Milam R. Anderson was three years of age when brought to Bartow, graduated from the high school of that city, and at once engaged in the drug business. For twelve years he was in business at Jacksonville, and on October 1, 1915, established himself at Lake Wales. This was then a small town with only a few homes and a few stores. He has built up a prosperous establishment, and is also owner of orange grove interests. Mr. Anderson was the first mayor of Lake Wales, chosen in June 1918, and was elected for four successive terms. He was in office until June, 1922.

October 12, 1904 he married Miss Jane Hankins, of Bartow, member of one of the pioneer families of Florida. She was born at Madison in this state, but was reared and educated in Bartow. They have three children, M. Ross, Harry Louis and Domaris. Mr. Anderson is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, and is a past master of Lake Wales Lodge No. 242, F. and A. M.

HENRY BOYLSTON CORDES, M. D., who served with the rank of captain in the Medical Corps during the World war, and is now major on the reserve list, has attained an enviable position in his profession, and has a large and successful practice at Frostproof in Polk County.

Doctor Cordes was born in Charleston, South Carolina, June 13, 1887, and is a member of an old and prominent family of that city. His father, Henry Boylston and Eleanor Ball (Simons) Cordes, were also natives of Charleston. His father was of Huguenot stock and his mother of English ancestry. Doctor Cordes is the second child and oldest son, and was seven years of age when his parents moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He was educated there in the public schools and under private tutors, and first attended medical lectures at Charleston. He graduated from what is now Emory University at Atlanta in 1915. For a time he was associated with Doctor R. Y. H. Thomas in reorganizing the County Hospital at Jacksonville. He then engaged in general practice, and on July 19, 1917, was commissioned a first lieutenant and assigned to duty as battalion surgeon in the Three Hundred and Tenth Infantry, Seventyeighth Division. He was at Camp Dix, New Jersey, went overseas in April, 1918, being commissioned captain, and on September 1, 1918, was transferred to the Sanitary Train with the same division. He acted in that capacity until his discharge in June, 1919. He was overseas twelve months, and saw some of the arduous duty of a surgeon on the battle front in the St. Mihiel and Argonne campaigns. At the time of his discharge he was made a major in the American Reserve Corps. Doctor Cordes returned to Jacksonville, but on January 13, 1919, located at Frostproof, and is busily engaged in a general practice here. He is a former member of the Duval County and a member of the Polk County and State Medical Associations, and is a former president of the Frostproof Board of Trade and is a past commander of the American Legion, Post No. 82.

November 15, 1915, Doctor Cordes married Miss Alice Corbett, of Jacksonville, daughter of Col. Walter P. Corbett.

LEON EVERETT MIZELL, postmaster of Punta Gorda, and a veteran of the World war, is one of the enterprising young men of Charlotte

County, and one who stands high in public confidence. He was born at Punta Gorda, July 15, 1893, a son of Joshua and Eugenia (Fries) Mizell, he born in Hernando County, Florida, and she in New York City. Her father, Albert Fries, left New York City in 1874 and came to Saint Nicholas, Florida, and there she was reared. Joshua Mizell and his wife were married at Arcadia, Florida, and came to Punta Gorda in 1892 and invested in land, and after serving the city as postmaster for twelve years he went into the real estate business and handles both farming and city property, still maintaining his residence at Punta Gorda, although he farms from twenty to thirty acres, according to his holdings.

Leon Everett Mizell attended the public schools of Punta Gorda through the high school course and then took a business course at the Tampa Business College. When he was twentyone years old he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and for some years was employed in different factories in that city. War having been declared, he returned to Punta Gorda, and June 27, 1917, he enlisted for service during the World war, entering the Thirty-sixth Division, One Hundred and Thirty-second Machine Gun Battalion, Company C, and in August of that year was sent to France, where he remained until May 29, 1919. After receiving his honorable discharge he once more came back to Punta Gorda for a few months. He then returned to Cleveland, Ohio, and resumed factory work, and remained there until August, 1921, at which time he returned permanently to Punta Gorda, and on February 6 of the succeeding year was appointed postmaster of Punta Gorda. During the time he has had charge of the office he has instituted some admirable reforms, and is conducting the affairs in a most capable and satisfactory manner. On August 10, 1921, Mr. Mizell married Estelle Gehrke, born at Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of William J. and Mary Gehrke, and they have one daughter, Wanda, who was born July 26, 1922. He is a Baptist and republican and is earnest in his support of church and party. Well known in Masonry, he belongs to Punta Gorda Lodge No. 115, A. F. and A. M.; Arcadia Chapter No. 36, R. A. M.; Arcadia Commandery, No. U. D. K. T., a member of the Ancient and Illustrious Order Knights of Malta and Edgewater Commandery No. 546, of Cleveland, Ohio. He is also a member of The Industrial Association of Cleveland, Ohio.

CHARLES MONROE PRICE is president of the First National Bank of Brooksville, and under his guidance this has become one of the most successful institutions in Florida. Mr. Price represents the modern type of a banker, one who has the interests of the institution, its stockholders and the community at heart, and is personally a leader in everything for the building of the town and surrounding country.

Mr. Price was born at Gainesville, Florida, February 16, 1884. He was educated in the public schools and in the East Florida Seminary, and his banking experience began in the Bank of Pasco County at Dade City. In 1907, he removed to Brooksville as cashier of the Brooksville Banking Company, and since 1910 has been president of the First National Bank. The present home of the First National Bank of Brooksville was completed and opened October 14, 1922, and is a credit to a town several times the popula

tion of Brooksville. Mr. Price has been a member of the Town Council and seven times served as mayor of Brooksville. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, is affiliated with Egypt Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Tampa, is a member of the Elks Lodge of St. Petersburg, and the Palma Ceia Golf Club of Tampa.

