About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1924)
[MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924 ■EW IM SCHEDULE Imposed be $. s. t. Second Proposed Plan Said to T Meet All Objections Offered to First Plan <1 The Seaboard Air Line Railway ■company has today submitted a new ■schedule. taing the place of the one ■previously proposed at a meeting of 9; 0 citizens in the Chamber of Com ■rr.erce several days ago. ■ The new schedule was prepared Hto meet objections of towns west of ■ Americus, and is a better schedule ■ for Americus than one proposed by ®7W. L. '-'tanley, vice president to the lembers and directors of the cham- ■ ber. ■ “Under the new plan submitted ■ this morning, said Secretary Ev< r- ■ ett, train No. 11 will run from Sa- ■ vannah to Montgomery, passing Ani- ■ ericus at 3:30 p. m. Train No. 21 I will run from Cordele to Richland ■ arriving in Americus 9:10 a. tn. I Train No. 12 will run from Amer.i- I cus to Savannah, leaving Americus 1 7:20 a. m., arriving Savannah 5:95 I p. m. | “Train No. 16 will leave Mont- I gomery 6:10 a. m., arriving Ameri- I cus 11:25 a. m., stopping at Am- I ericus. Train No. 22 will leave I Richland 4:40 p. m., arriving Am I ericus 5:40 and at Cordele at 7:5." I p. m., stopping at Cordele. It will be noted that trains Nos. I 21 and 22 have been addd since t 1 e first plan was submitted, and under the new plan Americus will have o trains a day instead of 4. “The ‘Shu Fly’ is cancelled east of Americus, but operates as train No. 16 from Montgomery to Am ericus. “This new schedule is considered a better arrangement all around for Americus than the one now in oper ation or the one first proposed ” said Mr. Everett. “This new schedule was arranged to meet both the requests of those towns west of Americus and the re quests of the Seaboard employes living in Americus, and I believe meets all objections and is a hap py solution of the problem,” con eluded Mr. Everett. Superintendent Bagwell, of the S. A. L., was in Americus for a hour last Friday night, when he laid the new schedule before a representa tive of the employees of the Sea board and the president of the chamber of commerce. This new plan, the one outlined above, met every request of the employees and also was thought to be satisfactory to Americus. Mr. Bagwell went to Atlanta Friday night and submitted the new schedule to Vice President Stanley, who agreed to the change as is outlined in a letter to Secre tary Everett received Monday morning. DIMWKIT THREE TIBES Continued from page one chair or he will be acquitted.” This seems to sum up the consensus of opinion expressed in this section. Attorneys for both sides in the next trial also see mto believe that this hearing will write “finis” as far as Bigham’s court skirmishes are concerned. After a review of the entire case •—a review in which volumes of tes timony and. accounts of court pro ceedures will be given—12 men will decide what is to become of the de fendant. In the few short sentences he has given when questioned, he express ed an opinion that he will live. “I am innocent,” he said, “and they can’t electrocute an innocent man—or they won’t. 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GET TO YOUR EIGHT ] /2 \ rfsiKfiw'x m sIS ifc /A®f ® e U-J _ JMSi m rTSTi MB x— * < WF I H J I t Z < r ¥ he has been convicted four times occurred nearly four years ago, back in January ot* 1921, at the Bigham country home near here. Shortly after the fatal shots were fired, the bodies of five memben of the Bigham family were found strewn in the house and over t 1 e premises. All of the bodies were laying within 50 yards of the house. The dead were: Mrs. M. M. Big ham, mother of the prisoner; Mrs. Margery Black, a sister; L. S. Big ham, brother of the convicted man; John McCracker, Mrs. Black’s adopt ed boy, and Lee McCracken, John’s younger brother. It was not until the following day after the slaying that the epilogue of the tragedy was discovered. L S. Bigham, the brother, was found dead on the side of a ditch near the Bigham home. The dead man clutched a discharged revolver in his hand. He was the last to be found. This led to the theory that the dead Bigham, after wiping out his entire family, had ended his own life by suicide. This- theory was strengthened by the supposition tl.at the revolver which he held was the same one by which the other four came to their deaths. Later, attorneys for the defense declared they had found letters writ ten by L. S. Bigham to the effect In the best society WHITING’S Polo Cloth and Frayed Edge Linen Stationery are used. For sale by Americus Jewelry C0.—22-3t I Fordsort II Give Next Year’s Crops || I A Good Start || Let the Fordson Tractor help you to give next year’s crops a good start. Let this dependable power plant do your Fall plowing. With it you can plow as deep as desired and as fast as necessary. Besides getting the work done on time—when conditions are most satisfactory—you make a substantial saving which helps pay for your Fordson. Save Time and Money on Winter Belt Work! 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The following March lie went on trial and the state attempted to prove that he committed the five murders in order to become sole heir to the family estate. Bigham was found guilty and subsequently die in the electric chair. Immediately steps were taken to secure a new trial, principally on grounds that the de fendant had not been given ample time to employ counsel and prepare his defense. His attorneys also de clared that he could not receive a fair and impartial trial here be cause of public sentiment, which at that time, they said, was at fever heat against him. Shortly afterwards he was grant ed another trial and the death sent- DON’T YOU JUST LOVE KIDDIES? Make their hearts glad by giving them Long Assorted Stick Candy; A 2-lb. Box Will Feed a crowd and Only 75c At— ” 5 MURRAY’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store Opposite P. O. - THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECDRUEfc ence was automatically set aside. When' the case again was pre sented before a jury with additional evidence the verdict remained un changed, and Bigham for the sec ond time heard a judge declare that he must die in the electric chair. Twice sentenced to death, the doomed man refused to give up the fight for his life, an.l continued to maintain his innocence. “The state is sending an innocent man to the chair,” he said dramat ically after hearing the second' sent ence. ' , He tfien began making pleas for new trials and they Were rejected one after another. The case then was .carried to the Supreme: Court of South Carolina an dthis body re fused to reverse the decision handed down by the lower court. The next attempt of the defense council proved more successful. In June of last year his attorneys suc ceeded in securing a majority of the court in a per curiam order. The defense lawyers maintained that a new trial was justifiable on grounds of newly-discovered evidence. When the case came up at the following term of court, the judge declared himself disqualified to pass further on it, and his own mo tion that the hearing be continued until the next term of court became effective. Last November when the trial came up, state attorneys asked for a continuance on grounds that they had been unable to prepare their case at that time. The motion was granted and Bigham again obtained another lease on life. Shortly afterwards the state made another motion begging that the Supreme Court grant an order di recting Judge R. W, M'emminger to make a complete report 0 nthe trial FOR QUICK SERVICE AND HEAVY HAULING PHONE 121 WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO. Office in America* Steam Laundrj SOUTH JACKSON STREET l \ ■ :'.f" The signal lamp gUmmera 1 VJ < / The * lßnal Ump gloW * °“ only (lightly, or doesn’t \ / and ofl steadily when you light at all when you jiggle W. (\1 / move the receiver hook up the receiver hook rapidly. 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