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VAiicvTi i ?. ^ I. ? iii^iuw VQtfiff AjNit WA FRIDAY MAY It 1941 NUMBER FIPTY-TWO
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I Final Rites Held Wed
nesday for J. Y. Monk,
Widely Known and
I
pended; 'Hundreds In
Attendance
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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.
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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
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?'?VmWrtOf fmm- V? MVltty W? * ?*4J
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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.
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x t BIAKLBCSO CHUSvH TO SOLi) ?
JAMES YANCEY MONK '
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? pAti^Afia U/ifli GtfroHl?rf> I
vxwiitjrjs tT tin - jjUYivi
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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
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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.
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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
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^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'
trioti<fe service first. He baa. been
outspoken in his efforts to convince
Americana that , the- Nasi meance
threatens to enghtfv the Western
Hemisphere. While he has not heai
Ktiped to oppose the transfer of ves
sels which^. in his opinion;. might
?weaken the American (Navy, Mr.
Knox -ffr- it plain that the deetruc
thm of the-British Navyf would con
front this country -with hostile sea
power <immediate^:|^n^io*), to our
own. He sees the nation in "fearful
danger" and reas^s .^tat our nation
al safety lies in "supplementiiXH I
fences of Britain."
The third* pxember of this Be
publican trio is. Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimaon, who was Secre
tary of State under President Hoov
er when Japan began .seising Man
chukuo. At that time, Mr. Stimaon
advocated a stern policy in the Far
;East and unsuccessfully attempted to
enlist the support of the British Gov
ernment
With the development of the Axis
Alliance, Mr. Sthpson has, upon
notable occasions, Warned the people
of this country of the dangerous im
plications of Axis, success m Europe.
Invited to become a Cabinet member,
and to serve as Secretary of Wbr,
this Republican leader did not hesi
I II Sttaoon ?W tho w of ft,
American -Novy w to aerara tte
delivery of American-made munitions
to Great Britain and to. secure the
seas for American defense. He be
im^^^sua--action ^wflfccheck
the tide of Natiumfimtil the defense
I "'|?r. ^ ~ ^
II tlM: two navies eaftraccomplisb at
I this
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Ajriscs
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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 <rf^ theee ^crope hdve
Mdft-elimhii^ittmtly. ?, ;; V.
Question of Costs,
i - Senator Hatch (D-N. M.) first
praised the question of increased co'jjta
|p; consumers and called attention to
imports from some economists that
tha higher loans miglrt cause price
increases of 10 to 20 per oent in some ]
fcoda.?
? :V ^Tbtm Statements are not true**!
Waiiirhofc, said after ITs*# explain-1
ed 4hat '. he did not believe them.
R.nVK^ sdded that the estimates
came-Aom always
f ^. ^Republican' rid., ^
sastsjiass
if it involved some increased cost to
;;;
wot*; Only Senatom .Gerry (D-R.1)
IliiiiittlSS-hS
Butter, #), ? dentiat, of James
Lenord and Mm. Orrie M?r Butler*:
day at his ?|iiiihliiiiii^|fe'^||' TUthI?
<sev? monthSav:He was a native
of Portsmouth sro'mcejtad his ear*
ly education at ^Woodrow Wilson
later attended University of
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? 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
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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.
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A nnmTimnfolv 1^, on^i AnA-KcIf
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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
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torn would like a.bomb