Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-02
Reinersyille
Near Accident

Near Accident
There was a near accident in
Reinersville the latter part of last
week, when lady End gentleman
travelling by auto east over route
IS, in negotiating curve at the S.
l.. Fill store. The lady was doing
the driving and when taking her
eye from the road for moment
the car struck state road sign,
breaking it off, and in attempting
to draw the car back into the road
it cut almost squarely across the
road and over the bank onto the
sidewalk, when the man assisted at
the wheel, holding it on the side
walk until it landed up against a
shade tree. When the car was
backed away from the tree, they
proceeded on their journey, SEEM
ingly very little the worse for their
experience.
Dorsey Kincaid who has employ
ment near Long Bottom, Meigs
county, was a week end visitor III
Reinersville.
Fred Rex moved last week to his
farm west of Woodgrove, where he
will be engaged in farming through
the coming season.
Miller Reed moved his household
goods last week from the Fred Rex
farm to Renrock. We understand
Miller Reed and his father, Charles
Reed, of near Renrock, have been
ne iati tiv,o fnp hn nf q
former John H. Harper farm, north
of Reinersville, now owned by Nc
Laughlin brothers.
Quite a number from in and near
Reinersville attended the basketball
tournament at McConnelsvllle last
Friday night, Saturday afternoon
and Saturday night.
The next quarterly meeting for
Reinersville M. p circuit, will be
held at the church in Reinersville
on Saturday afternoon, March II.
The ladies of the Profit and
Pleasure club met at the home
of Mrs. Margaret Combs on We'd
their March meeting.
Death of Young Boy
1t seems that flu has visited sew
eral families in the Woodgrove COM
munity in a more severe form this
year than is usually the case. One
child in the George family died of
the malady few days ago. Her.
schel, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John S.
Harper, is i'll, his case bordering on
the critical. Another son, Raymond
G.. passed away Sunday evening at
about nine o'clock from influenza.
He was born on April 20, 1920, be-
ing IL years, ten months and six
days of age. Funeral services were
held in the Woodgrove M. P. church
on Tuesday at one O'Clock, with in
terment in the Windy Hill cemetery.
He leaves the parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John S. Harper, two brothers and
three sisters. Two children passed
to the great beyond several years
ago.
Death Takes J. NJ. Cain
Word was received here last
week of the death of James NJ Cain,
who passed away at the home of his
daughter at Duncan Falls. Mr..
Cain resided on the Fowler farm
near Reinersville for several years,
coming here in the early nineties.
He went from here to near Chand-
lersville. He was twice married,
both of his wives having passed
away. He leaves the one daughter,
with whom he resided at the time of
his death, Mrs. Madge Warne. He
was around rs years of age. The
remains were inferred in the Gem
etery at Sharon.
Dies In California
Mrs. W. P. Smith received word
a few days ago, of the death of
Mrs. Jessie Harper Guy, which oc-
Cured at her late home in Califor-
mia, on Feb 13. She was daugh-
ter of Huston Harper and lived in
Reinersville, Unionville and Beverly,
before going to California. This
Harper family is well remembered
by the older residents of this com
munity.