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I Pagre Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, April 24, 1952 Byrnes Says Democrats Interested in Principles, Not Party Labels — » By W. D. WORKMAN. JR. * In News & Courier Columbia. April 20.—A blue-print i r Southern political independence has been drawn by<XJov. James F. Byrnes, although some architec- tural details have yet to be filled tr r . The motif of that plan lies in Gov. Byrnes’ observation that the Democratic party of South Caro- Ima "is independent of any nationaf Political organization.” The empha- s i on the independence of South Carolina and of the South was caught up in other remarks, point ed in the direction of both 1 Repub licans and Democrats. “I do not want the South to be ‘in the bag” for the national Dem ocratic party nor do I want it to be cohsidered ‘in the bag’ for the Republican party Women More Honest, And Better Salesmen, Merchandiser Says By HAL BOYLE Cincinatti. — ‘‘Women are more I lirn ”int*er-l h° nest ^ an men, and they can sell ested in principles and not in party labels. I want to know what is in the platform of the Republican things better than men, Meyers. ^ ^ , The discovery of his simple mer- salesman who called on one of his representatives. “She didn’t buy a brush but he ended up buying two dresses from her for his wife,” he said. Some of his ladies go door-to- door on foot. Some carry their kit books in baby buggies. One travels about on horseback. Another cruis- says Phil es Montana aboard a motorcycle. I have met only a few dozen in person,” Meyers said. “But they Goodyear Tires and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Product* Phono No. 2 party as well as the platform of the chandising principle has made him ; write us''warm personal Democratic party.” a millionaire and “king of the lady j about their own lives and their With that established, the gov-; drummers.” % | Problems, and we get ( to feel we ernor then told his listeners at the 1 He bosses an army of more than! kn o w mem pre.ty well. State Democratic Convention that'5.000 women salesmen — mostly' This scattered sales army of 50,- South Carolinians “can vote in No-i housewives — who sell 2,000,000 ; 000 women keeps busy three plants vember for the candidates of the j dresses a year for his Fashion ( hiring 1,500 workers, most of w'hom national Democratic party, the Re-1 Frocks, Inc., a concern that grosses | are women, too. Meyers recently publican party, or a third political, a bout $18,000,000 annually. has again become one of the party.” Meyers, now 52, is a tall, lean, ition’s largest manufacturers ofi friendly former star football play- parachutes for the armed forces. The mechanics for those courses of action were set up by adoption of a resolution of this wording: “--i‘Tbe Democratic party of South Carolina reserves to itself the right to Determine its course in the gen eral election at a subsequent meet- er for the University of Cincinatti. After working in his father’s small dress manufacturing firm, he de cided to start one of his own in a gamble on a pet theory of mer chandising he had developed. “I had the idea that since all ing> of the delegates of this conven-. . . . , . . , ., *• women ar e interested in style, the tion, which meeting shall be called by the State Chairman after the adjournment of the National Con- Problom Drinkers C are >ew Treatment For Alroholiitni Our clinically-proven method developed in treating more than 7300 men and v»omen produces positive result& every day Neu - medication removes all desire for alcoholic drink within 72 hours. No nausea, no long period^ of nervousness. This is the quick, ef fective. safe method. We treat alcoholism exclusively, and every patient gets personal, individual care. Patients accepted day or night. ^ rite or telephone today. Abt Sanitarium 605 L. North S.' Tel. 24485 Greenville, S. C. Licensed by S. C. State Board of Health best way to sell one housewife was through another housewife,” he ventions and not later than the 1 sa lf' second week in August.” Isunched in 1925 amid /a., 1 cons iderable laughter in the trade (An element of that resok,t on, _ now become the largest _' was the serving^of notice on the i 1 national Democratic Convention that South Carolina Democrats “are not bound to support candi dates selected at such national conven ion who are hot acceptable to the Democratic Party of South Carolina.”) The Byrnes blue-print also envis ioned a working combination of Southern states, acting in concert to offset attacks by minority groups in the North. “Experience has taught us,” the governor said, “that there must be cooperation between the states of the South. The organized minor ities 0 f northern states threatened the leaders of the national Demo cratic party and forced those lead ers for political reasons, to aban- jjdtaa. the..cardinal principles of States I rights. They abandoned that prin ciple because it obstrutced them in their efforts to secure federal leg islation controlling purely local direct-selling dress making com pany in the world. Today Meyers figures he employs more salespeo ple than any American firm other than General Motors and the Wool- worth chain. And they are all women. “We‘ve had some men salesmen in the past,” he acknowledges wry ly- _ “But they weren’t satisfactory. A woman will outsell them every justf as he was in the last world war. “Many of our women with sons in the service ask to be taken off dress making tasks so they can help sew parachutes,” he said. What has he learned about feminine psychol ogy in a quarter of a century of association with so many of that sex? “The main thing you come to realize about women,” said Meyers, “is that they are completely honest. I hate to say it, but men simply aren’t as honest as women.” Johnston Favors Allowing Money To Run Seizure Washington, April 21.