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CHESTER PLANTER DIES OF INJURIES William Martin Loiei Life Under Tractor?-Right Arm Removed Chester, April 30.?A small trac tor engine today claimed the life of William Samuel Martin, ,one of Chester county's wealthiest and most prominent planters, on one of bis farms near Richburg, in Chester county, the accident occurring about 8 o'clock this morning. It seems that one of his employees was wmnin<r the tractor in a way that was unsatisfactory to Mr. Martin when he told the employee that he would run the tractor. The tractor was attached to a disc plow and an effort was made to climb a small hill on the farm and considerable power was thrown on and in some way the, tractor turned over. Mr. Martin was pinned under it He was pulled from under the tractor and, aided by his employee, he walked a quar ter of a mile, suffering intense agony and losing considerable blood. He was then placed in a buggy and driven to his home and from there huirried to the Chester" sanatorium here, where he was operated on hav ing is right arm removed at >the socket and his other bruises treat ed, but the shock from his injuries was so great that he died within a . short time. ONLY ONE TAX CAN BE COLLECTED AGAINST DOG Columbia, April 30.?The present "dog tax" is the only tax or license that can be assessed against a dog in South Carolina, according to an opinion rendered today by Attorney General Wolfe, answering the ques tion raised in many parts of the state, especially of late Anderson and Orangeburg, as to how many times one dog can be taxed. The at torney general rules that the state dog tax excludes any other state, county or municipal taxes or li censes. A dog, no matter how fine an animal he may be, cannot be as sessed for taxation as properly, if his owner has a dog tax license tag, showing that the per capita dog tax of |1.25 has been paid for the cur rent year, according to the attorney general's ruling. The attorney general holds that the metal tax tag "purports to be a clearer receipt for all taxes assess ble against that dog, and purports to be exclusive of all other assessments municipal or otherwise." This will preclude the possibility of a city requirng a dog license, where the state tax on dog has been paid. This ruling Is expected to bring about considerable interest in the dog situation, especially in some of the towns of the state. ZAYAS PROCLAIMED PRESIDENT OF CUBA Habana, April 30.?A joint ses sion of congress tonight formally ' proclaimed Dr. Alfredo Zayas presi dent and Gen. Francisco Carillo vice president of the .republic of Cuba. The new officials-will be inaugurated May 20, when President Menocal will relinquish office. A large crowd assembled at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the hour set for the meeting of the joint session, but the ceremony was delayed until ~fter 9 o'clock this evening when members of the Liberal party, who for a long time have been on a leg islative "strike," arrived in the chamber and formed the necessary quorum. After the formalities had been complied with the successful candi dates in the elections of last year were formally proclaimed by Aure lio Alvarez, president of the sen ate. Dr. Zayas has announced his in tention of leaving immediately for the. country in order to formulate py jn? punuitrs, select a caDinet and pre-1 pare inaugural address. tr ? FOR BUILDING AND LOAN Greenville, April 30.?Following the recent reorganization of the A merican bank here with the election of B. E. Greer as president, steps were taken today to organize the A merican Building and Loan associa tion, to be operated in connection with the bank. One hundred thou canrJ /?a11oi?o won amLammL,?3 ? stock at a preliminary meeting: this afternoon. This will be the fifth in stitution of this nature in Green ville. ACTION IN HOUSE PLEASES BYRNES Washington, April 30.?The ac ceptance by the house this afternoon of the amendment offered by Repre sentative Byrnes of South Carolina to the army appropriation bill, un der which the size of the army would be limited to 150,000 men constitu ted a jolt to the Republican machine from which it required half an hour to recover. Representative Kahn of California, chairman of the com mittee on military affairs, who de sires an army as large as 250,000 men, declared tonight the house wooiid reverse itself and that it would prepare for an army of at least 175,000 men. The Democrats, however, are de lighted in that they developed real sentiment of the house irrespective of what subsequent action the Re publicans in obedience to the party lash may take. Representative Byrnes is delighted at the result be cause of the fact that even Secretary of War Weeks stands for what is re garded as a large army. If congress does the surprising thing and enacts a bill providing for only 150,000 men, it will be neces sary that the troops in Germany be hastily recalled inasmuch as they will not be a sufficient number in the United States to fill domestic as signments. . i UNITED STATES FINDS SUPPORT! ?