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\ ^ '*'■ •V - TO HUEY LONG (Pontinned frdm p»f« one) ol the 'Shrev€i)ort Chanty hospital and one of the physicianiK attendiniT Seha- tor I^ng at Lady of the Lake hosfdtal, - desci^ibing the; senator’s critical said:' / “I a figiht for life whkh was^a losing one from the begfoning,' but whdob was so heroic on the part of Hearon Gives - Highway Side - - \ Qhajiriiian Says Governor Wrong Al^t Available Road Fundff and Calls Upon Him To Sub stantiate Charges. Columbia, Sept. 9f Charles 0. Hearon, chairman of the state high way commission, asserted tonight that Governor Olin D. Jdhnston was “in Senator Long that noiie of us can evw j error” in charging that the^ comhiis- forget it. . sion held up a A>ad cohstru^tion pro- rRODUCED BY “During hie period of wakefulness be made some renmrks which will be perhaps not forgotten in Louisiana during this generatioa “Once he, referred to the Louisiana State uuniversity. > - ' ' “ ‘What will the, boys and girls dp if I should die?’ “When hs wife ontwed the room a few minutes’ before death he saidf “ ‘Here is rtiy sweetheart.’ “ ‘Oh, Lord, don’t let me die for have a few more things to accom plish’.” Dr. Sanderson said he believed Long’s last words were those pertain ing to Louisiana State umversity. "WTien he .passed away,” Dr, San ders^ said, “it was like the snuffing out n a candle. There was no struggle whatsoever^” Pfui In NafionrWide Work, Ib’; Buie Aini^>aiiees. Approximately 600 million trees and shrubs will be produced by nurseries of the Soil Conservation service and \ cooperating agencies for use on ero sion control demonstration projects throughout the country during* the WORK South Carolina To Have Definite<«ll types for testing and possible ^ns« gram when it had $2,230,164 it could coming year, Charles R. Enlow;, cMW Mrs. Long andjtheir three chil^^n. Rose, Russell and Palmer I^d, Who were at the bedside when tqe senator died, left shortly afterward for their hotel and were holding -up bravely. Later they returned to their New Or leans home. There were tears in the spend as it pleased. Hearon replied that the suggested use of $1,700,000 of the sum to match federal funds would result in a series of deficits wHich the commission was avoiding while advancing the program .as much as possible with available fed- fral aid. His 11-page statement, issued after ^h$LgdverB|or had tHticized the high- Uw^ administration for procrastina tion and political machinations in a radio speech September 4, set forth that— (1) Expenditure of $1,700,000 from the highway balance as of September 1 would \q;>8et highway finances and incur 53 deficits within-'the next two years. 7 r^PFedeffir^affd^ mtutPiT reqcrlre- ments compelled the commission to plan a long building program, which the governor asserted was a “political scheme” to control future construe- fion. (3) The governor should substanti ate his statement .that commissioners eyes of Governor .Allen and others iarranged the program, to foster “pet close to the Long regime ChristenbiTry, the senator’s secre tary,” said he recalled the last wishes of Long, but he did not wish to divulge them~ as the.v were private and con cerned the family. PHILCO Radios & Tubes SmiUi’s Pharfflacy A WAY ftom home—In-* jured in an accident! Lucky thing his father re membered to yeTNA-TZE Before your son or daugfater'goes off to college, better buy him or her an ■Aloa Capital Acddtitf PoUcy, May save ]roa hundreds of tIcaUara ia d and boairital billa. S. W. SUMEREL ^ Aetna-izer Next Door to Western LJnion Phone 80 ^ ' ' ia doctor X. Tour Money Insured! » The Federal Deposit In surance Corporation now insures deposits in a great majority of the banks, in cluding this instituticin. As a result, millions of itors enjoy a degree of fi nancial security heretofore unknown. When, you have money on deposit there you know for a certainty that your deposits up to $5,000 are fully safeguarded against loss. Deposit insur- anM is for your protection. - • « NEW ’ ACCOUNTS INVITED COMMERCIAL DEPOSITORY CUNTON, S. C., road.s” in payment of, “political obli gations” since it wa.s an imputation against their integrity. The statement was confined to de nying or challenging the governor’s deductions that the road bureau was delaying highway construction and trying to create a gen^r^ll Iftipression that he had held it up by refusing to eign road b^nds. ' It made/no refere^e to the gover nor's action of September 4 in declar- ing^,.three highway commissionerships vacant under a legal ruling and in naming new commissioner.s to the anti-Johnston rpad board, but ended in an appeahfor the governor to co operate in the program “as a matter of public welfare and necessity.” a Hearon, here on a visit from his home at Spartanburg, said the balance mentioned by the governor was a “book balance” rather than a ca.sh balance, that^much of it could not be Spent immediately, and that federal approval was necessary on all federal aid |)ifojects. .