The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-10-01
UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, G}oBRa 1; 1897,
Durham, N. c., Feb. II, '97.

uluanu, ~. W., Ecu. IL, ".
DR.. NJ. Il. Smith:
Have read Meador's vile in.
sinuation. l demand an investigation
Wire answer, Park Hotel.
''J. +. Cotton"
The kilograms were introduced as
evidence.
Cross examination by VIM. Munro.
The second paper stated the sum
paid for DR.. Meador's interest, the
first may not have done so. He as
signed everything to me, except if
anything was over after paying debts
he was to have half of it. / did not
have much to do with store. Don't
think Cotton and Meador were on
lad terms. DR.. Meador told me he
suspected Cotton. Cotton could not
have had i'll will to DR.. Mcador from
anything saidto him. DR.. Meador
said. to me he would not employ
Cotton but made no complaint of
specified trouble; he said he did not
believe Cotton was honest. / never
told Colton Meador suspected him
until three weeks ago. Last fall |
spoke of hiring man who was a
graduate in pharmacy but was not
decided that he should take Col.on.s
place. DR.. Meador told me Cotton
would not DO. On cne occasion said
money was missing from cash drawer
on certain day. lie did not charge
Cotton with taking goods from t6e
store. For the last year and half
| kept it awhile, and then Cotton
kept it. At thcend of 1897, our in,
debtedness amounted to nearly $4,000;
about $14OO to foreign creditors.
Don't remember amount Of accounts
due to the firm. There were not
many of them. DR.. Meador, Will
Cotton and myself had key to the |
store; we made money the first year
and lost it every year afterwards.
Although we had lost about $4,000. |
Don't know whether there were more |
accounts on books at one time than
another.
| saw DR.. Meador on Saturday
morning taxing articles out of the 4,
store. JQhs N endor moved some and
q negro 6ss sarrying ffssoms tls;s
l. ! s,aYist dis Dir. Meador. a reward of
$500 was offered. DR.. Meador had
some articles in the old store, a thread
cabinet and etc.
BY Solicitor Seasc: don't re-
member conversation about suspect
ing Cotton. l told him that | could
easily catch man in store with me.
lie tried to do so. One time he said
the cash was fifty cents short. | said
that may be a mistake. The next
time the cash was $1.50 or s. ahead.
We paid Cotton $40 per month. Dr..
Meador had no other occupation.
knew of no property he possessed in
his own name except a piece of land
above town, from which he told me
one time he got one bale of cotton a
year. l kept my notes from his in
my private drawer in safe. | carried
them and put them in box in the
bank in November or December. The
cash sales in August this year were
larger than in January, | have never
seen anything crooked about Cotton
have watched him closely.
Cotton made complaint TO me about
Meador.
The books of the firm were handed
to DR.. Smith and from them he said
that the cash sales in January, 1897,
were $292.60; February, $29G.50;
July, $3S6.74; August, $379.17:
the difference between the summer
and winter months being about 500.
Up to the 9th february, Cotton,
Meador and myself had access to store
and cash drawer, in the summer
months Cotton, Rice, Reeves and my
self have cash register in the
store now, but don't use it as cash
register. 1t cost $500.
The prescriptions are charged most
in summer. Don't know what pro-
portion of cash they constitute. This
summer has been the most sickly sea-
son for several years; been unusual
number ofcases of fever but gave few
prescriptions taking in less cash in
summer than winter. The cotton
mill has increased business, but We
have not gotten a great deal of it.
Here the books were introduced
and comparisons ofmonths cash made
W. l.. COTTON
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