Wm. C. Gunn, proprietor of the Liberal, of Cuthbert, Ga., was born in Walton County, Fla., June 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel G. and Margaret (Campbell) Gunn, both born in North Carolina. The father was taken to Florida when a boy by his parents and settled in Euche Valley. There he was reared on the farm and received an academical education. In early […]
First graduate of the University of Florida College of Law to become Justice (1940) – and Chief Justice (1949) – of the Florida Supreme Court. Noted for incisive analysis and short, clear opinions (referred to by press of the day as “inventor of one-page opinions”). Born in Florida Panhandle, near DeFuniak Springs in Walton County, in […]
In the fine little City of Bonifay, judicial center of Holmes County, is to be found in the person of Mr. Creel an able and popular official, he being the incumbent of the position of clerk of the Circuit Court for this county, in which office he initiated on the 1st of January, 1921. his second […]
Thomas W. Johnson is a popular citizen whose sterling character and distinctive ability splendidly qualify him for the responsible office of which he is now the incumbent, that of sheriff of Holmes County. Sheriff Johnson was born in Walton County, this state, on the 12th of April, 1880, and is a son of Lafayette and […]
Hon. Charles Oscar Andrews, judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, and now a resident of Orlando, is not only a strong advocate for law enforcement, but a firm supporter of the Government fundamentally. The law represents the stability, the habit of our social life as opposed to creative, reformatory energy, and therefore those […]
To realize the marvelous development of the agricultural interests of Florida within the last decade, a visitor must contrast former with present conditions, the result being the conclusion that more has been accomplished in the development of this great industry within this time than ever before in the history of the state. This change has […]
Among the officials of Walton County who are standing boldly for clean government and whose discharge of the responsibilities and duties of their offices have been characterized by faithfulness and expedition, one who has won popular approval, well-merited, is William Franklin Jones, of DeFuniak Springs, county tax collector. Mr. Jones has occupied his present office since […]
To interpret the law properly in all its complexities and unerringly to apply its provisions to establish human rights and defeat injustice demands such a comprehensive knowledge not only of books but of life itself that he who reaches a high plane in this profession must command more than negative consideration in the minds of […]
With the exception of a few terms Daniel A. Gillis has occupied the post of county assessor of Walton County since 1894. This long term of service alone should furnish sufficient evidence of his ability and fidelity to trust, but were it not sufficient such evidence could be found in the esteem and confidence in […]
While it is erroneous to state that faithful public service always meets with due appreciation and reward, there are some cases in which those who give to their constituents and their interests the care and attention they would bestow upon private affairs, receive appropriate honors. It is well for a community when a man has proven his […]