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Democratic organ of the county. Mr. Brewington was first
elected to the Senate in 1899, after one of the most memor-
able fights in the State, defeating the Hon. William H. Jack-
son, now Congressman from the First District. During his four
years' service in the Senate he served on many of the most
important committees, and offered some of the most important
bills of 1900 and 1902. Mr. Brewington was re-elected this
year by a good majority. He is a high Mason, a Knight
Templar and member of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a
big Elk, a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man and a member of
the Royal Arcanum. He is married and has one son.

Worcester County—JOHN P. MOORE, Democrat.

Mr. Moore, one of the most prominent citizens of Snow
Hill, is au excellent business man, having accumulated
a fortune while yet a young man. He was educated at Dela-
ware College, and is a well-read man, possessing a splendid
library. He has been Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee for a number of years, and has also served
as chairman of the Committee on Corporations and Exec-
utive Nominations in the Senate of 1900, to which he was
elected to fill the unexpired term of Hon. John Walter
Smith. He was unanimously nominated and re-elected by
an increased majority to the Senate of 1902, though not even
in the country at the time of nomination or election, being
detained in France on account of the illness of his son. He
was appointed a colonel on the Governor's staff. Mr. Moore
is a Mason and a member of the committee of the Presby-
terian Church.