Show MANY TOY POSSUMS S ARE RE DEVOURED I Great Hunts Take Place Prior to Christmas Dy Dr B JW cial o Corre Correspondent of ot Standard r Copyright 1926 Consolidated Press Association ATLANTA Ga Oa Dec Dee 25 Time 2 negros negro's Christmas turkey other other-I other other- other Ise known as a Brer Possum flourished with such amazing grace alt asi a result of or a bumper crop of oC persimmons that more moro pos possums sums slims were eaten osten In itt Georgia this Christmas season than ever bo- bo b tore tore Core in the memory of the th state Possums of or all shap shapes s sizes size and dispositions have Jave been caught from Crom Gap to Tybee Light and with Ith a 3 few tew exceptions scene turned over to the tho brother for consumption at this Christmas sea sea- season season sea season son along alone with baked sweet sw ct pota- pota potatoes potatoe toe pota-toe toes toe and nod lots lola of graY gravy Wh When n Chief Justice Taft Tact was president he h once sat it down to a i dinner here at which 2000 possums were served ser just to give him a taste of ot something truly southern nut But Mr lIr r Taft didn't take kindly to possum and neither does docs the tho southern white whit man Possums are aro too rich for lor his palate but they suit th the negro exactly and just till fill the tho bill as hi his Christmas turkey GREAT T HUNTS From all over the state stale come stories of ot great treat possum hunts this season Brer Possum stays stay snug In his imis bed during dayH daylight ht and the tho night hour are re the lh time tim to find hi News front from Dalton Ga Is that the tho big pos possums dont don't seem to walk about until after acter midnight and it Is only the tho little ones you ou catch In the tho th shank of the evening Possums In that vi- vi vicinity vi vicinity I are said to have hae become becom sO educated that In robbing a hen roost they wrap their tails around the hens hen's neck neek to keep her from squawking and then saunter on homo with their prey The Thc Dalton Possum club ciui mado up of oC the best known business mon men monin In town goes goos hunting regularly and has b been en known to catch as many as ns 40 possums In a night With Christmas near they thoy recently a IL young youn merchant front Baltimore and the tho first possum treed proved to be of or the bushy tailed black and kind popularly popularly known as a skunk The ex- ex ex experienced hunters stood alood back baek but the initiate went up close to In- In In Investigate and at last accounts had taken 12 II 1 baths In 12 hour hours W Y T 1 Lane one on of ot time the best known members member of the tha bar at Americus Ga Oa vouches ouches for th the tact fact that a ft possum was treed at t the bottom of a well welt We picked UI up a S trail that led Jd to the edge edze of a well welt ho reports and on flashing our flashlights down Into the darkness we wo found 0 a possum perched there on a broken limb that had somehow dropped Into the well Latest Information front from Moul- Moul Moultrie trie Moul-trie trie Ga Is that the Society for Cor forthe time tho Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- Ani Animals Ani Animals mals mais hu has ha begun mm a IL movement to stop the tho time honored method of ot tot tot Inc Ing n a pO after arter ouva aught r I hint him by hy slipping his tall tail a 3 unlit split stick tick and carrying him along on your our shoulder I Tho new I Iway way Is to ram rain him hiim down Into n a asack sack Iol Possum um hunters bunters at re- re re r held holt n it conference and came 10 the time conclusion that a 3 half half and halt-cur halt properly trained 1 at- at always al always ways trays makes makos the best hest possum dog dorand and that a 0 pure-bred pure hound Is in- in In Inclined dined to give too much attention In-I In to coons cons t was waa also agreed that the best be t possum dog always bears time the name nam of fling something no- no nobody nobody no nobody body was able to explain Possum 1111 hunting huntine nil IIII Is ulso iso proving of much Importance as an aid to romance In Atlanta Ind and other Georgia la towns possum hunts bunts are organized weekly and pretty prelly gIrls dressed In knickers take part It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is rumored that love lovo matches bo- bo bogun begun cun bc-cun gun at possum hunts bunts will 11 result itt In at least halt half a dozen wedding an- an announcements announcements an announcements hero here early In the th new nelC year |