Salute to the Firms
| Support of Tobacc
' Merchants Plan Weeks
Ahead For This Event
And Thru the Columns
of The Enterprise They
Offer Speeial Values
The pirigrw of any town is the
fruit of its labor. Farmville is a
great town, a progreesive town, and
one by which many others of' the
good State of North Carolina set
their standards From Farmville
paved loads wind oat in every direction,
trains and buses whit through,
the smoke from various plants curls
into clouds as constantly it goes onward
in proving homes, plants, stores,
and everything that is indicative of
the progress of a town.
As a very concrete evidence of the
program of Farmville is the tobacco
edition which the Farmville business
mat send out Just prior to the market
opening' in a concerted effort to
bring the Farmville Tobacco Market,
its achievement and progress, before
the people, and to give notice of special
values which they have as market
opening specials.
For weeks the merchants here have
been planning this event and their
stores are full of lovely new fall
goods, practical merchandise of every
sort and of dependable quality at
prices that will astonish their customers,
prices far under their actual
value.
The weeks pass quickly, the summer
is about spent, the harvest
nearly over and with the first chill
breezes and falling leaves come the
thoughts of fall improvements for
the home, the farm and the family
wardrobes.
Farmville merchants have anticipated
these desires for improvements
at this season and are requesting
that farmers and citizens read their
advertisements in this issue, and
make first selections from their large
stocks of featured prices, which
thrifty buyers cannot afford to overlook.
Family wardrobes can be filled out
smartly with well tailored suits,
coats, dresses, hats and shoes at the
general and department stores, homes
can be modernized with new furnishings,
pantry and farm supplies
can be purchased at real savings, the
old car may be repaired or a new
one purchased, the gas tank filled,
your insurance premiums paid, beauty
service enjoyed, prescriptions refilled,
clothes cleaned, etc., etc., etc.
Every firm in town can fill some
individual need.
Whose Concerted
o Market is Evident
Farmville merchants, many of
whom have been In business bare 40
years or more apd the firms ao well
established during recent yean, all
join In assurance* that buyers may
trad* here with complete confidence
at any time, bat that new satisfaction
at exceptional values will mark
their fall business.
Finns joined wholeheartedly in presenting
the tobacco market to the
public in this special edition, and
cheerfully gave their support to the
warehousemen in their endeavor to
reach a majority of their customers
and prospects with a special message
just prior to the opening.
In return for their interest evidenced
in this way, the editor wishes
to urge that the individual advertisement
of these firms be read carefully
and that they be given special
consideration in the matter of patronage.
Farmville citizens and tobacconists
appreciate the cooperation of the business
men who made this issue of The
Farmville Enterprise a reality and
supported the effort to get news of
the Tobacco Market Opening and the
facilities of the Market before the
eyes of 5,000 people in Eastern North
Carolina.
Buyers High Personnel
Is A Great Advantage
The high personnel of its buyers
has been one of the greatest advantages
enjoyed by the Farmville Market
during the years of its existence. A
majority of these, buyers residing
here for years, or returning for successive
seasons, are well known and
are highly regarded by the farmers.
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Two sets of buyers, representing
every known company and many independents,
make up the corps on
the Farmville market and are among
the best to be found anywhere. Included
among these companies are
two local buying firms, A. C. Monk
& Company, which has bought extensively
of the tobaccos on this
market since A. C. Monk purchased
the first pile sold here on opening
day in 1904, and the Farmville Leaf
Tobacco Company, which was formed
in 1940 with H. Neal Howard, former
head of the local branch of the
W. B. Lea Tobacco Co., as president
Every stemming, redrying and storage
plant and the large factories of
independent and domestic companies
have been put in tiptop condition and
are in readiness for the release of
offerings hoe Monday morning, Aug.
