Biography:

Lawyer, editor. Born– May 14, 1876, in Columbus, Ga. Parents– James Walton and Gertrude Garrard Harris. Married– Mary Lou Sykes, November 14, 1906. Education– University of Georgia, North Georgia Agricultural College; Millsaps College, LL.B., 1902. Practiced law in Jackson, Miss., 1903-1911; special agent, U.S. Department of Commerce to Latin America, 1914-1917; specialist and editor, Federal Board of Vocational Education, Washington, 1918-1919; commissioner, U.S. Department of Commerce,, 1919-1920; associate editor, Birmingham News, 1920-27. Worked in various positions for other Southern newspapers. Died March 19, 1927.

Source:

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Publication(s):

Central America as an Export Field. Washington, D.C.; U.S. Department of Commerce, 1915.

Elements of Conservation. Richmond, Va.; Johnson Pub. Co., 1924.

Joe the Book Farmer. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1914.

Redemption of the Disabled. New York; D. Appleton & Co., 1919.

Trail of the Pearl. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1917.

The Treasure of the Land. New York; Harper and Brothers, 1917.

West Indies as an Export Field. Washington, D.C.; U.S. Department of Commerce, 1917.