Mr. Lanham's Diary, January 11, 1926

Volleyball, a funeral and another dull day at the store

It was a clear and cold winter day in Rome, Georgia, with heavy frost and a little snow. Mr. Lanham’s daughter, Julia Anne, suffering through the mumps, had not slept well, so she and her mother slept late this morning.

He went to work at the dry goods store he ran with his father and brother, Felix, but business was very poor. “Very much discouraged ab…