Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-02-20
SCOTT HEADS
BOARD OF TRADE
Tazeweli Manufacturer VIII: Pi.
lot Local Organization For
Coming Year-Kiser and
Tynes Elected, Also.

The Board of Trade Meeting held
IN the court house last Friday night
elected W. A. Scott, President; M
q. Kser, Vice-President, and L.. A
Iynes, Secretary and w. E. Peery
Treasurer.
A good sized crowd from both
Tazewell and North .Tazewell We're
present. The meeting was called to
order by President John e. Jackson
who stated that his term of office ex-
pired with thee lection of his success
or. The nominations of the new Of
hcers were then made, each of whom
was elected unanimously. Colonel
Boyer suggested that committee
be appointed to secure bylaws for
the organization and report ut the
next meeting, to be held on the 9th
of this month. a. C. Buchanan and
w. B. Leslie were directed to make
an effort to locate the bylaws of the
old organization, and present them at
the next meeting with recommended
tions for such changes rs the commit
tee thought best.
j. D. Peery, Supervisor for Jeffer-
sonville district, was present at the
meeting upon invitation to talk about
the proposed road to connect with the
road in Mcdowell county which will
soon be built to the mouth of Horse
pen Creek. Mr.. Peery stated that he
had recently been in conference with
the Mcdowell county road authorities
and they were very hopeful that
Tazewell county would conect up the
road ut Horsepen. The Supervisor
was of the opinion that funds for
this purpose were now available, but
the opinion prevailed in the meeting
that the fund in hand would not be
sufficient to build the kind of road
that should be built. Those who arc
familiar with the situation say this
connecting link of road will mean
more to Tazewcll county than any
other road that dould possibly be
built. According to Mr.. Peery it will
put Tazewcll county in close contact
with from two to three hundred
thousand people in Mcdowell coun-
ty and the adjacent coal fields, many
of whom would avail themselves of
the opportunity to visit Tazewell. 1t
would also open UP market for the
county's produce second to none in
the world. 1t is believed also that
many of the well-to-do coal opera
tors of the Mcdowell field would be
attracted to Tazewell to make their
homes if q fine automobile pike con-
nected with the system of roads now
building in Mcdowell county was
built. Mr.. Peery is enthusiastic for
the road and will do all in his power
to have it built at once. A. G. Russell,
manager here for the Farady inter
csts, also spoke of the need of this
road and the good that will come to
Town and county when the road con-
meets Tazewell directly with the Nc
Dowell county coal fields.
A committee Of A. G. Russell, John
D. Peery and John G. O'Keeffe was
appointed to devise means of securing
the additional amount of money that
will be needed to complete the Horse
pen Greek road 1t is presumed that
this committee will have little diff
Guilty in securing the necessary funds.
The Hotel Again.
The ever-present question of new
hotel for Tazewcll came in for the
usual amount. of discussion. A COM
mittee to canvass the situation, com
posed of DR.. John E. Jackson and K
P. Copenhaver, was appointed, and
will be expected to report at the
next meeting