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Letter 'S' prompts identity crisis in town.
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Byline: Charlie Lanter
HAYNE(S)VILLE, Ga. _ This story is brought to you by the letter S.
As in solving the mystery of a missing consonant.
The final wish of a dying man has some residents here arguing that the name of their hometown is misspelled.
Hundreds of signs, maps and documents refer to the collection of several hundred residents as Hayneville, an unincorporated town in southeastern Houston County.
But William "Hoke" Harper said he knew otherwise.
Harper, who died in October at age 91, was convinced the town's ...
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