Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-05-06
MONEY FOR
A SCHOOL
An Offer of $500.00 for
DOdge'S College.

The following communication has
the true ring:
Editor Clinch Valley News:-In
last weeks issue read the following
statement:
"A good school would be support
ed in Tazewell SAID one of our bust
ness men recently. Tazewell will
support a number of good enteipri-
SEES if well manned aud managed.
But who'll start theml Where are
the menG The money is here wait
ing
Now, right here | want to make a
suggestions: If the money is at Taze-
we'll waiting TO start good school
won't some of you kind and generous
hearted people give Dodge's Business
College just half chance9 Mr..
Dodge has been at Tazewell for near
lY four years trying to build up a
Business College, and has spent all
his capital looking toward that end
aad now since he happened TO the
great misfortune of getting all his
school furniture and personal goods
burned think there is room for YOU
Tazewell people to lend helping
hand and get Mr.. Dodge started in
business again.
Within the last three or four years
Dodge's Business College has brought
10 Tazewell, | should say, not less
than 800 young men and young
ladies, all of whom have helped the
business men of Tazewell out by
their patronage, to no little extent.
Mr.. Dodge is persevering, har l.
working young man, and comes
from one of East Yirginia's best
families. and if aided little will
build up Il good business college. OF
which Tazewell should feel proud.
Now, are you people that are
thirsting To start schools, insurance
and other business enterprises, going
TO stand back aud see Mr.. Dodg,
gradually sink overhead in the miro
when IA little support would bring
him OUT all right He has gone abou
as far as he can go without littl,
assistance. and understand that h,
Is now looking for "a new field.
Some of you men that have sur
plus money. get together about fiv,
thousand of it. form stock com
pany and incorporate Il business.
College with Mr.. Dodge at the hea,
of it in the executive department
and you Will have an enterprise tina
will pay good dividends, beside
bring more people TO Tazewell an,
help the business men of the town
general.
Mr.. Dodge is perfectly competen
and has the necessary ability TO rui
an up-to-date business college, an,
: If you people will give him hous
TO conduct hIS school in, and furnish
4 the house with the necessities, yo
r will lind that he will build goo
school in short while.
| graduated from Mr.. Dodge
D College three years ago, and am ais
), graduate from two other leadin
business Colleges both located i
: cIiIes, and am frank to say that tn
g instruction | got with Mr. Dodge
b far superior and more satisfactor
than that | received at either of tn
o City Colleges"-which leads me I
h believe beyond possible doubt, tina
n Mr.. Dodge will build up IA good schoo
II you will hold him out of the min
e long enough to do it.
If The writer of this article will tax
!. one tenth ($je0.00) of the stock of
G company formed TO run busine.
y college under the name of Dodg,
# Business College, aad supervision
e Mr.. Dodge. Where are thes. othe
N nlnef Five thousand dollars wi
r build nice building and equip
Il with all modern conveniences for
business College. You monIed me-
re open mp your hearts, and if you al
h thirstIng to make good imvestmeu
k make il along the lines here il
10 Dictated.
ID The name of the writer of III
y. article can be ascertain-d from N
III Leslie, Editor OF the News.
H. "a Do igr's Business
D. College STUDENT