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HUDSON and ESSEX Can Be Obtained at Service Station on DeKalb St Building Formerly Occupied by Kershaw Motor Company It is my intention to give Service on Hudson and Essex Cars and in order to do this it is requested that you bring your cars to this Service station. Assistance from the fac tory and concentration on Hudson's and Essex makes your work assured of be ing correct. A. K. Blakeney SERVICE STATION DeKalb Street Next to City Filling Station Phone 221 ACCEPTANCES URGED TO AID COTTON LOANS Would Make Country's Credit Resources Available to Grow ers and Lighten Burden on Southern Banks. UNIFORM WAREHOUSING LAWS ARC NECESSARY Natltonal Bunk of Comm*ro? In N?w York 8?yi Discount Market R? quires Standard Receipt Which , Will ? Protect Loans. Ttie u?e of hunk acceptances for flouncing ^cotton growers to advocated by the National Hank of Commerce lu New York tin n remedy for the hufitl ((jhinoutf) crop lieu system now In gen eral use. lu Its magazine, Commerce Monthly, tli# hunk points out that cot urn mark?tlng requirements hereto fore have not shared In the country's credit reaounW because the obliga tions of i he generality of borrower# in i his Held Imve not heeu Suitable for Decollation In the open market. Tilt burden of financing has been concen trated on' a knitted xmwfber of South eri^hunks. Such a system has been responsible in u I a rye degree for com pelling the dumping of cotton on (he market almost as rapidly It could he picked and ginned The bauk points out that a means of securing ii broader distribution o f the burden baa been provided by the Fed* end- reserve system, which enables member hunks both to rediscount loans and to execute acceptances, which are particularly suitable' for general 'negotiation. The success of this remedy, however, depends largely on the ability of borrowers to provide .certain simple requirements of the discount market. One of the chief re quirements, thtf bunk declares, Is h uniform standard <>f quality of ware house receipts, which ^vill enable banks throughout Mhe country safely to undertake the -execution of accept ances (hi cotton In storage. Requisite Conditions. "There bus been u diversity and often a laxity In business practices, as well as an absence of uniformity In the obligations and responsibilities as sumed by warehousemen, under vary ing state warehousing laws, which has caused bankfhg institutions not dl- < rectly acquainted with the individual warehousing concerns to hesitate to 'extend credit on the strength of their receipts," the bank declares. "On r* c<Mvin# a request for a loan agaiimt cotton the banker's first concern is that there actually Is cotton behind the warehouse receipt. One of the most serious difficulties which banks, particularly those which are not In close local touch with the situation, have found in thu way of loaning more free ly against cotton receipts Is that they have never been able to ascertain ex actly what title to the cotton they hud... In general it Is true that the holder <>f a receipt is subject to prior liens,, and uncertainty as to their nature ami ex tent increases the banker's hesitancy In ncceptlng receipts as collateral, even though in practice the actual louses from defective title by" reason of such liens have been comparatively small. The cotton, furthermore, should be In the hands of a reliable warehouseman, who should be inde pendent of the borrower, so that the letter cannot, while the receipt Is out standing in the hands of a third party, obtain control over tlie cotton covered by IL Uniform Warehouse Laws Needed. "A reasonable method of Improving this situation would -seem to be the application of fairly uniform laws con cerning cotton warehousing wherever cotton Is stored. Two laws have al ready been formulated which, were their provisions uniformly and Jointly applicable to cotton warehouses, would go far toward establishing warehouse receipts on tho. high level of the bill of lading. These are tlie Uniform Warehouse Receipts Law and the Federal Warehouse Act adopted In 15)10. The latter provides for Fed eral supervision and examination of licensed warehouses wTilch take a 4 - vantage of Its provisions. The Uni form Warehouse Receipts Act, on the other hand. Is concerned with putting the receipt Itself Into proper form nuiklng standard the term* which It Incorporates and the obligations as sumed by the warehouseman, and making standard also the conditions attending Its transfer or negotiation. "As regards the Uniform Ware house Receipts Act. there would seem to he no valid reason why Its provi sions should 1 1 o ! he lii> orporaled In their en1 re*v in the statutes ?.f every state T' e Federal Warehouse Art Is not i "Mi ! ?oi a , a: J warehouses have heti.. .ii. ! piob i*i> w ? 