The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1904-04-30
why S. B. WILSON
SHOULD Be REELECTED

Samuel Is. w llSOn, candidate
for reelection to the office of County
Assessor, has mailed the following
letter TO voters:
DeLand. Fla, 1904.
Permit me to say that | expect to
be a candidate in the coming Demo
cratic Primary election, May 10. for
the office of Tax Assessor for Nolu-
STA county,
As you know, | have filed this
office since 1891, and during that
time | have labored hard and earn
estl V to bring the tax books up to
standard as near perfection as pos
Slble As to how well | have sue
cccded in this, refer you to the
books Of former assessments, and To
the hnks made by me, ali of which
are on file in the Office of the County
Clerk in DcIand.
point with parlonable pride to
the following improvements that !
have accomplished: There were
many thousands OK double" and in
correct statements on former books.
which were reported by the Collec-
tors in their final settlements There
were none found or reported ON my
books. There are no "Unknow
on my books. Former books were
written by hand, and there were
many differences and errors IN the
Collectors and Comptrnller's copies.
My books are now written on a type
writer, and the copies are carbon
copies of the original, thus insuring
them to be exact copies, and making
more handsome and legible book
| believe that | am better pre-
pared than any one else can be to
get up a correct book, SO far as land
descriptions and names of owners
are concerned, from the fact that |
have the use of the books and rec
ords of the Nolusia County Abstract
Company, and have complete maps
and plats showing every scrap of
land IN the county
have always endeavored to make
rich corporations and wealthy tax
dodgers pay their just proportion
of taxes, and my books show that
many thousands Of dollars worth of
stocks, bonds and mortgages are as
>esSed against persons who live here
part of the year and IN some other
State part Of the time, and claim III
both States to be mon residents,
and that the tlatwoods lands of large
corporations have been raised from
> cents u % and 10 cents per acre,
and this year the valuation will be
even higher than that.
\ report has been circulated that
| have moved away from Volusia
county. Let me say that this is not
true. am now, and have for many
years been living IN DeI.and, and
always expect 10 DO 50. The Con
soidated Land Company, which
owns large tracts Of land IN this
county, has employed me to look
after It's lands here and elsewhere
for the reason that, in It's opinion.
was better posted ON lands IN tins
county than any one else Nv con
tract with thus company provides
that | shall live in DeLand, and that
my services with IT shall IN no wise
conflict with my duties as Tax As
SCISSOR This company has sold
about all It's lands In this county
Those parties who have been living
on the lands Of this company, and
who have recently received As "A gift
a deed to the land they were living
upon, may have reason to be glad
that they had friend connected
with the company
If the people Of Vnlusia county
SEE proper 10 favor me with re-
endorsement at the coming Primary
for nomination. | pledge myself 10 .
faithful performance of the duties o
SAID office. and under no circum
stances and for no cause whateveI
shall any Of the same IN any manner
| be neglected, but, as in the past
shall be faithfully performed.
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