The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-08-13
AYDLETT SAYS HE HAS
BEEN MISREPRESENTED
Makes Lengthy Reply To Article Published In
This Newspaper Last Week-Wants
Saunders To Call Names and
Saunders Calls 'Em.

Hon. E. F. Aydlett objects to
4, W. w2v this newspaper calls at
the W., w. to the valuation Of his
tel5,,O n.,-+v and his activities in get
ProPI,,;: valuations lowered. His
,HlS.,1n,,ication HlS n defending him
coi:''r d; md attacking the veracity
SCI. Lis " newspaper is published
o. .,,.;;r1 c,,- h together with a reply
M LI. " O. Saunders.
" Nh. AYDLETT CONTENDS
a. " Q. Saunders,
MI I,i+or Of The Independent,
r,izabeth City, n. G.
ak YOU to publish the following,
.,rracring what you said about me ana
~, reInation of my property for taxa
'- :, rho last issue of your paper.
tove grossly misrepresented me
~ ~ want to give you a chance to cor
If YOU have done it through
.J.o information. I am sure you WILL
:. -. .,.,orch ill-will. then I suppose you
LII ror. I had supposed you we're sin
in vour profession at the Culpep-
s,r meeting. but you seem from time
y y -;-,a 70 show your ill-win towards
.o without the slightest cause.
!, rour article you misrepresent the
.,a- from the beginnings to the end
AVID ror satisfied with this, close with
-Ir-,>r at me which shows the venom
j.
orahln dissatisfaction is being manifest
81 hr certain taxpayers in the fact that
sse~, 70 have had an inside in the
ra.vai,;a1ion of my property. Anyone
-., SAYS that l have had any inside
+rar- ;r securing values on my propert!
s-s1eS what is not true. do not
bs-:ave there is a citizen in Elizabeth
CITY who has any such dissatisfaction
7. -. 1hey have been mislnformed as
- ra fats. l ask you to publish the
rar,aS Of anyone who bears such feel
i~r and if YOU will not do that, theI
Civ ne the names. There IS no 1oun
dat9n for such feeling. You say 1t /:
rrohable that I will get lower valua
+or, on my properties than others III
tha same class. You are wrong IN TINS
NJ r.ronarty now. and has at all time:
tsar var,-ad as high as that of Other
.;-;ze~s - s>p,e~class. Mr. ]. B. Flors
s,:5 ,,lhiclv rot long before his deatt
+fa+ Lis property and mine were valued
on r1.o tax lists higher than any other:
il town.
\, - inside track 1 have not ever
ned nv property and gave me notice a
rbav r:G every other citizen that
could lie heard. and naming the day
Like rarT others. I went before tn
Board and they gave me patient an
raSrecttul hearing. and reduced the val
uariau o- several pieces of my prop
or-v TLry did other citizens the same
Supposed everything was satisfactory
Mr.. J. ?. Thompson, the supervisor
was present at that hearing and raise
10 objection. After 1 left, he appeale
fro. tie valuation fixed by the apprals
er< on NY home. the Bee Hive prop
erty and the Southern Hotel. L kne7
nothing Of this appeal until on Monda!
July 18th when I received a lette
from Alf. GpcCOn, D1SlI1CI SopNA 'A''O1
saying that he would be here Tuesda
morning. July 18th. to hear the appeal
and for me to be present and sho
CAUSE if any. why the values shoul
not be increased I did not know
which piece. or pieces, the appeal al
Piled whether one or more. I wrot
letter to Mr.. Becton, which he r.
ceivtd when he reached here Tuesda
July 18th. informing him I had to
in Raleigh on that day to appear IN
important case in the L. S. Court, al
therefore could not meet him, and tn
lad to be in Asheville on Thursd'
TO appear in the U. S. Circuit Cou
Of Appeals in an important case.
NY letter I notified him that L want
to be Leard. I have never received
reply. He recommended that the b
Hive property be raised from S2I D
10 100000. the Southern Hotel frc
S3G,noG to S375OO, and my home frc
Sl5.10h to $4,000, without giving me
hearing. If that is an inside track, tn
l have il I notified the CORPORATE
and asked for a hearing and they ga
it to me- as they would give any c1
zen
You say that 1 have appealed fri
the appraisement. This is untrue.
have Iot appealed from a single
PraiSmcnt placed upon any OF my pr'
erty. Mr.. J. P Thompson appealed fr
the three named above. I have O.
answered his appeals The appra
mentS in this county are unusually
compared with other counties.
You say the tax assessor appral
the Bee Hive property at $4O,OOo.
10 not know what he did. I know
had IT, right to do it if he did.
Two annraisors valued it t So,
N.al- I was notified by Mr.. Thomps
+" Informed me it was appraised
H..2'@t:. and I could be heard II 1t
>"t satisfactory. and I was heard
H." Board az stated above, and It
reduced % S27 500. You. or any
tS", Who would fix the value of
i'' Hiv" property the same as
savings Bank property just across
street, have no idea of true values