[405] News and Observer, Nov. 16, 1880.
[406] Augusta Trade Review, Oct., 1884.
[407] Hickman, interview, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29, 1916.
[408] News and Courier, Feb. 24, 1881.
[409] Ibid., Aug. 12, 1881.
[410] Ibid., Aug. 12, 1881.
[411] Buist, interview, Charleston, S.C., Dec. 28, 1916.
[412] Keatz, interview, Salisbury, N.C., Sept. 1, 1916.
[413] Davis, interview, Salisbury, N.C., Sept. 1, 1916.
[414] Ball, interview, Columbia, S.C., Jan. 3, 1917, and Davison's Textile Blue Book, 1916.