-He traced from its official incep tion in July an effort on the part of tha commission to request the go.ver- TTOT'to sign $2,600,000 in state high way bonds to finance th estate’.s por tion of an $11,000,000 program, .Johnston refustd to approve the' bond.s August 29 with a statement that he would’not “dump” the sum into the lap of his inveterate fot^^Ben M, Sawyer, chief highway commis.sioner. m'aron termed . Johnston’.s subscr quent propo.sal that the highway' bal ance l)e.aise<l to match federal funds “imimssible if the department is to maintain the financial credit of the slate and the counties. “A part of this book balance is rep resented by deposits in closed banks, a part in a special fund appropriated by law* for administrative purposes, a part is in a federal aid revolving fund and the remainder x)f ihia balance c^- stituted the departments reserve fund of working capital. “This working capital is used to ti- nfince the department’s operations, to pay interest on state highway bonds and to pay reimbursement bonds and interest or^behalf of the counties. Is it possible that the governor recom- frtends that this fund be thrown into a new construction program and there by cause the state and the counties to default in the payment of their obli gations? . . . *" “It should be noted that the gover nor advanced only two reasons for not signing $2,600,000 of refinancing bonds to carry on the proposed pro- giam, to wH; (a) his conviction that “the funds of the highway commission have n^ j^n wisely and economically spent,” and (b) that the department had sufficient available funds on hand 'to carry on the program without re financing. It has been shown that he i«-in error as to the s^nd reason. “As to the first one, it has been re peatedly stated in the public prints of the state that the hard surface system of hi|rhways in South Carolina has been' constructed at a materially lese cost per mile than smiilar highways in neighboring states, and.that the .cost of maintenance of highways in jthip state has also been materially lower.. H the governor hak the convic tion he expresses, it surety is piedi- cated-on facts within his knowledge. If he has any facts, hhe public is en titled to them ! “'The $11,000,000 road program is urgent! Thousands ^ of needy and irorthy people want—and are entitled to empfoymenL.^ The communities want and deaerve'^their roads. 'The im portance of—and necessity for—this road program eclipse political car^ jPaigns, political considerations ahd .personal or political animosities. of the division of nurseries of the ser-. vke, has announced. The nursery progrim /also calls for collection of one million pounds of grass seed not commercially available to^ be used in erosion control plant- T^ meet this heavy production aa- eighroent, 19 new nuraeiies will be es tablished, bringing the total number of service nurseries to $3, in 33 states. They now range in sise from two aclres to 800 acres, with the average about 60 acres. ' — —- 7^ Fifteen of these nurseries are un der supervision of emergency-conw- vatTon work and were established pri marily to provide materials for use by 646 Civilian Cona^vation corps camps under direction of the service. Certain other nursery areas providing trees for the service are operated in cooperation with state foresters. The . mounting demand for trees, shrubs and grasses has been occasibn- ed by the recent expansion in the dem- on.vtration, program of the service, which increased the number.of demon-' stration projects^from 47 in 31 Tstates, to 141 in 41 8tate.s, and the number of CCC camps from 55 to 545. A large share of the 600 million tree.s and shrubs will be used in the reforestation and aforestation phases of erosion control work on farm and grazing lands. Under the soil conser vation program, areas too steep or _ otherwise unsuited for practical culti vation are taken out of crop produc tion and planted in trees and shrubs to prevent erosion by win^nd water. In many instances, shrubs and vines are used in the control of gullies. When planted on