Solomon Toms, residing in Pleasant Valley, near Smithsburg, died Tues day of paralysis, aged 82 years. He had been ill for several weeks. Mr. Toms had been a farmer all his life and was a widower, his wife dying about two years. He leaves these children: Mrs. Ida Kendall, Reuben, Ronnie, Clayton, Pleasant Valley; Mrs. Alice Robinson, Smithsburg.