HE WANTS TO RID THE WORLD OF CATS
But Tabby, Asking Another Chance, Thinks Sayre a "Crank"
By ROV. J. GIBBONS
Chicago. Jan. 2. ? Rockwell
Say re. wealthy Chicago banker
and real estate owner, planned to
r}d the world nf cats by 1925.
He set himself to this tank inore
than 16 years ago.
Say re. a bird-lover, hates cat*
tor two reasons.
They kill vast numbers of song
MHs and they spread dliieuse to
children atui grownups, too, he
declares.
Now that 1925 is here,
fiayre finds all the cats uren't
gone as he had originally planned,
booking over his lists he discov
ers only 7.000.000 have been dis
patched since he launched his an
tl-Tabbv campaign. ?'
That leaves a world feline pop
ulation estimated at something
around 900,000,000 and this num
ber times Dill rives the total <>f
proverbial cat lives that still
sing their song of hate in his
ears.
?Rewards Champ Killer
But Sayre Is undaunted. He has
[L*pent plenty of money getting rid
| of 7,000,000 cats. Hu now an
k Bounces he is willing to spend
more until the last meow Is sound
ed.
In past year Sayre has deluged
the country with bales of litera
ture urging everyone to help make
the world catless by 1925.
?very Christmas he gave away
eaah rewards to the country*?
champion cat killers. His sched
ule of prices was 10 cents each
for the first 100 cats killed. To
the person killing the largest
number he gave a bonus of $5
plus the head tax.
In some of his many pamph
lets he offered 1100 to the person
killing the last cat on earth. But
the other day six live cats sang
seven hours on Sayre's back fence.
"The cats aren't gone yet," he
?ays. "So we'll continue the re
wards each Christmas until they
are."
Thinks They're Filthy
The person winning Sayre's
cat-killing award this year, he as
Be rti?, 1? Thome K. Shear. Kings
? Ion. N. Y.
"This man got ono of my pain
; phlets and was convert.-*! to a
proper cat-hating viewpoint." ex
plains the country's chief cai
hatcr. "In one week lie ktileil
2? ??
Payre ha* been the target of at
tack? by humane societies and of
ficial.?? of animal protective a*s.
1 elation*. They're never had him
arrested. though, and when tliel.*
attacks hcconit- too hitler Say re
' does a simple thing.
"I simply go out and convert
, them."-he savn. "One humane so
ciety officer came out to see me
several years. He was lighting
mad. Out I talked with him and
now he is a cat killer himself."
To become eligible for any of
Sayre's rewards It isn't necessary
to present the corpus delicti
, his doorstep, lie takes your wor 1
, for it providing a statement is
scut bearing the signatures of
two citizens other than the cat
killer.
Say re think* ij is "toadying to
depravity" iu K- op a cat around
I ho how"*.
"Ilu-y're filthy. useless thine-*.'*
ray* Say re. "I Missed uiy g'ue ?
they would n!l ' ? gore l?y 1925.
ilut In another 1" year* 1 promise
von won't see another rat.
M-ow!
lly 1?! KS\ CAT
Rockwtll Sayre. wealthy Chi
g?'iiu, wj'ntr*. Ihc world rid of rain.
! "1 hoy'ro (Hi Ivy iiKrli'?! thine-'."
! ?ays he. " Taboo Tabby" is bin
si. gan.
Well, lio'* J> ;i iiis >ay. I'm i-n
titlcd' io tu I it?'-. So, hero's tho
cat*? meow:
For 1<> ih*<jii> fifteen years Sayre
has hoc a d? alius in subtraction.
II?* offered p rise* for folks who
vubtrart f ]?n?frnm their lives.
And thus far, some T.uuo.noo of
U;i. l?o lioaM?, have meowed our
hi-;t meow.
Hut?our rank* sr.- still swelled
to the t.>t;i| of close to
niio. What tlie answer?
Simple enough. While Payre
knu'Ad something ah.nit suhtruc
H'mi. we aren't so uiihiIi in addi
tion.
i'?!'?? Shle
11 "a oi.ly fair t h sit I ask tho
v.or' t tu consider, well, the friend
ly feline before xidinr with Sryre.
