I BESTCITY LOOKS I, IKE A SEAPORT A i-itrd 1>> So Many \ * v* Is nf \ar> i ti u tonnauo ami put o:j Wednesday , mostly in (!.? ? 'iiivi i tuiM'til service. thai this] city lion eviry aspect of a regular | town. Sailors ashore from lli> i r ships addnl to the appearance of a port. Tlmr*1 were a good, many ? on. the streets Wednesday nigiil. T ?e Government vessels making 1 ? Elizabeth City wt-rt' the Coast Guard j Cwttvi* Pamlico, which arrived Wed n? sriay night and departed Thursday' morning; the yacht. Paqulppe. of Major F. A. Pope of the" 1*. S. En- ! sinter department, accompanied by his brother and Assistant Engineer! Hotve, which left last nlulit for thej Allicator river where dredging oper hM is fife in progress; the motor driven Tim Skycoak and the House boat P iingo of the r. s. Engineer department here to make a survey, of t lie river harbor. The Tug Nor va also came In towing the Pungo. The Pungo crew Is In charge of Junior Engineer J. M. Parker, who Is superintending a survey of the Pasquotank river harbor here, as authorized by Congress at the last session. The survey, according to Secre tary Job of the Chamber of Com- ' mctce. will probably result in straightening the channel at the mouth of Knohbs creek. which will ?eliminate the necessity for rounding the island now blocking passage, .there, and which makes the negotia tion of the channel difficult and has caused several accidents. He also* expects it will result In the elimina tion of some mud flats opposite| the Norfolk Southern wharves and ; may bring about other dredging which will Improve the river harbor for shipping of all kinds. The last survey was mac#' In 1902 and the present one is considered to be a necessary step in the improve ment of this waterway. A bill has been introduced for the survey of, Kriobbs creek, also. The harbor survey - was begun. W< Inesday afternoon at the mouth of "KlTfitJtJff-ereek and w I IT occupy" tlie"4 time of the crew for about ten days, j the> estimate. The Tug Skycoak, In command of Captain W. A. Iaipton. is interest ing to Elizabeth City navigators, as it is propelled by a gasoline motor of unusual .dimensions and power. SAVES CITY FROM A GASLESS NIGHT Norfolk Southern Yard En fzine Furnishes Strum Dur ing l{ftuhiii? of (?jy Plant Boiler Wednesday ISi^lit. That a railroad locomotive could be used to save a town from a gas-j leu* night probably would never have occurred to the ordinary manager of a gas plant. But Manager J. T. Stalllngs of the; Southern Gas Company of Elizabeth City is not an ordinary manager, but : one. In the words of Kipling, "of in-1 finite resource and sagacity." At two-thirty Wednesday after-' noon it became necessary to draw, the fires from under the l>oiler at the gas plant in order to put in a new tubing. At first it seemed that then* would j t be nothing to do but to shut down the gas plant for a 2 4 hour period, and .Mr. diallings went so far an to announce such <1 shutdown in Wed-: nesday's issue of this newspaper. But after the announcement was In print another idea came to Mr. Stalling*. 1 1 <* got In touch With Freight Auent M. K. Dennis of the Norfolk Southern and along toward; night the local Norfolk Southern j y. rd ehgine mOved out on the gas' Plant's h irtlng lust, north of the city limits. A pipe was run from the gas plant 1 to the locomotive's boiler" and the locomotive engine furnished a suffi-; cfent pressure ??f steam to keep the gas flowing through the mains of the! city until the boiler at the gas plant! ? efwM-bf*-Yepiilrm1. " " Thus m-tiny folks who had expected to sit down to cold suppers Wednes-,1 day .light went to prayer meeting | well fed and duly thankful, and kid-; dies all over town were spired colng to bed with cold feet or having to j dress in the cold on Thursday ?norn-i Ing. (.INKS < ItttlHT < MIKITY