gully‘banks, they anchor the soil and prevent it from washing away. When used on lands subject _iiL wind erosion, ^ees and shrubs serve a iiouble pqrpose by an choring the soil and by breaking the sweep of wind. They also slow up run off rain water. y'l In addition, the nurseries wiTT co operate with the bureau ;of plant in dustry in experimental and research work with grasses, collecting seeds of hi erosion oohtrol work. The wbrk of t^'^floil conservation projects In South Carolina‘is u defi nite part of this liationwide plan. > Dr. T. S. Buie, regional director of Sooth Carolina activities in this state, itate^ in^iscuBsing this program:. As a result of cooperative plant with the South Carolina Forestnr.com- mission approidmately, 16,000,000 trees are avtftkble for planting on badly eroded areas in South Carolina, with in the nexUfew months. At least this many and |irobably more will be avail able for planting next season.. Allowing ft close spacing as four feet each why, 2,000 trees will plant approximately one acre. This means, tfcertfforo,- that by the spring of" 19W these will ba 7,60CJ>acrea of badly erod ed South Carolina tullsidee plaated to pine or locust in an effort to check erosion.,..., ' LEGION POST TO ELECT . OFFICERS TUESDAY The regular meeting of Copeland- Davideon Post No. 56, American Le gion, will be held Tuesday, Sept, 17, at 3 p. m. in the club rodms at the' Ma sonic Temple, Election of officers will be held to begin the new Legion year which starts in October. All members are requested to be present. for Mothers of School Ago 7 SoyipcinjOIrlf Peiiiier*t lunre luia dadpiffd tt. fir* ity ciitainabU at tbit prke:.. to |br« yovr Mdna hotllbfttl cbnioft'* to wiA* •taod dio itnia of 00* thro t^ool dayt. ■e MAGAZINES American Magazine--2 years $3.50. Cosmopolitan—2 years $3.60. See me for other attractive, offers. * JAMES W. CALDWELL Call 38 at 1^:30 P. M. MEXICAN HAND-MADfe ' FRyiT BASKETS ^ Filled i^h fruit and imported jellies./Just the gift for the shut.dn. Everything in supplies for schotd. Royal PortaUe Type writers. Attractive Desk Lamps. Wastepaper Ba^ets. Galloway’s ^ BOOK STORE OxfoiA ool styles But will sat isfy the most particn- itr boy or girl Good, serviceable leathers .. . tough soles. Such values youll wonder how we can do it! Sixes 8^ to 2. r* X. Subscribe to The Chronicle a Year Gross Hill, Sept., 7: — Mrs. J, H, Nance and Mrs. J, H. Perry were joint hosrtesses to the September meeting of the Cross Hill Garden club Tuesday Hl'termmn, at the home of Mrs. Perry. . Mr-t. B. L. Milchell, the president^ presided. An interesting program was led by Mrs. Nance. Mrs, J. H. Shealy made an instructive talk on “Herbs.” A (Inscription of the garden in Wil liamsburg, Va., was given by Miss Anno Denny. Mrs. C. B. Mills gave an interesting account of our own South ern personality, hn aged colored wom an who lives near Cross Hill. Winners in a contest on “Herbs” were Mrs. J. Hr Shealy and/ Mrs. B. t. Mttch€lt.“ During the .wial hour the hostess es served temptdng refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. Conway Dial spent the week-end at; Myrtle Beach with their daughter, Miss Eleanor Dial. Miss Dorothy Huntley, who was the guest last week of Miss Anne Denny has rrtumed to her home at Ruby. Miss Pearl West,~bf Newberry, Was the gUest of Miss Theresa Davenport and Mrs. S. D. Watts Sunday. Missse Jeanette Black and Mary Ellen Adams leave Monday to enter Winthrpp coUege. NOTICE OF BUS TRANSPORTA TION Bids are now being asked for re submission on the O’Dells school dis trict, Jacks No. 6 to Whitmire, pue to misunderstanding contracts have been held up for resubmission. AB bids are asked to be filed in County Superintendent’s office on or before Thursday noon, September 19. The following; day, Sej^mber 80, these bids will be opened by the Coun ty B<mrd and contracts let. / J. LERdY BURNS, 9-19-3C. .County Superintendent. n SAW IT IN TU CHBONfCUr ^ • LYDIA MILLS RUN Lydia Cotton Mills, clpe^ for the past thirteen weeks pending plam for reorganization under the nntiom^I bankruptcy, act, ijMumed operatic XX^rday morning. It ix stated that b^ktning naxt week the nillWrill op erate regularly on fwo f^rte-honr xbifte. \ Going Away‘To College or To Teach? Ibe C ^f you want ihe Clinton news ^have THEXHRONICLE fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Special student’s and teacher’s ' rate of $l.t)0 for nine months. , List your subscription today. The Cluonicle dThe Paper Everybody Redds* ■ Bay^ *1 SAW IT IN THB CHSONICUr Iteii^ TmI