It was Sunday, but Mr. Lanham, a temporary bachelor, stayed busy bouncing between his mother’s house and church. His wife and daughter remained in Americus.
“Up about seven,” he wrote. “Shaved, arranged S.S. worship programme, then went out to Mama’s for breakfast.” Attendance was small at Sunday School — the final week of August — and he stayed for chur…
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