SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 271

WICOMICO COUNTY— Three Members.
A. L. JONES, Democrat.

Mr. A. L. Jones'was born in Quantico in 1852 and educated
in the public schools. He is engaged in the mercantile and
canning business. He is a prominent member of the Protest-
ant Episcopal Church, and has served as School Commis-
sioner for a number of years.

JOHN CLEVELAND WHITE, Democrat.

Mr. John Cleveland White, grandson of the late United
States Senator George Vickers, was born at Chestertown in
1870. He was educated in the public schools of Salisbury, and
for a time employed in the Salisbury National bank. In 1900
he entered the field of Journalism, and since that time has
been editor of the Salisbury Advertiser. Mr. White is a
member of the insurance firm of White Brothers, director and
treasurer of the Wicomico Building and Loan Association,
and director of the W. F. Allen Land and Improvement Com-
pany. He was unanimously nominated for the House, and
carried his county by a flattering majority.

FRANKLIN B. CULVER, Democrat.

Mr. Franklin B. Culver was born in Somerset County (now
Wicomico County) in 1856. He was educated in the public
schools and then followed the sea for ten years, For the last
fifteen years he has been engaged in the mercantile and oyster
business.

WORCESTER COUNTY— Three Members.
L. W. ONLEY, Democrat.

Mr. L. W. Onley is one of Worcester's energetic business
men, who through difficulties succeeded in securing a good
business education at Bryant & Stratton's Business College.
He has extensive interests in the oyster industry of the
county, and is also engaged in the mercantile business. He
has served as County Commissioner, and also as member of
the House of Delegates in 1888, and is at present a member of
the School Board of the county.

E. J. DIRICKSON, Democrat.

Dr. E. J. Diricksou, a member of the well-known Dirickson
family of Worcester, was born at Berlin in 1852. He gradu-