Edited sentence: " People would asked joking about the pronunciation."We know it's correct to pronounce it BE' a trice, but Be' AT a trice seems to suit the Beatricians better."Where in the world is such a place a Be AT' rice.A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet," and be content with the name as it is.At last, the original plan of Col.But let us say with Shakespeare, "What's in a name.But she always had a ready answer.By all means, the town should have been called "Robbins:,---a much more appropriate name.I've heard it said that those who visit there always want to come back.In her distant travels the writer has often been teased about the name.Seymour to name it "Beatrice," prevailed.The writer thinks this was a mistake because of not liking a girl's name for a town.There has been much discussion from time to time as to what the name of the new town should be.This was in honor of his granddaughter, Beatrice Seymour.Where is it.Why, that's easy,---down in God's Country----South   Alabama----and it has some of the finest people in the world there