Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 12, 1926

Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 12, 1926

A wedding, a suicide and a Japanese missionary

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Mr. Lanham's Diary: May 12, 1926
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It was quite a day in Rome.

After going on about his flowers for awhile, he mentioned that late that morning, W.H. Ebbing, the assistant postmaster in Rome for 20 years, died after shooting himself in the post office vault. An article in the May 13th Macon News said Ebbing had become despondent over ill health. “He was a native of Ohio and was said to ha…

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