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HOPKINS AND WITTY
HOPKINS AND WITTY. Jewelry store. Hopkins and Witty was started in 1896 by L. S. Hopkins and Joseph Witty who had been employed by the A. Knight Jewelry Company. They operated their business for twenty-five years on Main Street between Eighth and Ninth STREETS.
With the death of Joseph Witty, L.S. Hopkins purchased his partner's interest and the store was renamed in 1923 to the Hopkins Jewelry Store.