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Show cy, but please don't strike me. 1 have tho smallpox and you might injure in-jure me. I'm on my way 10 the pest houno now." Tho mwo looked at his victim a moment and then dashed down tho' allay al-lay and disappeared. , ATLANTA T AFT President-Elect Will Partake of Famous Possum Supper Augusta. Jan. 15. The presidentelect president-elect left here today for a two days' trip to Atlanta. Incidentally, Mr. Taft will show himself to the people of the towns between here and the Georgia tapital and tomorrow will make- a side trip to Athens, and ad- dress tho students at the state university. univer-sity. Slops en route were made at Thompson, Thomp-son, Crawforrlsville, Greensboro, Madison. Mad-ison. Social Creek. Covington and Decatur. De-catur. At Covington, the student body of Emory College were addressed address-ed briefly by Mr. Taft, who also expressed ex-pressed words of greeting at the other oth-er places. Mr. Taft's first speech in Atlanta will be made in the governor's office immediately after his arrival. He will receive the members of the chamber of commerce and their wives, the Yalo alumni and ladies of the Ohio Society this afternoon. The famous "Possum supper" Is to he spread tonight in the Armory auditorium. audi-torium. Herein Mr. Taft will makp his principal speech of the trip. He will address the negroes of Atlanta tomorrow morning in Big Bethel church. NOVEL METHOD OF ROUTING A ROBBER Chicago. Jan. 15. Albert S. Bierfield Is the originator of a novel method of i routing a robber, according to a po-! po-! lice story told hero today. He says he was stopped by a colored man who ; jumped from an alley and ordered him to hold up hla hands, j "Now. my hands are up," said Mr. ' Pierfield. "Take my watch and uion- |