The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-09

/ place. anu la.lFN LAe LAstA counsel lpI
1 the defense induced him 90 20 ana show
/ the exact log where De- received his pune
& ishmeut. he di1 50 when lu ana nehol4
/ the log was IN Walker county. This mol
dropped The defendants had picked zap
I the log and carried DO few steps across
! the line.
/ The correspondent Of the Morning News
I AZ Cairo writes a. follows ION Aug. ]
1 AlsS Goriunc Norton ANA AIR. ora Wilder
! We're married. The ceremony took place
I at the residence Of the brides father. Mr..
Z. y = Norton. and was performed by Rev.
4 81 ii WITS nt. The bridal party entered
I thc paflor % The strains Of a beautiful
Z @ei-+hE lnatch, rendered iy MISS Laura
& Dixon The urst Eroomsnln and first
I bridesmaid were MI. T. r. Dixon and
! biiss Lucy Carter The other attendants
J Were Mr.. Ona wilder ana Miss Claude
/ Norton, Mr.. Charles Gaudy and Miss Inez
/ Lee Wilder. Mr.. Irwin Gaudy and Miss
/ Miss Annie Wilder Mr. Hugh Cannon
/ ana Miss Nellie Butler. The Uarlor and
! lining room was beautifully and arts
/ Jctlty decorated After the ceremony the
| party and invited guests partook of most
| beauiitul repast. Alr. Wilder
! IS one OF our leading young men. while his
! bride Is one Of Thomas couny's fairest
| daughters.'
Hon. Bascom Myrick OF Americas died
I yesterday morning at ] o'clock. Capt.
1 MyrlcI was born in Liberty county. GeOr-
sl8. N May, 1901. He was the only son
/ 0f Rev. D. j. Alyrick. a wen known minis
| Ter OF Georgia, and up TO young manhood
q =
oVl SeorSla. f'ascom Myrick was cdu-
Gated at Emory College. graduating i'm
I 1870 Among his classmates We're Emmett
" Omdck, tiehfy Perry, Hal Lewis and
! other prominent Georgians. In 1871 Cant.
/ ANrick moved to Forsyth, where for ten
I.Nears he did a successful banking busI-
hess. in 1870 ne was welded to Miss
Marie Louise Scudder of ShelbyvilIe
/ Tenn. one son, Shelby Myrick. a youth
[ q L. blessed their union. Capt. N.Y.
/ rick moved 10 Americus in 1851. and en-
gagged nrst IN. the cotton compress bust
/ mess. lie built the first press in South
west Georgia He was the editor of the
10y Myrick, is seriously in with measles,
though his condition points TO early re-
coVcry
j. T. Nickery of Atlanta has been in
| Macon in connection with the charge OF
murder against VIII Myers OF Atlanta. IL
/ Is understood that he carried back with
him TO Atlanta an AFFIDAVIT from Con-
ductOr Harry TrOutman of the Georgia
Southern and FLORIDA road, which is in
tended to be used for the defense The
athdavit Is said TO be based on the fol
/ lowing incident: one night Immediately
after the murder of Crowley an unknown
white man. who had arrived from Attain
Ia, boarded a Georgia Southern and Flor
IDA passenger train at the junction,
mile from Macon. Harry 'HrOutman, who
| gave Nickery the affidavit Tuesday, was
the conductor, The man was nervous ana
! appeared to be excited. lie purchased
a berth, but did not sleep i'm it. He spent
the night concealed in the linen closet.
| He nearly smOthered TO death. Thou On
ne had "a ticket to Palatka. he got off
the train some distance this side of IA
latka. 1t is said that The appearance
OF this party agrees win the descrip-
ton given by VIII Myers of the mys-
FERROUS Brown Allen.
Atlanta Journal: An Interesting con-
test over the property LEFT 10y the late
John q. Reynolds is going on before OrGi-
nary Calhoun. Those Ell gagged ia the con-
test are the Maddox fucker Banking
Company OF Atlanta, Mrs. kolhem OF
Marietta and John Walker, the attorney.
The ease on trial to-day, iS a petition ask
ing tor the removal of Mr. Walker, the
executor of the estate left by MI Rey-
nolds. II was filed by the MaddoN-Rucker
b bdinRing &c company o5 ana Mrs: koi-
uncle Of Mr.. Walker and Mrs. Kolheim is
! Mr.. Walkers aunt The petitioners allege
1 that Mr.. Walker is mentally unable to con-
troll the estate, and that great loss will,
1 on that account, he felt by those holding
claims against the estate If he Is not re-
/ moved. Mr.. Walker. ON tho other hand,
GAINS tnat ne IS mailltin The estate as
| well as it could he managed and that the
effort to Dust him Is made simply for the
| purpose of getting pos session Of some part
| Of the property which should 20 to the
aged mother OF Mr. Reynolds, who is in
| the power of the other relatives.
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| FLORIDA.
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