On July 15, 1917, he married Miss M'Liss Edwards, of Lake Thonotosassa, Florida. They have one daughter, Jane.

ROBERT BASSETT HUFFAKER, present mayor of Bartow, came to Florida as a teacher, and continued his educational work for several years while preparing for the law. He is a former prosecuting attorney of Polk County, and has enjoyed a very fine general practice there.

Mr. Huffaker was born at Henry's Cross Roads, Tennessee, May 28, 1878, son of Abner H. and Mary (Bryan) Huffaker. His parents were also natives of Tennessee, and his father devoted his life to farming. Robert B. Huffaker was the fifth in a family of fourteen children, all of whom but one reached mature years. He spent his boyhood in East Tennessee, and finished his education in the Peabody Normal College at Nashville, graduating in 1902 with the degree Licentiate of Instruction. Mr. Huffaker for three years was a teacher at Bronwood, Georgia, and in 1905 came to Florida and was principal of the Summerlin Institute at Bartow until 1910. In the meantime he studied law, and during 1910-11 was an instructor in the University of Florida at Gainesville. He graduated there in the law course in 1911, was admitted to the bar the same year, and has since been in practice at Bartow. He served as prosecuting attorney of Polk County from 1913 to 1919, and since then has given his entire time to his extensive general practice.

Mr. Huffaker was chairman of the charter board of Bartow in 1921, and under the new charter was elected president of the commission or mayor of the city, holding that office since March, 1922. He is a democrat, and is a Knight Templar Mason and a Shriner.

In 1904 he married Theresa Shackleford, of Bronwood, Georgia, where she was reared and educated. They have four children, Mary, Theresa, Elizabeth and Robert, Jr. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. During the World war Mr. Huffaker was chairman of the Polk County War Savings Committee, and had many extra burdens due to the war in his office as prosecuting attorney.

GARDNER VALERIUS RAMSEY has practiced law at Brooksville forty years, and more than half of that time has been devoted to the duties of county judge. As a safe and capable public leader Judge Ramsey is easily one of the outstanding figures in his section of the state.

He was born on a farm near Thomasville, in Thomas County, Georgia, May 28, 1856, son of Richard and Melvine (Moye) Ramsey, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of South Carolina. His father owned farms in Thomas and Brooks counties, Georgia, and served with the Brooks County company in the Confederate Army. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Judge Ramsey attended private schools in Brooks County, Georgia, and in 1876 began teaching. He read law at Valdosta under Hon. William Hurd Ramsey, one of Georgia's most prominent jurists. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar at Quitman,

and not long afterward came to Florida, practiced one year at Gainesville, and in 1881 located at Brooksville. He was first chosen to the duties of county judge in 1883. At that time Hernando County included all the territory now in Hernando, Citrus and Pasco counties. After one term in the office he resumed general practice. He took a summer law course at the University of Virginia, conducted by Dr. John B. Mino. It was in 1893 that he was again elected county judge, and has now rounded out thirty consecutive years of faithful performance of the duties of that position. Judge Ramsey is president of the Hernando County Bar Association, and while most of his interests are professional, he owns farming land, is a member of the Masonic order, is an enthusiastic hunter when the opportunity comes, and is one of the prominent lay figures in the Methodist Episcopal Church of the state. He has been a delegate to various conferences.

Judge Ramsey married Mrs. Anna M. McIntosh, of Brooksville. She is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and is active in church and social club work. They have one daughter, Marie McIntosh, wife of Ross A. Clark, of Brooksville.

ALVEN S. MCMILLAN, manager at Fort Meade for the Charleston Mining and Manufacturing Company, has given all his active years to constructive work, was a railroad man for a long term, and left the railroad service to become identified with the mining industry of Polk County.

He was born at Sycamore, Alabama, October 4, 1875, son of Joseph C. and Margaret Elizabeth (Sherrell) McMillan. His parents were natives of Alabama. Alven is the third in a family of six children, and he was reared on an Alabama farm and acquired his education in the country. At the age of twenty-two he took up railroading with the Central of Georgia Railroad. He began as a common laborer at a dollar a day on a bridge gang, his headquarters being at Columbus and Macon, Georgia. From one position to another he was advanced until he became superintendent of bridges and building for that company.

Resigning this office, he came to Fort Meade, Florida, to take charge of the Hall Parker Construction Company's steam shovels, and finished a two-year contract with that company. He remained here as a general mining foreman for the Charleston Mining and Manufacturing Company, and from that has been promoted to manager of the company's interests at Fort Meade, and that is his work and responsibility today.

In May, 1900, Mr. McMillan married Miss Ethel G. Davis, of Goshen, Pike County, Alabama, near Montgomery. They have three sons, Leroy,, Wilber and Alven. Mr. McMillan is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias and also with the Elks.

L. D. ST. JOHN. Among the business men of Jacksonville there are to be found many who have made their own way in the world, and through the exercise of native talent and intelligence, industry and good management have gained positions of prominence without the assisting influence of money or friends. In this category stands L. D. St. John, who a few short years ago occupied the humble position of oiler, and who is now manager in charge of the Jacksonville city water works. Mr. St. John's career