The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-05-31
EFIRD MANAGERS
MEET I'm CHARLOTTE
pawERETTr, PREPARATIONS
MADE AND DETAILS COMPLETE
FOR ANNUAL CHAIN SALE
AT ALL 81 EFIRD STORES

Gathered together for the purpose
of completing plans for the greatest
sale in their history, the managers
and executives of Efird's 81 Depart
naent Stores met here on Monday in
Conference With j. B. Efird. the
president and P. II. Efird, manager
= OF Charlotte store. .,
; The meeting was called to. order
Z; promptly at ten o'clock when Mr..
Eflrd sounded the key note by inform.
ing his managers that the Efird Chain
: Sale this year is to surpass all pre-
vious records in point of volume,
value giving and turnover in spite Of
lower prices.
1T is no small responsibility to en-
joy the confidence and good will of
about four million patrons" said Mr..
Efird, land we are going to show
them again, as we have done many
times before, that when Efird's an
nounces it's Annual Chain Sale to in
clude all 81 stores in the organization,
it means full value, pressed down, and
running over" continued Mr.. Efird.
With this as a goal, the managers
got down to work laying out defi-
mite schedule to be followed simul7
taneously at all stores, which includes
special features as well as the general
,s>yA is hard for the average person to
conceive of the magnitude Of Efird's
chaia Sales Event, and by way; of esI-
pfanafion;- Mr.. Efird pointed out, that
sales during this sale viii run near the
two million dollars mark.
1t IS 2sa16 that EfiFdsl New York
office has, been busily engaged work.
Ing night and day, buying in tremen-
.dous quantities, with some of the
choicest bargains in seasonable mer-
-chandise ever secured. All to be
thrown out on the basis of their pol
icy of BUY Bargain-Sen Bar
, gain.,ss ''.E
Mr.. Efird summed up the results
Of the conference in few words
saying, 'It may seem difficult TO be
always beating our own records, but
no store or other business ever stands
Still" he said, it either goes forward
or backward, and the plans We have
decided upon at this meeting, when
carried out, will demonstrate 10 every
( one, that We surely aim to go ahead"
b; Those attending the meeting were:
J. 3. Efird and P. H. Efird, Char
lotte.
-+@ @Ef.Ab. Efird, Secretary and Treasur-
er of the chain from Winsto Salem.
J. W. Efird, New York representa-
tive.
: J. r. Efird, Of Columbia, S. c..
E. A. Harris, Concord, NC. y. :.
W. E. Haynes, Gastonia, n. c.,
r. C. league, Winston-Salem,, ~.
G.. $3.50 =
50 G. G.. Byrd, Rock Hill, s.. C, ,-''-'1, --~
IT Il ;. L: Hol1owell, Durham, \. c.. ~
s. 1: Taylor, Rocky Mount Me-.
*NSF. A! Foreman Salisbury, n. G.. ~
IIfiP An = Kendall, Raleigh, n. C. ~,o.
F. c. Proctor, Anderson, S. c..
NJ. F. Crooks. High Point, \. C.
c. L. Efird. Monroe, y: C. -
" E. 3. Hagler, Greer, S. c. -.
W. O. Huntley, Spartanburg, SC.
e. j.: O.. Earl Laurin burg. n. c.. 49,.
=. j. Il. league, 'Lumberton, y. c.
Otis Mcmillan, Greenwood, S. C.. -"
Chas. sappenfield, Shelby, ". c.!
P. T. Reinhardt, Forest City, NJ
c.. .~-.
i. r. H. Baznette, Lincolnton, n. c..
E. L. Myers. Lexington, n. c.
B. 3: Brown, Burlington, n. c."
r. 3. Mcbride, Cherryville, n. C..
'.' H. B. Tru1l, Lenoir, n. c.
F." L.. X. Lee, Wilson, N. C.
+ E. P. Harris. Statesville. n. c.
P. G. F.. Hamilton, Danv.lie, Va.
H. p. Love, Sumter. S. c.
VI. O. Efird, Wilmington. n. G..