Mr. Lanham cut a few rose buds from today, but even the beauty and fragrance of his flowers couldn’t divert him from the sad business of going over the books at Lanham & Sons, the family business on Rome’s Broad Street.
“Have been busy in the office for two or three days, trying to find just what we owe and what our assets are,” he wrote. “It is very dis…
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