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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
REVERSE CASE
BANK CASHIER
Hugh Paddock to Be Tried on New
Indictment Following Supreme
Court Decision

Sterling, Ill, Dec. 2S.-On receiv-
ing information that the Supreme
court had reversed the case against
Hugh E. Paddock, cashier of the
Bank of Prophetstown, now de-
funct, States Attorney r. w. Besse,
stated that the accused man would
be tried again under another in
dictment. Ex-State's Attorney ]. J.
Ludens represented Mr.. Paddock
On Dec. 81, 1920, the Bank of
Prophetstown closed its doors. the
depOsitors losing in the neighbor-
hood of $150,000. The April grand
jury indicted G. R. Paddock, presi-
dent and owner of the bank and
now fugitive from justice, and his
son, Hugh f. Paddock. The latter
was not apprehended, although
search was made for both he and
his father, but gave himself uD
May 18th, at the time of the death
of his mother. He expected to Sc
cure bondsmen but could not get
them in time to attend his mothers
funeral. Later he was released on
$4,000 bonds.
IlC was u leu Nldy I'd OH d charge
of embezzlement and the jury, aft
er hearing the evidence, brought in
a verdict of guilty Judge Emery
c. Graves presided. Motion for a
new trial was denied and he was
sentenced to- from one to ten years
in the penitentiary at Joliet. A writ
OF supersedeas was granted Aug. i
and an additional bond of $4,000
given. The case was sent to the
supreme court for review and that
court has now reversed the decision
of the circuit court and remanded
the case.
The complaining witness in the
trial was Frank Specht, for whom
Hugh had clerked a sale, following
which he deposited the receipts of
81 1862 in the bank. Hugh denied
that he had appropriated the money
TO his own use but contended that
he had placed the money in the
bank in good faith and that the
bank had failed.
The April grand jury returned
five indictments against the pad |
DOCKS. Three against Hugh for
emDezzlement. one against him and |
his father for confidence game. and |
one against them jointly for en-
Dezzlement. In securing the appeal |
10 the supreme court the defense |
CANNED that the court erred in Civ
ing certain instructions to the |
Jury.
Pass Resolution.
The Whitesile County Ameri-
AN Legion association meeting in
'rophetstown last night passed a
recommendation asking the individ-
lal posts TO pass resolutions in
itructing the delegates to the next
tate convention to get behind a
movement to have the legislature
Ass a lew exempting all property
I the American Legion posts from
tate taxation. The next meeting
I the organization will he held in
q >
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
INFANT CHILD
DIES SUDDENLY
Especial Correspondence !

keithsburg. Dec. 23.-The infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph shaw
go passed away suddenly last
Wednesday morning at the Shawgo
home. southeast OF Keithsburg.
me mother had risen early ana
mad given the child its bottle, leay-
ing the room to light the fires.
When she returned the child was
dead The baby, who was > months
old. had not been strong since
birth. Death was pronounced due
to heart disease.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Last Services.

This is the last week of the tab
ernacle services here This after
noon at 2:30 Mrs. Reed spoke to
the mothers and the young married
women. There will be two serv-
ices Sunday, one in the morning
and one in the evening. The eve
ming sermon will end the three
weeks revival here. The meetings
have been very successful and the
good accomplished by this evan
gelistic party cannot be measured.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
POST
SPONSORS TREE:
Especial Correspondence }

Atkinson, Dec. 23-The commun-
ity Christmas tree which is being
presented by the American Legion
was put up Wednesday afternoon
and in the evening it was well lit
up with several different colored
lights which made it look very
beautiful, and on Thursday more
decorations were added. The pres
ents for the children of the COM
munity will be distributed on Sat
urday afternoon. All the parents
are urged TO bring their children
at $3.50 p. M, when Santa Claus
will arrive.
A fine program is being planned
by the Benedictine Sisters of the
st. Anthony's parochial school, to-
gether with a Christmas tree. and
will be put on al the school hall on
Sunday afternoon, Dec %. at $50
O'Clock. The pupils are very much
interested and are practici1g hard.
II will no doubt be we'll attended.
as everyone knows their programs
are always good.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
LAST RITES
OVERSEAS HERO
Especial Correspondence J

Sheffield, Dec. 23.-Corporal Har-
ry A. Strand, Princeton soldier who
died In France, June IS, 1918, was
buried with military honors from
the Swedish Lutheran church We'd
nesday at Princeton. with an escort
Of the Princeton post of the Ameri-
can Legion leading the escort to
Oakland cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Residence Burns.
Assist Campaign.

