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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vanlanding
ham, of Waycross, were guests of
\ relatives and friends here Sunday.
* * *
Mrs. Boykin Harrison and Mr.
George Moore have returned
home after spending several days
i n Miami, Fla., as guests of their
brother, Mr. Louis Moore, and
family.
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CARD OF THANKS: We wish
to express our heartfelt thanks
for all the kindnesses and sym
; pathy shown us at the death of
i our dear Mother; also for the
many kindnesses being shown us
by our many friends, by Dr. A.
W. Rehberg and the nurses dur
j ing the illness of our father.
J May God’s richest blessings
abide with every one of you is
i our prayer.
The J. Will Sanders Family,
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i tit* CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1950.
Omnibus Column'
Everybody Rides In It There's Always Room For One More.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall, Jr.,
spent Sunday in Cochran visiting
homefolks and friends.
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, Mrs. , J. T ... W. Miller, . Miami, ... .
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Fla., is spending several days in
this section visiting relatives and
and friends.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Harrison,
of Coolidge, spent Sunday here
as guests of his parents, Mr. and
i Mrs. Ben Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Powell spent
the weekend in Montgomery, Ala.,
as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Powell, Jr.
* * **
Mi's. L. S. Rentz, of Miami,
Fla., is spending several days
here with her daughter, Mrs. E.
A. Carlisle, arid family.
Mrs. J. R. Evans, of Thomas
ville, spent Sunday here and at
tended the family reunion of Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Vanlandingham.
* * *
Mrs. W. O. Crosson spent the
weekend in Lake City, Fla., with
her husband who is a patient at
the V. A. Hospital there.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Thompson
and Kenneth had as their guests
for the weekend Misses Elizabeth
and Dorothy Ware, of Marshal
ville.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hopkins,
Delores and Johnny, spent Sun
day at Daytona Beach, Fla., where
they attended the Motorcycle
races.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie W.
Strickland, of Troy, Ala., and
James Bryant, of Atlanta, were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bryant for the weekend.
* * *
Mrs. Marvin Small returned to
her home in Gadsden, Ala., Wed
nesday, after spending several
days here with her sister, Mrs. J.
R. White.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hester and
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McKinnon had
as their guests during the week
end Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Grove, and
their twin sons, Kenneth and Cal
vin, of Chicago, Ill. They were
enroute to St. Petersburg, Fla.
n rn m
Rev. and Mrs. Walter P. Perry,
Jr., were called to Dublin Wed
nesday morning on account of
the sudden death of his Mother,
Mrs. W. P. Perry; Rev. Perry is
the new pastor of the Midway
Baptist Church. His wife is the
former Miss Clara Ferrell.
Train Hearing Is
Scheduled Friday
At Dothan, 9 A. M.
Opponents of the Atlantic Coast
Line proposal to curtail its night
passenger train service between
Savannah and Montgomery, via
Cairo and Whigham, prepared
Thursday to converge this morn
ing, Friday, at Dothan, Ala., for a
scheduled hearing before the Ala
bama Public Service Commission.
The hearing, barring a late-hour
postponement, is scheduled to
open at 9 a. m. (CST) at the main
courtroom at the Courthouse in
Dothan.
Georgia Public Service Com
mission opened a hearing on this
proposal in Atlanta Wednesday
of last week and later that day re
cessed the hearing until March
29th to permit the railroad com
pany time to submit figures on
operation costs, etc., of the two
trains, Nos. 57 and 58, for the
latter part of 1949, after the use
of Diesel locomotives was begun.
Opponents insisted that 1948 op
erations with steam locomotives,
used by the railroad company as
a basis of its application, did not
present a true picture of oper
ations, which the company charg
ed resulted in excessive losses. E.
B. Rush, general superntendent,
upon cross examination at the
Atlanta hearing, admitted sub
stantial savings as a rdsult of
Diesel locomotive usage.
After the Atlanta hearing was
recessed, counsel for both sides
suggested a further deferement
of the Alabama hearing by agree
ment until the new figures can
be submitted by the company—
but company officials reportedly
objected.
At the Alabama hearing, strong
opposition to the proposed cur
tailment of service is expected
from Savannah, Thomasvile,
Cairo and Bainbridge, in addition
to the Alabama points along the
route. WiLis Conger, „ __ Bainbridge
attorney and counsel for the asso
ciation opposing the curtailment,
will conduct the opposition ap
pearances as , he did in Atlanta, as
sociation officials reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. A. Harvey
have returned to their home in
i Tampa, Fla., ’ after spending a few
I days , here having been called ,, , to
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, Cairo on account of the death of
h er grandfather, Mr. D. E. Atkin
son .
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Friends will be interested to
know that the Rev. Arthur Cook,
pastor of the Methodist Church
| in Attapulgas, underwent an op
eration at the Grady County Hos
pital m Tuesday; his condition .... is .
said to be satisfactory.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Thompson
are planning to have a reunion
of their family here during the
weekend; the following from out
of-town expect to be here: Miss
Virginia Thompson, of Tampa,
Fla., and her friend, Malcolm Mc
Kinley, Jr., of Tampa, student at
the University of Florida, Gaines
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Harris
and Dan, Jr., of Oakfield, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Ansley McNeill, of
Americus.
