Record #:

10465

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

A. C. Monk, Sr. founded A.C. Monk and Company in Farmville in 1907. The company inventories one of the largest selections of leaf tobacco in the world and employs a workforce of over 1,800 during the tobacco season, which runs from July through December.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 25 Issue 6, Nov 1967, p135, 186, il, por

Subject(s):

Tobacco industry--Farmville