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meetings and organizations in various 
parts of the State, where from experience 
as well as knowledge and observation he 
told Florida farmers how to improve their 
methods and attain greater success. In 
the years 1913 and 1914 he was County 
Demonstration Agent in Escambia coun¬ 
ty, where methods he had successfully 
practiced in the nearby county of Walton 
aided him in giving the most helpful prac¬ 
tical assistance. He was elected in 1914 
ALFRED JOHN 
Alfred John Holworthy was born Feb¬ 
ruary 22, 1867, on board a vessel in the 
English Channel. His early life was spent 
in England, but when quite a young man 
he came to the United States, and after 
some business experience he entered the 
ministry of the Episcopal church. He 
served various charges in the West, his 
last being that of rector of the Church at 
Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Mr. Holworthy threw his whole 
strength of body and mind in what he 
undertook, and so earnestly did he devote 
himself to the work of his holy office, that 
he suffered a nervous collapse, which 
made it necessary for him to retire from 
the ministry. While seeking to recuperate 
he came to Florida. He was first con¬ 
nected with the Brooksville Hammock 
Land Company at Brooksville. In the fall 
of 1911 he moved to Lakeland and be¬ 
came business manager of the Lakeland 
Evening Telegraph. After serving for 
over a year in this capacity he was selected 
as secretary of the Lakeland Chamber of 
Commerce, and he labored for nearly 10 
as State Agent, Farmers’ Co-operative 
Demonstration Work in charge of county 
agents, which position he held at the time 
of his death. 
We shall all sadly miss his genial coun¬ 
tenance, cordial greeting and his rugged 
Scotch characteristics, but feel that the 
work he has done will live on in the re¬ 
newed effort and increased success of 
those who follow the principles he so ably 
set forth. 
HOLWORTHY 
years in this capacity most efficiently and 
successfully for the upbuilding of Lake¬ 
land and the surrounding country. The 
crowning, achievement of his career of 
public value for the city and country, was 
in connection with the building of Polk 
county’s magnificent roads. In the cam¬ 
paign for bond issue his voice was heard 
in every precinct. He furnished the facts 
and figures, which enabled other able ad¬ 
vocates to present this great proposition 
to the people in such a way as to bring 
about its acceptance. 
The high tension under which this and 
other work was done, his conscientious 
adherence to the following out of the 
minutest details, brought on again a nerv¬ 
ous breakdown, which necessitated the re¬ 
linquishment of his work as secretary of 
the Chamber of Commerce. One of the 
last undertakings, which he aided in put¬ 
ting through for Lakeland, was in secur¬ 
ing the location of Southern College there. 
It was done just before he resigned his 
position and went to the mountains of 
