The Pulaskian., 1915-12-03

In civil suit growing out of ths famous horse racing swindles at Hot Springs several years ago, the court refused to give John H. Humping judgment of S3,7S8 against the Ar kansas National bank at Hot Springs for drafts which the bank paid. RumD- ing, Montana resident, put up drafts as a bet on a fake race. Ed Spear, now awaiting a second federal trial in connection with the cases, procured the money from the bank on the drafts. Humping sued Spear and the
 bank in the Garland Circuit Court to
 recover his loss. He was given judgment against Spear, but the court held that the bank was not liable un- less 1t could be proved it was par
 ty to the swindle. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision
 Humping, while visiting Hot Springs in January, 1913, met two men, call. ing themselves Minor and Hamilton. They interested him in a horse race proposition, the returns from the race being received at a pool room Rump- ing put up S3,7SS on the race, and shortly afterwards his friends an nounced their joint winnings on the race were $10S,000. Before payment would be made the poolroom keeper demanded that the amount of their bet should be paid in cash as an evil dence that it had been made in good faith, and Humping turned over drafts | on a Chicago bank tor his part The drafts were collected by Ed Spear, to whom they had been delivered through | the Arkansas National bank, and
 when Humping found out that he had
 been swindled, he brought suit against
 Spear and the bank. The money was
 collected and checked out of the bank 1 by Spear Judgment was rendered l against Spear but the bank defended successfully on the ground that 1t merely acted as the agent of Spear, who was customer of the bank, in the collection of the drafts, and that ing perpetrated.
 w. w. Hurst, who was president of
 the defunct Valley Savings Bank of
 Argenta, convicted about IS months ago Of receiving funds on deposit when he knew the institution to be in an insolvent condition, and given a three-year term in the penitentiary,
 was paroled by the state penitentiary
 board. For several months past Hurst was employed as clerk in the office in the institution. Immediately after
 his release he went to Hot Springs
 to spend a few days with relatives. An epidemic of smallpox at Heber
 Springs is practically under control,
 according to Dr. c. w. Garrison, state
 health officer, who returned from
 there Under a proclamation of the
 mayor and an order by Dr. Garrison, 1 no child is allowed to enter school
 without showing vacination certifi-
 cate All persons who have been ex-
 posed must be vaccfnated or remain
 quarantined IA days.
 Efforts of department and mercan- tile store owners and managers to
 have special permits issued by tho Minimum Wage Commission to permit
 women employees to work longer than
 nine hours per day during tie Christ mas holiday season, was consfd-
 cred by the commission, according to Commissioner of Labor Clary, the chairman.
 Lloyd England, as receiver for the State National bank, filed suit in Cir cult Court against l.. J. Mentor for the collection of two notes on which he is principal and another on which he is surety, totaling about $2,500. Judgment for interest on the notes dating from the early part of 1914 is also asked.
 On account of the Arkansas Stock Growers annual convention and farm CTS week in Little Rock, January 10- 13, the Rock Island announces special excursion rates from all points on it's on sale January 1912, with return linn- 1t Of January 15
 Only routine business came before the meeting of the State Highway Commission The three members of the commission, w. B. Owen, chair man: A. s. Kilgore of Magnolia and Thomas Burress of Jonesboro, at tended.
 A date for the Democratic State Convention and apportionment, by counties, of delegates to the conven- tion, will be among the important mat ters taken up by the Democratic State Central Committee at it's meet fpo bora naoopabar Q