Henry county is rallying nobly in
support of the campaign being
against tuberculosis. The county
has endorsed the work of the Ma
tional tuberculosis association and
is doing much in support of it's
work In Henry county last year
tuberculosis took "a lives and
touched 24O others. These figures
are based on statistics taken from
the state department of public
health.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Especial Correspondence }

Erie, Dec. 23.-The following
are the newly elected officers of
the Erie American Legion: Com
mander. Gus Hahan; vice COM
mander, Harry Gibler; finance of
ficer, Irwin Shortridge; adjutant,
John Grier; sergeant-at-arms
Charles Zimmerman; chaplain,
Arthur Carlson.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Quail on the Coal Cars.

Several people at the Burlington
depot recently saw an unusual
sight. A long freight was coming
in slowly from the west, the train
just moving. As the cars pass
ed the depot it was noticed that on
top of several of the cars of coal
there were quail sitting. The only
conclusion to be reached is that
a flock in flying directly over the
slow moving train saw the black
coal and thought it would be a fine
place to light The quail do not
like to sit around in the snow and
they mistook the coal for the
black ground.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Federation 70 Meet.

The regular meeting of the
church federation committee will
be held at the Methodist church
next Monday evening, Dec. 26, N
7:30 o'clock. A large and full rep
resentation of all the cooperating
churches is desired Propositions
worthy of the attention Of every
committeeman is to be considered
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Thin Folks

II yon are weak. thin and neI,
yous, Let Bengston's drug stoLs
supply you with Bitro-Phospna5ts,
1t is guaranteed 10 increase "el5.'
and strength and restore enels.'
vigor and nerve force.-tAdYeFt-7'
mentl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

Last time tomorrow-auction sale
-Juhl, the jeweler, Safety building.
Buy al your own price-(Adver-
tisement)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
BUDA RESIDENT rs
BURIED TODAY; WAS
rs YEARS OF AGE
Especial Correspondence

Kewanee, Dec. 23.-F'uneral serv-
ices for Norman E. Spencer, prom
inent Buda resident who died We'd
nesday afternoon, were held today.
He was 76 years old and lived for
many years in Osceola and this
vicinity. Later he lived in Creston,
Iowa
Lindstrom Funeral
The remains of Erie J. Lind
strom, Bishop Hill, who passed
away at his home Wednesday aft
ernoon, were held yesterday He
was 76 years old and suffered a
stroke last Thursday, which proved
fatal. He came to this country in
1868, locating in Bishop Hill,
where he had since made his resi-
dence. He is survived by five
children.
Municipal Christmas.
Five thousand school children
gathered at a municipal f1agpole
Wednesday evening in celebration
of Christmas. The streets were
closed to traffic for three blocks
Christmas carols were sung by a
chorus of a thousand voices. The
EIks' band furnished the music.
All the churches participated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
SCHOOLS AT COAL
VALLEY CLOSE FOR
VACATION PERIOD
Especial Correspondence !

