Mr. Lanham's Diary: Dec. 31, 1926

This is what happened to Henderson Lanham

It was the final day of the year 1926. Mr. Lanham presided over police court. “A Mr. Hall, charged with being drunk, came in early wanting to put up $5.76 cash bond,” he wrote. That was almost $100 in today’s money. “I talked to him awhile and let it take that course.”

As it was his mother’s birthday, he, Anne and Julia Anne gave Mama Lanham a “travelin…