Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-10-01
Sketches Of the Aoninses.

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Edwin warfield was krn at Oak
dale, his present count y home. II
Howard county. on May ls4s. HI
was educated In the pu &c schools
| Of Howard, and at the s1e Of Is be
came teacherand taughtseven years
While teaching he studied law. Al
the age of 26 years he wss appointed
| register of wills 10 Gil = vaoancy and
| i'm 1875 waselected forafuH term. In
1884 he was elected Sta1a Senator Y
fill out the unexpired term of Sena
tor Gorman and re-elocfzd In 1883,
and was president q thclsenate In
1883. The same year President
Cleveland appointed hin Surveyor
of Customs OF the Port Of Baltimore.
In 1890 heorganized the Fidelity and
and Deposit Company, "a ghich he
has devoted his energies eser since.
DIR. Gordon T. Atkinson. the DEM
ocratic nominee for COMPTROLLER, is
a native of Somerset coupty and is
56 years old. As boy n attended
the academy at Pocomoke City. and
later was given a finishinacourse at
Dickinson College. Fro1 Dickin-
son he entered the University Of
Pennsylvania for q coursi In medi-
cine, graduating in 1862 Shortly
after he located at Crisfbld In the
lower part of Somerset county, then
a village of less than 100 I'M labitants,
for the practice Of bis profession, and
there he at present reside. He is
recognized as one OF the mist prom
inent Of Somerset's practiclhg phys
icians. and Is partner in Sne Of the
largest drug concerns onlthe East
ern Shore.
DR.. Atkinson has alwaystaken an
active interest ia politics, hnd for o
number of years was o member OF
and president Of the Board Of School
Commissioners Of Somersa county.
In 1895 he was nominated by his
party for the State 'Senatel but was
defeated by the Republican. tidal
wave of that year. He is one Of the
most popular men In his county, and
has several times been requessed to
take another nomination. bat has al
80 -. 80 .,.1sssed HS.;.-. - aed .
one of the most successful business
men on the Eastern Shore, having
for several years been president of
the bank Of Crisfield and a director
in several others.
DR.. Atkinson is member of the
Mount Pleasant Methodist Protes-
tant Church and is prominently iden-
titled with that denomination in
church work throughout the State.
Mr.. William S. Bryan, Jr., was
born in Baltimore in 1859. He is
the son Of ex-Judge William s. Bry-
an. Mr.. Bryan graduated from the
University Of Virginia In 1879 and
was admitted to the bar three years
later. lie Immediately began the
practice of the law in Baltimore.
In 1890 Mr.. Bryan was made couu-
sci to the Board of Supervisors of
Election and served until 1892, when
he was appointed City Attorney.
He later became City Solicitor. which
Office he held from 1892 to 1895.
The Platform.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following, which was
adopted
The representatives Of the Demo
cratic party OF MARYLAND, in State
convention assembled, heartily CON-
mend the administration Of Govern
or John Walter Smith. --
He has diligently and faithfully
discharged the many and varied du-
ties Of his Office and fully made good
his assurances to the people that IN
der his administration as Governor
the laws would be vigorously en-
forced, the public revenues careful
ly guarded and peace and good or
der resolutely maintained.
Tha afficianf and Sfac0eS9faal mar.