Coal Valley, Dec. 23.-The Coal
Valley school closed Wednesday
for the Christmas holidays. when a
joint program Of all six rooms
was carried out in the afternoon at
the school. a Christmas tree was
also a feature. The Lutheran
parochial school closed Tuesday
for the holiday vacation Schools
will be closed until Jan. ..
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

Christmas Savings Club, all
classes now open. Rock Island
Savings Bank.-(Advertis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

Christmas Savings Club. all
classes now open. Rock Island
Savings Bank ADVERTISEMENT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
BLOOD STAINED
HAT And SCARF
FOUND in ROAD
Authorities Investigate Finding of
Mans Garments Near Country
CIub-PoSsibiIity of Murder.
Especial Correspondence

Kewanee, Ill, Dec. 23.-Mystery
surrounds the finding of a man
hat and scarf, covered with blood
stains, on the road between Galva
and Kewanee, near the Midland
Country club. The snow along the
road near the club was also stain
ed with pools of blood According
to the police department of Kewa-
.lee, party of men were noticed
stopped in the road short dis
lance from the railroad and they
were talking in a foreign language.
1t is believed they were riding in
an automobile and were under the
influence of liquor. The possibili-
ties of murder having been COM
mitted are not the remotest and
Kewanee police officials and the
investigating the affair, according
to word received today from the
office of the sheriff at Cambridge.
A very successful meeting of the
Henry County Bankers association
was held at Cambridge Tuesday
evening, about sixty members being
present A fine dinner was enjoyed
at the new Hotel Keba. V. A. Wi
gren of the First National bank,
Galva, presided as chairman, and
S. Fal Rishel of the Farmers Ma
tional, Cambridge, as secretary. H.
A Smith of the l.. NJ. Yocum bank,
Ga1va, led in a discussion of war
finance corporations. ]. H. White
of Geneseo added materially to the
discussion. Paul Winters of the
Farmers State bank, Atkinson,
spoke in regard to the American
Institute of Banking.
Residence Burns
The tWO-story residence at Shady
Beach, popular summer resort of
this vicinity, near Geneseo, occu-
pied by Eugene Lawless, was de-
strOyed by fire Although Mr.. Law
less escaped without injury, every
thing in the house was burned. Tho
cause of the fire is unknown. The |
loss is covered by insurance of |
about $500. Mr.. LawIess formerly |
resided at Rock Island. |
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
Sells Meat Market.

Robert E. Mcdowell has sold the
meat market which he purchased
last spring from Joseph Sickler to
Charles and George Hartman. Jr,
of Atkinson, III. The Hartman
Bros. have taken possession of the
market and will move to this city
as soon as possible. Mr. Mellow
ell has no definite business plans
in view at the present time and
will spend some time visiting with
relatives.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23
AD CLUB WILL
HOLD FIRST OF
BARGAIN SALES
Wednesday, Dec. 2s, Selected =,
Date for First Cooperative n.
fort of New Organization.
(SpeciaI Correspondanna !

Geneseo, H.. Dec. 23.-The e..
eseo Advertising cIuD mas annorr.
ed its first monthly bargain d.,
IN an announcement. the date bei6,
I set for Wednesday, Dec. Is.
The Geneseo merchants wbo..
advertisements are included in r.
announcement have organized a o..
operative advertising club and win
hold special bargain sales on tbs
last Wednesday of each montb
Each store offers a single articIs
at a greatly reduced price for thai
day only. The hours of the saIs
are from Z a. m. to 6 D. m. and
will be for cash only. Telephone
or credit purchases will be at req.
ular prices.
To insure that these special Of.
ferings represent genuine bargains
each advertisement has been cen.
sored by a committee OF merchants
They represent desirable, usetul
merchandise, assuring purchasers
the benefits Of exceptional savings
To distinguish the businesses rep-
resented in this cooperative plan
each merchant will display a large
yellow card in his store window.
bargains are listed in
this first announcement. With so
little time at command following
the organization Of the club it was
to arrange the first bar
gain day before the holidays.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
GOSSIP THAT BELITTIES.

