The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 07, 1930, Image 9
'Poker Alice' Cashes
In at Age of 77 Years
Rapid City, S. I)., Feb. 28.?Death,
dealing from "a cold deck," flipped
tin ace <?f spades for "Poker Alice"
ITubbs yesterday. It was her admission
card to the big game that is
eternity.
She was one of the last of a bizarre
Loterie of hard living, straight-shooting
men and women Who added the
fcolor sometimes it was blood-red?
|to the old West. "Deadwood Dick",
I'Wild Bd!" Hiekock and "Calamity
bane" were others.
' Poker Alice wore a gun, smoked
cigars and could swear like a trooper;
but in all of her years of life she
dealt from the^>p of the deck.
During a life as adventurous as any
man's she gambled for high stakes
"without a single betraying quiver of
the hand as she dealt; without the !
twitch of a face muscle. Cold as the
steel of the revolver she wore, sh?
sat in unnum!bered thousands of high
stake games.
Yesterday she bucked a game that
she?that nobody?could beat. Old
age and complications following an
operation for gall stones, were given
by doctors as the cause of her death
on a hospital bed.
Poker Alice wjpj English born bu:
American bred. And always the gambler.
She started as a faro dealer. Sj
successful was ?he, that soon she was
knowi?, not just as a woma^ gambler,
but as a winning gambler, man or
woman.
Colorado, Nevada, Montana, the
Dakotas?wherever there was pay
dirt and hom/bres with nerve enough
to lay it against the turn of a card?
Poker Alice was. She took $6,000 in
one night's play at Silver City, N.
Mex.
It seems rather strange in retrospect,
that Poker Alice, self-reliant,
courageous and able to take cure of
herself anywhere?should have had
i time for love, yet she three times
married. Her first 'husband was a
mining engineer, Frank Duffield, then
there came W. (J. Tubbs, a gambler
J uho despite a wide reputation of his
; own, never could equal Poker Alice at
! the card table. Her third husband was
| George lluckert, but when he died
, Poker Alice resumed the name of,--her
I second husband.
Edwin P. Grosvenor, promin6nt j
lawyer of New York, and prosecutor j
of the night riders of Kentucky in
l'J 10, a number of whom were convicted,
died at his New York home
Friday, aged 54 years.
The grand jury of Fulton county,
has returned indictments against
twenty persons of Atlanta, Ga., in(
eluding five councjlmen and aldermen
i o ncharges of graft. The mayor and
I other city officials were severely criticized
by the grand jury.
Steam Shovel Wpa Overloaded.
Los Angeles, March 1.?-A steam
shovel, it appears, cannot disappoint
its public day after day without inviting
gossip. This steam shovel sat
in an excavation here. It toiled and
puffed with ifi eat ado, attracting the
attention of passers-by just like
countless other hard-working steam
shovels. In this case, however., there
was something wrong with its technique.
Kxpert steam shove) watchers
observed that, while there didn't sem
to he anything wrong with its stance
or its putting, it didn't movo much
more dirt than the average duffer
with a good midiron. The police investigated
Friday, arrested four men
and reported finding a 1,000 gallon
still hitched to the boiler.
James Maker, 23, who says he has
killed eleven man, was indicted by
a New York grand jury Tuesday on
a charge of having murdered Henry
(Jaw, a night watchmun, in that city
on December 27, 1928.
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LIST OF CLAIMS PASSED BY!
HOARD OF DIRECTORS, FKH.
