prompt,
efficient service in its handling and
sale. _ ,
Large and competent sales and
office forces have been assembled by
the management, who, well chosen in '
the beginning, have served long and
faithfully at their* respective posts,
and from the time a tobacco grower
drives in Monk's until he receives his
check, he finds a friendly courtesy <
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operation connected with IBS sale. |
Tha auctioneering this season
will be ably performed here by Jim
Edwards and Jack Rogere. who have
house for many years in this gapae* i
ity.
; The clerical force includes: L. P.
Thomas, head bookkeeper; John B.
Joyner and- Mrs. IL Y. Jonea, cash* ?
iers? EL A. and Elmer James, book T
men; floor manager, Haywood Smith, ]
with Isham Gay and Fred. Carr, as
sistants; Seth Bandar, In charge Of \
.weighing; -William E. Drake, ticket 1
marker.' " (
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ANNOUNCEMENT ?
TO MY MANY FRIENDS AND 1
CUSTOMERS OF PITT, GREENE,
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES: 5
First, I wish to thank each one
at you personally, for your splendid
business and patronage for the past
fourteen yean oh the Greenville To
bacco Market. I now wish to say *
to all of you that this seaaou I will
be with Monk's Warehouses, 1 and *
2, on the Fannviljje market, where
we have a first sale every day.
I can assure each and every one c
of my friends that I will be better 1
prepared to . serve them now than 1
ever before. I
With first sales daily at Monk's i:
Warehouses we can assure you, one ?
and all, an unexcelled service and *
courteous treatment and the sale pf
your tobacco for the highest dollar e
possible. ?
So bring your first load to Monk's t
Warehouses where we sell tobacco -0
every day. 7
ED S. TAYLOR, a
Walstonburg, N. C. y
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North Carolina's Eastern, or tfew 1
Slight, tobacco belt ^ will shortly be- <
fin-4o mariat 267^60,000 pounds of
lue-cured leaf, it is indicated by the .
>op Reporting Board of the -U. S. \
department of Agriculture. This ^
estimate is based upon preliminary i
?eoorta. -
eports. .
If the crop materializes, as is in
licated, it win total 17,150,000 pounds jj
ess than the 1940 crop of 274,400,'- 1
100 pounds in the New Bright Belt. ]
[he decline in production is due en
tirely. to a drop in average yield per ?
icre from 1,120. pounds in 1940 to
,050 pounds indicated in 1941. The 1
iverage planted, 245,000 acres, is
he same for both years. '
The decrease in total production {
if 6^percent, and the drop in aver- ;
tge field per acre of 6 percent, is ,
hoot in line with the decline of o (
?ercent in production and 7 percent ]
n average yield, indicated for the (
ntire flue-cured area of the United E
States. f
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For the country-as-a-whole, it' is 1
stimated by the Crop Reporting
loard that production of flue-cured t
obacco this year will total 716,192,- \
00 pounds, as compared. with 755;- c
93,000 pounds last year. The aver- s
ge yie!4 flue-cured tobacco this a
ear is expected to be only 958 a
bunds per acre, as against 1,027 c
ounds per acre in 1940. The aver- t
ge to be harvested this year is 2
ercent higher than in 1940-^-747,000
DOO- acres
? "The Crop ?eportfef^oanf?
pe^po be the smallest since the
1986 e?P<tf ?82,850,000 pound^pro-:
iuced under seve^drought cohdi
:he-flue-cured crop is produced in
Norfc Cajrolina, ?ld ^^his Staft
the growth of tobacco has^een some
what irregular, ^tha T?r Heel crop
is about two weeks later than usual*
r
Carolina experienced difficulty in
jetting a good stand of tobacco this
spring^ IW3P weather prevented 'ttfer
nal development of plants in beds.
BThen transplanted, many tobacco
plants died, necessitating re-setting
wo and three times- Those ttihat
mrviv^Tmade slow progress.
L ;Good root systems were develop
id, however, and later when frequent
md sizeable rains came,, plants re
sponded rapidly'and made such quick'
growth'that the earlier irregularity
>f fields was largely overcome, ex
cept for a somewhat ragged stand.
Eleavy rains in lTuly caused some
lamage to tobacco. Past-experience
suggests that' the quick growth of
obacoo- may result in a relatively
ight weight leaf.