TO THK VMII.Y \I?V WCH Sales have been unusually large in the January clearance sale being conducted by Rucker k- Sheelv. ac cording -to* ilaymojtd Sh.eely, since the opt'j|3ng on Thursday morning. Mr. Sheelv feels that a good measure of credit Is due The Dally Advance, as this paper was used almost en tirely In announcing the event. Some circulars were distributed by ftueker & Sheely but the burden of the ad vertising campaign fell to The Ad vance. Municipal Building Looms As Possible And Municipal Dock Is An other Matter Now Under Consideration A runuicipal building for Elizabeth ' City. .long talked t a ityuig need, Ju.ms up st* a i?o-i!?|.' pro.-sf.eci by li> naMUi oi the action of the City ( Oniitil this wick in- naming a imui* millet lo select ami. purrha>e d .iile. for such ?< building. Another ma tier which lias been the , subject of in mil Mlk lli.it lias m*v?r i got anywhere was brought to the trout again by theyCouncil this week when a committee was appointed to I investigate the feasibility and ad-' visibility of a municipal dock. This dock, according to City Manager: Bray's idea, would be for the. parti ! cular convenience of th,e smaller! craft coming' to Elizabeth City, the larger craft for the most part having docks of their own. The committee on the municipal building proposition is: I*. S. Gordon, j M. \V. Ferebee. and J. J. Hughes. The committee on the municipal dock is: L. It. Foreman. \Y. II. j NVeatherly. and D. R. Kramer. BEGIN MARCH ON REBEL TROOPS Federal Army of Mexico Starts Its Offensive Against Vera Oruz ami Oilier Stra tegic Points. (Bv Tli? Ansflrlat*} Pre#?.? Mexico City. Jan. 10. ? The feder al advance on the rebel troops in Vera Cruz has begun, according to unofficial information obtained at the War Department today. The main offensive ? involves more, than 12.000 troops advancing on! San Marcos. Another column 'Is advancing toward Tehuaca. in the state of Puebla. Also taking part in the offensive are 2.000 troops from \ garrisons on the Isthmus of Teliuan | tec. MINISTERS MEET FRIDAY MORNING A special meeting of the Elizabeth City Ministerial Association is called j to meet in the Chamber of Com- i merce rooms Friday morning at ! 0:30, Jan. 11. This meeting Is very1 important. Every member is urged to be on time. ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF DK. McBRAYEK Raleigh, January 10 ? The hoard of directors of the North Carolina Sanatorium at its meeting yesterday at Sanatorium accented the resigna tion of Dr. L. B. McBrayer as super intendent of the hospital, according to a telegram to the Associated Press from Dr. T. M. Long, chairman of the institution's hoard of directors. The action followed the request made by Governor Morrison some weeks ago that Dr. McBrayer he ife-, moved from office hy virtue of lilsj pica of guilty to a charge of trading with himself as a State office holder. viim;i\i.\ in loci hits STAMl.tltll Oil, VRHSKI, The Steamer Virginia of the Old Bay Line running between Norfolk and Baltimore, on account of the heavy fog, rati into the stern of a Standard Oil ship at about f? o'clock Wednesday morning and suffered considerable damage, though none of the passengers were Injured. After lea vine Old 1'olnt Comfort the Virginia ran acround on account of the henvy fog, but had succeeded in getting off and was proceeding to NorfoHc when she struck th?* stern of the Standard f)ll boat, sma: <.? is m:\> rm II Kit A Ml IXI-'IKMlKIt Asheville .Tan. 1" Pr??pa i alor.V t<> building up a strong organization fof Its debut Into the South Atlantic As sociation. the Asheville club has ob tained Pitcher Francks and Inflelder Fie big for the organisation from the Atlanta team of the Southern Asso ciation. l.