The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-11
THE RE.ASONABL e
IN DRAW POKER
Old Man Greenhut Discusses Race Suicic
Hears About the Bambero Brothers

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What Arkansas City pears to need,
more'n anything else is a rafting good
case o, race suicide said old man
Greenhut as he and his crones sat out
doors one day around the front door
OF his saloon.
For an interval the party continued
to cat their tobacco In silence, wait
ing for such further remarks as the
speaker might see fit to offer. AS he
continued smoking peacefully as one ,
who has freed his mind, Joe Bassett
asked a question.
"Touchin' this here race suicide he
said, what sort OF fish is it? /
hain't herd o none Oh EN- ben'
catched in these here waters. DO they
roost high night times, or kin you ride
'em bareback? BE they good to eat, |
or only fit Err paintin' wagons? ~
Old man Greenhut looked at him
with some surprise and much dignity.
! rs ore ignorance, joe, he said. Sc
verely "sure.is amazin'.. Race suicide
amt no different f. m any other suicide
only You run / a race for 1t, some like
one 'tScnines in last Wins the prize.
The last one i seen was managed
fine. There was three undesirable citi-
zens in Greenyille What had been told
50 many times for to go jump in the
river t they got sort of in theSnotion
1 of It. on'y they Wouldn't none on EN-
go first.
"I reasoned With 'em ALL but 'twan't
no use, an finally the citizens got to-
| gether an greed fer to have race
suicide When the three on EN- was
notified they kicked some, but they
was give considahle red liquor an
was made to see twas f'r the good
n a n q q heV'6
more liquor they started.
"They had a hundred yard run to
!, the edge o the levee, an the last one
!; over was to have another bottle o.
whiskey afore jumpin' In. There was
some curiosity about whatd happen
be last.
'They started off fine, an the hull
J town was there to see they run fair.
= None on em 'peared to be desprit hur-
! ricd about gettin' there first, but they
t got to the edge o. the water in tol'able
good time all together. Then they
; looked at each other, an all of a sudden
8 Sol HAMPTON and Pete Iinkead pushed
s Billy Mush overheard an then tackled
: each other
! ''They had fine wrestlin' match FIR
I tabout ten minutes, an there was con-
. sidable bettin done by them 7 was
: lookin' on but Pete ISinlkead finally
. throwed Sol in the river, an we give
. him the cxtry bottle. BY the time he'd
! finished that he said he reckoned he'd
. ruther drown nor to drink any more
e o. that, an overh he went Pears Ike
some o. tn surplus population o this
:, here c'munity mought be utilized that
, away thouten any danger to the town
y "Oh! don't know" said Owen Pep
: per, coming around the corner witt
Il considerable more briskncss thar
= seemed citing on SO hot a day :"
don't know What was you talking
y about? Come on and have a drink
. boys" he continued in the same breath
y, without apparently caring whether ~
~ was answered or not.
His invitation to drink, however. wa
$ held to have the parliamentary potenc.
y of a motion to adjourn ana ola MAJ
l, Greenhut led the way to the bat
d When the ceremonies We're conclude'
t. Mr. Pepper said again: What was yo1
@ talking ahout?" and old man Greenhu
II explained.
IS Looks like it d be a excellent thin
Il fr Arkansas City" he said, TO hay
- some o. them race suicides right here
y We cd get shutio' some monstrous OF.
= desirable citizens an pervide innocen
entertainment f'r the public TO IN
!" same time"
o "Oh, didn't know said Mr.. Owe
10 Pepper Whats the matter with dr;i'
Il poker?"
- lhcre amt notnll' We pattsl Wy
= draw poker" responded the old mal
IS with quick Indignation But what
I'd that got to do with race suicide? ORA
poker don't get rid o nobody.
Ter "Its more like a fertilizer, Make
oh n good man better an ondesirabl
q citizen wuss, count q goin' brok
same as II fertilizer makes the croI
,ta an the weeds both grow, Have to q
10 Hour weedn' Just tho same
~ "oh | don't know" said Mr.. Peppe
~ Draw poker'll do that, sometimes.
Ie- knowed a fa mly o. Bambergs over
&C. Tennessee, nigh where l was raise
IS Rich, Had thousand niggers afol
the war,
at 'Ben' as they want mono on e
IN gre't spenders, they was consderah
ass loose change in the house when Il
ct ringers was freed, an when m Q
scd man come ia die. twenty wear ago, ]
ks left nigh about quarter OF Milo
We IAN a Will
This here .will was some p'coolia
in.. III old man appointed one o his cr
Us mics, name o. Totmugger, trustee3o
~ whole shootin match, an he was
Nv hold 1t TIL one o. the two sons died. a
es- then give all 4 was left 70 the o.
: t didn't die. But up to that liz W