Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-26
Relnersville


thing in your ear-wax.--In defense
of the good citizens of Otho we rise
to bang" on the head the fellow
who refers to Emperor Selassie's
army as the "Othoepians. Sup
porting himself with pair of
crutches, William Bond, of the Miss
Mary Simpson farm, near Hackney,
was in our village Sunday. Mr..
Bonds injury and handicup is the
result of an ax-incision at the arch
of a foot, inflicted while trimming
hedge.--C. E. Phillis, face-foliage
trimmer and decorator, of Flush
ing, o., arrived here the forepart Of
last week, where he is visiting his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Phillis.- .--Cloyd Harper, Geo.
Hall and number of others of this
place journeyed to Marietta and
other Ohio river points, to view dis
who is in the farm employ of Her.
schel Garrett, near Sarahsyille, Wis
tied with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. D. Rodeback, from Friday until
Sunday There was a stranded au-
toist in Reinersville the other night
who reported that his business was
getting to the highest peak. He
was steepIejack by profession,
but unaided he could not have ac-
complished the ascent of Otho hill.
Here was steeple-jack in a steep
less town with the wheels of his car
"goin' round and round" he
couldn't climb up and forward and
he couldn't slide back; the idea of
such trouble for a steeple-j -jack.--
Dwight Stephenson and Dow Haines,
from the adjacent Ohio hills, scan
ned the devastating scene of the
Ohio river flood waters at Sisters
vile, w. Va, last Friday. They
wheeled over rs to Woodsfield, and
continued by route eight to Fly,
which brought them within the zone
of the rivers terrible havoc. Sis
tersville, to them, appeared COM
pletely as fIotilla of house-tops,
stationary as fleet of battle ships
guarding the entrance Of fortified
bay and in a terrifying moment OF
calm suspense and uncertainty.
There in an attitude of feeble resis-
tance, the houses stood, awaiting
the abatement of "Ole Man Rivers"
anger and restoration OF normal
surroundings.--S afternoon,
there came the funeral cortege pay
ing a last honor and duty toward
all that was mortal of an early we'll
known citiZen-JoSeph Warner
Macklem-a man whose youth and
majority of years had been spent
amid the scenes that now surround
the quiet spot holding his remains.
Here at Reinersville it was, that the
most of his "a years were passed,
and here it is within the villages
little "city of the dead" that his
first marital companion lies now in
his sacred company. The first COM
panion, Rebecca j. Davis, passed
from earth at the age of 33, Dec.
8, 1885. About 35 years ago he re-
entered the marital state, taking as
a companion, Miss Jessie Lashley,
who had spent number of years OF
residence in this village; aid which
union continued until his demsie at
their McConnelsville home. A pre-
cious one from his first family cir
Gle was taken Feb. IL, 1904, when
his youngest daughter, Mrs. Claude
E. Walters, passed away at the age
of "a years. The deceased was the
son Of John B. and Nancy Macklem,
who were of the earliest generation
Of pioneers whom We now look upon
as the pillars upon which this COM
munity was fabricated. Many of the
facts concerning the life of the de-
ceased are given in this weeks
Democrat, and the attempt here is
to supplement those facts with state
ments of his early family and busi-
ness life as they touched the affairs
of this community. Continuing in
this sense, it may be stated that his
first mercantile training was receiv-
ed here where our first recollection
of him, was as a clerk in the Girls
man & Baker store, which ended in
1897. He became clerk of Man
chester township, March 10, 1887,
and held that office without inter-
ruption until October, 1899. He
was recognized here as a man of
business judgment and integrity
Andrew Cannon who will be II
next June, is now here at the home
of his brother, William Cannon. For
some time he resided at the home
of his son, Paul, near Adamsville,
Muskingum county, but the spring
warble of Morgan county birds
none sing sweeter.-- Miss Spring
who spent the winter in South
America, arrived home here Friday
with her sisters, Sunshine and Rad
lance. She said, as she gave her
lips another dab of rouge, II am
just terribly glad to get back to
Morgan county, especially Manches-
ter township. l would not have gone
away when I did, but, believe me,
just could not tolerate those
naughty Summer children-Heat
and Humidity. Their capers burn
me up" | got message that
Grandpa Winter would expire the
goth and / arrived for the OBJ
sequies. Grandpa bequeathed me a
crystal white rug with a mud-col-
ored border of which / am proud
not a whit. He left for me to start
my seasons run,-this rug, one
robin, six honey bees and the sugar.