\I)Y l)I\N\ won: Lady Diana Manners and Princess Matchlhelll wore engaged to alter nate as "Madonna" in "The Miracle." To decide which would play the part opening nlnht the two stars drew lots. And Labv Diana (left) won. POSSE PURSUES FAMOUS GANG Three Bundits E^eaped Wed nesday Follow iup Gun Fight in Which One Paid for Lift of Deputy. West Palm Ileach. Fla., Jan. 10. ? Officers and possemen today fol lowed three trails In pursuit of mem bers of tin* famous Ashley uanu who escaped following a gun flght with officers yesterday and In which one outlaw was left dead In payment for the life of Deputy Sheriff Fred lin ker who was shot down at close range by a lookout as Sheriff Bob iJaker and four deputies sought to enter the bandits' camp. The posse pressed forward led by bloodhounds griuily determined to wipe out lb#* outlaw band hold responsible for many of the major cringes In Florida during the fast ten years and know ing that they searched for men who would die flghtinu. BIUTISII SUBMARINE IS LOST WITH CHEW iBr AMnHatrd Pf?? t London, Jan. in An admiralty message says that the r.rltlsh Sub marine 1,-24 lias been lost off Port land in a collision and it is feared that the entire crew perished. KILLED IN r.OLLAI'SE OF SPINNING Mil I. ftlr T- ? A r ? '1 I ?'?r#.* Hradford.' Kngland. Jan lfl From eight to 10 persons, it iSj feared, were killed today through the collapse of the upper floor of the splnninu mill "lie if*. Heavy ma - '? * of ninrhlner> crashed throuul> the floors and Imprisoned 40 Workers. TO \ \MI HI IM OMMITl ? I ON l'OltKM;\ IIKI\TI(?NS WaKlllfiirtftn, Jan. 10. A subcom- } mitten pf the Senate foreign relations ronnnlttnr wfll*t>e nnrrred under thn resolution adopted by the committee, today to hold public 1lCB1'lng? upon ( the proposal of Senator llorah urg iiiie recognition of the Soviet govern ment of Kussia. I WOK Mil L HI I'OK I ON AN I'l-LYNLIIING Washington. Jan 10 A fnvorable report on the Dyer nnti-lynching bill, killed in the last Congress by a Democratic filibuster, Was ordered today by the House )wdlc|'iry rtnn nifftee, NORWAY PKOPOSES ABOLISH DKY LAW Christiana. Jan. 10. -The Norwe gian government Intends proposing to parliament the abolition of prohi bition up'on spirits, according to In frfhnatlon from reliable sources. , ONCE SPOTLESS TOWN BUT NOW DIRTY CITY Streets of Iterlln Once Cleanest in I lit- W orld Vow Strewn Willi Litter ami ItnhliMi Berlin. Jan. 1ft. Time was when the streets of Merlin were kept spot lessly clean; that was before the war . when the municipality maintained a street cleaning force of 2.4ftft men. Now this group of street cleaners numbers under 1500. and the result is visible on all sides. Litter and rubbish abound. During the war. when most of the ! able-bodied men were at the front, .civic pride continued among the citi zens and several of the principal streets were kept clean by volun teers. many of them- women. Hut under present circumstances, with the mark jumping about and house i wives compelled to stand in Hue ev ery day for hours for the mere neces sities of the table, civic pride has dis appeared. There have been no vol unteers for street cleaning for many months; even though thousands of men loaT about Berlin. MORRISON SAYS IS TRULY SORRY Governor Write* Letter to Lomniixxioiier IL A. Donat ion E*pluininf! Matter, lint Doughton l? Silent. Raleigh. January 1ft ? In si letter to Commissioner R. A. Doughton of the Spite Department of Revenue. Governor Morrison yesterday said that he was. "truly sorry" if he had displeased him or Injured him to any way by a Statement the i-x'cutivc issued several days ago declaring th.H a report Jssned bv Mr. Dough ton recently on the collections of his deportment for the past year was subject to misunderstanding and was incorrect. The Governor said lie felt that one of the best services he had ever per formed for the State was "in per suading y*>u (Mr. Doughtnn) to ar cept tlie office of commissioner'" of revenue/"" Doughton m i'd" no comment whatever on the Governor's letter. II. E. Iliilex l? llutiiifi Another Dny in Court Indications Thursday were that the rest of the day would be taken up with the trial of the cases "Of I'aul I'rltchard and William M Urlf fln, which have been consolidated, against H. F, Hlnes. I'rltchard wa co-defendant with Pltfffllee In the case InsolvlnL' n charge of larceny1 I of hosiery, while Orlffln was sent to the roads of Hertford County1 from Pasquotank as a result of a- convic tion in a liquor case. Th?