$100,000 CAPITAL BILL HEARING SET FOR FEB. 27TH Hawkins Introduces Hill For Paying Cherokee Jurors and For Support County Home And Jail OTHER XElfS OF LEGISL ATURE AFFECTING II . X. C. <*lnr?>ko?' St'vui, U.iNi^h Itun'iiu RALEIGH. Feb. 21. ? Representa tive John C. Herbert's bill to abolish capital punishment in North Caro lina in three of the four instances in which it applies will be hear J be fore the house committee Febiuarv 27. by special request. At that time a large number of the backers of this bill from all pails of the state will be in Raleigh for the regular meeting of tiie welfare organization which they represent and Representative Herbert has been requested to hold the hearing at that time. This bill, or rather I lies* bills since there are three, one for the thiee crimes covered, murder, bur glary and arson. No attempt is to 1m* made to repeal the death penally in the case of rape but a vigorous ficht is expected to be put on the ether three crimes with the possibil- j itv that one ai"! mayb* two of them > will get throng?1!. It is a recognized I fact that sentiment against capital punishment has been growing in the Male but whether or not it has reach ed a stage where the bills can be safelv put through is a question to be answered iHiMl the matter conies up on the floor of the house. Representative Ernest Hawkins, of rherokee eounty lias introducer] a bill in tlie House to authorize l lie* eonnty commissioners of h;s county to levy a special ta\ not l ? exceed fifteen cents on the hundred dollars. The hill sets forth that an emer gency exists in the county and em powers Ifie commissioners to use the ? >oncy for the purpose of paving jurors and state's witnesses, support the home for the aped and infirm ;.nd maintain the county jail. Representative George Brock, of Graham county has introduced a hill providing for the establishment and maintenance of a count v home for I he aged and infirm in Graham county. Action on this measure is expected to 1m* taken during the com ing week. In connection with this measure Representative Nash from Richmond ?tmty remarked that it would he cheaper to board the inmates at the !,csi; hotel in the county than to build and maintain a home for them. He said the same would !>c true of most of the counties in \orth Caro lina. An interested visitor to the halls of the geneal assembly thi?* week was Bob Phillips, prominent attor ney of Robbinsville. Grahim coun ty, and a former member of l lie Gen eral Assembly from Graham. Cour tesies of the floor were extended to Mr. Phillips bv Speaker A. H. "Sandy" Graham at the request of Representative J. A. Porter, of Ma can county. Representative Porter has intro duced a measure which would re quire a vote of the people on all bond issues before the bonds could be sold by the countv commission ers of IVfacon. A similar bill to this has been introduced by Representa tive H. R. Leavitt and Don C. Young of Buncombe county and oth or counties in the state are taking up the idea. This is regarded here as the evidence of the reaction tha* has set in against extravagant and huge expenditures for public improve ments and is in line with the views of Governor O. M?x Gardner who (Continued on Page Four.) CORPORATION LOCATES HERE regal, hotel ; UNDER NEW | MANAGEMENT j Chr.Mrr Secures Uase and Hi// i ersonatfy lU^ Business rile consumation ??f a business transaction was c omplied last j Week. wherein w. M. Chester I*.. ri?wrs proprietor of the Regal Hotel. Mi. and Mrs. Chester came to Mur phy everal months ago from Chat tanoojsa. intending to I>e here onlv ' "r winter. They liked the town ! ,*?? well and the- business that the\ j ? ured the lease eif and are now to j [operate the hotel themselves. Mr. and Mr*. Chester arc- hotel j people of wide experience, having j Iwen iM charge of the Lookout Moun tain Hole!. Chattanoog. Itefore com- I ?" Miirpln . The hotel i*. .1 sum r.ier resort, and closes down during I ; the winter season. In taking o\er the operation of i the Regal. Mr. Chester stated that he had leased the hotel for a term of j > ears. "In making Muipliy m\ home. 1 want to join in and do m> hit for the i little city and counts. he continued. I | "I i mist have the good will of the j ouhlic and the onl\ way to get this 1 j is hv fair and honest dealing. **An\ wa\ I can serve the people. T will gladly do so. I want m? friends to come to the Regal and f have their friendship and business. I am de pendant upon the public and it will receive at all times the very best ac comodations that I have to ofler.' 