Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-04-21

and tho determination reached to hold
the organization together, and elect
new officers mt the regular meeting to
be held the latter part of this month
AS to why the Board considered
| the question of disbanding is not
known to this writer. There could
| have been but one of two reasons for
disbanding that can be thought of OH
| the spur of the moment; one is, that
the Board had completed its work,
gone the limit, and nothing remains
to be done for the growth of the two
| towns, or, that the board felt itself
unequal to the task-that it had bit off
more than it could chew and desired to
retire from the field, and give it up as
I a bad job. Neither of these reasons
are valid. There is much that could
be and should be done, and the Board
made up as it is of successful bust
ess me, is entirely capable of doing
! the work. UP to this time the his
tory of the Board, as one member adj
mits, has little to show of work ac-
cOmplished. 1t appears that the Board
has been without a definite program
at Il loss to know what to attempt
that was within reach of attainment.
What do we want to do? What is
iSNNSN tiiib We IstIl <NIC
tons that should be and must be,
settled before anything will be ac-
complishcd. One object to be at
tanned, it is stated, is to try to Sc
cure II new depot ut North TaZcwcll.
This is well. II is always advisable
to get all we can when some one else
pays the bills. of course. a new and
more commodious depot at North
TaZewcll is no doubt needed, and
would add to the comfort of the trav-
cling public, but how it would add to
the payroll or the revenue of the
towns, is not clear.
HAVE a BANQUET.
A suggestion is modcstly SUBMIT
ed here: Let the board have ban
quct. There is money i'll the treas
ury which the Board seems ut some
loss to know what to do with. Use il
in this way. Invite to this banquet
large number of the citizens of the
two towns from the different trades,
professions, ctc.-not all from any
one class. Ask for free expression
of views Get the other fellows
point Of view. Learn what he is
exchange of opinion and views some
0hi'iE- NSihiilS WIZ hSNNiOP u
talize. Get together.
This town has resembled cat
asleep in the sun long enough. Kick
the cat Wake her up and make this.
already beautiful little town, made
up of the best people on earth, fine
stores and city conveniences, model
homes and an ideal place of resi-
dence for rich people-make it still
better and more attractive by the in
PRODUCTION of new thoughts and new
enterprises, and establish Il payroll.
Think out, think up and onward and
not downward in the dust and dirt.
Our Board of Trade, up to this time,
has been chiefly ornamental. Every
town ought to have Il Board of
Trade" 1t sounds good, and is or
namental, if nothing else. But is this
enough? Should not the Board Of
Trade be useful as we'll? Should it
not make itself fclt--a power for good
in the community?
AS starter, should the banquet
materialize, or for the next meeting
of the Board, the following topic is
modestly suggested for discussion:
us our town Il sponge to be squeezed
for our own private enrichment, or n
reservoir i'll which to pour the encr-
gies of our minds and money for the
enrichment and bettcrment of ala
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