The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, May 31, 1922, Image 5
II MANAGERS |
MEETIN CHARLOTTE
POWERFUL PREPARATION'S
>L\DE AND DETAILS COMPLETE
FOR ANNEAL CHAIN SALE
AT ALL 31 EFIRD STORES
Gathered together for the purpose B
of completing plans for the grey est
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sale in their history, the managers
and executives of Efird's 31 Depart|
ment Stores met here on Monday in
I conference with J. B. Efird, the
president and P. H. Efird, manager
of Charlotte store.
The meeting was called to order
'.promptly at ten o'clock when Mr.
Efird sounded the key note by inform'
I fng" hi's managers that the Efird Chain
J Saie this year is to surpass all pre
:B ' vioiis records in point of volume,
value giving and turnover in spite of
lower prices.
"It is no small responsibility to enB
joy the confidence and good will of
B about four million patrons" said Mr.
B Efird, "and we are going to show
^B them again, as we have done many
> times before, that when Efird's anj
nounce9 its Annual Chain Sale to in"
'c '"-IB elude all 31 stores in the organization,
^B it means full value, pressed down, and
-.B~ ^? running over" continued Mr. Efird.
'^1 ' With this as a goal, the managers
B got down to work laying out a defiB
nite schedule to be followed simul
taneously at all stores, which includes
^B special features as well as the general
riw ??; ;. routine.i
is hard for the average person to
' ' coiiCeive arf" the magnitude of Efird's ?
I Chain Sal ea Event, and by .way. of -.eackHj .
1~pfctnirfcioT:;--itr. Efird pointed out, that P
sales'during this sale will run near the A
two TrfUHon dollars mark. ' ' ffi
I* Is that BfiM's- New York
office has teen busily engaged work-. . 1
Ingnigftt an4 day, buying in tremen- .
...dous quantities, with' some of the
choicest bargains in seasonable merchandise
ever secured. All to be
thrown out on the basis of their pol
icy of ^Bny a Bargain?Sell a BarMr.
Efird summed up the l-esults. I
of the conference in a few words \
saying, "It may seem difficult to be
always beating our own records, but
no store or other business ever stands
stiil" he said, it either goes forward
or backward, and the plans we have
decided upon at this meeting, when
carried out, will demonstrate to every
' one, that we surely aim to go ahead."
Those attending the meeting were:
J. B. Efird and P. H. Efird, CharEfird,
Secretary and Treasur- I
er of the chain from Winston-Salem. -.1
J. W. Efird, New York reprsentai
J. R. Efird, of Columbia, S. C.
,E. A-.-Harris, Concord, X..C. , v-..-,,.
W. E. Haynes, Gastonia, X. C?; , ,
K. C.' Teague, Winston-Salem, .y., .. m
c - G. 6\ Byrd, Rock Hill, S,; C- "C
' ^cdlowell, Durham, "k. C . '
"A* L.' Taylor, Rocky Mount X*'C% ' "
> ?? Foreman Salisbury, X. G- m
H'y P.-tM:? Kendall, Raleigh, X. C.
F. C. Proctor, Anderson, S. C. .
M. F. Crooks, High Point, X. C.
C. L. Efird, Monroe, X. C." ' '
E. B. Hagler, Greer, S. C. ' I
W . O Wlintl Of GnQrtor?Vk?r?y O P
,.- ^B: J. Q. Earl, Laurinburg,. X. C. ...
^B. J' Teague, Lumberton, X. C.
B . ,Otis McMillan, Greenwood, j>."C.
B Ohas. Sappenfield, Shelby, X'. C.'
C P. T. Reinhardt, Forest City, X.1
i.;i?0-l^B' ' C.
R' Baarnette, Lincolnton, X. C.
(. E. L. Myers, Lexington, X. C.
B1 B. B. Brown, Burlington, X. C.
~ V1-^B R. B. McBride, Cherryville, X. C.
r-^B" H. B.-Trull, Lenoir, X. C. %
^B L*' K* Lee' ^ilson? N- c1
<t B E. P. Harris, Statesville. X. C.
B G. R. Hamilton, Danville, Va. g\
B H. P. Love, Sumter, S. C. Ci
B M. O. Efird, Wilmington. X. C.
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