Beverly Held On
Murder Count
Mrs. Beverly Found
Dead In Bed At Home
Near Florida Line
Considerable local intrest is be
ing manifested in the arrest of
G. R. “Scotie” Beverly, charged
with the murder of his wife at
his hunting and fishing camp on
Lake Imaonia last Monday morn
ing about eight o’clock. Their
place is located about 26 or 28
miles south of Cairo, in Leon
County, and has been very popu
lar with sportsment who go there
to do their hunting and fishing.
The following dispatch from
Tallahassee Wednesday, with
reference to the coroner’s jury
verdict aqd Beverly’s arrest will
be read with interest:
“A 56-year-old hunting and
fishing guide was held without
bond in the Leon county jail to
day after a coroner’s jury found
his wife died from wounds he in
flicted at their lakeside home
Monday. Beverly
George R. “Scotie” was
charged with murder in a coron
er’s Warrant yesterday after the
finding was made. pathologist
Dr. C. W. Ketchum,
who made an autopsy, told the
jury Mrs. Beverly succumbed to
an intercranial hemorrhage caus
ed by a blow on the head.
Beverly testified he found his
wife dead in her blazing tHeordor bed when
he. was awakened by of
smoke about 8 a. m. When offic
ers were called several hours later
they found burns on her legs and
chest and a burned mattress in
the Beverly honie near the Flor
ida-Georgia line.
Andrew Beverly, the couple’s
son, testified he smelled no smoke
when he and his sister left for
school about 7 a. m.”
Tallahassee Democrat Tuesday's
Report On Case
“Sheriff Frank Stoutamire said
he was hdt Suinmoned until about
noon four yesterday, after G. approximately “Scotie”
hours R.
Beverly, hunting camp operator,
sgid he found his wife’s body on
a burned -mattress in another part
of the house from where he was.
Ttte sheriff Said he was first
notified by Roswell King who
lives near the Beverlys. King told
the sheriff, according to the of
ficer, that King said Beverly came
to his home and informed him of
<the incident. ? /
Mrs. Beverly is the former
Stella McDowell of Moultrie.
An autopsy was performed last
night by Dr. C. W. Ketchum at
Tallahassee Memorial hpspital af
ter a coroner’s jury had viewed
Mrs. Beverly’s body at the hos
pital. being
A report is written by Dr.
Ketchum and will be presented to
the jury this afternoon.
The only thing law enforcement
officials know about the death of
the woman, they say, is what Bev
erly told them on arrival at the
lake home-camp yesterday short
ly after noonday.
Detected Smoke
The sheriff quoted Beverly as
saying that he smelled smoke
about 8 a. m. Monday and after
an investigation found his wife’s
body on the burned bed in the
smoke filled room.
Beverly told the sheriff that
when he sensed what was wrong
that he got a fire extinguisher
and poured water into the room;
he said that when the smoke
j cleared the bed. he He saw said his wife’s he received body on
I a
shock when he attempted to
j up •hMS? her body.
j the
j room. When the officers arrived,
,
j they found the woman’s body on
1 the floor covered with a spread,
The mattresses had been pulled
out into the yard. The sheriff said
floor under the bed had a hole
about a foot across burned in it.
A broken light bulb lay at
scene and its base was in a sop
ket that had burned wires on it,
0 );j Servers sa id.
a book that Beverly said his
i wlfe ' v f s reading also was
j turned , to the city by the officers.
| mained until the noon period, j
knew nothing of the? death of
their mother early yesterday.
Doctor
m, The first ,■ official word of the
.
death was known from Cairo, Ga.
when Dr. A. W. Rehberg, who !
said he was the family physician,>
announced that Mrs. Beverly had
*> ul ??,d to de at £- T he doct ° r said ’
that Beverly , s hands were burned
and his arms and face singed ap-!
his parently wife from in an bed. attempt to removej
There has been no funeral ar- i
rangement made here, Culley’s j
said. Officials said they believed
J there were five of the Beverly
j children, The children four were girls in and the a city boy. to-; (
| day and went into the sheriff’s
office with the sheriff, the state’s
attorney and Mrs. King. i
Members of the coroner’s jury
are:
Josiah Renfroe, formeman, Jack
Higgins, Huel Wheeler, Thomas A.' C.
Fair, W. M. Blalock and H.
Cox.
The sheriff said the coroner’s
jury ordered the autopsy at his
request.
On the investigation yesterday
were Deputy Arthur Register and !
the sheriff was at the scent for a j
while, but returned to town to be |
a witness in a federal court trial.
The case will be presented to
the grand jury when its regular
session opens here Monday. Bev
erly will not be arraigned on the
charge until after the grand jury
has acted.”
4-H PROJECT REPORT
During 1949, Four-H club mem
bers in the state carried out al
most 5,000 beef cattle projects. A
total of 1,914 of these animals and
FFA animals were sold at spring
shows for $325,000.
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