No less binding than the Hippo
cratic oath. taken by physicians on
entering their profession. promis-
Ing never TO diVulge any secrets
obtained through their practice as
physicians. Is the great unwritten
law of hospitality that makes 1t
obligatory on the host or hostess
or members of the hosts house
hold to respect the personality of
all those who tarry within their
gates,
Reeounting peculiarities or petty
faults of our neighbOrs and ae-
quaintaHees is at best a mean way
of diverting ourselves and our
friends-though 1t is something
that we all do at seme time or
other-but when the persons
about whom we gossip are our
guests or the information we have
about them was derived when
they were our visitors, our CON
duet is beneath contempt, Beware
the woman who tells you tales OF
those who hays been her guests.
Personally | should never care To
accept the hospitality of a woman
who dealt I'm such personalities
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
Hospitality That's Tyranny

uncomfortable or unsuitable they
should Danish them from their liv-
ing rooms. 1t is very tiresome for
a guest TO be forever urged TO
change his seat. OF course It is
courteous TO lead an aged guest
70 a specially comfortable chair or
10 invite any guest 10 a chair near
the fire in winter or near a good
light. But when a guest shows a
preference for any other seat be
eonsideTate enough TO take his
word for his preference.
You should also take your
guests word in the matter of table
hospitality. The cruellest thing a
hostess can do is TO insist so
strongly on a guests eating more
than he Is inclined TO that he gives
IN rather than appear TO be unap-
preciative or stubborn. IL used 20
be considered good manners for
a guest to wait TO be urged q little
and so a hostess was expected TO
press" her guests to partake a
second time. Now a guest Is sup
posed to decline or accept on first
invitation and the hostess who IN
dulges in prolonged urgings is one
Of the worst Of the petty tyrants.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05

the other women present and this
Is a good enough plan. II is some
times more convenient and Just as
courteous to serve down one side
Of the table. Where a servant is
passing anything. this of course
is the only way to proceed. At a
large dinner where more than
one servant is waiting IL is usual
for the first course TO serve the
hostess and the woman at. the
hosts right simultaneously and
from thence down the side of the
table, the two servants going in
opposite directions.
In serving the second course the
hostess and the woman at the
hosts left are served at the same
time and from thence down oppo-
site sides Of the table serving men
and women as they come.
In a simple home dinner where
no servant assists. the most CON
venient way of proceeding is 70
pass the dishes from the one who
serves TO the ends of the table
That is, if the host carves, he
I passes the first plate down one
side of the table 10 the hostess.
The next plate is passed down the
other side 10 the person at the
hostess's right, the next plate to
I the person at the hostess's left,
and so on till the persons at the
hosts right and left-hand are
/ served.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
That Absent Manner

lar this is the very manner that
you would have to fight against
first of ALL,
Some persons shows their alb
sent mindedness by never listen
talking TO them. 1t is as &c there
were always an undercurrent of
their own thoughts going through
their mind and as IL what you
were saying were not north their
full attention. You will notice
when talking to such persons that
as soon as your talk takes on a
personal, sordid or morbid note
you have their full attention, and
sometimes having secured your
audiences attention you have 10
go back over the first part OF the
story to explain what at first they
did not find IL worth while to at
tend TO. This tendency not 10 pay
attention is sometimes a symbol OF
old age. At least we forgive Il
much more In ageing persons than
in young persons. But whether
or not we acquire the habit with
age is entirely within our own
hands to determine. II we firmly
make up our mind to listen atten-
lively 10 others we can cultivate
the habit of so doing. 1t Is better
TO mingle with others for less time
In the day to go to fewer par
ties and perhaps to have fewer
parties-if by so doing We can
make ourselves pay stricter atten-
tion to other people and other
peoples words when we are with
them.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
In MAY BE as Charming rs the
Formal One if You Make Ii So.

yHEN you are dining at q
w house where there is no
w servant to wait on table
and the host or hostess passes you
a dish saying that il is for you, II
is bad form to pass it TO your next
door neighbor. Don't even ask
whether you may not pass IL.
Unless you are extremely well
acquainted with the persons with
whom you are dining you ought
never to comment if you think the
portion sent TO you is larger than
YOU care for. Usually in the maid
less household the host carves ana
usually asks the guest for her
preference in regard to the portion
OF the roast or other meat dish.
If YOU wish a small piece you may
simply say: Please give me a
small piece of dark meat. or a
little piece well done. Once the
piece has been placed on your
plate il is in bad form to comment
further. Yet some persons there
are who invariably say something
like this: "Oh, you have given me
much more than | can eat. May |
pass il 10 Mr.. JOnes-l really eat
very little"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
Ii is Irritating 10 Everybody, so
Don't Indulge liz IL.