Conditions somewhat similar to
hose in North Carolina' have pre
vailed in the other flue-cured tobac
o States. - Early season reports of
erious blue mold dalhage and short
tge of plants failed to materialize,
ind most growers ymvtahlp to tt
ure locally plants sufficient to jneet
heir needs. ' /
Production In Other Area*
Production in the Georgia-Florida
?jir ??- rftfRSpftif?*- *!$BS?Tf<f33KlWU
iJ U "? ?,j.1 LJ;'2 I,-'1. ? n- '
A crop of 72,812,1)00 pounds ia dndi- \
si^rjs^rsi s;
Tasgrs^'
crop, of approximately 80,750,000
?i~* <*rw?y?y;wt? *2,215,000 ,
pound, produced - ite; imli
Citad Virginia crop of flue-cuied to- r,
hacco ia 66,460,000 pounds/ or 3 per- j
cent less than last year's 67,160,000- (
pound crop. ,
? Acreage to be harvested in Georgia, <
Florida and Alabama is 300 acres \
less than in 1940; in South Carolina
it is 4,000 acres more; and in Vir- .
ginia it ia abo .4i!&0tt acres more. : ? ?*
The Crop Reporting Board's esti- <
mates ior other North Carolina belts
are au follows: j
Border Belt?A crop of 61,040,000
pounds indicated in 1941, as compar
ed with 64,380,000 pounds .produced
m 1940, This is a dedine of 3^40,- ]
000 pounds, or 5 perceht. The aver- '
age yield will-be about 1,090 pounds 1
per acre this, year, as compared with 1
1,110 pounds per acre in 1$4& This J
Is-an indicated drop of 20 pounds per -
acre average, or 2 percent. The 1
acreage to be harvested this year is
about 56,000, or 3 percent less than
the 58,000% acres harvested in 1940.
Middle and Old Belts-A crop of A
178,890,000 pounds indicated in 1941,
as /Compered with 180,375,000 pounds
produced in 1940. This is a decline 1
at 1,485,000 pounds, or i percent. The '
average yield this year will be about <
890 pounds per acre, as compared 1
with 925 pounds per acre in 1940. 1
This is an indicated drop of 35 pounds ?
per acre average, or 4 percent. The.
avreage to be harvested this year Is
about 201,000, or 3 percent more than c
the 195,000 acres harvested in 1940. j
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bacco marketing specialist of the
State Department of Agriculture re
ported recently. ,
"Flue-cured leaf shipments to all
foreign coUntries.fbrthe - first ^uar- J
bear of 19*1 totals 86 million pounds;*
Hedriek said, badng^hijteport on *
Jtdttmj?y issuedfcfthe United States
Department "of fpoinniercefg: "While
the poundage of ISf shipped is com
paratively small, obvious indications
ire that the demand for flue-cured
tobwtoo still prevails gnd will be
M^^^arihippmg^ facilities ^**8^ .
made ' available. ' ? 5?#-"'
Shipments.
Export shipments for the past
juarter were, divided as follows:
European countries, . 14 fhillion
pounds, of which more than 10 mil
lion pounds went to -iSSr&Lt Britain;
Orient, 21 million pounds, of which
mere than 16 million pounds went to
China; South and Central America,
500,000 pounds.
Hedrick said that leaf, shipments
to the Orient for the past quarter
'were close to normal," but added
that exports to "South and Central
America are considerably below nor
mal for the first quarter of 194i."
Cigarettes.
"A finhl survey of the shipment of
ngarettes made in the United States
to foreign, countries will probably
ihow a slight increase compared
Kith 1940," the .'tobacco marketing.
specialist said, adding, that "one bil
Jon, 895 million cigarettes have al
ready been exported compared with
otal exports last year of six billion,
>76 million."
Shipments of flue-cured leaf to "
>9 countries in 1940 were as follows:
Shipments in 1940 ? ?
European countries, 68 million
Munds; South and Central America,
1.5 (two and one-half)million pounds;
)rient, 84 million.pounds; remaining,
toundage went to Africa and Middle
2ast. Total 1940 shipments of flue
:ured tobacco, 187 milKon pounds.
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