4, 1930
C. A. Johnson, salaries and expenses
$ r>23.70
CJyburn Motor Co., auto parts
and repairs 21.20
Kershaw Grocery, supplies,
meat ' 33.85
C. II. Trucsdale, lumber 21.19
The Peoples Meat Market, sup- I
plies - 1.50
Dr. W. B. Turner; post mortem .25.00 i
C. A. Croxton, 19 3-10 hu. corn.19.30 J
R. C. Bennett, blaeksmth work..3.75]
Ira B. Catoe, lumber 107.(54
Kcr.sh*wLumber Co., lumber.408.27
KersKavMMUjy t. & Bkg. Co.. supplies
331.95
Catoe Brothers, su-pplies 194.25
L. D. Hilton, lumber 8(59.55
J..M. Carson Co., tools, etc 2.85
C. R. Bowen, lumber 134.78
II. K. Munn, salary Road Supt. 125.00
J. W. Sowell, salaries and expenses,
guards . 412.00
Laurens T. Mills, salary clerk
and poor fund 300.00
W. M. West & Son, groceries
(Mrs. Stone) 14.00
W. L,.'Mepowell, salary, commitpapers,
repair work . . . .65.50
,'B. MeClain, 200 lbs. carbide .13.00
G. B. DeBruhl or bearer, salary
and expenses , . . 15!}.00
S. P. Watkins or bearer, salary
and expenses 155.00
II. A. Rabon or bearer, salary and
expenses 155.00
J. I,. Hough or bearer, salary
and exipenses ..155.00
J. A. Thorn or bearer, salaries
maintenance crew 362.50
S. W. Hogue, salary and stamps.80.38
M. H. Deal or bearer, salary
bridge foreman .. . 125.00
Kathleen B. Watts or bearer,
salary and postage 121.52
H. S. Higgina, trip to Lancaster
for prisoner 6.60
J. W. Sowell or bearer, salary
Supt. Chaingang 125.00
B. E. Sparrow or bearer, salary
and stamps 78.39
S. W. Hogue, Treas., court vouchers,
Renistrar Certificates and
Highway coupons 370.61
Underwood Typewriter Co 107.50
McCaskill & Lollis, meat 14.20
McCaskill & Lollis, groceries.. 129.59
Arthur Clark, Underwood typewriter
75.00
Hirsch Brothers & Co., clothing
supplies 19.00
J. R. West, 20 cords wood at
$4.00 80.00
Lena M. Linoberger, salary Deputy
Clerk 75.00
Welsh Motor Co.. auto supplies
and garage rent .-23.70
Walter M. Jacobs or bearer,
salary Janitor 40.00
G. F. Cooley, salary Deputy
Sheriff 125.00
Myers Service Station, auto
parts and supplies 19.02
J. H. McLeod, salaries self and
jailer, jail fees, telephone bill
expenses, etc 596.59
L. B. Ogburn, salary bridgekeeper
100.00
Williams' Insurance Agency,
bond S. W. Rose 5.00
S. W. Rose, salary bridgekeeper
100.00
City of Camden W & L Dept.,
water and lights 31.50
Southern Bell T & T Co., telephone
rental 43.65
Aussie West, salary bridgekeeper
100.00
Rhame Bros., Inc. hay', oats and
collar pads 100.80
A. R. Collins, coffin for Geo.
Tucker 10.00
Wolfe-Eichel Co., clothing supplies
29.03
ft. L. Schlosburg. one pair
boots 4.50
I. K. Lee, Meat 57.85
VIcDowell Printing Co., stationery
supplies f 21.50
Lewis Lomansky, clothing supplies
18.65
3ryant Fuel & Ice Co., 2 tons
coal 18.50
J. C. Brannon, hay and corn..93.20
Teff Hunt Road Machinery Co.,
road machinery parts 276.24
iValker, Evans & Cogswell Co.
2 pencil sharpeners 10.17
fenkins Automotive Parts Service,
auto parts & supplies ..80.60
dome Furnishing Co., blankets,
mattresses, etc 110.00
lohn Whitakcr, hay and oats..194.49
Burns & Barrett, hardware supplies
180.00
standard Oil Co. of N. J. 90
gallons kerosene 12.54
Jaokey Mercantile Co., hardware
supplies 10.41
""nrolina Motor Co., Inc., .auto
supplies and kerosene ...... 11.66
f. M. Moseley. salary Supt. of
Distribution 60.00
Wassabonu Brothers, groceries
anil meat 133.88
I. E. Munn or l^ar^r, drafts
paid by Bank of >C<wmIen .. 1,723.86
fohn M. Villepigue & Co., coal..90.25
^ion Institutions & Industries,
office supplies ..,.12.35
L T. Horton, groceries 10.20
V. F. Russell, salary and stenographer
fee .66.67
3. M. Smith or bearer, salary
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I January ..., 75.00
,S. W. Ilojuie, Treas., bonds and
bond coupons 83,882.12
y<xgtv & DePass, durg supplies. 24.95'
. wT(j. McDowell, D. D. S? dental
work 3.00
IG. W. Monroe, plumbing work
! at Court House 28.26
[Carlile Courtenay Home, keeping
five children'(Jan.) 50.00
j Camden Loan & Realty Co., renewal
bond (L. B. Ogburn) ..5.00
: D. C. llinson, dental work (convict)
1.60
George 11. Mowers, K. W. and
damages 100.00
S. W. Hogue, Trea#., bond coupons
1,233.80
S. W. Hogue, Treat*., bonds and
bond interest 22,631.51
Total $118,683.01
L. T. MILLS, Clerk.
Beautiful Bride's Cake at Niagara Fa H i I
Iaiiis iruiuy concoction is not me work of a muster French chef, as might bo Imagined, tint was created by King
Winter himself In one of that gentleman's inure inspUed moments. The richly decorated platform Is none other than
the prosaic Iron and concrete stand from which honeymoon couples are wont to view the wonder's of Niagara falls
The swirling torrents may he seen In the background together with one end of the famous suspension bridge.
How Much Can I Save?
Here is a wise young lady?she is not figuring how she is
going to spend her money but HOW MUCH she can spare
this pay day to put in our bank.
There arelots of things she is going to need later on, and
then there is her ''Hope Chest" and when the time comes
that money will be available when needed most.
Are you tucking money away in our bank regularly?
You ought to. You know it. We welcome you.
The First National Bank
Camden, South Carolina
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ALL VARIETIES?CAMPBELLS !
SOIII* ii Cans 55?
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SUN MAID?vSEEDED OR SEEDLESS I ,
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ARKANSAS SPECIAL j
RICE 5 ">? 23j
^ TOILET FORM - ?1RMMHPl
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SOAP CHIPS . ^ irk*1 o->
LUX 2 pl^ 19$
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DOMINO GRANULATED
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THE HEALTH SOAP 1
LIFEBUOY Cakes 19$
FOU A WHITER WASH
RIXSO *2_ Pkgs. 15$
^ PRINCE ALBERT or SIR W. RALEIGH i
TOBACCO 2 Can, 25?
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- SHORTENING?SWIFTS - A
[JEWEL ^,b $ J.ooj
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, APPLES, per dozen . 17c
LETTUCE, large heads 10c
CELERY, large stalks 10c
California Seedless Oranges, each 5c
SPINACH, fresh, 2 pounds 25c
String BEANS, per pound 18c
Fresh TOMATOES, per pound .. 20c
LEMONS, large, per dozen 10c
No. 2 TOMATOES, 3 f o^ 25c
MACKEREL, 2 cans for 25c
Fresh Carroll's Cakes... 25c, 30c, 35c
Poncy BREAD, per loaf 7c
Sandwich Loaf 12c
Split ROLLS 8c #
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Large Carrotts, per bunch 10c
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