Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-06-28
BLUEFIELD
A Little UoSsip--Wise and Other.
wise, Personal and Impersonnl.

Bluefield has many fine stores
which i'm size and appearance would
do credit To Richmond or BaItimorc
or any other city. Along Princeton
avenue there are number of snIen-
dld new buildings, very attractive i'm
appearance, and filled with goods,
artistically arranged-windows beam
tifully dressed, presenting n business
like appearance worthy of any CITY.
All this, with numerous large whole
sale houses, etc.. indicates how rnnid-
~ and almost amazing, has been the
growth OF the city. The editor had
an hour in the city "a day or two ago.
and dropped i'm To the store of MesSrs
kosenaur and Co., whose store is
known rs "Thc Leader. The vounp
men, two brothres, came To Blueneld
few months ago from n Southern
CITY. They are natives. we. believe
OF baltimore, and are progressive. and
up To date, as "A glance oven
through their large store clearly in
dicates. They have Il fine, clean line
Of "Head-tO-foot" wear for men and
boys - perhaps the largest of the
kind in this section.
This is only one OF the many nice.
large stores ON this strcct-alI of
which indicates prosperity in Blue
field.
Blueiield now claims To have what
they have long needed and didn 4
have, so they say }, progressive
city council, without which no town
can grow. However, the past growth
and history OF the town would seem
TO indicate that former councils and
Boards OF trade have not been n
sleep.
Bluefield has one serious afliIctIon
politics. The town Is politics
ridden, OF this is good word). and
there Is little hope of relief. This
scribe has an inmate dislike of and
opposition To that particular brand of
so-called patriotism and town pride
which can be sacrificed AT any time
and undre all circumstances 10 party
intersts. This soft of blindness will
hinder the growth Of any town.
Blueheld has recently voted n large
bond issue, and wisely, too, for the
further up-building of the town.
The citizens are not afraid To incur "A
little debt. They have confidence I'm
the future of the community and in
themselves.
Time Will not allow mention of
the big stores of Shelton and Jordon.
Turk, Pedigo, Whitlow and Others.
VINO are in the forefront in business
and standing in the community.
The NEWSPAPERS - Telegraph and
Leader, have done much To build
up the town. These are progressive
papers, and IA credit 10 the city. Like
the two parties, they spend good
deal of valuable time and space i'm
scrappin' ~, nevertheless are out
and out for the growth of their push
ing, 'pompous, little city, and are
having IA deserved measure of sue
cess.
Bluefield has envious eyes and de-
signs on Tazewell blue grass and re-
sources, and ii is said, will attempt
TO turn part OF the lavish eXpendi-
lures and abundant resources of this
section in that direction. In the
mean time Tazewell will entertain
a proposition To extend her CORPORA
tion lines so as 20 annex Blueheld
and Graham, and give the citizens OF
these two "pompous, " little cities
room to expand. Who knows.
Seriously, in years 10 come, they
may all be under one management,
connected by electric lines and air
ships, and We'll call il "Greater
Tazewell." Less plausible things
have happened.
Finally, there is no "five-cents-a-
line, " string attached to this little
bit of gossip, which has strung out
beyond the expectations of the writer
when he commenced--only the graft
fication of an Unborn, growing fond
ness 10 say good things, rather than
bad, about his neighbors and friends.
However, 1t may be added, chat the
price of the Clinch Valley News is
only 81 n year, and is 1.-THE leading
newspaper in Southwest Virginia or
West Virginia, " and advertising
rates made known on application. -
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