The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-05-27

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carry on the peoples business. NJ
wonder his township is wanting hin
replaced by Jepp Harris.
Pennell A. Tillett is like Wan
cheese, which didn't give him ma
jority, Mr.. Tillett didn't supper
him in 1858, and Sticks been aft
er him ever since. He has the au
dacity to tell the people of Dar'
County that Mr.. Tillett doesn't un
derstand figures, while anybody il
the courthouse will admit tina
when it comes to computing fig
ures, Mr.. Tillett is unexcelled
Stick says Mr.. Tillett has diff
ferent set of figures every month
and he just can't understand it
Anybody knows that the interest
accumulating each month changes
the total sum. Anybody knows thai
the additional collections from
month to month, increases the sum
collected and reduces the sum not
collected. Anybody but Stick, the
mentally confused, and the Halter
of Tillett would know it.
Why doesn't Stick be fair and
tell the people that Pennell A.
Tillett was asked, in addition to
his duties of Tax Supervisor, tc
take over the job of collecting the
great sum of delinquent taxes
which the Sheriff's office had been
paid to collect, but had so grossly
neglected. The Sheriff's office can
do no wrong in Sticks eyes. But
Pennell Tillett willingly took over
what this office had failed to do,
and since the effort began, and
without any additional salary for
the extra work thrown on him,
Pennell Tillett has collected more
than $4,000, and this is equal to
the additional money given the
schools during the expiring fiscal
year.
Stick always talks of fairness,
but he can't be fair to anyone he
doesn't like. He is always trying
to fire Pencil Tillett right in the
midst of critical period with no.
body in sight to take his place.
Perhaps he has some of his friends
ready, but never has a name he
will come up with. He naturally,
just wants to raise He'll. Now while
considerable extra money was given
the Sheriff's office, extra help
hired, and while the work load of
the Register of Deeds, and Clerk
of Court was reduced considerably,
the Tax Supervisors work was in
creased, and nothing extra paid
him. And he is a lower paid Of
ficial. think one should be fair,
especially one who makes a big
issue of and pretense of being fair
himself.
Stick belliaches about the column
he wrote for several weeks for The
Coastland Times. He was paid for
everyone of those columns, and
when he got to propagandizing,
flavo1ing his stories for his own
benefit, or repeating what had al
ready been said, it was not con-
sidered worth the So week he was
paid to write it, and he was given
notice to terminate it.
Stick doesn't tell you why he
wants the county to sell its land.
The fact is, Stick wants some of
it himself. He knows that selling
it under the hammer all at once
will cause it to sell cheap. He is
particularly interested in getting
hold of the Bennett Lands near Kill
Devil Hills. He told me so. l am
opposed to it.. The county should
not sell it's property and spend
the money to live on. 1t should keep
it and let it become more valuable.
Were it sold, there'd be temp
tation to waste the money. Stick
has gone to the trouble to make
up some sort of list of the county
owned land. It is very inaccurate
list. Stick has big ideas about MAX
ing a lot of money. He remem-
bers a few years ago when the
county sold ten thousand acres of
land at ten cents an acre. The
county got only a thousand dol
lars, yet this same land was re-
sold within ten years for $500
thousand dollars. l will never agree
to this sort of thing. That is why
so many people don't want me in
the courthouse. That is why some
people will contribute to the $500
fund that Stick says he is going
to spend.
Stick makes a big to do about the
Manteo Airport. / offered last year
without cost to supervise the work
of putting it in shape. No other
member of the Board has a direct
interest in it. With some others
began working on it many years
ago, helped raise the money to
buy the land. / am opposed to Civ.
ing it away. It has been leased fol
a long time, and which lease has
been expired for several years, SC
that the net return to the county