Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-04-13
ORGANIZATION IS SECRET
OF PROGRESS OF TOWNS
Judge Cassell, Addressing Board
of Trade and Civic League,
Outlines Plans for Upbuilding
Tazewell and Community.

Judge George F. Cassell, of Rad
ford, publicity agent of the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company, spoke
in the High School chapel here Tues.
day night on "Town Boosting" The
address was delivered under the aus
pices of the Tazewell- North Tazcwel
Board of Trade and the Tazewell
Civic League. The speech was lis
tened to by good sized audience of
representative men and women of the
town. A number of the pupils from
the Tazewcll High School were also
present.
The meeting was opened by singing
OF the patriotic songs, America anG
the Star Spangled Banner, which was
inspiring and sung with n great deal
of feeling.
The Judge naturally confined part
of his remarks to the present conflict
in which the United States is engaged
with Germany, and discussed the
probable outcome of the war in so far
as this country is concerned. He call
cd to mind the Boxer uprising in
China, in which the United States
claimed an indemnity of ten million
dollars, which was returned to the
Chinese government that the money
might be used for the bettcrment of
the Orientals, and various other hu-
manitarian acts Of the United States
government, and concluded the re-
review of the bencfactions of this
country by expressing the conviction
that the Almighty will not permit n
country like this to suffer in its ma
terial welfare, and that the great
U. S. would emerge from the Euro
pean war ten thousand times bigger
and better than it is today.
He eXtollcd the virtues of the good
women of the country, and said that
whenever they got behind move
ment of any kind it had to go. He
mentioned the civic leagues, w. C. T.
US, and other associations, headed
by women. He spoke at length on civ
ic betterment, town building and i'm
provement. Organization was the
keynote of his remarks on the bet
terment of the town and community.
Each individual is responsible in a
measure for his town and it's progress
in all things. A town cannot make
Roadway where selfishness exists
.mong its people. People must lis
en- to others; give others credit for
heir opinions. Get together, dis
.uss means and measures, put all
he ideas together and condense them
and use the condensed ideas.
Judge Cassell made frequent ref
erence to his town of Radford, and
its accomplishments and non-accom-
plishments in civic betterment. He
said they had tin can league in his
town, the object of which was to
gather up all the old tin cans and
in the back alleys and de-
stroy it. 1t was his opinion that a
citizen had no right to fill up the
alleys and out-of-the-way places with
and those who do practice
such things would throw the rubbish
and cans in their front yards if they
were not afraid somebody would see
thom.
He said that another good virtue
for a town to practice was to give
the glad hand to every stranger who
comes to town, that you might be en-
tertaining angels unawares; that the
only way to bring business and enter
prises to town was for each individual
to feel certain amount of respon-
sibility and exercise that responsible
ity by greeting the strangers within
our gates.
Judge Cassell spoke TO the pupils
of the Tazcwell High School We'd
nesday morning. He says that is one
Of the things that President johnson,
of the N. and W., his "boss,"
is always impressing upon him,-to
never let chance get by to speak
to the children-that there lies the
hope of the Countrywide future Pres
idents and Governors, and business
men who will have to take up the
battle where the present generation
leaves off. Judge Cassell brings the
news that President Johnson, of the
N. and W., has great interest in
raZewell county and its future growth
and welfare of its citizens.
The Judge returned Wednesday
to his home.