28th, O-DAY.
keep shop were at their posts. But
for <iie past two week* the puis*
of the business center haa been quickened,
as ntm stocks of foods arrive*
in the business district and tobacco
town underwent its annual "face-liftinj,"
in preparation for the market
opening and when Monday comet
the sleepy little town will be transformed
into a wide awake, thriving
buainess center, crowded with people
of every description and rank,
who rush around to the accompaniment
of thundering tobacco trades.
Meritorious Progress
Under Present Officials
The meritorious progrens, written
in the history of Farmvilie undei
Mayor George W. Davis and th*
Board of City Fathers, together with
the cooperation of the town employees,
has affected many activities here,
and been radiated over the entirt
community.
Mayor Davis, J. W. Joyner, J. M
Stansill and R. O. Lang have been
rendering faithful and efficient service
to the town for several years,
The efforts of City Cleric R. A. Joyner,
and W. A. McAdams, Superintendent
of the Water and Light Department,
have contributed in large
measure to the success of the municipal
undertakings for more than 24
years. Elected to serve on the board
last year with the above mentioned
aldermen were C. H. Flanagan and
Dr. R. T. Williams.
Paramount in the financial affairs
of the town this year was the retirement
of |3S,000 worth of bonds,
leaving only $5,000 indebtedness on
bonds issued prior to 1936.
R. A. Joyner, Clerk, stated today
that the town closed the fiscal yeai
with a surplus of 120,000. The sum
of $15,000 has been set aside as a
post war reserve fund and is now
invested in War Bonds,
Increased dairy payments of 10 oenti
per 100 pounds have been authorised
for drought areas centering Tennessee
and Kentucky, with other areas In Illinois,
Indiana,- Ohio, and West Virginia.
Paramount Theatre announced today
that to celebrate the opening of the
Tobacco Market in Farmville on the
28th, he haa secured Roy Roger*
latest release, entitled "SONG OF
NEVADA." f > 1
This is one of the best this singing
star has made to date and om
that each of you will enjoy.
The day the market opens, the box
office will open at 8:46, so that thorn
who wish to see a show while in town
may do sow Each day following, the
box-office will open at 12:46 as long
as the. patrons desire it
The Paramount Theatre urges yos
to sell your tobacco m FARMVILLE
and throws its service at your disposal
with a hearty welcome to eacfc
of its tobacco farmer friefida.
The Bank of Farmville
Holds Foremost Position
istitution holding a foremost
in the community, is th<
Bank of FarmviHe, established forty
years ago. Its ideals of offering thif
community the finest service posstbk
has been its white banner, giving tc
the leadership sufficient courage ami
high hopes with which to press forward.
This institution has assets oi
more than two million dollars and ii
rated as being one of the outstanding
financial institutions in the State.
R. L. Davis was president for 81
yean. He was succedded by A. C.
Monk, a.former member of the boart
of directors, and president of A. C,
Monk & Co., leaf tohaooo dealens. J.
I. Morgan is vice-president; L. E.
Walston, cashier; J. M. Stawrill and
C. C. Simpson, assistant cashiers; W.
A. Martin, teller; Mrs. David Jonei
and Mrs. Dal ton Corbett, bookkeepers;
Mrs. R. E. Cranford, stenographer.
Every day during the tobacco season
the lobby of the Bank of Farmville
is aa crowded as the warehouse
floors, and the Bank pays out thousands
at dollars to growers during the
sales.
No one now asks for a round steak.
Any shape will do.
Tobacco Income 1943
An All-Time High
Income from tobacco in IMS ol
557 million dollars, an all-time high,
was considerably above the previous
record high of 600 million dollars in
1919 and 18 percent above receipts in
1942. Increases in 1943 inoome by
types of leaf ranged from 9 percent
for flue-cured to 66 percent foi
Maryland.
A tobacco crop of 1,616,498,000
pounds is now indicated, 16 percent
above 1943.
JUST RECEIVED A BIG SHIPMENT
OF NICE 5 BURNER OIL
STOVES.
WESTERN AUTO ASSO. STORE
PARAMOUNT
1 THEATRE 1
FARMVILLE, N. C.
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