->- A 117: aiaij njrcci TTua rwiuvn ?i w Yap?No Privilege Sought. Washington, April 30.?Complete agreement with the position of the United States in regard to the Is land of Yap as expressed by Secre tary Hughes in his notes to the prin cipal allied powers, is expressed in a note delivered , to the state depart ment today by the Italian ambassa dor. The Italian government said it was seeking no privilege in Yap not granted to other nations and offered Italy's cooperatoin to restore eqsa nimity to the world. "Italy is ?lso convinced that the United States intends to protect their, interests in the island of Yap with full consideration for the inter ests of other nations," the note de clared, adding that "Italy therefore has not hesitated to express herself in a way which completely agrees with the text of the American note of April 5 concerning the equality of rights among mandatories in the exercise of their mandates. The full text of the Italian note iouows: "Italy is fully convinced that the | United States is not asking for any privilege in the i?land of Yap which is not equally granted to every other nation, including Japan. Italy is also convinced that the United States intends to protect their in terest in the island of Yap with full consideration of the interest of oth er nations. "Italy therefore has not hesitated to express herself in a way which completely agrees with the text of the American note of April 5 inst.,1 concerning the equality of rights! among mandatories in the exercise of their mandates. "Italy wishes and trusts that the just rights of everybody concerned be recognized always and every where, in the island of Yap as well as in every other place and circum stance, with perfect equality and justice. * "Italy seconded the Anglo-French proposal which confided the study of the Yap question to the judicial committee and the conference of ambassadors in Paris, and she nowj expects that the conference will pro nounce itelf with equanamity in such a way as to. eliminate every possibility of agreement and to con cilliate all- conflicting interests. "Italy is particularly glad when ever the moral policies of the two governments and the material in terests of the two nations agree on such a way as to put Italy and the United States in a position to co operate towards the attainment of the common end, which consists in the realization of an era of serene peace and prosperity for the civilzed world." Five inches of snow covered part of the desert in the Imperial Valley of California near El Centro., April 4. This was the first snowfall in the memory of the oldest settlers of that region. I 0-.LLS FOR STEAiiY M?h 7? Duty Devolving on Cook for East African Mcnarch Can Not Calicd a Sinecure. The Rev. John Rose.)a, re -or of Ovlngtou Norfolk, kept members ot the Royal society wondering for more than an hour while he lectured on his journey through East Africa, where he went on a tour of Investigation on behalf of the government and the Royal society. King George was amused by the traveler's description of the royal serv ants at Bunyoro, one of the places Mr. Roscoe visited. He described their duties in his lecture In London. "The king's chief cook has a very trying Job," said Mr. Roscoe. "The custom is that every morning he brings to the king a pot of specially prepared meat, with which he must walk all around the royal enclosure. With his face whitened he enters the presence, and In a dead silence throughout the court, which may not he broken by coughing or sneezing on pain of Instant death, the chief cook puts a piece of meat at the end of a fork into the king's mouth. "He does this foui* times, but If by chance or nervousness he touches the king's teeth with the metal fork he dies instantly. "These servants find the ordeal so trying that they can only carry It out for a few days, after which they are sent away for a six weeks' holiday. That is all the meat the king is sup posed to have In a day and for the rest he lives on milk."?London Daily Mall. POODLE IS MAIL'S GUARDIAN 8mall Kansas City Dog Dirty and 8haggy. but aa Faithful aa Tney Make Yhem. Be iq Just ft UtUe Shaggy poodle, and as black as coal dust find smoke can make him, but he is very devoted to his self-imposed duties. He may be seen each morning waiting at the rear door of Post office Station C, 3021 In dependence avenue. He draws no salary from the post office department, btft is as regular in his attention to his task as though ne were receiving me top wage. Someone Js always at the door to admit him. Then, after a casual In spection of the office, he hunts up his chosen friend, Ed Easton, carrier 109, and commences his daily duties aa guardian and friend. He waits at each stop for Ed to un load his mail and accompany him back to the station, staying till Easton goes to lunch. Then he will trot off to h^s own home for a rest, and at one o'clock may be seen on duty once more. Even Sunday mornings, when his friend does not come to the office, he will run up to the door, wait patiently till he Is tired, and then will disappear and not be seen any more till Monday nt the usual