[279] Potter, interview, Gaffney, S.C., Sept. 13, 1916. [280] Cleveland, interview, Spartanburg, S.C., Sept. 8, 1916. [281] B. B. Gossett, interview, Anderson, S.C., Sept. 11, 1916. [282] Baker, interview, Gaffney, S.C., Sept. 13, 1916. [283] Ibid. [284] Hartsell, interview. Concord, N.C., Sept. 2, 1916. [285] Rogan, G. W., interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916. [286] Sterling Graydon, interview, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 4, 1916. [287] C. S. Morris, interview, Salisbury, N.C., Sept. 1, 1916. [288] Hartsell, interview, Concord, N.C., Sept. 2, 1916. [289] Charles McDonald, interview, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 3, 1916. [290] Cleveland, interview, Spartanburg, S.C., Sept. 8, 1916. [291] J. W. Norwood, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 9, 1916. [292] Thackston, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 12, 1916. J. A. Chapman, interview, Spartanburg, S.C., Sept. 5, 1916. The mills around Spartanburg had a nucleus of local capital, and the commission houses and machinery manufacturers took an interest in the development. [293] Baker, interview, Gaffney, S.C., Sept. 13, 1916. [294] Wood, Interview, Gaffney, S.C., Sept. 13, 1916. [295] Gossett, interview, Anderson, S.C., Sept. 11, 1916. [296] Chapman, interview, Spartanburg, S.C., Sept. 5, 1916. [297] A. A. Thompson, interview, Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 16, 1916. [298] Cleveland, interview, Spartanburg, S.C., Sept. 8, 1916. [299] Clark, David, interview, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 4, 1916. [300] C. D. Morris, interview, Salisbury, N.C., Sept. 1, 1916. [301] Seport, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916. [302] Wood, interview, Gaffney, S.C., Sept. 13, 1916. [303] Separk, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916. [304] Charles E. Johnson, interview, Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 16, 1916. [305] Bernard Case, interview, Greensboro, N.C., Aug. 30, 1916. [306] Chapman, interview, Spartanburg, S.C., Sept. 5, 1916. [307] Haynesworth, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 9, 1916. [308] Gossett, interview, Anderson, S.C., Sept. 11, 1916. [309] Haynesworth, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 9, 1916. [310] Odell, W. R., interview, Concord, N.C., Sept. 1, 1916. [311] Norwood, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 9, 1916. [312] Ibid. [313] Norwood, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 9, 1916. [314] Clark, interview, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 4, 1916. [315] Ibid., Also Separk, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916; also H. D. Wheat, interview, Gaffney, S.C., Sept. 13, 1916. [316] Thackston, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 12, 1916. [317] Ibid. [318] Graydon, interview, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 4, 1916, also J. A. Brock, interview, Anderson, S.C., Sept. 11, 1916. [319] Separk, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916; also Thackston, ibid. [320] Graydon, interview, Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 4, 1916. [321] Boyce, and Robinson, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916; also Ragan, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14th, 1916. [322] Thackston, interview, Greenville, S.C., Sept. 12, 1916.