Show I I JU U uI TAfT ENJOYS I POSSUM fEED One Hundred Opossums Eaten ii at Dinner the Next President Is Given by the Chamber o of Commerce at Atlanta TAFT OUTLINES POLICY TO TOWARD WARD THE SO SOUTHLAND ND Judge 1 Taft aft Declares That the Work of His Administration Will Be ae a a Work of f Creation and of Construction SOUTHERN OFFICEHOLDERS OFFICEHOlDERS' Ie 0 t t T M t t f t f t f t M t t t t m t t M f t t Q 0 Qt S t 4 Atlanta G Ga Ga- GaJan Jan Jan- IB The 15 The reception re- re 1 f 4 the Chamber P ot of elect President Taft by of or Commerce at Its f 4 banquet tonight was vas unique In 4 Its po possum and its aUty r rhen When tho big possum 4 45 5 prepared especially for tor Mr Taft laft T 4 was carried up the center aisle to f him It was to the strains of a 4 f Southern from the f orchestra and all guests rose and amid f 4 cheered At the banquet there thero f were were possums delecti f Hoke Smith governor and JosephL Joseph 4 1 M. M Drown Brown governor elect both both- 4 advocates nd of prohibition were f there and other Georgians f ff f The Taft possum was sal said to be beof beof f of the time record weight of 01 24 1 pounds 4 f and even even when dressed It f weighed IS J. J 4 4 4 I 0 O 4 4 44 M 4 t M I I I II 4 M 4 I M M 10 When it Jt had been brought ht to tho the President-elect's President table Asa G. G Chandler Chand Chand- ler Jer chairman and toastmaster arose and announced that tho the fey Kov J. J WLee W W. l Lee ee pastor of the tho Trinity M. M J 1 church would oblige with a song ong about tlc tuo possum tie he ie sang a sung tile tue burden u wi CL was sas aa Ot possum him to 10 tie 00 uearL This mot met wile tho the utmost approval approve and jjr W. W Y V. V. V Landrum of t tue e church OUO tu with nis ta- ta mus ms sung song mo Juo imo Juo of at the tue in 0 lie ne told toAd how hew me Lurvey Lurtey got all aU the best oC of toe Georgi G Then TUon Judge 1 u. u 13 oC ot the time court sanK sang the oC of Georgia to uon buon that air aU lr J Jait aft rose Irom hm lus seat to applaud Mr Sir traIt said tie ie JIl not nol sing ItO so Q J i flu flu- uta- uta l Iy tn a t t. t tim o oo part party v vcr po tul to to win time ol and always to tu put tt the tho u m- m publican party Avnon waco in In control In roar fear of ot a 0 pO possible or probable lo roat And so In tho the South ho hu continued no uno ono can deny the advantage ugo clint Unit will arise In local and eta to monts when th there re Is 18 isa a substantial and nud intelligent minority which may bot bo- bo como coma n a successful c majority J in punishment punish punish- f merit ment of t the 1 abuses that are r likely to grow out of ot tho long continued and andun un undisputed control of ot ono party All 11 Il I can say E with reference to tho the future policy of ot the administration In Inthe tho the South upon the time subject of 01 Southern South South- ern em officeholders Is that I expect to spare no effort to find out the tho facts In respect to tho the character of ot time the proposed pro pro- posed nosed appointees an and so bo far lar n as In me melies melies lies ties to select those whose character and reputation an and standing In the community commend them to their thell follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low as the persons person qualified and able to discharge the duties well welland and whoso whose presence In Important positIons positions positions po po- po- po will remove If tr any such thing exists the time sense of of ot the government which they represent Mr Sir Taft Tart said the thc worm work of the tho next i Is to be ho a work of creation creation cre cre- and construction |