hour.?Kansas City Times. He Had the Proofs All Right High' School John's three spinster sisters were all sentimental. They treasured all the relics of their early romances?"trash" that John would joyfully have discarded so that he could have more room for trophies, etc. One night he scornfully called the family's attention to a gayly decorat ed clock on the mantel. "It's no earth ly good," he said. "It won't run and It's out of style, too. Let's get one of those mahogany ones like the Browns have." One of the sisters looked at the relic. "Oh, let's don't," yhe simpered. "Let's keep it for memory's sake. It has ticked so many happy hours for all of us girls." "Yes, 1*41 say it lias," John agreed scornfully, "and according to present evidences It has sounded a good many alarms, too." Keep Control of Temper. Repeated outbursts of violence have the same eltect on your delicate men tal and nervous mechanism that they have on the'machinery which controls the energy generated by the waterfall. In a very little time the person giv en to violence will be unable to con trol his energy. It will burst forth at all times, as In the case of a badly spoiled child. And then there will be little work and no thought. All the energy that 1* generated by the mys terious processes of life will be wast ed, never again to be recovered.?John Blake In Chicago Dally News. Freeze Fruit to Keep It Strawberries, grapes, cherries, rasp berries, and other small fruits, as well as tomatoes and some other vegetables, can be kept a long time Intact from the germs that bring about decomposition. Germs may be present In the air ftnd in the fruits, but their activity Is suspended by freezing. The department of agriculture haa found that fruits frozen to a tempera mr*? ns lnw as 10 decrees Fahrenheit or higher, up to 32 degrees, and then stored In a temperature not above 10 degrees, will keep for several months. ?Popular Science Monthly. Making Them Learn History. Enactment by the state legislature of Indiana of a law to make the teach ing of American history compulsory In every public and private school of the state Is urged by the national Americanization committee of the American Legion. The hill provides fclso io? the compulsory teaching of Wvil government in the high school! and colleges of the state. WM. ELLIOTT TO SPEAK AT COTTON MEETING Columbia, April 30?William El liott of Columbia has accepted an invitation extended to him by II. C. Hani or, president of the South Car-1 oi.'na Divis.on of the American Cot ton Association, to speak on co-oper ative marketing at the semi-annual meeting of the cotton association in Columbia next Wednesday at noon in Craven Hall. The principal object of^this meeting will be. to discuss co operative marketing association in this state along plans somewhat si milar to the co-operative marketing {j^sociations that have proved so suc cessful in California and other wes tern states. President Hamer said ^ today that Mr. Elliott had given much careful study to the question of co-operative marketing [and was probably the best qualified man in the state; of South Carolina to speak upon it. He is thoroughly familiar with every? | detail of the subject, said Mr. Hum- 1 YOU may j cure a cuffton with'a bar:e;a but it takes ejus ty to hold hiirr t ^ ii A IIUW RO F R I D J PROMPTLY C.nmp Out Admission MWBBUHBBMMMHI er, and in position to give the farm ers any information that might be sought. / Indications point to a very large crowd at the meeting, it wa3 said yc.:'erd?.y at the headquarters of the cotton association. Fifty or more delegates have been appointed from every county and notices sent to them. A very large percentage of them have already written indicating their ..intentions of attendance. President Hamer again today stressed the fact that the meeting was open to all of the farmers of South Carolina whether they have 1 been appointed delegates or not and [ it is hoped that there will be no hes itation on the part of any one to at tend because he has not been offici- , any appointed as a delegate. The central committee which is to formulate the plans for the market- ] ing association will meet Tuesday and have them ready for submission to the big meeting on Wednesday. Nothing to C se sion, Quality ler What more < if you are pa in; about your.... ili nnn 1... fKir fVhen you ha livery of son give you all and you'll gt 111/1 /Til JC# l/K/C tvc gH The Press enw V V VS. SENBERG FIE3 \Y MA AT 4'W O'CI and Give us Yov REAL D. A. R. TO CELEBRATE 103RD BIRTHDAY FRIDAY Eastford, Conn.; April 30.?'Mrs. Sarah Bosworth Bradway, a real daughter of the American Revolu tion, will observe her one hundred and third birthday anniversary at her home here tomorrow- As has been the custom, members of Eliza beth Porter Chapter, D. A. R., of which Mrs. Bradway is a member, will call with gifts. Among her call ers also will be Donald Clark, a jreat grandson, who has two great grandmothers and two grand mothfer and two great grarid fathers living. Mrs. Bradway is the survivor of eleven children. 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