I'ieture a eozy trout rootii.
nn open flfreplaeo Is liurnini;.
? 'ihink of the lie;it ilia.: would go to
wane if a d<i/.4ii;: tabby were not
t". ? re to soak it up.
Consider t Ik* ribbon counter
girl. Where would hen Job. be if
the sab s on pink ribbon f?.r pretty
pussy" h person were pnddoniy
i phut off?
Hie to the kilrhen. or-tho pan
try. where ser.;ps of food tempt
mischievous mice? Imagine
saltl mice running haphazard,
with no tabby to frighten tlu-iu
away. Have voa no heart fur the
women folks?
II" sympathetic with the slTiiger
of slang. Wouhi you r<?!? him of
Mtfh expressions as the "eat'i? pa
jamas." the cut's whiskers,** and
"the kitten's overalls?"
Think of the old shoes lliat Ho
AFTER 50 YEARS, TIIEY l?OOk ALIKE!
Hare la proof of the theory that poraona living v,..ir* in Intilnntr <? ompan-onahlp eventually Krow I .
look alike. Just notice the ?trlklnK reaimlilaneo between Andrew J. Sinilh ami wife of Port Huron
Mich. They have been married So yeafa. nntli <l?rny they ever did -or ever will olok alike
NEGRO LEGLESS
AFTER ACCIDENT
ly Edenton, Jan. 2. ? McKlnlcy
H Johnston. colored man, 26 year?
L'?old, had the misfortune to km his
1*K caught in the machin
ery at the mill Wednesday m.?rn
Ing at three o'clock, and now he
ia left legless.
It ao happened that Johnston a
new man at the mill, of two
night?' experience wan walking
~ between the cam In the oil mill.
' W?*n he with three other? camo
by ma open conveyor, left m be
- eause ft wae necessary to hare op
en aoceaa to the room from the
conveyor.
Johnston and three mates earn o
down the boxes. and Just in th<?y
wero nlonK aslit? the conveyor
Johnston's foot slipped and his
left I?k was thrown Into the ma
chinery, grinding it off abore the
knee.
One of his fellowmen ran away
with horror, while another with
mofr prcscnro of inind P prune;
through I ho door, and nit off the
motor. It wjih loo Into to save
hi* ) r,. however. n;:d J-dinstoii
had t o have the strangling bl ? or
lloeh and bonus' cut off by Drs.
Williams and Powell Wednesday i
TUB APOTIIKCAItY SHOP
Phone 400
A Oe?d Drag Store
Alkrama Monday
January 5
Two Shall
i Be Born
around t'Vrry liomc. What would i
y.?u do wiHi tli? m ull If II wi'ron't
for en i s on iJu? back fence?
And last, hut not least? the
worl I in howling for harmony.
And yrl Sayro would still the
? In ?? (usually ton clone) harmony i
ihnt is furnished gratia by the I
nii'rtMiim :i:idn*Kht marauders.
Foi-ev?r ami a day you will let
ev? ry (lop have hi* day?-why nut
1? t e\?ry rat have his ni^ht?
M^his for CiiIn
You arill go on and on. letting
'Vi ry dog have his day?why uot 1
let every cat have his night?
I have made my rase. It's now
ni? to the great Jury-?the p??.ple,
for beyond III#* above, the defense
ha* nothing to say except?
M HOW!
1*. *v? I'll lay any mouse In the
morning.
The oil mill floor was covered
with the cut cotton seed end
Johnston was wearing boots. The
t.Nn are always warned before
being employed at the bill not to I
go near ill" conveyor, cxcopt-be
ing (xtromely eareful.
