he began teaching, and for eleven years taught in Sudlers-
ville. Later he combined the insurance with the lumber and
fertilizer business, and by energy and perseverance built up a
profitable trade. In 1898 he organized the Sudlersville
Building and Loan Association, and under his careful man-
agement it has become a strong financial institution. He may
well be termed a self-made man. He has never before held
office.
JAMES T. BRIGHT, Democrat.

Mr. Bright, a graduate of the Conference Academy at Dover
and the Maryland Law University, Baltimore, is a promising
young lawyer of Centerville. Mr. Bright is about twenty-
four years of age, and will unquestionably make the county a
most excellent representative.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY- Two Members.
THOMAS LEE MATTINGLY, Democrat.

Thomas Lee Mattingly, principal of the l,eonardtown
school, was born near Chaptico in 1864. He taught at St.
George's Island until elected to the House of Delegates in
1887 when, notwithstanding the whole Democratic ticket was
defeated, he received the entire vote of his district with the
exception of two. In 1888 he was clerk in State Tobacco
Warehouse, and in 1891 was appointed clerk and treasurer to
the Board of County Commissioners.

CHARLES STERETT GRASON, Democrat.

Mr. Grason, son of the late Judge Grason, and grandson of
Wm. Grason, the first Governor elected under the Constitution
of 1837, was born in Elkton, 1856. After graduating at Char-
lotte Hall he taught for two years, and then was employed by
the B. & 0. R. R. Company. In 1882 he was admitted to
the bar and engaged in the practice of his profession in Min-
nesota. Mr. Grason has never before been a candidate for
public office.

SOMERSET COUNTY— Three Members.
A. LINCOLN DRYDEN, Republican.

Mr. Dryden was born at Fairmount in 1865. He is a
graduate of Dickinson College, receiving the degrees of A.B.
and A.M. In 1890 he was a member of the House but re-
signed to accept a position in the Library of the Navy De-
partment at Washington. In 1893 he became general agent