The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-03

Mr. John 3. Hart aas horn October q.
isI2. n the ianiiy homestead We ear Meek
Yarn. On the Great Cbapssnk River. ihsg--
miles irum Cambridge. Dorchester county.
Ma. His father a.. stephen Hurst, a safe
etssfsl farmer and local preacher in she Meth
oaiss Episcopal Church Shortly after the
death 81 BIZ father. ia Is47. has mother re
moved go CsanbFjdgc, ia order t. better eyia
cate the ehIldres, aud JokU =. hriug thea
hfsrcn ycArs of age. efstere'l the tambrIdEr
Aeaieuy ia lss9 be- beeamr ambitious al
engaging In hasiueas pursuits, and coming lo
Baltimore. proeBFesl hi= tirst position aiih she
6r1n Of Hamilton Easter i Co, shere hr re-
uaine3 one sea-. Thea, thinking ibs whole
sale dFy goods hsleiaess more 10 accordance
with hi. taste Zee entered she hurss. ~ Ham
iiiaa s Sous. eiTh whom he u,msiHol ,s.1,..l
wears. and thea rBsaer,i wiib The hQls-- Of
Hurst Z BERRY If which iulp uursl. the ss-
nins member. Nas h.s Hacle lg 1851 ts1ih
members ~ the frs r=iired and with bis
eoasin. William Il. Hart, Al Hurst pur-
chased the stock aaJ sooi -yiil s, the concern.
and established ihe 6rm 81 Hurst & Co. The
business aas carried on Niih gratifying sue
cess uut' the death 81 William Z. Hurst. .u
iS,S ln the ioiiawing year Mr. Hurst took
into partnership NJ. L,isleJoH z. PurncN. aa,l
the hrm ui Hurst. Paneli & Co.. WAS cstsA
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81 the largest 10 the importing aaa f1bhins
lime IN the Sauih.
Mr. Hurs; Is one og Baliimnrr, leading
citizens. he is membsr uf the naar,i 81
Trade. the National Exchange Bank. Euiax
Savings Bank Merchants Trust and nepo,ii
Compauy and Ashland Manufacturing CO. aud
an cx.pfUsidenl ~ the Merchants ami Mama.
iacturers Association. Mr. Hurst has taken
some lirtle paFi In politics Ia us.,i years. but
Was neyer acfjve in the WORN, aud never held
office.
MARION nEEALH SMITH,
Marion Dekaih Smith gas horu in Morgan S
Greek Neck, near Chestert0Wu, in 1850 lii,
father was James Smith, a farmer. who cane
to Kent eouaty from Caroline Nuuniy uum-
Der Of years before the birth 81 his son. and
his mother was Mn. Hines. widow ~ Isaac
Hines, Of Kent. Marion Dehalb Smith grad
uated from Washington College. ChestertGwu.
. in 1870 and has since been une ni the most
active Of the alumni of the institution Hf
read law under Richard Hynsou. one of sA.4
most prominent lawyers and successful ga6ti
clans OF the state and Was admitted Ia de lar
of Kent county iu 1873. he was i halt
brother ct Jesse X. Hines, a lawyer aud po-
iiticiau Of more than ordinary assu,encsS and
reputation. aud with whom, upon being adj
miJied 10 the practice Of law, he formed "a Law
partnership. which continued until the death
Of Mr. Hines. ia 1889 Mr. Smith has always
been an earnest Democrat, and was nominated
for the office Of state S attorney of Kent eoun.
ty by the Democrats in 1883, aud elected
without opposition. In 1887 hp was rencsni-
mated and elected without opposition. Ia
1879 he was elected chairman of the State
Central Committee, which position he filed
until 1885. As a lawyer Mr.. Smith has most
honorable standing al the bar, and Is cOnsid.
cred one of the most force!Rl aud fluent sneak
err before the Kent County Court Mr.. Smith
was elected comptroller of the state IN 1891.
and was reelected in 1893.
CHARLES g. Cg0THERS.
Charles Carroll Crothers, nominee for at
torney- general. was born near Rowlandville.
| Cecil county, in March. 1857. He was edn-
Gated IN the public schools and at West Not.
tingham Academy, At the age Of sixteen
| years he taught in the public schools of his
native county, and afterwards read law under
| the late Hiram Mccullough, and was admitted
| TO the bar in June, 1878. la 1879 he was
| elected state attorney of Cecil county.
! Upon retiring from that office he continued
| the practice Of his profession and is now con
| sidered to be one Of the leading members Of
! the Elkton bar. He has been successful IN
| politics. and is the recognized leader of his
| party in Cecil county. Four years ago he was
| a congressional candidate. but was defeated
/ at the Democratic convention by J. Fred. c.
| Talbot. Two years ago, after bitter contest
at the primaries, with the patronage and
! leaders against him, he was nominated for the
state Senate. and was elected over his Repub-
! lican opponent, l.. NJ. Haines. He was looked
upon as the probable successor 10 Senator
| Gibson.