1 ! continue to he. s'ow ' ! !. ei : \ ... -of It* prov! | s. ,.!??. ?? f supervision f"r w t ' ; ; : ? ? id.-s \ n med> 1 1 > I g 1 ' t" i", the eslnh > >1 i! ??ii' ' > i > -?:e;n of public ?? j 1 * ' I e *?~>.pi'Cfi\e s' m t *"*, or ii ? : i - ii> ? v.i'e laws that i ?! j >?' ?? \ r< 1 : ? . ?><pjired 'ri ' " >? ' ' X " e I ;? : t r* r | ? '? ? ; e f ?? fti hie he | ? x ???? f f *\c gr/*:cr u?<i formlt j it i , e " SEES GOOO IN THE TEA CUP ! ? Doctor Cf)o?, Aged Educator, Uoe4 on ftocord lit Haying Faith In That Mod?raU Stimulant I - l>r. (*harle? w. Kllot. now In hff eliiity-Hlxth year. con tome* to a devi ation from the Dtrlet rule of ahmeml n turn Ma whi< h cannot but cauae < on cam tn the Inner Hrcle* of moral re? form. hay? the New York World. Tlmiifrh he hn* dKuhk Indulged In **?t l mutant* llk? t**? coffee nud nl* e..hol," and In tohiieco not at till for inort- than half ? eeinuo. be >el flnda ? e?*rtaln virtue In tea drinking. *1 hnva used f ??;? moat," he *?ya, "hecuinw It hm'dik to me to facilitate the men tut effort of wrMn# and Mi>enkinfr." If the venerable ei-prealdent of llnr* ard uohernlty htid merely 991 Id rtiat he derived wnne dletlc henetlt from tea. no exception would betaken to the statement. It Im hla frank ad mlMHlou that tye mtea tea aa a atlmu V?n( and Andjfj that It helps hi* menial process* which will be challenged. Can there he In any Mliimlunl? Can the willful excitation of the mind by any kind of brew be other than immoral In lt? ?>8Kentlal nature? All at mon-pure reformer* of the drink evil will feel nur? that the uae of ten ban drugged Poctor Kilot'? Intellect and ioMmmI it of it* highest productivity. Hut what, the world haa loat In that particular will count a* nothing to the aelf-revelatldn that thla distin guished champion of temperance la not 100 per cent perfect In hie pro* hlbltlon views. NEW ROUTES OF NEAR EAST Railroad Lines Will Be Materially Ex tended as the Result of Oper- . atlons of the Great War. ? ' The military (titrations of the war gave a material boost to railroad de velopment In the near Kant, says Lew Is Heck, In Asia. After their success ful campaign at the end of 1017, the British extended their track line from Egypt t? Palestine, connecting at Hamleh near Jerusalem. The line then went on to Haifa, which the British are planning to make prelr .great port In the East and the principal terminus on the Mediterranean for a new short line railroad to Bagdad aud India, con necting Egypt and the African posses sions with India. The war gave the Bagdad railway extensions In Clllcla, northern Syria and Mesopotamia ? British prisoners of war furnishing much of the labor. The tunnels through tho Taurus mountains were completed. Trains now run from Con stantinople through Aleppo to Nlsbln. At the eastern terminus of the line ? Bagdad ? trains run northward as far as Tekrlt. Between Nlsbln and Tekrlt Is an unfinished section of a few hun dred miles. Before the war, trains did not run at night on this line, but this was changed by stern j^ecessrlty. When normal truffle conditions arc re established. the journey from Constan tinople to Bagdad and on to the Per sian Gulf can be made In a few days. Shakespeare Farm to Be Sold. Among the numerous landed prop erties which are coming Into market during the next few months Is one of more than ordinary Interest, namely, the Orendon Underwood estate, Buck inghamshire, says the London Tele graph. This belongs to Mrs. Plgottr-a member of n family resident In the dis trict for centuries, who has -decided to sell. This village has many historical and literal associations, which fhlefiy center round Its westerly portion, where stands the old Elizabethan hab itation now known as Shakespeare farm. It was here, when the house was a wayside hostelry, then named the Obi Shlppe, that Shakespeare, It Is affirmed, used to stay when Journey ing to and from Stratford-on-Avon. Find New Fertilizer. An Iniporuint addition to the fer* tlllzer supply of the United States Is to be made. About 2,r?00,000 acres of lands In Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Montana, containing valuable phosphate depos its have been divided Into areas not exceeding 2.!