struction for the eradication of tuberculosis from cattle, and he made the first test for tuberculosis in Dade County. This test was made under the first law demanding such a test as a means of insuring pure milk in any city in Florida. Doctor Schofield for many years has been personally as well as professionally interested in the production of pure milk, and he is an acknowledged authority on the handling of dairy stock. Through his profession and his expert advice in selection of stock and care he has done more to contribute to the fame of Dade County as a center of pure bred dairy herds than any other individual. Doctor Schofield still carries on a very extensive veterinary practice, having expensive equipment for that purpose in Miami. He has the most extensive library on veterinary science in the state and probably in the entire South.

The thirty acre tract bought by Doctor Schofield in 1911 for $1.500 has been greatly improved and developed by him. Ten acres of this he has kept under expert supervision to the then little known but now greatly appreciated Central American fruit, the avocado. His is one of the pioneer groves in Southern Florida, and while it was severely injured by the great frost of 1917 it is now a valuable property, commercially productive, and Doctor Schofield through his experience is one of the most enthusiastic advocates of the avocado as a permanent fruit crop for this section of Florida.

WILLIAM J. BARRITT. There is an old saying to the effect that nothing breeds success like success itself, and there is sound reason behind the seeming platitude, for it is true that people prefer to deal with and confide their affairs to those who have already proven their ability to transact business in a successful manner. Therefore it is that few men are engaged in one line of business alone, but if they have achieved distinction in it, are urged to give to some other one some of their care and attention. Such is the case with William J. Barritt, whose interests are many at Tampa, although he is best known to its citizens as a manufacturer of pure, high-grade ice cream.

English by birth, William J. Barritt was born in London, England, January 6, 1879, and was but six years old when brought to this country by his parents, William and Annie (Kittiridge) Barritt, who located in Florida in 1885, and became valued residents of Sanford, later moving to Mount Dora, and subsequently to Tampa, where the father still resides. The mother died in 1899. Of their five children three reached maturity, but William J., the eldest born, is now the only survivor.

Growing up in Florida, William J. Barritt attended its public schools, and was taught by his watchful father to make himself useful, both at home and in the grocery which the latter was conducting. Until he was nineteen years old the young man continued with his father, but then branched out for himself and went into a dairy business in Tampa. His initial enterprise was conducted upon a very small scale, but it was carried on so intelligently, and the service rendered was so excellent, that business grew, and when he sold it in 1912 Mr. Barritt had the largest concern of its kind in the city. In the meanwhile he had become interested in the production of ice cream, and when he sold his dairy business he threw his energies into the building up of a large plant for the purpose of producing a fine grade at reasonable prices. In this, too, he has been very

successful, and now has three plants and gives extensive manufacturer of ice cream at Tampa. employment to thirty persons, he being the most He sells only at wholesale. Interested as a stockholder in a number of enterprises, he not only owns stock in the Bank of Commerce, but is one of its directors and its vice president. When Tampa adopted the commission form of city government Mr. Barritt was chosen and elected a member of the first board of commissioners, and was chosen by the board as mayor pro tem, which office he now holds. Fraternally he is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias. In him the Methodist Episcopal Church has one of its most active workers, and he has long belonged to this denomination. He is also a director of the Y. M. C. A., and an active member of the Rotary Club.

In September, 1899, Mr. Barritt was united in marriage with Blanche I. McNeal, of Zanesville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Barritt have five children, namely: James D., Jane A., Edna D., William J., Junior, and Harvey M. Having lived in Tampa for so many years, Mr. Barritt is naturally interested in the city's welfare, and is proud of the fact that he has occupied a position where it has been possible for him to contribute much toward its development.

EMMETT K. HOWARD is almost a life long resident of Florida, and since 1900 he has been identified by his trade and business activity as a contractor with the Southeast Coast. In his business he has made a specialty of concrete construction, and is the leading contractor in that line in the City of Miami.

Mr. Howard was born at Columbus, Mississippi, in 1879, son of Luther M. and Anna (Kirk) Howard, natives of the same state. His father went into the Confederate Army from Mississippi when he was only thirteen years of age. It was in 1880 that the family moved to Florida, locating in Sumter County, in the northern part of the state. Here Emmett K. Howard grew up in a rural district, attended public schools, and learned the trade of bricklayer, which had been the occupation of both his father and grandfather before him.

Mr. Howard was one of the bricklayers who came to the Southeast Coast in 1900 to work on the Flagler Mansion at Palm Beach. He did brick laying work on that and other buildings in Palm Beach for nearly two years, and then, in 1902, established a permanent home in Miami. Miami was just beginning its growth and development, and Mr. Howard has represented an important constructive service that has made him a factor as well as an interested witness in the development of the city from a village. He continued to work at his trade for several years, and gradually began handling contracts and also branched out into the manufacture of concrete building stone and has had a wide and successful experience in every form of concrete work. For some years he was a member of the Art Stone Company.

