Each ol Farmville's Warehouses Is An Important Factor In Mart's Growth!
Each of the three commodious
warehouses, of the Farmville market,
has been an important factor in its
phenominal growth of the past thirty
years; contributing, each in its own
way, to the general progress and de
velopment of the mart, with its vet
eran and expert warehousemen and
able staff of men, all well known to
farmers of East Carolina, being con
nected with the market for many
years, and having personally helped
to win the recognition it now enjoys,
of being the livest, fastest growing
and steadiest market in the Caro
linas.
Monk's W arenouse
For the last three years, Monk's
warehouse, one of the oldest and best
known tobacco warehouses in the
State, has sold more than twenty
eight million pounds of tobacco; this
record being considered among the
best in the four bright tobacco grow
ing states. One of the best con
ducted warehouses in the New
Bright Belt, it is expected that
it will continue to handle this year
the large volume of business it has
had in the past, and aid the mart in
again maintaining its record of high
prices.
J. Y. Monk, one of the most promi
nent and popular warehousemen of
the State, has had a deep and honest
interest, and a gTeat enthusiasm for
the marketing of tobacco, in Farm
ville, since 1907, which enables him
to deal most intelligently with the
many problems of the warehouse
business.
"J. Y." has successfully operated
for twenty-one years, a warehouse on
the same site. Associated with him
in carrying forward the daily sales
this year, are two of the most popu
lar and experienced tobacconists of
this section, Grover Webb and Johnnie
Carlton.
The same spirit of goodwill and
mutual interest between the entire
warehouse force, buyers and growers,
which has obtained at Monk's ware
house since its establishment here, is
anticipated this year. The ware
house organization, offering to the
farmer equipment as complete- as
can be found anywhere, has the fol
lowing competent employees in the
various departments of the system:
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uamvza iTioiiK, jr., assistant general
manager; George M. Moore, J. N.
Edwards, auctioneers; W. J. Teel, It.
D. Rouse, ticket markers; Leonard
Carlton, Lewis Creech, Adie Flowers,
Jack Hardy, floor men; John B. Joy
ner, Mrs. M. V. Jones, L. P. Thomas,
Buck James, Frank Fonvielle, Tom
Turnage, book men and office; Curtis
Flanagan, Robert Lang, Jack Laugh
inghouse, weighers; Bennie Wheeler,
Rhoderick Harris, check out men; J.
H. Stark, B. M. Lewis, Paul Frizzelle,
leaf men; Bob Fulford, H. G. Vandi
ford, door men; S. T. Lewis, A. R.
Cannon, Jack Tyson, trade men; E.
L. Russell, Edward Daughtrey,
watchmen.
Knott's Warehouse
Knott's warehouse is prepared this
year for the best season of its history
of twenty-one years. Opened by R.
H. Knott in 1913, Knott's warehouse
has increased in size and operations,
until today it is one of the most im
portant concerns of this section, en
gaged in the sale of tobacco. Well
ventilated and lighted, it is so ar
ranged as to make handling of the
weed as convenient for the farmers
and buyers as is humanly possible,
and is serving a larger number of
farmers every year.
One of the best known and most
successful warehousemen in the State,
Mr. Knott has made an excellent
record on this market, and has con
sistently bent his efforts towards
winning the recognition, which the
Farmville market now has, as the
most dependable and progressive
market in North Carolina.
J. M. Hobgood, who is a partner
with Mr. Knott in the management
of both Knott's warehouse and Hob
good's warehouse, Lumberton, is a
veteran warehouseman, whose zealous
interest, in this market for many
years, linked with his sales know
ledge, has been instrumental in wid
ening the scope of the Farmville
market each season.
This team of tobacconists make
one of the strongest organizations in
Eastern Carolina, and they have an
nounced as their policy, the securing
of satisfaction in the highest degree
for their customers.
A well-organized force, which
understands the up-to-date system
used in placing the tobacco to the
best advantage of the buyers and
farmers, is employed by the ware
house, including a capable night
force, which gives farmers an equal
opportunity of placing their tobacco
on the floor at night. These include
for the current season: W. Newson,
Frank Hart, sales; Bob Edmondson,
auctioneer; R. Leroy Rollins, Mr. and
Mrs. Zack McWhorter, Herbert Ac
ton, bookkeepers; J. L. Shackleford,
ticket marker; L. L. Hardy, Harry
Dail, Earl Quinn, Paul Kirby, weigh
ers; J. R. Allen, J. M. Stancill, floor
managers; Roy Vandiford, Jesse S.
Creech, Roland Taylor, assistants; G.
M. Shirley, E. C. Beaman, Jodie
Whitley, Jim Langley trade men.
Planter's Warehouse
Indications point towards an ex
ceptionally large following for Plant
er's warehouse again this season; the
house management, L. R. Bell and J.
Branch Bobbitt, pledging to their
farmer friends good service, high
prices and courteous treatment, to
gether with the same efficient method
of handling the weed, and personal
pushing of sales.
The fireproof building, one of the
largest and most modern in the belt,
is of sufficient size to accomodate
the large volume of business antici
pated, and proper lighting, regarded
as one of the foremost necessities for
the sale of tobacco, together with the
provision of every possible facility
for aiding in the sale of the NEW
DEAL crop, will be found at Plant
er's warehouse, and planters can feel
certain of receiving the careful at
tention, which has heretofore char
acterized its service.
L. R. Bell's genial personality and
outstanding ability, as a successful
warehouseman and a splendid judge
of tobacco, has been thoroughly dem
onstrated here in the past several
years; his efficient management of
sales having won for him a wide
reputation for bringing the highest
dollar for patrons.
J. branch Hobbitt has been in the
tobacco business for the past fifteen
years, having been a former buyer
and a warehouseman of considerable
experience before coming to Farm
ville to join interests with Mr. Bell.
He is among the most wide awake
and aggressive warehousemen of the
section, which, together with his busi
ness efficiency, makes this partner
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snip a prime asset of the market.
Every member of the Planter's
force, listed below, is well versed in
handling tobacco, and takes pride in
cooperating in every way to make
marketing for the farmer as pleasant
and profitable as possible: Ben
Saunders, auctioneer; Harold Suggs
Askew, Bennie Bell, ticket markers;
Walter Dees, Haywood Smith, A. E.
Rackley, J. L. Harrell, floor manag
ers; Mrs. J. Branch Bobbitt, Ivey
Warren, Ernest Sylivant, A. F. Fel
ton, office; Jerry Southerland, Ivey
Warren, book men; Frank Dixon, J.
I. Musgrave, Bill Ridenhour, S. B.
Hill, general assistants.
The main purpose of the pomplete
agricultural program is to secure a
better price level for the products of
the farm.
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A. C. MONK
A. C. Monk, president of A. C.
Monk & Co., large independent deal
ers and exporters, and a director of
the Tobacco Association of the
United States.
"A. C.," a heavy buyer here since
purchasing the first pile of tobacco
sold on the Farmville market, help
ed lay the foundation, stone for its
establishment, and has been an im
portant factor in its development and
success.
Feed and supplies have been furn
ished in the extreme drought-strick
en areas by relief agencies.
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