Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-10
REQUISITES TO- SUCCESS
Man Who Has, CONSUMING Desire Will
Succeed Says Anderson. !:
STORY OF SUCCESSFUL. BUSINESS MAN
Started Building Buggies: in Tiny
Shop and Now Leading Automobile
Manufacturer of the South-Bor-
rowed Money to Pay the Preacher
Who Married Him-Work is Prime
Essentiab He Says.
fRu n Staff Corresnondcntl
fBy a Staff Correspondcnt).

(By Staff Correspondcnt)
Rock Hill May 9-Any young man
who has o consuming desire to sue
ceed in life, can get there says John
G. Anderson. the pioneer: and leading
automobile manufacturer of the south.
Just set your objective, keep it in
mind day and night learn all you can
from: the other fellow. Keep your
eyes on; him but mostly on your own
objective. Use the common sense that
the Lord your God has given you and
work, work, work! Follow those di-
rections and there can be no final
failure.
mo section of the United States
has monopoly on brains. The large
cities haven't got such a monopoly
Neither have the small towns and
county distric. Ability is to .. be
found everywhere. The great trouble
is that so many youngsters and older
men and women as we'll don't attempt
to use what they have"
Built Rock Hill Buggies.
Anderson was one of the best known
buggy manufacturers in the world be-
fore he entered the automobile busi-
ness. Rock Hill buggies, sold under a
world registered trademark, "A Little
Higher in Price But were known
and used all over the world up until
few years ago.
Came the automobile and the man
ufacturer Of buggies realized that the
day of the buggy was fast slipping
away. The Rock Hill Buggy Company
of which he was president and general
manager, was dissolved and the An
derson Motor. Car Co., leading auto
mobile manufacturers Of the south,
took it's place.
But back to the personal story Oh
Anderson and that consuming desire
to succeed: His friends tell that some
fifty odd years ago hen he was just
Il mere slip of lad he went to mill
one day with a bushel of corn on his
back to be ground into meal.
Another little boy about his own age
came to mill for the same purpose and
also carrying Il bushcl Of corn. \ lit
tie, scrawny, scraggly, yellow dog &C.
icompancd the other boy. to mill.
The Story of Dog.
Anderson loved that yellow. dog
right there and he Immediately under
took 10 trade for it. He offered his
pocket knife but the other boy
wouldn't trade. He offered his bushel
of corn which was his fathers prop
erty, but the other boy wouldn't trade.
Anderson wore a good pair OF
breeches- for that dark day just
after the Civil war. The boy liked,
the breeches and he agreed to trade
his dog for the breeches. The owner
Of the breeches took them Off then ana
there and with the dog under his arm
walked home with no clothing on eX-
cent his shirt. But he had the dog.
Came a later day when he arrived
at manhood. He loved the woman
who was soon aftcrward to be his
wife. He was poor blacksmith
then: but he determined to have the
lady. She agreed to marry him IN
1884. He had no money to pay the
minister for performing the ceremony.
Undaunted he went to w. j. Roddcy'
banker in Rock Hill and borrowed 50
to pay the minister.
In 1887 he started to making bug
GIGS. His shop was in a little house
dOy30 feet on one Of the principal
streets of Rock Hill which was then
but small village. A Methodist
church stands now on the property
where the first buggy shop was
located. The property could not be
bought now for hardly 100000
He had two helpers in the first ven-
turc. To j. NJ. Lazenby he paid Sl.25
n day for his services. To a negro
preacher whose congregation was
Door and who had to work week days
at other tasks to keep the wolf from
the door, he paid so cents day.
Sometimes he would borrow the mon
ey from Lazenby to pay the colored
man.
First Advertising Experience:
One day an advertising representa-
tive Of the Southern Christian Advo-
cate. a religious publication, came 10