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AI1 In Readiness For 41st Season; James Y. Monk, Jr., R. D. Rouse and J. C. Carlton Will Be On Hand To Wel come Friends With De peni Monk's Warehouses, tkff oldest in Pittcounty, are expecting a ban ner season and the firm members? J. Y. Monk, Jr., J. GCariton and Robert D. Rouse ? have pledged themselves to the protection and ea* tension of the interests of this wide ly known leaf selling center and their well organized fonts are pre pared to perform well'their multi tudious duties. J. Y. Monk, Jp., has been thor oughly schooled in a knowledge of the .weed and its marketing from boyhood and Ms genial maimer- and ability -in warehouse management have won him friends by'the thou sands. Like his father before him, he is winning the respect and admi ration of those who have dealings With the Farmville market. - Johnny Carlton, one of the most popular sod industrious young men in this section of the State, has been a prominent member of Monk's warehouse firm for many years and has gamed a wide and favore^ile reputation as a seasoned and able warehouseman. ~" v Robert D. Rouse, the other partner of the firm, corcfi&l and likeable, has given 24 years of active service to these -warehouses. Mr. Reuse is re cognized as a valuable and outstand ing member of this market's group of warehousemen. - * This alliance of business associates gives the Farmville market one of the strongest warehouse finps in the entire belt. The loyalty of old friends to this warehouse also attracts many new( patrons each season, and the firm's pride in this reputation arts as a- constant incentive that keeps every member and their' associates, on the floor and. in the office, on their tip-toes throughout the season in order that sales may hold up to a satisfying level front the opening through the closing day. In discussing plans for the new season the proprietors were enthus iastic a&out ~ prospects for the 1M7 lesnom, and stated that all arrange ments and necessary -renovation at SflLSaraiS& Monk's huge warehouses, No. 1 and No. 2, have Been made, and that this firm is better prepared to take cam' of its growing patronage than ever before. The auctioneering this seanpn will again be ably performed by Jack Rogers and Jim Edwards, who have been associated with Monk's ware houses for many yean fat this capa v; ?' Other members of the foece will be: L. P.-Thomas, bookkeeper; John B. Joyner and Mrs. M. V. Jones, pay-, off bookkeepers; J. T. Jordan and E. W. Carter; book and clip men; Al bert Bandy, floor. manager at No. 1, aisted by C. C. Harris; Bill Foribes will ba floor manager at No. 2, as sisted by Dave Morrill Murphy; Seth Barraw will be ift charge of weigh ing; George Clapp, ticket marker; Mrs. R. V. Fber and Mrs. M. E. Pol lard, biffing.decks. Jade Lewis wilT also be asJociatod with the firm again thia year. . < ' . ? No effort will be spared at Monk's to provide every facility available for sy, speedy and satisfactory mar keting of the weed and for welcom ing the farmers and other visitors to the market on opening and succeed ing days. A man bought a parrot and tried to teach it to speak. Working over the bird, be repeated for severed minutes: "Hello, Hello, Hello." At the end of the session, the par* rot opened one eye and answered, drowsily: "Line's busy/' "Buy ? Bank ? Sell in Faraville! v 1 1 ,-m XT. MOJJK. J|L United States Attorney General. An appeal by the Congress of Industrial Organization's Poll Em ployment Committee calling on Pres ident Truman to summon a confer of Industrial, labor, and farm s to develop a voluntary pro for price reductions. Ai, J- 1-1 il.i, xv# kjImtk 88tg tn&t adoption oz the new policy is the result of a ?? n ? ?- s.%. ? a a M ?1-_?? ? .a it. ? _ - * * ? * three months analysis of pe activi ties of the Antitrust bi vision by John F. Sonnett, Assistant Attorney General. .**? v.-v^ ???. '7V Mr. Cla^k pointed out that to his State of the Union Message, Presi dent Truman told Congress that .de spite half a century of anti-trust law enforcement; one of the grav est threats to the" national welfare lay to the increasing concentration of power to the hands of a srahU number of industrial giants and that today,- more than ever before, whole industries hie dominated by a few big interests which can restrict pro^ ductiom in the interest of higher pro fits and thus reduce employment and purchasing power. ? ; The Attorney General recalled' tost the President's midyear economic re port to Congress urged that prices be kept down to the lowest point compatible, with costs, and reasonable business incentives, and. that a free enterprise system cannot ^tolerate collusion in pric& hi curtailment of output, or anything to hamper the entry df new firms into the business . J- C. CARLTON net been Imposed ekcept in a f?w{ cases. The relative ineffectiveness f of part policies, er with the soaring high prices continuing in the food, clothing housing fields, he indicated, re< that a new and m^re vigorous proach he undertaken Hi these fields. Meanwhile, Emil Rieve, Adminis trative Chairman of the ClO's Full Employment Committee, and Gener al President 'of the powerful Textile Workers' ljpiop' of America, urging President Truman to in Ijringihg together responsible leaders to work out a program de signed to halt the increasing threat of inflation. . f, , . ?> spf - ? .1 ' r. ^ A man in a restaurant was having trouble cutting his steak. No matter how much "he-Jabbed at it, he got no results. finally he called the waiter." "YouH have to take thU back and bring me another." "Sorry, air," said the waiter after closely examining -the steak, "I cant take it bade. X?B*ve bent it" Nearly always its more fun to be a guest than to entertain a guest m . 'v R. D- R?U8E wymxvm W Winvi,? ? ... :tt; Kfe jf *355*. -.. <->? Your Patronage Always Appreciated ? ??? -iv . ier Made A friend 1 ~ I ? M West Wilson Street Fawnville, N. C. * J to j-.,.'-- jfr Si? -?*?' ' f.^ i?Tara nimr \m *???? '* %^St^ I^IH&?r g^y ?Smm .. .^.. **% - * ?HHE?^?'2 i k'-VK; ."is?1 J m MONK'S WAREHOUSE No. 1 ? Wert Wilson Street ? KS FOR THE PATRONAGE GIVEN U S IN THE PAST. WE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU .. .... v.. J| , WORK IT SLOWLY AND^GfeADE CAREFULLY AS SALES ARE TO SO MANY PILES PERDAY. HHr rH&ifli r
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