The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-15

other before that. Recognized pair
of blankets exhibited. Left ono pair
there on January lst, 1893, and kept
ono pair in stock like that ordered
for me- Mr.. Hipp's son said If
didn't want them 10 could keep them
for his aunt, and 1 left them. They
are unusually fine blankets for coun-
try trade. Mr.. Hipp dealt in brand Of
tobacco exhibited while I was there
Remember selling Joe Riser one
pair of shoes in October last. Did
not sell him tobacco OF towels. TO
bacco is not first class.
Cross examined by Mr.. Hunt:
Clerked for Hipp five years and one
month, left January I, 1903. Other
clerks wore: j. i. Miller, Clarence
Bundrick and Charlie Counts. Re.
member about time Hatton & Hipp
dissolved. Thoir cost mark was af-
forwards changed to "Vanderbilt"
because Mr.. Hipp and son thought
too many outside wero catching up
with it. IL was not changed on
Bundrick's account. 1 aud Richard
Hipp did discuss changing cost mark
on Bundrick's account. He was sell,
ing little too close. Did not think
he was disposlng of goods in any way
he ought not. Mark was changed
twice. Didn't like way things were
going on there much and left there.
Redirect by Mr.. Johnstone: Bun
drick was selling goods too close and
not unfaithfully. Purpose was that
clerks would have to como to hend.
quarters for prices, but was changed
mostly because parties on outside
were catching up with it,
Holloway was recalled: Remember
brands Of Is pairs Shoes was Battle
Axe.
At this point the State announced
that it would rest.
J. W. RISER, DEPENDANT, SWORN.
BY Mr.. w. H. Hunt: Am uo!end
ant. Had store ut my house, had it
there over Il year. Store is s or 10
steps from dwelling. Begun keep
ing store directly after 1 built in '00.
Owned half interest in two horse
wagon. Albert owed me balance
on wagon and asked me to take
shoes on debt, before Christmas.
Had some towels also. He meant
to marry aad said he did not mood
them now, as it was broken up.
Consulted my wife and sho said we
needed them and L got them on debt.
Got two pair shoes from DeVillius
Baker and tobacco. This was before
Christmas. He had borrowed money
from mo and asked me to take these
things in payment, in day time. He
told me that Clarence Bundrick had
been getting medicine from him and
other work in way of taking women
there. Said he got shoes and tobac-
CO in consideration Of services to
Bundricl. Baker said Bundrick
to- | him to watch his time to como
for pay, as he could not pay HIM
money, suppose he meant when Hipp
was not present. I have some things
in my house now that L bought from
brother Willie. Albert and Willie
were to take a trip to Santuck.
Willie wanted to borrow my pistol
and he took it and brought 1T back,
and it mistoriously disappeared from
house, and did not want to loso it,
SO he said Clarence Bnndricl1 owed
him and he would fix it and let mo
have this soap, Sc cakes "Circus
soap" i'll payment for pistol l al
lowed him 40c. per dozen for soap.
No such conversation over occurred
between mo and negro about not tell
ing where he got shoes. Mrs. Riser
and myself went to Prosperity when
Wheeler IL Moseley were selling
goods at about cost, about Christmas,
and my wife bought tho shoes tho
negro Andrew testified about and an
other pair Got them too pointed
and they did not suit-the other
pair sold to my mother. My wife
sold the shoes to Mllly Bowers, tho
negroes wife. On 9th Of February
was at home. We have been absent
from homo only two nights since 1st
of January. One night were at my
wife's sisters at Blairs ana the other
night at my sisters Chaplin.
Cross examined by Mr. Johnstono:
My wife bought pointed toed shoes,
took them back and changed them
for broad toes-they did not fit and
sold them to mother. They hurt
mothers feet and my wife sold them.
Mother took tho shoes home, 200
yards, aud she could not wear them.
She bought them up home, paid for
them and carried them to her homo
lnd could not wear them. She was
in Il hurry when she camo up there |
suppose. | lived once at Union; don't
live there now Got two pair OF sho 4
from DoVilllus Baker, and he told
me that Clarence Bundrick owed him
for some medicine for q disease he
had at that time. Baker is no doc
tor to my knowledge. Ho lives about
, two or two and q half miles from