he moved to Elkton, and since then has been engaged exten-
sively in the lumber business. He is at present Mayor of Elk-
ton, and has also served in the capacity of Town Commissioner
on several occasions. He is connected with all the leading fra-
ternal organizations in Elkton. He was a member of the House
in 1002.
CECIL KIRK, Republican.

Mr. Kirk is a farmer of Rising Sun. He was born March,
1868, at Principio, and educated at West Nottingham Academy.

CHARLES COUNTY—Two Members.

HUNGERFORD SMOOT, Republican.

Mr. Smoot was a clerk in the Baltimore postoffice until re-
cently. He is a son of Dr. A. J. Smoot and a brother of the
late T. J. Jackson Smoot, member of the Legislature in 1002.
He was born in Charles County in 1872, and graduated from
Bryant & Stratton's Business College.

JAMES DEB. WALBACH, Republican.

Mr. Walbach enters upon his fifth term as a member of the
House of Delegates. He changed his name by legal process,
adopting the maiden name of his mother, who was the daughter
of General Walbach, U. S. A. Upon the completion of his
course at Rock Hill College he taught in Baltimore and
Charles Counties, and during that time read law and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1891. In that year he changed his political
faith and refused the nominations for the House of Delegates,
Register of Wills and School Commissioner. In 1893 he de-
clined the nomination on the Republican ticket, though he took
an active part in the campaign. In 1897 he was nominated for
the House by acclamation, and again in 1899 he was elected.
As an evidence of the high regard which his colleagues enter-
tain for him, he was made the leader of his party and assigned
to important positions on the Ways and Means and other com-
mittees. He introduced the first anti-trust bill ever introduced
in the House. Mr, Walbach resigned a lucrative and important
position as Special Inspector of the Rural Free Delivery Service
to accept the nomination again.