[446] Hickman, interview, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29, 1916. [447] Davis, interview, Salisbury, N.C., Sept. 1, 1916. [448] Ibid. [449] Ragan, interview, Gastonia, N.C., Sept. 14, 1916. [450] Robinson, letter, Gastonia, N.C., Nov. 28, 1916. Transcriber's Notes: Underlined passages are indicated by _underline_. The original text includes a blank spaces in Footnote 49 which is represented by ______ in this text version. The following typographical and spelling errors have been corrected: "evidenes" corrected to "evidences" (page 2) "be lieved" corrected to "believed" (page 4) "American" corrected to "America" (page 15) "powerul" corrected to "powerful" (page 16) "controservy" corrected to "controversy" (page 16) "Carolinaian" corrected to "Carolinian" (page 17) "Id" corrected to "If" (page 18) "build" corrected to "built" (page 19) "newsness" corrected to "newness"(page 19) "propserous" corrected to "prosperous" (page 22) "mangers" corrected to "managers" (page 22) "temas" corrected to "teams" (page 26) "tage" corrected to "stage" (page 29) "advances" corrected to "advanced" (page 29) missing "in" added (page 29) "steambot" corrected to "steamboat" (page 31) "sucess" corrected to "success" (page 33) "delcared" corrected to "declared" (page 45) "Calhoung" corrected to "Calhoun" (page 46) "feel" corrected to "fell" (page 48) "quote" corrected to "quite" (page 49) "imiginary" corrected to "imaginary" (page 52) "repating" corrected to "repeating" (page 58) "reproahced" corrected to "reproached" (page 59) "expression" corrected to "expressing" (page 67) "tectile" corrected to "textile" (page 69) "warm" corrected to "war" (page 71) "seaw" corrected to "sea" (page 75) "where" corrected to "were" (page 75) "perosns" corrected to "persons" (page 76) "charged" corrected to "changed" (page 77) "an" corrected to "as" (page 82) "advances" corrected to "advanced" (page 83) "repvailed" corrected to "prevailed" (page 89) "understodd" corrected to "understood" (page 95) "munitiae" corrected to "minutiae" (page 95) "Herland" corrected to "Herald" (page 98) "sawrm" corrected to "swarm" (page 100) "officiaals" corrected to "officials" (page 100) "Sate" corrected to "State" (page 105) "and" corrected to "an" (page 112) "grow" corrected to "grew" (page 117) "happaned" corrected to "happened" (page 123) missing "is" added (page 126) "back-bitting" corrected to "back-biting" (page 127) "wlecomed" corrected to "welcomed" (page 128) "bounds" corrected to "bound" (page 128) "adhorred" corrected to "abhorred" (page 129) "whol" corrected to "whole" (page 129) "di" corrected to "do" (page 130) "pilosophy" corrected to "philosophy" (page 132) "telehone" corrected to "telephone" (page 133) "capaign" corrected to "campaign" (page 134) "loca" corrected to "local" (page 134) "natice" corrected to "native" (page 137) "capitalists" corrected to "capitalist" (page 139)