The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-24
DRAW POKER RULES
IN ARKANSAS CITY
Old Man Greenhut Gives the
ParsOn a Lesson
is A LOCAL INSTITUTION
When the Law and Order Committee
Came to Visit Greenhuts Sa-
loon He Established the
Right of the Game.

This yere new Methodist minister I
come TO town last month pears to be
stirrin things up consid able" said Sam
Pearsall as he came into old man Green
huts saloon early one evening.
well. it's nigh about time 1t somebody
took a hand" said Greenhut. Arkansas
City's been consld able deader in a last
years almanac FIR quite spell now. But
how come you're SO we'll posted on what
the parson doin Sam? Ben goin to
church lately?"
well. no. said Pearsall. quite una
dashed by the laughter of the others at
this thrust. Il don't go frequent myself,
but Mis- Pearsalls tol'able steady at it,
an just nachaly 1 hear somepin about
it now an again.
Maybe that's just as good" said old
man Greenhut, AN it is Il heap sight
easier n goin' your own self. But what is
it you're a-hearn about the dominic? Is
he gon' for to start a perfected meetn, ,
or what?'
"They say he's tallIin' o. gettin' up a
Law an Order Committee said the
news bringer.
THAT there sounds like 1t might mean
suthin'," said Joe Bassett, who. as sher-
3ff of the county. was naturally interest
ed in all things appertaininS TO the law
But what is Law an Order Commit
haint' never had no committee o that sort
here"
That's what the preacher says re-
piled Pearsall, IAN he reckons it's nigh
time some committee was pinted fer TO
give people orders about keepin the law
'Well, I reckon while I'm round town
tn my ordinary health began Joe Bas-
set with u show of indignation, but he
was interruted. 'rhat amt half bad.
declared Greenhut emphatically. Nobody
amt chuckin' no disparages onto you
Joe, but there is times when you mought
be busy onto one case an some other
case'd come up There a couple o
strangers dropped off here last week an
got away with 5000 into poker game
while you was chasin' that boss thief
up the railroad. Now If we'd had Law
and Order Committee but what p'tickler
Jaws is they reck' min on givin' orders
to, Sam?'
zone thing they pears to be down on is
gamblin', an tother dringn'," replied
Pearsall.
"Drinl1in' - exclaimed the old man.
"Why don't they stop folks eatin?
mans got to drink sames he eats. The
Good Book makes mention o. that fire.
uuent But gamblin's different. Gamblin
had ought for to be stopped. / hain't
heared o. no gamblin in Arkansas City,
though, since Red HarIins faro game
was broke up"
preacher says draw pokers gamblin,
observed Pearsall.
Says what?" exclaimed old man Green
hut in great amazement.
''He says draw poker's the worst kind
o. gamblin'," repeated Pearsal1, "on' he
reckons it's up to him TO do all t lays
into him for to break up the c'munity
sinful ways. That's what he says. ! didn't
say it," he added hastily as he saw the
old man reach instnctiyely for his bung-
starter
well, preachers is mostly nat'ral born
FOOLS" said Greenhut, after a visible eff
fort al self-control. at do seem pity,
though, in these days o higher eddication,
t any church d sand out preachers It's
that ignorant. Why, the Good Books
full o. texts ON draw poker. Take that