- allegations set forth in the complaints of these plaintiffs are similar to those set forth In the case of I'lumlee. which reaulted In a verdict for Hlnes short ly before the noon recess Wednes day. rvTu.i.Y \vor\?Ki> IN 1 1 M . 1 1 1. \ M > liOSIMI'AI 1 \ i!|. . .1 ill I ' ? M l Tii> I lor. amd aHoriov o|' Kichliiond. Virginia. was i,itali> wounded :ii j I ! K ? I a It < I 1 1 ? i> |ii t a 1 l;i lii^lit by Cnli 1 1* ft Monro. ;?-?? Ctii*a-<:o fain | lly. h :t i! n? \?r b. foiv .-!.own ati> \ io U i:l tendencies. Will Speak Here Next Tuesday Night Director W. H. Livers Will Talk Here Under Auspices Parent-Teachers Tin secretary of the KHzahetli City Parent -Teachers* Association. Miss Mary K. Itrlght, has just re I reived a letter front Director W. H. I Livers of the Extension Division of : the North Carolina College for Wo I men. stating that lie will he in Eliz abeth City on next Tuesday. Jan j nary 15. Arrangements have heen made by til*' association for Mr. Livers to speak Tuesday evening at x o'clock j in the grammar school auditorium. His subject will have to do with education, and all fathers and moth ers and the public generally are In Jvlled to be there. Indeed, .they are urged, for the Elizabeth City Par ent-Teachers'. Association has found to Its sorrow that Elizabeth City parents apparently are less interest ed in their children than are the teachers, and the association is i ashamed to let a stranger like Di rector Livers find out this horrible j fact, if it" is a fact. i Accordingly, the association hopes that dads and mothers will put up a good bluff next Tuesday night and get out to hear Mr. Livers in full force. Then, he will never know the awful truth, for nobody's going to tell him. and perhaps after Tues day night, parents will feel different ly about this matter of ' education, anyway. Mr. Levers will talk to the high school students -on Tuesoay morning. < In writing to the secretary of the Parent-Teachers" Association, lie said that lie had heard much of this ; "thriving little city" through Miss 'Catherine Albertson, his co-laborer i in extension work, and through the! newspapers and that he looks for- j ward with great pleasure to his visit here. ' I SENATOR SMITH ! MADE CHAIRMAN Election of South Carolina >1uii and Democrat Hrcaks l)ralonlli in tin* Sciinlc. WaRlilDKion. .Ian. 10? -Senator Kl llson I). Smith, IDotnocfat. of South Carolina. was elected by the Senate ! Wednesday as chairman of the Inter state Commerce Committee, one of the ranking committees of the new Republican Congress. His election was brought about by the shifting of the support of four insurgent Republicans and two Far mer-Labor Senators. The election of Senator Smith broke up the deadlock existing in the Senate since early in December. It came on the second ballot Wed nesday. SKI'AKATISTS DEAD IN SI'EYEK SHOOTINC Herllfl. Jan. .10. The Frankfurt /.-?it iin : loda> . report in the assas \ filiation ?'?t Spey?r r?f Hut Heinz, president of the autonomous govern j ii" til of tie Rhenish Palatinate, says| that tin' ' other separatist leaders i were "hot dead in tfpeyor Hotel and! several persons w> re wounded. Th? i Hhootliit* w? p* the work of a bandl of a rnied in< u. uititoit muik in wmk or \?: evening. Mr. CrilTin ha ?? l? .11 in || . * i 1 1 1< t ? >> of the I' i I-"-- 1 & Citizens Nut iona 1 Hank since With til.