In 1920 he established his present business, the Howard Construction Company, manufacturers of concrete building stone and contractors in concrete construction. The home of this business is on North Miami Avenue just north of Fourteenth Street. He leases business lots with a frontage of one hundred feet. Miami Avenue is the leading north and south thoroughfare of Miami, and everything points to its becoming a great business street, and property thereon

HAROLD DEBUSSY JUSTISON is probably the man deserving of the chief credit for the upbuilding and promotion of the magnificent residential city of Coconut Grove, and has likewise taken an active leadership in the business part of that community, where he is president of the Sunshine Fruits Company.

Mr. Justison was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1880, and his boyhood inclinations led him early to the life of the seas. He was reared and educated in New Haven, had some practical experience as a mariner early in life, and after graduating from the New York Nautical College, where he received the extra navigator's diploma in 1898, he spent about 21⁄2 years in the service of the Ward Line, running between New York and Caribbean ports.

Then followed a considerable experience in business, and in 1910 he came to Coconut Grove in Dade County, where his interests and activities have since been centered. Within the years since he came here Coconut Grove has become the home of many notable Americans and a place famous for its homes of wealth and distinction.

Mr. Justison organized the Sunshine Fruits Company, of which he is president. This company owns and operates at Coconut Grove about 500 acres of grape fruit groves. The company was incorporated in 1910. It also owns Sunshine Inn Hotel and cottages, and the company does an annual real estate business of nearly half a million dollars a year. They deal in groves, home sites and modern houses, and the company has cleared the land for, made costly improvements on, and opened for sale a number of the largest and most popular subdivisions in that locality. Among these should be mentioned the Bay View Road subdivision and the Sunshine Villas. The company also has the management of several hundred acres of citrus groves for owners, both resident and non-resident, and through the company organization are marketed annually about 30,000 boxes of grapefruit. Mr. Justison with his associates has confined his operations exclusively to Coconut Grove, and has been instrumental in bringing to the town and procuring homes for a large number of its most prominent winter and permanent residents.

Mr. Justison had an interesting record of service during the great war. On account of his previous experience as a navigator he was well qualified for service in the navy, and he volunteered in March, 1917, a short time before America declared war on the Central powers. He was commissioned a lieutenant and assigned to duty on the U. S. S. Machias. Beginning in July, 1917, the Machias went to Gibraltar, and throughout the remainder of the war was under the command of Admiral Niblack, convoying merchant ships in the Mediterranean. Mr. Justison was first division officer on the Machias and also assistant navigator. He was on active duty a little over two years, being

discharged in January, 1919, and since then has been a member of the Naval Reserve.

Mr. Justison is commander of the Lindley de Garmo Post of the American Legion at Coconut Grove. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, is a member of the Miami Beach Golf Club and is president of the Coconut Grove Community Club.

JOHN ROYAL SWANSON. The name of this well known contractor and builder and presiIdent of the Town Council of Coconut Grove, served to recall one of the prominent pioneer families in this section of Dade County. His maternal grandfather was Caleb L. Trapp, originator of the famous Trapp avocado pear, known to horticulturists the world over. Nearly all the successful avocado plantations until recent years were of the Trapp variety. The Swansons were also a family of early residents in Dade County, locating here about ten years before the Florida East Coast Railroad was built.

John Royal Swanson was born at Burlington, Iowa, in 1878. His father, the late John Swanson, was a native of Sweden, a pioneer settler in Iowa, and in 1892 he came to Coconut Grove with his family. John Swanson married a daughter of the late Caleb L. Trapp. She was born in Iowa, and is still living. Caleb Trapp came to Coconut Grove, Florida, in 1887, and erected the first stone house in this region. This house was built of native rock. He cut the stone, burned the lime and built the house after he was seventy years of age. Caleb L. Trapp's wife, Henrietta (Rhodes) Trapp, taught the first school in Coconut Grove.

When John R. Swanson was a child his parents moved from Burlington to Atlantic, Iowa, where he spent his early boyhood. While there he gained his first business experience, selling the Des Moines Register, Lafe Young's famous newspaper.

He was about fourteen years of age when the family established their home in Coconut Grove. He continued to attend school here, and later learned the carpenter and brickmason trade. As a journeyman he worked in various states and cities, also traveled in Central and South America. In Central America he conducted a plantation for a time, and for one year he worked on the construction of the Colonial Hotel at Nassau, Bahama Islands. In time the work of his trade developed until he was employing a staff of skilled mechanics, and for several years past he has done an extensive business as a contractor and builder at Coconut Grove. Some of the best examples of the magnificent residences erected in this vicinity by wealthy winter residents exhibits the work of his organization. Among these and deserving of particular mention are the Four Way Lodge, the famous residence of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtis James. He also built Serena, the residence of William J. Bryan. Mr. Swanson's organization was engaged in the building of the new Coconut Grove High School in 1922.

In 1919, upon the incorporation of Coconut Grove as a town, he was elected a member of the Town Council, and subsequently was made president of that body. He has given the best of his ability to the administration of municipal affairs, and in the council and as a private citizen and business man he is a thoroughly useful and public spirited factor in local affairs. His home