The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-08
ana Lake Harvey. These lakes sre

". They are all accessible to good
sized boats on the ST. Johns from
Jacksonville and, with the exception
Of Crescent lake and Lake Harvey,
are navigated By a regular line Of
steamers running between Jackson
nish the finest boating and fresh-wa-
ter fishing and duck hunting Wild
turkey. quail and deer are found IN
the forests and prairies in various
parts of the county Two lines of
railroads. the Florida East Coast and
/ the Atlantic Coast Line, traverse the /
county from north TO south. while the i
Orange City branch of the Florida /
East Coast railway leaves the main i
lire at New Smyrna. crossing the ex-
treme lower portion of the county !.
and connects with the Atlantic Coast /
Line.
i The county seat OF yolusia county
lis DeLand, located in the southwest
ern part OF the county on the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad The county Of
acers Of yolusia county residing at
DeLand are as follows: County Judge.
j. Lee McCrory: sheriff. E l. Smith;
clerk circuit court. Samuel D. Jordan:
superintendent public instruction, c.
R. NJ Sheppard: county assessor Of
taxes. S. B. Wilson: tax collector, D.
P Smith; county treasurer, ]. ]. Vim
- TNrr
!. R. WetherelL
The county commissioners OF Vo-
Iusia county are: ]. Leroy Harden.
! of Orange City; VI. NJ. Bond. of Lake
Helen: j. c. Cade, of Pierson; ]. D.
Maley. of Daytona, and T. ]. Murray.
of New Smyrna"
~Daytona. one of Florida's most
beautiful cities. is located Ito miles
south of Jacksonville on the FLORIDA
East Coast railway and the Halifax
river, which is a part Of Florida's In
:. land waterway. The estimated pop
!, ulation OF Daytona at the present time
: is in excess OF 5000. The city is
!, noted principally as one OF the lead
!. ing winter resort towns along the
- East Coast of Florida Every winter
:, season sees il and the adjacent re
10 sorts of Daytona Beach and Sea
|, breeze thronged with visitors. An at
N tractive feature of the city is it.
= beautiful streets, lined with massiv,
10 oak trees. hanging with Spanish moss
- Manufactured articles of Dayton;
,d include art products, preserved fruits
ar and various articles made from pal
metto. About 40 miles OF Daytona'
20 streets are well paved with shell
IL. making the drives delightful for auto
re- mobiles. Daytona has a municipa
IA waterworks system which operates
lie process for softening the water. Tw
nt electric light plants, gas plant, telt
TO phones and sewer system, also eles
5s trio street railway between Dayton
IN and Daytona Beach comprise the pull
an lie utilities. The city affords frs
10 class public schools, a free public
1T. brary and number Of fine churche
ex- 1t is well provided with secret soc
cid cites. social and religious organic
on tons. Daytona's paid fire departmer
ON uses automobile apparatus. H T. 7
i'm tus is mayor of the city and A Mel
es, Porter city clerk.
Daytona has large number Of GOO
the hotels and can comfortably care fl
to several thousand guests during tt
i've winter season. It has two first-cla:
a banking institutions, with a combine
capital of $4,000 and deposits
nes excess OF $1,000, 900. Its newspape
I'M are the Halifax Journal and the G
lief zette-News, weeklies, at $3.50 p,
AXE year. with the exception of the wi
roe ter season, when both are Issue
daily Among the real estate agen
of Daytona are R. L. Smith. Conra
n Oates company, Bingham & Thorn
N son. Max Leidersdorf. n. Y Boris,
~ j. Malby and Clara A. Bennett
- Regular buses and an electric C
line connect Daytona with Dayton
G Beach over four bridges across 4
y Halifax river. Daytona Beach is or
~ half mile distant, Seabreeze one-hs
No mile and Ormond five miles. HUI
ing, fishing, boating, surf bathir
&C golf and tennis furnish plenty
entertainment TO the people of De
tona and their guests. fine ba.
- gives daily concerts during the W
ter season. Garages include the CT
NC tral. the Daytona Auto Supply co
III pany, San Juan and Ford. The G
IA of Daytona is situated directly on t
DIS. Dixie highway. which is to be vas
improved in the near future as {
TN result of bond issues OF Volusia CO,
| - ", amounting to nearly million
lars.
81, The country adjacent 10 Daytona
well adapted to fruit growing, tru
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