1 Mrs. Chester, in commenting on ! raking up her residence here said: j ' "At first I didn't think 1 would !,;ke Miuphv. but after l>eing here, 1 for some time I have become attach* i ed to the place and the people whom I have met have been so very lovely that I decided that Murphy would l?* hard to beat. I am right here to dei my l>est for our little city, too. We nre prepared to take care of \ our bridge luncheons, church ban quets, and, in fact, anv gathering, laige or small, and will appreciate tin business e?f the people of Mur ph) and this section." Lowe Takes Charge Arcade Pressing Club Otis Lone, of Canton, widely known pressing club man, has taken charge of the Arcade Presisng Club, located in the Adams Buildin at the rear of the Cherokee Drug Company, according to announcement this week by the management. Mr. Lowe has had a wide exper ience in the pressing, dry cleaning and repairing busines sin some of the largest shops in this section, and comes to Murphy highly recom mended. The1 business of which he v ill have charge is owned by Jerry W. Davidson and Elbert Mallonee, Andrew Wiley, who had charge of 1732-1929 REV. POWELL LEADS STUDY OF MISSIONS On Monday. Tuesday and Wednes day evenings. Fehnjary II. 12. 13, Iie\. Howard P. INiwt'll. pas!or. Mur phy VI. h. (. I lurch. conducted a School of M issions in observ ance of the J anuary-February pc;iod of Mis sionary Cultivation. At this time, '* 1 he Methodist Evangel."* I ?\ Dr. O. I- ( ?oddard. was studied and to those attending this hook proved to !>e one of the most interesting yet studied. Dr. ( Middard has presented in a most ii^piiiii" wax the Mis sionary Policy nf (lie Methodist Church "Evangelism.** The classes were attended by the majority of the Women s Missioiwr\ Society togeth er with other members of the ehureh and visitors, and to those who could not attend the classes, this hook i* recommended as a iielpiul stndv ? f the secret ol the influence and prog ress of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. Women Of County To Hold Meetings Monday February 2 5. 2:30 o'clock .Marble W omens' Club meets at the home of Mrs. Mae Farmer: Dt monstration : "Smocking/' Tuesday February 26. 1():(M> o'clock: Kimsey Clul). 2:00 O'clock: Suit Club. Wednesday February 27. 2:30 o'clock: Brasstown Womens' Club. Thursday February 2J'?. 10:30 o'clock: Girls Club at Peachtree school. 2:30 o'clock : Slow Creek Wo mens' Club to be held at home of Mrs. Pb : I Ferguson. At each of these meetings a dem onstration in the preparation of bis cuits will be given. This lesson is to be followed by a community bis cuit contest in each of these commu r.ies to be held in connection with March meetings of the Clubs. At each time small prizes are to lie of fered to the girl or to the woman* submitting the best biscuits. Friday March IsL, 10:30 o'clock: Martin's Creek Girls* Club: Contin uation of sewing course. 2:30 o'clock: Martin's Creek Wo n ens' Club: Biscuit demonstration c< preliminary to the biscuit contest. MRS. S \ K Mi PORTER F.I US. the plant up until several weeks ago, t\as tak?*n charge of the Hughes bus iness next to the Regal Hotel. FEDERATION GETS POULTRY BID IN W. N. C. Smokv Mountain Mutual Exchange 4 wards Yearly Contract Here W ednesday The Farmer's Federation of Wes tern North Carolina, with main of fires at Asheville, was awarded the yearly poultry contract for the com ing year at a meeting of the Smoky Mountain Mutual Exchange, a cor poration composed of poultry rais ! crs. dealers and shippers, of Chero kee. Clay. Jackson and Swain coun ties. The exchange association met her*1 \\ ednesday for the purpose of ! awarding contract on poultry for I he coming year, and the Farmer's I Federation hid was the hest of two . presented. Tin* contract calls for ? two poultry cars to he operated on the Murphy Branch of tin* Southern i monthly, or oftener