- exception of the pe riod i|iirin^ which lie served in the World War. Ifo lias been paving teller and chief clerk for the last [four years and his large number of friends ari- gratified thai his ability; faithfulness, and I'fTiPlcnoy have f'Unicil him (his mar Iced promotion. Marshall II. Jones, cashier of the hank, at the annual meeting Tues day was assigned the additional du ties of trust officer, which has to., do 1 with the fiduciary activities of the institution. Tie- fiduciary department offers a growing field of activity for banks, j because modern business is recognlz ! lug the advantages. from a stand I point of equity and economy as well as of efficiency, of corporate admin istration of estates, t ruateeships and : other business and financial actlvl 1 ties. ! Only in recent years have National hanks been allowed to enter this field, but they now exercise then* I powers under the same Government I supervision exercised over all their activities. Trust departments are ! becoming active in many of the larg er National banks, and the First & 1 Citizens National Is thoroughly abreast of the times in establishing such a department as a part of its banking service. Already a number j of trust accounts have been opened in the First Citizens National, and ! tills number is expected to grow aa the benefits to be derived from the management of trust affairs by a ? permanent institution come to be irualized. At the annual meeting of stock holders the following directors were 1 re-elected for the coining year: Charels H. Robinson. L. S. Itlades, A. It. Houtz. Is. C. Ttlades, Charles Camden lilades, W. A. I] rock. N. rBirrfrtot. Sr. . frk II. Panlels? J-.? G;? Rr Fhringhaus, L. II. Foreman, W. G. 1 Galther. M. P. Gallop, O. F. Gilbert, jj. G. Oregory. F. M. Orice, S. H. I Johnson. T. P. Nash. C. O. Hoblnson, M. N. Sawyer, F F. Spencer. C. E. Thompson, J. Norman Wliltehurst, I). K. Williams. The officers re-elected were: Chan. H. Robinson, president; L. S. Itlades, vice-president; W. (I. Gait her, vice president: Marshall H. Jones, cash ier: M. R. Griffin, assistant cashier. William K. Griffin was elected assist ant cashier. SMKJCI.KItS WHO l>ll? I.AIUiK ItCSIXKSS AKUKSTKI) Hamburg. Jan. 10. The chief of a band of dfim smuggler* and 60 of hi* ronfodfra^'n were arrciitpd here rwntly and officials estimate that In tin- last v?-ar or ho drum, chemi cal* ami other pharmac utical prod uct* worth $12.0(10.000 have been I taken out of (Jcrinan.v morally. Tin- smugglers, posing mm flsher I m??n. had their own nail boats as well ja* motor launch***, and piled about lh?? coast*. Mont of Up- drugs In this way were landed In Holland, later I being . "retailed." and then *hlpp?'d to America, Htiulamf. France, or 'wherever the price* appeared to In? j the highest. Custom* officials assert that *ev , eral Ko-betti i'im who have turned ! state evidence claim that they werfc able to get 20 to 30 per cent more I Tor their contraband goods whenever I p-preHentntlve* of American custom er* were In the market, whether III j \ntwerp. Amsterdam or Hamburg. i II J.ITKIt \C\ IN All MY SHOCKS TIIK FKKNCII l'nfl?, .f.in. l'? ? Fr.inre has been cr? ?lited 'with the possession o i ju excellent ?y.^iem of education, but faith In It received a rude shock rc ?cetttly when the literacy statistic* of two infantry reglinonl*. recruited in 192K? were given out. ?One third of the voting men. ralh? ? red largely from the farming dis tricts of the republic, could neither read nor write. Many of th? t ??t a I of 700 d id not know a treaty of pe-'tcr had been signed after th*> I war. and few could tell whri made the law^ for their country. ? I \ll. 1MV IWHi TAX T?'o submission? In case* Involv ing failure t