William Meddars, 1956

William Meddars was a storekeeper in Still Pond, Maryland. In this interview, he discusses: His first employment at the Harper's Store at Still Pond in 1888 at fifty dollars a year; employment in 1889 at Daniel Holliday's wholesale dry goods business in Baltimore; his return to Still Pond in 1894 and subsequent ownership of a store there; fluctuations of cotton and linen prices during World War I and the Depression.