if the poultn products of this section warrant it. One car will be in Murphy for load ing on Wednesday at intervals of two weeks apart, leaving during the day for loading at other towns in the western section between Murphy and Sylxa. The prices governing the contract are to he based on quoted prices of ! the New ^ ork market on W ednes day week in advance of each sale week, the prices paid for poultie honored w ithout delay which has coused mis understanding and confusion in the past. Geo. E. Evans, promotion mana 1 ger of the Farmer's Federation, told i the meeting of the extensive educa tional work his organization was doing in the promotion of the poul | try industry, pointing to the Hatch ery at Sylva as one of the steps be ing undertaken in this immediate al and extension work being carried '' on at the present time by his organ j ization included the development of every branch of the agricultural pro ! gram. Mr. Evans stated that the mini ; r?i?m amount of poultry needed by the Farmers Federation at the pres (Corrtinucd on Page Four.) HOSIERY MILL FOR MURPHY NOW ASSURED I f'apers Ol Incorporation Applied For untl Mnrhinerx Expected To ? Irrivc Xex t // ide and local business I men. i*? a im'\\ industry tor Murphy thai i* now an assured fart, art'ord i ninjr anonn'-emcnt ihis week by I those promoting the mo\cment to sc \ ? ?lire tin* plant. ? Papers of incorporation were ap plied for the first of thi> week, and ? expected to l?e granted during It be next ten days. The machinery i- .?rlie(C.irled to arri\e in Murpbv next neck and the work of install I inv if begun without delay. The new corporation will occupy ' the l ain knitting mill building. The I stockholders of the building have I taken I he amount of theii; holdings in the building in slock in thi new i corporation, which amounts to 830. 1000.00. \ working capital of 812. J 00(1.00 has been subscribed bv local people. C^. T. Whitloek. of Hender sonville. has put in the machinery | * alucd at S( .0.000.00. thus making : the new corpoiation a concern capi ? tali' ?d at ?102.een at work during the J past week follows: To the Citizens Regarding Hos I Mill*? I (?. r. Whit Sock offers I ho follow ing proposition as regards the hosi ? er\ proposal. to-wit: In acccpt a rertaiti building lo j rated in the ritv for an agreed amount of ihe ronnnon stink, of the , hosierv mill corporation. 2. To install an equipment of 120 lull automatic hosiery knitting marhinrs for t he* production at full rupu?-ii\ of 2000 dozen pairs per j week of ravup uusr f??r women, and accent stock in the hosierv mill cor poration for the sum of Si\t\ Thou sand Dollars in the common stock i of the incorporation under the fol j lowing lei ins and conditions: ; I. That t lie citizens pledge to subscribe and pay to the common or | m o posed stock to an extent of $30, 000.00 in the hosierv mills corpora ? tion at par: (This amount was lat er reduced.! I 2. That not less than ten percent | of the S30.000.00 stock shall be paid in stock at once and other payments ! to he made as promotlv as posisble. | Stock certificates of denominations of $100.00 each shall l>e attached to anv and all notes for stock in the hosiery mill corporation, and being released to such subscribers as pay ments in full may be made, each subscription to be secured by bank able notes. j G. T. Whit lock agrees, if neces j sary to show his faith in the project, i to place any and all of bis stock in | escrow for a period of eight months j to prove his abilitv to pav not less i ban C>r' on the. entire stock for such j period based on twelve months time, land further agrees to get the entire machinery in operation as fast as sufficient help may be trained on ilnits to do so. and further agrees to within a period of twenty-four months to have an equipment of 400 machines either in operation or readv to operate. The full production of first unit of 126 machines will be about 2000 dozen per week or 100.000 dozen per vear of fifty week?, minimum profit of 30c per dozen, which will mean about 40 rr net profit at the above minimum. an?! < f tb*s amount ' p reasonable per cent will be paid i as dividends. That an equipment of four hun < Continued on Page Four.)