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COMMISSIONER WATSON GIVEN A CALL DOWN ?Governor Blesse Lets It be Known Again that IIa IsTho Thing Around Celunibla. Columbia. Dec. 29.?The following correspondence was given out at the office of Governor Blease Thursday afternoon, on telephoned instructions from the governor: Mr. K. J. Watson, Comlmssioner of Agriculture, Columbia, S. C: Dear Sir?In my opinion, you were appointed commissioner of agriculture .for South Carolina and not for the United States and I would advise you as a friend bo remain in the state and quit running about as you are doing. If you do not discontinue this con tinual running around over the coun try, I will be. compelled to put some one In your place who will not neglect the duties thereof. If you make an other trip out of the State without my permission, an official order, de claring your ofllce vacant, will be made and your successor appointed. Very respectfully. Cole I.. Hlease, Governor. Columbia. Dec. IT,. Mr. Watson's Reply. Commissioner Watson's reply is as follows: Dear Governor?1 have received yonrs of even date with utter aston ishment, for l have been absolutely unconscious that I have been doing anything in contravention of the ad ministrative policy. Cod knows 1 have honestly, sincerely and without the re motest thought of self-interest, done all In my power to advance the ma terial interests of our state and her people, and In just the same manner? as I told >'0U in Atlanta 1 wanted to do I have endeavored to work in erfect harmony with your policy. "When I have gone out of the state this year, ii has been with no idea of self-advancement, but always af ter something l felt would do the state the greatest amount of good, and It has been hut seldom that I have gone. 1 believe that 1 have lived up to my promise to you to accomplish the hardest year's work of my lite. I talked with you. as you will recall, of the objects of the recent trip to Chicago, and urged you to he there, and 1 had not the remotest idea that you were in any way opposed to my going. A Word from you would have Repf. me here. The contents of your letter will mo; t gladly be observed to the let ter, for if i have unconsciously err ed. 1 want you as a fair man. wit ich 1 have ever regarded you, to believe my absolute sincerity when 1 tell you it. could only spring from over/.ealous irtcs iti my work, to the success of which 1 have sacrificed everything. I can only ask you to ear-fully consider your opinion of nie and give me credit for honesty, sincerity, fidelity, and complete subservience of self-interest. If you doubt that this is trne, simply ask anyone, who has questioned me as to how the gover nor has treated myself .-./id this de partment. oVry truly yours, E, J. Watson. Columbia, Dec. 14. When buying a cough medicine for children bear in mind that Chamber lain's Cough Remedy is most effectual for colds, croup and whooping cough and that it contains no harmful drug. For sale by all dealers. * ? Nev,s Around Tine Grove. ?> * *************** We want to thank the people for being so kind in helping buy a new organ for the Sunday school and pray er meeting at Fine drove school house. A nice turkey dinner was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heid last Thursday to which several young and old people were invited. Miss Alma Wells was given up her school at this place. Someone else Is expected to take up the school. Miss Armittle Washington of Green* ville, spent the holidays with Misses / i > and Mae Mramlett. Miss Gladys Boyd, of Laurons, spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Mcdhvek and family Miss Marie ?Woods and brother, of Princeton, spent part of Christmas ?with Mr. and Mrs. C. Y. Craddock. Miss Bessie Owens Is spending a while in Bpartanburg with friends and relatives. Misses Pare and Luclle Reld and brother, Willie, of Cold Point, spent part of Christmas with their uncle, Mr. Walter Reld. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Mcdlock spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Bramlett, For sore throat there is positively too remedy that will relieve so ?nuicxiy and cure permanently the most aggrevated case, as Bloodine] Rheumatic Liniment. Lauren s Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. Tbo dynamite demonstration on TlraTtfday. January 11th, to be glvon -an J. ?T. Dendy's farm, under the di rection of Brooks & Jones, will be of Interest to all farmers and land owners. Don't 'all to attend. Cross Hill, Janl.?The following young people have been at home from college during Christmas and will re turn: Paul McQowan, Brosig Harmon, William Wharton, to South Carolina University; Karl Rasor and Paul Mar tin, to Furman; Lyl Leaman, Charles Pinson and Ellis Fuller, to Presby terian College of South Carolina; Maxey Hanna to Erskine: Gertrude Leaman, Bessie Hill, Idalia Hollings worth, Ella Mae Martin to Winthrop, Lizzie Bryson to Greenville Female College; Miss Anne Austin to Womans Medical College, Philadelphia; Messrs. J. P. Coats, Wesley Pitts, Miss Kate Austin and Miss Rhidona Owens, teachers, have also been at home dur ing Christmas. CROSS HILL, NEWS Christmas passed without anything to mar the pleasure of the occasion and friendly visit.; and family reun ions was the rule. Much sympathy Is felt for families in affliction and where sickness kept them at home. A Christmas tree was enjoyed at the school building on Tuesday after noon, and tbls correspondent witness ed a family tree on Monday where Banta Claus made the children happy I with bis gifts. ' ThiB correspondent is surprised that any one except the lawless element, would suggest to discontinue the rural police. We think conditions have Im proved under the system in this part of the county and we hope Mr. S. W. Lowe will be renppointed. Ho is a conscientious and fearless officer. There was a I'nion meeting at the Baptist church Saturday. The rain interfered with the servics on Sunday. Mr. James Leaman of Clinton sur prised his friends here by bringing with him his bride to enjoy Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Bigle Leaman. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Leaman were glad to see them In town the last of the week. They were both quite ill at the beginning of Christmas. Mr. S. L. Crisp has moved his fam ily to town and will run the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stone of Atlan ta was with Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Hol lingsworth and Miss Maud Wells, also of Atlanta, was with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wells for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Wasson of Foun tain Inn was with his people here Saturday and Sunday. Don't forget the dynamite demon stration on J. J. Dendy's place, Thurs day, January 11, To Resume Series. Ueglnning next Sunday, Rev. W. E. Thayer will resume the series of ser mons which he has been preaching on the bible heroes. These sermons were discontinued during the holidays. The subject of the sermon Sunday will be "Samuel". Mr. Thayer has also an nounced that he will begin a series of Sunday evening sermons on "Jesus." The first of these will be preached Sunday evening, when the subject will be "Jesus the Teacher." The ser mons of Rev. Mr. Thayer are attract ing a great many who do not nttend services regularly and are proving very beneficial. When given as soon as the croupy cough appears Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will ward off an attack of croup and prevent all dangoV and cause of anxiety. Thousands of moth ers use it successfully. Sold by all dealers. VC Wl?N YOU A rL4PPY >MD PROSPEROUS 1912. - MCW YC^R - 1912. 1912 THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS 1912 RED IRON RACKET Sells Same Goods 15 to 35 per cent Less Sells for Cash and Give You Your Money's Worth SMI LH AND BE HAPPY 1912 Buy Your Goods of J. C. Burns & Company 1912 A HAPPY NEW YEAR LETTER TO ALL DEAR SIR: In Heaven there nrc no grumblers thai makes [leaven, hi Hell, they are all grumblers -that makes Hell. Grumbling is the characteristic that belongs to universal humanity. The first man in the Garden of Rclen had every want fulfilled, bad every privilege accorded to him. hut the eating of the fruit of ?nie tree. lie grunihlcd because ho did no! have that, and his grumbling cost him Paradise. The tirst thine- a baby docs is to raise a howl and make a kick. We are all born kickers:?Nobody likes Iiis business, n<> mattet' what that business it. T<> hear men talk, they are all losing money. The dry goods man says business is no1 what it used to be, he is losing money every year; he wears line clothes; his wife wears diamonds; they own their own carriage, and have a cottage by the sea-side, still ho is losing money: It is the same with the doctors, the lawyers, and men in every profession. Then, the fann er, tin- man you think would he content, is the greatest grumbler of them all. If the season is dry, "We will not make seed this year"; if I he Heavens pour abundance, ami the barns burst. ''We will not get liny thing for our stuff, there is no use having it." Nobody wants his son to follow the same line of business. There are grumblers in every vocation ami location. There are more grumblers in the home than tiny where else. The man in business has to he a gentleman:?at Imme he doesn't have to he anything in particular. You say it is a hard lot to he shut up within brick walls, that it would be delightful to get off some where and enjoy fresh viands and pure air. Yon go:?when you gel there, the place is beastly, the peo ple are the most vulgar yon ever saw. the food is stale, the little room where they have put you is an old garret, and you just wish yon had stayed at home, and so does every one else. Everybody knows how a work ought to be done, except the poor wretches who arc doing it. Is it ot strange, that as you improve, everybody else ami everything else seems to improvo at the same time? Here are some prescriptions for chronic grumbling: Try to live right. The best way in the world to he sweet-spirited and gentle is to live right. When David was not. living right, he was ready to kill the man who had slain a little lamb; ho himself hud taken another man's wife, and killed the man besides. ??that made him savage. Live right:-?and you will have the charity, that sufferetll long and is kind. Have the home as beautiful as you can make it. If you are a husband, praise your wife, praise her looks even if she is rather homely. Praise her cooking though it choke you. (live; her the game lover like at tention that you gave her when yon wore handing her in and out, sending bouquets and bonbons, and writing her reams of poetry on gilt-edged paper, [f you are a wife, praise your husband: -tell him he is the best husband you ever had, no matter how mutiny you have had. De carefill of what you eat. De ware of mince-pic with a crisp on top. a sodden one beneath, and untold horrors between. Take plenty of sleep. The world is going crazy for lack of sleep. It wants fresh, wide-awake people in the habit of being thankful for what you have. When you are miserable because you have, not something that other people have, think of the 'Vings they have you would NOT like to have, lie like the old woman who had only two teeth, hut said she was thankful that they wore opposite to each other. .1 never pass a crip ple or a blind man that my heart is not lifted in thankfulness that I have sound limbs, and eyes that can see. Get into the habit of looking for sweetness and light. People usually find just what they look for. The Bee and the Buzzard hover together in the air; one uoes straight to a rose garden in the distance; the other to a dead rat a mile away. Look for sweetness and light and you will find it everywhere. Go around expecting to get your feelings hurt, and you will always get them hurt. Get to work; get a move on you. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BRIGHT, CHEERFUL, AND HAPPY, ARE ALWAYS THOSE WHO ARE DOING SOMETHING WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT. Forget yourself. 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