= WOULD rather be in company
with a dead man than an alb
sent one" writes a writer on
good manners a century ago. "for
if the dead man gives me no
pleasure at least he shows me no
contempt"
And that is exactly what we do
when we have vacant and absent
manner with the persons with
whom we are associated-w show
them contempt We as much as
inform them that they are any,
thing but Interesting TO us; that
their conversation is not worth
our attention, their manner tire
some and their personality unin-'
spring to us. Says the same COM
mentator on manners: mo man is
distrait with the man he fears, or
with the woman he loves"
Among very young women this
distracted manner is often af-
fected. They sometimes think
that IT indicates the importance
of their own social activities IL
they appear absent minded when
in the society of their own family
or family friends. And not In
frequently the Would-be popular
young woman appears distrait
when with young men, For some
reason not very easy to explain
oh 10 1nly nd
her more interesting or will value
more highly her society If she
gives them the impression that she
is not the least impressed with
their personality, AS d matter of
fact, the woman who is a little
older and who knows human ma
ture knows that there is no way
so effective of making a man alb
sent and distrait in her society as
to be absent and distrait herself.
The worst place for absent
mindedness and distraitness is in
craftsmanship. They say ahat over
eagerness is the cause for a GER
tain number of lost sales. Per
heps IL is; but most of us can for
give the over eager young sales
person far sooner than we can
forgive the salesweman who as
much as assures us by her conduct
that our little purchases are so
unimportant that they are not
worth her full attention.
The popular young man or
woman is never the one with a
distrait manner. If you wanted
to start out with the avowed In
tention of making yourself popu-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
Some Women With Best Inten-
tions, Have Kind Manner
That Annoys.
Is a certain sort.

"IERE IS a certain sort of
1 ovordone hospitality h
= amounts to nothing short OF
tyranny II may be a benevolent
despotism that We endure at the
hands of hosts and hostesses OF
this sort, but Il IS despotism none
the less and as such IS incom-
patible with true courtesy. There
Is the motor-car owner who never
thinks his motor gueses have IN
telligence enough 10 decide
whether or not they are ade-
quately protected against the cold,
but insists on piling on them coats,
and sweaters and lnuffiers regard
less of personal wishes in the
matter.
Il always carry a lot Of extra
sweaters and coats and things" a
really well-lntentioned N 0 0 r
hostess said to me, "and then [
pile them on the people we take
motoring. without asking them
whether they want them or not.
They never know enough TO dress
warmly and they would blame Us
If they caught cold"
or course Il Is always the part
OF considerateness for the owner
of a motor car to have extra coats
and sweaters and It Is also the
part of courtesy 10 assure guests
that they are entirely welcome to
use these extra garments. Per-
haps also a little urging is not out
of place. but to insist or argue
about IL IS extremely inconsid :
crate. 1t Is no more your affair
how warmly clad persona IN your
car are-proYtding you have
given them an opportunity to don
extra robes or coats than Ii Is
whether your house suesta sleep
| with more or less blankets than
you yourself would find comfort
able. 1t is up 10 you TO supply the
blankets and then remember that
persons differ great deal in re-
gard TO how much protection they
need against cold and wind,
Oftener women are tyFannical
in this matter OF clothes than men
for II they are notherH they have
got into the habit of looking out
for the proper clothing of their
children and they are prone to ex-
tend their motherly interest Ia
every ono who comes under their
! roof.
Then there are the hostsases whr
never will let you sit in the chair
you pick out. They always want
you to take another one that they
think is more comfortable. They
should remember that IL they have
any chairs that they believe to be