>00 each, according to the Journal of Industrial nnd Engi neering Chemistry. For years these lands have been awnlting congressional legislation in regard to the leasing of phosphate de posits In public lands. Regulations In (his connection have now been ap proved by Secretary of the Interior Payne. Applications for lenses nre to he filed with the iocnl land office for transmission to the secretary of the laterior. ? Chemical Hound Table. Peanut Production. Alabama is the loading stete In j?ennut production, w ith 6.840.000 bnsh cl< to her credit In UUP, while five ot!;^r srutis produced from fl. 4^0.000 bushels to .vmnno bushels each. T1 1 ?? total production of pesnuts jn ihe I'nlted Slates last year ;n, bushels, havlnjr a rash vnlue .cwihmni.OOo. I.n<t winter flu- aver pri<-?? pu!d for peanuts \vn? ?2. 10 per bushel. Trucks Grow in Favor. There wife ' ?* trucks in use at ' h* ??!)<! of the > r 1 ' ? 1 V ;t? compared with n t' ?\ : ma t ??! \ 7 ?T> for the prci i-I'i l' \ ? r r 'I'li'i 's n caln of 27 ; t r, 10 j, i- cri-ater than the ;r :vi>- sh'<Tn t> pn*>w nger enrs. f>?0y ?*i^ht?*?*n ??-?<?* :> ?,**?? c..i\i|.;'a ? ? i.? of truck re . '-f i S'tnv York I. ^ .. '-h I ?? v. . . l?, M - .>r ? - ' ?i !*? ' ? : . .. ? ?in < ii ? I ' i< 'i : T \ -1 Vev d? with "I ? ?- ' ? ???? '^ct 1. 1 1 1.. . St. Th* Zitf-Zatf Tread .ilv Wd Nltoltteillf ; Oftftwl fw ?(v4(v*l *<HU?lly ui . .1 ?U |M(| . v i.tbttuD*. TW /\.w V .Ui? ?lu/u?ie wi both ?lda? of (b? ??ti? wlrt*. Iit?ry bud. HfcUl vl.i.J I. ii.Ii.IimIUhL FV?U?1 JUu U<u*. vt Um? "PUm? DW m.I ?lr?lsht (VoUf Liu* of ( <m?I ?f? thick rubbt-r atuda linl ??.!?? Is k??pUit m Witrk "be*4 00." Lee Cords ? Economy Tires PUT a Lee Cord on your car. For get about it for five, six or seven thousand miles. Then watch it closely* Note how it continues to roll up mile age ? how it stays young and keeps postponing the need of a new shoe ? how it outrides and outlives aijy tire . you ever had. Keep close count on the mileage de livered. Divide the price of the tire by the miles of service. Let the tire cost-per-mile be your guide for fnt*r ? " lire buying. Lee Cord construction, the Ki^i quality of material# and the hand work ?f skilled cord tire specialists practi cally eliminate blowouts, blisters, tread separation, sidcwalls breaking, internal friction and the other usual tire troubles* [When you begin using lec Cordi you end tire waste. Every mile brings a saving; you'll see the difference in a year. But don't wait to have me show you their advantages. KERSHAW MOTOR Camden S. C* U-tftfl Smile at Miles** ? A Pliihujelidiiaii has inyt-nted a cloek with a phonographic attachment which, instead of striking the hours, says, "Time to get up," "Breakfast is ready, >' "Time to no to work," and so on. -*-Soap has recently been used to con eeal valuable stones by persons "at tempting to evade customs inspectors, A hole Is made. the precious stone is inserted and tlion cleverly smoothed over with small soap pieces. ?The Pennsylvania linos have drt ped -.12,000 employes; A deficit in C company and too many -omployts f the work performed wore tlm princij can yes. The animal saving will 1 $15,000,000. The Certain-teed Guarantee 88 a Basis for Estimating Roofing Cost ' A.n~teec* guarantee provides a basis for estimat ing the approximate cost per year of your new roof. hoofing, Number 3 Heavy, is guaranteed for fifteen years. It usuaJIy lasts longer. ?^??f?ft?en years 88 the assured life and dividing the mfYiprn Y ?W (>0st ^ertain-teed, as compared to most l ype? roofing, by this figure, you readily see how economical Certain-teed is. f medium weights of Certain-teed are also Selatter years for the former and ten years for In addition to its durability, Certain-teed is weather-proof, fire-retarding and spark-proof. And it costs less to buy, less to lay and less to maintain than any other type of good roofing. See a Certain-teed dealer about roofing. If ho hasn't ? nough of the weight you want in stock he can quickly j ? ore orn a nearby Certain-teed warehouse or distributing center. Certain-teed Products Corporation General Offices, St. Loui* OfhcM tnd WftrchouM* to Trtocip*! Citl*? I paint ?varnish looping &. related ^building-- product? \ Sold in Camden by Mackey Mercantile Co., Rhanae Bros., Camden Wholesale G rocety -