PUTS-SORES
^ ^ cn-arno tiiuiuognlj?than,
vithout rubbing, apply?
yscKs
? vapoRub
VAPORUB
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V K C Alt It Y TIF K I'OI'l;
I.Alt STYI.ES OF l.OOSi:
l.EAI" LEDOEJtS IN
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l'AIIED TO KL'RNtSH
ANY KPEOIAI. SIZE Olt
STYLE ON SHOUT NO
TICE.
lilNDKItS
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M ELI C K
PHONE 1 1 4:
Standard Pharmacy,
they will send it
tu-1 k H bor hood a b?>t thai we'll still
h<? rutin In' 'cm rnKpd iw I m k a*
they nre ablo to run. And. ooa
HidniiiK tll?> old III > t It OonCi'rilitlK
thu number of liven a cat has.
that's u nir.?- 10 one bet in my fuv
nr.
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IX Ml I'KltlOlt < Ol ItT
Only two cases wore disposed of
In Thursday's session of Superior
Court In (he ram? of Herman
iNiwbcm against II. L. llinton.
the plaintiff mas awarded $5,714
with Interest since 1920. Mr.
Nowbern sought to recover about
twice the sum lie received from
the d< tcndant. In 1920,he pur
?-ha*cd land from Mr. Hlntoni
which was later found to be part-,
ly owned by heirs of the defen-'
danl.
The other ease disposed of
Thursday was that in which 1.. M.
Walker, colored, was plaintiff
auainst Joseph i lie Collins. Walk
er recovered $156 from the do-,
f<amlaiit in settlement over a land
i? tital dispute*.
In two cases tried Weduesday _
in which Catherine W. Ilrown. *
colored, was tlie def>aiiilunt and
Tidewater Hank k Trust Com
pany of Norfolk ih?* plaintiff, the
latter was i*wurded $6o0.U0.
I IK i PlltK K \ (i IN ii I \
< OltOV\|>.\ NATIOVAI* hlllMT
Tus?<>n. Ariz.. Jan. 2.?A forest i
fire was r.iginK in the Cutalian .
mountain? tonight with the K;iiik
eiH ImttliaK the Uames. The
mountain? arr In tho Coronada
National Forest.
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dyspeptic and debilitated
and tone up the system
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Tik? a Tableapoonfu! of 8afta
If Back Palna or Bfadder I
la Irritated
*4
nudh
most !
Fit:?, h your kidneys by drin)rinff
quart of water each day, al(Q ta!
salts occasionally, says a noted m
thority, who tells us that too mud)
rich food forms acids which almost
paralyze the kidneys in their efforts to
expel it from the blood. Tfcsy Income
sluggish and weaken; theft you may
suffer with a dull misery*1 the kief* i
ncy region, sharp pains ?n the hack of
sick htadache. dizziness, your stnruacb j
sours, tongue is coated, and wtyen the I
weather is bad you h ive rhrjtmatk *
twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full
of sediment, the chanmla often get
sore and irritated, obliging you to s*
relief two or three times durfog i
niglit. ,
To help neutralize these irrhati
acids; to help cleanse the kidneys a
flush off the body'? urinous waste, g?
four ounces of Jii4 Salts from any
pharmacy here. Take a tablespoonfu!
ui s glass of water before breakfast
for a few days, and y?ur l-.idneyfc mav a
then set fine. This fsmous salts i? '
made from the acid of grants ana I
lemon juice, combined with lithia. and
has bern used for /ears to h?lp flush
-ind stimulate sluggish kidneys; ol*o to
neutrsli/e the acids in the system %&
they no longer irritate, thus often r^^
fieving bladder weakness.
Jtd Salts is Inexpensive; cannot iniij
fur* and makes a drlightfut r ffcrveSfjj
cent lithia-watcr drink. Hy all ireatlJM
have your physician examine? yotU
Sidneys at least twice a year.
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Successful
"1? year* ago I wa* op?>ratecf
for appenrilrttl* and later operate
ed axaln for gall Mono*. NottfccA
did me any good and I aufferetf
all kind? of torture ftlnce. Fir?'
year* ago I took Mayr'a Wonder
ful lti?m<'il v a n I hii v?* felt no
ftymptomn or pain *lnee. Alt,
atomaeh anfferera xhould tako H.T
It 1? a nlmpl". h n pule** preparat
tlon that rtmnvi'* tho catarrhal
?u<na from the Inteatlnal tract
and allay* the Inflammation wlil<*k|
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