?:? IBk* ;'^" > ; ... .? , ill in RM^inMH Th Start 34th AH U WWUWB *? OWH* V ??* 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 ?? 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 < i , ? - ? ,,, | *?? lin'-Mij'i ?*'* il 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.' " ( , 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 -adv. p P Most vacations -leave the victims a completely exhausted. So what? ' p - ? ? ?*? ? College * , I 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 ? 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?Pf 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* - * /?r^*.i 'y^ *? -f . rf ?/ ' ?. ?^s*-r i * cu^?d ' fer|^^?jr?iFi^^^^S^,Ito-|g:; .. 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. ' '"*< ' :r,< ' * '' ?w-*'' ? . " ^ : Save a dime a day and one dollar in your birthday. At the end. of a ear for your $87.50 ybu can pur hase one $50 (maturity value) De ense Savings Bond. . I! . '.* HI ? a M l) . '^K I X V U^, , " ?. ? ^ ^