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I have been reading the biography of Mencken, called "Disturber of the Peace."

I am ready to agree with him about the stupidity of farmers and of Christians.

There was quite a lynching held here __ 20 years ago __ in 1931, which aroused [smudged]

H.L.M. to heights of invective. If some of my good neighbors here knew I had a book by Mencken in the house, I'd probably be run out of town. I had forgotten about that lynching; though 20 years ago I was living in the Baltimore area and read about it. But the story came back to me when I read a brief