—Sen. Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina, was the sole member of the Carolina tim^t“least‘inTheTield C of style.” senatorial delegation to vote today Oriecune L Box Office Opens 2:45 Saturday 12:45 — Shows Run Continuous Admission 9c and 42c Thursday and Friday, April 24-25 Tk«tr first pichir* in color r Th« lost word in laughs^ Saturday, April 26 (One Day) “New Mexico” (U. S. Cavalry Against Indians) Filmed in Beautiful Ansco Color With LEW AYERS, MARILYN MAXWELL, and ANDY DEVINE. Also COMEDY and CARTOON Monday and Tuesday, April 28-29 Wednesday, April 30 (One Day) “PICKUP’ (Suspense Thriller) With BEVERLY MICHAELS and ALLEN NIXON ♦♦4^W44'44W44W#VW#4/W44W#4W44*44W#4V4W44W44W44!W44l>4!WWW44<>4W4V#4W44W44'44' THE CASINO Admission 9c and 30c OPEN ONLY FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS Friday and Saturday, April 25-26 His formula in this: He adver tises for women who want to earn money to help themselves or their families. He sends them a kit book illustrated with pictures and fabric samples of 30 different dresses ranging from $2.98 to $15.98. The dress patterns are kept in current styles—he has his own staff of de signers -—but he avoids fads' find frills. His determined ladies do the rest. They go out and get the orders, col lect a down payment on the entire price of the dress. Who are these women? Some are wives of ministers. Some are school teachers. Some are employ ees of consulates abroad. Sortie are mothers trying to send a kid through school. Many are widows. They earn up to $60 a week or more. “Their wishbohe is sometimes bigger than their backbone^!, said Meyers. “About 85 per cent of our business is turned in by about 15 per cent of our saleswomen. Natur ally there is quite a turnover. Many take up the work only to achieve a single purpose, such as making enough money to bur new furni ture for their homes, and then drop out. Others have stayed with ut at long as 20 years. And they are Usually the best.” Most are married and under 35 f years old. But many are over 60. One saleslady over 70 sent an aver age of 70 orders a month last year. Meyers likes to tell about a brush problems in states of the south. “Without cooperation we cannot successfully combat the attacks of the organized minorities in north ern states. If we act in concert with southern states on these questions and let the leaders of both political parties know we are no longer ‘in the bag’ of any political party, we | will no longer be ignored/ Governor Byrnes said it was his hope “that we can find it possible to affiliate with the national Demo cratic party . . . the political house of our fathers. We want to return to that house. But we ought to make it crystal clear we will not return if we are going tb be treat ed as stepchildren.” The governor’s keynote address semed to reflect the attitude of the great majority of the delegates in attendance at the convention, al though several volunteered the thought that such a speech would have been even more timely and effective in 1948. Mayor Francis Coleman, of Mt. Pleasant, was among them. He said his only criticism of the Byrnes speech was that “it came four years too late.’ Former Senator Robert M. Ken nedy, Jr., a staunch States Right spokesman from Camden, suggest ed that such a stand by Byrnes in 1948 might well have made the States Rights movement of that year completely effective. HAS OPERATION Friends of Mrs. Romayne Hamil ton will be interested to know she underwent an appendectomy yes terday at Blalock clinic. — NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL against the Ferguson amendment to prevent deficiency |unds from being used in administering the steel plant seizure. ■ Sen. Burnet R. Maybank of South Carolina and Sen. Clyde R. Farmer Announces For Magistrate At Mountville Claude J. (Cuz) Farmer of Jo anna, announces himself today as a candidate for Magistrate at Mountville, Hunter Township. Mr. Farmer, who is employed by Joanna Cotton Mills; has been a resident of that community for the past 25 years. He is a veteran of World War II in which he was twice wounded and took pan in g five major campaigns in the- Elk-q- j* pean theatre. In announcing his candidacy, he said, “I promise non- est, efficient and courteous service if elected^— ‘ Mr. Farmer and his wife and two children are Joanna residents. Hoey of North Carolina, voted for the measure. Sen. Willis Smith of North Carolina, who will he^d a judiciary sub-committee inves tigating the legality of the seizure, was absent. In a statement issued today, Hoey blasted the presidential seiz ure as being “wholly without jfis- tification.” He said, furthermore, that the president’s speech ‘sound ed as if it had been dictated by la bor bosses.” He said Mr. Truman obscured and even avoided the main issues, that of a union shop and declared that workers should be free to join a union or not, as they wished. WE DO ALL KINbS OF PRINTING ' —EXCEPT BAD ^ CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” SAT: ‘I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE” THANK TOU Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... EMBALMERS Phones 41 and 399-.I AMBULANCE SERVICE L. RUSSELL GRAY and V. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. 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